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Quest 5.30: Turning wheels
The rumor about the demon compound was the first of many things that Zane and Liam heard about the Overcurrent in the weeks that they were out on patrol. Most weren’t as much rumors as they were summaries of announcements made by the Overcurrent Council.
Quest 5.29: Permission
(Note: Happy Holidays to everyone that celebrates this time of year and happy days (hopefully) off for those that don’t! I’m going to be away until after New Year’s and I’m not sure what my internet situation will be, so the next update is scheduled for January 6th, 2015. I might be able to get online to post the update earlier, but I don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up.)
It had only taken them a couple of days to get down to where the central outpost in charge of the patrols was. It might have normally taken longer, but Zane and Thistle turned part of the trip into a bit of a race (despite Liam’s protests). The human had grumbled once they’d stopped for the night, but didn’t actually complain. Which they took as permission to race the next morning as well.
The guards stationed at this outpost took much better to the idea of having the demon help than Liam had been expecting. Zane, on the other hand, was not surprised that they were relieved. This was the sort of mission where they could just send the demon off to a distant area so they wouldn’t have to deal with him, while at the same time reassigning their humans to closer areas. From the perspective of someone who wanted to protect human lives as much as possible, having the demon as a weapon would be a huge help.
It had been a day since then. The three of them were camping for the night on a hill overlooking the road. There wouldn’t be any travellers that late, but it didn’t hurt to keep an eye out for bandits or other threats. Not that Zane really needed to actually see the road to keep watch. It made Liam feel better that way, though.
Quest 5.28: Trust, safety, and a preemptive mission
“Are they going to force a confession out of him?” Ami asked after a while of the three of them standing quietly in the waiting room.
“Most likely,” William answered, continuing to stare out the window across from them.
Ami frowned. “But… What if he’s innocent? They haven’t done a thorough investigation yet.”
William sighed and put his fingers to his forehead. “And they won’t if he confesses. It doesn’t matter if he’s innocent or not as long as this is the most convenient solution to their problem.”
“But then the real culprits could still be out there. How does that solve anything?”
Quest 5.27: Pleas falling on deaf ears
(Note: Thanks for your patience, everyone!)
The walk from the Academy to the Council Hall was rather uneventful, all things considered. There were some people who gossiped loudly amongst themselves as they watched the group pass. Zane overhead quite a few comments about abuses of power and how things never used to be like this. Those comments particularly amused him because things actually had always been like this. The Overcurrent was filled with humans and human nature hadn’t changed much over the centuries.
Quest 5.26: Interrogation
Liam let out a sigh and stretched his arms over his head as they walked down the street away from the Council Hall. “I’m so glad that that went well.”
“I don’t see why you’re letting yourself relax so much. It’s not as though anything was actually settled in that meeting,” Zane pointed out. “They merely listened to what you had to say, then sent you off to do other things while they plan how to get around your suggestions.”
“You’re really good at ruining a person’s mood, you know that?”
Zane smiled. “I may have been told that on occasion.”
Quest 5.25: Scapegoat
“I can’t believe I let you talk me into this.”
It wasn’t the first time Liam had said that since breakfast that morning. This time, Zane actually decided to acknowlege him. It’s not like the book he was flipping through was really that interesting anyway.
Liam was sitting across the table from him fidgeting with one of the crystals containing personnel records from the demon compound. Under that was a thin notebook with more Guard records. The two of them were in the archives purportedly looking for more information to track down the culprits of the attacks. Really, though, they were just waiting.
“I think that’s hardly an accurate description of my role in this,” Zane said. “All I did was make a suggestion one time. You’re the one who dwelled on it until you decided it sounded like a good idea.”
Quest 5.24: Honesty, friendship, and future plans
Zane spun his communication crystal in circles on the kitchen table. He’d barely gotten to speak to Risa at all the day before between Liam and Aubrey dominating the conversation with talk about their relationship and that other one, Chrys, whining about food. Would she have time to talk to him today? Should he wait for her to call instead of taking a chance that he’d catch her at a bad time?
This would be far more bearable if he also had something to do to keep himself occupied.
He glanced over at the human who was just outside the door to the yard giving Thistle a bath. She was giving him a hard time by walking circles in the little pool of water and trying to grab the scrubber he was using on her scales, but her vocalizations suggested that she actually enjoyed the bath and was just having fun at his expense.
It was a nice scene to watch, but it was also boring. When was Liam going to make a decision about the library?
Quest 5.23: Soda break
Risa leaned back to look at the sky from her seat on the edge of the fountain. It was at the point in the day where it was rapidly getting dark. Not that that really mattered since they were in Las Vegas and the artificial lighting would kick into overdrive to encourage people to stay awake and spend money. Or whatever one normally did in Vegas when they weren’t trying to recruit another Fey into their growing network of underlings.
So far she was up to three: Vesper, a second dragon in Seattle, and the Sea Serpent in Los Angeles. There were other Fey living in those metro areas, but Crow had only given her information on one individual in each city whose residency contract was up for negotiation. She wasn’t sure if that was because they were the only ones needing contract renewals or Crow was being careful not to give her too much information. She wasn’t about to push the issue when she felt lucky to have gotten any information at all after the vicious glare and icy “We’ll be in touch” Crow left her with that day at the café.
Quest 5.22: Breakfast
“What do you want with your eggs?”
Zane looked away from his conversation with the drake who was lounging half-in the kitchen and half-out. “She wants some of those fake meat strips.”
Liam looked back over his shoulder. “I was asking you.”
“I know.” Zane shrugged. “I’ve already told you I don’t want your food. The coffee is enough.”
Quest 5.21: A plea for secrecy
“You’re not really going to tell them, are you?” Burke asked. He pointed at Liam. “He’s a member of the Guard!”
Belle gestured for him to sit, but looked entirely unsurprised when he didn’t. “Regardless, they’re both here now and it wouldn’t be wise to kick them out without trying to make a plea for them to keep this little secret of ours.”
“Little?” Liam choked out. “How is it a ‘little’ secret that there’s something like this under the Academy?”
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