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[color=fff200]Karin Level 6: 45/60[/color] 
Location:  Quarantine Valley - Sector V
Word Count: short
Points Gained: 1
New EXP Balance--- 
[indent][color=fff200]Karin Level 6: 46/60 [/color][/indent] [/center]

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	Karin finally met back up with the others when they reached Sector V, having missed Goldlewis’s little adventure into another dimension by a corner turn or two. Fortunately all parties involved made it out right as rain, especially Wind Chimes whose run in with Goldlewis was probably the luckiest moment of her life, right after probably her unluckiest.

	Karin was always good with the commoners. As a child she learned to walk among them, and to…control them. Of course she’s well beyond that phase of her life now that she calls one of them her closest friend. Hopefully. While they knew where they needed to be, they had time to kill and time to explore. Find out more about the anti-redshift drugs, the Hermits, the Reunion. And learn a little more about Sector V. It was quaint. A nice little neighborhood. Still, it was obvious they were being failed by their government.

	Splitting off from the others, Karin turned on the charm once more and approached what looked like a shop in a central area. No guards or anything, not from what she could see. Either the entire Sector was safe, or this place in particular was well-respected.

	[color=fff200]”Well, hello there, sir.”[/color] Karin said. [color=fff200]”I see you’ve got some wares for sell. Whenever I enter a new place I always find it best to sample the local products, yes? Really get immersed! Mind if I have a look?”[/color] She said, perusing.

	She ended up purchasing a Verdant Tea. [color=fff200]”And by local product, clearly I must mean the local tea. I believe you can judge a lot about a place by the quality of it’s tea!”[/color] She exclaimed, holding the green bottle and observing it with both hands. Karin was still doing decent on liquid currency, of course. Though she had much less than she preferred without her staff around.  She uncorked it and took a sip.

	[color=fff200]”Oh, my. How smooth. Earthy, even. This must be how cows think grass tastes. I mean that as a compliment. It’s quite delicious!”[/color] Satisfied with her purchase even without the additional benefits the tea would provide, she pocketed it for now. 

	[color=fff200]”Though, you know, I’ve only been here a short while and even I can’t help but notice who ‘runs’ this place, as it were. The…Hermits, is it? A bit of an odd name. Having there be Hermits, plural, is a bit of an oxymoron, don’t you think? I suppose it doesn’t matter, as long as they treat the people well.”[/color] She mused.

[color=fff200][i]”Do[/i] they? Treat you all quite well?”[/color] She asked.