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I'm sorry, everyone, but I'm out. I realize that struggling for survival is probably realistic given the context of the Dragon Army's occupation, but it's no longer the kind of game I can have fun playing. It's been a pleasure playing with all of you, and I wish you all the best.

Arulia looks at the mouse and back to Haahqae, clearly not comprehending. "Its...it's very nice to meet her," she says. She is silent for a long time, then says, "I'm sorry, Haahqae. I led you all the way out here for nothing. I don't know what else to do, and I'm tired of it. I'm goi...

"My family...they're all I have," Arulia says, and looks at Haahqae with a considering eye. "It's not just that they care about me, either. Caring about them is just as important. It sounds like you know that, though, the way you talk about Ismene." She falls silent for a moment...

Arulia looks up at Haahqae. "That was it. That was my plan, to get enough money from them to keep my family out of the streets. Even if I couldn't get what they stole, I'd hoped that they'd give me something for information." She thinks for a bit and shakes her head sadly. "But then, ...

Arulia turns her back on the smirking women and stalks away before she does anything foolish. She doesn't go far, though, as she realizes that she has nowhere to go, and finds a step to sit down on.

Arulia shakes her head at Haahqae's question absently, as if she's a bit shocked. "I had no idea that they were doing anything other than hiding," she says, her voice empty. "I didn't know anything about them until last night."

Haahque wrote:(for the IC; I think we're waiting on Arulia to continue our plotline right now)

Well, how do you want to do that? Should Arulia say that the meeting is at tenth watch, or slap herself on the head and suddenly remember that it was earlier?

The meeting was at Third Watch, yes. It's why I had Miriam keep pressing for a time (in the hopes it would prompt someone to go look it up) and why I kept counting down the hours (e.g., "It is now Second Watch. It is now Third Watch. It is now Fourth Watch", etc.). I've no idea how Arulia...

Scouting? If you say so." Arulia considers for a moment. "Do you think that it would look suspicious if we met at the Steel Tankard? If you follow them long enough to find their hideout, they shouldn't be watching to see where I go, but maybe they have other people looking out for them to...

Arulia scowls when Haahqae takes offense at her observations. "Call it what you like," she says. "I saw how you could hide and creep around in Belzor's hideout, though. If that's not sneaking, I don't know what is." After Haahqae mulls over her plan, Arulia asks, "So do we a...

After listening to Haahqae's description of the warehouse's interior, Arulia tells him her new idea. "That's good, if it comes to a fight, but maybe we shouldn't fight them...not yet anyway. I doubt that they'll bring all their money here with them to meet me, after all. If we fight them, and i...

Feeling better with a weapon in her hands, even one as crude as a tree-branch club, Arulia shakes her head. "I know that they'll be suspicious of me, but I don't think that we should send someone else. Even if they haven't been given my name, they're probably expecting a woman who looks like me...

JadedDM wrote:(OOC: As Arulia is not skilled in the club, she suffers a -3 to hit with it.)

(OOC: But "Club" is Arulia's first listed weapon proficiency...which I took just for this sort of contingency!)

"Maybe we'll get lucky if it comes to a fight, but I hope it doesn't go that far," Arulia says. "What about trading them information? They want to know about Shima, after all. I mean, I don't think that they'd pay us everything that they stole, but maybe they'd pay us a little."...

Arulia shakes her head. "Honestly, I don't think we'll be able to make them return much of anything unless we can find more people to help us. But with just the three of us, we probably can't threaten them to give us anything. If it comes to a fight, maybe we could win against the two of them, ...