{"id":27623,"date":"2025-10-26T02:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T06:30:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-26T02:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T06:30:11","slug":"event-1110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/havenrpg.net\/newsite\/2025\/10\/26\/event-1110\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenzin&#8217;s Hunting Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n    .edgt-post-text-inner p {\n        margin-bottom: 35px !important;\n    }\n    <\/style>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2025-10-25 14:19<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"color:#008000\">               (<\/span>Tenzin&#8217;s Hunting Study<span style=\"color:#008000\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#008080\">        [<\/span>Sat Oct 25 2025<span style=\"color:#008080\">]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#867c6c\">A<span style=\"color:#8a7968\">t<span style=\"color:#8d7663\"> <span style=\"color:#90745e\">M<span style=\"color:#937159\">a<span style=\"color:#956e54\">r<span style=\"color:#986c4f\">k<span style=\"color:#9a694a\">e<span style=\"color:#9c6645\">t<span style=\"color:#9e6340\"> <span style=\"color:#a0603b\">a<span style=\"color:#a25d36\">n<span style=\"color:#a35b31\">d<span style=\"color:#a5572c\"> <span style=\"color:#a65427\">S<span style=\"color:#a85122\">i<span style=\"color:#a94e1c\">d<span style=\"color:#aa4b16\">n<span style=\"color:#ab470f\">e<span style=\"color:#ac4406\">y\/span><\/span\/span\n\nIt is <span style=\"color:#808000\">afternoon<\/span>, about <span style=\"color:#008080\">53<\/span>F(<span style=\"color:#008080\">11<\/span>C) degrees, and there are a few thin white clouds in the sky.  The mist is heaviest <span style=\"color:#867c6c\">A<span style=\"color:#8a7968\">t<span style=\"color:#8d7663\"> <span style=\"color:#90745e\">P<span style=\"color:#937159\">a<span style=\"color:#956e54\">n<span style=\"color:#986c4f\">a<span style=\"color:#9a694a\">m<span style=\"color:#9c6645\">a<span style=\"color:#9e6340\"> <span style=\"color:#a0603b\">a<span style=\"color:#a25d36\">n<span style=\"color:#a35b31\">d<span style=\"color:#a5572c\"> <span style=\"color:#a65427\">S<span style=\"color:#a85122\">i<span style=\"color:#a94e1c\">d<span style=\"color:#aa4b16\">n<span style=\"color:#ab470f\">e<span style=\"color:#ac4406\">y\/span><\/span\/span\n\n<br \/>&#8220;I had thought there would be more, as well, given the SLAG movement you are part of,&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> laments with a click of his tongue. &#8220;However, I have not been inducted into this group. Perhaps this is why.&#8221; He checks on Ekaterina and Mercy first and foremost, for armor, weapons, and if they are ready to follow along with him. &#8220;We could wait and see if more would show, but I believe I have extended the grace period already.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My thanks for making time, both of you.&#8221; A humble bow of his head is granted the pair. <\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina nods to Tenzin. &#8220;I suspect that Fairefield may fall. This will be inconvenient for many reasons.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Hold up a sec, just need a couple minutes then we can get started.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had hoped that the mist would be touching either Fairefield or Elysia, but it is better to be safe about Legion territories,&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> remarks to Ekaterina, with a patient nod at Mercy. &#8220;Perhaps these will need to be planned and executed more spontaneously next time. We will at least see some competition in Redstone, as there is another election coming.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Da.&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> agrees with Tenzin in full. &#8220;I would be shocked if the Conclave hold it any longer without Sister Constance, but we never do know.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Who&#8217;s this &#8216;M&#8217; person Lykaia&#8217;s gonna try an&#8217; kill?<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is so,&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> hmms pensively, looking to the volcano rumbling beneath the auburn sky. &#8220;On the brighter side, we are slowly learning how best to handle certain things.&#8221; He glances at Mercy, asking, &#8220;&#8216;M&#8217; person? I may have missed the conversation on the comms while I was meditating.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">The Legion&#8217;s man. I would not talk too openly when scouts are around about this however, or the Legion may get further wind.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy hushes right up with a nod. <\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina puts on a bad Ken Watanabai accent, suggesting &#8220;Let them fight.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Ain&#8217; care what anyone does &#8216;long as we get a borough somewhere.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There have always been so many of them. One is incapacitated, another replaces it,&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> thinks to say, turning to move up the road and away from the volcano with Ekaterina and Mercy with him. &#8220;Let us hope that what we learn here today may be of help bolstering our ranks. You are both familiar with Redstone hunting? I believe the Director has more experience than I.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">It would be very nice. I thought we would have been able to keep All Saints with how much effort we put in, but I think we will have to try for where we show, then move from there.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Ain&#8217; this leech territory? An&#8217; like, lava bugs an&#8217; stuff.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is leech teritory.&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> agrees with Mercy. &#8220;The aim is usually to not head too deeply as there are annoying areas where things grow vexing.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Understood, definitely stayin&#8217; on two legs then.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Most specifically, demonic soldiers, moths. Most other things can be dealt with in short order.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Moths are like ice sprites but stronger, so if you get in close, they go down.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Lava crawlers hit hard close quarters, but we will handle them.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin shakes his head at Mercy and Ekaterina both, correcting them, &#8220;We are far from it, at the moment. Here we will see a bigger variety of Hellspawn. It would be good to familiarize with them.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>A couple of drones in Temple colors zip overhead, ready to record footage for later adding to the database. <\/p>\n<p>Mercy frowns just a little. &#8220;Ain&#8217; wanna run into the thing that burned me real bad last time again.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am not fond of being burned myself.&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> agrees. