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Uprising
Part II: Last Umazon City
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<<Pans downwards at the Umazon City, the horse pulled caravan advances past the open gates, an Umazen woman, Robina and You walk in from the left and stand at the closed gates, stopped by an Umazen woman>>
Umazen: Halt, outsiders! What brings you to our walls, and how did you find us?
Robina: I know every corner of Greengaurd, ma'am. I've known about the Umazen for years. And this here is <<You>>. I imagine his (male)/ her (female) legend reaches even this far.
Umazen: You have been seen around the Umazon several times for years. We know enough not to associate you with the bandit sightings.
Umazen: As to <<You>>, our Emancipators have brought back word of her deeds.
Umazen: If you truly are <<You>>, then we have no reason to assume ill intent. You have clashed with a number of us before...
<<You>>: About that, you haven't exactly been the friendliest-
Umazen: The reasons don't matter. We are many, and we have our rogues as well. What matters is that we have come to know and respect your way of fighting.
Umazen: Prove your mettle and identity to us and you may enter - Our Prime has been looking for one such as you for some time.
<<You>>: That's an odd way of recognizing me, but it makes enough sense. Alright.
Fight beside Robina!
Robina Hood will now battle by your side!
Proceed as you are
Two Battles: Umazen Warrior
Full Heal
If player has a male face
Umazen: Hah! It IS you! I’ve never even heard of any other man who fights like that. You may pass.
If player has a female face
Umazen: Impressive. You fight exactly as our Emancipators describe. You'd make a fine Umazen, if you were a little taller. You may pass.
<<Robina and you walk in from the left and stop in front of an Umazon building's entrance>>
<<You>>: Rats. That duel took so long that I lost sight of the caravan. The one time I saw it, it had one less wagon than I counted at Battleon.
Robina: I'm kind of wondering if that was intentional... Let's start looking around.
You spend the next hour exploring the Umazon with
Robina, but find no trace of the caravan - Only the
individual wagons, but still no sign of the shipment
of weapons and armor from Yulgar.
Continue
<<Robina and you walk in from the left and stop in front of an Umazon building's entrance>>
<<You>>: Still nothing.
Robina: There's too much movement to keep up with traders who know the place up and down.
<<You>>: Especially somewhere this odd. It's like the people even walk differently around here. That guy in the armor wasn't kidding... I still haven't seen a woman that isn't wearing armor or giving orders.
<<You>>: Even the ones that aren't soldiers move as if they were.
Robina: And all the men are moving non-stop. You don't see people that energetic so often, but every single man in a city, all working together without looking down?
<<You>>: Not a whole lot of people just... talking.
???: We Umazen take pride in our focus, outsiders.
<<An Umazen man walks in from the right and stops a few steps away from Robina and You>>
???: Each task is entrusted to the most suited. Every one of us strives to achieve excellence in their natural talents. And every citizen is taught to make that excellence a habit, not an action.
???: We meet the needs of the one and the many, and the one and the many allow us the ability to do so through their finest work.
???: Those of us afforded the privilege of a more difficult path thank them with our lifelong service.
???: By the Light of our women and the Energy of our men, we endure. I trust you have seen this with your own eyes, in your time spent snooping around our streets?
Robina: That's... one way to put it.
<<You>>: Quite the glowing praise of your society.
???: You're skeptical. But not coy about it, I can respect that at least.
<<You>>: Don't take me for a critic. All of this looks and sounds strange to me, but I just haven't been around long enough to form a solid opinion. And I doubt you're here for it, anyways, mister...
Ilias: I am Ilias, Captain of the Excelsior Guard.
Robina: So there ARE men soldiers?
Ilias: Once. By the grace of Kandra the Wise, Prime of the Umazen and preserver of our history, I lead those who maintain the historical techniques of our bygone hoplites and knights.
Ilias: And by that grace, I am here to confer our ruler's will.
<<You>>: We're already drawing the attention of your queen? Have we done something wrong?
Ilias: On the contrary. The Prime has taken notice of your movement in the city and deduces that you are in search of something suspicious.
Ilias: She commands that you be informed of the unrest hidden within the order of our people.
Robina: I wonder how a place this strict could possibly have unrest...
Ilias: Your sarcasm is unnecessary. We once had numerous homes, but unified in the Umazon when the many crises of Lore claimed too many of our cities.
Ilias: Not all have taken to that transition kindly. And upstarts have taken to spurring the dormant tensions in a time of need.
Ilias: You are investigating. The Prime grants you her blessing in searching as you may, and requires only that you report back to her if you discover any threat to our way of life.
