audio | un: silent + un: finn

[callada]

(color key: Rosinante and Finn)

Finn and I just spent the day following a couple people around town. Finn, you want to give them a primer on how that ability of yours works?

So, back on our first mission in Gyeongje, I… sort of absorbed part of the orb for a little while. It’s a long story, but because of that, I can apparently sense the other orbs and track them if I can find something that’s come in contact with it.

All I’ve gotten here so far are just feelings that it’s nearby, but Rosinante and I have narrowed it down. The Bransons have definitely been near the orb, maybe in contact with it. The kid, Jebediah Branson, and a woman named Poppy have probably been near it. As for the orb’s actual location, though, that’s really all we’ve got so far… But Jebediah did mention a father, grandfather, and an uncle he called Ches.

And on top of Finn's sense of all that, they’re not repeating themselves like the rest of the town and they know the others are. Even mentioned it a few times.

Two of the Branson men might, the father and grandfather of the kid, might still be inside the mines, probably in a part outside the loop Gwen described which is why she didn’t see them. This “Uncle Ches” fellow must work there too, the kid Jeb implied he was always covered in dirt when he comes home.

Their house is over by the stables, if anyone is feeling interested in some infiltration. Otherwise, asking around town about this Ches Branson could be helpful. Maybe hunt him down directly, if you can. But if he has the orb, maybe let all of us know before you tangle with him too closely.

Comments

[laviny]

I followed him from the saloon to the general store and then to the school. It seemed important that he get there, so maybe he wanted to surprise them.

Or it could be another grandfather. But one of my coworkers from the saloon is a friend of Poppy's and was with their group when the boy went to greet him

[As for what she found…]

I think his name is Ford. And he was shaken by the mention of a group of bandits called the Bouldersnakes. I haven’t been able to dig up any sort of solid information on them, though.

[callada]

Sounds like the Branson grandfather, all right. The school's the first place Finn picked up on sensing the orb. We must've been there just the day after you followed him there. From what Finn said though, it was faint. Maybe he's also affected like Poppy, but not carrying the orb around himself.

[laviny]

It could be. I lost his trail after he met his family at the school house, but I can keep an eye out for him at the saloon.

[callada]

Good plan. If he's like the rest of his family, he shouldn't repeat himself over and over. If he knows anything more about this than Poppy and Jeb do though he might react differently to everyone else doing it. Might pretend he doesn't even notice, even though he should.

It'd be real interesting to ask him a few things. See how he responds after a while, when everyone else in town would get back onto their scripts.