<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ccff">(<a class="username" data-user-id="5865" data-username="@Josey" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/5865/">@Josey</a>)(<a class="username" data-user-id="6169" data-username="@Purplefairydust" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/6169/">@Purplefairydust</a>)(<a class="username" data-user-id="2453" data-username="@Zulma" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/2453/">@Zulma</a>)<br/>
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"The Comedian"<br/>
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When Josey gave his excited report, Toby felt it only proper to thank and praise him for going on a mission that Toby had not imagined would be so dangerous.  <br/>
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"You're a good soldier, Josey," he said.  Not wanting to slight Cassie he added.  "You, too, Cassie.   It means a lot that you're pitching in to help."  Toby wanted the individuals that they were to come together as a team.<br/>
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Toby accepted the stopper from Josey and examined it.  He had played enough mythical  roleplaying games and done enough folklore research to recognize a rune or a mystic style pictogram to figure that the stopper was likely supposed be some kind of a lock that the 'Spook" couldn't open from the inside.<br/>
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"My turn for the old 'good news - bad news' bit," said Toby to the other three people.  "The good news is that this stopper was likely magical, but I can't tell if there's any magic left in it.  If we can meet the right people, this stopper might help them seal the Spook into a new bottle or give a clue on how to deal with it."<br/>
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"The bad news is, we don't know where 'the right people' are.  Another bit of bad news is that to get it to those people, we would need to figure out where the Spook is going and get there first."<br/>
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Toby made to hand the stopper back to Josey and said, "Josey, if we figure out which way to go, you and Cassie would be our fastest messengers."  Looking at them both, he asked, "is that okay?"<br/>
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To Carla he said, "The parallel course seems like a good idea.   We can use the blackened path if there's no other choice."</span>