Robina: Look, Ilias, if you're asking that we sniff out your political opposition and sell them out to you, you've got another thing coming.
<<You>>: Yeah, I'm not comfortable with that either.
Ilias: Nothing so extreme. I trust nobody of your renown would take to siding with insidious renegades.
Ilias: The Prime warned me to respect your independence and specifically request your impression on whether armed violence is truly imminent within our streets.
Ilias: Against all odds, she still hopes to be wrong, but would prefer to be forewarned. You may depart in peace once your report is given, or should you refuse. This is no banishment.
Ilias: You would be welcome again as soon as such a conflict is settled... But if I may be informal for a moment, we could use your help now.
Ilias: Is such an arrangement favorable to you?
Robina: ...It's up to you, <<You>>. I'll be okay with whatever you choose.
<<You>>: We've come too far to just walk back empty-headed. Let's take the chance to find out exactly what's going on.
Ilias: Excellent. Take as much time as you feel is prudent, and call on me at the palace gate when your investigation is concluded.
<<Ilias walks off to the right>>
Robina: In for a silver, in for a gold, I guess. What did you think of that guy?
<<You>>: First impressions are mixed. He's not just loyal, he's DEVOTED. He seems very personally upset by this uprising.
Robina: So you're taking his word for it?
<<You>>: Not just his word. Remember what Yulgar said he shipped? Mail armor, a few arming swords, big but light shields... It's just a hunch, but you know how we said it wasn't Umazen warrior gear?
Robina: Oh, I think I see your point...
<<You>>: I think it might be gear for FIGHTING Umazen warriors.
Robina: If you're right, we need to work faster.
<<You>>: Let's split up then.
Robina: ...Not usually the best idea, but we're pressed for time. I'll look at the taverns and academies, anywhere people might want to recruit for a cause. The crowd will be thickest there, but I've got good ears.
<<You>>: I'll ask for directions again and look at the businesses, then. Anywhere the wagons might be unloading. The soldiers might be able to tell me about recent trouble.
Robina: Sounds good. Meet me at the palace gates before sunset?
<<You>>: Yeah. Let's go.
<<A skyview of the Umazon city with red arrows pointing to Thundercarve Mines, Foundry District, Mystic Avenue and Battle Local Wildlife>>
Thundercarve Mines
<<You>>: ...Okay, the foreman's nowhere to be found. That's going to make getting answers a pain.
Foreman: Clear the tracks! Ore incoming Aaaand… charge!
<<You>>: Uh oh...
Stat
Roll
Dexterity Check!
Something's coming, and fast! Get out of the way or brace for impact!
Difficulty: 65
Stat Used: Dexterity
- Roll!
If you fail the roll
- Defy It!
By an effort of will you can spend <<value>> Sp to automatically win the roll. Do you wish to do that?
- Next
If you selected No, Next or lack the Sp to defy it
<<A mine cart hits You with a CRASH!>>
<<You>>: ...Did anyone write down the name of the Earth Dragon that ran me over? No? I'm just... I'll just take a nap over here. Wake me up when the mountain's pointy side up again.
- Try again?
- Back to the streets
If you succeeded the roll
<<You evade the mine cart and a Foreman walks in from the right while two black silhouettes of miners wearing yellow headlights appear from the depths of the cave>>
Foreman: Stranger, you have no idea of how lucky you are to still have your legs after that.
Miner: That's not luck, chief. The outlander's got moves.
Foreman: Hmph. We don't have time for fawning over you like everyone else, outsider. You got something to say, or are you just looking for trouble?
<<You>>: Looking around to see if there's trouble, actually. It's kind of what I do.
Foreman: Pah. Where do you think you are? There's always trouble in these parts. The crown gives us grief, the land gives us more, but we push right through either way. That's the Umazen way.
Miner 2: Save the anger for the rocks, mate. The outsider isn't causing trouble.
<<You>>: I don't mean to disrupt your work, gentlemen. Like I said, I'm-
Foreman: Looking for trouble, just not to start it yourself. Look, we don't mean to be unfriendly either. We don't appreciate interruptions, and things get rough around here.
Foreman: If you really want to help, these mountains are rich with magic. We mostly dig for ore, but still find the odd crystal and crazy golem making it hard to work.
Foreman: Tell you what: Lend us a hand with some stoneheads and we can chat over lunch break.
Two Battles: Stone Golem
Full Heal
Foreman: Not bad. That saved us a bunch of time.
