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[Furtuka]

"Sorry about this boss, but it looks like my friends may need me for this battle. And who would I be to turn my back on them. Especially when I have a chance to do some good for the world."

"Lets meet each other again after this is over. We still have our bargain after all."

"Raquel are you coming?"

[CrimsonEon]

Olison remained quiet through the entire exchange, watching the opposing leader and his men carefully. He tensed as the debate escalated around a duel to the death, but relaxed slightly as the leader gave the name of his employer.
: "It'll have to do." Olison stated under his breath.

[Culise]

"Yes, Joz, and I apologize for leaving you all like this.  I think I still owe them a bit for helping me in Fezzan, and I technically was only brought on for my knowledge of antiquities for this one job."  This last sentence she said with a brief motion towards the tomb.  "If, after all this is over, you ever get another job like this one, feel free to look me up.  Try to keep safe, both you and Lady Matilda."

At Derick's question, she nodded, smiling. 
"Yeah, I'll be with.  Who knows what kind of trouble you'd get in on your own again."

[Haspen]

"I see. Good luck, then." And Joz departed aafter his troop, which was already a bit away.

~~Chapter 8 Completed!~~

_{//finally v:}

[freeformschooler]

@Derick:

Charlotte walked up to Derick through the snow as the other group departed. When she reached him, she actually spread her arms and gave him a hug.

: "Welcome back. I think we were all a little worried about you. What did you find? I mean, for the thing you actually wanted to do."

She also nodded to Raquel, but didn't really know her that well. Plus, she now knew mages were categorically untrustable.

[scapheap]

:"Yo Derick, had fun?"

[Gamerboy4life]

Seyena waited until the enemy troop was a fair distance away before walking up to the rest of the group, her grey steed in tow, both of them rather confused.

: "What happened? Why are they... just walking away? And, wait, is that Derick? And that mage from the library!"

[Sirus]

Gregor let out a deep breath, glad that a duel had been averted. He then grinned and clapped Derick on the shoulder.

"Good to see you again. We've all been wondering how you where for some time now. And you...", he spoke to Raquel. "Let's see, you were with Riven back in Fezzan, right? I'm afraid your name escapes me, but its nice to see you again." He held out his other hand to shake.

[Powder Miner]

Alexander didn't have much to do but nod at Derick by this point. He'd never known Derick that well, really, and he'd only seen that mage, what... once?

[Furtuka]

Derick semi-awkwardly returned Charlotte's hug out of surprise.

"Hey. Yeah it's good to see everyone again. I missed you too."

*Sigh* "No, sadly, I still haven't tracked down Sarius's killer. I've manage to gather some clues, but nothing definite. That's part of why I was with Joz actually. He had offered to give me some help with my search if I worked for him for a little while."

[Culise]

Raquel accepted Gregor's handshake, plainly somewhat unsure of herself. 

"I'm Raquel Torriani.  Pleased to meet you."  She paused a moment.  "I suppose the first question I have is what job you were here for.  Joz already mentioned our goal here, but I don't believe you stated why you came here."

[Sirus]

Gregor rubbed the back of his head, putting his thoughts together for the woman who likely knew nothing about these events.

"To put a very long story short, the noblewoman Prixima Kesselring has been gathering objects called Dragonstones, hiring mercenaries like ourselves and possibly Joz's group to do her dirty work. We don't know why she's collecting them, but given how she later puts bounties out for the mercenaries in question and the Dragonstones are said to be magical, we suspect it isn't good. We're here because the Baron we work for suspected your group was trying to find a Dragonstone here for Prixima, and wanted to stop her from having it."

He sighed. "I believe the initial plan was to have you all killed, but many of us thought it might be better to warn you instead."

[Culise]

"I see.  Then, if your belief that Prixima is behind our employer is correct, the box that Lady Matilda left with is likely the Dragonstone you desire.  We were to meet our putative employer for the final exchange in Fierre, a small village east of here, and it is likely he will return from there along the mountain road we took into Menelea if what you say is accurate."

"Still, it is interesting that it would be the Dragonstones that are involved.  I am primarily a scholar by trade, not a soldier, and one of the reasons I came this far east was in search of a very old text said to detail the early history of the Dragonstones in antebellum Deynastia.  I've heard many of the old legends, but considered most grandiose exaggerations."

[Sirus]

Gregor considered the information carefully.

"Do you think you can lead us to this village, or to the mountain road at least? We still have to find out what was in that box Joz mentioned, and I'm hoping that 'Arvis' person might know something. We can also try to warn this Lady Matilda of yours."

"As far as texts go, I know our employer, Mannan Tunhausen, has a small selection of Dragonstone-related works. Perhaps he has what you seek."

[Culise]

"I can lead you back, yes, though I suspect Lady Matilda will already have been warned by Joz and the others once they arrive.  I'm not inclined to fight my former partners unless we must, but unless they expand the contract as a result of this incident, our job was only to bring the box to our employer in return for payment on delivery.  Once that is done, our role in this was to have ended."