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Tue 21st Nov 2023 05:27

Session: Nov. 20th, 2023

by Eirlyssia Tsurovitchna

For a group we've dubbed The Unlucky Few, we certainly seem to have some rare luck on our side at times. After the conversation with Malzod, Elegant and I took a look at the packet he'd given us on Cor'nan. If what it says is true...Cor'nan is worse than I thought. The way he describes killing, as though it excites him...it makes me shudder. I'm all for killing people who deserve it, but I would never draw it out. He seems to especially enjoy exsanguination as a form of killing, which is just awful. I'm happy to do that to a corpse for Mortalis's sake AFTER they're dead, but not before. I'd really like to get to the bottom of whether or not those notes are true.
 
We were partially interrupted by Mud letting us know that Malzod was closing in on them at a restaurant across the street, which obviously took precedence. I did however, make sure to drop one of the journal pieces I'd been working on. I've only got three so far, and I want to scatter them in different places - places that can't 100% be connected to us. So Count Payten's, for instance, would be out. But Ketter...anyone could be in Ketter. I've also signed them with Augustus's name. He's the one we saw Mother kick out of the carriage and send G'vath'haz to kill. So I'm hoping using his name, if it does get back to her somehow, will really confuse her. I've tried to write it in a way that also doesn't look like my own writing, so we shall see. I'm just hoping that it's found by people who can really get the rumour mill going. If I can help tank my mother's reputation before we even face her, that will be all the more satisfaction for me.
 
Hearing that Malzod was close, I feared the worst, so I ran to the restaurant Mud had described. Upon entering though, I discovered Malzod but not Mud or Zun, which forced me to think on my feet. I'll be honest, using the excuse of wanting to eat there was lame, and I'm a little embarrassed. I'm usually better than that. I am a little proud though, because what I really wanted to do was sass him, but making him angry I knew would not be a good way to do things. This being said, it was wildly amusing that he had to take my excuse and go. What was he going to do in a public space? I'm glad we got there when we did though, because that was all a little too close for comfort. According to Zun, Malzod actually would have found them had he not locked the kitchen door, or the cook hadn't been so high off of gods know what.
 
I think we're really going to have to decide to deal with Malzod sooner rather than later. If he's going to keep going after Mud like this...losing Mud and/or Zun is something the group cannot afford. We're just going to have to kill him. Which sounds crazy, I know, but I don't see any other way around it. Unless maybe we can sic Cor'nan on him? Tell Cor'nan Malzod wants him dead, and see what happens? I don't know. So many moving parts to this.
 
Malzod even left an inept man to be on the lookout for us leaving the restaurant. Luckily, he was easy enough to deal with. A time-honoured combo of bribery and threats did the trick, and he was on his way. I'm hoping that was enough to get him to lie to Malzod, though he made the point he was more scared of Malzod than of me (which I was personally offended about) which does worry me a little he might turn on us. Fingers crossed he's as gullible as he seemed.
 
We had a small debate afterwards about what to do about Cor'nan and Malzod, but it was very inconclusive. Do we leave Cor'nan alive and use it to our advantage? Do we kill Cor'nan and not tell Malzod so he doesn't get what he wants? Do we figure out the item he wants and take it for ourselves? Do we kill both of them? Can we trust that Malzod would actually give us the money? Do we tell the Warden that Malzod threatened Galvid and then tried to hire us to kill Cor'nan? I hate that there's just no way of knowing what route would be best. All of them have risks. With our luck, whatever we choose is going to blow up in our faces.
 
At least we're on our way to fight club now, and that should have significantly more simplicity to it: win. This much I can do.

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