[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Lord Windos]

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Rowan gives Randolph a stern, no-nonsense look as he calmly answers those pointed remarks, not impressed at all with the blacksmith's choice of language.  "To start with, the League is trying to keep this as discreet as possible, which yes, means controlling the flow of information quite strictly.  While I don't think this is going to stay quiet for much longer, given how quickly the rumors seem to be spreading and how many areas this mural seems to be appearing in, the aim is to attempt to fix the issue before it gets any worse.  Unfortunately, League officials often tend to both draw a lot of attention and have rather busy schedules that prevent them from simply vanishing for long periods of time.  Neither is exactly a good trait if you're trying to investigate something quietly.  However, given some of the details that Kogeki uncovered during his own investigations into the issue, I decided that I needed to try to get at least one competent League official involved.  It took most of the day to convince the League that it was a good idea, but the individual in question is very much suited for the task.  And he was probably going to head to the mountain anyways to investigate on his own terms once he found an opportunity if I did not create one.  However, he is still but one trainer, and I would worry if he went off to Mt. Coronet to try and solve this issue alone.  The remainder of the meeting was mostly negotiating many of the terms and the funds for additional supplies."

"As for the matter of payment, it will likely be substantial.  Until we know the exact nature of the issue, I cannot say exactly how much you will be compensated, but know that it will certainly be scaled in accordance with the danger of the mission.  The League itself is funding that payment, whatever it may end up being."

Rowan narrows his eyes at Randolph as he rounds off the response with an even toned question of his own, well knowing that this probably isn't the end of this if Randolph gets his way.  "Do you have any other questions, Mr. Schmidt?"

Ran, being the right bastard he is, was in no way, shape, or form phased by the good old professor own serious demeanor and sternly phrased question, returning their narrow stare with his own sharp and beady version as he turn over in his head what they said at every conceivable to get at aaalllll the Knowledge out of it he could. A few seconds later, he gruffly and cooly replied back to them, his irritation plan to see by the frown on his face.

"Details, Old Fashion. De-tails. What info about this spooky (in the spy/fed sense of the word), supernatural and suicidal job you reeled most of us into have you've been holding out on us so far. If its so damn important to keep a lid of it, they're tons of nice private rooms in the Center where you can spill your guts all you want, and not a bit will come out of them. Heck, write it down and show us with the lights dimmed and blinders all around it, as you can't get more discrete than that, Rowan. Can even burn the 'evidence' afterwards too, so it would be a problem after we've finished updating ourselves. From what I've gathered, we're putting our necks on the line to solve this huge mess of a problem 'cause League ain't capable of doing Tarous shit, due to being swathed in red tape and wringing their hands at the panic they'd cause if they went loud on their investigation, so we damn well deserve to know EVERYTHING about the hell we're going to march straight into. So out with it already, and quit it with the Evasions and nice speak."

"Oh, and while you're at it, how about educating us as to just who else ya managed to rope in to this 'undercover operation' of yours, and what exactly sort of aid you've scrounged up by spin docking the League like no-one's business. That be nice too. Please."

Oh boy.....this is starting to get ugly.