You’re happy to help, you begin as a weary smile slips onto your face, but there uh… there might be someone who won’t be…

Joplin and Lutza exchange a concerned glance. “And who, pray tell, would that be, Mr. Peas?”

Well, you sigh as you struggle to find the best way to put it, do they know who you’re traveling with? Surely Joplin noticed.

“I am aware, yes,” He nods stoically. God, what a PRO! “A Skog and a Durher-”

Yea, the second one’s the issue, you interject with a nervous chuckle! See, her name’s ‘Tzah-Tzie’.

You probably give Lutza and her staff a whole minute to stare awkwardly at you before you realize they aren’t gonna follow up. Erm, you continue, she’s a Durher Spinner too? Holds a bit of a grudge?

You’re not sure which stumbled-over word did it, but one of them causes Lutza’s lavender eyes to pop out in recognition! “Oh… OH! Joplin, he’s talking about BAAELIS!”

Great, another name for the bucket. Baaelis? Joplin’s steely gaze hops from you to his employer. “Miss?”

“It’s okay, I can explain…” Sighs the Spinner as her tail gives her seat a resigned smack. “So she’s going by a new title these days, huh?”

Y-yea, you nod, trying and probably failing to play along, and she’s not a Lutza fan, let me tell you…

Well, VOLKA is, but-

“Musta’ been a year ago…” Muses the musician as she wistfully gazes at the ceiling, “I was still fresh on the Spinner scene… still popular, mind, but not as popular, you know?”

Sure, you nod, barely concealing your unfamiliarity with popularity, totally…

“I had just finished playing a set in MIRAL at the CHIPPED TUSK TAVERN when I heard them:” The Spinner pauses as a warm smile sneaks onto her face! “Notes from a Striilii… clearer than crystal!”

You blink. She… started playing?

“It was divine...” Lutza nods, her smile full of whimsy as she relives the memory in her head! “And I just stood there stupified! I had been challenged a few times before, but-”

Wait a sec… ‘challenged?’

“A common occurrence in the Spinner world,” Shrugs Joplin. “A ‘stunt’ performed by lesser-known Spinners to gain renown.” His perpetual frown deepens. “Imprudent, but not prohibited. This was long before I represented Miss Lutza, mind. Such frivolities wouldn’t happen under my watch.”

“Aww, but she was so cute though!” Chirps the Durher as she kicks her feet against her chair!

So, you continue, what did she do about it?

“What else? I accompanied her, of course! Once a melody gets going, well… I can’t help but sing along!”

Hoo boy, you sigh, you know how this ends…

“And, well… that just made her play more…” Continues Lutza, her smile dipping into sheepish territory! “And so did I… and eventually she sug-”

>Roll me 1d100 for reasons! Best of 3!