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Chapter 16: The Sequoia Locker Ambush, Part I
Author: Runaway_Cactuar
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

A/N:

Gonna try out a Monday/Friday regular schedule and see if I can keep up with the planned pace.

Spoiler-free map of the Wilds [https://imgur.com/ptX1v4t]

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Natalia and her companions seemed to be in some sort of hurry, because I was immediately contacted the day after. Cornelius slipped a piece of paper with instructions on how to sneak into a Galahad Trading Company warehouse in the break of dawn tomorrow and stow away on one of its trade caravan wagons. And that was it. I guess I’d know the rest of the plan when she deemed it necessary.

That was perfectly fine with me. If she were thinking of doing something shady, at least she was careful enough to keep it discreet. Besides, she had no reason to trust me with more information than I needed to operate with.

After spending most of the day gearing up and getting my R&R, I was ready to roll out. At the break of dawn, I snuck into the warehouse, hid in the designated crate for 30 bloody minutes and waited for the crate to be mov
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