Foreman: Alright, outsider... <<You>>, was it? What are you looking around for?
<<You>>: Well, that's two or three times now that people have made it look like the whole Umazon is unhappy and a fight could break out any moment.
<<You>>: Considering I came here to see if there's serious trouble in the first place, that's why I'm going everywhere and asking questions.
Foreman: Can't fault a stranger in a new land for asking questions, but that's not a fast road to earning anyone's trust.
Miner: It's no big secret that the kettle's about to boil, boss.
Foreman: Maybe, son, but if you put it like that, any outsider's going to think we're a bunch of undisciplined louts who turn to violence when they get unhappy.
Foreman: Listen here, <<You>>. Tensions are high for our people. We've run out of city after city until our ancestors had to make one home and build it to last.
Foreman: Everywhere else we could go, there's war after war draining the resources we need to settle and survive.
Foreman: And we already don't have everything we need here as is. We're Umazen. Our women are keen and strong, we men are tough as nails and never tire.
Foreman: But with everything ELSE we're dealing with, it gets just hard to solve all our differences with words. Especially when it comes to the bigger, older issues.
Foreman: So don't go telling your people we're one step from turning to barbarism, eh? If you have to speak of us at all, you tell 'em that we ENDURE.
<<You>>: I heard something like that before. I'd known Umazen to wield Light powers, but you men are aligned to Energy? Does that have something to do with how you work?
<<You>>: I haven't seen a single workplace with both men and women, only one or the other.
Foreman: That's the start of it, aye. Light makes our women stronger and keener, so they're our soldiers and explorers.
Foreman:Energy gives us lots of stamina to go 'round, and that gets even better with teamwork. So all the building and breaking goes to us.
Foreman: Wasn't always quite like that, though. Not too long ago, it was all about personal talents, not natural. Then we fell on hard times and started becoming what you see today.
Foreman: When men have an easier time taking up a job, then only we can do it. If women are usually better at a job? Only they can do it.
Miner: No surprise some are getting tired of it.
Miner: People get what they need for the most part, but if times get any rougher or any fighting comes to our borders and they'll start wanting back the freedoms we gave up to keep things from getting this bad to begin with.
<<You>>: You think there'll actually be fighting?
Miner 2: You see any of them talking? Now, nobody wants to be the one to START a fight. But if that's what it takes to get things done, that's as good a way as any.
Foreman: Son, you better get to shutting your overdeveloped breadhole before I start using it to cart the ore around.
Foreman: Lunch is over. I clearly haven't worked you hard enough if you've got breath to waste on calling violence a first measure.
Foreman: <<You>>. Excuse this lout. We'll see you around.
<<The foreman holds a pickaxe in his right around outwards at one of the miners>>
Foreman: You bring shame to your entire family. We don't do this because we like it. We do this because it has to be done. If we go for blood, we'll just be even worse off.
Foundry District
<<You walk in from the left and stand on the path that leads to the foundry entrance>>
<<You>>: Closed... closed... There's a lot of blacksmiths around here, but most of the weaponsmiths look like they didn't open at all today.
<<You>>: Let's see... "Closed while filling out an order from the Guard." Not getting anything out of them. Wait, is that...? The wagon!
Stat
Roll
Endurance Check!
A smoldering smoke cloud blew down the alley! Can you tough it out and stay quiet?
Difficulty: 65
Stat Used: Endurance
- Roll!
If you fail the roll
- Defy It!
By an effort of will you can spend <<value>> Sp to automatically win the roll. Do you wish to do that?
- Next
If you selected No, Next or lack the Sp to defy it
<<You>>: *COUGH* Gah, that burns!
Umazen Soldier: Who goes there?
Two Battles: Umazen Warrior
Full Heal
- Try again?
- Back to the streets
If you succeeded the roll
<<You>>: This is where they're unloading it! But it's the first place anyone would look if the district got shaken down for supplying insurgents.
<<You>>: Blacksmiths should only have it if there's something else going on... Or they're copying designs. That's why they only bought a few swords!
<<You>>: I better get out of here before that happens again.
Mystic Avenue
<<You walk in from the left and stop a few steps away from a building's entrance>>
<<You>>: Maybe I didn't have a good enough look right here. But now I have a hunch, and if I'm right, they'll want to enchant at least some of that gear... But where would they do that?
<<You>>: There's so much magic used in this street that I can't tell just at a distance. And asking around at every individual place would take all day and get me no useful answer anyways.
<<You>>: ...But I've been around Warlic while he enchanted Yulgar's gear plenty of times. Maybe I can pretend to browse around and sense for similarities.
