[Center][img]https://i.imgur.com/1ztEFL9.png[/img][hr][hr][b][colour=009fff]Event:[/colour][/b] Primitive [b]|[/b] [b][colour=009fff]Location:[/colour][/b] Tethered Refuge, High Desert, Torragon[hr][hr][/center][center][h3][url=https://youtu.be/fDAGKXOTwdQ]♫[/url][/h3][/center]
After separated from her new friends, she found herself returning with some old friends to the place they first met. The desert. Despite all the perils, returning here since forever has brought some excitement, as she wondered how life has changed for those who remained behind. She was almost tempted to make a Sand Angel before realizing how embarrassing that would look.

[colour=009fff]“Remember when we first came here. All those hungry Halassa were chasing us? Jo went pow, one flipped and it cartwheeled away. Then we tricked that big grumpy sand wyrm? It was an adventure.”[/colour]

It was when they had to be quiet they entered the refugee, she put her game face on, despite the temptation to announce [i]Hola soy Ayla~![/i] in happy reunion.

The biggest surprise was how Amanda, the tethered leader, look so spiritedly and fresh. Even her friend Marci, Amanda’s daughter, was overjoyed at the sight. Though, news from her grandfather drew concern.

The mention of the Ruins of Zaqhoria though… was different. No excitement or adventure there. Only death. Ayla nodded, as with Zarina, but the three of them were not enough. [colour=009fff]“We barely escaped when it was six of us and a royal sand wyrm…”[/colour] This is definitely not a good omen.

However, there was something she could do.

[colour=009fff]“As for the other problem. We have the solution for this.”[/colour]

Ayla went into her satchel, as she pulled out a bunch of papers, including an old paper which is approximately 300 years old from when she was last here, with an additional letter. Adorning her cloak, she started to display her thoughts for others to watch.

[colour=009fff]“King Sancho is interested as the refuge has a very important position. One that has long been unused and unexploited.”[/colour] She patted upon the bundle of papers as she pushed it forward to Amanda. [colour=009fff]“The Refuge is in a prime location between the Northern Coast and the Merapora. This could become a very valuable trade route, especially if trade from ReTan were to avoid the monopoly of Malabash and Virang, and come through Torragon.”[/colour]

She decided to go fully into the pitch, [colour=009fff]“This is a plan we have drawn up for the Refuge, yourselves, to become a major trade hub. This would resolve the funding issue, you will no longer rely on others for income, they will be petitioning you for funding. You would experience trade and prosperity, and access to exotic goods. The Refuge will no longer be a remote plan hidden in the desert, the Tethered Refuge will become a gateway to the Merapora.”[/colour] 

[colour=009fff]“The papers are a petition, and a proposal to King Sancho. It would be a mutual relation in terms of protection, establishing a Suzerainty. In return, you have full internal autonomy, including profiting from the trade travel from the network.”[/colour] She beams widely, [colour=009fff]“As fortune happens, my business partner is in ReTan as we speak. She offers her full upport as well, she has a... invested interest with Abdel."[/colour] Her cheeks blushed as her meaning could be rather evident and clear without the accompanying cute mage of the pair together. [colour=009fff]My proposal to you is allow our trading company to be the ones to work with you in this, offering an unrivalled partnership as a gesture of continued goodwill towards everyone here.”[/colour] She spread her arms out.

Though, she knew what was coming next, what was her stake in this, and she aimed to nipped it in the bud. [colour=009fff]“My ancestor, Alizée Arslan, made a promise to the people here, and as her descendant, it is my responsibility to fulfil it to the best of my ability. This place is home to some of my dearest friends.”[/colour] She looked around the room, indicating toward Jocasta, Marci and Isabella, including images being displayed of Laella, the children in the classroom, and the many others she encountered here. [colour=009fff]“So please, take a look through what is there, and it should contain the answers you need. We will do our best to help Escarra in the meantime.”[/colour]

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