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In which we finally find out who Ruby is, sort of
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"We want nothing to do with the College."

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...oh right Onmund and Ruby are wearing College garb aren't they.

"I'm not here on behalf of the College." Kind of. Urag didn't tell him to come, he just told Ruby where some books would be. "There's a certain mage who came to join you a while ago, named Orthorn, and he brought some books to you which I have need of."

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"...in what way is that not on behalf of the College."

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"It's on behalf of me."

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The mage looks between him and his companions then raises an eyebrow.

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"—they're friends. And you can't blame me for bringing other people with when you immediately attacked me without even a hello how do you do."

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"Hmm. Fine. But you wasted your trip, we're not giving you any books."

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"Even if I say please? I can just copy them, I don't need the books you actually have."

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She snorts. "We're not letting you just stay here however long it takes you to copy three books."

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"What if we pay you?"

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"...how much?"

    "We don't really have the authority—" the other mage starts.

"Well they didn't know that before you said it," the first one hisses. Then she sighs. "Fine. We don't have the authority to accept your payment. But we can take you to someone who does."

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"I don't like the sound of this," Erandur murmurs.

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"Can you, instead, bring someone who does have the authority here? Don't get me wrong, I'm sure you're all lovely people, but I don't really want to walk into your fort like a meek little lamb."

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Fire mage snorts again at "lovely people" and ice mage's scowl deepens.

"Look, come in or don't, it's all the same to us, but if you won't then leave."

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"Let me consult with my associates," Ruby says, and then pulls them to a corner and gets a muffling spell up.

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Onmund does something extra using air magic to further prevent sound propagation.

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"It's probably a trap."

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"They couldn't well have been expecting us, if it's a trap it's an opportunistic one. And what would they be trapping us for?"

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"They were expelled from the College, right? And what does the College prohibit more than anything else?"

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"...right, soul-affecting necromancy."

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"And the souls of mages are particularly potent."

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"Well... do we think we can't take them, if it comes to it? We were preparing ourselves for the possibility."

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"Of taking them unawares and doing a strike operation. Walking into their lair openly and brazenly is substantially more dangerous than that."

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"Granted. ...but on the other hand, if they are doing soul-affecting necromancy, uh..."

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"You can't leave well enough alone, can you," sighs Onmund.

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