Greetings to cousins, friends and lovely strangers!

I hope you will be forgiving my sweet husband and I for being a little late getting into town! It takes me a little longer to get from place to place these days, we are expecting a beautiful little bundle of joy after Octoberfest!

We've spent the spring wandering around and giggling behind bushes, and we're getting in just in time to run a proper gypsy tavern for you, so try to keep up! I hear there's quite a few of my cousins coming in to town... so who are we talking about? What cousins have we got coming into Lumberton this gathering?

I see the town has announced a series of tests, games and merriment. Be sure to stop by the tavern to check all of it out!

And here's another idea: I've been noticing people tend to lurk around by their tents and cabins when it's dark outside. Don't wait for things to bump into you in the night and kill you! Come and mingle in the tavern! We'll have good food and drink, card games, gambling, and other merriment. And, since modesty was never really my thing, I'll just come right out and say it: if there's anybody you need to know, or any place you need to find out about, you'd might as well just ask me. I know everybody!

So, I'll see you all in a little while. Stay safe and secure till you get to town, 'cause dead people don't eat much (or carry much money)

Your favorite expectant gypsy!
Jelena Tarachev

Cousin Jelena,

I'll be riding my broken-down, old nag into town sometime between now and tomorrow night and look forward to seeing you and yours in the tavern. I'm afraid I won't be bringing much hooch with me, as Natalia used most every barrel I had for her sea-crossing raft of indescribable magnificence.

Yours,
Nasir Dimrak Fallowfield

Hello! My name is Taatu. I hopes to meet all you new friends! I love rocks and gems very much! If any friends have any for sales I would like to view your wares.

Taatu of the Nthanda gang

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