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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Malvoisin" data-source="post: 2953273" data-attributes="member: 40128">(OOC: I know Jdvn1 hasn't had a chance to post Dowlee's response yet, but I am going to go ahead and assume that she too is willing to listen to what Jenya has to say...5 out of 6 ain't bad!  <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=":)" /> )"I expected as much, Arak," Jenya answers. "But, I needed to hear it from you."Jenya meets Remen's handshake with a firm grip of her own, and nods in affirmation of the fact that all present are interested in what she has to say.She begins, "As you may know, Cauldron has been suffering under a rash of unexplained disappearances and robberies for the past few months. While this is a dire situation, we at the temple have been content to allow the proper authorities to handle the matter. However, four children were kidnapped from the Lantern Street Orphanage three nights ago. This is an affront to all justice and decency, and the church cannot idly sit by any longer while innocent children vanish in the night. We have publicly vowed to locate the missing children and bring the kidnappers to justice!"She continues with fierce conviction, "To this end, I borrowed an item from the church's vault. The magical mace 'Star of Justice' can be used once a week to divine the will of St. Cuthbert, among other things. It is only supposed to be used by the High Priest, but in his absence, I felt justified in calling on its power. I asked the mace this question: "Where are the children who were abducted from the Lantern Street Orphanage?" The response I received was a cryptic riddle, which I duly wrote down."Jenya hands the party a note which reads as follows:<img src="http://webzoom.freewebs.com/malvoisin2752/Riddle%20Note.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />After pausing for a moment to allow the group to examine the riddle, Jenya continues, "I believe that the first line of the riddle holds an important clue. I don't know what 'locks' the message refers to, but I suspect it may refer to the locks at the Lantern Street Orphanage."Jenya concludes, "In short, I wish to hire you to find the missing townsfolk....the children in particular...and punish the kidnappers for their crimes. I will reward you with the sum of 2500 gold pieces if you are successful in doing this. What say you?"</blockquote>

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