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In agreement, the Norseman takes the empty phials proffered by Izim and hands them out quickly. He pulled his own tiny belt knife, something he only used for eating and utility, and cut down the length of his left thumb pad. As the phial began to fill, Glanteth recalls that the last time he'd intentionally cut himself was when the Minotaur had tricked him into some sort of "blood brother" ritual. He eyed Honeysuckle's new sword and shook his head minutely.
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Seeing Glanteth draw his own blood jogged Honeysuckle's memory and a whimsical idea popped into his head. Straight faced he addresses Izim.
"Before I draw blood, we do old Minotaur tradition. Is proper for deal. I cut hand, you cut hand then we shake hands. Deal made. Then I cut other hand and put in vial cos otherwise you get own blood." Honeysuckle cuts his left hand and extends it to Izim.
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Izim watches as the adventurers fill the phials, his mouth showing the same vague satisfaction they have seen on it before. "I do not hold the necessary ob-jects immeeeediately accessible, you understand," he explains to the party, "but it will not be long. Keep your blood for now, and return tomorrow evening." Once the adventurers complete the procedure, there is a short exchange of pleasantries before they exit.
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Honeysuckle withdraws his hand and wraps a strip of cloth around it. Unperturbed he responds "Okay. We shake on it tomorrow. That is when deal is made."He nods with the upmost certainty to himself and then looks to the others to leave.

 


 
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Torgrun did like having to draw his own blood for this opaque glasses wearing mustachioed fellow but he knew he must if they wanted to find their mark. "Aye, here's me blood," he said with resignation as he handed the vial to Glanteth for safe keeping until they would return the next day. He wrapped the hand with cloth to stop the bleeding and then turned with the others to leave Izzy to his own devices.

 

 

 
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The adventurers return to Izim the next day, and the dealer appears true to his word - that is, he holds an aging book in his lap. On a table beside him is what appears to be a large piece of jewelry – a long, delicate, silvery chain with unusually large clasps. Also in the sitting room is an unfamiliar individual, a male halfling, but one of unusual demeanor, lacking the joviality and openness typical of his people. The halfling hunches slightly as he stands beside Izim, and his eyes move furtively about the room, though they often return to the master of the house. Overall, he seems more a goblin, or even a skittish dog, than a member of a civilized people.

“You see that I have the tooome,” says Izim, lightly touching the book in his lap. “You may have use of it for one day, we have agreed. Return with it tomorrow evening,” he says, “and will provide you with the means to capture your quarry.” As he says this last, Izim nods his head slightly toward the jewelry beside him. “But first, the blood. of course.” Izim waits for the party to offer the phials.

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Rolen was not exactly happy to give his blood. It had less to do with Izim betraying them and more to do with the bad things that could be done with blood. In truth, Rolen had not a clue about how his blood could be used. However, he heard a number of Ballads and Plays about the evil things done with a portion of a person's blood. Rolen thought, "It seems that we are aligned in our goal to capture Ignisora. He has little incentive to betray us before the capture. After the capture, we will have proven that we are people who he would want to cross."

Rolen is interested in the Halfling that Izim has with him today. They have mannerisms unlike any Halfling that Rolen has seen before. More importantly, Rolen remembered a maxim from the famous play - "The Duke and his Servants." The saying went "You can know the true nature of Master by the behavior of his servants." Rolen tried to gain some +6 Insightinsight into the relationship between Halfling and Izim

Rolen used his dagger to cut the back of one of his hands and provide a small amount of blood for Izim. "Take this blood as a token that we will not betray or turn on you."


 

 
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"It now time for Minotaur sacred handshake. I hope you not forget." Honeysuckle places his vial of blood down on a table and draws his swordDeception/Persuassion +2 ready to made the "sacred" pact.

 


 
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As the adventurers begin to produce the phials again, the halfling narrows his focus to them alone. Rolen has seen enough of this kind of condition to recognize a thirst for blood, but in any case it shortly becomes completely apparent to the whole party. Honeysuckle opens the skin of his palm once again, and the halfling moves in flash, closing the short distance to the minotaur and grabbing his wrist.

“Ah…ah!” Izim firmly cautions the “halfling,” and the latter stops with its mouth only inches from Honeysuckle’s palm. But the blood drinker’s eyes are not now on Izim, but behind the party. There stands the imposing figure of Birch. How did the big automaton get there, so quickly and without the party noticing? Chagrined, the halfling releases Honeysuckle’s wrist and stands at attention.

“Just the phials, please,” says Izim. “You must content yourselves with my word and rep-u-ta-tion aloooone,” he tells Honeysuckle. “Your ritual carries implications to hyyygiene, and…other health risks.”

“Proceed,” Izim says after a short pause. The halfling glances back at him, then begins a disturbing procedure. In turn, he unstoppers each phial, sniffs at it deeply, then sniffs at the different party members as if he were a dog meeting them for the first time. The implications are clear. Having concluded this process, the halfling then returns to Izim’s side and hands him the phials. Izim puts them in a pouch and hands the book to the halfling, who then passes it to the adventurers.

“I look forward to your return tomorrow e-ve-ning,” Izim says before waiting for the party to leave.

