A poster left near Talbot's Inn

[cicada]

In the dead of night, a poster is put up near Talbot's Inn. It is written in an over-elaborate hand and reads as follows:


So the shop-keeper seeks his missing book? Well The Cicada has relieved him of that particular burden for now, but perhaps a passing mage would find it of interest? Pity not the shopkeeper, though, as you have been dealing in other wares you should not have been Mr Greel…


Search as you will, but you will not find The Cicada - it chirrups and chirps but you cannot see it, and when you get close...it vanishes into the silent night!


*Signed with a flourish*


The Cicada

Self Destruct Sequence

[Orchid]

Jhago takes note of a poster of intrigue in his home Inn* 

"Into my web you creep little Cicada...chirrup chirrup all you like. Betray yourself, your plans, your prattles...you cannot escape, the Legion Skald. Run and hide, scurry away. All the better, catching you, makes my day." 

A similarly elegant flourished response is magically written onto the poster, in an ink that waxes and wanes from copper to red to black.

[Mage]

I am a potential buyer

-The Mage

[venicia]

*A new note is left next to the original*

"I am interested in the book greatly, and would like to meet you.
Leave me a note at the Alizarin academy with a time and location."

*The note is signed "E.V"*

[emeraldsnowx]

*a weathered and tough parchment hangs above the others; the broken dagger blade holding it in place implies that the author still possesses the hilt*


  Seek me out, Cicada... let's talk. I have more interest in your talents than in your book.

~ Tanya Steel, Inquisitor, Valkur's Roar

[Self Destruct Sequence]

<< BUMP - see Marsember>>
<< EDM SDS >>

[cicada]

Another poster nearby the original one is put up in Valkur's Roar:


Ah the Legion Skald, you make claims very bold
But do you want the Cicada's chirrups told
Of the school in Marsember in which you toil
Who knows what happens beneath its thick walls and stone gargoyles?

And sad news for you Inquisitor
I do not work for the oppressive Law
Perhaps you can find in Valkur's mass 
Another soul to be your grass

As for E.V. and the Mage
Your request comes to another stage
Look out for the auction advertised 
The Golden Lantern of Mordecai's

[Orchid]

Nov 25, 2018 14:29:25 GMT -5 cicada said:

Another poster nearby the original one is put up in Valkur's Roar:


Ah the Legion Skald, you make claims very bold
But do you want the Cicada's chirrups told
Of the school in Marsember in which you toil
Who knows what happens beneath its thick walls and stone gargoyles?

And sad news for you Inquisitor
I do not work for the oppressive Law
Perhaps you can find in Valkur's mass 
Another soul to be your grass

As for E.V. and the Mage
Your request comes to another stage
Look out for the auction advertised 
The Golden Lantern of Mordecai's

Tolls the inquisition for Alizarin three, a new leaf we present, for all to see. Speak you now, speak you quick. We've nothing to hide, and that's no trick.


The same, flourishing script responds in kind upon seeing the callout.