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[h2][color=00aeef][i][b]Baronfjørd "Blackberry" Chedgusah[/b][/i][/color][/h2][i][b][color=00aeef]Dragon Born, Monk (Astral self), Level 05[/color][/b][/i]
[color=00aeef][i][b]HP:[/b][/i][/color] 40 / 40    [color=00aeef][i][b]Armor Class:[/b][/i][/color] 16  [color=00aeef][i][b]Conditions:[/b][/i][/color] N/A
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[color=00aeef][i][b]Ki:[/b][/i][/color] 5/5


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BlackBerry continued to glow under the praise Victoria gave him especially given her own background travelling; he was not so pious a monk as to shoo away any compliments to his work. Still..something in Victorias wording made him pause.

'If we are still in each other's company...'

He turned the words over in his mind, pouting a little, and realised that as a group they hadn't made any plans for after the season to stay together but also hadn't planned otherwise either. He had somewhat selfishly assumed they would all be travelling together wherever the winds too them next, or even more selfishly he had hoped to bring them all home to aid in his own personal mission. In the end though the insinuation still stung a little as he had gotten quite used to everyone's company and antics, even rather fond of them all including the time Lady Kathryn had broken his ribs. It was something to address later, he decided, with Kosara and Lady Kathryn as well hopefully after this mess with the Prince had been resolved.

BlackBerry finished up his work and after giving the mule a hearty scratch behind the ears then joined Victoria at the wagon just in time for her explanation of the coffin which drew a very blank look and a few astounded blinks from the Dragonborn as he packed away the brushes.

[color=00aeef]"Well I certainly shan't be be laying any claim upon it so have at it, Victoria."[/color] He then gave her a look of mock seriousness as he added, [color=00aeef]"Careful Victoria, this is how rumours start; sleeping in a coffin, an interest in macabre topics, and travelling with the once-living. Why if I had yet seen you standing in daylight before me I should have some suspicions."[/color] He then dashed away the pretence with a laugh and a wave. Clambering up into the wagon he made towards the front where he had stashed his bag. [color=00aeef]"Now with Old Boy fed and watered shall we make do for ourselves as well, yes?"[/color]

BlackBerry had just grabbed the small parcels wrapped in paper and twine from his bag (a selection of sandwiches; bacon and egg, bacon and egg, and finally, bacon and egg) when he heard Victoria cough in a strange manner, he almost called out to her before common sense stopped him. After hearing a cordial greeting both from a strangers voice and then Victoria replying, BlackBerry then threw common sense to the window by pulling back the canvas to look at who had arrived.

[color=00aeef]"And a frankly cold one at that, I might add."[/color] BlackBerry did indeed add with a wave to the stranger; a man with shoulder length hair and a thick moustache, dressed in appropriate winter furs. His polite grin and wave then turned apprehensive as he leaned out the wagons front to look back at the trail towards Southmoor and the Vineyard hidden far out of sight beyond. The poor man didn't have a chance of reaching it before dark. [color=00aeef]"If it is the Vineyard you are looking for I would advise abandoning that idea till morning, and stop at Southmoor for the night."[/color]

A few red flags went up in his mind as he politely regarded the stranger; it seemed odd anyone making the journey to the vineyard when Madame L'Rose had said all but essential workers had been sent home for the season, and this coupled with the various...'goings on' of late, they had already received a gruesome reminder so perhaps this was a more measured though no less threatening reminder. To add to that thought, Master Urmdurus had gone ahead of them so the two men must have met along the way and surely the Stranger could have asked for directions then?

Maybe Blackberry was just being overly cautious and this was all a coincidence?

[color=00aeef]"Might I ask what compels you to the Vineyard this time of year?"[/color]