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[Devastator]

We're done here, methinks.

You take your leave and weave your way out of the district.  There's still plenty of people around, but you manage to evade notice and safely and smoothly get out of the district, back to your home.

(Gained Urban Navigation.  +1 to urban exploration rolls, +1 to sneaking about in cities.)

Two actions remain this week.

Spoiler: Status (click to show/hide)

Week 12

Assets and Abilities:
Prestige = 2
8 silver.
Concealable fighting dagger
Shun Ziji's dark blade.
Steel Dao.  +1 Combat.
Assassin's signet ring.
Plan to travel to Mzulft by ship.
Plan to make contact with higher-level magic users.
Adventurer's diary (partially studied)
->Information on southern jungle nations
->Secret locations in southern jungle.
->Information on spiritual beings, spiritual being society, spiritual being outlook. (Studied)
->Information on animal life of the southern jungle
->Information on magical beings of the southern jungle
->Instruction on spirit-related magical rituals.  Versatile dust triggering rune.  Thought communication? rune?  Minor dust metabolic energy collection rune. (Studied)
->Instruction on an unknown magical field.
->Instruction on wilderness survival methods
->Instruction on what seems to be the language of the southern jungle nations.
->Instruction on an unknown language.

Skills:
Charming, +1
Urban Navigation, +1
Combat, +1/+1.  Unarmed combat training.  Also applies while armed.
Dao training, +1/+1.
Weapon handling I

Magic:
Untrained magical theorist
Versatile Dust triggering rune.
Minor Dust Metabolic Energy collection rune.
Can connect or break ink-based magical constructions.

Allies:
Huan Zhang, diplomat, 2 prestige, 0 favors.
Li Song, martial arts student, 0 prestige, 0 favors.
Upscale Weapon Shop.

Enrolled in advanced Dao training, -2 actions a week, -2 silver.

[ZBridges]

Hmm. Not sure that that was worth it. Should we make contact with the higher magic user?

[King Zultan]

Yeah lets find a wizard.

[Naturegirl1999]

Contact the higher magic user/wizard/mage/whatever they call themself by following the plan we thought of earlier
((Does that mean getting a boat?))

[Devastator]

That would be Bu Siro.  He works in town.  I believe it's left open as to how you approach him, and Huan Zhang might be able to help you there.  It was also an open question as to what you're trying to do with or about him.

[ZBridges]

I think that what we need is guidance. What would be the best way to counter the magical threat based on what we know about it so far? If he could refer us to a tutor or other specialist that could help us develop the necessary skills to counter the magic, that would be great as well.

Ask Huan Zhang to introduce us to the higher magic user.

[Devastator]

Okay.  What are you going to ask Bu Siro to do for you?

[Naturegirl1999]

Okay.  What are you going to ask Bu Siro to do for you?

To teach us the basics of magic and how to use it

[Devastator]

What's the goal?

[ZBridges]

My suggestion is to talk to him about the evil, and how such a thing could be countered (assuming we have enough info to give him a decent idea of the threat), as well as get a referral from him for a professional that can train us to defeat it. If we could move him with our plight, maybe he would even be willing to train us himself, if it's similar enough to his own work.

[Naturegirl1999]

My suggestion is to talk to him about the evil, and how such a thing could be countered (assuming we have enough info to give him a decent idea of the threat), as well as get a referral from him for a professional that can train us to defeat it. If we could move him with our plight, maybe he would even be willing to train us himself, if it's similar enough to his own work.

Alright, what do we know about it so far?

[ZBridges]

It's related to fire magic, it seems to involve a lot of magic users that are trained in an almost industrial manner, and it has something to do with the sun "being eaten by darkness."

[King Zultan]

+1 To the meet the wizard plan.

[Naturegirl1999]

+1to meeting the wizard and telling what we’ve learned so far about the evil, and asking him to teach us how to punter it, or refer us to someone who can teach us how to counter it

[Devastator]

You head around to meet up with Bu Siro, after having Huan Zhang give you an introduction.  You're warned he's a bit eccentric, but that's normal enough for academics the world round.  You end up at a detached house, a good distance from the centre of the city, and you're allowed in by a domestic servant, where you get a view of Bu for the first time.

He's quite young, actually, only a few years older than yourself, and doesn't quite seem to have his head screwed all the way around.  Pleasant enough man, and certainly intelligent and talented, but it's quite clear why there are several servants at hand, as you follow the man through most of the rooms of his small mansion, eventually sitting down before a writing desk.

You do get him to agree to teach you about magic.  For no charge, even, although on the way out one of the attendants makes a cough to you, "suggesting" that you come up with some money each time you visit.

Before you go today, you do learn a few things.  You can't counter magic.  It just works, regardless of the intervening things.  That's the main advantage of it.  There are things you can do to mess up the spells, but you have to be there, and mess up the physical ritual spells themselves, or the objects being used.  You can learn how to use it yourself, but there is no such thing as 'countering' magic, it'd be like using a towel to dry water.

One action remains.

Spoiler: Status (click to show/hide)

Week 12

Assets and Abilities:
Prestige = 2
8 silver.
Concealable fighting dagger
Shun Ziji's dark blade.
Steel Dao.  +1 Combat.
Assassin's signet ring.
Plan to travel to Mzulft by ship.
Plan to make contact with higher-level magic users.
Adventurer's diary (partially studied)
->Information on southern jungle nations
->Secret locations in southern jungle.
->Information on spiritual beings, spiritual being society, spiritual being outlook. (Studied)
->Information on animal life of the southern jungle
->Information on magical beings of the southern jungle
->Instruction on spirit-related magical rituals.  Versatile dust triggering rune.  Thought communication? rune?  Minor dust metabolic energy collection rune. (Studied)
->Instruction on an unknown magical field.
->Instruction on wilderness survival methods
->Instruction on what seems to be the language of the southern jungle nations.
->Instruction on an unknown language.

Skills:
Charming, +1
Urban Navigation, +1
Combat, +1/+1.  Unarmed combat training.  Also applies while armed.
Dao training, +1/+1.
Weapon handling I

Magic:
Untrained magical theorist
Versatile Dust triggering rune.
Minor Dust Metabolic Energy collection rune.
Can connect or break ink-based magical constructions.

Allies:
Huan Zhang, diplomat, 2 prestige, 0 favors.
Li Song, martial arts student, 0 prestige, 0 favors.
Bu Siro, absent minded magical researcher, 4 prestige, 1 favor.
Upscale Weapon Shop.

Enrolled in advanced Dao training, -2 actions a week, -2 silver.