Chapterhopping...
Chapterhopping...
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“I have. Tumblers and performers have those kinds of Skills. Do you have the [Performer] class, Miss Ryoka?”
“Par—what?”
““Nice try. But she’s determined, isn’t she?””
““Would you let me try a spell?””
““What exquisite craftsmanship. I can’t detect any faults, but perhaps the issue lies within? Regardless, if it is not of magical creation—””
““Done.””
““It was nothing, really. Just a spell—””
““[Repair].””
““Sostrom Reidez, at your service, Miss Ryoka Griffin.””
““What do you suppose that device was? Did it resemble anything you saw in Wistram Academy, Ceria?””
“She once defeated five bandits with only her bare hands after losing her sword.”
“But no one has the guts to do it when there’s a Lich raining spells down on our heads.”
“That object I repaired, her fist-fighting skill. Her lack of levels…it’s enough to interest me, but why a scion of the Five Families? There’s something else to her, mark my words.”
“Not since last night. Why?”
“There’s a name that tells you how important she is.”
“That and more.”
“My wand is caught!”
“She—well, I don’t know that she’s levelless, but another adventurer with [Appraisal] says it’s true. And she did survive the High Passes. And she has the favor of Lady Magnolia. And she runs barefoot.”
“I saw you two had already left. The innkeeper—Miss Solstice was sick, so we all took our leave without breakfast.”
“Let the Watch deal with him. I don’t get paid to restrain him when he causes trouble.”
“The city will let him go if we pay a fine. And they’ll be happier to let him fight monsters than cause trouble in jail.”
“You’re right. I’d forgotten because she won, but since when do the Silver Spears fight civilians?”
“Let alone in armor. Even if it was bravado, Yvlon would have never taken that fight normally. Makes you wonder, don’t it? What Yvlon knew. Or—what her aunt told her.”
“Ryoka. I hear Yvlon doesn’t lean on her family connections or even her brother, who’s also a Gold-rank adventurer. But Ryoka has Lady Reinhart following her every move.”
“You might make fun of him, but he is a graduate of Wistram when all is said and done. And that display with healing Ryoka’s leg was nothing short of phenomenal. I certainly wouldn’t want to test myself against him.”
“I sensed it. He has quite a few levels on me, I suspect. Perhaps the same as our Ceria?”
“Give us the details on Gazi before we get there. How strong is she? Where does she come from?”
“Too basic, Ceria.”
“What’s the difference? She’s House Reinhart, and it is probably her.”
“What was all that about?”
“You don’t know the Five Families by heart?”
“House Reinhart? Which Lady?”
“It’s one of the Five Families!”
“Look at that.”
“It sounds…almost like a nursery rhyme. But not one I’d ever tell any child of mine.”
“We don’t have much time! Only a few minutes before they catch up!”
“Who is this ‘Skinner’, then? An undead? Or a [Necromancer] of some kind? Whoever wrote this message seems to fear him.”
“Whatever was in here, it wasn’t a treasury. And now it’s long gone.”
“I—I could cast [Sticky Ground]. The webbing would slow them down, but this many—”
“You can see for yourself.”
“This is the place where all the dead go.”
“Something like that. It’s not magic—at least, no runes I’ve seen before. But what language it is I can’t tell for the life of me.”
“Ceria. You nearly scared the piss out of me.”
“Empty.”
“That’s handy.”
“A thought. Was this a trap for this Skinner creature or—or is he the guardian of this place?”