[center][color=CCCC22][h3]Jub the Peculiar[/h3][/color][/center]

Jub had been finishing his meal in embarrassed silence, when the innkeeper spoke up. While he had shown some curiosity towards Brutrumukk's story, he hadn't commented. After all, weird and unexplained things happened all over Faerun. If Jub could find a spellbook in the garbage and something like the Witchlight Carnival existed, then why couldn't Brutrumukk have some fairy godmother looking out for him? It was only when the innkeeper identified the woman as Zybilna that Jub suddenly spat out the mouthful of food he had been eating and had to take a moment to recover.

[color=CCCC22]"Excuse me,"[/color] he said after a minute or so of spluttering. [color=CCCC22]"[b]What[/b] did you just say?!"[/color]