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You fiddle with this part and eventually manage to get it loose, pulling out the circle and the intricately-etched crystal cylinder it's attached to.

Disappointed that he wasn't able to murder an innocent merchant for paltry loot, Jick leaves the t-shirt shack and continues down the tunnel to the city.

Certain that he can't afford any of their wares, he ignores the merchants, and is about to continue into the city proper when he is accosted by a suspiciously looking Grease Halfling.

"Hey, buddy, wanna make some quick pinecones? Just take this with you to the Entertainment district and visit the address on this note without attracting attention, and you'll be nicely rewarded." He holds in his hands an ornate metal bauble and a note.

The tunnel leads to a kiosk that seemingly built into the tunnel itself, with a man sitting behind the counter. Some t-shirts are hanging from a wire above the counter. A certain shirt that catches your eye has these symbols on it:

Going from left to right: First there is a circle, with a symbol of two smiling faces together. Then there is an arrow pointing left. Then there is an archway full of darkness with a broom underneath it. On the next line is a solitary line, followed by a blank face, then an arrow pointing to a circle, then an arrow pointing down with a circle beneath it, and finally a t-shirt with a pile of feces under it.

Attached to the t-shirt is a tag with a pinetree, another pinetree below that, another pinetree below that, three pinecones together below that, and a single pinetree below that. All these symbols are sideways.

You go down the tunnel some ways, then come across three smaller tunnels that open up on its side, two on the right, one on the left. And, of course, there is still the rest of the well-lit stone brick tunnel ahead of you.

The first tunnel on the right has a stone brick floor and rough ceiling and walls, along with torches placed far enough apart yet also close enough that some parts are dim, yet no place is in total darkness. The symbols on the wall are of a pick with what looks like an egg below it.

The second tunnel on the right looks just like the tunnel you're in, bricks all around and well lit. The symbols next to it look like a t-shirt with a pinecone below it.

The tunnel on the left is like the first tunnel on the right, bricked floor, rough sides and top, lit enough that everything's at least dim. Next to it are a symbol of three mushrooms together with a pitchfork below it.

This isn't just any wasp nest, this is a nest of Seeker Wasps. They will not stop chasing until they've stung their quarry.

You start running, passing several stores and houses until you reach the outskirts of Lesser Dirtstick, continuing down the road into the forest beyond, passing by an encounter of bugbears, then leaving the trees for the outskirts of Broom, a couple more houses, and you collapse, out of breath, in front of the Bouncing Viper Inn. The wasps all sting you once each, then head back to their nest.

You now have several painful welts on your skin, though, due to your half-watermelon heritage, only half of them were able to make it through your thick watermelon skin, so it's not as bad as it could have been.