**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Mon Sep 7 12:17:27 2026 Sep 07 12:17:27 * Morgan (~madisonst@192.168.1.129) has joined Sep 07 12:33:13 * Morgan has quit (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) Sep 07 12:38:20 * Morgan (~madisonst@192.168.1.129) has joined Sep 07 16:50:24 * Morgan has quit (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) Sep 07 16:55:53 * Morgan (~madisonst@192.168.1.129) has joined Sep 07 17:07:29 * Morgan has quit (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) Sep 07 17:12:26 * Morgan (~madisonst@192.168.1.129) has joined Sep 07 18:19:48 * Molly (~u931732@192.168.1.75) has joined Sep 07 18:20:17 * Yensid shakes his head “That cunt Karsten’s gonna get his filthy hands on Sudlachenburg” Sep 07 18:20:17 How'd you reckon? Sep 07 18:20:17 There’s no heirs. Edward’s dead, not really surprising, someone other than me was gonna figure it out. Didn’t expect she’d kill him, but she’s a bit of a psycho. Sep 07 18:20:17 * Morgan shrugs Sep 07 18:20:17 * Yensid watches him closely Sep 07 18:20:20 Got a good reason not to come home, right? Been a couple of years, maybe a couple of little extra reasons too... Sep 07 18:20:22 Proof that you know nothing about who I was or who I am Sep 07 18:20:24 * Yensid shrugs “Won’t care if I go to Tawstock and find out for myself then?” Sep 07 18:20:26 I wouldn't, the master at arms there has a reputation for killing first and asking questions never Sep 07 18:20:29 I’ve evaded plenty of killers, be worth it to see Adalbrecht’s delight at some grandchildren running around Sep 07 18:20:32 Well, that's not happening. He had a grandchild and shunned her so he can get fucked in that regard Sep 07 18:20:35 Karsten’s kids then. Five hundred years of Koertig rule, all gone. Sep 07 18:20:37 They made their beds Sep 07 18:20:41 * Yensid looks disgusted “Something not right with you. You’re a coward, giving up your homeland like that after we all fought for it.” Sep 07 18:20:44 You don't get to lecture me Sep 07 18:21:07 * Molly is now known as Yensid Sep 07 18:21:12 The hell I don’t. Sep 07 18:21:42 * Morgan raises en eyebrow Sep 07 18:21:51 Your opinion needs to matter to me to lecture me Sep 07 18:22:28 * Yensid sneers “you think you’re so special...” Sep 07 18:24:18 * Morgan shrugs Sep 07 18:24:29 Just not interested in your sanctimonious preaching Sep 07 18:24:54 You’re not the first man to lose a wife. Sep 07 18:25:46 I'm aware of that Sep 07 18:27:38 Your parents need you. Karsten is scum, and I reckon he’s got a Plan B for annexing the Grafdom. Sep 07 18:28:07 Why not do something about him then? Sep 07 18:28:26 Because there’s no fucking heir. Sep 07 18:30:00 So? Sep 07 18:30:11 So there needs to be one Sep 07 18:31:49 Why haven't you told my parents any of it? Sep 07 18:32:50 They have a dead son, and one they’re half-convinced is dead. You want me to be that cruel? Sep 07 18:33:43 So they're in the dark Sep 07 18:33:59 At the moment. Sep 07 18:35:02 * Morgan nods a little Sep 07 18:35:32 If I'd stayed... I'd have killed him... I couldn't do to my mother what he'd done to me Sep 07 18:35:36 could change, of course Sep 07 18:36:42 Oh, so you -would- be that cruel Sep 07 18:37:34 In my best interest to get you home, isn’t it? Sep 07 18:37:45 Is it? Why? Sep 07 18:40:07 Adalbrecht is my friend. We’ve been friends since we were eighteen. I toe the line, play the retainer, but when it comes to it, there’s more to it than that. I want him and Verity -happy-. You comin back would do that. Fuck knows why, because you’ve become a complete cunt Sep 07 18:41:10 * Morgan nods Sep 07 18:41:26 Yes, I have. I've had to. Sep 07 18:42:06 Your brother’s dead now, so he’s not a problem anymore Sep 07 18:42:22 The damage is done though Sep 07 18:42:53 Yeah well, you have to pull yourself together and get the job done Sep 07 18:43:20 I'll think about it Sep 07 18:43:50 I’ll be keeping an eye on you Sep 07 18:44:03 I wouldn't bother Sep 07 18:44:56 You’re not goin’ AWOL again then? Sep 07 18:45:32 