sheba is frowning a little as she mulls this over, and her brows are a bit furrowed when she glances back at ryo.]
...I keep thinking about the way our commission was phrased. "Figure out what the sightings are and determine if they have anything to do with the disappearances." [she crosses her arms.] Whoever submitted the commission to the guild didn't actually commission us to bring them back. Just to find out what happened.
[she starts to say something, pauses, frowns a little deeper, and then - ]
If it's involving forbidden research... I don't know, is it too paranoid to be wondering if there was foul play involved in the disappearances and we're being asked to confirm it for them because whoever was supposed to do it never reported back?
It's possible. When you think about it, the average adventurer would simply assume it's a rescue mission, and would just report whether or not they were able to find them. So there would only be a few results-- they never find those who disappear, or they do, but then it's a question if they find them dead or alive.
[ admittedly, ryo is not interested in rescuing people, he is just interested in the secrets of the desert. but it's fine. ]
[sheba crosses her arms, still frowning. man, she hates feeling like she's being made to do someone else's dirty work for them.
(there is, of course, the chance that she's reading too much into the villagers' unwillingness to be upfront with them and the kid's request, but - it does seem fishy to her.)]
...I kinda wish we'd gotten the chance to meet whoever had put up the commission instead of just going through Katheryne. It would have been easier to get a read on the situation then.
[she could have read their minds and found out what the were really after. tch.]
Oh, I actually tried to get into contact with them. Katheryne said that the poster informed the Guild that he would be unreachable for a period of time after posting the commission, and they would send the mora by a messenger upon completion if they were still tied up.
[ a pause, before he smiles. ]
Odd, isn't it? To post a commission and then say you can't be contacted right after?
Extremely odd. I wonder if that's part of why they were recruiting adventurers from Mondstadt for this - to make it harder for people to ask questions.
[the katheryne in mondstadt only had so much information to give them, after all, and it's not like they could readily ask questions of the person who posted the commission from there. and traveling to sumeru had taken enough time that there really hadn't been the opportunity to do any more digging once she'd arrived.]
Depending on what they find... well, if they're not going to be honest with us, we're not obligated to be honest with them, are we?
It's not like they told us to give them a detailed report on what we uncover.
[ the request was pretty straightforward? like, almost too straightforward, considering missing people are involved, so you would assume there would be a lot more directions attached if you were actually concerned about their safety. ]
...I think if it's actually as shady as it seems like it might be right now, we may end up needing to watch our backs depending on what we find.
[if they stumble across information that whoever posted this commission doesn't want getting out there... well, it wouldn't be the first time someone's tried to kill her. it probably won't be the last, either.]
Probably better that an average adventurer didn't take this one. I think we're both better equipped to handle this than most people.
[ well. that is certainly true. he gives her a curious look, but doesn't prod more, since she could just mean that they have visions. which is the normal assumption to make. ]
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We'll be off, then.
[ they were already off before they got interrupted. but once they head out, he'll glance at sheba. ]
We seem to have gotten ourselves into a mess.
[ this is getting more complicated than a simple rescue mission. ]
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sheba is frowning a little as she mulls this over, and her brows are a bit furrowed when she glances back at ryo.]
...I keep thinking about the way our commission was phrased. "Figure out what the sightings are and determine if they have anything to do with the disappearances." [she crosses her arms.] Whoever submitted the commission to the guild didn't actually commission us to bring them back. Just to find out what happened.
[she starts to say something, pauses, frowns a little deeper, and then - ]
If it's involving forbidden research... I don't know, is it too paranoid to be wondering if there was foul play involved in the disappearances and we're being asked to confirm it for them because whoever was supposed to do it never reported back?
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[ admittedly, ryo is not interested in rescuing people, he is just interested in the secrets of the desert. but it's fine. ]
So, depending on what we report back...
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(there is, of course, the chance that she's reading too much into the villagers' unwillingness to be upfront with them and the kid's request, but - it does seem fishy to her.)]
...I kinda wish we'd gotten the chance to meet whoever had put up the commission instead of just going through Katheryne. It would have been easier to get a read on the situation then.
[she could have read their minds and found out what the were really after. tch.]
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[ a pause, before he smiles. ]
Odd, isn't it? To post a commission and then say you can't be contacted right after?
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[the katheryne in mondstadt only had so much information to give them, after all, and it's not like they could readily ask questions of the person who posted the commission from there. and traveling to sumeru had taken enough time that there really hadn't been the opportunity to do any more digging once she'd arrived.]
Depending on what they find... well, if they're not going to be honest with us, we're not obligated to be honest with them, are we?
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[ the request was pretty straightforward? like, almost too straightforward, considering missing people are involved, so you would assume there would be a lot more directions attached if you were actually concerned about their safety. ]
What do you think about all of it?
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[if they stumble across information that whoever posted this commission doesn't want getting out there... well, it wouldn't be the first time someone's tried to kill her. it probably won't be the last, either.]
Probably better that an average adventurer didn't take this one. I think we're both better equipped to handle this than most people.
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Mm. [ hmmm. ] Do you think they're still alive.
[ the researchers. the villagers. ]
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No, I don't think they are. Not unless they got very, very lucky.