[ rufus the protag of tox2 ]

[recrowns]

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[soulus]

[Die from cat allergies.]

Preludes are unnecessary. Do you have anything?

[recrowns]

A few theories - let's get something to eat while we talk.

[he's already walking in the direction of the inn]

[soulus]

. . . All right.

[Business breakfasts are fine, if tedious. He follows with Rupe bounding after them.]

[recrowns]

[gulfan watches rupe.

but as they're walking]

Did you get a good night's sleep? I've never been to an inn that lodges guests for free.

[soulus]

[Rupe watches Gulfan.]

I wouldn't call it free. Our time is the charge.

[recrowns]

I suppose that is one way of looking at it...

Did you happen to have a personal belonging of yours inside your room when you entered?

[soulus]

Is it not obvious? You and I appear to have similar belongings.

[recrowns]

Maybe you were lucky and got two.

[soulus]

Were you?

[recrowns]

[pouting]

No....

[soulus]

Then we each received one.

[recrowns]

Hmm, it'd be nice if we got more than one...

Would you happen to know if anyone received a weapon?

[soulus]

Is that a concern?

[recrowns]

It's a curiosity - given that people have said they don't have access to their offensive or defensive magic here.

[soulus]

It's not just magic. But I've yet to see anyone with a weapon.

[recrowns]

Oh? It's more than magic? What do you mean?

[soulus]

There's no point in discussing it. It has no bearing on this place.

[recrowns]

On the contrary, what is missing is just as important to consider as what's present.

If it's a secret, I won't tell anyone.

[soulus]

It isn't a secret.

But first . . . are you missing anything?

[recrowns]

Besides my bodyguards who normally watch me like overeager hawks?

No.

[soulus]

Aren't you a hawk as well?

[recrowns]

Oh, I don't know about that.

[he doesn't know his fursona]

[soulus]

A hare, then?

[recrowns]

I have heard that before.

[soo-woo your fursona]

[soulus]

. . . It seems abilities that most ordinary mortals would not possess have been stripped.