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Mon 13th Nov 2023 02:16

59. Putting the clues together

by Lady Leticia Scarlet-Bloesembhel Voetdhel-Montaneus

In her diary is the following sentence (in druid):
 
I finally put two and two together. I'm finalizing a draft now. Don't know why it took me so long. I feel so dumb.
 
[The scene this is in reference to is posted below]
 

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    • Her eye twitched. She was sure that it was twitching. She was also certain that her blood pressure was also spiking. Her Mentor and Aunts finally cleaned up the quartermaster issue... and she had the report. But her Uncles had made one last stab at the armory and tried to raid and ransack again. When their minions failed they set it ablaze... All her hard work, all of it went up in flames. On the bright side, the nicer armor was still in the middle of being collected. She hadn't sent out the latest shipment of goods back home yet due to how slow things were on her side of the channel. While she did buy a few very nice pieces and those were probably the items that went up in flames, the rest of the equipment were of a standard set. The armor smiths she hired were still setting up the foundry, there were setbacks all around. So in hindsight she didn't loose out as much as she could have due to all the slowdowns. "Though, this could have been much, much worse if everything adhered to the original time table I set." Feathers continued to preen her. She was pretty sure he was just chewing her fur and she would need to visit the saloon again to fix his impromptu haircut.
     
    It took a moment before she realized that the slow downs may have been caused by her mentor. She jumped up, startling Feathers while she raced to the sliding bookshelves and started the Tetris game of shifting them just so, to reach the missives she didn't burn. After finding the particular non descript accordion folder in this confusing literary stash she sat down on the floor and began leafing through the pages. After finding the documents she hazily remembered reading she went over them again and began yelling.
     
    Somehow she managed to reign in her need to smash something, which was credited to Daisy and Feathers. Brutus hadn't woke up. Due to the time with the imps he was used to the yelling. Taking several deep breathes she decided that right now she needed to mediate. She'd have a meeting in and hour and a half and needed to be calm before they showed up. Putting away the offending items and sliding the shelves back into place she locked the office behind her. Scarlet and pets went to the park.
     
    In the park the dogs found a nice tree to sit under while she found a discrete place to shift, taking to the sky. Feathers didn't follow her, opting to stay with the pups. Looking about as she soared through the sky as a black crow, she was soon joined by other crow friends who had much news to tell. They found shinnies! It was a pile crinkled candy wrappers but they were so proud of themselves. She let their cawing and laughter wash over her as the two prominent members fought with each other over who got to keep the candy wrappers. Once calmer, she flew back towards the park to notify her dogs. Feathers translated. They knew that if Feathers was following a random animal they should too. The group ducked into an alleyway where she changed back and then the quartet made their way back to her office where she went back to the initial letter to finish reading it.
     
    There was only one silver lining to the whole debacle, due to the fact that they were able to pin this on the offending Uncle he was quickly deposed of. Her mentor had literally threw him, his people, and his stuff out of their boarder. "Well..." she rubbed her temples, "That's one down... Now only half a dozen more." She got up and paced, as she through. Her dogs sat on the other side of the glass partition. Since it was in the 'closed' position sound wouldn't leak. So she safely vented her frustration to Feathers who blinked at her. Once she was done and sat huffingly on chair he preened her and she began drafting another order to fill the armory. She'd send this ahead of time and maybe this round she'd finally catch the clues her Mother had been hinting at.
     
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    • Continue reading...

    1. 01. Settling in
    2. 02. Fist Fight at a fancy Ball
    3. 03. It's a Lion not a 'Cat'
    4. 04. Patron's tea and dance
    5. 05. The escort job
    6. 06. Update: Today's purchase list
    7. 07. Escort for Bella and the Loot King
    8. 08. Sirens and a chase in town
    9. 09. Got abducted again
    10. 10. Jams and Jellies
    11. 11. New Dog
    12. 12. Guards in the Trees
    13. 13. Temple Visit
    14. 14. New Pup & Outing
    15. 15. Training exercises
    16. 16. Fighting over an idol
    17. 17. Jobs galore
    18. 18. New stationary
    19. 19. A small visit
    20. 20. Slaps and shows
    21. 21. Today's meal
    22. 22. Homesick
    23. 23. Lanterns in the sky
    24. 24. Baby in the park
    25. 25. The Heist
    26. 26. Update: Guild
    27. 27. Mines and Traps
    28. 28. New clothes
    29. 29. I made Journeyer!
    30. 30. Investment shopping
    31. 31. The Pit (fights)
    32. 32. Ghosts of the past
    33. 33. Unexpected ending in a Play
    34. 34. Today's meal
      https://www.worldanvil.com/hero/journal/1aa083c5-ae1f-4624-a724-197a3f8704e3/view
    35. 35. Spies and secrets
    36. 36. Wanted: Three Hand Gang (WED)
    37. 37. Well it's official
    38. 38. Hags and stones
    39. 39. Death and visitations
    40. 40. the shell game
    41. 41. Anger and plots
    42. 42. The jobs so far
    43. 43. (Doodles)
    44. 44. Meetings and Partings
    45. 45. Double checking
    46. 46. An office Scene
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    47. 47. An(other) office Scene
    48. 48. Paperwork
    49. 49. Behind the curve
    50. 50. Notes and notation
    51. 51. Cake and notes
    52. 52. Paperwork on the high seas
    53. 53. Pics and notes
    54. 54. A small talk
    55. 55. Small notes
    56. 56. The Dressmaker
    57. 57. (food)
    58. 58. Notes
    59. 59. Putting the clues together
    60. 60. Notes
    61. 61. Tea cakes (& slights)
    62. 62. Updates
    63. 63. Board Meetings during battles
    64. 64. Updates
    65. 65. Field command
    66. 66. I am okay
    67. 67. Mountains of paperwork
    68. 68. Needed Vacation
    69. 70. A note
    70. 71. An update
    71. 72. Dissapointment
    72. 73. Notes
    73. 74. Journal entry
    74. 75. Ledgers
    75. 76. Food
    76. 77. An update
    77. 78. A thought
    78. 79. Basking in Dusk's light
    79. 80. A note
    80. 81. A letter home
    81. 82. A dream/a journal entry
    82. 83. An update
    83. 84. Working long hours
    84. 85. A dream, a memory
    85. 86. A meeting
    86. 87. The ride home

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