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Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

Sylvia made sure to slip the receipt in a pocket of her fire resistant robes as they walked away from the store. Once they were in an alleyway and she asked her question to her friends, she listened as they spoke. After they gave their answers, she nodded quietly and she commented "OK...so I could be overthinking this after all," She then told them, "I thought it was weird that the son would say 'that slaad' instead of 'a slaad', because that kinda means that he knew which slaad we were talking about, and considering the cultists worship the dragon..."

She then sighed and she shrugged, "Again, I guess I must have over thought this one. Still, we really should do a little research on the slaad gem. Make sure that if the cultists get their hands on the gem, they can't bring it back,"

Chaos in Krioka: The Meandering Monk [Joshua Tamashii]

LOL.

Yes. Yes, you have.

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

Sylvia nodded after the shopkeeper told her to wait so that he can get the receipt. Once he came back with the receipt and the pouch of gold, she used the ink well and wooden pen to sign her name on the receipt for his records, just like back at home. She answered the elderly man, "I think that's it for right now. We'll come back later to ask more questions, and after we've determined if we can sell the gem or not," She took the pouch and she answered the man, "Thank you for your time, sir. We'll be back later," She then looked to her friends and nodded as though telling them they should head out now, before leading the way out.

After they made it out and were away from Red Cliff Square, she asked her friends while walking and keeping an eye out on her surroundings, seeing if anyone was following her and if she could find a private place to continue a serious discussion with her friends, "Hey guys...If you were to compare a slaad to another creature, what is the first creature that immediately comes to mind?"

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

Sylvia notes that the shopkeeper in front of them was simply gauging their strength and honesty. However, something about the younger man’s words seemed off to Sylvia. Why would he say ‘that slaad’ instead of ‘a slaad’? The former option would imply that he knew about Red Stain, despite the vague description. Though, then again...he could be talking about the specific gem. But even then...did slaad have their own gems? And if so, how would he know if Sylvia herself didn’t? Also...why would he compare the slaad to a dragon? That was not the first thing on her mind when she described the slaad...

Was she overthinking this...or was that man a cultist...?

She turned her attention back to the shopkeeper and she answered him honestly and with a shrug, “That’s fair. If I was in your position I would be considering the same possibility,” She then told the Shopkeeper, “I’m okay with selling the pearls, but the slaad gem...we still don’t really understand much about slaads or the gems they leave behind, so it might not be safe to put on market yet. We’re not sure. After we do our research and make sure it’s safe, we’ll sell it to you then,”

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

Insight Check: 16

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

Sylvia answered the younger man with a shrug, "We're not quite sure on the specifics ourselves, but it was a pretty huge and ugly thing. It looked like a giant toad or lizard with a row of sharp teeth and sharp claws. It was able to talk, and it had smaller slaads at its beck and call," As she answered the young man, she was being careful to not give too much of a description so that no one could associate it with Red Stain, and give away the fact that Red Stain and the trogs were defeated in the sewers. She also wasn't quite sure what the slaad was, so she figured that the description would be good for an answer.

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

Sylvia looked to Pylia when she gave suggestion. She nodded quietly, before turning her attention back to the two men in front of her, "Before we leave...would it be alright if you inspected a couple of things for us? Maybe tell us how much gold these would be worth?" She then took out the red gem from the slaad yesterday, and she looked to Shortfang for the pearls, whispering to him, "Shortfang. The beads," Once the two pieces of loot were shown to the jewelers, she told them, "We got this red gem from a slaad, and the pearls are from a mimic that attacked the Ingot District earlier today,"

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

When the merchants called out to her and tried to sell her and her friends some stuff, she politely waved to them and said "No thank you!" She raised an eyebrow at how some of the people were avoiding her and her friends. Very skittish. They weren't kidding when they said that the people around her were paranoid now due to the acts of vandalism. When they got to the shop, they were greeted by the statement that the store was closed. She waved her hand, and she stated politely, "Oh no. We're not here to shop or pick something up,"

She continued, "We're here to investigate the vandalism that took place here, and we intend to catch the people responsible for these acts. Would it be alright if we asked you some questions? Or would like for us to come back at a later time?"

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

Sylvia nodded and answered while putting the drawing back into her sleeve pocket "I see. Rodey...huh? He might have some more information too," She then thanked Kathie, "Thank you for answering our questions and telling us what you know about the situation. We'll take our leave now," She then nodded to her friends and started to head out of the Fletcher's Shop. She decided to head for the next vandalized shop: Grandeur. As she would make her way to Grandeur, she would keep an eye out on her surroundings in case any of the mentioned gang members or one of the guards are watching her and her friends.

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

Sylvia quickly took out Yorik's book and tried to find a blank page where she could write down the descriptions of the eight members of the gang. She also made sure to cross out Dimos' name as though to note that they didn't really need to worry about him. He was in Yorik's care after all. She blinked at the shortbow and she nodded commenting, "Impressive," Considering that the girl in front of her had just told her everything she knew, there wasn't much else to ask. But there was one question that might give a little more information...

She took out the paper with the emblem of the Lightning Company that Yorik drew up earlier and she asked the girl, "Sorry, I have two more questions before we head out," She showed the girl the emblem and she asked, "I don't suppose any of the guards you asked for help had this emblem? And could you describe the guards that you asked for help but didn't do anything and just gave you lip service?"