Tim is a tough man to impress if you want to get into the Underground (just kidding it’s all an act he’s fully stoked that so many humans want to come to his bar).
Tim is a tough man to impress if you want to get into the Underground (just kidding it’s all an act he’s fully stoked that so many humans want to come to his bar).
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Well, there is that spell. Knowing about the hidden is one thing, knowing about magic is different.
For some reason, I get the idea that, if put to the test, that “shed” would prove to be a lot sturdier than it looks.
For starters, anyone who tries to sneak past Tim will likely find that the (very British! [link]) door handle can bite and hold on your thumb. ;-)
Hm, wonder what he’s testing/checking for? Personal vibe? Or something more magic-related?
I believe what was said was that he’s searching for intent, so yeah personal vibe. People there to cause trouble or wreck the masquerade will be caught and forced away.
I wonder what exactly Tim may have prepared to single-handedly “force away” troublemakers, possibly plural, in plain sight of the unscanned masses in the line. Teleporting them away with a SNAP! of his fingers may be a good deterrent, but is not exactly inconspicuous …
Aside from the possibility of having Remy or one of the other Nemeans on standby, Tim’s not exactly a 98-pound weakling under that coat.
He may also either have some martial arts skills or be able to boost his abilities so that he /looks/ like he does. (I recall some other fantasy fiction which suggested that martial arts discipline helps the magic wielder to focus his mind.)
He has a spell that can read intent:
https://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/heartaches-30-secret-for-a-reason/
You know, that’s something I found kind of intriguing back then – a spell that can read something as nebulous as “intent” finely enough to be any good has got to be extremely complex, at least by my intuition. Tim’s got chops!
He’s got 30 passive perception. (D&D joke)
Oh jeez, it’s already been almost 4 years (3 years and 355 days as of writing) since that comic?? No way. Kory’s patient waiting to write this storyline is to be greatly envied.
*14 years, *13 years and 355 days. I’m tired lol.
Oh. Thought he had something like that. Definitely helps keeping those out.
… now I wonder whether ShiVera’s comment about the temp of the Baltic might be foreshadowing, though … X-D
The barman is fully stoked, but is his bar fully stocked?
It may’ve been one in-story year or more since, but we were shown their stockroom [link] … and that’s apparently just the food they have available, not a single bottle, barrel, or not-road-worthy-anymore tanker ;-) in sight!
The print/PDF edition of Exchanges includes a diagram of the club’s layout. There’s a large storage basement beneath the main level.
If this takes off there’s going to be a run on Madame U’s and she’s probably asleep now!
[imagines Madame U all “oooh, business opportunity!!” and standing behind the counter in her pajamas while her hairdo is hissing up a storm at anything that moves]
… I’m still trying to wrap around the piece of paper Tim is holding in the last panel. It’s rather small for a cue card / guest whitelist, and I don’t see your typical club-goer handing the bouncer a business card as if he were the butler vetting wannabe visitors to his Lordship. :-3 Did they have mythicals do word-of-mouth advertising, handing them a stack of laissez-passer (a.k.a. tickets) to give out to interested humans?
Looks like an ID card to me.
… well, driver’s license, if anything; the UK didn’t give out ID cards until 2009 (to volunteers only, and stopped again soon after). But fair point nonetheless, driving licenses in photocard format hail from the late 90s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_Cards_Act_2006
Kory (and anyone else in NW Oregon or SW Washington), last week I learned that there’s a bakery in Clatskanie named Cryptid Cookies. I’ve never been there yet myself; I heard it mentioned on the radio as a hopefully-recurring vendor at sQuatchfest.
These guys, I presume:
https://keepitlocalcc.com/places/cryptid-cookies/
https://www.facebook.com/awesomecookiesbyjoyce/