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[SeriousConcentrate]

(Whoops, missed that. >.>)

Chris cleared his throat.
"Ah. Apologies. I was busy thinking about the fire and didn't hear Aaron say that."

[CrimsonEon]

"Do tell me the details, though, if you heard them, because I thought that Mercian mercenaries have more honour than greed..."

Olison inclined his head.
: "After suggesting said arson plan to the manor and preparing Eor's corpse to be gutted- since he wanted to check if Eor had swallowed the stone by the way- Adrien had some colorful words to say about Kesselring's intelligence and military capabilities before suggesting that the Lady intended two jobs to be completed in one contract payment by pinning possession of the stone to Eor. Oh, and somewhere in between all that suggesting that the Eor we slew was a fake and the whole battle was a distraction to buy time for the stone's transport to somewhere safer."
: "Having said all that, I'm willing to attribute it to a brief fit of madness brought on by the waste of energy in having to slay the local militia for no discernible result and leave it at that."

[freeformschooler]

Charlotte thought for a moment and remembered something critical.

: "Wait. Everyone stop fighting about Adrien for a moment - I'm pretty sure he's telling the truth and couldn't have set the manor on fire himself. As Adrien dealt the final blow, Eor muttered something with his last breath. I remember it distinctly. He said:"

"I told you... you won't get... the... stone... from..." His last breath sounded like a chuckle.

: "WHAT IF ONE OF EOR'S MEN SET HIS MANOR ON FIRE SO THAT WE WOULDN'T FIND THE DRAGONSTONE!? That would be the perfect plan!"

[Sirus]

: "That could very well be it. We know that that archer escaped the battle alive. She, or possibly some hidden observer, could have gotten word of Eor's defeat to someone in the manor."

[freeformschooler]

: "The manor's collapsed in on itself, though. I doubt it's possible to search it as it is."

[Sirus]

: "Hm, probably not. We'd have to wait for the fire and any buried embers to die down to search safely. That could take hours, even days."

[Taricus]

: "...I said that earlier Charlotte. And honestly, I could see them doing it as a matter of pragmatism. And if anything, it would likely be a distraction while the person with it sneaks off with the stone.

And theoretically we could put the fire out you two..."

[Sirus]

: "Are you willing to go inside that inferno with a bucket? This isn't some one-room cottage here, Adrien. This place is enormous and completely ablaze. The best we could do is put out the fires on the outside; the fires on the inside are too dangerous to go after."

[Blade Master Model 42]

: "...I said that earlier Charlotte. And honestly, I could see them doing it as a matter of pragmatism. And if anything, it would likely be a distraction while the person with it sneaks off with the stone.

And theoretically we could put the fire out you two..."

"I'm pretty sure I heard an impressive collapse from the building in any case. It's too late to bother putting out the fire. That place is going to be so much ash."

[Praefectus Screptum]

"So.. do you think it will be on the ashes or do you think someone also took it away and burned the place down to make us think it is there yet while they get away?"

[Blade Master Model 42]

"So.. do you think it will be on the ashes or do you think someone also took it away and burned the place down to make us think it is there yet while they get away?"

Valor turned his head toward Tantallos for a moment, then returned his gaze to the column of smoke. "Personally? The latter.."

[Gamerboy4life]

"Well, if someone HAD run off with the stone after burning down the mansion, I can look for them. I can cover a lot more ground in the air than you all can do on foot." She said, shrugging. "Even if someone hadn't taken the stone, it wouldn't hurt to look."

[Praefectus Screptum]

Tantallos nodded to both and hid his arms under the long mantle.

"Sounds like a good plan, we will have to wait for the fire extinguish and the pieces get cold anyway.."

[Emral282]

"Or we could follow Aaron's 'suggestion' and meander on back to the keep. He said his troops would be searching the rubble already anyways."

[Taricus]

: "I suspect we will not be paid the minute we return to the keep however. Thus, it is in our best mutual interest to continue looking for the stone until the contract is either canceled or we receive payment."