Will Verity's mother press charges against Verity for attacking her with bardic magic? Also YES if Edil enacts another form of revenge which she perceives to be justified by the attack, or which she feels she can get away with because of having dirt on Verity, IF it's actually likely that Edil wouldn't have done so otherwise.

I'll bet on this market freely (when I have the manna); if there's ambiguity I'll delegate resolving it to someone who doesn't have a stake in the resolution.

The close date is irrelevant. I will push it back it as needed and resolve this market when TUTBAD is complete or clearly not going to be completed.