I was extremly pleased with all we had gotten so far , even if i hadnt gotten the bank we still managed to grab the blacksmith and the general store , Old Man Puff simply was getting too old to keep it up and running we bought both for 15 platinum and with a bit of work who knows we might get the bank yet ! I had originally told Thane to drive me to the auction house at the end of the main road , however i decided a better use of my time would be to invest in a bit of information , Hey Thane i said theres been a change of plans, take me to the Sour Tart , the Baker who is notoriously breaking stuff and burning there pastries . He looked a bit taken aback , why did u want to go there sir, there food isnt any where near as good as the mighty minotaur , or even the Fancy Fox. I know i said theres a specific person i needed to have a word with . He simply nodded and led the horses in the shops direction. When we arrived i walked out and took my cane and rapped 10 times in a rythmic pattern on a specific rock in the wall on the side of the shop. a Gruff voice said , Password ? Poisons , Venoms, Toxins Take your pick old friend i said . Grimm , lad is that you out there he asked the little snot nosed , no nothing at all . When i last saw you boy-o you could barely figure out which end of a knife was the pointy bit , he gafawed with laughter . Never mind , i remember i still owe you a small favor , so im guessing your hear to collect , how can this Old Dwarf help you he asked ? Rasputin my old Friend , do you still have a way to reach the Rapscalions i asked ? Those wee orphans you took under your wing and gave food and shelter too , aye lad i still run into that cleaver kid that looked up to you , what was his name ? Rick i said , aye lad thats the one , hes a good kid ... but exactly what was it you needed from them and me boy ? Have Rick gather up all the orphans in the city , every last one and send them out with a single mission , Listen to every thing thats going on in the city , if something big is about to happen or an unusual event or even something small i want to immediatly know about it , i dont want a single piece of gossip to slip through . You do realise first off that information is the one thing in this gods forsaken place that will never be free , even to a decent lad like yourself. I am perfectly aware it will cost i handed him 10 platinum coins and told him to split it with the ENTIRE gang of Orphans once they all had arrived. Consider this that favor you owe me ! Owe very well i will let them know what u are after , and thank you and your guild for us , we would do it proper but us being thieves and all ... yeah i get it i said never know when u are welcome at certain places . i need to be some where soon , let me know if you hear any thing , i opened my small pouch and took out a rather unique necklace , and tossed one half to him , think mentally my name and you should be able to send me an instant message , however its a consumable item these 2 werent cheap to get my hands on but they should come in pretty handy if u do come through for us.

Of Course boy-o , you know for the right price old Rasputin will do you and your guild right . i know you vaule coin and items more than honor , he grabbed his heart in a mock jest of me wounding him , im sure i nodded im off good luck to you and good day !

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To you as well Young sir . and do tell that pretty lass of yours she also welcome to stop by any time , i would love to know how she bested me in our little duel . I laughed loudly , that my thieving friend is something you will have to ask her directly im not about to share her sercrets with out her permission . Smart lad , very well have a great day wont you i need to be getting about my trade off with you kid.

I waived him bye, and climbed back inside of the carriage, Thane asked me how my meeting went , i replied splendidly at the moment . I gave him directions on how to arrive at our guilds castle , or i should say mobile shraken since Rain was a young living castle that had evolved the moment i bonded with her. After making him swear 2 oaths of silence and 1 of Fealty to me and to the guild i had him take me back to Rain. She had submerged our castle beneath the most of the water near the old swamp i had her make a grand entrance , and water was displaced so fast thane thought an ocean slime had started to attack us ! Wait i told him its just Rain rising from the bottom i replied , he started to calm down and when she fully emerged , well 5 minutes of gently slapping thane's furry cheek finally brought him back to conciousness. What in the name of the 7 hells is that thing he pointed a furry paw at Rain . That my friend is our Castle Rain She is a Shraken , i told him . Oh i see then , well maybe i can just go inside and pretend that all of that fainting business never happend then my lord . please allow me to help you my lord . But i waived him away , Rain smiled as the outside of her began to morph and widen allowing the carriage to perfectly roll right along with out any hinderence .

Thane's Furry mouth fell open and he just threw his paws up in resignation , i smiled at the scene it really was getting livelier around here thats for sure . Just then i got ran into by our resident mad scientist. Slow down there buddy whats wrong i asked him . IVE DONE IT SIR he shouted , that thing u asked me to figure out , im not sure how i did it to be completely honest , i thought i could use one of those yellow flash potions you gave to the leader of the haulers guild FissureToe, any way moving on i thought that if i took 2 of those could i do more faster , thats when things got complicated fast i ended up knocking over about 5 vials and 12 flasks worth of materials and i aslo ... he hedged SPIT IT OUT MAN i shouted back at him dont leave me in that much damn suspence dude ! i also extracted 1 single vial of pure legendary essence of 1 of your legendary items , it crumbled to ash after i did so , not sure how much it was worth but I did It sir ! he held his trembling hands out to me and took it in my hands and inspected it , Stat point Reset Potion Grade Legendary ! I looked at the items description 1 more time , and genuine smile flashed across my face , how much do u think this could sell for ? i asked cogsworth . Not sure to be completly honest with you boss , however its not like the one from the game store that one costs 1million usd and only lets you change 100 stat points , this baby here resets all of them . Alright Do me a favor add it to the Games Auction house , i want it so people will bid and put a 4 billion buy out price on it let me know how we do ok ! Sure thing Boss came his reply as he scurried back down to his lab cackling madly as he went , I took a look around taking in all that had happened today it was about to get interesting .