Stat
Roll
Mysticality Check!
Can you manage to recognize any familiar enchantment magic amidst the bustle, rustle and magical hustle of the Mystic Avenue?
Difficulty: 65
Stat Used: Intelligence
- Roll!
If you fail the roll
- Defy It!
By an effort of will you can spend <<value>> Sp to automatically win the roll. Do you wish to do that?
- Next
If you selected No, Next or lack the Sp to defy it
<<An Umazen woman holds a sword with its blade pointing downwards at a bald shopkeeper with a green book in hand in front of a bookshelf, chest and at the edge of a yellow and red rug, a mirror rests on a table with two drawers>>
Shopkeeper: I'm not sure of why you're coming to me for such simple anti-chafe charms, Lieutenant. Your clan's innate magic has always made you more than sufficient enchanters. And you don't need to be so close for it to work.
Umazen Soldier: Why do you men have to be so dense?
Shopkeeper: Uh, Lieutenant...? … Wait, is someone coming in?
<<You walk into the shop from the left as the Umazen woman turns around to face You>>
<<You>>: I was just...
Umazen Soldier: GET OUT.
Battle: Umazen Warrior
Full Heal
- Try again?
- Back to the streets
If you succeeded the roll
<<You>>: This feels like the right place. Lots of energy magic, and I'm completely sure it's being imbued into objects. It's not as refined or powerful as Warlic's casting, but... There's a lot of it going on at once.
<<You>>: Very well coordinated, too. Is it synchronized?
<<A bald shopkeeper holding a green book in hand walks in from the right in front of a bookshelf, two chests and at the edge of a yellow and red rug, a mirror rests on a table with two drawer>>
Shopkeeper: Well met, stranger. You must be one of the outsiders everyone is talking about. Can I interest you in anything?
<<You>>: Oh, er… I haven't made up my mind yet. I was just curious about all of the energy magic all around this street.
Shopkeeper: Ah yes, our Emancipators often say you outsiders are very fond of lightning spells. We haven't had the occasion to trade in the arcane with outsiders for generations, though, so you'll have to excuse us for being unprepared.
Shopkeeper: If you give us a few hours to better organize our inventory, though, you won't be disappointed.
Shopkeeper: We're not allowed to join the Umazon's forces, so you doubtless haven't heard of it, but men here have an innate affinity with Energy.
Shopkeeper: We don't tire easily, and are exceptionally good team workers. Our casting and enchantment benefits greatly from this, you won't find better structured magicks anywhere else.
<<You>>: That's very interesting. Do all Umazen men have such an alignment?
Shopkeeper: All our people are elementally blessed, although you might already know women to be aligned to Light. This blessing has shaped our bodies and minds over the generations.
Shopkeeper: That's part of why the Crown has gradually split us between careers and society has become more strictly ordered each generation, though unrest can -
Shopkeeper: Ah, don't get me wrong! The Prime is loved by ALL her people, it's just historically... Sorry, I'm rambling.
Shopkeeper: I'll get the tomes and materiel enchanting equipment back do -I'll move them down and dust them off. It'll take me a while to move everything.
<<You>>: That's alright. I'll come back when you're ready.
Battle Local Wildlife
One Battle from Monster Pool
Full Heal
<<A red arrow points to the Emancipator Barracks after having success in Thundercarve Mines, Foundry District and Mystic Avenue>>
Emancipator Barracks
<<You walk in from the left into a room with two bunk beds with green covers and a chest at the pillow end of the beds, five Umazen women stand on the right side of the room>>
<<You>>: Hello?
If player has a male face
Umazen Emancipator: You’ve got ten seconds to give us a very convincing reason for a man to be prancing around here… Wait, aren’t you the outsider?
If player has a female face
Umazen Emancipator: Aren't you completely out of uniform? And a little short to be here? The academy's all the way to the other side of the city. Start walking back before you get in trouble.
Stat
Roll
Charisma Check!
Can you quickly come up with a convincing ice breaker?
Difficulty: 90
Stat Used: Charisma
- Roll!
If you fail the roll
- Defy It!
By an effort of will you can spend <<value>> Sp to automatically win the roll. Do you wish to do that?
- Next
If you selected No, Next or lack the Sp to defy it
<<You>>: Well, I already talked with the Northeast Guard... Okay, more sparred than talked, really, and wanted to talk to more soldiers to ah... learn more about-
Umazen Emancipator: Looking to 'talk' more, is that it? But you're dealing with more than simple soldiers now, outsider. But far be it from me to deny a newcomer's bravery.
