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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MacConnell" data-source="post: 9862609" data-attributes="member: 6855223">Cycle: 503, Day: 181, Season: Doldrums[spoiler=Negotiate]Jalakaag: 13(coerce) + 33(muddle) + 8(d10) = 54Whiron: 32 + 34(allure) + 1 = 67 [/spoiler]The man does not bodily react or smile or change his facial expression in any manner. When he speaks, it is absent emotion. “Yes, the whole world is governed by extortion. We pay to vote for a stranger, whether we vote or not. We pay for protection we do not receive. We pay for drinking water. No, I have no intention to kill you. Corpses make no income. Normally, I would simply hurt you and take your catch, but you two are different from all others. You are also far more successful than anyone else I have seen. You have come to our attention because you have been witnessed delivering food to your parents. Very few others are able to do that.”He moves closer so that he can better see the two and better be seen, without the taller grasses obscuring the view. “Because of your nature, I will tell you a truth. Not every Auntie or Uncle remains a parent. We see to it that more of the elderly are fed. As a group, our guild is not interested in profiting from the current status of life. We hope to change it, though it will likely take another two generations to see a real difference.”He draws a blade from behind his back and displays it. It looks like the head of a javelin that has been repurposed into a small sword that can be concealed. “I took this from a guard who was forcing himself onto one of our resident girls, after I killed him. There are still too many guards, and they are all armed. We work in secret and equip ourselves with the blades of their fallen. The guards are nothing more than sanctioned thugs. I want them afraid to leave the Pavilion without our need to fear a mass extermination.”He returns the sword to its hiding place. “Can you read? Of course not, no one outside the government can read. I am sure that you have already realized that there is no way to track your donations to the River Otters, which are only made once or twice in a Tenday. Here is my unique offer: Help us by the occasional donation of fish. Teach some of us your trick for catching fish; and in return, we will teach you to better defend yourselves from the javelineers.”[spoiler=Character Data]Jalakaag: full wellnessWhiron: full wellness [/spoiler][spoiler=Inventory]coins: 24: cast net, hoop net, fish trapcaustic leaf: 1 measure, {ionize x3}fireweed: 8 measures, {heat x2}, 1 per satchelinvigorate: 8 measures, {adrenaline x3}, 5 per measuremend: 10 measures, {restore x3}, 5 per measuremuddle: 9 measures, {taint x2}, 1 per measurestimulate: 1 measures, {adrenaline x2}, 2 per measuretranquility: 5 measures, 5 per measurefist-sized snail shells: 10, 1 coin each [/spoiler][spoiler=Discoveries]Samudraa: Bathhouse WomanLuterrio: River Otter Guild LeaderUnknown Elderly Ansylin ManWharf Rat Gangers [/spoiler][gm]Jalakaag improved in strength (Might). Whiron improved in the inexplicable reason for sentience (Invocation).[/gm][ooc]State preparations and intentions and provide two random rolls(d10) or reprint unused rolls.[/ooc]</blockquote>

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