[CA 1-1] [Solo] Monday We Heard The News

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"Howl! Another drink!" Dumah called to his barkeep friend, who owned the Log Inn, one of Dumah's most frequented venues. The Swashbuckler held up his hand, as if to tell the barkeep, 'Just so you know for sure: it was I who requested that drink just now.'



The man chuckled and grinned. "You know my name ain't Howl, but I know you're just gonna come up with another for me next week." The man opened a cupboard, revealing full shelves holding up a large collection of glasses and goblets, plates and platters, bowls and some other synonym for them.



Dumah smiled as his friend hit the nail on the head regarding Dumah's tendency to make up nicknames for him. "You know me." Dumah knew the man's name, but for now, it was Howl.



Howl grabbed a sparkling glass, retrieving it for the Swashbuckler. "I s'pose you want me to not give you something alcoholic?"



Again, the Person of The Land was spot on. "You know me!"



As Howl turned to get Dumah a mixture of assorted fruit juices, Dumah could overhear a conversation with his Hearing Aptitude ability. "-exactly are these guys?"



"All I heard was they're like... I d'nno, Lander sages or somethin'? 'Pparently they uncovered somethin' to do with a lost civilization, yadda yadda, I don't really know dood, I wasn't really all that interested."



Dumah found himself glancing over his shoulder to see the two chatting. His drink was placed in front of him, and the barkeep spoke, washing a glass without needing to look at it. "So, are you gonna go to that conference conducted by the Sage of the Messier Order? I saw a few flyers around town."



Dumah looked at his drink, downed it in one gulp - which he quickly came to regret, as it was quite delicious and sweet - and stood up, grabbing his sword and holding it at his side. "You know me."

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A crowd had gathered in one of the Londinium public gardens, all of the attendants seeking to find and hear the words of this supposed Sage. The man wore peculiar robes, thick robes that covered nearly his entire body. Were it not for his speaking, one could easily mistake the sage's gender for female. The robe of the man is dyed a dark color, with various specks of white scattered about it, resembling the night sky and the stars above. He stood with a hunch and very closed body language, as though his research had driven him mad. He stuttered as well, attempting to explain the stone tablet he held close in his hands. "W-We have re-ecentl-l-ly di-discov-vered this sto-sto-stone tab-blet, which we b-believe t-to p-predate even the A-A-Alvs..." Dumah was fascinated by this discovery, and found himself gently rubbing his tongue against the roof of his mouth, rubbing his Half-Alv marking against it. "Th-The ta-ta-tablet is u-unfortuna-ately inc-complete, having b-been brok-k-ken and e-erod-ded by co-countless years of b-burial at th-the Thames C-Coastline..." As he rambled on about the tablet in his hands, time passed and many of the attendants grew bored. Soon, all that was left was Dumah, who listened to the entire lecture, giving a respectful applaud at the end. The man smiled a bit and approached the Swashbuckler. "I-I s-see you a-are a m-man of kn-knowledge, a-are you n-not...?"

Dumah smiled a bit and crossed his legs to sit comfortable on a large rock. "I believe all knowledge is sacred and important."

"P-P-Perha-aps y-you cou-could help me o-out, I-I need a c-capable A-Adventurer to u-uncover the m-m-missing fra-agments o-of the st-stone tabl-blet..." The Sage reached into a pocket in his robe, retrieving a divining rod and handing it to Dumah. "Th-This d-device will he-help you l-l-locate these sh-shards of the t-tablet..." He moved the incomplete tablet towards the wand, which immediately began to light up.

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Glancing at several volumes of books in the Londinium library, the sage - in his typical hunched over posture and closed off body language - kept himself occupied as he awaited the return of the Adventurer he had called upon to assist him in recovering the remaining pieces of the mysterious stone tablet. Soon, he was joined by Dumah and his daughter. As the two walked towards the peculiar man, he smiled and returned the book he had been skimming at the time. "A-Aaah...! Mr. Iino...! I-It is so g-good to s-s-see you a-again...!" The sage grinned his tired, crooked grin, the bags under his eyes just as heavy - if not more so now - as they were before. His face beamed slightly as the Swashbuckler handed him the stone tablet he had been awaiting. "Not o-only did y-y-you u-uncover the r-remai-ining shards, b-but y-you also m-managed to re-repair the a-artifact a-as well...! I-I must s-s-say, y-you have tr-truly e-exceeded my expectations o-of y-you..." He seemed remarkably happy as he held the completed stone tablet in his hands, examining the restored artifact.

"Have you any more need for us?" The Swashbuckler asked, offering his services once again.

"Y-Y-Yesss... L-Look h-here..." With a trembling hand, the Sage pointed at the image on the tablet; it was one that resembled a fountain, though of the fountain's whereabouts or meaning, Dumah knew not. "Th-Th-This f-fount-tain, d-do you know o-of i-it...?"

Dumah shook his head slightly. "I am afraid I do not..."

"I-It is th-the U-Ultima Thule... It r-rests b-before an a-ancient t-temple o-on the I-I-Isle of Th-Thule... I-It is a treach-cherous a-area, a-and as s-such, I-I am afraid that I m-m-must s-send y-you in m-my st-stead, Mr. Iino..."

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