>>6312047The Chytree flicks your borrowed <span class="mu-s">PROFESSOR’S TOKEN</span> into the air and catches it. “I can grant you access to the workshop with this… but the Archmage will know if someone enters.” Her eyes narrow. “That department doesn’t get many visitors by design. How do you plan to disable them?”
Well, you shrug, you uh… you <span class="mu-i">did</span> have some people working on securing… some <span class="mu-i">fireworks</span>... of the anti-magic variety?
“Prudent indeed.” Lis’tat nods. “Provided the ‘fireworks’ are a high enough yield–the Constructs are set to receive extra anti-magical shielding within the week, but if enough units are caught in the blast it should disrupt the neural network as a whole.”
She… doesn’t seem very upset about what you’re planning to do, you observe as you give the Professor an appraising glance.
“I idolize the concept, nothing more.” She says with a shrug. “A network of persistent law enforcers would benefit any society… but Trier and I don’t share the same vision.”
Then why work on them in the first place? And why plot to wreck them? Isn’t she scared she’ll… y’know, get it trouble?
“Your concern is noted,” Lis’tat chirps, “But rest assured I’m well-protected. That said, refusing the Archmage would have raised suspicions of my loyalty. Trust takes eons to build in Umberal. Moments to break.”
You hear a faint crackle of magic as the Professor tinkers with your token. “As for the Archmage himself… some enterprising staff members amassed their research over the years in the <span class="mu-s">KHOROZZEH WING</span>.”
Yea, you heard! Where is it?
“One of the <span class="mu-b">MUMMY STORAGE ROOMS</span>, if I recall correctly,” She answers in a hushed tone, “Beneath one of the sarcophagi. A loose tile, maybe–I never contributed.”
That… doesn’t exactly inspire confidence…
“You’ll understand when you visit the wretched place.” Lis’tat grumbles as she adjusts herself on the desk. “The staff there have… ‘<span class="mu-i">Gone Native</span>’, to put it mildly. But if there’s information on our mutual acquaintance, you’ll find it there.”
Finishing the contents of her cup, Lis’tat gives you one last once-over before cocking her head to the side.
“Have I sufficiently killed your curiosity?”
Has she?
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