Originally posted July 23, 2010
((This marks the last chapter in this adventure of The Harrier. It may be edited as I am waiting for some thoughts from a collaborator. I hate to jump the gun, but I feel I need to get this up before the next bombshell drops on Chance's life.
A big thanks to Kori Arasaka, IB, and ManglePaw for loaning me characters. I hope I did them justice.))
I handed Meri two folders. "Here are your names. One's a mid level bureaucrat. They other is well positioned in the police department." She looked at the collection of papers in her hands. "I got the tip from a DEMON Morbane and some thugs I took down last week. I've been collective evidence since then. It wasn't too hard once I knew where to look. What's in those folders should be enough to send those two in city hall off to jail for more than a few years."
The ancient woman's violet eyes blinked, questioning. "I haven't shared that information with anyone, as you requested, Meri," I assured her. "I will though, if they are still in office in a year." The mage nodded.
I sighed, shrugged my shoulders. I didn't head into her office for tea this time, settling on an exchange hidden by the tall bookshelves of her shop. "I think we're square now, Meri. You know where to find me if you need a hand, but I want to put as much distance between me and Arasaka as I can." I chuckled behind a long exhale. "It's cost me some cool tech, but... It's just not a circle I want to move in right now."
My mouth opened and closed a few times fishlike as I looked for more words. I couldn't find them. I couldn't find a way to express that I didn't feel I could ever find my own path while I still walked in Kori's world. I smiled. "Thank you, Meri. Thank you for so much."
I turned and walked out of the shop, heading for Euterpe 's Café and a celebratory buffalo burger and a few pints. The restaurant needed his attention, but it could spare him an hour.
"They take them away, Chance," Christine said to him outside of the church. " Take them somewhere they don't come back from."
They don't take them away anymore.
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