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{{egg}} (smiles) : I didn't say anything about *trust*, and I don't mean at all times. Although, it wouldn't hurt to assume that - precautions absent - the Thieves' Guild, at the very least, has been keeping more or less a constant watch on you since you've exploded into their awareness. But, no, I didn't mean to insinuate nobody was trustworthy. I suppose I should be more careful of my words. "spying," "surveying," "observing," "monitoring," or even simply "investment protection." My take-away from conversations with Germain, though, is that clearly *someone* can't be trusted, and that means compartmentalizing information is pretty important. "<Old Ubreki: The air has eyes and ears>," as the old saying goes. Surely you've seen that fine Mithril cane Naprid carries. You think that's just for show? Hardly. | {{egg}} (smiles) : I didn't say anything about *trust*, and I don't mean at all times. Although, it wouldn't hurt to assume that - precautions absent - the Thieves' Guild, at the very least, has been keeping more or less a constant watch on you since you've exploded into their awareness. But, no, I didn't mean to insinuate nobody was trustworthy. I suppose I should be more careful of my words. "spying," "surveying," "observing," "monitoring," or even simply "investment protection." My take-away from conversations with Germain, though, is that clearly *someone* can't be trusted, and that means compartmentalizing information is pretty important. "<Old Ubreki: The air has eyes and ears>," as the old saying goes. Surely you've seen that fine Mithril cane Naprid carries. You think that's just for show? Hardly. | ||
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I do know this - you all have been growing a profile now for over a year, and have become central to the siege efforts. I know that if I were Naprid, or Edrell, or the Mole, or Fenn, that I would want to keep close tabs on your activities. When you didn't care that people watched you, it didn't matter. Now that you do care, it does matter. And, so, I've taken efforts in the direction. <He gestures to the sphere> Until Edrell takes his toy back, you can pretty safely count on the fact that anything you say or do <i>in here</i> will be free from observation. Does that mean that outside of here you are always being watched? No. But when you can't tell one way or the other, it's best to assume the worst, wouldn't you agree? | I do know this - you all have been growing a profile now for over a year, and have become central to the siege efforts. I know that if I were Naprid, or Edrell, or the Mole, or Fenn, that I would want to keep close tabs on your activities. When you didn't care that people watched you, it didn't matter. Now that you do care, it does matter. And, so, I've taken efforts in the direction. <He gestures to the sphere> Until Edrell takes his toy back, you can pretty safely count on the fact that anything you say or do <i>in here</i> will be free from observation. Does that mean that outside of here you are always being watched? No. But when you can't tell one way or the other, it's best to assume the worst, wouldn't you agree? | ||
Revision as of 14:31, 30 April 2011
As the party had decided to institute a regime of strict information control, after your successful strike against the purification poisoners, everyone decides to quickly but stealthily head back to Germain's apartment to debrief, regroup, and discuss their next move. Now the ad hoc headquarters of the nascent Azure Geese, much changed since Edrell suffered his drunken nadir here. The room is immaculately clean and meticulously organized. During your time in the swamp, Egg has clearly been hard at work and the only similarities to the apartment Germain (and Edrell) left behind are one very sturdy desk, a bed, and the door you just walked through.
Now, every free wall has a floor to ceiling bookshelves, crammed overfull with codices and folios - including those walls that once contained windows, making the once mildly uncomfortable room now dark and stiffing, made more so by the injection of six bodies where normally there is only one. On the table you notice Egg's satchel, goggles, and a smooth obsidian(?) sphere, which some of you might recognize as the Nondetection Stone used by Edrell in the past. As soon as you walk in, prisoners in tow, Egg puts his finger to his mouth and makes a shushing noise. He walks over to the stone and activates it in the same manner as Edrell earlier. In this very same room, appropriately enough. In addition to the bookshelves, you notice the addition of a sizable steel chest with a high quality lock.
Egg: "I borrowed this from Edrell. Well, actually, Germain did. I just carried the letter of request."
Germain chuckles: "I do seem to think of everything."
Egg (smiles, but continues in a very businesslike manner; indicating the cleric prisoners from the sewer): "Shove those guys in the corner and I'll deafen them, or Kimika can silence the corner, so we can talk without them overhearing. I'd hate to have taken all these precautions against our friends eavesdropping just for these guys to hear everything. You can go ahead and assume that up until this point, none of you have any secrets. You can go ahead and assume that anything any of you have said or done - alone or in a group - has been observed by, at the very least, Naprid, the Theives' Guild, and Edrell himself. Depending on how high your profile has become among the enemy, possibly the Besiegers, as well."
LE seems more interested in taking a look at the stone again, so she approaches it with a curious expression.
- The obsidian has been smoothed into a perfect, blemish-less sphere about a foot in diameter. It has been set up on a cheap wooden tripod. Concentrating on it for a time with <I>Detect Magic, it radiates strongly of Abjuration magic.</i>
Mose: Surely Edrell and Naprid have no need to spy on us, half the time we're off doing things they cooked-up. If they are spying on us then we might as well throw away those ridiculous fire-side chat toys, because what's the point? Egg, are you saying we can't trust them?
Egg (smiles) : I didn't say anything about *trust*, and I don't mean at all times. Although, it wouldn't hurt to assume that - precautions absent - the Thieves' Guild, at the very least, has been keeping more or less a constant watch on you since you've exploded into their awareness. But, no, I didn't mean to insinuate nobody was trustworthy. I suppose I should be more careful of my words. "spying," "surveying," "observing," "monitoring," or even simply "investment protection." My take-away from conversations with Germain, though, is that clearly *someone* can't be trusted, and that means compartmentalizing information is pretty important. "<Old Ubreki: The air has eyes and ears>," as the old saying goes. Surely you've seen that fine Mithril cane Naprid carries. You think that's just for show? Hardly.
I do know this - you all have been growing a profile now for over a year, and have become central to the siege efforts. I know that if I were Naprid, or Edrell, or the Mole, or Fenn, that I would want to keep close tabs on your activities. When you didn't care that people watched you, it didn't matter. Now that you do care, it does matter. And, so, I've taken efforts in the direction. <He gestures to the sphere> Until Edrell takes his toy back, you can pretty safely count on the fact that anything you say or do in here will be free from observation. Does that mean that outside of here you are always being watched? No. But when you can't tell one way or the other, it's best to assume the worst, wouldn't you agree?
