Circumstantial insanity or not, the crazy Miralukan was an Alchemist
which was no mean feat. It just likely indicated she was pants about
it. Maybe Zilti was right though and removing her from the places she
acted the most insane would stabilize her. It was worth a shot if it
netted a decent Alchemist from the deal, right? That's what she kept
telling herself at least.
Maybe she'd turn out to be less pants-on-head than she was currently coming off as.
Thia relaxed in her seat, taking off the massive shoulders their little
group tended to favor. The outfits were lovely and they'd all managed
to not clash in their chosen colors (which was good as the large
Massassi would likely pull rank on them and make it a tiny bit orderly
if it'd offended his sensibilities) but really, large shoulders. They
tended to get heavy after a while.
At least she'd picked out sensible gloves.
It was too bad the logical approach wouldn't work given the Miralukan's
equally crazy allies. They apparently tended to come out of the
wood-work like roaches and then protect and help. Like allies tended
to. But it'd certainly be a coup if Zilti's tricks netted them to goal
of driving a wedge between allies and made them fractured in their
responses.
With the Miralukan problem at least being handled somewhat it was time
for Thia to turn her attentions to her own work. With Arkatorn's
implicit permission, she and Zilti could work together to find the
mystical mcguffin from House Artanis; she wasn't even sure it existed
but stories were most of what she worked from anyways.
Of course once she found it there was the whole issue of telling her client about it or keeping it for their work.
Or maybe... She grinned maliciously. Maybe she could have Zilti worm
his way into House J'yk - Artanis' current largest rival - and plant the
mcguffin there. It would, of course, spark a House war and pit the two
power bases against one another. It might even lead to a Kaggath. She
wondered if the two houses would go so far.
If one of them refused...
Why it'd be perfect. Maybe Zilti would help her after all, the
trickster did seem to love his games. And this could be a grand one.
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