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[quote][b]Remus (Feb 09, 2005 02:29 p.m.):[/b] Theolus waited in the agent's office. He did not generally deal with mercenaries; the Guildsport garrison was rarely called upon for anything but gate watch and occasional crowd control. On this day, it was one mercenary in particular that Theolus needed, one mercenary whom he would hire, or failing that, draft. Theolus was there to clean up the mess made by that fool Oloshan. It had started nearly three months before, when Oloshan first saw the stone. It was brought to him by a small band of desert clansmen who claimed to have found it in the dirt. A chunk of atacre that large should have been worth a fortune, but of course it was too large to move in one piece, so the barbarians sought out Oloshan the mage to break it down for them. The stupid clansmen, deaf as they were to the lifesong, did not understand the significance of the stone's strange silence. Oloshan did. He bought it from them for more wealth than they had ever seen in one place, though still criminally less than it was worth. And he wrote immediately to Brindia, advising them of his find, without mentioning it to Theolus at all. In the time it took for word to reach and return from the homeland, Oloshan lost his treasure. The mage had been vague about the details, but Theolus' sources told him that Oloshan had not been as tight-lipped as would have been prudent. He took home a woman who had shown him great interest in a bar, and woke the next morning with a hangover and an empty safe. But still Oloshan did not come to Theolus, did not tell him his troubles and ask for his help. Instead, he came here, to Panaki's office, to hire mercenaries to get back his stone. First he rented a couple of heavies to accompany him as made rounds, seeking information about the stolen box. That was the first Theolus heard of it. He asked Oloshan, then, if the Guildsport garrison could assist him in recovering his stolen property. But Oloshan had insisted that it was beneath the attention of the garrison, and that Theolus needn't worry about it. Then Oloshan hired a mercenary band to cross the in pursuit of a caravan he suspected of carrying the box. Theolus kept an eye on things, but did not interfere. It was not until the day before, when Oloshan received the box brought back by the mercenaries hired, that the idiot mage finally came to Theolus and told him of the dead atacre sample. Oloshan had been so intent on avoiding embarrassment that he had come dangerously close to letting this invaluable object escape. If it was Theolus' decision the mage would stand trial once this matter was closed. His report to Lord Kaishos would say as much. But now the matter was in Theolus' hands, and he would not let the sample escape them. Tonight he would lead a detatchment of soldiers through the Desert Gate, to track down the stolen box. And he would take the mercenary with him, for the man had apparently met the couriers carrying the box if Oloshan's information was correct. So Theolus waited, arms crossed and face closed. When the mercenary arrived, he flagged at the doorway. The sight of a Brindian uniform, glorious in its fine cloth and polished armor, clearly gave him pause. Panaki looked ready to speak, but Theolus interrupted him, seizing control of the situation from the start. "Come in," he said, as much an order as a request. It was time to see how much trouble this mercenary would be.[/quote]
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