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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jkason" data-source="post: 5744833" data-attributes="member: 2710">[gm]The armory only appeared to hold weapons and shields. Your armor and other gear are apparently kept somewhere else. I went ahead and made rolls for Anna.[/gm]Anna seems especially exhausted from the day's labor, and merely nods her consent to the others. Having decided to allow some patience in their mission, the party heads to bed, and after their taxing day, they follow Thon's example and plunge into deep slumber almost immediately.The next day starts much like the first, with the party rolled out of bed by tired late-shifters wanting to sleep. Breakfast is as bland and awful as before, and there are another round of deliveries to make. But growing quickly used to the chores (or perhaps being more keenly interested in finding your evidence and getting out of them), the party has the time to better study things as they go. There appear to be a regular pair of white robes (you've learned the official rank of these is acolytes) at the double doors, for example, that lead to the worship hall and the grand staircase upstairs. You've no way of knowing if that practice continues into the night, but there's clearly at least a daytime presence marking who comes and goes.[sblock=Elenka]In handing over a basket of fruit in the kitchen, Elenka notices that there appears to be a medium-sized lockbox there, tucked away out of the normal line of sight.[/sblock]After lunch, Tarkan leads you to the armory, where he retrieves your weapons from the white robe on duty and hands them back to you. He even produces two component pouches from his robes and throws them to the group. "Said we were learning to take care of folk, didn't we? Lets hit the yard and you can show me what you got."Training that day, then, consists of Tarkan assessing your various abilities, to the extent you're willing to reveal them. Thon seems basically competent, but nothing special. You all can't miss the black robed figure (Heralds, you've learned they're called. Gray robes are Priests) watching from a large window on the second floor during the proceedings.Tarkan does retrieve both weapons and pouches ("For safe keeping, for now") before you head down to dinner and on to evening service. [sblock=Yoshiki]Yoshiki notices Tarkan retrieving the pouches from his robes as he heads to the kitchen before you all eat. He's also learning to read body language despite robes and a mask. He notes that even the various black robes find the evening service rather dull, and some of the white robes actually nod off.[/sblock]After evening transcription, Tarkan leads you back toward the cells, but after a tense moment, opens the door to the room at the far end of them. It's a small storeroom of some kind, with a variety of items, including a locked chest. From the pile, Tarkan pulls Elenka and Quioan's armors and tosses them across to the closest of you all."You'll want to get up early and get that put on nice," he says. "Garthia likes what he sees, so we got ourselves a little errand to run tomorrow. I don't want to waste time waiting for you lot to cinch on armor."[sblock=Quioan]As he survey the room from behind his mask, Quioan notices that the far wall has a well-concealed seam. This room has a hidden door in it. The position would seem to have it lead outside the temple boundaries. [/sblock]Finally, your third taxing day over with, Tarkan leaves you to the barracks. "Errand sounds good, yeah?" Thon says a bit nervously. "That must mean we're doing well, yes?" He pauses a moment, eyes surveying the lot of you, then shrugs awkwardly and excuses himself to bed.[sblock=Yoshiki]It's clear to the monk that the young half-elf feels isolated within the group. At the present time, he seems to be vacillating between hoping to be let in on the friendship and being resentful of it.[/sblock][gm]And I'm outta here until the weekend, folks. Hopefully you've enough to mull over while I'm gone. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />[/gm]</blockquote>

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