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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 2915487" data-attributes="member: 3285">Death in Freeport - Part 2: An Offer of EmploymentKham stumbled into his old stomping grounds, the Pale Plate, more than a little hung over.  When he entered, everyone stopped talking: the Illirian priest sermonizing to the half-conscious drunk, the two mercenaries talking heatedly in the corner, the bartender wiping the bar, and his erstwhile adventuring companions.The bartender nodded to Kham.  Kham nodded back.Before he joined Ilmarė, Vlad, Dril, and Egil, a barmaid placed an orange-colored drink in a glass before the remaining empty seat.  “Kaiyem! You came!” said Egil, rising to his feet.  “My friend, it has been a long time.  I’m glad you got my message.”Kham stumbled into the seat.  “Yeah, hi.”“You’ve been here before, I take it,” Ilmarė said coolly. Kham waved at the beautiful Elorii, his mind too fogged over to make even a witty retort.  His hand returned to his forehead.  The other reached for his drink.Egil sat again.  “As I was saying, a librarian from my temple disappeared.  You remember Lucius, don’t you Kaiyem?”Kham grunted. “I’m concerned that evil may have befallen him.  I’m willing to offer you 50 Imperials, 10 now and 40 on completion of the mission if you can find him and return him to the Temple of Althares.”“Why can’t your…priests find him?” said Ilmarė, sneering at the word “priests.”“It’s complicated,” said Egil.  “After Brother Oriku’s betrayal, I suspect the Temple has been infiltrated by spies.  I’m not sure whom I can trust there.  But I know Lucius, and I know he would not just abandon his duties.”“It’s either booze, a woman, or he’s dead,” said Kham.  “One of the three, I’m betting.”“It’s not like Lucius,” said Egil.  “We all take vows of abstinence and poverty upon joining the Temple.”“And that’s why I’m not a priest of Althares,” said Kham.“I will provide you with any information I can,” said Egil. “Will you help?”Dril’s eyes brightened as Egil plopped 10 Imperials in four stacks before him.  “I’m in,” he said.Vlad took his coins.  “Me too.”Ilmarė smiled.  “I killed the first traitor,” she said sweetly.  “I will be happy to kill more of the traitorous priests of your false gods.”Egil blinked uncertainly at the Elorii.“You know I’ll help,” Kham said to Egil.  He looked over at Dril, adjusting his purple lenses.  “Would anyone mind telling me who this guy is?”</blockquote>

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