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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jago" data-source="post: 6997977" data-attributes="member: 6855130">Just as quickly as the fighting began, it stopped with an eerie suddenness over the alley. The sounds of Fossice still rang in the distance, but it would not be long before this scuffle caused a burst of energy from the local guards. Lucien looks over to Rossa." How is Giovanni?"" You tell me," she replied, still struggling with the crowbar and the lid of the crate, " They might as well have sealed this with something those Arcanists came up with!"The Half-Elf applied force again in an attempt to pry the lid off, and had her hand slip, nearly smacking her face into the crowbar. She swore heavily in a mix of cockney dock-slang and even hints of Magnanimo before Federigo suddenly grabbed the top of the box itself and simply ripped it off, nearly shattering the wood in the process." ... That'll work," Rossa gulped, flashing the dwarf a sharp smile, " Forgot what a boon it was working with you, Fedino."Inside the box was a rather handsome man who was clearly looking worse for wear: his beautiful face was marred by a large bruise on his cheekbone, his perfectly-trimmed goatee matted in dry blood. The clothes he wore were those of a rakish sort: a silken shirt and embroidered vest, and breeches that were far more about fashion than comfort." That's him alright," the Half-Elf identified Giovanni with a hint of a wistful sigh, " Looks like they did a number on him, but he should shape up alright."Rossa moved on to instead search the thugs that had been knocked out by Lucien's spell, rifling through their pockets for the unmistakable jingle of coin and procuring it for herself." Easiest payday yet. I should hang around sailors more often," she chuckled to herself.The rest of the assembled gathered themselves and what looked prominent to them before moving on from the alley, towards the humble abode of Nicolo The Monk.[sblock=The Magdalena's Investigations]What lay within the dead mage's robes was typical for any member of a spellcasting community: reagents and components needed to work The Maker's Wonders, a few scrolls filled with notes on various bits of mostly superfluous subjects, a small, leather-bound book that a quick thumb-through revealed to be nothing more than a pocket guide to Fossice itself (curious), but the most damning piece of evidence was stuffed inside the book itself: a letter written in Magnanimo.Elario,The Guard is most displeased with your lack of security around The Experiment. Did it truly behoove you to think mere men with swords would be enough to restrain her? I called you here specifically to avoid another incident like in Torisco, and I see where my forgiveness has landed me. Already she has fled The Sanctuary, and should her family or her take this to The Senate, I would be bereft of the power necessary to continue dealing with them or the ArchGuildsmen. Our research is on the cusp of a true, arcane breakthrough, and you are one foul-up away from bringing about another Harrowing upon myself and The Guard! The Guild would expunge our records and throw us on the 'mercy' of the Witchguard: all of it would have been for nothing! Mark my words well and bring the Experiment back to The Sanctuary with haste and subtlety. If discovered, you know what you must do. Do not fail us again: the future of D'Argenta depends upon it. - V[/sblock]</blockquote>

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