>>5735175>>5735445>>5735462>>5735871>>5736094>>5736114Taking a leisurely stroll across the city, you once again find yourself at the Phantom Knight Inn, half expecting to encounter some form of resistance on the way to your room, yet the establishment operates as normal. Gathering your belongings, you must now decide what it is that you will be wearing over the bustenhalt before you depart. Though the toga's practicality is more than sufficient, that elastic outfit - the 'catsuit' - which that gnome swindled you into purchasing does intrigue you. Easily slipping into the garment and its complementary footwear, you discover that despite its taut fit, the flexible material affords you a full range of motion quite unlike anything else you have worn to date.
Why isn't everyone wearing this?
Electing to spend the remainder of your time at the Dreaming Dragon, you make your way through Everlund's streets, which become more lively by the moment as hundreds of armed warriors clad in laboriously polished steel that bears a passing resemblance the High Captain's armor mobilize as night falls. Each carries themselves with an unusual discipline that is hard to qualify. With upright backs and steely expressions, they march with measured steps in rigid formations, their behavior more akin to complex machinery than organic beings. The thought unnerves you, however, you cannot place why.
https://vocaroo.com/1QqxB9dOUT6wA spectrum of polychromatic lights bright enough to blind pours through the windows of the Dreaming Dragon as some horrid noise likely meant to resemble 'music' belabors its walls, as if desperate to escape. Turning your eyes away from the near-lethal glare that rivals the sun's radiance, you grip the door's handle and recoil as the vibrations caused by the racket travel through it and pass into your bones. Just what in the Nine Hells is going on in there?
Hmm...
>[Will] I am a proud warrior versed in the martial traditions of ancient Ilythiir. A few colorful lights shall not deter me.>Upon further consideration, I have decided to instead enjoy a walk before the appointed hour. 