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin stops before the mist gets too thick. Peculiarly enough, nothing is coming out to attack even as they are waist-deep in the fog. The drones overhead switch on their thermal cameras.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hello, Jim,&#8221; the monk waves at one of them as it passes. &#8220;Jim helps me with the fixing of paperwork,&#8221; he lets Ekaterina and Mercy know, even if neither of them asked. <\/p>\n<p>Raising a hand to the drones as they pass, <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> explains to Mercy, &#8220;Here the creatures do not exit the wreathed areas.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes,&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> answers Mercy without missing a beat. &#8220;The creatures do not ah, ambush you unless you are completely shrouded by the mist, yes,&#8221; he agrees with Ekaterina. &#8220;Although if you are being pursued, it will chase you all the way to the lightest of wisps.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would like you both to help me take note of what comes. How they attack, if any seem armored and resistant to anything, what could be valuable about them, and best ways to counter these monsters. Are there questions so far?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina shakes her head. <\/p>\n<p>Mercy snaps a more formal nod and hefts the crossbow over one shoulder, ready to march. &#8220;None here.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin adds to that, &#8220;I would also like you to pay attention to how strong or cunning they may be. Such as, for example, how badly this snake may hurt.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>It seems the mist chooses when to kick things off for them. <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> upnods, &#8220;Let us begin.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin eyes the snake creature, pushing its corpse over with a sandaled foot. &#8220;But this, we see this even in other places, no?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">We gonna carve things up where we drop &#8217;em or move elsewhere?<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These snakes are not too harmful. They hit roughly as hard as a manticore, but are not cunning enough to attack from range.&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> shares. &#8220;Their fangs are value.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">We can wait until we find something unique to Redstone for now.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Perhaps we go deeper.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">I see now what you meant that one time, of monsters from elsewhere coming out of Redstone, Director.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina nods. &#8220;Da. It is odd.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin muses to himself, &#8220;Now, I wonder if we should not have instead begun north of here.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Quick, smart, fast.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">In close, they hit hard.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin looses another shot into the cyclops, mentioning, &#8220;I was surprised when I fought one of these before, as well. I did not expect them to be quick.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Oohhh that&#8217;s new.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">These are a bastard<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin narrows his eyes at how the harpy disappears into the mist.. and out. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">How so?<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Ain&#8217; ever seen one. So new fer me I guess.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Fast, have ranged and melee abilities and hit like chimera spawn.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">More painful up close?<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Their feathers are expensive though.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin eyes the second harpy that comes shrieking out of the fog. &#8220;It seems we have hit a nest.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Remember, armor types influences how hard things hit you. The more ancient, the more magic resistances you have, and these things are magical.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">It seems they are somewhat weak to arrows. What of bullets?<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Bullets hit normally.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin gets to plucking the feathers from the harpy, looking for one that stands out. One that hasn&#8217;t been ruffled too much. &#8220;I believe my armor is ah, of a more old-fashioned material,&#8221; he remarks of his own gear, patting the cuirass. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Is the second bird any of yours?<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Director&#8217;s. <\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin offers the second harpy body to Ekaterina for plucking. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My own armor&#8211; Both jacket and bracers are more classical. I have my equipment armored best for animal attacks and fighting things more likely to be found in the mists than other people.&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> shares. <\/p>\n<p>Stepping in, <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> kneels beside the second corpse. Her knife begins to flash. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe mine is, as well, but I did toy with the idea of a combination,&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> remarks to Ekaterina and Mercy, checking over his shoulder in case anything might come out. &#8220;I am unsure if it is feasible, however.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">We may need to return to the body later.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">I ain&#8217; even know what to wear, usually my own bone an&#8217; hide is my armor.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">They hit hard.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Not as hard as the leeches but&#8211;<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Anyone on the remaining corpses? The minotaur, the other harpy?<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Aw, none are mine.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">I was.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>There was a brief moment when the drones had gotten lost, but as <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> rejoined Ekaterina and Mercy it seems they found their way back. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">You know.. this snake. It reminds me of something.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Pokemon. <\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">.. Which one?<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Is like a golem, but tougher.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin mentions to Ekaterina as he chips at the rocky segments. &#8220;Yes! This. I had seen it in the geek store.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Onyx. <\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Ohhhh yeah. Steelix is way cooler though.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina admits to Mercy, &#8220;One of the originals. I do not kow if it still exists for your generation.