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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GwydapLlew" data-source="post: 3326634" data-attributes="member: 40373">"You would be surprised, sir, at the lengths some independent operatives will go through to make as large a spectacle as possible." The Proctor gestures at the door and utters a word and it closes securely. He offers a smile to the assembled quintet and shrugs. "An affectation. I dislike constantly having to get up to speak with Talia."As you are aware, I have a task that needs handling. Our good University is currently undergoing a ... public relations crisis, and going to the City Watch would be inconvenient for me at this time."Altamaic leans forward as he rests both hands palm-down on his desk. His dark eyes flash angrily as he recounts his tale. "Early yesterday morning, a valuable book was stolen from the University Library. The criminals who perpetrated this act also murdered one of our students - we can only assume that the robbers were caught red-handed, and silenced him. Your task will be to find this book and return it to me. If the thieves resist, then I would ask that you remember that the student they callously murdered was naught by eighteen and unarmed.""In exchange for performing this deed, I have at my disposal five letters of credit at House Kundarak for 100 gold coins apiece." He pauses and waits, anticipating a response from the five in front of him.</blockquote>