Life and Loot Before the Party
Light's quick cooking helps him get things ready - he's used to trucking at odd hours, though the frantic run through the ship was draining. Being n'Eyeborg isn't easy. The crew is tired too - some come by to get some rest and food, others to talk about what had happened that night. For such a risky venture for little (financial) gain, things went shockingly well... a good omen? Maybe.
It's a sleepy day. Rumor has it the town is apparently planning a bit of a feast in thanks that evening. There is time to set stew and broth to cook, to prepare quick food for energy, and for Light to get some shut-eye.
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Tylluan digs in early - there's plenty of fresh fish for him, and fruit! They don't need any cooking for his palate, and they know enough to know that. Really, it's good that adventure was done so quickly! Of all the inconveniences of it, those idiot priests were probably the worst.
He'll probably never see them again.
And good riddance!
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None of the things are trapped, though the scrollcase is sealed with wax. The book... is a book of notes. Most of them are attached via a set of three loose rings that bind most of the pages together. But others are held in via string, folded paper compartments, or just stuffed between the pages.
1) The stuffing comes first:
There's a collection of pieces of maps, different areas circled and marked on it. Rosa can tell that these heavily feature the Aifla Archipelago, though there are references to maps and notes for the Belka Archipelago, Wintermere, and Tronsket. Most of what she can find on those regions is terse - channels, cities, and rough sailing maps with certain areas marked.
For the terse notes on the other regions, the markings look like settlements (and what major cities there are). Her own maps are much better for that sort of thing... and judging by the notes, a little more accurate. Only the maps for the south Tronsket coast and region look quite correct, though the notes there are -surprisingly- detailed and accurate.
There's also notes about 'the construction site' at a south Tronsket city called Jeilfet? It's a pretty popular trading city, Rosa's been there before. Construction there was common too - on the mainland of Tronsket, there was plenty of room to expand.
The Aifla notes are much more thorough - no one's really mapped the thousands (or tens of thousands) of Aifla islands, and these don't add much there... directly. But there are popular travel routes marked, major towns and cities. There's also a number of 'sites of interest' marked along the way... including Faq U? Stepper's Toe does as well.
Almost all these markings are along the northern part of Belka, and the nearst areas along the Aifla. Also, perhaps not coincidentally, that's where the most accurate sections of the map are. The distances between major islands is noted in writing and markings, notes about possible seasonal currents, and some other kind of 'water regions' are noted that aren't familiar.
At the very end there's some notes about Piquo... and a note about the city of South Vicquet. It has 'open negotiations on site?' in scratches.
2) The book:
The book itself seems to have numerous sketches on 'observed life', 'strange things'... actually, it's so stuffed with different observations and sketches that it's going to take... quite a while. It seems like a detailed catalogue of information, mainly on strange things... like trinkets! There's some maps drawn out here as well, little thumbnails of the region where the animal or plant was found?
3) Flat case:
The flat thin case opens... to a narrow, ornate silver key. Alongside it is a small gold chain (a necklace?) with a tiny ruby on it, wires of gold clutching it.
4) Scrollcase:
This... unfortunately cannot be opened without breaking the wax seal... or cutting open the wood of the case directly.