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin shudders at the way the stone rests in his palm, continuing to move. He passes it to Mercy for safekeeping. <\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">I do not know what that one is. I get lost past the movie in the early two thousands.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy pockets the stone after giving it a look over. &#8220;Which one, steelix?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just know the Pikachu&#8230;&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> is unfortunately lost in the conversation, the references and resources flying over his shaved dome. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I recall them handing out very shiny cards with Mew and a second where you would write your own stats for it.&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> recalls. &#8220;And then Mcdonalds also had Pokemon cards in Happy Meals.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Da. Back in my day&#8230;&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> grouces in fluent old person. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin snickers quietly as he rises, cracking the horn off of its root on the minotaur&#8217;s head. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">More unfamiliar ones.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">The wyrm I do not know. The statue hits hard.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Ooooohhh. <\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">That hurts somewhat.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">And now it is more painful.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">That hurt a bit.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">What did we learn from the worm?<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says, dryly, &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Of course you would.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>As the trio rest up, <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> walks their minds back to the fight, tossing a golden necklace from the statue to Ekaterina and beginning to dissect the lindworm. &#8220;The worm, it hurt a little more than a minotaur. Just ah, somewhere between it and a wooden woman, however.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin wryly smiles at Mercy. &#8220;You can have a dead one.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Catching the necklace, <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> nods to someone. &#8220;The statue is mostly harty. It hits at range like a pale warrior, and in close like a manticore.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Mercy wrinkles her nose at Tenzin. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says, adding, &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">But it was a bit alarming from a distance, slightly more alarming up close.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Catching the necklace, <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> nods to Tenzin. &#8220;The statue is mostly harty. It hits at range like a pale warrior, and in close like a manticore.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina asks Mercy, &#8220;You would also have to clean its poop.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has been a while since I&#8217;ve fought a pale warrior that was not simply a shut-in legionnaire,&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> narrows his eyes into the middle distance. <\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Or would you make Eric do it.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The last raid I drove to the satnav kept driving me the wrong way.&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> snorts. &#8220;Then when I finally arrived the soldiers came one at a time. I did hear about the raid with the vault that was twenty foot from the ground with some fae magic.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin checks on his phone. &#8220;The mist continues to move south.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">They do hit rather hard in close.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin gestures for Ekaterina to take the first corpse. <\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Worse at range.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Worse at range? Ahh.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">It must have had you in a good spot.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina agrees. &#8220;It must.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Griffons we already know.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">It is my first time to see one that is not cooked.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin twists at the griffon wings, inspecting parts and tossing one limb aside. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin confesses, &#8220;I am tempted to walk us around the mist to get closer to the north side, but it would be inconvenient.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It would, and if we come across a wyvern we would have a fight on our hands.&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> agrees. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin hmms with interest as he strips pelt from carcass, rolling it up. &#8220;We remain here then, and learn what we can.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Ah. <\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">How are none&#8217;a these mine..<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin motions for Ekaterina to the second body, the lindworm. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Perhaps after this, we attempt to walk back just to see how deep we have gone.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The mists have strange properties.&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> explains. &#8220;Eldritch in nature, da, but there is something in how much you harm the target, and who leads.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Mercy makes a face at Tenzin, nose scrunched. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin chuckles at the drones on standby, &#8220;I am sure those who see this will think &#8216;Ah, what inexperienced Templars.'&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">We are quite deep, I believe. The serpents usually appear closest to the more internal areas of mists.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin points to Ekaterina with his chin, nodding at this wisdom. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Ah, do they? Hmm.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Alas. <\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Manticore is easier target. I am not certain of the guardian.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Oh it&#8217;s that weird brass thing again.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Takes a lot of hits. Like, a fuckton.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">It is slow, but ah, doable.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin gets held fast by the manticore, and he tries to slam it up the head with his staff. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Red, to me.