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<blockquote data-quote="airwalkrr" data-source="post: 5478496" data-attributes="member: 12460"><p>[gm]I was writing the response last night and had it almost finished when I accidentally closed the browser. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> About that time my medication started kicking in and I wasn't coherent enough to type it up again. So apologies, but here it is![/gm]</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Cyan">"Trickery! Fantastic!"</span> Celen exclaims, <span style="color: Cyan">"And a clever bit of it too. Thankfully I never carry around more than 10 pieces of gold at a time," he adds with a wink."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Cyan">"Well you all have definitely demonstrated yourselves to be canny adventurers. Able to think on the spot and a handy bit of skill at weapons and magic too. I like it!"</span> he says with a smile, <span style="color: Cyan">"The job is yours, if you'll have it. But this is not the place to discuss such things. If you will accompany me upstairs I will tell you the details."</span></p><p></p><p>Celen leads your party upstairs to a private room. He opens it with a small silver key and ushers you inside. The room is well-furnished for a furlough, with a set of bunks in the far corner, as well as a simple wooden table surrounded by a number of chairs, more than enough for your party. Celen bids you to sit down after locking the door, then proceeds to ward the room with a simple ritual which he says will make it difficult for eavesdroppers to hear what is going on. Then he wanders over to a pantry from which he retrieves a small bottle and several glasses. He offers you each a drink. <span style="color: Cyan">"Special brandy,"</span> he tells you, when asked what the bottle contains.</p><p></p><p>Once you all have your drinks and Celen has had a sip or two himself, he grabs one of the chairs and turns it around to sit with the back of the chair in front of him. <span style="color: Cyan">"You know good help is so hard to come by these days. Maybe heroism is a lost art. I don't know. But I've had a little problem brewing that needs a group with your exact sort of talents and it has been painfully difficult to find someone with the proper qualifications."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Cyan">"I am what you may call a broker of information. My loyalty is to Parliament and it is my job to ensure that certain things are kept as they should be. But recent events have given me cause for great concern. It seems there is a festering sore in this fine city that has been growing as time goes on. I wondered about it first a little over a month ago when I noticed that caravans from Belind were continuing on with slight 'alterations' in their cargo manifests after stopping here. These caravans are common, shipping supplies to our forts and colonies out along the coast and further, but those bearing the sign of the Silver Mantle Company are either full of incompetent sods or participating in something rather sinister."</span></p><p></p><p>Celen takes a stout drink from his glass and swallows a large breath before continuing. <span style="color: Cyan">"The job I have for you requires first that you swear an oath of loyalty to The Republic and Parliament in this task. Assuming you do so, I have a work of espionage I would like you to perform. Infiltrate the Silver Mantle Company enclave here in Manas and find out what is afoot. I suspect some sort of villainy or deception in the missing cargo and need to know what is being planned by those responsible. If you can apprehend those responsible in the process, so much the better. But it will be enough to know exactly what is going on and why. Once you have sworn your oaths I shall provide you letters of marque that grant you full authority to act on behalf of Parliament in this matter."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Cyan">"What do you have to say for yourselves? Are you up to the task?"</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="airwalkrr, post: 5478496, member: 12460"] [gm]I was writing the response last night and had it almost finished when I accidentally closed the browser. :P About that time my medication started kicking in and I wasn't coherent enough to type it up again. So apologies, but here it is![/gm] [COLOR="Cyan"]"Trickery! Fantastic!"[/COLOR] Celen exclaims, [COLOR="Cyan"]"And a clever bit of it too. Thankfully I never carry around more than 10 pieces of gold at a time," he adds with a wink."[/COLOR] [COLOR="Cyan"]"Well you all have definitely demonstrated yourselves to be canny adventurers. Able to think on the spot and a handy bit of skill at weapons and magic too. I like it!"[/COLOR] he says with a smile, [COLOR="Cyan"]"The job is yours, if you'll have it. But this is not the place to discuss such things. If you will accompany me upstairs I will tell you the details."[/COLOR] Celen leads your party upstairs to a private room. He opens it with a small silver key and ushers you inside. The room is well-furnished for a furlough, with a set of bunks in the far corner, as well as a simple wooden table surrounded by a number of chairs, more than enough for your party. Celen bids you to sit down after locking the door, then proceeds to ward the room with a simple ritual which he says will make it difficult for eavesdroppers to hear what is going on. Then he wanders over to a pantry from which he retrieves a small bottle and several glasses. He offers you each a drink. [COLOR="Cyan"]"Special brandy,"[/COLOR] he tells you, when asked what the bottle contains. Once you all have your drinks and Celen has had a sip or two himself, he grabs one of the chairs and turns it around to sit with the back of the chair in front of him. [COLOR="Cyan"]"You know good help is so hard to come by these days. Maybe heroism is a lost art. I don't know. But I've had a little problem brewing that needs a group with your exact sort of talents and it has been painfully difficult to find someone with the proper qualifications."[/COLOR] [COLOR="Cyan"]"I am what you may call a broker of information. My loyalty is to Parliament and it is my job to ensure that certain things are kept as they should be. But recent events have given me cause for great concern. It seems there is a festering sore in this fine city that has been growing as time goes on. I wondered about it first a little over a month ago when I noticed that caravans from Belind were continuing on with slight 'alterations' in their cargo manifests after stopping here. These caravans are common, shipping supplies to our forts and colonies out along the coast and further, but those bearing the sign of the Silver Mantle Company are either full of incompetent sods or participating in something rather sinister."[/COLOR] Celen takes a stout drink from his glass and swallows a large breath before continuing. [COLOR="Cyan"]"The job I have for you requires first that you swear an oath of loyalty to The Republic and Parliament in this task. Assuming you do so, I have a work of espionage I would like you to perform. Infiltrate the Silver Mantle Company enclave here in Manas and find out what is afoot. I suspect some sort of villainy or deception in the missing cargo and need to know what is being planned by those responsible. If you can apprehend those responsible in the process, so much the better. But it will be enough to know exactly what is going on and why. Once you have sworn your oaths I shall provide you letters of marque that grant you full authority to act on behalf of Parliament in this matter."[/COLOR] [COLOR="Cyan"]"What do you have to say for yourselves? Are you up to the task?"[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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