[quote][b][color=#38b000]"So basically the wizard stole a bunch of people with that artifact, eats them, then stole an entire town for... whatever he wants?"[/color][/b] [b][color=#38b000]"And we're going after this guy? Like, not to be the leech under your scales, but with a relatively few people eaten he broke that wall and left a room that tasted like wet bones and screams. And now he got ten years to work off how many sacrifices again?"[/color][/b]


[b][color=#38b000]"Can we even take him on? The lair is probably infested with walking corpses."[/color][/b][/quote]

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[color=ec008c]"If the entire story of the wizard causing this massive destruction was true, then the correct course of action you should take is to return and contact the authority. Then they will contact the Westernant and then, after they have their bureaucratic hurdle sorted out, maybe in two or three years, an investigation team will then be dispatched."[/color]

Jazdia could sense the scholar's unhappy stare, as if the world 'returning' was a new kind of taboo. [color=#F4E7CA]"It's reckless to decide things based on unconfirmed accounts and conjectures,"[/color] Vesemir argued, his words slightly stammering, which concealed his apprehension. [color=#F4E7CA]"Let us not forget that the news-bearer is not omniscient." [/color]

A pause ensued, and the silence grew into eeriness. Everyone knew who he was referring to, and very likely expected the curator to materialize himself in front of them to explain himself, but he did not appear, seemingly holding on to his principle of not giving a damn. 

[color=ec008c]"Relax, as one of your advisors, I am not saying you should turn back now."[/color]

[color=#C7C6C5]"I, too, as one of his advisors, think he should. Verdant has a point."[/color] Countered Mr. Elc, who stood facing her with arms crossing over his chest. [color=#C7C6C5]"Well prepared as we may be, the threats are both physical and from the immaterial." 
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[color=ec008c]"That's fair. However, I would like to share my perspective on the concerns that have been raised. If the Lich is currently cooped up in Nuria, then I am not sure he has much to work with. Ancient spirits and occasionally the weaker ones, those are what populate the land of twilight for a good millennium. His means of kidnapping people have been broken, and he had no other means; otherwise, we would have heard about another Scheel accident. I do not doubt that Lich is strong, but he is nowhere unkillable. We can take him out even if we are one person fewer." [/color]

[color=#C7C6C5]"We never heard about Scheel until recently. But I... you are right, another kind of accident would be impossible to cover up. But I still think the best course of action is, like you said earlier, to return." He sighed despairingly. "But needless to say, it seems I am the minority here." [/color]


Jazdia reached for her pocket and grasped a silver pocket watch by its chain. [color=ec008c]"Here,"[/color] the ranger presented it to Vesemir to enchant, an affirmation of her resoluteness. [color=ec008c]"I suppose it doesn't have to be weapons, right?"[/color]

[color=#F4E7CA]"Correct,"[/color] the old elf nodded, hesitating a bit as he glanced at the pocketwatch and the bow slung on Jazdia's back [color=#F4E7CA]"but [i]Lista adh plume[/i] are more personal."[/color]

The ranger chuckled. [color=ec008c]"This one will do just fine."[/color]