The scent of salt air and charred timber fades, replaced by the heavy, musky aroma of damp stone and dried parchment. Arion and Sivani cross the threshold into the Adventurers Guild, their arrival marked by the rhythmic, heavy clatter of Arion’s unnatural gait against the hardwood floor.
Guild Clerk
Sivani:7
(He walks like a dead man held upright by iron strings. I must get my payment and flee this connection before his aura consumes my own resolve.)
Guildmaster Thorne looks up from a stack of scrolls, his eyes narrowing as he recognizes the distinct, shimmering presence of the sword housed within the young man. The hall remains quiet, the usual rowdy chatter of mercenaries dying down as the chill of Arion's presence spreads through the room.
Arion Touvengard
The rift at the edge of the plains is sealed. My service to this realm is complete. I require the compensation promised for the termination of the cultist incursions.
Arion Touvengard
The host is failing again. The meridian pressure is rising. I must secure the gold to procure the rare reagents necessary to stabilize this vessel before the next jump.
+ Scene Quest Added
Collect payment for cultist termination
“Waits fkr a responce if the clerk while proffing his guild badge and rit of completion”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled +1)
Guildmaster Thorne stares at the badge with a slow, deliberate blink. His gaze shifts from the weathered metal to Arion’s eyes, where the teal light flickers like a dying lantern. The silence in the guildhall stretches, thick and suffocating, as he leans forward, his hands pressing flat against the worn mahogany of the counter.
Guildmaster Thorne
You return with the seal of the dead, yet the blood on your boots is fresh, and the air around you tastes of the void. Payment is a secondary concern when you bring such ruin to my doorstep.
Sivani
Give him the gold, Thorne. Just give it to him so he leaves. I can feel him pulling, testing the structural integrity of my own soul. I cannot hold this anchor much longer.
Guildmaster Thorne
What exactly did you sacrifice to seal that rift, boy? Because looking at you now, I see a vessel that is rapidly running out of room.
Arion Touvengard
He sees through the mask. A dangerous man. If he refuses the coin, I will be forced to reclaim the energy expended in the catacombs from whoever stands closest.
Quest Complete
Collect payment for cultist termination
+ New Item Acquired
Leather coin pouch