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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 9684864" data-attributes="member: 1125">The social web was stabilizing with cluster formation adhering to expected behaviour patterns: food gathering, localized introductions, focus questions and trust building. Seated around the fire, the Orc Urgan Magall and the elder Loklafd - Seal Tribe, Supporting Imani - formed a major center of focus and others had started to gather with them. Fetching food and then pulling up chairs.  Amongst them the temple clergy, the newly arrived silver-skin and the warrior Merrick, socially engaged, humming along with the drummer Shamal and offering up a chair in the circle. Merrick drew interest as he seeded discussion with the rumour of a Dragon Cult -> and Shade-9's Memory triggered: he had tracked signs in mountain caves, abandoned villages and scattered ruins, arcane signatures indicating the rise of an extreme threat of corruption and civilian death.A second cluster was forming after the dwarf Bjorn entered, carrying a weasel on his shoulder. His first contact was not with the people around the fire, but with the hyena lurking beside the food table, with whom he shared a piece of cheese.  A Druid [87% probability], with an affinity for nature and reticence with people.Except that Bjorn was not the only dwarf present and both were apparently of the same clan Ironshield.  Shade-9 had not been surprised to see Torhak emerge from behind the table, chewing on a sandwich like he had always been there. The warforged had come across Torhak before, he knew that dwarven names often aligned to the dwarfs nature and Stoneveil was an apt name for one who could blend into the background like a boulder in shadow. Peripheral Alert: Spatial Manipulation detected. A warping of the air caught Shade-9's attention, no noise, no movement, just a displacement as the red haired man shifted to the table - a teleportation - used to fetch a sandwich and then to move back to his own space. Like Shade-9 he remained apart, observing. “Environment remains stable. Threat indicators: dormant." Shade-9 hummed as he processed the clustering vectors, heart rate variance, tonal patterns, and physical cues.  "Capability Assessments ongoing - includes divine, arcane, martial, stealth, and primal capability. Mission Parameters Updating: Wizard Imani not yet arrived. Dragon Cult: rumours confirmed. No clear indicators”</blockquote>

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