Marketplace, week 3, day one.<br/><br/><em>Storytelling</em>. (No actual game influence or dice rolls here, just in character actions to give context to stuff.)<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EWE6P0qUMAQQMih.jpg)</div><br/>Alwyn opened the door with a small smile. It was rare that the serious, sometimes distant, mage smiled at all, much less at sentient beings. Brushing down one of her practical black leather dresses, and pushing up her glasses, she motioned her guest inside; leading to the back of her shop where there was a small bed, precisely if potentially too neatly made, several boxes clearly full of inventory, with miscellaneous herbs and apparatuses and crystals scattered around, and a little table set with a small selection of meats, and a bigger selection of nuts, fruits, and especially cheeses.<br/><br/>"Chief Kieri, slayer of the dread displacer beast, I welcome you to my store. I greet you in peace, and thank you for joining me. Please, sit with me and eat what you like as we discuss the future of Hexville." No mention was made of the pole arm. The little goblin woman was free to hold on to it or place it down as she chose and desired.<br/><br/>The humans chair was a little bit short, but not unpleasantly so. The goblins chair was a little bit tall, but not unpleasantly so, designed that they could be eye to eye as they ate and talked. There was more food than could possibly be eaten by one human and a goblin. Perhaps that was the point of two baskets that sat next to the chiefs chair. Most things here were portable and would survive a trip somewhere else. Not really the desserts of course, delicate little pastries and creamy cakes, but that selection was much more balanced towards two people who quite enjoyed their snacks.<br/><br/>Pushing up her glasses, she awkwardly launched into her speech. She had clearly rehearsed this more than once. "I admire your goals for the people of the uhm, low rent district, and I especially support your desire for non-violence. Change needs to be affected in this city, for sure, but violence only begats more violence."