Editing Hunting Slith Spies (section)

==Back to the Slith==
Thistle wanders in around dinner time.  Our list appears to be half of Rustic’s list.  There are a few things on our list that aren’t on his, but she might have missed a few things.  So, yes, he seems to be providing supplies at least one group of slith, and probably to another group of people somewhere.

Has she talked to Rustic?  Is it worth sitting down and talking to him?  It’s not clear.  Maybe he would care about who he’s doing it for?  If he’s in on it, talking to him will just tip him off.

Nesh wonders about a more… forceful conversation.  Well, we’d have to be willing to deal with the consequences.   if he’s a spy, then that’s one thing.  If he’s just doing a job, that’s another thing.

We could take it to Theo; something would probably happen.  There are enough Priests of Jord high in the Guild, that if we showed someone was a servant of the Breaker, they’d take care of it.  But they’d have to be pretty clearly a servant of the Breaker, not just a patsy.  If he’s just a patsy, the Guild will have problems.

Either he’s the spy, or he’s working for the spy.  If we can prove he’s the spy, we don’t have any problems.

He’s been around, so he’s probably not out doing deliveries right now.  Thistle suspects he hasn’t actually been out overnight after the thefts on a regular basis, or she’d have heard.

There is some discussion about what the best plan is.

Vidan goes to services– it’s an older chapel, to the Five.  Mayor Flynn leads the services.  He is definitely leading them as a Priest of the Five.  That… is not a mechanic that is easily supported.  Vidan would expect a Priest of the Five had gone out of their way to make this happen, in a way that, he just seems to treat it casually.  There’s some political spin, too.  He’s the Mayor, which does seem to be an elected position, which is somewhat unusual.  He doesn’t seem to have anyone above him– he doesn’t answer to the Admiralty, he doesn’t answer to the Mages (except in how everyone answers to the Mages).  But still, that’s odd for the highest political authority in inland Melmane.  (The Priest of the Five thing is Weird; the election is Unusual.)

Vidan is super tempted to check if he’s the Rightful King of Melmane.  (There is a chorus of “Mayors are always suspect!  Remember your history!” from the other players.)  Vidan chats with him after the services; there are elections every three years, he’s been mayor for 12 years.   Looking around, Vidan thinks this is an Old church.  It’s been a church longer than this building has been here, and this building is old.

Vidan chats with him after the parishioners clear out.  Vidan mentions the slith we’re tracking are being supplied by a thief in town.  “Talked to Theo yet?”  “That was our next stop.”  Flynn is the only one who performs services here; there’s another church with the individual Gods.  Saying that, Vidan notices that the altar is in fact blessed to the Five, which is Not Normal.  Vidan uses the Unblinking Eye of Navere to take a look at Flynn’s family and lineage.

He’s not a king, he’s descended from the King of the Church of the Five.  (“Oh!  Him!” say Drew and Tom.)  Vidan didn’t know that was the thing.

Vidan talks to him about Rush, etc.  Is he trying to do anything about that?  (Vidan spends his last DI, and knows that it’s your job, but he’ll help.)