Umazen Emancipator: See, as you so happened to get in the way of our afternoon training, we'll have you BE our afternoon training.
Umazen Emancipator: Warriors! Form up!
Two Battles: Umazen Emancipator
Full Heal
- Try again?
- Back to the streets
If you succeeded the roll
<<You>>: I don't mean to intrude. You're clearly exceptional among Umazen warriors, and I could use an expert perspective on my investigation of recent troubles. That's not just flattery, I could seriously use your help.
Umazen Emancipator: That's still MOSTLY flattery, but you have a serious purpose and speak directly. I respect that. How about you start with who exactly you might be?
<<A grey colored armored Umazen woman walks in from the right and stops in front of the five bronze colored armored Umazen women>>
Umazen Emancipator: lleana! Do you know this outsider?
lleana: This is <<You>> of Battleon, ladies. Surely you know her by now.
Umazen Emancipator: NOPE. Totally never met. Nice to meet you, <<You>>.
If detecting a high Cha stat underneath
Umazen Emancipator: Oh, I’d know those eyes anywhere. ...I said that out loud, didn’t I.
Umazen Emancipator: That does ring a bell... Is that the one who keeps beating the Leprechauns?
If detecting a high Luk stat underneath
Umazen Emancipator: Oh, <<You>>! Can I rub his (male) /her (female) hair for good luck?
Umazen Emancipator: Doesn't ring a bell, ma'am.
If detecting a high End stat underneath
Umazen Emancipator: No idea, but if he (male) /she (female) is as tough as he (male) /she (female) looks, I want him (male) /her (female) working with us.
Umazen Emancipator: I've heard the rumors when out in the field.
If detecting a high Int stat underneath
Umazen Emancipator: Sharp eyes on this one. Strong magical reserves. I like it.
Umazen Emancipator: All I can see with all of you in the way is feet.
If detecting a high Dex stat underneath
Umazen Emancipator: Strong legs, good stance. Looks like he (male) /she (female) might be as quick as any of us.
Umazen Emancipator: Aw, I thought <<You>> was at least nine feet tall.
If detecting a high Str stat underneath
Umazen Emancipator: Light take me, forget about all of that. Look at those BICEPS.
lleana: Now then. The Chosen in the flesh. Let's not waste any more time, shall we? I want to know why you're here, and you want answers. You can drop the subtlety with me.
<<You>>: Alright, let's be frank, then. I'm concerned about three things. The possibility of civil conflict, the fact the gear forged by a friend might be used to wage it, and what that could mean for the entire region.
lleana: I appreciate your honesty. But aren't you worried I might tell on you, if there really is a civil war coming?
<<You>>: If there's an armed rebellion brewing and either side thinks I'm snooping around for the other, it's their call to make.
<<You>>: At this point, I'm clearly running against the hourglass and there might be bloodshed if I don't finish my investigation soon.
<<You>>: So if anybody, of ANY allegiance, decides to start a war and drag me in on account of asking questions, I'll find whoever gave the order and bring them to justice myself.
<<You>>: War may be common where I come from, but I won't take kindly to anyone who carelessly spills blood on the streets when bandits are already circling like vultures.
lleana: Bold. But for the right reasons. Your honesty was clearly strong, not careless. And as you've kindly answered my question, I'll try to cover yours.
lleana: There's absolutely preparations for conflict. Both from the Prime's forces and those who feel ignored by their ruler.
lleana: Our society has been far too oppressive for the tastes of many since Cadmia the Unifier founded the Umazon and gathered all our people here.
lleana: Her granddaughter carries the Umazen values of old, that each of us should strive for excellence in their talents.
lleana: To toil and sacrifice for that excellence in the name of the crown, whose bearer has a duty to the one and many.
lleana: To every citizen and all of them. But she was born in a society that has distorted these values, like a clouded mirror.
<<You>>: Is the Prime a tyrant, then?
lleana: I... I'd very much like to know the answer, myself.
lleana: Kandra the Wise has always been a strong and dedicated queen. A sun to her people. She has been far stricter of late, but it's hard to tell if it's outright tyranny or crisis management gone wrong.
lleana: But the fact stands that the last straw is very much upon the camel's back. And all of the built up tension threatens to spill through the cracks of our society.
lleana: We've turned the differences between men and women into a breach when they were once complementary.
lleana: And with just one more failure to communicate, our society will inevitably split along that fault line.
