Emerald Spire 26.0 - A Contentious Meeting

After leaving Jhard and Tiana, Marin and Kormon decided to report back to Dominica of the Adamantine Order. Finding that she was indeed at her desk even at this hour in the morning, she invited them in to report. While they did explain that they had found the missing Adamantines, or at least their remains, they carefully omitted the fact that there was more than just gas elementals and crystalline arthropods on the tenth floor. Dominica seemed unperturbed; the leader of the group had been vying for her position and had been an unlikable person, and the loss meant that she could justify requisitioning more people from headquarters. Kormon and Marin made it very clear that they were not speaking freely and all three kept very tight mouths through the tense discussion. When Dominica asserted that the spire was the property of the Order and that she had little motivation to allow trespassers leniency, the pair agreed to continue 'working' for the Order, exploring and securing the dungeon. 
As they went to leave, Dominica questioned them about the Quicksilver Conclave members they had been in the company of when they passed into town yesterday. The pair blew it off as though they had just happened to run into the injured Tiana outside and had assisted her to town for payment. Dominica considered this and mentioned gravely that perhaps she should send a cleric to inquire about their health. On that ominous note, the pair left.
Unsure about the precise nature of Dominica's veiled threat, the pair returned to talk to Amara. Waking her up, she quickly fell to panic when she was told about what happened, worried about her guildmates' security. She rushed to get dressed, planning to go warn them as soon as possible. Stepping in to talk to Ismail in the meantime, the undead cleric shrugged at the news and sided with Marin: the Order certainly was sending someone to kill them. With his suspicions supported, Marin immediately jumped out a window and ran down the street, rushing to the infirmary to check on them and leaving Kormon behind. Ismail clarified his opinion: the Order was well-known as an organization that sought as many legal opportunities to murder in the name of their dark gods as possible; a pair of missing wizards who had been in the spire would certainly have useful information for Dominica and, if they hadn't reported to the guild yet, would be easy to say merely never returned from their forays into dangerous territory. Kormon sighed, told Amara across the hall to begin preparing spells, and packed his things; town certainly wouldn't be safe for them after they helped the Quicksilvers escape.
Marin, reaching the infirmary, peered in a window to see the pair still safe in their beds. Without pausing to warn them, he instead turned back and dashed to the inn where the group could devise a plan.
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