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Message: <blockquote data-quote="akira1" data-source="post: 4491796" data-attributes="member: 64437">"In any event Fendril was out of sorts and I dont know how reliable what he said was but he was also speaking of being watched and he said he saw the beast the other night along with two of the mantis men that had been following Claudia and thats when the unseen watchers began scrying on him. He also said seeing that creature had reminded him of something he had read in a book a long time ago but could not remember. At the direction of Damien, he made copies of the parchment they had brought him and then told them that he would keep looking for the book and his amulet and he would contact them when and if he found out anymore." "Well from the descriptions I have been given of the Fendril character, he is not the most mentally stable type." Dr Zhindzhe said dismissively. Shrugging Brickface said well after that they returned to the Cup and there they ran into a fellow named Kamal Issier some sort of noble or well to do merchant, Kamal proceeded to insult me and then attempted to buy the Ivanor, Kalanaghar, and Damien off." "What do you mean?" Dr Zhindzhe asked. "Well he told them that the people he worked for would be able to protect them better from what was coming than some lowly 'turf boss' he then told them that it was common knowledge on the streets that they were the ones involved in releasing the beast. Damien then out smarted him and got him to pay them 30k for useless information regarding the location of the deathbox and its contents. Kamal said it would take him a couple of days, after commenting on Damiens craftiness, to get them their funds but that he would meet them back at the cup in a couple of days." "Intriguing. But why had the Scions people not moved against them since they already knew where they were and that they were involved." Dr Zhindzhe asked. "They were to busy doing damage control." Brickface replied. "Damage control!?" Dr Zhindzhe exclaimed. "Yes, they were kidnapping people and hauling them off in droves...people that had been in the area where the beast was released the night before and anyone that said they had seen it." Brickface said darkly. "No witnesses means it never happened." Dr Zhindzhe concluded. At this point Dr Zhindzhe and Brickface shared a long look and then Brickface said, "Well after this encounter, they decided to sneak out of #9 because they did not want to give their blood to the Scions people." "That sounds very practical considering how shifty they seem to be." Dr Zhindzhe said a bit stiffly. "Yes, they managed to sneak past the guards and make it to Ivanor's Church where Ivanor informed Intombe, a Twilight Titan that is a member of his church that has also taken a vow of silence that they may need to double the guard at the main gates and Ivanor then went to find the Cusp." Brickface expounded. "Hmmmm did he think there would be an attack on his church?" Dr Zhindzhe asked. "No, after leaving Fendrils and before they met Kamal, Kalanaghar saw one of the Mantis men outside of one of the windows to the Cup sniffing about." Brickface replied. "I see." Dr Zhindzhe said. "Well, the Cusp had come up out of the crypts and was standing in his doorway to the outside when Ivanor found him and told him what had gone on. The Cusp directed Ivanor to bring them around to him through the cemetaries and not through the main temple." Brickface explained. "Why did he want them to go around that route." Dr Zhindzhe asked. "To avoid being seen. Apparently there are some internal security issues with the Church of Cambion in Rath. In any event Ivanor gave the original copy of the parchemnt they had found in the deathbox to the Cusp and then wanted to share this information with Bhutakken." Brickface said plainly. "You say wanted to share..." Dr Zhindzhe pointed out. "Yeah the Cusp said that he would share this information and there was a small debate about this with Ivanor clearly not trusting the Cusp." Brickface said. "How did the debate end?" the Doctor asked. "The Cusp sealed them into his rooms in the crypt over night and in the morning he and Bhutakken came to release them at which point Bhutakken drafted Kalanaghar and Damien into services to help figure out what was going on." Brickface stated. "What did they do about their blood?" Dr Zhindzhe querried. "Sarchek made a bacteria that would eat their blood so that after a few hours any blood that was removed from their body, where it would not be replaced would be totally consumed." Brickface