<<You>>: ...That's not good. Where will you stand?
lleana: It's up to what actions the Prime and her detractors take. The reasons behind each will surely appeal differently to men and women, after being forced to live in different worlds for so long.
lleana: We Emancipators protect the crown AND its subjects, not just women or men. Most of us would refuse to take sides in such a conflict.
<<You>>: ...I need to find Robina now. Thank you, lleana. I think I know everything I need to know now - You just gave me the only complete answers I got all day.
<<A red arrow points to Palace Gates after success in Emancipator Barracks>>
Palace Gates
<<You walk in from the left and Robina from the right to meet in front of the wooden doors of the Palace Gates>>
Robina: <<You>>! I've learned a lot, and it's all bad news.
<<You>>: Me too. I'm afraid there really is a fight brewing. And not just here.
Robina: You go first.
<<You>>: I found the wagon, figured out what the gear is for, and how bad things might be
<<You>>: The local weaponsmiths have the swords, but I didn't see the armor. Maybe they've already moved it elsewhere. The stores say they're closed while they fill out a large order from the guard...
<<You>>: And that suspicious man in the woods is apparently friends with some of them. Might be how he got out. Chances are that they're copying the weapons and have the armor stashed where they can easily distribute it.
Robina: And the armor?
<<You>>: I've been thinking about it. None of it is gear the Umazen soldiers wear... It's gear meant for fighting them. Mail against cutting weapons, big shields for the heavy arrows.
Robina: That fits what I've been learning, but why the sudden change of gear?
<<You>>: ...Because this gear is for the men. It suits how they almost innately move in formation. It's even being enchanted to suit their natural affinity to Energy.
Robina: If they're already gearing up, then this string is about to snap.
<<You>>: Just about. The people clearly respect their queen, but there's old tensions that they think she's making worse.
<<You>>: The Umazon is struggling, and the heightened tensions make every other thing that makes people upset turn them angry instead.
Robina: I've learned much the same. Especially at the academies.
Robina: Women are trained for combat from age three, and only the royals or heads of their families seem to get to take any other kind of career when they're out of the academy.
Robina: Men have completely different educations. Huge classrooms, they're all taught different trades and expected to pick one and start apprenticeships in their teens.
Robina: They live in completely different worlds. And the worst part: Both of them have recruiters waiting for them right outside the academies.
Robina: I've spied on people rallying the men to reclaim their right to fight, and the women their career freedom.
Robina: Others are telling anyone who'll listen to defend the Prime and seek out traitors.
Robina: Since women are the only warriors, the loyalists will go to them first. And the rebels will go to the men first. Second pickings will be slim, so they have to focus... They'll split the city right in half.
<<You>>: This is getting worse by the moment. No leader may want to make the first strike, but any random outraged citizen might do it. Then there'll be no stopping this.
Robina: It's even worse than that. It turns out that the caravan ran into some trouble near home.
<<You>>: What kind of trouble?
New text
Robina: It gets even worse. The warriors said that this group was led by some laughing brute with partial armor and a painted face.
<<You>>: ... That can't be right. But if it IS Carnage... I'm sorry, I have to go check on that right now.
<<You>>: Maybe cooler heads will prevail while we're gone.
Robina: I don’t think we can afford to ignore either threat. But if we're forced to turn our back on a city or the world...
<<You>>: We don't have the luxury of choosing only one. I don't want to completely ignore the Umazon either.
Robina: What's the plan, then?
<<You>>: Get word to the cities while I try and track these forces down. Nobody can get a message through the forest faster than you, and they need defenders ready as soon as possible.
<<You>>: If all goes well, I'll try to get back here with you. If I don't make it in time, take charge. You're the only other one they'll trust.
Robina: Flattery will get you everywhere. And that's good thinking. I hate to leave these people hanging, but a sign of War...
Robina: The trail is already cold, we'll lose it if we get bogged down in court intrigue.
<<You>>: Let's run, then. Hopefully there's still time to untangle this mess by the time we get back.
Original text
Robina: They spotted strange Vartai, armored warriors and marked creatures, all milling about and looking to pick fights.
<<You>>: There's something much worse than simple bandits approaching, then. But as much as I hate to say it, we can't just up and leave the Umazon yet.
<<You>>: We need to talk to the Prime right now. Hopefully there will still be time to deal with the other reports when we're done.
Robina: I don't think we can afford to ignore either threat, but you're right, this one is on the very brink.
<<You>>: We don't have the luxury of easy choices. Let's save the people within our reach first.
Robina: Well said. Let's go.
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