>>5617883>donate>markWarin agrees to keep this matter to herself, but ask them to meet with Nuan first.
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•'you will provide those debt slaves with money if the amount does not impact your wellbeing, for as long as they are not free'•
•Do you swear your life on these statements?•
They look at Warin before nodding.
‘Yes.’
‘’‘’Yes.‘’‘’‘
Nuan’s pale fingers and bright red nails touch their forehead.
•Should you fail to honor this, misery and suffering will find you•
•let it be done•
While lighting strikes are the most extreme in terms of punishment, there are lesser punishments to remind the promises. Attracting minor injuries, headaches, or nightmares are one of many ways to keep vows from being broken.
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The investigation has ended.
Warin explains the situation to the Lady of the Plantain tree, and hand over the two of the cutpurses to her. She retracts her curses on the laborers of the workshop.
After explaining that the cutpurses were behind the curses, the Red Winter members and associates contacted the owners of these slaves. They negotiated and gained an undisclosed amount of money as compensation.
During those days before the negotiations happened, the slaves were locked up in animal cages and stripped of their clothing. Their sleep would be disrupted several times per night, and their food consisted of little more than water and some rice.
Red Winter would love to torture them and leave lingering marks, but they are too useful as a bargaining chip, so they decide to treat them as livestock instead.
As for the woodworker and maid, Warin cooked up a story about how these cutpurses helped their friends in time of need, and wants to repay them. Their bargaining didn’t really save the slaves from Red Winter, nor did they save them from being whipped by the masters, but their donations did create an incentive for the slave owners to not punish them to the point of unable to work. They’ll get slapped, beaten with sticks and whips, but the wounds will fade after a while.