I've got things to see to Sep 07 18:46:24 * Yensid grins “soft, round things, right?” Sep 07 18:47:10 * Morgan turns, walking away Sep 07 18:47:32 *Yensid just laughs* Sep 07 18:47:57 * Morgan heads for a tavern to eat before going back to his lodgings for the night Sep 07 18:49:04 *All he has for company is the bit of fabric that smells of rosewater, a book, and the remainder of a flagon of blokners. But hadn’t he ordered three? Sep 07 18:49:35 * Morgan sighs, putting himself in a corner and sitting quietly Sep 07 18:51:41 *He gets time to ponder: He hated Edward, he was afraid he’d kill him if he saw him... but Edward’s dead. How long has he been dead for? Months? Years? All this time where Morgan’s been away from his home, his community, his mother... Sep 07 18:52:23 * Morgan just sits, brooding Sep 07 18:54:22 *the quiet hours stretch on. At least in Tawstock he would have one confidante he could talk this all through with, who might sympathise with the conflicting feelings. By the time midnight comes around, he notices himself dropping off Sep 07 18:54:44 * Morgan stretches before trying to sleep Sep 07 18:57:49 *he does, dreaming not of the fire one might expect on the anniversary of it, but hazily of a brothel, happy and playful with Molly sat on his lap whilst he sneakily pleasures her, utterly enthralled with each other. He wakes within the dream aroused but struggling to get his bearings Sep 07 18:58:29 * Morgan rubs his face, looking around Sep 07 18:59:18 *its all dark. He can still faintly smell the rosewater Sep 07 19:00:05 * Morgan gropes around, looking for a window Sep 07 19:01:12 *he finds one. It’s already half light, and people are about their business on the docks, preparing to load boats, and a few last minute sordid transactions Sep 07 19:01:50 * Morgan gets washed before getting his things together, heading down to the street Sep 07 19:04:00 *he’s immediately accosted by a woman who looks to have been plying her trade for the whole night, and years of nights before. She might have been beautiful once, but now she looks wearied and broken. Her smile is forced when she says “Want a quickie for the road, Sir?” Sep 07 19:04:27 * Morgan presses a guilder into her palm Sep 07 19:04:32 Go find somewhere to rest Sep 07 19:05:01 *She smiles gratefully this time* Thank you, Sir. I’ll pray for ye Sep 07 19:05:39 * Morgan nods a little, moving on Sep 07 19:07:27 *people mostly ignore him, but he’s struck with a thought. Without being given work at Lady Torrington’s, would that woman’s life been Molly’s fate? Decades on the docks, used and abused by men who had no care for her? Sep 07 19:08:07 * Morgan settles into his usual scowl as he walks Sep 07 19:09:46 *He doesn’t see anyone he knows, and people decide he’s trouble, giving him a wide berth and avoiding his gaze Sep 07 19:10:25 * Morgan heads to the tavern HeinzHarold has a room in, waiting outside Sep 07 19:12:46 *Claudia is out first. She watches him when she sees him, expression unreadable but shoulders preparing for self-defense Sep 07 19:14:30 * Morgan doesn't move Sep 07 19:14:56 * Yensid is now known as Claudia Sep 07 19:15:05 * Claudia continues to wait Sep 07 19:15:28 I know where there's some... barely passable coffee Sep 07 19:15:49 * Claudia nods briefly Sep 07 19:15:53 go on then Sep 07 19:16:32 Waiting for him? Sep 07 19:17:19 Nope, he’s swiving a barmaid. Or a kitchen maid. Could be both at the same time. Sep 07 19:18:11 * Morgan nods, walking off towards a cafe Sep 07 19:18:43 * Claudia walks with him but enough aside to be out of arms reach Sep 07 19:20:05 * Morgan pushes his way into the cafe, finding a seat Sep 07 19:21:00 *the cafe is only just open, but already there’s several patrons. His table is in the back, more private. She says nothing whilst the coffee is sorted, and still nothing once they’ve been served it Sep 07 19:21:25 It tastes like dishwater but its the best you'll find here Sep 07 19:22:15 * Claudia nods Sep 07 19:22:18 it’s shit Sep 07 19:24:08 * Morgan nods