<strong>Ivette</strong><br/><br/>"Miss Ivette, was it?" Came the voice from behind the door to the sorceress' quarters after a gentle knock. "We're touching down at the Luan skydocks now."<br/><br/>What a way to travel. Her employer paid all the expenses for a ticket on an independently owned passenger airship. She got private quarters, too. He was certaintly very attentive to her needs or at least very concerned of her opinion of him. Still, they hadn't met in person, only occasionally speaking through Sendings or his intermediaries. All she knew was that he was a man in his thirties who was quite fond of smoking and drink, and not always in that order. She had only ever heard him referred to as "The Minister" which could have been anyone in the higher echelons of Aeune's government...<br/><br/>He had even given her a gamer's ring, as it was called. She had never worn one personally, and although she had been on a few quests where the group leader carried one, Ive herself was never given the personal responsibility. Until now. Finally, she was on a quest all by herself, proof that she was done with being coddled or merely babysat during quests.<br/><br/>And with the ring, she was being watched. All her deeds and decisions were being observed and judged, perhaps not only by her employer but by future employers and sponsors as well... And this mission was no trivial affair, either. She had been warned it was dangerous, perhaps even fatal. The journey had taken her to the south-western edge of the continent, to the coastal lands of Dawa beneath the mountains.<br/><br/>Outside her window was a bustling city by the sea, with far more sea-faring vessels than air-faring ones. Indeed, her passenger ship was the only thing floating in the sky this far from Aeune! Now she was supposed to meet someone who would be waiting for her at the docks with more information.