"My time-honed 'time til daylight' senses are kicking in right now," Andrei said, "and we should head back now unless we have a convincing story for prefects why the non-undead among us are getting by with 2 hours of sleep."<br/><br/>"You just had to drive the time home," Carson growled.<br/><br/>"Better a little than none at all!" Lillin exclaimed. "We made good progress today, team! Let's head back!"<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;">Day 116</span></span></div><br/>It was hard to tell how much of it came from the dungeon-crawl and how much from having scant few hours of sleep, but Kleris and company woke up woozier than usual this morning. Even Zull who only needed half the time as humans had to rest on Rensha for support in the hallways between classes. Ari the iron defender, left behind during the crawl, was ecstatic to see its master's return.<br/><br/>"W-where's Carson?" Zull asked with a yawn. "Wait, why did I ask that?!"<br/><br/>"He's with Arturon working on a banishing spell for that imp," Rensha responded. "We used a<em>magic circle</em>to bind it last night, but outright sending it as far from Redhurst planar-wise as possible will be for the best are his little sabotage in the maze."<br/><br/>The pre-lunch periods were agonizing.<em>Image is Everything</em>with its dreamlike whimsy threatened to plunge Kleris into slumber a few times, the unseen pinpricks from the invisible Wrent's discipline a very waking reprimand.<br/><br/>But even the respite of the mess hall was not a relief, for the entire room was loud with the clanking of airborne machines spraying illusory confetti foreshadowed by charging Cannith bull and Redhurst rams.<br/><br/>"What's going on now?" Lillin whined in exhausted agony.<br/><br/>"Don't tell me you haven't heard!" Randall exclaimed as he mock-captured a rapidly-dissolving ram in his hands courtesy of a well-timed<em>levitate.</em>"Merrix d'Cannith's inviting the best and brightest Redhurst students to visit his facility this weekend!"<br/><br/>"He's hardly the most positive guy," Lillin answered. "This all seems a bit-"<br/><br/>Suddenly a floating podium entered the mess hall via a window. Merrix and the Headmaster stood upon it, and the Dragonmarked business leader looked hardly in a partying mood.<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/UV81mu6.png)<br/>(http://i.imgur.com/nWMvLFG.png?1)</div>"To the esteemed student body of Redhurst Academy of Magic!" Headmaster Andarlin exclaimed. "I apologize to interrupt your daily lunchtime period, but Merrix d'Cannith has an important announcement for all of you!"<br/><br/>Sighing with visibly less enthusiasm, Merrix produced a paper for himself from which to read. "Please look down at your lunch trays. If you see a golden dragonmarked symbol of a bull etched upon its surface, then a special opportunity awaits you this weekend at House Cannith's Headquarters in Sharn after school hours."<br/><br/>Soon the entire hall was aflutter with flying food as well as spectral animals, most students too impatient to properly finish their meals before looking for the lucky dragonmarked symbol.<br/><br/>"I told you, Andarlin, we should've made instructions to eat first," Merrix said in a droll tone. "House Cannith does not favor impatience."<br/><br/>"They're young!" the Headmaster responded. "Don't tell me you've never been eager to jump at such a golden opportunity yourself in life!"<br/><br/>Lo and behold, Kleris' lunch tray had the outlines of a golden glowing bull's head looking right back at him!<br/><br/>"Hey hey!" Craig called out, waving his hands exuberantly. "I have a golden-AHHHH!"<br/><br/>The dragonmarked symbol upon his lunch tray instantly dissolved into acid, touching his fingertips and forcing him to drop the tray.<br/><br/>"Nice try," Merrix replied, "but a<em>real</em>House symbol has the bull's horns turned downwards, not up!"<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;">Day 118, Weekend</span></span></div><br/>Kleris can choose only 1 activity for today before his appointment at House Cannith. However, Kleris must succeed on a DC 20 Will save to not select Markus automatically (don't forget the +5 bonus). In this case she'll end up running late for the appointment after being awkwardly interrupted in a rather intimate moment.<br/><br/><del><strong>Helping Hand:</strong> Clean out the stables, assist the cooks in the cafeteria, help manage the school store, or a similar activity.  This can be a comfortable way to earn some money.  Roll a Profession or Spellcraft check.  The result is the amount of gold pieces earned for helping out; alternatively you can triple the value if you choose to accept it in the form of material components and other school supplies.</del><br/><br/><strong>Compensated Dating:</strong>Why bother with drudgework for chump change when you can earn a lot more by charming men with money? Kleris automatically gains 100 gold pieces for this option, more than usual due to free time during the weekend and thus more clients.<br/><br/><strong>Relationship:</strong>Hang out with a friend, be they a student or teacher.  You might be able to further a Relationship Level with them by helping them out with some task.<br/><br/><strong>Relax:</strong>Catch up on sleep, tour the campus, enjoy life.  Your mind is at ease, stress gone.  The next roll that you make, you can re-roll and take the better result.<br/><br/><strong>Study:</strong>By sequestering yourself in the Redhurst Library of the Arcane, you can opt to learn a 0, 1st, or 2nd level Wizard spell you do not know.  Alternatively you can pick Study twice and learn a 3rd level spell.