Editing A Lilac Kind Of Purple (section)

==Shift Change==
[Phoenix 1]
Vidan and Stella re-appear.  Nesh and Managaratha disappear. 

We brief Vidan and Stella, at least a bit.

Scout talks to Rakta– did he notice the orc attack?  He dreamed about them.  Did he see them plotting?  No, he just saw that they were attacking the people he was watching, and was told to wake up.  Scout gives him an evidence packet and says that’s what the orcs are after.

Vidan says he just spent a few hours at the Citadel– wait, what!?  The Citadel!?  Yes.  The Breaker’s Citadel?  Oh, no, the keep at Middlesea.  Phew.

Volda shows up in the morning.  He drily notes the re-appearance of Vidan and Stella, and says he should bring them to the Minister of War.  He drily inquires as to whether the others are… having breakfast down the street?  No, they poofed/castled.

We are brought back to the Ministry of War.  The Minister gets Vidan and Stella’s assurance to agree to the Oath, etc.  Vidan makes sure there are no Sixth-level bureaucrats who would out-rank the Minister.  Also that if Gods request or require the information, it is permissible to tell them.

The Minister briefs Stella and Vidan about the murder of the Minister of Redaction and the time-stop effect that occurred on his death.  The Minister is more concerned that the bad guys have internal information on the Ministry of Redactions than on the ninja per se.  The fact that there was an orc incursion trying to get the Evidence Packet implies that there are factions which aren’t talking to each other, which is… interesting.  Given that one of us is going to have to apply the key to undo the time-stop, he wanted to make sure we know.

Redactions doesn’t work for a Fifth level ministry, though they work with Interior frequently.