#odyssey

Yes, he is within stabbing distance of that pole arm 🙂

"Krampus lovers!" The elf declares

Not realizing it might not bother the sluagh

“Santa already avoids too many kids with the only sin of being poor. Are YOU going to fix that?”

He pauses. “That is to say, what would do in exchange for a boost? Got an ear to the Man in Red for some that ARENT naughty?

"Yeah? I could put in aword for you" It offers

Dag frowns, waiting for Sy. She tries not to fidget.

he looks to Dagmar, then shrugs and turns to follow her. “Sorry, let’s stay on focus.”

"DARN YOU, I hope the Grue eats you both!"

A faint scowl has appeared on the trolls face, but she's happy to be back on the move.

Symon whispers, “ I thought maybe we could leverage some good karma for kids out of him, but I think he’s just a little narc like you said.”

"Not a bad idea to try. But I hate that dumb Elf."

“ as if Yule wasn’t commercialized enough already…”

"Yeah. Any kid should get a present."

“Did you know about the debates that CS Lewis got into? He was given so much shit about Santa- sorry, father Christmas, being in Narnia” a huff of amusement as he changes the subject.

"What? No! I liked that part of the book!"

His clever ploy succeeded, Symon continues along that line of conversation as they walk.

Dagmar LOVES Narnia. Especially the one with the Horse.

(She continues to be pissy about Susan)

They keep along, enjoying the travels, and see a split in the road with a sign post.. to one side it points ' Certain Dearth" the other says 'Dire Pearl"

“Dire pearl sounds like it could be something like that Boulder in Indiana Jones.”

“Or unpleasant older lady.”

A snerk.

"Well, there will be a lack on the left."

“ do we want the “known” path or the unknown? We’re probably facing six of one, half dozen of another.”

"You got a coin?"

Symon grins and pulls out a d10. “Evens Dearth, Odds Pearl.”

/roll 1

He scoops it back off the path before it can skitter off. “Looks like Dearth.”

A laugh. "Works for me!"