10-07-2024, 02:38 AM
Word spreads rapidly, as it always does when a duel to the death is on the table. Even before whispers spread across the Republic, does a helmed man receive four missives.
A sigh escapes him, and a brief letter of his own is written.
"Greetings, Shiri.
I consider you a friend, and you've done well by me in the past, but you took out a loan.
Five years have passed, and the agreed-upon interest has risen that sum to 120,000c.
You can fight him after it's paid, and only then.
Signed,
Aricles Alline"
A copy is made and delivered directly to Manasseh, with an additional line added to the bottom of his: "One's word matters."
Two more hours are spent writing letters and speaking over transceivers, as the mercenary notifies yet more of his contacts to monitor Shiri and this developing situation. His word was his bond, and he always saw a debt repaid.
"...
Of all the days."
Connections within the Republic, the Fleet, the Shigenobu Clan, and the Meranthe courier network, present details of the challenge to a mercenary enjoying one singular night off in his island cabin.Of all the days."
A sigh escapes him, and a brief letter of his own is written.
"Greetings, Shiri.
I consider you a friend, and you've done well by me in the past, but you took out a loan.
Five years have passed, and the agreed-upon interest has risen that sum to 120,000c.
You can fight him after it's paid, and only then.
Signed,
Aricles Alline"
A copy is made and delivered directly to Manasseh, with an additional line added to the bottom of his: "One's word matters."
Two more hours are spent writing letters and speaking over transceivers, as the mercenary notifies yet more of his contacts to monitor Shiri and this developing situation. His word was his bond, and he always saw a debt repaid.
[Aricles Alline will be seeking to ensure Shiri pays off her debt, either through payment prior to the duel, or trying to intercept her before reaching its decided location.]