Chapter One Rude Awakenings Part Ten

Day 816, 10:57 • Published in Philippines Philippines • by Josie Brooks
Logan led Ariel out of his office with a smile on his face.

“Ariel, as always, it is a pleasure to work with you. Maybe this time that church of yours won’t steal you back so fast.”

Ariel nodded and smiled, though he seriously doubted he would be away from training for very long after finishing this mission. It was only due to his connections that he had been chosen to go in the first place.

Logan called Ines and CruelBear over and was about to brief them on the mission details when he noticed someone was missing. Walking over to a door, he looked inside.
“Nope, not there,” he muttered under his breath.
Ines giggled a little and Logan walked over to her.

“Well, where is he? Went to the blasted library again, didn’t he.”

Nodding, Ines laughed again at Logan’s grimace. The last time Topy had disappeared into the Grand Library no one had seen him for weeks. There were books there the size of people and when Topy started studying it would take a typhoon to get him to stop.

“Well, I will tell you guys what is happening and you two can fill him in when you find him then.”
CruelBear, Ines and Ariel all waited for Logan to begin, he was still annoyed that Topy had disappeared again and it took him a moment to compose himself.

“Ariel here” a hand is waved in his direction “has brought us a very interesting and profitable commission from the Most Holy Church of Saint Cuthbert.” The capital letters could be heard when he spoke, for Ariel’s benefit of course. Logan was a business man, most god’s didn’t agree with him so he was generally non religious.

“Apparently there is a woman claiming to be a Cleric of The Cudgel that is smiting everyone who looks at her cross-eyed. Including the elderly, small children and the priesthood of other faiths. Two priests dedicated to Ehlonna have already fallen to this pretender and the Church is most upset at the loss of life and it’s tarnished image. A young boy wearing the holy symbol of Saint Cuthbert was recently beaten almost to death for serving a most heinous God due to this woman’s actions. Ariel and the Church want us to seek her out and, to put it simply, smite her back. That’s all. Nothing too exciting, so sorry Ines, but no dragons or lich-kings this time. Maybe next time.”

Ines had been most excited when the briefing started, but as he spoke her face had fallen. No real need for her talents at all. Ariel would never let her sneak up on an enemy of the Church. He would want to tell them why they were dying instead of just getting it done. She had really been looking forward to some excitement, now it seems she will just be going along because their contracts required a certain number of associates to go on each job.

“Now go fetch your arcanist, hit the store for supplies, tell Manong I said hello while you are there, and get out so you can return and I can get paid. I mean,” he smiled “We can get paid.” and went into his office. The door closed solidly behind him and cut off further possibility of questions. Like, what was a rogue going to do on this mission anyway, couldn’t he send an extra big, dumb brute instead?

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Cast of Today’s Episode

Ariel David Buena as Ariel Cleric of Saint Cuthbert
Logan Dunleavy as Logan The Boss-Man
Ines Schumacher as Ines the Rogue
CruelBear as CruelBear the Monk