Post by Mitah Val Karem on Oct 4, 2015 6:20:37 GMT -8
LoR GC XI - A Toll Must Be Paid
Challenge: Sabotage (through theft)
Size: Restricted
Story:
On the third day the Garhim envoy reached a toll post on the road to the capital of Lenfald. The captain of the guard stopped the cart for inspection.
Garhim envoy: This is outrageous. I am on official embassy business and you have no right to search me orf my belongings.
Captain: Calm down, sir. Even if you are on official business, I cannot let you pass unless you prove your identity.
While the Garhim went back to the cart to get his official pass, a trap door opened above the gate and a cloaked figure climbed down a chain straight onto the back of the cart. With a few swift strokes the large chest was dangling from the chain and was drawn back up through the hole.
Sibyl: You were right. This is enough gold to bribe ten captains to abandon their ships. We should ...
Mitah: Shhhh... we will talk later. Here, take this chest full of stones and put it back on the cart before he turns around.
A few moments later the cart stood there as it did before, a chest securely tied to the back. The trap door closes just in time as the Garhim climbed back on his cart.
Garhim envoy: I will file an official complaint with the Garhim embassy in Stonewald. I will not tolerate this sort of ...
Guard captain: Thank you for your cooperation, sir. Have a safe journey.
The cart rolled on towards Stonewald.
Part 1: merlins-beard.com/thread/1306/lor-gc-xi-foreign-affairs
Part 2: now reading
Part 3: merlins-beard.com/thread/1308/lor-gc-xi-desperate-measures
Challenge: Sabotage (through theft)
Size: Restricted
Story:
On the third day the Garhim envoy reached a toll post on the road to the capital of Lenfald. The captain of the guard stopped the cart for inspection.
Garhim envoy: This is outrageous. I am on official embassy business and you have no right to search me orf my belongings.
Captain: Calm down, sir. Even if you are on official business, I cannot let you pass unless you prove your identity.
While the Garhim went back to the cart to get his official pass, a trap door opened above the gate and a cloaked figure climbed down a chain straight onto the back of the cart. With a few swift strokes the large chest was dangling from the chain and was drawn back up through the hole.
Sibyl: You were right. This is enough gold to bribe ten captains to abandon their ships. We should ...
Mitah: Shhhh... we will talk later. Here, take this chest full of stones and put it back on the cart before he turns around.
A few moments later the cart stood there as it did before, a chest securely tied to the back. The trap door closes just in time as the Garhim climbed back on his cart.
Garhim envoy: I will file an official complaint with the Garhim embassy in Stonewald. I will not tolerate this sort of ...
Guard captain: Thank you for your cooperation, sir. Have a safe journey.
The cart rolled on towards Stonewald.
Part 1: merlins-beard.com/thread/1306/lor-gc-xi-foreign-affairs
Part 2: now reading
Part 3: merlins-beard.com/thread/1308/lor-gc-xi-desperate-measures
