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19th Descending Wood
Savvy and Phinnae head off seperately to wander aimlessly lost around Nexus. Jade Wisdom heads to Madam Wu's Teahouse of Excellent Courage to check on his belongings. He is pleased that all is still there, and disheartened that his meagre funds are running dry. Scarred practices his drunken martial arts for a few hours. And remains intoxicated.
All are back in time for Taros to arrive.
Taros is pleased at the findings of the party so far, and suggests they might wish to go to Sijan to investigate the Solar Tombs there, on his behalf. Strangely, he is unwilling to go there himself, due to unexplained, mysterious circumstances... wooooo...
Savvy is unwilling. Says she has other stuff to do. Phinnae can't understand a word of what's going on anyway... Scarred is too drunk to care. Jade Wisdom is too unimportant to weigh in with opinions.
Taros shrugs and says if they change their mind they can find him at the Seven-Thousand-Pleasures Teahouse.
The Lunars chit-chat for a while. Swapping small parts of their respective tales. Savvy fills in Phinnae withh some lunary lore stuff that she seems strangely ignorant of. Phinnae seems pleased by this.
Scarred and the Jadeborn chit-chat on the pro's and cons of drunkeness and temperance. The solar offers the Jadeborn some of the sake from his magic gourd (which just sounds... dirty) and Jade Wisdom accepts graciously. He quietly contemplates the alcoholic heat for a few moments before Savvy starts to ask him questions...
Jade Wisdom explains what he knows about Eclipse Oath-binding. This makes Savvy even more nervous about the secret debts she has to repay, and binding a Solar "against his will" into an Oath he doesn't know about. The Jadeborn attempts to ease her mind, arguing that Taros wasn't tricked into his end of the Oath, but Savvy remains unconvinced.
Savvy gives a small hint as to the debt she must repay, and what she must do for that repayment. She must kill off Peleps Dakura, a notable Dragon-Blood of cruel demeanour who is staying in Nexus. Presumably exiled from the Realm and its finer sensibilities.
Jade Wisdom accepts this as a serious matter, and can understand she does not wish Taros to commit a murder on her behalf to fulfil his side of the Oath. After some thought, he suggests that the Solar may know the whereabouts of Dakura in Nexus, and that by giving that information may be considered to have helped Savvy in her goal. The Lunar agrees this seems wise, and the pair make their way to the Seven-Thousand Pleasures Teahouse.
It is a very fine establishment, and the unflappable Taros appears to have been expecting them. Upon explaining her desire to know the whereabouts of Dakura, the Solar agrees to help. Some small talk and pleasantries are exchanged, and then the Lunar and Jadeborn depart.
In the meantime, Phinnae has gone looking for pirates, slavers and markets. She finds a scum-filled Inn and begins talking to some scurvy dogs...
But the scurvy dogs are elusive, sly and secretive and divulge no new secrets. Phinnae is tired and wary of this new city. She decides to return later afreshed. Phinnae returns to the warehouse. Phinnae
Night passes and a new day dawns...
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