Sep 07 19:24:13 Not a lot of other options Sep 07 19:24:42 * Claudia nods, drinking some before looking at him “Go on then.” Sep 07 19:26:03 Bit of a shock Sep 07 19:26:14 Yep Sep 07 19:27:43 * Morgan nods, sipping his coffee Sep 07 19:27:58 What do you want to know? Sep 07 19:28:18 * Morgan shrugs Sep 07 19:28:36 You beat him to death, they don't know Sep 07 19:28:47 * Claudia nods Sep 07 19:28:54 You want to turn me in? Sep 07 19:29:30 What good would it do Sep 07 19:29:38 * Claudia shrugs Sep 07 19:29:51 Satisfy your honour and sense of justice. Sep 07 19:30:58 * Morgan shrugs Sep 07 19:31:02 I don't have either anymore Sep 07 19:32:03 Why, whT have you done? Sep 07 19:32:47 * Morgan shrugs Sep 07 19:33:02 I'm broken. I'm nasty. Sep 07 19:33:12 * Claudia frowns Sep 07 19:33:30 Doesn’t sound like you Sep 07 19:34:33 * Morgan shrugs Sep 07 19:34:35 Well it is Sep 07 19:35:05 Life will fuck you up. Sep 07 19:36:24 * Morgan nods, sipping his coffee Sep 07 19:36:49 So now what? Sep 07 19:38:08 Fucked if I know. Yensid tells me Karsten is looking at annexing Sudlachenburg Sep 07 19:38:19 * Claudia nods Sep 07 19:38:31 He said that last night before he left Sep 07 19:38:50 Where's he gone? Sep 07 19:39:15 said he had some more investigating to do Sep 07 19:39:33 He'll turn up in Tawstock then. He'll get himself killed Sep 07 19:39:49 * Claudia shrugs Sep 07 19:39:55 No skin off my nose Sep 07 19:40:26 He upsets the wrong people, I'll skin him alive Sep 07 19:40:44 * Claudia nods “I see no problem with that” Sep 07 19:42:27 * Morgan shrugs a little, sipping his coffee Sep 07 19:42:55 * Claudia sips her coffee before looking at him “You’re not turning me in, but am I watching my back now?” Sep 07 19:43:51 Its why you had to leave. I don't trust my reactions anymore, and they're -always- violent Sep 07 19:44:41 And now? Sep 07 19:44:54 * Morgan shrugs Sep 07 19:44:59 If I was going to, I would have by now Sep 07 19:45:12 He deserved it. Sep 07 19:45:45 My mother didn't Sep 07 19:46:35 * Claudia nods Sep 07 19:46:50 Yeah... I regret that bit Sep 07 19:47:27 * Morgan nods Sep 07 19:47:42 Its part of why I left... I couldn't stay without killing him, and I couldn't do that to her Sep 07 19:48:06 Now it’s not your burden to bear Sep 07 19:49:13 * Morgan shrugs Sep 07 19:49:56 Where have you been? Sep 07 19:50:46 Moving around Avalon, working Sep 07 19:50:56 * Claudia nods Sep 07 19:51:10 married again? Sep 07 19:51:59 No. Sep 07 19:52:14 * Claudia shrugs Sep 07 19:52:24 Figured you wouldn’t want to be alone Sep 07 19:53:11 I wanted to die Sep 07 19:53:31 * Claudia nods Sep 07 19:53:40 changed your mind yet? Sep 07 19:54:14 * Morgan shrugs Sep 07 19:54:18 Mostly Sep 07 19:54:51 * Claudia nods Sep 07 19:54:55 what did it? Sep 07 19:55:15 There's someone but its... new... Sep 07 19:56:03 * Claudia smiles Sep 07 19:56:05 Good Sep 07 19:56:20 * Morgan shrugs Sep 07 19:56:24 All changed again now Sep 07 19:56:35 why? Sep 07 19:57:12 Been found Sep 07 19:57:34 * Claudia nods Sep 07 19:57:58 Is it a man? Sep 07 19:58:31 Don't be daft Sep 07 19:58:43 * Claudia shrugs Sep 07 19:58:48 Plausible Sep 07 20:00:09 Not in this instance Sep 07 20:01:01 * Claudia nods “Remind me to tell you about Heinzharold and the guy in Gainsburg. Anyway... she noble?” Sep 07 20:01:53 No, she's not... but as far as anyone here knows nor am I Sep 07 20:02:08 Can’t take her h9me then? Sep 07 20:03:12 * Morgan shrugs Sep 07 20:03:39 * Claudia nods Sep 07 20:03:53 Too soon to love her? Sep 07 20:04:26 Not quite Sep 07 20:06:16 * Claudia nods, but there’s sadness in it “Good. You wouldn’t suit being alone and not having someone to care about” Sep 07 20:06:56 * Morgan shrugs Sep 07 20:06:59 Suited me until recently Sep 07 20:07:08 Been happy, have you? Sep 07 20:07:45 No, but that doesn't matter Sep 07 20:08:09 Doesn’t suit you then. Me, I’m happier unencumbered. Sep 07 20:09:37 * Morgan has quit (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) Sep 07 20:27:41 * Claudia has quit (Read error: EOF from client)