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Wayne and Steris went to [[Lady ZoBell's party]], but were turned away by the bouncer. Wayne used his bend alloy to determine that they were on a list of people to be kept out of the party, a petty move by the governor’s bodyguard. Wayne decided to act the part of Professor Hanlanaze, a mathematics professor, to get into the party with Marasi as his assistant. A colleague recognized him, and he threw up a speed bubble while Marasi figured out how to respond to him. Wayne bluffed the man into a hasty retreat and concentrated on eating again.{{book ref|sos|9}} At the party a young woman came up to him and slapped him, saying that he stole an invention from her now-destitute father. Wax found a suspicious server and chased him, Wayne tackling him. Bleeder escaped, and Wayne stayed behind to protect the governor while Wax chased after Bleeder.{{book ref|Sos|10}} Wayne conducted an impersonation of the party staff, and concluded that the server Wax chased was not Bleeder, as the choice of impersonating a new waiter that nobody liked was too obvious.{{book ref|sos|12}}
Wayne went to the temple of the Common Man, a very loose religion revolving around [[Breeze]] and heavily involving alcohol. The temple is a bar, and many people in the place were morose or angry. Wayne cheered up everyone there by improving their beverages, and met [[
=== Rioting in Elendel ===
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