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Director, you may wish to join us.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Or perhaps you ahve it handled.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">How painful?<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Pick up your corpses.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Not the first one.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Stay together!<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">.. Hm.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">That was brasing.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">It was. We ah, may need to move our steeds.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">What stop.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Stop 18 should be fine.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Once this goes down.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Indeed. <\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">In case we lose the drones, it was been a pleasure.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">A breather is good.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin tosses the dead griffon at Mercy&#8217;s feet, grinning toothily. &#8220;Yours, together with the manticore.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin agrees with Ekaterina, &#8220;It is.&#8221; His eyes move to the train station nearby. &#8220;I did not know there was the station here.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Aw shit nice.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Neither did I.&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> agrees thoughtfully. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin lifts his eyes to the drones that have managed to follow here, despite the riding off on three different steeds. &#8220;Jim is still awake and working, it seems,&#8221; he notes. &#8220;I believe we have gleaned much today, regardless. We are bringing back quite a variety. Shall we decide which borough to distribute the resources to?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">I think this is an idea, da.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Ain&#8217; ever sure what to suggest there.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do wonder if visiting Fairefield would be so good an idea, given this morning&#8217;s events,&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> remarks to Ekaterina, however. He holds out the loot for them all to see: golden necklaces, brass daggers, animated stones, griffon pelts, minotaur horns, harpy feathers, poison glands, among others. &#8220;I wish there was some way to ah, discern how much these are worth, each,&#8221; he hmms. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Would not be so good an idea, I mean.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">This mornin&#8217;s events?<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina supposes, &#8220;We have some support in Elysia, twelve percent, though Fairefield is still threatened. Likewise Killgrove is where we will likely focus.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>A nod to Tenzin. &#8220;I could go to the base. I live a block away in Bayview.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Oh, an&#8217;-<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy slips something to Ekaterina discreetly, sort of. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know as little of it as you heard over the comms,&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> admits to Mercy, with a glance for Ekaterina. &#8220;Elysia will be first to have an election. Thereafter, the fifteenth will be Fairefield&#8217;s.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Ah, no. It will be on the 18th.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we each hold an event and if we can get a briefcase, along with hunting, we may manage to achieve Elysia.&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> suggests. &#8220;But it would be close.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We would perhaps need to do a raid, as well, but ah, there is also the question of priority,&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> considers as he, Ekaterina, and Mercy continue to speak strategy. &#8220;But with that said, I would like to see if ah, there isn&#8217;t larger game to be found in the vicinity. Have you both found sign of any in the last week?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Looking over the dossier, <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> flips through it before slipping it under an arm as Mercy continues to butcher. &#8220;Good work. Do we have a symbol on it, or do we assume this is the one that Avalon ate?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin remembers something, as well, slipping it to Ekaterina in addition to what Mercy passed along. <\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina shakes her head. &#8220;I have not found disruptions, game, couriers or anything of the sort these past few weeks. Even encountering people on patrols has dryed up.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Perhaps if us three went looking together now, in the same spot, we might have some luck,&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> ponders aloud, thinking to try and see if the drones might follow them for such a hunt. <\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">May roam around an&#8217; try to find some things tonight.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Or that.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Accepting the parchment, <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> puts it with the dossier. &#8220;This is likely something best held in the records room.&#8221; she suggests. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin agrees silently with Ekaterina about the other matter, nodding. <\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Ayeah, we should discuss that an&#8217; other stuff together at some point soon.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin suggests then, &#8220;Elysia, perhaps? A safer hunting ground for bigger game than Fairefield.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Worth a shot.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina nods to Tenzin. &#8220;Da.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin passes around more of the resources, to split it evenly. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Ah.. wrong horn.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy tuts at Tenzin coquettishly and holds the gold necklace up to her throat. &#8220;Aw Ten, y&#8217;shouldn&#8217;t have.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin scoffs at Mercy&#8217;s reaction, smearing his palm rudely down her face like it could wipe the expression off of it. &#8220;Not for you, for the borough,&#8221; he tsks. <\/p>\n<p>Mercy reels her head back with a muffled &#8220;BLAGH!&#8221; and swats at the offending hand. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">It would probably be quicker if we were in the borough itself, no? Perhaps we should relocate?<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Tell me where to drive.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina nods to Tenzin. &#8220;Likely.