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"Don't do anything," the Norseman says low and from the side of his mouth to Rolen. "We'll talk outside." The exchange hopefully concluded, the party finds itself on Izim's doorstep.

"Let's get these books to Brimley," Glanteth announces to the air and begins walking that direction in expectation of being followed. "So... I know that must've seemed weird to everyone, myself included," he says while walking. Turning to Rolen, "especially you - I mean - having been hunting vampires in the town and all. Let's get this done first and save our questions or accusations for when we return the book. I swear, this guy never fails to find new ways to creep me out."
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Fortunately, the somewhat helpful sage Brimley Walton remains easy to find, at what the party now identifies as his usual table at the Quill. The proudly present him borrowed book, which he receives with some surprise. “Interesting,” he says, before actually reviewing its contents. “I was not suggesting that you actually acquire a copy. And in only a few days…I may ask for the name of your librarian when I am next in need.”

Walton clears a space and carefully opens the tome. “I have not seen a copy in years,” he says, taking his time with each of the early pages. Eventually he remembers the party’s presence. “You had a question,” he remembers aloud. “The instruction book?” he requests, then begins to flip through it as well, eventually becoming engrossed in moving between the tomes and scribbling notes on separate paper.

After several minutes of this, the adventurers take a seat at another table. Then the minutes turn to hours. Party members trickle in and out, tending to various errands, and order multiple rounds to pay the rent on their table. Eventually, all part to head to their respective beds, as even Walton calls it a night. He doesn’t give the adventurers their answers until the next afternoon.

“The ritual,” he begins, “creates a conduit between the caster’s location and one of two others, one on this plane and one in the nine hells. The conduit allows movement in only one direction each time it is cast. The ritual, as designed, is unusual in that the caster chooses neither with which location to connect nor the direction of travel; both of these decisions rest with some other, unidentified, party. One may note that this unusual quality fits with the pedantic nature of the manual.” Walton pauses to allow the listeners to catch up, but doesn’t wait long enough for all of them. “It appears that a more knowledgeable individual gave this book to a subordinate, retaining control of the specifications of each use. Perhaps the superior did not trust the user’s competence, or perhaps this was a security measure – a wise one, apparently.”
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"Yikes! I suppose that makes any kind of a surprise attack impossible. I don't care for the idea that one of these locations might be a prison cell, either." Thinking a moment, he decides he has more questions for Brimley. "What if the ritual is performed at one of these two locations? Would it select the other location by default, or simply fail to go anywhere at all? Also, what if this - as of now - unidentified party is dead or unconscious at the time of the casting? What would the spell do then?"
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Torgrun tried to follow along. He was pretty smart at least for dwarf standards, but he was not versed in these arcane rituals that Brimley spoke of. He wanted to hear the answers to Glanteth's questions, but he also had a few of his own, to clarify in his mind exactly so that he knew exactly what it was he was getting himself into. "Aye, so ya say that the ritual can go in either direction, and we ain't got no control of it eh? So we performs this ritual and instead a going to that other place, wherever that other place is, somethin' maybe like a big ugly devil from that other place could be summoned to where we be? Any idea who or what this other unidentified party that be controllin' everythin' could be, from what ya can find in the book?"

 

 

 
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So we performs this ritual and instead a going to that other place, wherever that other place is, somethin' maybe like a big ugly devil from that other place could be summoned to where we be?

"Well, yes," Walton confirms, "as originally de - "

Also, what if this - as of now - unidentified party is dead or unconscious at the time of the casting? What would the spell do then? What if the ritual is performed at one of these two locations? Would it select the other location by default, or simply fail to go anywhere at all?

"As originally designed, the ritual is dependent upon this other individual's consent...their consent, and more; they need to take some action on their side. In the second circumstance you mention, this individual would choose whether to allow the ritual to function.

"But I should finish my first thoughts,"
Walton says. "I have described to you the ritual as originally designed. I believe that Elurik can help us control both the location and the direction. If you know what you prefer to do, I can make the necessary changes for you."

Any idea who or what this other unidentified party that be controllin' everythin' could be, from what ya can find in the book?

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Ooh - ooh - ooh! The Norseman is thinking, almost bouncing in his seat and barely stopping himself from raising his hand like a good pupil until he takes a couple deep, calming breaths. "That would be greatly appreciated, Archmage Walton. I'm sure you understand that we'd need two versions: one to get us to the nine hells and another to get us back again. Is this something you could sketch out for us in a few hours time?"

Glanteth leans back in his chair and sighs, "You don't owe us anything, and a man of your standing and expertise rarely offers such efforts for free. At the moment, our purses are disappointingly flat as well. The treatise on the planes is only on loan..." The Viking strokes his beard as he thinks. "Our trip to the nine hells may offer certain opportunities. I know that devils summoned here melt away with death, but there they do not. Are there any parts of certain devils that you might wish for as a rare spell component or alchemical ingredient? We can guarantee little, but I would hate to leave behind something you might value out of ignorance. If we're unable to meet our debt to you in such a way, rest assured that it's a debt we'll nonetheless take seriously. The presence of the book - while only a loan - must display some sense of our ability to procure rare items at need."
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