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05A - The Mole.txt

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 Jerras groans in annoyance, rolling his eyes. "Dont give me that crap Harken, the man wears gold draperies like some... what do they call them out there, Arabian princesses?" He puts his hands around his muzzle and yells muffledly in frustration, then takes a deep breath, sighing a bit. "I refuse to be taken advantage of. This could have been the deal of a lifetime for me. Either way, I owe you one for talking him up to where it landed, so... just... call it a future favor." 
  
 Harken extends his hand toward Jerras with a stern look in his eye. "Friends don't hold debts over each other, you know that. But... you spot me for lunch and we will call it even." Jerras smirks a little and accepts the handshake, getting ready to turn and leave when he spots your group. 
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+- *IF THEY DID NOT MEET YET*
 "Hey wait a sec, I recognize you... aren't you the latest batch of newbies turned heroes?" 
  
 *IF THEY CONFIRM* 
-"Well this day just became better. Name's Jerras, I own the weapons store in the Business District. If you're ever looking for something bigger and better, look me up." He then slips you a business card with black lettering that mirrors everything he just told you, before heading out the door and looking significantly happier. 
+"Well this day just became better. Name's Jerras, I own the weapons store in the Business District. If you're ever looking for something bigger and better, look me up." He then slips you a business card with black lettering that mirrors everything he just told you, before heading out the door and looking significantly happier.
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+- *IF THEY MET*
+"Well look who it is, my favorite customers. You hear to see King birdface too, huh?"
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+*IF THEY CONFIRM*
+"Well he ain't in a charitable mood, so good luck to ya. Yer gonna need it." He chuckles a bit and heads out the door, looking significantly happier.
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-Harken steps toward your group. "I understand you have a meeting with the King? I'll be attending alongside you." 
+Harken steps toward your group. "I understand you have a meeting with the King? I'll be attending with you." 
  
 *ASK ABOUT JERRAS* 
-"He's pissed because he came here to make a deal to outfit the Thunder Force with weapons. Problem is, King Akarui lowballed him when he realized Jerras just resells weapons pawned off to him, sometimes FROM the Thunder Force raids of the Marauders' possessions. I vouched for Jerras to get the profit up enough to make it financially beneficial to him."
+"He came to broker a deal to outfit the Thunder Force with weapons. King Akarui lowballed him when he realized Jerras resells weapons pawned off to him, sometimes FROM the Marauders. I vouched for Jerras to get the profit up enough to make it financially beneficial to him."
 
 *IF THEY AGREE WITH JERRAS*
-"Like I was telling him, the bigger issue was moreso the morality argument King Akarui made. It's one thing to buy an arsenal of weapons fresh from a supplier. It's another to take used ones acquired from Marauders and put them in the hands of the Thunder Force. It's unfortunate, but... it is a legitimate concern."
+"The bigger issue was moreso the morality argument King Akarui made. It's one thing to buy an arsenal of weapons fresh from a supplier. It's another to take used ones acquired from Marauders and put them in the hands of the Thunder Force. It's unfortunate, but... it is a legitimate concern."
  
 "In any case, we have a meeting to attend. Shall we?" Harken will escort you to the meeting this time, holding open the door for all of you, then following you in and pulling it shut. Akarui will be closing the door on a nearby file cabinet, turning to your group with a smile on his beak. "Welcome back, heroes! And thank you for coming to see me so soon." 
  
 *WHAT IS THIS ABOUT* 
-He will sit behind his desk again, holding up two digits. "Well actually this is a dual purpose meeting. Firstly, I wanted to see how you were all faring so far. Normally after the welcoming in, I would just leave you to your own devices, but unlike the others that came the last few times, you've been more... 'active' in public." 
+He will sit behind his desk again, holding up two digits. "Well this is a dual purpose meeting. Firstly, I wanted to see how you were all faring so far. Normally after the welcoming in, I would just leave you to your own devices, but unlike the others that came the last few times, you've been more... 'active' in public." 
  
 *AFTER THEIR RETORT* 
 "Well keep up the good work, I appreciate you dealing with those Marauders so efficiently. And cleanly, according to Harken here. The expense to repairing all their property damage was REALLY starting to hurt, so now our budget is starting to normalize again." 
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 "Which brings me to our second and, admittedly, more distressing topic. We think there may be a mole in the Thunder Force." 
  
 *AFTER THEY COMMENT* 
-Harken steps up. "We've noticed some unusual things happening within our organization for some time, long before you arrived. Calls coming in and sending us to the wrong locations, reports having their information fudged, even evidence disappearing entirely from our inventory. It's happening too consistently to be a coincidence." 
+Harken steps up. "We've noticed some unusual things happening within our organization for some time, long before you arrived. Calls coming in and sending us to the wrong locations, reports having information fudged, evidence disappearing entirely from our inventory. It's happening too consistently to be a coincidence." 
  
 Akarui will chime back in. "Which is where your group comes in." 
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+*DOES HE WANT THEM TO SEEK OUT THE MOLE*
+"Personally I would be thrilled to see the bad element rooted out, but I cannot be the one to authorize such a mission. Nor Harken. You CAN keep an eye out for suspicious behavior if you are so inclined, but I'm not going to ask you. Quite the contrary actually."
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 IF THEY APPLIED