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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Someone" data-source="post: 1746422" data-attributes="member: 5656">You leave Ahmed´s house and prepares to head to Abu´s palace. While Razeems informs Amira of what happened (“I saw a dog chasing its tail, it started to turn and turn and turn and turn and turn and turn and turn and turn and turn…” says while doing the same himself) Ormaz stops and farewells you from his turbaned height. “Ormaz has changed his mind. He prefers to avoid this affair, since he doesn´t see the benefit of facing the Vizier for some moldy pages. Ormaz sees the wisdom in Ahmed´s words and will dedicate his time to more rewarding and less political arcane matters in the savage lands.”After the following goodbyes, the rest of you crosses the city –again-. You have an easier travel this time since the sun is up and most people retire to their relatively fresh homes, leaving the streets free. So it doesn´t take you too much until you arrive at Abu´s house. Like other wealthy merchant´s homes, this is located near the port –the rich part of the city- Here you find a couple guard patrols, but they are private, not part of the caliph´s soldiers. From you can see from outside, it´s rectangular, surrounded by a high and plain stone wall dotted with narrow windows. In the corner nearest to the port, a tall and slim tower rises: you know that there´s normally one person there watching ships come and go.The main entrance opens at the left of one of the long sides, protected by a heavy double door reinforced with iron. Fortunately, it´s open, and a servant watches it. From there, you can see the house: from the door, a short and wide corridor ends in a small and square courtyard; in it´s centre, a decorated fountain bubbles. Surrounding it, colums support a balaustrade you can reach through two wooden stairs; there are pots, big and small with plants and flowers everywhere. In both stories, you can see the door to various rooms, but you guess this is the part dedicated to the servants, since from it´s size, it´s clear that there´s another similar courtyard located to your right.</blockquote>

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