@pdragon, Good roll on persuasion and excellent use of the feature.  BTW,  Drip will find the feature works across worlds or at least between where Drip started and where he is now.<br/><br/>@ihinka, a couple of things that Daffina is now aware of; duels are a thing around here.  Dafy has been mortally insulted and so might challenge Lord Geffray. Alternatively, Lord Geffray is probably working up to challenging Daffy.  Whoever is the receiver of the challenge will generally get to set the terms - e.g., time, location, weapon.  Finally, if challenged, someone can pick another person to fight in their stead.<br/><br/><hr/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/16/af/ab/16afabc4b3e4717f47ef4508a846f446.jpg)</div>Drip found that he had a wealth of information around the intricacies of conveying property.  The rules were quite complex and assumed that women were conveyable property.  In effect, the Inn was an improvement to Rayena. However, Drip's knowledge combined with Natasha's forgery skills quickly created an number of realistic-looking documents attesting to Daffy's (Dafina's) ability to inherit Rayena from her former husband, Albert.<br/><br/>Stovall, the Storekeeper, was initially willing to drive a hard bargain on the transfer of the Inn. However, Drip explained the issue of opportunity cost, should the Inn stay idle for an extended time.  Additionally, there was the vague suggestion that Daffy and his merchant family would be unable to sell the Inn. Daffy might have to put down roots in Edgecross and expand the Inn into a store for some of the family's goods.  In the end, Drip left both parties feeling they got the better of the bargain.<br/><br/>Just as Daffy and Stovall were raising their glasses to celebrate the signed deal, the door to Tavern was kicked open.  The man who had threatened Rayena earlier in the day, Lord Geffray, stormed into the building.  He strode up to Dafyy and Rayena and announced,<strong>"This shall not pass.  I gave you your time of mourning, but you shall not marry this wimp.</strong>Lord Geffray waved at Daffy."[/b]<br/><br/>Rayena lowered her head meekly to Lord Geffray, although Daffy could tell that part of the lowering was to hide the grin on her face.<strong>"I'm sorry, M'lord.  I'm just a woman.  I leave such affairs to the man in my life.</strong>She gestured to Daffy.<br/><br/><br/>Lord Geffray turned to Daffy quite incensed.<strong>"You are a mongrel coming out of the woods and sneaking into the kennel to lay with a fine &lt;female hound&gt;.</strong>