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Sesss the Herald and Messenger of scum, sits in a large room alone and crossed legged on the floor.
The room is more vault than stately building, stone walls, the same for floor and ceiling, with heavy steel doors , there is little In the room not made from the earth, no wood, no cloth.
The room smells slightly of an old fire somewhere in the building and the roof is soot stained but the floor is scrubbed clean, by the looks of it daily.

Getthe is an small bearded man, now in his 70's, he was a master thief in his youth, but age is relentless and a old thief is a dead thief, these last few years he has found work as serving man and head of the household for Sesss a dark shadowy figure feared by the local towns people, who believe he is up to no good, but are too afraid to really find out what .

Getthe peeks around the door quickly then back out as though checking the coast is clear, after a minute, opens the door fully and brings a small oak table with writing tools and paper in to the room, keeping his eyes on the figure in the centre, he puts down the table, then cautiously approaches the seated dark figure

“Master Sesss wake up.” A slight hand on his master's shoulder nudges Sesss
“I am awake” the reply is soft.
“You had your eyes closed” Getthe, pointing a finger to his own eye.
“I was meditating”
“You were snoring”
“I was Chanting a litany “
"You were snoring , I know snoring when I hear it, an you…..argh my beards on fire”Getthe pats at his grey beard, putting the flames out.
“You were saying?”
“Erm sorry master to break your ..erm mediating there is someone here to see you”
“I Know, send them in”
Getthe waddles out muttering quietly under his breath and patting his remaining beard, “well if you knew why didn't you tell me we were having more guests, oh no, don't tell me nothing , just do this, do that, get this, get that, too bloody hot in hear anyway and my back hurts and look at my feet, ive only had these shoes 3 weeks, …”

A few moments pass:
The door opens quickly and in strides an armour plated warrior of silver chain & iron.
“Im Conline, master warrior, here to join” A too loud bold shout echoes in the room, behind him peering around the door and shaking his head Getthe shuts the heavy iron door behind him.
Sesss rises up slowly and to the watching warrior seems to grow up from the ground his black cloak hiding his body, his face masked by a black hood eyes orange look towards the guard before him.

“Really ? That's good news, please you will sign here, we have been expecting you”
“There!” Conline makes a hurried scribble across the page “Now I have forfilled my destiny, I Conline Guardian warrior, has come and is now feared as part of the scum guild, now when do I meet the rest of the scum warriors I am eager to be granted an officer and raid the villages of my home land?”

“Oh dear I think there has been some mistake, you wanted to join scum ?,I am sorry you just signed to join the Sesss Community House of United Maids, or SCHUM as we like to call it , that's all, I am in need of a cleaner you see!”

“What…., do think me a fool old wizard, you play games with Conline, Conline the warrior from the West, who has travelled for countless days to come here, you think I will be trifled with , this will be your last hour here, remember it well while you die.
“Quite!” Sesss raise a hand and extends a finger towards the charging figure!

Fire is a curious thing, it is not turned back by armour, it finds cracks in chain and like its brother water, seeps though and spreads quickly if a gap is unfilled.
A scream, a burning figure, engulfed in white hot fire, beating at its self, crumples to one knee, then slowly falls to the floor.

The iron door opens and a head pops in and out, then slowly back in again….”ooh eww, not another one ,no good then?” says Getthe shaking his head

“No!” Sesss slowly sits down in the same spot, the charred table before him pops with the heat and sends small sparks up in the smoke.

“Well, there's another downstairs already, ill get the maid in first yeah? “

“Yes, then send them up and…….sorry about the beard thing!”

Sesss