Frustration|Fara

[aivea]

Looking very windblown, Vellemo stalks back into Fara and starts searching for Mathew. He'd tried for days, but could not find a way past the tornadoes and had decided to return. If nothing else, that Maelstrom was blocked off was an important piece of information.

[Northen Light36]

Mathew is in his private dungeon, training a couple of newly caught slaves, but he looks up when Vellemo enters. "Problems?" he asks.

[aivea]

"There's a ring of tornadoes completely encircling Maelstrom's borders," Vellemo reports with a scowl. "It looks like there is no way in without a Mind's help."

[Northen Light36]

"I see," murmurs Mathew. "Well in a way that's good, since Shadow won't be interfearing in our business. But it does leave us open to problems with the Clears..." Mathew thinks for awhile then orders, "Gather all the fire starting material you can find. If we can't use Shadow as a distraction, we'll see how eager the Clears are to fight after their homes go up in smoke for a second time."

[aivea]

"Very well," replies Vellemo and he departs to begin searching for kindling.
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Meanwhile, Lorraine decides to try to confirm her suspicions and corners Sorin somewhere private. "I had a feeling there is something different about you; when I saw the way your react to people looking at your scar, I thought I figured it out... Are you a half-breed?"

Tensing slightly, Sorin answers, "Unfortunately for me... Don't expect me to accept that or go easy on any of them because of that."

"all right. For now, I won't tell anyone... However, Mathew most likely will be able to figure out and I doubt he will let it slide. Prepare yourself for the worst, if you still want to continue with us."

Without another word, he turns to start walking away.

[Northen Light36]

Mathew also gathers up as much lamp oil, dry wood, straw and other flamables as he can find and has them loaded into a cart while waiting for Vellemo to return. In a sudden cruel urge, Mathew takes one of the more resistant of the slaves he'd been breaking, binds them hand and foot, then loads him into the cart with everything else. That done, he waits impatiently.

[aivea]

Vellemo returns and has all the flamables he could find loaded into the cart. Though raising an eyebrow at the bound slaves and thinking that if what he believes the reason is and the real reason are the same that will be a bit of a waste, he doesn't comment on that. "Ready?"

[Northen Light36]

Noticing Vellemo's raised eye, Mathew comments casually, "By the time that one breaks, he'll be useless to us. It's a half-breed anyway, so no real loss. Let's go." Mathew climbs into the driver's seat of the cart, waits for Vellemo to get in then whips the horse into heading towards Reave.

[aivea]

"Ah."

Vellemo climbs into the cart and crosses his arms in thought.