un: raven master - audio | day ii

[pulvisetumbra]

Good afternoon. As ever, we have scant time for well wishes and compliments. This is the Merchant. To those freshly in my care, I bid greetings and remain at your service. To the rest: your ongoing survival is a matter of celebration.

( And... incredulity, though he will not be the man to say so. )

I am given to understand you remain in — a part of Yancai. I speak to you from five years onwards. We have succeeded to break the time's weave for precisely one hour to allow this communication, after which I regret to bid my leave. Let us employ our time wisely.

My hope and concern is that, in your attempts to remedy the harms of this village, you will succeed, as you have before, and break the flow of time. If you do — when you do, know this: just as there are territories outside of land, there are those beyond time. Often, they are wastelands or exist independently under the rule of tyrants without reason.

( A distasteful concept to him, for how his voice sours. ) Many of Akhuras' least... favoured sorcerers were exiled in such pockets. I hold minimal sway there, past episodes of commerce.

( Hesitantly: ) If you arrive in such regions, seek out waypoints bearing the carvings of an eye with the sun for a pupil. They were put in place to return Ellethian trade caravans to their true place in time.

( And might, on this occasion, serve the party. ) If you do not break time, if you merely wait out Yancai's next transition and return to five years onwards organically, ignore my cautions. Either way: see what may be gleaned from this Yancai of old. I trust no village whose House of Commerce once dealt on friendly terms with the warlord Anurr.

( ooc: please assume all interaction with the Merchant on this post happens within the span of an IC hour — thank you! )

Comments

un: nah | audio

[damnable]

( Well, that seems like a lot, and she gets they have limited time so this might be the best opportunity to ask even if it's not relevant to fucking with time itself and what happens if they succeed. )

Appreciate the warning, think that's the plan to undo the ritual they started with the moon, and in the interest of not losing limited time, what do you know about Kathul? It's a location to the south - possibly related to the Huntress.

un: Black Prince; voice;

[blackscales]

[ It's your favourite frustration, bet you are glad to hear his voice sir. Wrathion cannot wait for the Merchant to try and force him through the beacon as soon as possible. ]

I presume you've heard our revelation about Matthias, that he did indeed grant both the Huntress and the Beastmaster their powers -- lacking any warning of consequence.

un: taken for granite

[somebadnews]

[ Son of a bitch. How many more are there? (Ignore the username. He'll give Allison's pendant back eventually.) ]

What would Anurr have wanted with them? [ He had no interest when Five tried to prod him about it. More importantly: ] ...Who created the other time pockets?

un: lockwood

[recklessenough]

Hello. Thank you for the welcome, and likewise in the interest of time, please accept this pithy words as my expression of polite pleasure at making your acquaintance. [ Is he being sassy? It may be hard to tell since his tone is perfectly polite, posh tones measured and tinged with just the right amount of deference. ]

As I'm new here, I will keep my questions to more immediate concerns.

Present company excluded, I would not say that our encounters with Akuras' finest have been particularly warm and encouraging. [ He's thinking the Huntress and what he's heard of the Beastmaster. ] It makes me wonder what we should expect from those who would be termed least favoured?

[ A hundred words to basically ask; how screwed will we be in these wastelands? ]

un: headless ragdoll | audio

[matermali]

In a realm such as this, what crimes could these sorcerers have committed to be so condemned?

[ What are we in for if we run into one of these fellows? One must ~prep~. ]

un: protector izumi | video;

[fushichou]

Are these exiled tyrants in time pockets or different timelines? Just to clarify.

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[northerndragon]

I spoke to the Huntress. Don't know how seriously to take her. She agreed to stop attacking Yancai.

She said we would find Matthias in Zakhara. But to you, it would have been five years ago. Is what she told me of any use? Where might he be now?