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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 3935834" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p>"<span style="color: MediumTurquoise">Yes I did.</span>" He does a quick count "<span style="color: MediumTurquoise">Aidan, Arcata, Dogrynn, GrockUprim, Hinjo, and now Mr. Bone-sticks, that's everybody. I'll explain when we get to the, the Mermaid." </span> Everyone heads out and follows Dogrynn down some side streets to another tavern with a morbid looking placard out front. A side table is procured and Brother Egil orders and pays for food for everyone. The ale is watery but the fish is not bad. Once the food is served and the barmaid leaves Egil says</p><p></p><p>"<span style="color: MediumTurquoise">Thank you for coming. You are all good people and I deeply appreciate your being here. I need your help. Two days ago, a librarian from the Athenaeum disappeared. The missing man, Lucius, is a dear friend of mine, and I’m worried that evil has befallen him. When I went to the loremaster's assistant, Milos to request an excusal from my duties for a few days to search for Lucius he denied my request and added on to them with Lucius' duties. For reasons that are not entirely clear the high loremaster has declined to look into the matter and I have been ordered not to pursue it myself or bring it up again with any member of the Athenaeum. I am bound by my oaths of obedience, but I am worried, this is not the first time Lucius has gone missing.</span></p><p><span style="color: MediumTurquoise"></span></p><p><span style="color: MediumTurquoise">"I have known Lucius for most of my life. We were both brought up in the Athenaeum and grew up together. He became a librarian and I, a scholar. Six years ago something strange happened to him. He seemed to change overnight. One day he was my friend of many years, and the next he was a complete stranger. He asked bizarre questions, seemed to remember nothing of our friendship, and treated the Athenaeum as his own personal library. Some months later he was caught violating the sanctum and was expelled. Shortly thereafter, he left Freeport entirely and was gone for four years.</span></p><p><span style="color: MediumTurquoise"></span></p><p><span style="color: MediumTurquoise">"When Lucius reappeared, he was like his old self. He came to the chapterhouse and begged to be readmitted, saying that he had no memory of the previous five years. Thuron, the high loremaster, seemed adamant about refusing Lucius’s petition but changed his mind after a private meeting with him.</span></p><p><span style="color: MediumTurquoise"></span></p><p><span style="color: MediumTurquoise">"Lucius returned to the Athenaeum, and it was just like old times for eight or nine months. Then he started to look haggard, and he told me he wasn’t sleeping well. Something was disturbing him, but he wouldn’t say what. He started asking a lot of questions about what he had been like right before his expulsion. The high loremaster talked to him about it, but Lucius wouldn’t let it go.</span></p><p><span style="color: MediumTurquoise"></span></p><p><span style="color: MediumTurquoise">"I grew increasingly worried for my friend. He was constantly on edge and obviously exhausted, but pursued his researches with what appeared to be increasingly obsessive desperation. He seemed on the brink of insanity, as if one small thing could push him over the edge. Two days ago, he failed to come to the chapterhouse. I went to his home and found it empty. I searched all over but could not find him. The Athenaeum seems to deny it, but I know that something has happened to Lucius. I am bound by my oaths not to search for him now or bring it up with members of the Athenaeum, but you are not members of the Athenaeum. Will you be willing to find out what happened to him?" </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 3935834, member: 2209"] "[COLOR=MediumTurquoise]Yes I did.[/COLOR]" He does a quick count "[COLOR=MediumTurquoise]Aidan, Arcata, Dogrynn, GrockUprim, Hinjo, and now Mr. Bone-sticks, that's everybody. I'll explain when we get to the, the Mermaid." [/COLOR] Everyone heads out and follows Dogrynn down some side streets to another tavern with a morbid looking placard out front. A side table is procured and Brother Egil orders and pays for food for everyone. The ale is watery but the fish is not bad. Once the food is served and the barmaid leaves Egil says "[COLOR=MediumTurquoise]Thank you for coming. You are all good people and I deeply appreciate your being here. I need your help. Two days ago, a librarian from the Athenaeum disappeared. The missing man, Lucius, is a dear friend of mine, and I’m worried that evil has befallen him. When I went to the loremaster's assistant, Milos to request an excusal from my duties for a few days to search for Lucius he denied my request and added on to them with Lucius' duties. For reasons that are not entirely clear the high loremaster has declined to look into the matter and I have been ordered not to pursue it myself or bring it up again with any member of the Athenaeum. I am bound by my oaths of obedience, but I am worried, this is not the first time Lucius has gone missing. "I have known Lucius for most of my life. We were both brought up in the Athenaeum and grew up together. He became a librarian and I, a scholar. Six years ago something strange happened to him. He seemed to change overnight. One day he was my friend of many years, and the next he was a complete stranger. He asked bizarre questions, seemed to remember nothing of our friendship, and treated the Athenaeum as his own personal library. Some months later he was caught violating the sanctum and was expelled. Shortly thereafter, he left Freeport entirely and was gone for four years. "When Lucius reappeared, he was like his old self. He came to the chapterhouse and begged to be readmitted, saying that he had no memory of the previous five years. Thuron, the high loremaster, seemed adamant about refusing Lucius’s petition but changed his mind after a private meeting with him. "Lucius returned to the Athenaeum, and it was just like old times for eight or nine months. Then he started to look haggard, and he told me he wasn’t sleeping well. Something was disturbing him, but he wouldn’t say what. He started asking a lot of questions about what he had been like right before his expulsion. The high loremaster talked to him about it, but Lucius wouldn’t let it go. "I grew increasingly worried for my friend. He was constantly on edge and obviously exhausted, but pursued his researches with what appeared to be increasingly obsessive desperation. He seemed on the brink of insanity, as if one small thing could push him over the edge. Two days ago, he failed to come to the chapterhouse. I went to his home and found it empty. I searched all over but could not find him. The Athenaeum seems to deny it, but I know that something has happened to Lucius. I am bound by my oaths not to search for him now or bring it up with members of the Athenaeum, but you are not members of the Athenaeum. Will you be willing to find out what happened to him?" [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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