Chapter 4-13
“This is DJ Demophon Kerner here on K-RAD LA, the only radio station that brings you the stone cold truth!
Coming atcha this morning with a dose of local news before we hit the tunes – Senator Marcus Marcus Marcus the 3rd has disappeared from public life since attending the Merchant’s Guild Debutante Ball last weekend. No one who knows is talking, but you can bet someone knows and they are keeping things very hush-hush.
I have no doubt – no doubt! – that the gov-ern-ment knows exactly what is going on here. They’re covering something up, something very mysterious, and I can’t wait to bring you the stone cold truth right here on K-RAD – just as soon as I figure it out! I am public enemy number one of the hush-hush crowd and I won’t back down!
Now, let’s throw on something that fits the mood like a fucking glove! It’s time to listen to those Hushed Whispers!”
- DJ Demophon Kerner, on K-RAD LA, April 8th, System Year 453
I had hoped it would be interesting to be on the other side of the Tutorial day experience. Instead of one of the eager teenagers waiting to get their Class, I was standing with the Delvers, observing. It turned out to be pretty boring, honestly. The Mayor of Arcadia gave a slightly less crappy speech than Sunland’s Mayor had, and the group of kids was smaller. There’d been fourteen of us going through the Tutorial at the time, but today there were only ten.
I stood around doing my best to look tough and badass until the last of the kids had vanished into the Tutorial, then spent a while practicing casting Fire while we waited. The ones that decided on the Basic Tutorial were done within fifteen minutes, but as far as I could tell we had no interest in recruiting any of the four of them. The first to finish the Standard Tutorial was about half an hour later and turned out to be an Enchanter. I wondered idly what their Tutorial was like as we kept waiting.
About ten minutes later, a boy exited the Tutorial and, after hugging his relieved parents, immediately turned and marched over to us. Curious, I Identified him.