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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pacdidj" data-source="post: 5168008" data-attributes="member: 86793">Dhakanmirr srutinizes Ferris for a moment before saying,"Ah, you serve one of the great powers. Your word can be trusted then, even if it is not yours to give.""Is good help others child," says the fat lady who Botj had identified as Larrani, favoring Alnar with a beatific, and patient smile, "Many need help, few can give. But, is good know the reasons for help, so you can help the right ones."The curly headed elder named Dhawu nods as he listens to Jezebel. Seeing this gesture, Matjala defers to let the senior man speak. When he does it is in a nasal, yet resonant voice that carries for all to hear: "Nge. Girri, valuable things. This one talks good sense. Wise to know the value of things and actions."Dhawu then stands up and begins to pace in the center of the circle as he continues to speak his thoughts, "My people believing knowledge is power, understand? It also valuable. Can only be given to someone who is ready, and only then after they pay a price for it. We call this buku-djungi, it mean give something valuable, get something valuable. Like what you call contract, maybe.""See my people want make buku-djungi with you mob. We need knowledge. Need to know why tjurunga went missing. Is serious matter. Tjurunga is link to the ancestors that provide for us on this wahnga Kythira. Without tjurunga our people go hungry, in danger from hungry animal, plant, and monster. Water dries up. Everything yatjkurru. Very bad. Already the Djaapana suffer," he says looking at Matjala, who nods in confirmation."We need know why tjurunga gone. Probably someone take it, tjurunga always well-hidden or guarded. But why? Why they take this thing, and who would do it? Will they take other tjurunga? Will all our people suffer as Djaapana people do? This the knowledge we seek. But can't seek it ourselves, understand? Maybe it is neighbors who take tjurunga. Shifters, gnomes, more of them on this wahnga than us. Can't muddy the waters with our suspicion. Make neighbors angry, make it hard for us. So we make buku-djungi with you. You give us the knowledge, maybe give us back tjurunga, we give you girri, use the blood of the ancestors to make powerful and valuable thing." Having apparently spoken his piece, the wiry old man takes his seat, but as he does so, Dhakanmirr takes the floor and picks up where he left off.Speaking in his dry, rasping voice Dhakanmirr "Adventurers be warned! Buku-djungi is not to be entered into lightly. Our ancestors, the primal spirits of this land listen to those who speak in buku-djungi. Their power makes the agreement law. Those who break buku-djungi suffer the wrath of the spirits of this land. Once you take the vow you must fulfill it to the letter.""What's more, Kythira is a dangerous place even for those who have the ancestors' favor. You will likely encounter savage beasts and other perils in these forests while pursuing your investigations. With this in mind, do all of you still wish to commit to this buku-djungi?" asks the bug eyed old man, his gaze focusing particularly on the three who have yet to speak.[sblock=roll call]Just want to make sure everyone's still with us at this point. Haven't heard from Phoenix in a while, and it's been even longer since Bobode or Atriden have posted. We're getting into the meat of the adventure here, and I'd rather not have to NPC 2 or more characters in combat and skill challenges, but I don't want to write anyone out who'd still like to be with us either.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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