The black chest’s correspondence leads BonerFart and his allies along the canal to a fortified sluicehouse, its squat stone walls braced against the rushing water. Veyr walks bound between Garrick and Steven, while Joe keeps watch behind them.
Merrin and Edrin move ahead along the canal lip, studying weed-choked culverts and seams in the masonry. The orders describe a concealed entrance and a narrow window before Barack’s route relocates.
Veyr
The sluicehouse receives reports at dusk. If the inner circle has not moved, their courier path begins beneath that western tower.
Garrick tightens Veyr’s bindings and guides him beneath the lee of a warehouse. Across the water, shuttered arrow slits face the canal, and a bronze signal bell hangs above the sluice gate.
Edrin Vale
There. The stones are newer around that drain. No footsteps, but the mud has been disturbed from within.
Merrin
Then the entrance is watched, or the people using it believe the water hides their tracks. Either way, we should not approach the gate first.
Joe, Steven, and Garrick hold the captured clerk while BonerFart stands with Veyr near the warehouse shadow. Guard Two and the remaining clerks stay behind at the countinghouse, leaving this approach to the core party.
✓ Quest Accepted
Secure a reliable route to Barack