#bergen_county

"But yes"

“Five pieces. And I bet the last piece will have the legend that makes any sense of it. That’s how it always goes.”

"Well actually, I just need al lfive.. and you don't have to go after. I just want the whole thing"

A frooooown. “So we get the treasure map, then you go after the treasure?”

"Some might say the map is the treasure. The knolwedge it carries. But you will be rewarded"

Eyebrow.

"Wow, you two are seriously wanting MORE work after piecing it together?" he says surprised

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” He says, smugly.

“And if it’s worth 5 quest arcs to get, it’s gotta be an Epic level loot.”

"Like... yeah."

"Isn't getting the map a kind of pre-quest?"

“It’s a quest chain. Like when you need to grind Orgrimmar rep before you even get a chance to start the Hoard Bristleboar slaying quest line.”

"How did I KNOW You were Horde?" Vali says

"Okay okay... get the map and we'll talk about whether you get to go there.Okay?"

Just a smirk.

"I mean, if we have the map, couldn't we just go there?"

He gawks at Dagmar. He has NEVER BEEN SO PROUD.

"I suppose not much I could do to stop you" he admits looking surprised she might consider bypassing any permission

"Just sayin'."

He looks at Symon "And she thought she wasn't clever"

no sarcasm there either

“I said we find the map, and if we get all 5 pieces, you tell us what is... or what you think... is at the end. And we get to decide if we want in.”

"Okay. " He says "And thank yo uboth for the help"

"Well, knights have to go quest."

"And what's a knight without a knave.. meant respectfully, of course" he says to Symon

A snort. “Oh. You’d better tell your
Squire you’ll be away.”

"Oh, yeah. I'll have to get him set up."

“If he shows up following us halfway across the country after handcuffing Eden to a steering wheel... “

Vali says "tell him he has to take over Symon's duties. Won't Dirk and Anne Marie be surprised?"

"Well, horses..."

“No!” Surprising with his vehemence. “Uh. No. He might think he has to do my work. I don’t even let Lilly in my workshed alone.”

A mutter, “keep forgetting to ask the Hearth if I could carve out some space here.”

"Try the crawlspace under the lodge" hesuggests

IS there a crawlspace under the lodge?

No one has looked

“You’d be able to smell the decomposing...” but he looks thoughtful.

"I'll get you the notes on the locations later. For now? My fiancee wants me to get home and plan the wedding"

"Sure, sure. Check in with you later, Vali."

“You’re not married yet?”

"It got postponed. I know I know"

A sigh. “I didn’t hermit long enough. I was hoping I’d missed the festivities. No offense. I’d still get a gift.”

"And here I was hoping to make you ringbearer.. for the visuals"

“Almost worth it if I could come as Sméagol. But weddings mean MATCHMAKING.” He looks ill.

"Connor would be a good ringbearer, just sayin'..."

"... nobody did matchmaking at my parents' wedding..."

“Was your mom a Boggan?”

A chuckle then his phone beeps "Yup. And that's the reminder. Later, you two. Thanks agian for agreeing to do this" And grabbing his phone, he waves and heads off

A wave to the other troll.

“Sounds like the quest might be interesting. But, first. Ungoliant was the first and mightiest of many of the dark forces, who birthed all of the spiders of middle earth...”

"Like Shelob?"