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[@Guardian Angel Haruki], back and caught up. I think the main things for us to get on the same page on would be 1) what we're doing in Alula and 2) where we're staying for the night. (1) seems like Pepper's territory--for (2), we can say that Hasdrubal got them a room at a (ground-level, Havenite-run) inn in town?
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Welcome back! ^_^

2) Staying at a ground based inn sounds good to me!

I was definitely thinking about 1, while you were away. Considering that Pepper is looking for another cure for Serpent's Sickness, I was thinking that Pepper would have gone to Alula in order to find a Sage who lives there who knows the most about Serpent's Sickness, and talk to them. She's hoping to learn as much as possible from them as a starting point for her quest on creating a cure for the Sickness.