The bickering brothers were the demon dungeon and its associated town - or rather their respective cores which dated back to the creation of life on the world. It was also the name of a quest that the town core issued to enter that dungeon.
For some reason the mayor had turned into a tiger person with gray fur and was holding a jar of coffee. They were offering it to the town core. "On behalf of your brother, I offer this gift?" They intoned in a less certain tone than normal. After all, caffeine was seen more as a curse, especially amongst the humans, and the jar somehow contained the freeze dried beans of the Arabica cultivar which was often the source of an addiction.
The mental voice of the town replied, "I shall take this from you. Do not think I cannot see the intended insult it represents but that is on my brother."
"I shall leave you to your introspection. We are always grateful for the wisdom it brings." The mayor chanted as they normally did when these conversations concluded since they sensed the core would have no further comment for at least a few hours, if not days, whilst it studied the item.
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James was celebrating - achievements had just been implemented into the system and he was now recognised as having been the master of three who had ascended to journeyman including Coop who was now a master in his own right a mere three years after starting.
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He wasn't the only one to do so. Imuel had one representing overcoming his addiction. Emily had a different achievement to represent the situation with Emma, that one came as a pair with the orc getting good twin and the elf evil twin. Edvard had a set representing his leadership and Carmen had some for his judgements.
In fact, everyone who had done something noteworthy had an associated achievement - the guild was trying to catalogue them all but there was a backlog which meant that they were popping up half way through interviews about ones members had gained. There were even some queued representing the efforts.
Meanwhile Rajesh was investigating phantom entries relating to fictional characters - as far as he could tell neither a specific Riley or Serenity who had been issued certain major achievements existed in either reality, both being fictional characters who had their story start after the original separation from Earth and whose actions occurred in fiction during the period the two worlds were not connected - Astria having reestablished it during her fever. They had been amongst the easier spots, belonging respectively to a group that were getting them for Attributes from other systems and to those who performed their feat on future dates
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Peskilin, a country on the world with the undead that is now run by green-skins and csn only ne discussed in vague terms due to magical contracts. Goblins from the green-skin dungeon in Peskilin. Contracts being required to specify penalties for breaching them and details of what each side is liable for. As always, these contextless flashes of insight left Thalia confused. At least she was over the illness and the quarantine was at an end.