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[Naturegirl1999]

(important note: not too familiar with how exactly this works) We should try to help out with miscellany jobs in the Merchant Quarter, perhaps. Things like accounting (that is, transaction recording, that kind o' thing) for busy merchants, or bookkeeping, or perhaps just cleaning for merchants who can't spare the time to do it themselves.

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[ZBridges]

We tried doing odd jobs in the past, and we only made a few copper. I think we should look for more substantial work.

[Devastator]

Your rest is undisturbed this week.

The fine summer weather continues, with cool breezes and clear days, with soft puffy clouds travelling across the sky.  There are flowers blossoming around the city in window gardens, and everything just seems clean.  A few more dry weeks and things will get stinky, but for now the weather is grand.

The city is also calm, with things being relatively quiet on the streets, and you hear some fireworks most nights, as many people are out enjoying the evening air.

Your training goes quite well.  The live sparring is exciting, and you pick up things that you simply weren't grasping properly before, because you can look your opponent and see things that you weren't able to see on yourself.  You are told that you'll be qualified for the next stage soon, but that any further training will take longer to develop and get more difficult.

Still, with progress like this, you are becoming a competent and effective fighter.

With the fine weather, four actions are available this week.

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Week 14

Assets and Abilities:
Prestige = 2
5 silver.
Concealable fighting dagger
Shun Ziji's dark blade.
Steel Dao.  +1 Combat.
Assassin's signet ring.
Plan to travel to Mzulft by ship.
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. (Partly studied.  ? uses remain.)
->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, +2/+1.
Weapon handling I

Magic:
Research:
Magical Theorist. +0 (0/21 to +1)

Material Compositions:
None known.  Some training in ink.

Energy Manipulations:
Earth Magic Theory +0 (2/7 to +1)

Developed Magics:
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.

[Naturegirl1999]

Let’s read about the languages of the southern jungle

[ZBridges]

In my opinion, those languages aren't relevant.  As a planning action, what are our opportunities for making money in the Merchant Quarter?  Make sure to cover the City Watch, theft/robbery, and work for private businesses.

[Naturegirl1999]

Aren’t we going to go there by ship at some point? It would be useful to know the languages before going there

[ZBridges]

Yeah, but they aren't the same language.

"It isn't your language, nor is it one of the ones you recognize, such as the script from the southern jungle nations, nor is it the same as the unknown one in your book."

[Devastator]

Zbridges is correct.  You have since been able to identify the written language you saw in your dreams as the language of a nation called Mzulft, which is across the sea.

It isn't the unknown one in your book.

That language isn't one you were able to recognize, nor will be able to do so without research.

[ZBridges]

When we skimmed through the book earlier, did we see enough of the instruction on the apparent southern jungle language to be able to have recognized whether it matched the language from the dream?

[Devastator]

You could already recognize those languages because you've seen examples of the script before.  The southern jungle nations use a script mostly based on single-line writing with loops, blocky marks, and a fair amount of added punctuation.  You don't know more than that about the language, but you can recognize its writing.

The dream language you saw on a sign and is based on a limited number of more angular characters, it's quite different from the southern jungle language, or your own, for that matter.

The unknown language is composed of circular marks and smaller angular bits, grouped mostly into characters like your own, but clearly very different.  It's overall much simpler in apperance.

[ZBridges]

Got it, thanks.

[King Zultan]

In my opinion, those languages aren't relevant.  As a planning action, what are our opportunities for making money in the Merchant Quarter?  Make sure to cover the City Watch, theft/robbery, and work for private businesses.

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[Devastator]

Those all sound like viable plans on their own.  Do you want to just do one of them, or would you like to plan one of those specifically?

[ZBridges]

Maybe start by seeing what the opportunities are at the City Watch.  I doubt they would pay much for guard work, but maybe they have some select positions with greater pay?

[King Zultan]

Maybe start by seeing what the opportunities are at the City Watch.  I doubt they would pay much for guard work, but maybe they have some select positions with greater pay?

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