RE: Swamped
01-15-2021, 01:30 AM
"Do you have any idea why someone would steal a page from Matilda Laikenne's book?"
You decide to hold off on questioning ancestry. It doesn't even matter much - what matters is if Minnie can tell you anything reliable.
"That depends. I know why I'd grab a page, but I don't know why anyone else would." She pulls a page out of her pocket and shoves it into your hands. "I hear you're a wizard."
You look over the page. It looks like a map. It's also got traces of ether in it.
"Why would there be a map in a book of folk remedies?"
"To make fools pursuing stories of Grandma's treasure follow the obvious map, instead of the magic one hidden inside it," Minnie replies. "Unfortunately, I didn't inherit any wizardry from her, so I need your help to see what it actually says."
"That could be... slightly complicated. I am indeed a wizard, but I'm having difficulty using my magic tonight." You glance over the map, though, and notice what it seems to be pointing to. "I'll see what I can do, but in the meantime, I think you may actually want to look into the obvious one. Someone's stolen a copy of it."
"So?" Minnie asks, rather nonchalantly. "How's it my problem if some fool tries to dig up a treasure in the wrong place?"
"The issue is exactly where that wrong place is."
You decide to hold off on questioning ancestry. It doesn't even matter much - what matters is if Minnie can tell you anything reliable.
"That depends. I know why I'd grab a page, but I don't know why anyone else would." She pulls a page out of her pocket and shoves it into your hands. "I hear you're a wizard."
You look over the page. It looks like a map. It's also got traces of ether in it.
"Why would there be a map in a book of folk remedies?"
"To make fools pursuing stories of Grandma's treasure follow the obvious map, instead of the magic one hidden inside it," Minnie replies. "Unfortunately, I didn't inherit any wizardry from her, so I need your help to see what it actually says."
"That could be... slightly complicated. I am indeed a wizard, but I'm having difficulty using my magic tonight." You glance over the map, though, and notice what it seems to be pointing to. "I'll see what I can do, but in the meantime, I think you may actually want to look into the obvious one. Someone's stolen a copy of it."
"So?" Minnie asks, rather nonchalantly. "How's it my problem if some fool tries to dig up a treasure in the wrong place?"
"The issue is exactly where that wrong place is."
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