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<blockquote data-quote="Hillsy7" data-source="post: 6953017" data-attributes="member: 6689191"><p>Burrai puffed away. Thinking. Planning. Evaluating. It all bubbled away as naturally as breathing, and finally other streams of information were appearing. He turned to Ersun as the Underfolker gave his thoughts. </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #800000">“I agree with your assessment. Mostly.”</span> Burrai let pipesmoke stream out through his nostrils. <span style="color: #800000">“However, I think there maybe just enough time. This contest is tomorrow night, and an ideal strike against Noro the evening after. So there’s perhaps time. The bigger fear here is that by not striking both targets close together, we risk scaring away one quarry after dealing with the first. The decision first and foremost is if we can afford to lose one of the two. It’s tough, yes. Audacious? Yes. The question is: Necessary?”</span> And Burrai was a student of audacious plans. History was essentially a record of those who’d gambled with the fate of the world and won.</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>Burrai glanced at Elloral, but the Dwarven priest had already called upon her god to heal her minor wounds. <span style="color: #800000">“No. The guards chased them off before blood could be properly exchanged, thankfully for them. As to why us?” </span>Again he glanced at Ellroal, this time a quick, sharp look. <span style="color: #800000">“The Black Network has taken an interest in us, in something we’ve discovered, and I suspect will soon realise we are actively working against them. This was always going to be a collision – they just made the first move. On the plus side, it means that dealing with Kong will almost certainly be part of the next few days.” </span>His grin was only half-hearted though as he turned back to Jabbar, Ren and Elloral discussing the Contest….</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Allies, pieces, manoeuvres; so many options, so many intricate paths. Burrai cursed under his breath softly. He just didn’t know what was possible right now, and he had dwindling hours to find out. Give him a half dozen men he knew well, a familiar valley, and he’d hold back an army of a hundred foreigners. Right now he just had a handful of possibilities, allies he knew little about, and enemies who refused to meet them on the battlefield. In was enough to make a dwarf stop drinking.</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #800000">“Aletia. I think Ren here has the best read of what we do next. Before we persuade Mr Burlock to do anything, perhaps we should check this last avenue to see if we can still make it work to our favour. Tell him to expect a visit from us tomorrow morning, and try and convince him an open mind is best. And get some rest, Lass. Tomorrow might be a long day.”</span> The last was delivered softly, almost fondly.</p><p> </p><p>He turned back to the others. <span style="color: #800000">“If Kayote is going to be bull-headed about this, and doing this at the Contest is going to be too difficult to do clean, maybe there is something Rasul can help with to do this away from prying eyes. Yes, it puts us in his debt, meaning helping Rasul with Noro is an obligation rather than a favour, but if we want to strike twice at the Network rather than once, I see no other option.”</span></p><p> </p><p>He puffed hard on his pipe for a moment, deep in thought, creating a small fog cloud around his head he had to swat away. <span style="color: #800000">“And time is pressing. Jabbar, Avar, anyone else,”</span> he gestured to the room at large. <span style="color: #800000">“are we awake enough to take a night-time stroll through the sewers?”</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hillsy7, post: 6953017, member: 6689191"] Burrai puffed away. Thinking. Planning. Evaluating. It all bubbled away as naturally as breathing, and finally other streams of information were appearing. He turned to Ersun as the Underfolker gave his thoughts. [COLOR=#800000]“I agree with your assessment. Mostly.”[/COLOR] Burrai let pipesmoke stream out through his nostrils. [COLOR=#800000]“However, I think there maybe just enough time. This contest is tomorrow night, and an ideal strike against Noro the evening after. So there’s perhaps time. The bigger fear here is that by not striking both targets close together, we risk scaring away one quarry after dealing with the first. The decision first and foremost is if we can afford to lose one of the two. It’s tough, yes. Audacious? Yes. The question is: Necessary?”[/COLOR] And Burrai was a student of audacious plans. History was essentially a record of those who’d gambled with the fate of the world and won. Burrai glanced at Elloral, but the Dwarven priest had already called upon her god to heal her minor wounds. [COLOR=#800000]“No. The guards chased them off before blood could be properly exchanged, thankfully for them. As to why us?” [/COLOR]Again he glanced at Ellroal, this time a quick, sharp look. [COLOR=#800000]“The Black Network has taken an interest in us, in something we’ve discovered, and I suspect will soon realise we are actively working against them. This was always going to be a collision – they just made the first move. On the plus side, it means that dealing with Kong will almost certainly be part of the next few days.” [/COLOR]His grin was only half-hearted though as he turned back to Jabbar, Ren and Elloral discussing the Contest…. Allies, pieces, manoeuvres; so many options, so many intricate paths. Burrai cursed under his breath softly. He just didn’t know what was possible right now, and he had dwindling hours to find out. Give him a half dozen men he knew well, a familiar valley, and he’d hold back an army of a hundred foreigners. Right now he just had a handful of possibilities, allies he knew little about, and enemies who refused to meet them on the battlefield. In was enough to make a dwarf stop drinking. [COLOR=#800000]“Aletia. I think Ren here has the best read of what we do next. Before we persuade Mr Burlock to do anything, perhaps we should check this last avenue to see if we can still make it work to our favour. Tell him to expect a visit from us tomorrow morning, and try and convince him an open mind is best. And get some rest, Lass. Tomorrow might be a long day.”[/COLOR] The last was delivered softly, almost fondly. He turned back to the others. [COLOR=#800000]“If Kayote is going to be bull-headed about this, and doing this at the Contest is going to be too difficult to do clean, maybe there is something Rasul can help with to do this away from prying eyes. Yes, it puts us in his debt, meaning helping Rasul with Noro is an obligation rather than a favour, but if we want to strike twice at the Network rather than once, I see no other option.”[/COLOR] He puffed hard on his pipe for a moment, deep in thought, creating a small fog cloud around his head he had to swat away. [COLOR=#800000]“And time is pressing. Jabbar, Avar, anyone else,”[/COLOR] he gestured to the room at large. [COLOR=#800000]“are we awake enough to take a night-time stroll through the sewers?”[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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