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Shining Chips
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rolled 9, 20, 15, 8, 9, 19, 3, 2, 9, 2, 7, 1, 19, 20, 18, 15, 5, 12, 7, 3 = 203
Saharnya's ears fold as she realizes she's a kitten trapped in a cage thrown over a ravine.
"Vorkruns? Can I speak with you for a moment?"
Saharnya takes care to keep the conversation out of earshot of anyone else.
"If we can't dig our way out soon, we're screwed. I found an area we can dig through to survive, but I just discovered this isn't the bottom of the hole. We're on a fragile ledge, leaning over the side, and anything could set it off. The building could fall even further at any moment.
I'm telling you this because, and oh gods this is going to be expensive, but I may need you to go to a key structural point and use your really expensive cypher there, the something-something everything floats forever anchor thingy. My bosses said something about how your family was planning to present it at the conference so they could find an experienced wright and get it mass-produced so you could create a floating town and not worry about this mess, but we might not have any time to do that if the building tips over. House Youngmason will reimburse you for the full cost of sacrificing your potential venture. Just save us."
Then Saharnya attempts to convince the policymakers to salvage the founder's mattock, presenting her argument as a means to enrich the reputation of the mattock by using it to save the townspeople and reinforce their patriotism. Even if it's sacrilege, the alternate option is allowing it to get buried and submerged and then decay from poor conditions.
Diplomacy, 1 Effort
Saharnya has a funny idea pop into her head - stake the reality anchor underside into the statue's empty grip - but she's pretty sure it's not bolted down. Of course, she jokes, it's not like they'd risk t
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