You were talking through the maze wall with Butterscotch. She mentioned having been separated from one of the other ponies.
Everyone Else:
You have successfully reclaimed the Eye of the staff! Clearly no puzzle is too devilish for you. Where to, now? The depths of the temple, or will you help Chip finish his little misadventure before heading over? Chip informs you that it would involve winning a drinking game and could be dangerously fun.
>>496776 There were some loose plans but most everything fleet related has been postponed in light of tensions following the motion to revoke the privilege of non appeal!
In the mean time, a bunch of the raiders you're familiar with – Chip, Emrille, Tela, Friesian, Sateo, Seekkill – they all went to go pillage a mansion that was abandoned.
Light Heart is off doing something on her own somewhere. Felfire, too.
>>496778 Pffft. There must be a reason why I didn't go there. Was there money around here somewhere? Walk around town looking for something suitable to scam '1d10'
>>496783 Your best bet, as far as you can figure, is to set up some sort of scam stand down in the market lane. There are a bunch of shifty merchants there anyway. You may need to be careful of the guards, though.
>>496768 I really don't want to go into that temple without at least one dog who has a head for architecture, so I'll accompany Chip to his drinking game. He'll need someone to carry him out, after all.
>>496787 >>496774 Looks like the two of you head back down to the pirate gang. These notorious Mad Hatters are mostly benign, but to get information out of them, you'll need to beat them at insult beer pong, their favorite game.
>>496808 "Are you just going to fucking complain the whole time or what? With all the shit you've been pulling you can be glad I don't just let you do this stuff alone and get yourself raped in a dark alley or something."
"Listeners, you're wise to interrupt your busy day here for a few minutes. For here, you shall witness learn something invaluable. For I, Dogeini, have travelled and sailed the Seven Seas for years, and have seen many things." I point to one of the ponies. "You. Do you know what you're about to learn?"
>>496807 >>496808 >>496812 You head over to the most popular bar in the shadiest part of the district, the Rapist's Dark Alley Or Something.
This spacious bar has an odd shape that allows it to have tons of dark corners for suspicious cloaked characters to brood in. This would be a good place to hang out if you were a ranger or goth.
>>496816 Talk a bit softer, but still make sure the crowd hears me. "Wouldn't it be truly handy to know what I'm about to tell you? To know the future before it happened?"
>>496819 You immediately faceplant into the the bar, eliciting some chuckles.
>>496823 There's a sagely old longbeard nursing a strong liquor near the end of the bar.
>>496821 >>496824 >>496825 You reconvene at the White Rabbit, a stately vessel occupied by less than savory blokes. These wikkits ain't in it fer much but two pence to a laugh, yeah? In any case, they rightly look about bloody well ready to receive you if'n yer crumpet's where yer gob'sat.
>>496820 You don't have much of a crowd at this point. You may need to work at it a bit before you can easily draw large ones. You've got three ponies.
>>496830 I've heard a fair number of languages in Autumnsreach, but moon help me I can't make heads or tails of that. I think two pence might be two bits? Who knows.
>>496830 >>496833 Get up and dust myself off. "I did that on purpose! Anypony want to laugh, flash a smile at the barrel of my gun and see what happens."
>>496834 Gotta start somewhere. "Well you're in luck, my friend. I have travelled far, to that part of the map that can only be called "here there be monsters". And there I learned the secret art to foretell the future with…" Take out my pack of cards. "Cards. Business, family, health, love, all of these bring us worry. Let the cards show you the way. Consultations today for an extra low price."
>>496839 >>496834 >>496841 I then called out to the madhatters. "I've come here with reinforcement! Are you up for another challenges or will you bilgerats sulk in the ships underbellies and drink from your mothers teats like the children you are!"
>>496846 Grab his hoof with my paw to stop him for a second. "I urge you to reconsider sir, you're missing a bargain."" Pickpocket his purse with my other paw Sleight of Hand '1d10'
>>496855 >>496851 >>496848 They motion for Curry to step up to the table. There are cups arranged in a triangular formation, filled with some unknown alcohol. Apparently you're supposed to land the little ball in one of those cups, but you can deflect it with paddles from your own cups. Coming up with good retorts seems to be an important part of this game. You can roll diplomacy to help you identify a good comeback to each insult.
He serves. "In all my years I've not seen a more loathsome worm than yerself!"
>>496853 He jerks away and departs, but you fished six bits out of his coinpurse.
>>496847 >>496838 You can't sit across from him, he's at the end of the bar. You approach him and sit next to him. He doesn't seem to mind and continues with his alcohol.