Breaking All Barriers 133
└ posted on Friday, 25 December 2015, by Novil
- Clerk: Good day, mister. What can I do for you?
- Ryn: Is it true that the municipal archive houses past editions of the Brooke Tribune?
- Clerk: Yes, this is correct. Which edition are you interested in?
- Ryn: I’m not sure yet. I have to get an overview first.
- Clerk: I’m sorry, but the archive may only be accessed by employees of–
- Ryn: Is this enough as payment?
- Clerk: Is this a genuine eternal fire crystal?
- Ryn: Yup.
- Clerk: Please follow me. I’ll unlock the archive for you right away.
- Sign: Authorized personnel only!
- Clerk: You’re one of Lilith’s friends, right? How is she?
- Ryn: She’s fine.
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Right this way, Mr. Bond.
The last time one of the team was led through a door, he got stabbed in the heart by a hypodermic needle.
Bribes work that easily? Though in place of clerk I would just swindle the guy of his gem…
PMark wrote:
Well, maybe Ryn finds his girlfriend this way, too.
An archive room, lockable from the outside… Sure, Ryn, go right ahead. By the way… Who knows you’re there, other than the clerk?
Ooooh I have these bad vibes since Ryn got that newspaper…
I hope I’m wrong, I do like him.
not to worry guys Ryn always have a plan , back-up plan back-up of the back -up plus he got gems
@ PMark:
well by the time it was in his heart, it was a good deal past hypodermic.
Hahaha! Bribery! 😛
PMark wrote:
so true…
Then Ryn enters the fold start studying the past editions and does not notice the door being locked behind him.
Vincent wrote:
Sorry, meant archive.
Tricki Micki wrote:
Hm. Having something valueable serves more as an incentive for kidnappers then as a way to scare them off …
Na. I think he will be able to verify his discovery within the next few pages, then rushes back to his friends.
Soon after THAT things will get acton packed again.
“I’m sorry, the archives are … oh, HELLO President Grant. If you and your friend woul just follow me …”
Merry Xmass all 🙂 🙂
A better example of “screw the rules, I have money!” you will rarely find.
Uh… it’s a bit tight security for old editions of the local rag, isn’t it? Are the reports on the am-dram revue and a church bake sale from 15 years ago really dark secrets that mortal men were never meant to know?
Cause y’know, it’s not a crime when heroes do it.
You should totally walk into that archive that is locked from the outside with this guy that probably got involved with Eldor is someway because he appearantly effected the whole town.
Go ahead , Ryn. I’ll wait O.o
@ RJF:
Never worked in the library, huh? There are sections “employees only”.
I don’t see anything wrong on paying for access to the company archives. He’s no breaking any law barrier by it. There has to be way how non-employees become authorized and paying for access looks natural way in every universe I know…
RJF wrote:
It could be that the archives also contain the land and tax records. That would explain a little better security for the room.
Now just to report your corruption to the rebels we are helping.
Ook, the Restricted section. Hopefully no screaming or chained up and twitching books in this one.
grumpydevil wrote:
And a merry Christmas to you, sir, but you really shouldn’t let theophobia affect your holiday vocabulary. ;p
Sidenote: how did Amos get his copy? Not from that archive, probably.
From his father? If it contained an important story for him he normally would have kept only that story.
Uh anybody Notice, Fire Crystal and Archives full of Paper which burn?
@ clickbait:
Apparently, anybody can ask a copy or rental of one (single) edition. There’s nothing about that.
Trap…Trap… trap, trap, trap, TRAP!
Ok, I was wrong. It was a bad decision, people were right.
Geo wrote:
OK. You got a point there. That would imply that Amos knew what he was looking for.
RJF wrote:
The cycles of grain prices are most certainly insider knowledge, guarded by the most stringent of security systems.
@ RJF:
adding onto what everyone else is saying there’s also the fact that these are archives not the standard browsing though you can acquire a copy of any specific one have access to all the originals is…. not something you want the general public having (have you SEEN how some people treat books? I saw one person using it as a cup coaster and another who used a page to blow his nose) beside that there’s possibly books/papers down there that are old enough they need trained professionals to handle them otherwise they disintegrate.
*sees 4th panel* “I’ve been looking for a strong fire-starter that’s difficult to trace,…
Right this way, sir.”