As Benny accepts the coin, he nods to Flavius, "Plutocrat... ah..." and when someone answers with his name he continues, "Flavius, is this already tenthed or will Hades be demanding his due next season?"


And Aoife and Sederic, "I apologize young man I had not noticed your injuries.  Let us take care of that as soon as we find ourselves at Mancini's office."

In reply to Benny Morales (msg # 746):


This is since you dropped off DuFontaine. for him, you may get a reward from Father Robards, who has been walking with you since the tavern, alongside Aloysius, as they review their prayer books for heresies.
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Mancini nods in appreciation. He then turns to his group, "I think we have taken enough of the Haedereum's time at the moment. Let us hurry to my office to discuss next steps and see what the venerable Father Robards has discovered."

In reply to Mancini (msg # 748):

As you make your way back to the guild, the goblin priest closes the prayer book.
"Surprisingly, the books appear to be untainted... although we did find a handwritten incantation and diagram of dubious nature tucked into one of the hymnals... which were all printed well before this one could have been entered into the  graver's guild.  I have some business to attend to, in the matter of purifying and resanctifying the font, as well as the anticipated demand for refunds for holy water sold... I fear they will blame Aloysius here and not our twisted civil servant."

With that, he leads the infernal priest back to the Cathedral.



After zipping past McCain, you enter the guild and head to Mancini's office.

In reply to Father Robard (msg # 749):

Where we can all heal and rest while we consider our next steps...?

Once in Mancini's office, Benny lays hands upon Sederic and prays, "Hermes, Lord of Transactions allow this trade, that I shall take from this man his injuries and give unto to him wellness and health, thank you Lord Hermes."

Upon finishing the prayer Sederic feels immediately restored* and Benny staggers as though he took a sudden blow.  He stops from falling with a hand on the wall, and straightens slowly, his speech sounds more 'dock worker/ruffian' than uphill clergy for a moment, "I'm gettin too old for this shit." He winces and grabs a chair to sit down, "You been walkin around on it this whole time?"  He notices his vocal shift, and slides smoothly back into 'clergyman' mode, "Next time speak up sooner young man.  No need to tough it out all afternoon."

He rests his hand upon his the aspergillum  "Hermes, Lord of Travels, please walk these bruises on down the path and away from your loyal servant in recompense of his good works in your name this day, thank you oh mercurial one."  He sighs, not quite with relief, more in anticipation of relief to come, "I'll be fine in a few minutes.  Hermes always takes his time, I call it the Pain Tax he charges for these miracles.  Healing others is fast, sure, and leaves no scars, healing myself I suspect is meant as a lesson in avoiding getting hurt."



OOC:  Invoked Learned Prayer Lay on Hands (Healing) and then Learned Prayer Flesh Wounds (Fast Regeneration).

* Sederic heals all his wounds.


And question Felix the Devil about the books he recieved and the tasks he was set to.

In reply to Benny Morales (msg # 751):

"Thank you. I will try to remember there is help at hand next time."

He is still clearly uncomfortable at having to ask for help...

"Now, Felix, under your name we found a list of books, none of which are familiar, at least to me -- but the source makes each one suspect.

"What were they about, and what did you do with them -- besides read them, I mean?"

In reply to Ardenas Barehand (msg # 753):

"Oh, the ones from Johan's lending library... most of those were philosophical wisdom about retaining purity in culture, and persevering against persecution by unworthy people.
One showed me a lot of how politics worked... why is this important. i read a lot."

Mancini observed and listened as Felix answered the question. Mancini was a master of spotting lies, after all, he had trained at the Guild,a venerable hotbed of intrigue and backstabbing.

(Ooc:15:42, Today: Mancini rolled 10 using 3d6.  Detect Lies 13.

15:42, Today: Mancini rolled 11 using 3d6.  Observation 14- Visual detection of lies.)

"Purity?  You mean like the way the Urhaqui juggers almost started a war with the goblins not long ago over a cheerer who got involved with a goblin quick?"

In reply to Ardenas Barehand (msg # 756):

"Ugh. That sort of miscegenation is part and parcel of what makes them brutes."


Mancini can tell that the apprentice graver believes what he is saying.

Benny grimaces, and seeing that Mancini is leaving the grilling to others interjects, "Ardenas, arguing with him over beliefs is not really important.  What is important... Felix, what did Johan ask in return for lending you those books?  And where are the books now?"

As Mancini realizes this guy really believes his own words, Mancini shakes his head in disgust.

"Also, why are you so concerned with politics? You're not a king, noble, head of guild, or even a head of a religious faction. So, what do you get out of it?"

17:04, Today: Mancini rolled 7 using 3d6.  Interrogation 14.

Aside to Benny, "Not arguing, just getting him to clarify it's what we think it is.  I wonder how far he goes with it?"

In reply to Mancini (msg # 759):

"I just returned them after I was done, I picked up some work on the side, and maybe rewrote some of it before setting type, to make it clearer , you know? The customer loved the results, so that worked.:

In reply to Felix the Printer's devil (msg # 761):

"Rewrote some of it? How so? Are you a writer?"

In reply to Aoife (msg # 762):

"I mean the initial proofs of the broadsheets and pamphlets  wpretty bad, I just used some of the sentance structure and a few slogans that sounded better. The client liked them, and asked for an extra print run."

In reply to Felix the Printer's devil (msg # 763):

"Tell us about this client...what did he want them for?"

In reply to Aoife (msg # 764):

"I saw them handed out in the square, and also nailed to posts and doors all accross the redlught district , all the way to little Shevnia."

In reply to Felix the Printer's devil (msg # 765):

"Right. But tell me more about the client."

Listening to the Devil, Mancini wondered more about the mystery client.

"Just out of curiosity, was this client of yours the leader of the protests going on in Northport?"

(21:53, Today: Mancini rolled 12 using 3d6.  Streetwise 15.

21:53, Today: Mancini rolled 7 using 3d6.  Interrogation 14.)

In reply to Felix the Printer's devil (msg # 765):

"There were two, a woman named Maudwyn, and a man named David. They paid in silver, from her purse."

Mancini thinks if he knows of the individuals Felix mentioned.

13:05, Today: Mancini rolled 14 using 3d6.  Area knowledge Northport 15.

13:05, Today: Mancini rolled 12 using 3d6.  Current Affairs (Guild)- 15.

In reply to Mancini (msg # 769):

A group of demifey had recently petitioned the guild (but was rejected because they couldn't afford the fee) about a gang known as the purists.  Several lower tier guildfolk appear to have assisted...