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> might as well accept miriams request! Afterwards we should go visit dave and see how he's doing. We need the rest!

You accept Miriam's request. It shouldn't be too hard to kill a few more punis and take care of it, and maybe giving her something she wanted will make up for running away on her the other day. Maybe.

After that, you head out to look for Dave. Making the chocolates wasn't too bad, but it still took a bit out of you, so a break seems like a good idea. Eventually you find him sitting on main street with his back against a wall. He looks sweaty and tired, and his eyes are closed. "...Dave?"
"Hm?" He opens his eyes. "Oh, hey Sarah. Whassup?"
"Um, are you okay there?"
"Yeah. 's just takin' a little breather."
"Your dad working you extra hard for some reason?"
"Huh? Oh, uh, yeah." That isn't a very convincing lie. He had a flash of a confused expression that suggests the idea hadn't even occurred to him until you said it.

Dave isn't the kind of person to hide things from people in general, especially from you. Should you press him on this?

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Date: 1/11
Time: About half

Status & Inventory:

3716 Cole

Location: Syzygy

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, Not Okay
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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A/N:

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I was partially worried about a bug I've seen on this forum where every once in a while it just won't show that a subscribed thread updated properly. But all the same, I wish we had at least one or two other readers so it wasn't me pestering one person.