Ice Castle [OPEN]

[Mali]

Okena was relieved to hear that it wasn’t as literal as it sounded. So a dead-drop was a technique that assassins and spies used. Did that mean that Baldur was an assassin or a spy? How else would he know of this technique? Well, he was a warlord, and they were supposed to be dastardly people. Although Baldur personally wasn’t a bad person, it didn’t mean that he wouldn’t know about those underhanded methods that such people used. He had been subject to that form of teaching as she had hers.

Nodding her head, she thought about it some more. “So I’ll just be drawn to the item without knowing it? But then again, I’m not stupid, if I feel something drawing me, then I should know it’s from you,” she smiled to him.

As long as Baldur knew what he was doing, then things should work this way. She wondered what kind of object he could enchant to draw her to his message. What if she didn’t get his message in time? Then the meeting would have been for nothing. “What would happen if I get the message too late and I miss the meeting point? How would I contact you?” did the dead-drop work both ways? As in, once the message is altered, he would be drawn to it. That would be interesting if it worked that way.

“Other than that last question, I think it’s a suitable solution.”

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[Amur]

“No, you’ll know that the Dead-Drop is trying to draw you to it. I can’t say what it will feel like, exactly, since the experience varies from person-to-person, but you’ll know.”
Baldur answered first. When Okena asked her next question Baldur remained silent for a short while, yes, that was most definitely the downside with this solution. But, it was an outcome that would probably happen more than once. He had already said that his suggestion was, at best, a temporary solution. Had the nature of their future meetings been something a little bit more important or business related then Baldur would have suggested other solutions.

“I’m not going to lie, there’s a chance that it may happen more than once depending on how far you are from me when the Dead-Drop tries to draw you to it. I’ll work it so that only the Dead-Drop I’m closest to will contact you. But, if you are to miss me then it’s an outcome we’ll just have to accept. Like I already said, I travel frequently, so there’s always the chance I’ll stop somewhere else several days later that you’ll be able to reach.”
Baldur explained calmly, he thought for a moment longer. There really wasn’t much that Okena would be able to do if she missed him, her Hydromancy prevented her from using the same kind of magic that he did.

“I can only suggest trying to anticipate my movements and trying to head toward the next area you think I may be heading towards. It’s far from a perfect solution, but given the present circumstances it’ll have to make do.”
He paused for a moment and then shook his head gently as another thought occurred to him.

“I also suggest not approaching the Dead-Drop itself, we may not be conspiring against people of import, but the nature of Dead-Drops can be very easily misinterpreted, given the kinds of people they’re normally used by. It’s better for everyone if we try to avoid such misunderstandings, since I doubt the connections I have will be of much help if we get ourselves tangled in misunderstandings of unlawful conduct.”
He continued. He would of course, work carefully on his end. He would need to ensure that the Dead-Drop would not be found by anyone other than Okena, and would also need to ensure that the enchantments he placed upon them would not be detected by chance. But, he already had some ideas to prevent that from happening. Having once been the sole heir to the Vauxx Family Fortress and all of its resources Baldur was very well educated, after all.

“Regardless, I’ll spend any free time I have working on at least one of the Dead-Drops. Once it’s complete I will wait at the location i have placed it at until you arrive so that I know that it has worked. It shouldn’t be too difficult to keep further meetings consistent afterwards.”