Jimmy and Gwenhwyfar are greeted by Wumbrout Brios, who is his usual grumpy self. Without asking, he turns around, opens a drawer and takes a wand out. He comes around and sticks it into the blanket.
"Follow me." he orders and leads upstairs to the maps and charts room. He opens a large closet and tells "Put her on the middle shelf for now."
"You have a body closet? Does this happen often?"
"I have storage room for unexpected deliveries of curiosities and historical interesting items." Wumbrout replies humorless.
Gwenhwyfar tries hard to not burst out laughing.
"Curiosities indeed." Jimmy says placing the body
Wumbrout closes and locks the closet. Then he walks down the stairs again, without saying good bye.
"I got a 'curiosity' in our living room. Could you help me to get rid of it? Sure, put it into our closet we have for just that case." Gwenhwyfar jokes. "The crazy of this situation was totally lost on him." she adds in disbelief.
"Either he has no sense of normal, or this really does happen far too often." Jimmy chuckles
"I can still hear you." Wumbrout calls up the stairs. "And my curiosities closet will not become the hiding place for your skeletons in the closet."
Jimmy laughs as he pulls Gwen towards him, "We should go find the others." He says smiling at her
Gwenhwyfar blushes. "Yes. Let's leave." she answers, hiding behind Jimmy as they pass through Wumbrouts office on the first floor of the tower.
"Where shall we look for them? Shadowclock?"
"Probably the best place to start." Jimmy replies, "Wonder what they did today..."
Meanwhile
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Abomentolor still has energy left as Tauriell goes to bed and decides to take a look at the progress of his new brewery. He meets with Isabella, and uses the opportunity to throw a party. Cayden Caillean 'church services' are really special in that you don't need more than some drinking buddies who want to have a good time. And if one offers to pay for all, successful worship is guaranteed.
The night is long, or short for sleep, and next day the work continues. It'll still take a while until everything is fully operational but then Abomentolor will take over town. At least when it comes to beer.
Tauriell sleeps in to recover from the stress of being a stone statue. She gets up, once the hunger becomes stronger than gravity. In the old bar in the shadow clock, only liquid breakfast is found. Which is not to Tauriell's liking this day. Not wanting to walk too far she decides to go to the Gilded Cage to see if she can get lunch and maybe have a talk with Jayleen.
"Shall we be on our way then." Jimmy asks as he takes her arm
"Sure." Gwenhwyfar replies, and with a smile takes the offered arm.
As the two arrive at the shadowclock, the door is locked and no one answers the knocking.
"Well..." Jimmy sighs
"Tauriell might as well be in her ivory tower and not care about answering." Gwenhwyfar ponders. She flies up and checks on the room.
Finding nothing she returns to Jimmy. "She is not here. And I haven't seen large balls of fire flying around eihter. Where to next?"
"Tauriell I have no idea, Abomentolor might be at his budding brewery?"
"Why exactly are we searching for the others?" Tauriell asks, looking to the west, where the sun moves slowly towards the horizon to meet with the sea again.
"I suppose it could wait till tomorrow." Jimmy says looking at Gwen
"This time I really have no blanket." Gwenhwyfar tells while still watching the horizon.
"Maybe we should find one then, and some cushions. Rocks get uncomfortable after a while"
"Shall we buy some cushions and blankets from this merchant we got hem last time for the orphanage, or shall we check for our first furniture?" Gwenhwyfar asks, leaning at Jimmy.
"Furniture without a roof may not be the best idea." Jimmy says kissing her on the forehead. "And I quite like the thought of a pile of pillows, and you next to me."
Gwenhwyfar giggles. "Then let's move to the bazar." She links arms with Jimmy and together they walk there hoping to find the merchant again.
Jimmy is able to find the merchant again. It helps when the person you are looking for is shouting at you in the hopes you are there to buy a cartload of goods again.
"Just a few large pillows and thin blankets this time." Jimmy says with a chuckle after the normal merchant sales routine.
"With delivery again?" the man asks, hoping to get an extra silver out of this transaction.
"Do you have anyone who feels like getting it up to the top of the Irespan before we can get there?"
Express delivery! the man's face brightens. "Of course! For a small fee we fulfil almost every wish!" he tells, only to add "How fast are you?"
"How about I pay 10 gold if you get it there before us, and I pay nothing if we get there first... and we won't even run."
"That is mean. We'd be there in the blink of an eye." Gwenhwyfar protests. "How about you tie them together, so you can hold them and I take you and the pillows there?"
"I don't really feel like waiting for the pillows either." Jimmy says with a childish grin.
"Can you make them into a parcel please?"
Once that is done, they are ready to leave.
Gwenhwyfar waits for the merchant to pack up the pillows and Jimmy to pay and take the package. "Thank you. Good bye." she tells, touches Jimmy and speaks the word to jump to their house on the bridge.
"I would have paid them anyway." Jimmy says looking sheepish
"I don't like you playing with people like that. It's only funny for you. Not for them." Gwenhwyfar scolds Jimmy.
"I didn't mean to upset you... I won't do it again." Jimmy says moving to start laying out the cushions
Once enough pillows are in place, Gwenhwyfar runs at Jimmy, tryiing to topple him over.
"Oww!" she exclaims as she runs like into a wall and the mischievous smile is wiped off her face.
The wall that Gwen runs into smiles as he turns around, figuring out what happened.
"C'mere you!" he laughs as he sweeps her into a tight hug.
"I fink my mose if broken." Gwenhwyfar mumbles.
"Let me have a look..." Jimmy says lifting Gwen up so he can inspect her nose. "Looks fine to me." He says after a moment and goes back to smothering her
"You're taking my pain not seriously." Gwenhwyfar tells in a mock complaint.
"How about I kiss it better?" Jimmy says kissing her on her nose.
Before pressing his lips against hers
"I don't know. It feels better. Maybe another one?" Gwenhwyfar replies, pursing her lips.
Jimmy is more than happy to oblige. Kissing her as he lifts her and collapses back into the pillows, taking her w8th him.
Just as Jimmy and Gwenhwyfar are frolicking in the pillows the noise of someone working with a hammer at the wall of the building is heard.
Jimmy jumps up, in surprise, digging through pillows and blankets for his weapon. "Whose there?" he shouts out the go-to of every horror story victim ever.
"I'm Gustav Kaple from the administrative board of Magnimar. And who are you?" the man answers. He looks very formal and is busy attaching a parchment to the wall.
Whoever erected this building on the Irespan has three days to remove every trace o fit and restore the cultural heritage the the Irespan is into its original state.
Signed for the administrative board
"Jimmy Fiddle. Why are you sticking a notice to my house?" he asks as he tears the parchment off the wall.
After reading it quickly "huh... well thats a thing... first I have seen at all of anyone within the management of the city caring about the old buildings..." Jimmy says, unsure what to do