Eunh recognized very well that it was rare indeed for silence to be innocent this far beneath the surface. He carefully peers around into the shadows beyond the faint circle of grey light, listening for any indication of movement.
[1]
The light, however faint, is still enough to dull his vision, preventing him from seeing beyond the shaft at all. The only sound to reach his ears is the continual clattering of bits of rubbish bouncing from the top of the trash heap. The massive, well-worn stone blocks and dark tunnels beyond seem more forbidding with each passing moment, even for someone used to traversing the maze beneath the slightly more civilized maze of Ildhina.
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Alani stares at the Watchman for a few moments, dumbstruck by the sheer stupidity embodied in the man. The other man in the room speaks to him for a moment.
[4], [1]
She feels faint for a moment, but shrugs it off. Lilem, on the other hand, falls to the floor as if struck unconscious.
Slightly disturbed, she turns to begin her work, [1] only to find that in the minute or so she spent speaking, the clock has somehow disappeared! She notices one of the men who had been listening to the sergeant earlier staring at her. Or perhaps staring past her, at where the 'piece had been.
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Jacob searches through the job postings and after a moment decides to take two rats with one stone, both the various missing people and the magical research. [4] He writes down the relevant names (those with large enough rewards, to be precise) and tears the research subject request from the post, stuffing both scraps of paper into his pockets as he starts towards the surface. Most of the missing persons notices mention that the rewards are collectable from any Watch station while in the company of the individual in question.
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A bit more than an hour later, Jacob reaches the rooftops, passing through the low-hanging clouds. All that lies above are narrow walkways, thin towers, and sky-scraping spires. From the posted signs, Mist-Spark Tower is located further West, farther away from the wall of the Abyss.
Note: Missing Persons
Istrea Jenan (д550)
Bejin Alster (д230)
Peren Jonson (д480)
Alise Abigya (д1100)
Note: Magical Research
Magos Olstar Abigya requires experimental subjects for the testing and refinement of new spell frameworks. Applicants may report to Mist-Spark Tower. Initial payment of д300 upon acceptance of the terms of the contract, additional payments for each run of experiments, varying upon the danger to the subject.
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Aldyn watches the Keeper as she speaks to the man on watch, hoping for a chance to watch her work. Her apprentice seems nervous, repeatedly shifting his weight from one foot to the other. Noticing the man at the desk looking rather drowsy, you ask him if anything is wrong.
[3]
"Eh? Oh, I'm alkay, s'nall g..." He slumps over, snoring softly.
[5 + 1]
Aldyn feels something brush across his mind with tiring fingers, but whips around, staring past the Keeper as a thin arm draws back through a hole in the wall, fingers wrapped around the edge of the 'piece. Who or whatever it is quickly slides some sort of panel back into place, blocking off the gap as it moves through the walls!
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[5]
Tala was in a strange place indeed. Not physically; the warren of Ildhina was familiar years ago. No, this strangeness was in the fact that she was not constrained, however lightly, by the wishes of her master. Not that he had been bad, as such people go, or that her work as a slave had been distasteful. He had even given her a knife of her own, or rather had gifted to her the one she had used since becoming an adult.
Now, though, she found herself on a slender bridge above the rooftops of Ildhina, watching his ship ride the winds above the Abyss. She has her freedom, true, but what to do with it? If nothing else, she could turn to what skills she knows to make a start in the world.
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Alani Bourne
Health: Excellent
Skill: Precision
Inventory:
Golden pocketwatch/stopwatch
Eunh Aberdan
Health: Excellent
Skill: Marksmanship
Inventory:
Skinning knife
Short spear
Aldyn Glaedus
Health: Excellent
Skill: Perception
Inventory:
Small knife
Jacob Wiles
Health: Excellent
Skill: Skulduggery
Inventory:
Multitool
Sarek Tel'Hal
Health: Excellent
Skill: Charisma
Inventory:
Smoke bomb (x2)
Tala Alipin
Health: Excellent
Skill: Blade Use and Utilization
Inventory:
Hunting Knife
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((Sorry about the delays.
I've been far away from anything even remotely resembling an internet connection. Tiruin is now our sixth.))
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