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Tyto: “Guys!”
Greyside: “Get off me….”
Tyto: “Sorry.”
Kyaren: “How are we alive?”
Faraine: “We must have not been that far from the ground.”
Sir Quillan: “Princess are you in there!?”
Gerald: “We almost got it”
Clayton: “ARGGH.”
Faraine: “You need count to 3!”
Gerald: “GOT IT!”
Faraine: “I would appreciate some assistance gentleman.”
Tyto: “How did you find us?”
Gerald: “Purple lights kind of made you guys stand out.”
Tyto: “Purple? All I see is red-rusty metal”
Kyaren: “Odd, all the construct’s systems emit an aqua light.”
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Renata: “Dam princess, she is making this personal.”
Garbled Voice: “Interesting, a princess you say.”
Renata: “Who was that! Where are you!?”
Garbled Voice: “I am far away from you, hmmmm”
Renata: “Strange, Arjen is nowhere near the ACN, yet you can speak to me.”
Garbled Voice: “I have access to special things.”
Garbled Voice: “Are you interested in making some Lyli?”
Renata: “Maybe, what would it involve?”
Garbled Voice: “Information, can you make it out of the city?”
Renata: “Easily.”
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Storyteller: “A few days later.”
Greyside: “Only the one trace?”
Shady Broker: “Yes, it was as you said, very specific.”
Shady Broker: “Made the order much simpler.”
Greyside: “Do you have any links in Scendall?”
Shady Broker: “Barely, that old geezer keeps things tight there.”
Greyside: “One more thing, ever hear them name Drothnii?”
Shady Broker: “Oh them sure, failed charter.”
Greyside: “Failed?”
Shady Broker: “I won’t even charge you for this tidbit.”
Shady Broker: “A while back they approached the lords.”
Shady Broker: “Offered to salvage the scrapyard, if they could keep the profits.”
Shady Broker: “Everyone laughed, reason why scrapyard so big is, clearing it would cost too much.”
Shady Broker: “Brought in a few hundred foreign workers, lasted a year.”
Greyside: “Any of those foreign workers still around?”
Shady Broker:“hmm no, none actually…. they left after the project failed.”
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Faraine: “Is this a little bitter to you ambassador?”
Mitelan: “The temporary accommodations are acceptable.”
Mitelan: “However...”
Mitelan: “Your highness, I would think you are sulking.”
Faraine: “Yes, well it is rude not to invite me for the vote.”
Mitelan: “We have diplomatic victory for the kingdom, your highness.”
Faraine:“They pinned all the blame on Micesh, his body has not even been found!”
Mitelan: “True, however we won the vote and…”
Mitelan: “Best of all, the peace treaty remains intact.”
Faraine: “For now we do, I am concerned”
Faraine: “We do not know where it crashed. Assuming it even has crashed.”
Faraine: “Then there is the mess of the bottom half of that construct.”
Kyaren: “Most of the crazy stuff was in the top-half.”
Tyto: “So.. infighting over the bottom half for a long time.”
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Mitelan: “Speculation suggests it flew over the Azure brine.”
Faraine: “You would think more people would have spotted it.”
Faraine: “What about the formal apology?”
Mitelan: “Your highness, they are still sore over the embarrassment.”
Mitelan: “It will take gentle coaxing; I expect it to take a few months.”
Kyaren: “I didn’t even get one for being kidnapped.”
Faraine: “Ambassador, do press upon them…”
Faraine: “,that Kyaren has diplomatic protections.”
Mitelan: “Of course your highness.”
Faraine: “Good, speaking of sore points, the remains.”
Mitelan: “The medical histories provided to us match.”
Mitelan: “You father has already agreed to their return.”
Mitelan: “However after further searching of the caves….”
Tyto: “Not all the bodies were found?”
Mitelan: nods grimly
Kyaren: “Then, if they are capable, it makes sense to…”
Tyto: “….keep some of them alive.”
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Kyaren: “I know this is a bit late but thank you everyone.”
Faraine: “You are most welcome Kyaren.”
Tyto: “You bailed me out plenty of times.”
Greyside: “I hope this makes even for the time I almost, you know.”
Kyaren: rolls her eyes with annoyance.
Greyside: “Speaking of stabbing, Faraine who would want you dead?”
Tyto: “I know half the royal guard would, I joke of course.”
Kyaren: “Don’t forget her parents.”
Faraine: “heh, they would do it personally, not hire someone.”
Faraine: “Truthfully, though I do not know.”
Faraine: “Rest assured; I will inform everyone once we are back.”
Tyto: “Alright we have one more thing to show you.”
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Kyaren: “I got you this.”
Faraine: “A calligraphy set!”
Tyto: “I got a tiny knife!”
Kyaren: “That is a pocket carving knife Tyto.”
Tyto: “Really?”
Kyaren: “Yes, it is very practical.”
Faraine: “Quite the novelty.”
Tyto: “it even folds up.”
Faraine: “OH, my first knife.”
Tyto: turns to Kyaren
Tyto: “I am sure it will be fine.”
Faraine: “Still what is the occasion?”
Tyto: “Consider them late birthday gifts, Happy Birthday!”
Kyaren: “Happy Birthday!”
Faraine: “Thank you!”
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Greyside: “Happy birthday princess.”
Greyside: “Mine is a bit of a kill joy though.”
Faraine: “A scroll wrapped in a bracelet?”
Greyside: “You can read the details later. Here are the highlights.”
Greyside: “There is only one known type of boots that can walk upwards.”
Greyside: “They are called spider toes.”
Faraine: “You found a trail!”
Kyaren: “How come I have never heard of them?”
Greyside: “They are rare, exceedingly rare. Here is the real kicker.”
Greyside: “Rumours has it, there is a pair in Tenorio.”
Tyto: “Tenorio, the city at the centre of Trast.”
Greyside: “Yeah, apparently in the hands, of the private collector.”
Faraine: “Hmmm..”
Greyside: “Run it by your own spymaster if you don't believe me.”
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Storyteller: “Well that should be enough for this night.”
Storyteller: “Or is it morning?”
First Child: “Hmm. So Neijart, is the capitol of Arjen?”
Second Child: “You know that it is.”
Fourth Child: “I do recall some ships leaving in hurry around the same time.”
Third Child: “You always get worried when ships leave port!”
Storyteller: “Reality is the best inspiration from time to time.”
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