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| As it happens, they hear more squelching from the adjoining room along with the sound of snoring. Fearful of what they might find, they peer cautiously around the doorway. A woman lies fast asleep as smaller slugs converge on her. Nikolai and Xenon rush to the rescue, beating back these slugs and picking up the sleeping person. What follows is an incredibly slow chase as they carry her between them, pursued by slugs which ooze out of cracks in the floor and drop from the ceiling. After nearly losing Nikolai, they manage to escape through a door just in time, slamming it shut. | As it happens, they hear more squelching from the adjoining room along with the sound of snoring. Fearful of what they might find, they peer cautiously around the doorway. A woman lies fast asleep as smaller slugs converge on her. Nikolai and Xenon rush to the rescue, beating back these slugs and picking up the sleeping person. What follows is an incredibly slow chase as they carry her between them, pursued by slugs which ooze out of cracks in the floor and drop from the ceiling. After nearly losing Nikolai, they manage to escape through a door just in time, slamming it shut. | ||
| - | Once the person they saved is awoken, she explains that she is Anushka, a scavenger operating out of the Barrens. She takes them to the safety of her base camp where they meet her business partner, Dmitri, who insists that his accreditation from the Shapers' College is proof of his competence. When they are asked about the missing bond, Dmitri sheepishly admits to playing a prank on a former member of their group, Rodrika, who left them five months ago to join the Order of the Rod. He used unity of intent to mark Rodrika as owner of the bond so that it would follow her around and result in her being technically liable for the upkeep and taxes of the Guild of Artisans. | + | Once the person they saved is awoken, she explains that she is Anushka, a scavenger operating out of the Barrens. She takes them to the safety of her base camp where they meet her business partner, Dmitri, who insists that his accreditation from the Shapers' College is proof of his competence. When they are asked about the missing bond, Dmitri sheepishly admits to playing a prank on a former member of their group, Roderika, who left them five months ago to join the Order of the Rod. He used unity of intent to mark Roderika as owner of the bond so that it would follow her around and result in her being technically liable for the upkeep and taxes of the Guild of Artisans. |
| - | While the scavengers look over their finds, including a strange intricate lattice which Dmitri claims is a shaped item but can't get to work, it soon becomes clear that they have differing views about Rodrika. Anushka is still mad at her for leaving but Dmitri seems to have a soft spot for her. | + | While the scavengers look over their finds, including a strange intricate lattice which Dmitri claims is a shaped item but can't get to work, it soon becomes clear that they have differing views about Roderika. Anushka is still mad at her for leaving but Dmitri seems to have a soft spot for her. |
| - | Having assured the scavengers that their operation appears to be legal and, in return received an open invitation to visit them at the Pickled Inn (“Just ask for Anastasia,” Anushka says), they head to the Order of the Rod. Since Rodrika is an exceptionally common name among those devoted to the Rod, it takes a bit of searching through records but they find out that she's away on a routine mission into the Forest. Checking with the Foresters' Guild, they learn that the expedition was near the easternmost village of Edge (not the village of East Edge - that's somewhere else entirely) and that its return is overdue. | + | Having assured the scavengers that their operation appears to be legal and, in return received an open invitation to visit them at the Pickled Inn (“Just ask for Anastasia,” Anushka says), they head to the Order of the Rod. Since Roderika is an exceptionally common name among those devoted to the Rod, it takes a bit of searching through records but they find out that she's away on a routine mission into the Forest. Checking with the Foresters' Guild, they learn that the expedition was near the easternmost village of Edge (not the village of East Edge - that's somewhere else entirely) and that its return is overdue. |
| - | They head to Edge to await Rodrika's return. The Forest has encroached dangerously close here and crooked men, rot monsters and moss poppets lurching from the treeline. Realising the village is in danger, Nikolai and Xenon valiant defend the settlement until an excited Rod paladin emerges, talking excitedly about her recent battles and ripping the head off a moss poppet. Once the final crooked man falls, Xenon asks this paladin, clearly Rodrika, about the bond. | + | They head to Edge to await Roderika's return. The Forest has encroached dangerously close here and crooked men, rot monsters and moss poppets lurching from the treeline. Realising the village is in danger, Nikolai and Xenon valiant defend the settlement until an excited Rod paladin emerges, talking excitedly about her recent battles and ripping the head off a moss poppet. Once the final crooked man falls, Xenon asks this paladin, clearly Roderika, about the bond. |
| Her smile falls and she runs away, shouting about how she's “not gonna make //that// mistake again!” | Her smile falls and she runs away, shouting about how she's “not gonna make //that// mistake again!” | ||
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| Roderika rejoins them and explains that they're only part way there. “It's like when you want to smash something but it's inside a box so you have to smash the box first,” she says. “We've only broken the box.” | Roderika rejoins them and explains that they're only part way there. “It's like when you want to smash something but it's inside a box so you have to smash the box first,” she says. “We've only broken the box.” | ||
| - | And so the three of them push onwards, finding the link between Rodrika and the bond. Swirling, incomprehensible fragments of legalese assail them and red tape lashes, trying to entangle them but they break free and shatter the most dangerous-looking clauses. As the final word falls, they find themselves standing back in Room 7C with Rodrika. Her name is gone from the bond. | + | And so the three of them push onwards, finding the link between Roderika and the bond. Swirling, incomprehensible fragments of legalese assail them and red tape lashes, trying to entangle them but they break free and shatter the most dangerous-looking clauses. As the final word falls, they find themselves standing back in Room 7C with Roderika. Her name is gone from the bond. |
| Now all that remains is to ascertain who actually has legal ownership of the bond. Enquiring at the bureaucracy, they are directed to ask the Imperial Commission about matters relating to the Wastes. When they arrive there, the air of uncertainty which Nikolai has been ignoring is definitely still prevalent. There are deep claw gashes in the wall and... is that blood dripping from the ceiling? | Now all that remains is to ascertain who actually has legal ownership of the bond. Enquiring at the bureaucracy, they are directed to ask the Imperial Commission about matters relating to the Wastes. When they arrive there, the air of uncertainty which Nikolai has been ignoring is definitely still prevalent. There are deep claw gashes in the wall and... is that blood dripping from the ceiling? | ||
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