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Post by Admin on Mar 27, 2021 18:19:38 GMT
The soldiers welcome the chance for rest, the commanders not so much (at least not outwardly). Calvera focuses on Hammett's card and reaches for a connection.... Let's let Hamm be tortured in his cell for a bit longer...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2021 20:09:38 GMT
Is he getting tortured? Lucky him. I stopped reading the other posts when I took a break, I haven't started again. I wanted to be surprised. "Surprise! Your only potential allie has been captured!"
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Post by Admin on Mar 28, 2021 3:58:38 GMT
He's not being tortured but just imprisoned by Flora as suspected of having killed Random. Just a coincidence that you were going to call him just as I had him locked up. He probably reads the other posts so is just waiting for me to post your contact attempt. He's had it too easy so far so I'll let him sweat for a bit!
But I'll make the post soon. Unless he's reading this then I'll wait another few days.
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Post by Admin on Mar 28, 2021 5:54:23 GMT
I'm letting him have a trump contact now. Will it be from Calvera or someone else?
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Post by Admin on Mar 28, 2021 6:06:43 GMT
You can start the conversation with Hammett now. He is in a plain cell with only a desk, cot, and spilled chamber pot when Calvera sees him.
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Post by Hammett on Mar 28, 2021 14:26:41 GMT
[[OOC: I'll post in both our threads]]
"Calvera, I am glad you reached out and are alive. I take it you didn't end up going to Kasaba?"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2021 18:32:26 GMT
"No I decided I needed an army. So I tracked down one Uncle Bleys misplaced.
How do things stand in Amber? Has Benedict crowned anyone yet? Has anyone found Martin and told him of his father?"
In the back ground you can see the dry hills and green pines of a temperate country, sparsely populated at least here. You may catch a few glimpses of banners and road dust and can certainly hear the sounds of an army on the march.
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Post by Hammett on Mar 28, 2021 20:44:10 GMT
"Well done! I think that will be very useful in the near future. I found Martin, and he already knew. Apparently he has numerous sources and friends of his own, that keep him informed. He has no desire for the throne or to have anything to do with the politics of Amber, so he has chosen to remain in exile."
Hammett takes a moment, "As for Amber, well, things are going different then I expected here. Julian apparently took off a few weeks back, leaving orders for his troops to guard Arden to the fullest, but where he went no one seems to know. And... Benedict has placed Aunt Flora on the throne. She is regent for now, but will become Queen at some point in the near future. As soon as Benedict did that, he apparently gave order to Bleys and Fiona, who have also left the castle, and then Benedict took off on some secret mission of his own, going to where or to do what, no one seems to know. They do not even know if he will return after whatever his is doing is over.
I returned to the castle a few days ago, with the intent of giving my regards to Flora, but to also gain access to the great library to do some research and try and discover what King Random was looking into before his death, but I was detained upon my arrival by the guards and locked up in a cell here, apparently they still think I had something to do with Random's death, which tells me either my letters and messages to Benedict and others never were delivered, or they chose not to believe me. Either way, they have kept me locked up without any word on when I might speak with Flora or other legal advisors, and are only feeding me bread and water. All in all, a rather boorish situation. I was just working on a trump to get me out of here when you called."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2021 2:12:02 GMT
From what I have just been told either 1 or 2 things is happening. Either something incredibly important is happening off screen and Benedict has sent all the most powerful and connected elders off to deal with it, which would make the best action of any PC to try and find out where they went because that's where the action is.
Or the DM just cleared the board, and got all the most powerful and connected Elders off screen so the PCs could play, which would make trying to find out what they were doing the worst possible thing a player could do and very frustrating for everyone.
This question right here is why I suggested using spoiler text like this. "Imprisoned. Perfect, I need a small favor. I get you out of there, you make me a set of Trumps. This fortunate double coincidence of needs saves us both from trying to ensure proper remuneration for doing what is in our interests anyway. Give me your word, and take my hand. I vouchsafe your security with this host at least until we finnish our refit. Standard family protections and guarantees...."
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Post by Hammett on Mar 29, 2021 3:48:13 GMT
"I would be happy to make you a set of trumps, but I am not Dworkin. I can't just pull decks out of my behind whenever I feel like it. My personal deck took years to create and is still not complete. Just making one card, without someone posing for it, can take up a few days, up to a week. What you are asking could take almost a year of work, with almost no breaks for anything else. So, I'll have to decline. As I said, I've almost finished a temporary trump sketch here, and was just getting ready to leave on my own."Pretty sure the GM wouldn't allow me to make you a trump deck (for free). You'd have to spend the XP it costs to get one, and when you do that you can probably just get one from Amber or find one in shadow or something. Spend the XP and maybe Bleys left one of his with his army by accident all those years ago and you can discover it in a trunk of his personal objects he left behind that the army still carries for him until this day.
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Post by Admin on Mar 29, 2021 5:15:34 GMT
There is no need to pay for a trump deck but if it gets lost then it's lost. They can't be found in shadow either unless they were dropped by someone at sometime and a character just happened to have the luck to find it. Better to steal one from another character since the castle doesn't seem to have any to hand out. The days of spare packs laying around the library is long gone.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2021 11:35:25 GMT
I'm sure my face fell, and became hard. I don't like to be refused so I rarely ask for anything.
"You say you would be happy make me a deck but you refuse when I ask. I offer you your freedom and you say it is not needed. I am not a barrister to argue over contract clauses, nor am I a landlord to demand prompt payment at the first if every month. Come through if you want, or stay there and take your chances."
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Post by Hammett on Mar 29, 2021 18:39:27 GMT
“Now don’t get upset. I’m just saying that it is no small task creating a Trump deck. Others might be able to make them quicker, but I have to create each card by hand which is a slow and taxing process. I will happily make you a couple of cards over a few weeks period while I am taking care of other business going on, but I wont lie to you and promise to make you a full Trump deck knowing that I would not be able to complete the task. Other family members make false promises like that, but I don’t. If you do need a full deck quickly the best I could suggest it trying to find or steal one from somewhere here in the castle. I assume there must be some around, but I don’t know for sure.”
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2021 2:18:56 GMT
"I'm not even sure what a "full deck" would mean any more. I accept you that you are an Artisan explaining the limits of his craft, and will take no offence since you say none was intended."
A grey skinned demon with shark teeth rides into view behind me, he holds the Tiger banner aloft.
"Benedict, Fi, and Bleys have all left? And Julian disappeared as well? Does any one know what is happening? Who holds the seas? The forest Arden? The valley where the forest Garnath was? [OOC: I hope I have the right name, its the one that Eric used the Jewel to burn catching the invading Army, and also where the black road ended.]
Questions can wait. Come through."
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Post by Admin on Mar 30, 2021 3:42:30 GMT
[OOC: Close, it is Garnath!]
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