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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dalamar" data-source="post: 2753293" data-attributes="member: 358">Ghuntomas of Thorn"Uh, could you then come, that is, to talk with Belia over th-"The guard hasn't time to finish his sentence when he notices that large man you noted earlier being pointed at with spears. Both of them dash through the crowd towards them.Gregghor BearbaitAs you start moving past the woman, you suddenly find yourself with two spears pointed at you. "You didn't get permission to leave," one of the two spear-wielders says, though his eyes don't show quite the confidence that his words do. Having to crane one's nect to look somebody in the face tends to do that."So you don't have a license," the woman says, apparently unfazed by your reaction. "Are you a newcomer in Malador?"Two other people with spears are coming your way from the other side of the street and will reach you in a moment.Damien MonTarrThroughout your initial chatting, neither of the two guards says anything, though the younger one clearly gets more relaxed.As you present your hand for shaking, the younger one starts smiling. "Hi, my name's Da- Oof!" he is cut short by the senior' elbow hitting his side, accompanied with a short "We're on duty".Nothing else happens as you start your way towards the Excise House.GrendelThanks to a tip from [insert family member or friend in militia], you got in on something that one of the Excise House clerks, Tremance, is planning. Right now you're waiting in his office for him to arrive with some other people he's going to use as his pawns.Just as you are musing this, a man walks into the room. By glance, he looks almost the opposite of you, physically speaking.Damien MonTarrWhen you ask about the reason for your summons, the younger of the two guards pipes up."Mr. Tremance didn't say anything, but I think it has to do with the abundance of unmatching manif- Ouch!"Again he is cut off mid-sentence, this time because the older guard hits his leg with the butt of his spear. An apologetic smile shows on the younger one's face, directed both to you and his senior.Tremance... You know he's a rather new addition to the clerks in the Excise House. From what you've heard, he's somebody with smarts and keen perception, and he advanced quickly from basic official that works in the main hall of the Excise Office to upstairs, both figuratively and literally.What the guard was talking about was probably how the manifests sometimes don't exactly match up to the goods. Most of the time the errors were due to mislabeling, and the actual worth of the treasure hasn't been in error. It's a humane error, unavoidable when there are numerous expeditions returning from the Towers daily.As you consider this, you notice that the three of you have arrived at the Excise House. You are lead straight through the main hall and up the stairs that lead to the offices upstairs where the paperwork and revenue is collated and collected. This is also where the errors on manifests get rectified. The officials working here get paid better to ensure their loyalty, as this is the place where stealing would be the easiest. You never personally got to work here, as that would have required a permanent job at the Excise House.The guards lead you to a door that leads to one of the offices. "You can wait here untill Tremance arrives," the older of them says, and they then leave.Entering the room, you see that that isn't empty. There is already someone here, someone who doesn't look the least to be a clerk.Yay! Two characters in one place already! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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