197 - Return of Kismet

Plotline: Nine Versus Nine

Chapter Type: Social

Narrator: Pharmacist Hwa Song

"Well," Lady Kismet said, "I'm not sure I should even report if things are already that bad."

"He has been very depressed." I explained.

"Because?" she asked.

Lord Xho stirred his tea, and said, "Because three of the four people who could have guaranteed the loyalty of the remaining quartermaster personnel are dead."

"The remaining..." she said. "Where is Chi Specialist Wa?"

I took my lord's silence as permission to explain. "She is looking into the possibility that the weevils found in the midsection farms might have been bred inside the walls."

"That seems likely. What do you know about the weevil life cycle?"

"I shall rephrase." I said. "She is looking into the three insect farms that might have bred the weevils. In the meantime, we have spent two day healing, and waiting for news. Two of the nine are hiding from us."