The Storms of Chai

Joe Dever

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Using your Magnakai skill of Nexus in combination with your basic Kai Discipline of Mind Over Matter, you are able to shift the internal levers of the lock into the correct position to release the securing bolt. You pull open the safe door and discover several furled parchments, mostly cargo lists and records of the ship’s expenditures, and a leather bound ledger. Resting in the bottom of the safe is a small sack filled with Silver Ren. A tag on its drawstring tells you that it contains 1,000 Ren (100 Gold Crowns). It is the crewmen’s pay. You close the safe door and leave the contents undisturbed. You are a Kai Grand Master, not some lowly thief who would think nothing of depriving the crew of their hard-earned wages.

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