[HQ Ignorance] Scene 89: Palbar, City of the Oraya Sultanate

[Lev Lafayette]

On Sat, 2009-06-06 at 09:34 +0100, Nic Hughes wrote:

> >   
> 
> Aalmon chews a while on the last mouthful of unspilled food. He
> appreciated local customs well enough to know that the thumbing of a
> table was a serious matter here on the wild frontier, so he tried to
> hold his irritation in check and not inflame the situation more than
> was needed.
> 
> "What sort of courier would I be were I to blab the details of my
> mission to everyone who asked? I did not undertake such an epic
> journey through uncharted lands and ungodly horrors for idle fun or
> for a few silver coins. My home city and many others are doomed if my
> task fails."
> 

"As is this one, a city most holy to the Empire of the Moon".


> "It is not that I am unwilling to help, the question is whether you
> can find a way in which this helps my existing commission more than
> the diversion harms it. If you cannot then I would be a poor and
> useless courier to be so easily diverted."

"Well where are you going then? You say north, but the only thing north
is a cold wastelands and the Blue Moon plateau. No human can live there
and there's nothing but trolls anyway."

> He leaned down and picked up a toppled chair for his irate visitor
> then gestured to the serving girl that he would like a replacement for
> his pie. Whichever path he took from here he would need his full
> strength and a full stomach.

The serving girl is happy to provide a replacement..