said with his deep guttaral voice. "Ingenious, so now they were clear to give their blood with no real repercussions." Dr Zhindzhe said. "Yeah. they returned to the Cup gave blood and then made a money run for me to one of my clients, Purra the owner of the Faded Rose." Brickface said. "What sort of establishment is that?" Dr Zhindzhe asked. "A high end whore house." Brickface replied, " and on their way there Damien spotted one of the Mantis Men following them and mamanged to make it not seem like he had noticed it. They then went in collected the money and had Edie 9 Fingers take them out through a secret back entrance to the Rose." "Why is she called Edie 9 fingers?" Dr Zhindzhe asked. "Your an upstanding person doctor, I would not want to sully you by describing the act that got her that nomenclature." Brickface chuckled. Sightly confused, Dr Zhindzhe said, "Alright....so after the Rose what did they do?" "They went to sleep and woke up the next morning on Day 27 of Skullsflame. They did another money run to Elric at Thy Rod and Thy Staff and on the way there they saw El Tari and some stalkers engage some of the Talons of Malice on the streets." Brickface said. "Well thats kind of pedestrian." Dr Zhindzhe commented. With a deep chuckle, Brickface said, "Well they split up at this point and Ivanor went to see if Fendril had found out anything. And Damien and Kalanaghar went to check in on the underworld about getting Kalanaghars weapon enchanted." Motioning for Brickface to continue, Dr Zhindzhe continued to write. "Ivanor made it to Fendrils shop and Fendril asked if they had gotten the letter he sent to them at the Cup. Ivanor said they had not and Fendril told him that he had found the book as well as his amulet of non detection." Brickface replied. "Ahh now we get some of the juicy details." Dr Zhindzhe said warming to his subject. "With a grunt Brickface said, " He read a scrap from the book that he assumed had been written over a millinea ago that said 'Desmo grevius tuon da servisuis Shoovius Commitus haras de legonsa.' to Ivanor." "The Shoon Imperium ended in a night of blood and fire." Dr Zhindzhe said flatly. "Right" Brickface confirmed. "Fendril also said that the creature they saw was from this era, that why it was so familiar to him but he did not know whether this creature was responsible for the fall of the Imperium or a result of the Imperiums fall. Ivanor asked after the Mantis Men and Fendril told him that they were a group within the wizards guild, called the Fell, that is believed to be the Guilds own internal policing force but in reality, they are connected to the Scion." "Telus hovasu re wandu milfuse?" Dr Zhindzhe said. "Telus wandu." Brickface replied. "Your highly educated arent you Brickface, to know the Old Tongue so well. You shabby appearance is a front I think that there is a dangerous intelligence behind those eyes." Dr Zhindzhe said. For one charged instance danger hung between the two of them and then visibly relaxing Brickface said, " I have done what I have needed to to survive." "Good enough for me." Dr Zhindzhe stated and then indicated that Brickface should continue. "In the Underworld, Damien found out that Belg #6 was now Belg #4 since two of the higher raking Belg's were hauled off by the Scions people and they also found out that the Wizards at the Wizards guild were all in some kind of conference." Brickface replied. "So also on this day the Quarantine was lifted." Dr Zhindzhe stated. "Yes, and Kalanaghar, Damien and Ivanor met and and came to see me where I layed out a plan to find the location of the Talons of Malice, who were led by someone called Kespian Black and warned them about potentially being bribed." "I see." Dr Zhindzhe said. "They informed me that this had probably already happened and they described their run in with Kamal Issier at which point Amelia left to look into the matter of Kamal Issier. I informed them that i had had it leaked that a large sum of my money was going to be transported by my best, the Tainted in an attempt to draw out the Talons." "Crafty. Did it work?" Dr Zhindzhe asked as he shifted in his chair. "Yes, as I told them, Amelia had woven certain spells into the chest that would allow her to find it anywhere in this dimension and then it would be a simple matter of us teleporting to the location and finishing them off. I will admit at this point I was becoming desperate to end this matter." Brickface said. *********************To Be Continued**********************</blockquote>

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