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In between his helping out at the inn, Jesper's often wandering the city, he has almost all of it memorized now in case he needs to bolt. He's become a favorite of the kids in the city because he tells them outrageous stories and will play games with them. He's with a group of said kids when the eclipse happens and the city goes abruptly dark. It's alarming, to be sure. This is far more than a normal dark sky and in the middle of the day too. There are some gasps and even the start of tears, and Jesper's frozen for a moment, staring up at the sky.

The kids pull him out of it by clinging to him and Jesper tries to adjust with his eyes. It isn't easy but this is when it comes in handy, his constant wandering of the city streets. "It's alright," he says, really uncertain if that's the truth. "Let's get you home." He only remembers one or two of their homes, but maybe they can all stay in one. He can't leave them here. He doesn't need his father's disapproval in his head to know that much.

"Anyone here? I need help. Walk slowly, little Crows." There's eight of them so it is going to be quite the journey, and he knows he could use at least a second person, they can't all latch onto him on the walk. But he'll make it work on his own. It wouldn't be the first time. He could use the help from someone else though. Regardless of that, he starts on his way, being clung to.

After managing to drop the kids off with parents who agreed to take them all in safely, who knows how dangerous staying out there for each would be, Jesper is relieved to only worry about himself now. That hyper-awareness bleeds away and leads him to end up stumbling around more, possibly running right into someone else in the process. Ketterdam is usually very dark and he's used to not being able to see easily, but this is on a higher level.

Edited 2022-03-17 14:09 (UTC)

After Jesper's first visit, his Horizon fills itself up. It's an interesting mix-match of the Crow Club, a darkly colored gambling den and bar that's clearly a little skeezy and suggestive of criminal activity. There always seems to be chatter even without people in it, chatter that isn't able to heard precisely, although you can usually here Ketterdam and Crows mumbled around.

The gambling tables are the hot spot of the club with what appears to be card games and dice specific to Jesper's world. There seem to be an unlimited supply of kruge (Kerch money) and other coins that will work so no one runs out of funds. A silent NPC dealer is there at all times. People visiting will find that if they sit down and think of games from back home, the table will start to change and their games from home appear on it. Want to play normal poker? Go for it. Want to play Uno or Sorry? It'll be there!

Something similar happens when you go to the bar. An NPC bartender is there and will bring you a drink, and as soon as it gets into your hand, it will become whatever your favorite is. If you choose to get something from Ketterdam it's mostly ales.

The doors that are open for people to walk through glow so a visitor can know where to go, walking into a bedroom that Kaz Brekker owns which is not Jesper's but he's often there, or out of the club entirely to a place beautiful and green. Jesper can be found here at each location, sometimes sitting playing cards, sometimes nursing a drink, sometimes lounging in the back staring off into space, and occasionally quietly sitting in Kaz's room. He looks much the same as usual except he's in a bright green suit with a lime shirt underneath and a pair of pistols with pearl handles.

It is a lively and active kind of dive club, and for some reason everything in it smells like waffles.

Edited 2022-03-17 14:27 (UTC)

You can get through to the Van Eck Mansion either through the Crow Club first, with glowing doors at the back to suggest you can keep walking, or it'll be the first thing you arrive to instead. It is a beautiful place with bright greenery outside. Feel free to walk through the vivid flowers and trees and there are little spots perfect for sitting and enjoying the warm weather and nice ambiance. A good place to relax if you're looking for one.

There are other key locations in the Van Eck Mansion. Once you walk in, there's a beautiful entryway and doors toward a library, a sitting room, and a music and art room. In the sitting room you will see a giant portrait with a dark-skinned woman wearing green hunter clothes and the pistols that her son usually carries with her. She looks very much like Jesper so it's easy to make the guess who this is.

In the front area, there is a giant portrait of a wolf, and this location also smells like waffles all the time. Feel free to sit casually in any of the rooms and enjoy some quiet time. In the music room there seems to be flute music playing at all times, without anyone there. People can play the piano or find that there are instruments they know how to use there they can pick up. Part of the room there are multiple canvases and paint that a visitor can use to create something for themselves.

