Cade Welcomes Another New Face

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Who: Cade Masters, Rapunzel
What: Cade welcomes blondie to the town
Where: The Malt Shop
When: April 29th, Mid-afternoon.
Warnings: Cade Masters


[It is another typical afternoon at the malt shop when Cade arrives. The juke box is playing hits from the 50's, and a couple groups of teenagers can be seen about the place sharing a milk shake with two straws.

Cade arrives arm-in-arm with a lovely girl with A LOT of blonde hair. He opens the door for her and gestures inside.]

"After you, Rapunzel!"

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"Of course!"

[Cade is clearly very excited to tell tales of his adventures.]

"How about... the story of Cade Masters and the Dragon of Cappadocia?"

[He says the title of the story with bravado and dramatic emphasis that sounds more than a bit silly.]

[hairflyingheartpounding]

[She giggles and nods eagerly.]

Yes, please!

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"All right then!"

[Cade eagerly launches into the story in the dramatic fashion one would expect of a bard, even doing different voices for different characters and emphasizing things with grandiose hand gestures.

((The story would take a very long time to write out, but here's the summary:
Cade is travelling through Veritas when he makes friends with a group of strange men. The strange men rob a noble in the kingdom of Cappadocia and set up Cade to take the fall.
The noble wants to execute Cade, but the noble's daughter is smitten with the bard and makes her father promise not to kill him. The noble instead tells Cade that he will be free if he can slay a mighty dragon that had been terrorizing the city by eating people and destroying homes.
Cade sets off to fight the dragon, but quickly finds he is outmatched. He stalls his demise by entertaining the dragon with stories and songs. The dragon gets so into Cade's music that it begins to dance and accidentally impales its head on a stalactite as it does so.
With the dragon slain, it never bothers another soul again, and Cade and the city of Cappadocia live happily ever after (Cade more-so, what with the Dragon's treasure horde and all).))

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[Rapunzel, ever the good audience, applauds at the end of the tale.] Oh! How amazing! Very quick-thinking of you!

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[Cade looks quite pleased. Seriously, he enjoys praise.]

"Well thank you, thank you. I am quite the quick-thinker I suppose."

[He really isn't. He just panicked and happened to get lucky.]

"Yuuppp. Takes a real fool to mess with the likes of Cade Masters..."

[hairflyingheartpounding]

You're welcome.

And that's good, especially here, where it's so dangerous. My fake husband has been working on things to keep us safe.

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Well, this one learns quick, if she already knows how dangerous Mayfield is on her first day. Cade is surprised.]

"Oh, yeah. I'm glad you already know. I wasn't sure how to break it to you that this place is more dangerous than it looks.

If you ever need protecting though, my blade is at your service."

[hairflyingheartpounding]

Oh... Well, thank you, Cade.

[adventurerextraordinaire]

"Think nothing of it! I would make a poor hero if I didn't protect the lovely damsel, now wouldn't I?

So, how do you and your fake husband get along?"

[hairflyingheartpounding]

[She blushes a bit.]

Thank you. And alright! He's interesting. And clever.

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[Cade smirks.]

"Well, you are lucky then. My assigned wife doesn't seem to think very highly of me for some reason. Can you imagine that?"

[...he says while checking out his own reflection in a spoon.]

[hairflyingheartpounding]

[She doesn't mind cocky, really. She's pretty much been surrounded by it recently.]

That's a shame. You're very kind - Oh, and talented!

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade seems pleased by the compliment.]

"Oh, thank you! You are those things too! And I'm pretty sure you're prettier than I am to boot!"

[Cade gives her a mischievous wink]

[hairflyingheartpounding]

[She blushes deeply at that, smiling at him.]

Thank you, Cade.

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade smiles and worries that he might just blush too, so he takes a sip of his milkshake.]

"Are you... enjoying your lunch?"

[hairflyingheartpounding]

Very much, thank you.

[adventurerextraordinaire]

"Good! Good!"

[Cade takes another bite of his burger, and thinks. He is enjoying the company of a lovely lady, but feels like he should make sure that the new arrival is aware of the quirks of this place.]

"...So, if you had any powers back home, I take it you've already discovered that they don't work here?"

[hairflyingheartpounding]

[Her response is quick and her tone is even.]

I didn't have any powers.

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade shrugs. He didn't think she did but he thought it was worth mentioning.]

"Ah. Well I guess at least you don't have the disappointment of losing them then. I had quite a variety of tricks up my sleeve and it was quite startling for them all to disappear like that."

[hairflyingheartpounding]

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that... What did you lose?

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade gets a wistful look I his eyes.]

"My magic, mostly. I was able to heal other people's wounds, cure disease, purify poisons, suppress people's fear, and sense evil with my sacred magic. I also learned a variety of other minor mage spells: creating lights and colors and sounds and illusions and charms, and such...

Also, I really miss my hat."

[hairflyingheartpounding]

Oh... That's a shame to lo--

[And then he mentions his hat, and she can't help giggling.]

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade looks surprised]

"What's so funny?"

[hairflyingheartpounding]

I'm sorry! Really, I am, it's just... So much amazing magic, and then you mentioned a hat!

[adventurerextraordinaire]

"Well... It was a really nice hat."