Comments and questions in this post, and I'll put this week's chapter in the next post later on. Easier for me edit the story this way. Because for some reason I always catch stuff once it's posted here at Chorrol, which I can't see in Notepad.
treydog: Melisande actually attacked my poor Jayne, so your paranoia is not unfounded! ... I have a mod in her game called Oblivion Jobs which is supposed to allow the player-character to pick crops for a small amount of money (and do all sorts of other menial tasks like cook food, smith weapons, pick grapes in Skingrad, etc.), On the Drakelowe property, Jayne could harvest crops and get paid by Melisande, and the mod author also gave the PC his/her own bedroll. But then something went wrong.

Out of nowhere, Mel decided to flip on Jayne for whatever glitchy reason.
In roleplay terms though, this actually made sense, as shall be seen.
Lopov: Yes, what would Jayne have said, if she hadn't bit her tongue?
Acadian: I've been thinking about Buffy here and there, especially in this next chapter. Because I do remember she's got some experience dealing with goblins and all sorts of nasties, but is also open-minded to the fact that not ALL of them are horrid. Buffy also is quite resourceful about finding all sorts of items in the wild, and making them useful. I seem to recall she makes her own toiletries, for instance.
SubRosa: I decided to do a little research, typing "goblin" into The Imperial Library website, and quite a few results came up.

That Stonechewer book was submitted by somebody playing Elder Scrolls Online. I'm not sure if it was written by a dev, or by somebody playing the game in real-time. It fits though.
All: Melisande is part of the Vampire Cure quest, which I didn't know until I did a little UESP'ing.

So the part when Mel says "come inside, I've got lots of ingredients which can soothe...." yeah, she really means this!
This next chapter coming up is actually a half-chapter. As I was writing I kept getting more and more ideas, to the point that I was getting overwhelmed! To post the entire thing at once would provide more of a "flow," but then I'd have to wait until next week, and we don't want that.
Have some cake.
This post has been edited by Renee: Aug 11 2019, 04:20 PM