The bedroom upstairs is the only place that is closed off, but someone can knock on the door. Otherwise they can find Jesper in any place, either lounging in the sitting room, staring out the window in the music room, and there is a shooting range in the back. Surrounded by the outdoor beauty, it is the only very Jesper thing, with a variety of guns that people can pick up and use themselves on the targets there.

In this area Jesper will also be practicing his powers of telekinesis with bullets, tossing them back and forth. He's less anxious about it in here and he's showing great promise. There are also patches of clothing, fabric, wood, glass, anything a Durast can start manipulating. It might seem like an odd combination of things to have out there in the open, but upon further inspection, a visitor can see that they are all modified or morphed into different shapes.

Edited 2022-03-17 14:30 (UTC)

Now that Jesper is more comfortable in the city, he starts to wander around and meet a lot of the people there. He is still slightly annoying with the gunsmiths, but he's learned his lesson not to drive them crazy or they'll hike up the prices. He is a friendly individual and starts shouting out names as he waves and wanders by. If there are Summoned regularly in the inn or the area, he may have already learned your name!

He is often in the inn since he agreed to help out there for room and board, either bartending or cleaning up tables, or carrying heavy stuff for Mag. He's cheerful and will chat up anyone there. "How's your day?" or "What's going on?" are common questions toward anyone who comes in, and he genuinely seems to want to know. He's picked up some duties for merchants carrying things and the like, having learned from Geralt that it's a way to start making money that doesn't include being killed by monsters. Right away, at least.

While Jesper stays away from gambling areas, he hustles people regularly with darts and he shows off his incredible aiming skills there. No matter what challenge he's given, he accomplishes it, but not to the extent people can tell there is any magic involved.

Sometimes Jesper can be found wandering the academies, listening in on lectures or eavesdropping on student conversations. While he offers no opinions or thoughts himself, he follows along well, and it seems he's more there to observe than anything else.

If anyone has met Jesper, they probably know he is very high energy and seems to never be able to sit or stand still. He's always twitching or playing with a Wheel of Fortune pendant in his pocket. However, when the strange change comes upon the Summoned out of no where (Bad Moon Rising), something seems to change in him. He becomes calmer, more relaxed and peaceful. His powers are shut off which means his physical changes due to his powers are gone, and he is very distraught whenever that changes and he goes back to his nervous energy.

Edited 2022-03-17 14:40 (UTC)

Jesper has asked around for news of any jobs, no matter how small, in case there's a reward worth saving up for a gun. He's actually been doing an incredible job saving coin ... for him. He's been gambling in his Horizon which has helped take some of the edge off, and he is determined, he is so close. Catching a pigeon seemed like a very easy way to get the favor of a man of influence here. He described it fairly well too and Jesper smiled and reassured the fellow he'd work on it.

The thing is, he has no idea how to hunt pigeons. If he had a gun, he could shoot it down, but obviously the man does not want it harmed. He has hunted birds in the wild, but in a city like this? And to catch it? More difficult. So he had to ask Inej, since she is far better at this than he is. He did manage to get a box that he thinks could house the bird, he's used his gifts to make a stronger frame for it and a nice open slot to go in and out.

Inej also comes in handy because the street was giving him no way to search, so with her help, Jesper scrambled up to the roof of one of the buildings in the main square, having heard that the pigeon was seen nearby. For now, they're just looking around, trying to catch a look of it. He frowns though, peering out into the desert sky.

"These buildings aren't as easy to jump across as Ketterdam, are they?"

Okay they might be easy for Inej, but he needs simplicity. This is going to end up a scramble sooner or later, but he'll try anyway!

Edited 2022-03-26 21:29 (UTC)

OPEN - Eclipse

OPEN - Horizon - Crow Club section

Open - Horizon - Van Eck Mansion

Open - Around Cadens + Event

Closed to Inej - Pigeon hunting - Eventual Fail!