🎀 Wisteria 🎀

Saturday was a strange day. Mirastir Heliomar didn't sleep all night from Friday to Saturday, tossing and turning, listening to see if Rogdan would return, but no. He probably kept the neighbors awake too... In the morning, the gladiator was going to immediately start searching, involving the guard, and had already begun running around the city when suddenly news spread about Vivian's resurrection and the parade. Mirastir participated to see for himself, of course, and was glad that the priestess of Arteria was in good health. He waved to her... But he decided for himself that all of this was very strange. How could the great heroine of the past, a righteous Arterian, not be able to perform the resurrection ritual, but an unregistered priestess, who is not prayed to in the Temple, could? And Vivian's gloom also bothered him. But on the other hand, this meant that Rogdan and Lian Fay had succeeded! If Arteria rewards good intentions, then all the more she will help those who have truly accomplished a great deed to cope with this situation! And, of course, we should not forget that now Mirastir himself knows that Rogdan is alive, that he was framed, slandered, or something else unpleasant was done to him as a result of a vile conspiracy, but he will not be Mirastir Heliomar, the mighty white-haired gladiator, born an Airisufir, a student of the great Thelosian philosopher Demigos, and a member of the famous organization "Golden Griffin," which resurrected the Arterian priestess, if Rogdan is not saved! / I don't know if we ended up involving the guard in the search; I need to discuss it with the guys. But I would involve them, as I agree with Alex's conclusions. It's better to simulate vigorous activity. Among other things, we can question the guards at the city gates to see if they noticed Rogdan leaving. If there is no such record, it will help us in the RP to be sure, and it will also give the guards an argument that he should be searched for in the city, and not that he went somewhere unknown. Potential pitfalls: we may be detained one by one or all together, as we will be among those suspected of Rogdan's disappearance. And during the investigation, it might be revealed that we have slave owners among us. But maybe we can entrust the work with the guards exclusively to Shane and Mirastir, as only they were seen with Rogdan, and somehow excuse the others from the process. Also, regarding the terrorists. I expect that on Monday, our representative may be given an ultimatum, in a gentle or not-so-gentle form. Something like, "We have some information that we will not disclose, which compromises your organization... But, however, if you do what you are told, you can prove that you are not malicious, but quite good guys." In the best case, they will give us Rogdan back, taking from us the obligation to participate in the preparation of demonstration resurrections. But most likely, they will keep Rogdan for themselves until Lian Fay's resource is exhausted. Regarding the resource. I wonder, do they already know that it is limited? Did Rogdan or Fay talk about it? I have an idea that Rogdan, upon contacting Fay, could spend her resource on stats, leaving it for one resurrection so that it wouldn't be too suspicious if Fay disappeared immediately. And then say that, like, be careful, this heroine is limited, use her only in extreme cases if you didn't know. But this may, on the contrary, hasten Rogdan's death, especially if they have good ways to distinguish truth from... Half-truths. In general, it's risky. / *** On Sunday morning, Mirastir checked the mailbox, thinking that news about Rogdan had arrived (the enemy decided to show himself!) or that someone had noticed the prominent gladiator and offered him a job. But no, it was from Myconia. Mirastir briefly forgot about his worries and remembered those heartwarming conversations. Well, never mind! At breakfast, the gladiator took out some fried fish from his supplies and, to the accompaniment, happily ate a cake that turned out to be just what he needed. Then, as in the previous days, he went to the statue of Arteria to pray. In this case, mainly about Rogdan, of course. He also prayed to the shrine priestess and found Shane. "Okay, so what? Have we had enough mourning here? Maybe we should continue training?"