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the eternal foe, gone so soon. rest in peace king cosine

Busy, will be trying to stay logged off until next Wednesday. If you see me, I've failed.

will be out over friday-the weekend

goodbye to a real one

you will receive a revenge blurm in the mail in the next 3-5 business days

[Mae]

Alterations? This is untenable. The situation must be checked and he will see it to rampant chaos. I don't know what you think you are doing, but you must stop. I cannot finish Oscar's work if I must fight charlatans to extract scant pearls of truth. I need control.

Mae

The back of the short note is covered in various symbols, each believed by one of a broad scattering of cultures to cause varying degrees of bad luck. The collection is punctuated by an exclamation mark to the right.

[Sergeant Reyer]

Sergeant Reyer,

I'd like to talk with you on some matters of our happy cooperation, and legal preparations that should be made. Let me know when you have the time, or bellow for me.

Feel free to, similarly, think of anything we can do for you. I would not like to see us as unequal partners.

Perhaps we can talk current affairs, while we have the occasion: the election, principally.

APOTHAR STERN

[Mae]

Hypatia,

I am off to see the depths of the world tomorrow, and I cannot tell if I will see any of it the day after.
Would that she were here. The vision, all that time ago, was well made.
Would that she were here, too. But this is what we have.

Come, you, wearing that face.
That's my request. I don't understand it better than you.

Mae

[APOTHAR STERN]

I could summarise, as I have nothing well-bound for the purposes of the law: Radislav, I imagine, wrote a damning report of the incident, however, and you or I can make our way to it. I would rather go over it in person, in the interests of not leaving details out. Talk to you soon?

APOTHAR STERN

[APOTHAR STERN]

The reissue announcement served as an expiration date for any temporary licenses. The Torchbearers received week-duration temporary licenses after that, but these are run out: there are no valid temporary licenses or plans to issue more presently. I will, however, see if I can clear up her confusion myself. Consider her licensed for the time being.

APOTHAR STERN

[APOTHAR STERN]

Appended to the letter sent by Cosine is a short note, stamped at the top. Revisions are occasionally sent to replace the old...
APOTHAR STERN
Recognised Licensees:
Daoud al-Maaz
Ulisse de Calvenzano
Sister Hypatia
Alejandro Benjazar
Zol Nur
Jamileh Attar
Salazar Saleemi
Aurelio d'Lyon
Xesuain Khor
Ludwig Fears
Samira al-Darwish
Balstan Gloamingdaith
Rakmet
Jakob Belzoni
Qari Alriyh
Alric Greywood
Zaheera Nahaat
Cogsworth Clockhand

Squeev? Squeev?! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEV!

[APOTHAR STERN]

Dear Deputy to the Chief Scribe Aaisha,

Your most diligently kept records of archaeology license holders would be appreciated at the Tower as per the directive of the Legates.

My thanks in advance,
APOTHAR STERN

Out Friday & Saturday

I agree with drd, ice storm or a giant mace being nonlethal make about as much sense, if not less than a death spell or fear-to-death spell actually just bringing you to the brink of death.

Mae Stern agrees to pay the Banda Rosa 500 dinar a week for protection of her person she may call upon request Recluta Bootpolisher to escort her as well as additional Recluta.

The Banda Rosa agrees to faithfully defend Mae Stern any parties that inflict violence or death to her person will be handed over to the fourth legion if the offender is a resident of Ephia's Well.

Severance Mae Stern at any point may give a one week notice that she wishes to end this agreement upon payment of her oustanding balance the contract is then terminated.

A signature, as well as a stamp, at the bottom...

APOTHAR MAE STERN
Mae Stern

An appended note...
I do not know how extensive the usual Banda Rossa contract is, but I am amenable to negotiating document changes. Otherwise, I am happy as long as this is fulfilled to the spirit. I would rather have matters of confidentiality written in, as well as an explicit guarantee of no contracts taken against me (it falls under contract already but explicit mention is important, especially seeing as your colleague's words have reached the news), if we are capable of making alterations and filling out this document properly.

However, I can survive with the terms as written.