Noticing a slight pull on his line, the expert angler quickly draws in his fishing line, revealing a very rare squid.

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'What the?' an expert angler asks.

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An expert angler says, 'Don't see that often round here...'

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An expert angler sits down, holding the squid with a curiosity, waiting for it to halt squirming...

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The squid finally stops moving from suffocation.

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An expert angler runs his finger along the inside mantle of the squid, then with his other hand begins to pull on the head.

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With a pop, the head detaches from the squid's body.

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Demonstrating years of skill, an expert angler slides his finger along the interior of the squid, detaching the ink sac.

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An expert angler drops an ink sac.

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get all
You take an ink sac.

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sw

 A Peaceful Lane                                        NW     -     NE
(-------------------------------------------------)     - <---(M)---> E
                                                        #      -      -

  The ash trees that have been planted haphazardly along the side of the
road cast their great shadows over the village of Colyon, the ideal
environment for a group of outcast drow.  Inhabited by refugees from the
great underground city of Arien'dyth, shadows play a significant role for
the citizens of this quiet hamlet.  A small trail off to the northeast leads
up to a grassy outcropping, while a walkway southwest casts inviting sounds.
The rest of the village lies northwest, but all the noise is coming from the
thatched hut southwestward.  
     A brightly colored fishing lure sits here waiting to catch fish.
     A scrumptious blueberry danish is here.
     A yummy breadstick, covered with sesame seeds, is here.
     Someone has left several delicious looking clams here.
(  2) A huge boulder covered in ice sits here.
     There is a weathered wooden hitching post here.

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sw
The door is closed.

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open southwest
You open the southwest door.

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sw

 Mama Kjarlow's                                         -      -     NE
(-------------------------------------------------)     - <---(M)---> -
                                                        -      -      -

  Mama Kjarlow's place may be at the south end of the village, but it's
actually the center of Colyon's activities.  Her house bustles with
activity, as far as drow sociality goes, and if there's ever anything going
on, it's probably here.  Her house isn't the nicest, or the largest, and her
furniture even has some splinters, which tend to jab people where they don't
want to be jabbed, but for many locals, this is their home away from home.  
     (Gold Aura) An altar covered in candles bathes a corner of the room in soft white light.
A pudgy drow woman sits at her dining table.
Mama Kjarlow sneers at you. Why does she hold you in such contempt?

[SAFE]<756hp 705sp 769st> 
Your stomach rumbles.
Your throat feels parched.

[SAFE]<756hp 705sp 769st> 
give mama lure
You do not have that item.

[SAFE]<756hp 705sp 769st> 
give lura mama
You do not have that item.

[SAFE]<756hp 705sp 769st> 
give lure mam
You give a bright colored fishing lure to Mama Kjarlow.
'What's this here?' Mama Kjarlow asks. 'Oh my, you must have gotten this for the old fisherman.'

[SAFE]<756hp 705sp 769st> 
Mama Kjarlow mumbles something obscene but incomprehensible - more than likely it was regarding elves.
'I'fraid he doesn't like the bright colored things...' Mama Kjarlow says. 'We can fix this up fur him thoughs.'

[SAFE]<756hp 705sp 769st> 
'I'mma need some tings to do it though, and I ain't able to get outta here.' Mama Kjarlow says. 'You get them for me, okay?'

[SAFE]<756hp 705sp 769st> 
Your stomach rumbles.
Your throat feels parched.

[SAFE]<756hp 705sp 769st> 
'We gonna paints it black.' Mama Kjarlow says. 'Waters clear, fish'll still bite.'

[SAFE]<756hp 705sp 769st> 
'Get me a paintbrush and some inks to do it.' Mama Kjarlow says.

[SAFE]<756hp 705sp 769st> 
give paint mama
You give a camelhair paintbrush to Mama Kjarlow.
You give an ink sac to Mama Kjarlow.
Using the back end of the camelhair paintbrush, Mama Kjarlow pops open the ink sac.

[SAFE]<756hp 705sp 769st> 

......-----******))))) SPLAT! (((((******-----......

Black ink accidentally sprays all over the room from the now exploded ink sac!#!@(*%&

[SAFE]<756hp 705sp 769st> 
Your stomach rumbles.
Your throat feels parched.
You hear a booming laughter coming from somewhere in the village.
Mama Kjarlow begins to uncontrollably laugh quite loudly!

[SAFE]<756hp 705sp 769st> 
'Oh my!' Mama Kjarlow exclaims. 'I haven't laughed that heard in ages!  Lookiee at my clothes, all stained!'

[SAFE]<756hp 705sp 769st> 
'Polka dots gonna be style after dis!' Mama Kjarlow exclaims. 'And look here!'

[SAFE]<756hp 705sp 769st> 
Mama Kjarlow holds up an ink-stained fishing lure!

[SAFE]<756hp 705sp 769st> 
Mama Kjarlow exclaims, 'We didn't even needs the brush!'
Mama Kjarlow finds herself laughing at the world.

[SAFE]<756hp 705sp 769st> 
'Here, take it, Annandra.' Mama Kjarlow says. 'Dat old fishaman gonna like it a lot!'
Mama Kjarlow gives you an ink-stained fishing lure.

[SAFE]<756hp 705sp 769st> 
Your stomach rumbles.
Your throat feels parched.

[SAFE]<756hp 705sp 769st> 
x

 A Peaceful Lane                                        NW     -     NE
(-------------------------------------------------)     - <---(M)---> E
                                                        SW     -      -

  The ash trees that have been planted haphazardly along the side of the
road cast their great shadows over the village of Colyon, the ideal
environment for a group of outcast drow.  Inhabited by refugees from the
great underground city of Arien'dyth, shadows play a significant role for
the citizens of this quiet hamlet.  A small trail off to the northeast leads
up to a grassy outcropping, while a walkway southwest casts inviting sounds.
The rest of the village lies northwest, but all the noise is coming from the
thatched hut southwestward.  
     A brightly colored fishing lure sits here waiting to catch fish.
     A scrumptious blueberry danish is here.
     A yummy breadstick, covered with sesame seeds, is here.
     Someone has left several delicious looking clams here.
(  2) A huge boulder covered in ice sits here.
     There is a weathered wooden hitching post here.

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x

Hint: Almost all of the residents of Colyon live well below what most in any established city would consider poverty.

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 A Cliff Above the River                                -      -      -
(-------------------------------------------------)     - <---(M)---> -
                                                        SW     I      -

  This grassy outcropping overlooks the Wampo Stream, and the rope bridge
across it, which leads back into the sweltering Colove Jungle.  The air up
here is cool, elevated a bit above the jungle, and significantly above the
river down below.  Humid air gives way to occasionally blustery winds at
this height, specifically so close to the cliff.  This looks like an
excellent place to go fishing, if you have a line long enough.  If you
don't, there is probably a sufficient tangle vine in the jungle, but it's so
muggy there...  
An old drow sits on the edge of the cliff, dangling a line of braided tangle vine down into the stream.
An expert fisherman is here, decked out in the standard issue of all good anglers.

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give lure eld
You give an ink-stained fishing lure to an elderly fisherman.
'Annandra!' an elderly fisherman exclaims. 'Dis'n purferct!  Da fishies gonna bites this all up!'

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'You villjige savyour!' an elderly fisherman exclaims. 'You'akin Colyon much bettah place!'

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'I ain't gots much, but take dis, I found in da rivah few days ago.' an elderly fisherman says.
An elderly fisherman gives you a pair of mudcaked clodhoppers.
You have been granted the Mark of Philanthropy!
You gain 24 practices!
You gain 140 quest points!