[HQ Ignorance] Scene 104: Results of the Seeker's Choice

[Lev Lafayette]

Scene 104: Results of the Seeker's Choice

In an effort to re-associate the rump of the Fellowship, the Dragonewt
Seeker arranges with Jin Wu for a messanger to be sent to Ran Fushi, the
representative of Lord Lei Tse asking to purchase his 'slaves', slightly
cheered by his implication that the future may have something better in
store for the temple. 

By earlier in the morning all arrangement have been made. Kalen is
dragged from his workshop. A messanger is sent out to Karala, who is
brought back to the town.  Azhur is woken by gentle hands of slave-woman
caressing his body, informing him of his 'diplomatic mission', but also
notices that a scroll is beside his bedside table on a silver platter.
The telltale tooth marks indicate all too clearly where it is from.
Unwrapping it, he sees writing in his native tongue with two columns,
one a list of places - coopers, inns, blacksmiths, grocers and so forth,
the other marked Lei Tabor and Black Iron Fort. 

Meeting at last, after many weeks those present at the temple [Rikku,
Serendipitous Seeker, Isma, Swordsinger, and Dorassa] are united with
those who had been sold in slaveryn [Azhur, Othor and Aarolin, Kalen and
Rotterex, Jareena and Da, Karala-Who-Walks-With-White-Wolf, and
Eurynome]. The room is quite crowded of course and steamy. Jin Wu
provides as much food and drink as possible in the surrounds and
remarks: "Ran Fushi will arrive in the evening with a plan to enter the
Iron Fort. During this time your time is your own.