Vacare

Myriad Reality

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Lily: Great, I'll get started. Initializing contract—
*A series of magic circles winds down my arm and ends with a rotating inscription, and I hold my hand out to you*
Please place your hand against the seal.

@Nimda

*I place my hand against the seal*

A gentleman's agreement aye?

Myriad Reality

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Lily: How about this! We help you fight off whatever's declaring war, and you help us out on one job of our choosing, 90/10 split.

@Nimda

Hmmmm

*I shrug*

Ah what the hell, sure why not?

Myriad Reality

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Lily: Bahahahaha! As if that’ll ever happen!
-*Rolls my eyes*
The only long-term contracts I have are with this worthless spirit, and we both see how well that turned out.

@Nimda

Hahaha! Well, think of this as an indefinite favor. You can just call me up whenever. As long as I'm not busy with something important of course.

Myriad Reality

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Protection from this threat or indefinite protection?

@Nimda

Well I'm offering my indefinite service. You'll have all my skill sets at your disposal. It even goes as far as babysitting if you finally find yourself a suitable partner and start a family and such.

*I look at Gio with a cheeky smirk*

Myriad Reality

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That depends on how likely it is to get us killed.
Lily: We can probably strike a deal!

@Nimda

Alright then, how about this: In exchange for helping me protect what little we have, I will join you in any adventure you deem that you might need me in, along with a 70/30 split of all rewards in favor of you of course.

Myriad Reality

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What’s the plan, then? Evacuate everyone?

@Nimda

We've worked too hard for this place already. I think the plan is to prepare my own defenses. I've fought worse odds before, this isn't anything. I'll also send Noct with a message to the king, it can't hurt to try. But with that being said, this is already outside of your job description and you've more than earned your bag of goodies. So I'll ask, what'll you do?

Myriad Reality

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Lily: And who’s to say they’ll attack when you’re armed?
-Do you have any kind of remote communication with the king? Some kind of scryer?

@Nimda

No unfortunately. There's no running either. I could probably send Noct, but even at his best speed it'll take him at most three days and both going and coming back.

Myriad Reality

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Let me get this straight. You’re living in an elf kingdom, and some mystical force has declared war on the elves, but useful reinforcements won’t make it before the kingdom is destroyed. Did I get all that?

@Nimda

That is essentially what's going on yes. This elvish kingdom suffered from the last war. This was a result of that last war. If this was a warning, a declaration, then I think the king deserves to know before it's too late. I can make it to the capital within five days. Three days if I ride through the night. The ride back would take a week if I'm bringing a force from the capital over. But then again, without any sufficient evidence that something bad'll happen here, they're not going to send anything.

Myriad Reality

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Lily: Did the elves cause this somehow?

@Nimda

No, I think its a declaration of war on the elves. I'll have to travel to the elvish capital in a few days. Technically, we had permission to settle here under an elvish lord. As honorary citizens of the elvish realm, I have to report this to the authorities. Though this place being in the fringes, I doubt we'll get much help.

Myriad Reality

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Lily: You have elves?

@Nimda

No, it's the neighboring kingdom. The one that's recovering from a war. They can't send their army here to the fringes of their territory. I feel like the bear was left here to spread the miasma kill the forest to terrorize the elvish village just a across the river to the east.

*I stand and point towards the general direction*

But this is bad news nonetheless. Our village will get caught in this scuffle. Even if the druid that died can't make this bear, I'm guessing he wasn't alone and they'll be back.