"No, but maybe we could leave it with Aethelbert."

"He is the sage?  The one with the fascination for trolls?"

"Yes, the sage. Perhaps we can leave it with him for safe keeping."

"Possibly so."

Chye watches the bushi leave, and turns to the barkeep.
"Say nakama, what's going on? Some kind of local trouble?"

Tanaka watches the bushi leave as well and turns his attention to the barkeep.
"If there is some kind of trouble,
we'd be happy to assist for the right price. What do you want to drink Chye? Drinks on me for the first round."
Tanaka reaches into a pocket in his over it and pulls a handful of copper out and counts them in his open palm.

Ales heads back to his room at Sakemoko's place to use the Library and to see if there was a mission that needed to be run.

"Shaoxing"

In reply to Chye Isuel (msg # 100):

The bartender shrugs.
"Man in yellow silk with red sash came posting notices."
He points to a small scroll petitioning warriors to be hired 'to protect our cultural institutions' from someone hiring troublemakers not of our kind... the chop looks familiar...

Chye examines one of the notices closely, while he waits for their drinks.

In reply to Chye Isuel (msg # 105):

The chop is one you have seen before, Zhuren de Zui on a number of documents...

18:31, Today: Chye Isuel rolled 11 using 3d6.  current affairs (little sahud) - 13.
Chye would recall who this was, and what he was up to in little sahud, and what folks thought of him.

"Seems like something that night be worth checking out, Chye. I suggest that if we do look into it, though, that we consult Sakemoko-sama and make sure we are not working against his interests" he says quietly, making sure that only Chye hears him.
He looks over the notice the man pointed out and nods, reading it carefully. He consults his knowledge of Sakemoko's court for any information that might be helpful about the task at hand.
Current Affairs (Sakemoko's court) IQ/E [1] 14
15:00, Today: Tanaka Kojimaru rolled 11 using 3d6 ((1,5,5)).
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"You been away awhile. Maybe you go and check it out...They know Chye. Wreck much much havoc yesterday, and saved many folks, but you blend in more."
Chye spoke low, to Tanaka.

Iskander makes his way to the guild.

Chou-Zhen follows along with Iskander.  "I'd like to speak to this sage, to be sure he understands the dangers of such a book, the moreso with the errors it has."

"If the book is annotated properly, there may be no reason to destroy it, but given it's capricious nature, I wouldn't be surprised if the ink disappeared of it's own will.."

"Hmm.  I suppose that is a concern, but if it has that level of protection, destroying it is likely to be quite the task, as well."

In reply to Chou-Zhen Mou (msg # 113):

In Chou-Zen's experience, works on demonolgy are both common, and rife with errors, which tends to be the way the demons like them... which sage are you considering addressing? Most maintain offices at the Dismal Tower, where questions might be asked for the price of a silver piece, or thoroughly investigated for six.

OOC:Aethelbert, or his assistant.
"The fire of God will consume it, Senyor."

"The fire of a god is often harder to come by than one would like.  They, too, seem capricious to mortals, offering their help when it wasn't asked, but often withholding it when it seems greatly needed."

"Indeed, it as as you say."
Iskander smiled.
"about the others."
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"Your faith is touching, but one of my parentage may look at gods of any stripe differently from one of your background."

"Quite. You should visit His presence and meet our extended family, at the iconostasis. These are windows into heaven, and their eyes can see, and their ears can hear us."

"I believe I must respectfully decline.

"Even if my father's kind did not have an unfortunate history with followers of your god, my own preference is for the many gods and beings of Sahudese tradition.  With the proper research, one can very frequently find the correct deity for a particular problem, and thus, by specialization, reduce the likelihood of a request being 'lost in the clutter,' as it were."