UTL S1E4: Allen? Albert? Aberforth?

This week, on Under the Library:

Harold/Jacker/Florence head off to visit Tonata (and we send Philip to wash and change)

As we pass the general store Lloyd runs out and asks Harold to build him a cat urine collector.   The 3 arrive at Tonata's and listen at the door, hearing loud hammering. Jaker yells and Tonata comes to the door. She has dark hair, braided and pulled back, with goggles pushed up on her head and a heavy leather apron. Short sleeves reveal arms covered with tattoos of ideas, schematics, and inventions. (Harold definitely has a crush!) She speaks loudly because she's wearing ear plugs.   We learn that she has a history with Gerald (main town inventor), and that as his interest in lomava grew, he began to shut her out, assigning her to other projects while he studied lomava in secret. He kept a journal about his lomava research, and she knows he tried feeding it to animals (wolf, badger, dog, others... their urine glowed), and also tried using it as fuel. He even wanted to use it in Tonata's tattoo gun (one of her inventions), but she wouldn't let him.   Tonata has some lomava and offered to experiment on it for us, but because of the possible danger to her we declined.    Heading back to Bawdy Bills, Harold/Jacker/Florence meet a now clean Philip, who finally tells us about his experience in the brothel with Pete the Poet. Philip thinks lomava might somehow be the cause. As we head into Bawdy Bill's, Philip refuses to come. He opts to stay outside and check on the horses, and suggests the safe word "pancake time" (but we agreed on "pineapple").   Before entering the bar we run into Beau and Quentin. They share stories from the mining camp and we relate our conversation with Tonata. Inside Bawdy Bill's, we find a raucous scene and a very intoxicated Alfred Rose. Jaker takes the lead because they're good friends. Jaker has little luck though; Alfred is uncommunicative and grumpy. Jaker tries to intimidate him but ends up just laying on some Jewish guilt.   Finally Alfred shares that he delivers lomava but never actually touches it. However, he helps load the containers. He takes at least 4-5 barrels a day to the train. He looks pretty healthy, albeit drunk. He says "shit happens down in the mine".   During this conversation Marisa approaches Quentin and whispers "y'all shouldn't be here." Quentin determines that she doesn't know the Becker family (from the journal list of names). He then shares her warning with the group and we decide to leave and meet at Potter's Place to brainstorm.   BUT   As we head out, drunk Alfred insults Jaker's height and Jaker punches him in the face! They exchange blows and Quentin restrains Alfred while Florence drags Jaker out of the bar by his ear and scolds him like a child.   On the way out, Beau notices Marisa looking nervously biting a nail and Wanda pacing "with a shady look in her eye."   Harold sees Philip's boots by the horse barn (but no Philip?). Jaker steps in a pile of shit.    And...scene.

 

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