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> Hm. Well, we fought some things and got some items. Basically a good morning all round. How about we head back now?

> We have a lot of money too. Is Miranda's fee for joining a one-time thing? If so, may as well hire her. That way we can strike deeper into the forest.

You decide to head back to town; both of you are a little injured and tired by now, anyway. Miranda's asking 500 Cole a day, which is still really steep, but you guess you could hire her for just a day or two to take out that alpha wolf you saw. Maybe..the weird girl who yelled about science could help out there for a little cheaper? You'd have to apologize for more or less abandoning her the other day first, though. For now, you stow everything out of the basket and get a good night's sleep.

Another morning now. You've got a couple of requests done you could turn in now: You and Dave managed to take out five wolves over the last trip, and you've got 5 wood chips. You could also try making a healing paste first and turn them all in at once if you wanted to.

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Date: 1/9
Time: Dawn

Status & Inventory:

1626 Cole

Location: Syzygy - Sarah's Workshop

Character Status:

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Sarah Kennigan: Barely Scratched, Just Okay
Weapon: Basic Staff
Armor: Normal Clothes
Accessory: None
Skills:

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Ether Light: A self-defense technique from Master. Non-elemental magic attack, any 1 square.

Dave Barrett: Barely Scratched, Just Fine
Weapon: Hatchets
Armor: Normal Clothes
Accessory: None
Skills:

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• Hatchet Throw: Throw a hatchet in any of 8 directions. Does physical damage to whatever it hits first.
  
• Slice & Dice: Chop-chop-chop-chop! Attempts 5-10 normal attacks, all on the same target, at reduced accuracy.

Fee: 0 Cole

Miranda (???): Uninjured, Fine
Weapon: Knight's Sword
Armor: Knight's Armor
Accessory: None
Skills:

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• Zero Motivation (passive): Eh. Miranda has less energy states than normal (Exhausted, Okay, Fine). It costs energy to perform regular move and attack actions in battle. Active skills require a large percentage of her maximum energy.
  
• Chill (passive): Whatever, it's fine. Miranda regains a small amount of energy anytime she isn't doing anything, regardless of if it's out of town or even in the middle of a battle.
  
• Spin Slash: Gotta respect the classics. Slashes everything in the 8 tiles surrounding Miranda for physical damage.
  
• Lazy Combo: Way too much effort. Performs six normal attacks in a row (which can have distinct targets), and then lacks the motivation to do anything at all for the next two turns (Chill is disabled during these turns).
  
• Slack Off (3/3): Miranda's favorite activity. Doesn't accomplish anything immediate, but restores a moderate amount of energy instead of spending it. Has a 2-turn cooldown and only works 3 times per battle.

Fee: 500 Cole

Dual Techs:

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Sarah & Dave:
Ether Hatchet (Hatchet Throw + Ether Light): Do the thing! Targets any enemy on a straight line from Dave which he could hit with Hatchet Throw. Deals physical damage to the target and then magical damage to anything in the 3x3 square centered on the target.

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