un: ut malum pluvia | audio

[somebadnews]

[ Five has, maybe predictably, not yet shared the information he overheard when he and a few others followed Sairen some days ago to his secret gambling arena. When he decides to in the middle of the night, it really sounds like he's just postulating out loud while he's pacing around a room, because... that's exactly what he's doing at two in the morning. ]

What do we know about the Beastmaster? The village has ties to him, and the Hok-Shinn's offering didn't satisfy him the last time he came. How often does he come, and what were they offering? I'd assume either bodies or weapons, but they seemed purposely vague about it.

Then there's that chemical that the clan controls to make the land fertile enough to grow on. Supposedly they withhold it from farmers who rebel against them, but where does it come from and where do they keep it? Without it they wouldn't have the same hold over their people. And who is the white wanderer that gave it to them the first time? Is that related to their deal with the warlord, or is it something we can exploit?

[ He just says these things like they're already public knowledge. Be useful and fill in the gaps for him, he'll appreciate it. — The next part comes out more direct, because he's really getting sick of spilling hot drinks on himself whenever a pair of gossiping ghosts wander through the wall. (He gets it, Klaus. They might have driven him to drugs too.) ]

Also, I need to borrow an exorcist. If one of you knows how to dispel ghosts, we've got two who don't know how to mind their own business.

[ He's absolutely looking directly at them when he says this. Take a hint, ladies. ]

Comments

un : dappled peals of the parted seas (voice)

[beitangmoran]

All very astute questions, and if we do nothing else, breaking up that little cartel thing they have going on will, at the very least, bring me some satisfaction.

[Ask Moran how he feels about Hok-Shinn.]

I did not meet the Beastmaster when he came to Taravast, but I believe some of the creatures we encountered in the city were his.

un: teamzero

[gladiokinesis]

where's klaus when we need him

un: absterge

[downswing]

( 'Exploit.' A fine thing, he does not flinch. )


We cannot ransom a people's feeding.

What work of ghosts?

kind of action tbh

[reparo]

[The communication comes through at a time when Hermione is also awake. It's been getting worse, the ancestral curse. She's working on it, and has nearly gotten it solved, but writing pamphlets for Ke-Waihuan women is hard work. How does she assume one thing is common knowledge?

Regardless, the moment Five starts rambling, her crystal tells her there is an audio and she switches it on, while working on getting the badge right. Transfiguration and multiplication takes work - she's been using stones for this.

After a while of listening, however, she decides that she's done enough spellwork tonight. She sets it aside, locks it up, and picks up a potion from her stash. Dreamless Sleep is promised, but it isn't very strong. She keeps it in one hand, and Apparates herself right into Five's room, at the end of that rant.]

Can't sleep?

un: Black Prince; text

[blackscales]

The Beastmaster's return appears to be seasonal, but local villagers are not privy to the details -- only Weisi himself.