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To stop 130, just north of the Wat Pang Sai, but be wary of the mist,&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> warns Mercy, nodding to Ekaterina and looking up at the drones again. They&#8217;ve been taking scenic shots of Redstone for the past ten minutes. &#8220;If you need to take a break later, Jim, we will ah, fix everything tomorrow in the moviemaker program!&#8221; he calls out. <\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">I&#8217;ll drive old-person on a Sunday slow, then.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says, reassuringly, &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">No rush now, as we wait for our coordinated efforts to bear fruit.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can give you an hour more.&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> explains, checking her phone. &#8220;Then I will need to gate to Boston for work.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Should I start headin&#8217; to 130 now?<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would, as well, need to return to the Wat Fang Sai by then,&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> says the <i>Fang<\/i> part with extra gusto, grimly, too. &#8220;I shall wait for you two to depart first.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Ayeah, well, ain&#8217; gonna be able to manage a cleanse fer a -very- long time.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin hops off of his kicking horse and ends up tumbling against the curb, wincing, &#8220;Ah, ah, ah&#8230;&#8221; Funnily enough, the drones still follow them. <\/p>\n<p>Looking over to the drones, <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> suggests, &#8220;We should set up our own reality TV show. Jim is a good cam ops.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Oh- <\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Erase that part, Jim!&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> warns, staggering to his feet. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Ah, did we all receive this?<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Ayeah. <\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">I think so<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Shall we?<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Les&#8217; roll.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy swings a glance up to Avalon. &#8220;Oh hey.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Good day, great bear.&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> greets Avalon. <\/p>\n<p>Avalon nods his head at the arriving Mercy and Tenzin &#8220;Just a warning, might end up naked&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin files in with Ekaterina and Mercy, offering Avalon a hesitant but polite dip of his head. <\/p>\n<p>Mercy points to Tenzin in agreement. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just saying&#8230; Some people are pissy about it&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Avalon<\/span> tells Mercy with a shrug before telling Tenzin &#8220;The more you dread it, the more I&#8217;ll stink you&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina points to Mercy. &#8220;If you must, rub yourself on her. We can hoze her down after.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Mercy snorts softly. &#8220;Ain&#8217; like I even mind it, hits different when you got animal senses. Antiseptic however..&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is less the stink I fear, more the nakedness,&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> confesses to Avalon, while he looks up to see a couple of drones circling the area. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">That is a worm.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Kinda cute though.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This?!&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> is discombobulated, but he&#8217;s soon cast back by the worm. Grunting, he rushes back in. <\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">It&#8217;s all wiggly an&#8217; doofy lookin&#8217;, I love it.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Aww.. <\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Where to now?<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>The worm had given the drones quite a show. Thrashing and tossing back the hunters, until Avalon, <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span>, Ekaterina, and Mercy have seen it felled. &#8220;Now, we see whose it is,&#8221; he upnods the redhead. <\/p>\n<p>Mercy says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Where should I run?<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin struggles to lift all that worm, because he is only so much monk. After a glance around, he points toward the road east. &#8220;To the horses, I believe this is the way,&#8221; he assumes. <\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina points up to the drones. &#8220;Jim neds a raise.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Shall we return to where we were earlier?<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin nods agreeingly, an impressed frown up at the following drones. <\/p>\n<p>Tenzin says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">Stop 130, no?<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think I will have to leave once we return to one-thirty.&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> shares. <\/p>\n<p>Ekaterina says &#8220;<span style=\"color:#00afff\">I will of course head to the base before hand.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Tenzin observes that they are not exactly being pulled back into any sort of fight, even as they&#8217;re all back together. &#8220;Perhaps we can proceed directly to where we shall contribute then,&#8221; he thinks. &#8220;After I figure out how to ah, cut this open.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All is well, Director,&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> assures Ekaterina as he gets lost inside the large tunnel worm&#8217;s squiggly segments. &#8220;We have learned much today. I believe we can make this a regular thing.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a strange one. Maybe it will require just hacking until something expensive falls out.&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> suggests. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am doing the hacking but my knife can only do so much,&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> grimaces, puncturing through with the bladed head of a javelin. It is all he has, and his staff. <\/p>\n<p>After what we can assume was a long time, <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> comes out of the innards with &#8212; not a single gland or organ, but instead &#8212; an entire segment of the large tunnel worm. This big steak is dragged out of there, and the rest is left to the vultures and kobolds. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And on this day.&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ekaterina<\/span> opines, &#8220;Mercy lost her pet.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A sad day,&#8221; <span style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tenzin<\/span> laments but half-heartedly for Mercy. 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