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[mournograph]

Vended my handmade wares at a dark market this weekend. Had to show y'all my outfit inc my stained glass earrings!

[lucienkell]

The Rescue

I admit, here in my journal, that this job was a difficult one to consider. On the one hand, we struck tonight at a business partner, one that has more people than us and is adept at making people disappear with no trail. These people were discovered by the Adders in Gridania and were able to fight them off long enough to make an ordered retreat to Kugane.

On the other hand, they’d moved a married couple to a safehouse to be tortured and executed, having lost use for them. One of them is an underworld legend, the previous proprietor of the most successful high-end brothel in Ul’dah, where the shadows have ears and secrets pass over glossy counter tops and silk bedsheets. What secrets would this woman part with in return for her life being saved? What manner of influential people could she steer us toward? Of course, I had other reasons to plan this rescue. The woman is the sister of someone dear to me. I shall leave it at that.

I could feel the difference in the planning room when we discussed the mission. Operating in Shirogane, so far away from our home, with very zealous authorities in the sekiseigumi. I told them there could be up to half a dozen guards at the safehouse, as my best guess, and that we’d use nonlethal force if possible. Otherwise, we were operating rather blindly.

We took a boat from Kugane to Shirogane and waded the shallows to shore before it docked to await us near the ferry. It would return for us at a cove further along the beach. We sent Taryn ahead to scout, and I placed Trint in charge tactically. She spotted four guards around the large estate, which sat as a looming shadow, all lights extinguished, on a cliff overlooking the sea. The plan was for her to take two guards from stealth while S’ira would take one by the door and Trint would take the other on the far side of the estate. Their surprise attacks failed, and the alarm was raised at the estate, though not to alert the authorities.

Luckily, Taryn was able to take the one by the door from surprise with her bow while the other was dispatched. Once the alarm had been raised, I used the card up my sleeve and contacted the woman presumably held captive inside. I told her a rescue was in progress. She and her husband were able to break from their bonds and violently kill two guards inside, hastening their own rescue. 

What we didn’t realize was that the woman was so pregnant, she looked like she would pop any moment. They’d been heavily tortured to the point that they were barely clinging to life, especially the male au ra, who even had a chipped horn that had to be excruciating. We helped them to the cover where the boats were. Mitsu and Evaleigh had come along and offered help, but Mitsu seemed confused we weren’t taking them back to the Rosethorn for expert medical treatment. There was no way we could do so, as we cannot risk associating the rescue with us.

Evaleigh took them to the Compass Rose, a luxury ship that serves as a neutral site for the underworld. They will sail from Kugane to Limsa Lominsa and then be taken to a safehouse. Hopefully the woman’s child survived their hardships. Evaleigh didn’t think they would have lasted but days longer.

My brain tells me we were sloppy, our directives to our operatives indecisive. We’ll have to work on that. I also worry that the slavers we rescued the pair from can somehow ties us to the deed. Having proof would be another matter, but would they even need proof to act?

My heart felt good that for once in this ruthless business, we did something of which to be proud. I worry about Taryn’s reaction to aspects of the mission. We seem to be drifint further apart even as Evaleigh praised the rescue effort and doted on the rescued pair. Soon, I can debrief them on what they know.

@desert-lark

[kindleslibrary]

100 Days of Booklr, Day 81 - Nearly There It has taken me so long, but I've nearly finished DarkMarket.

[pavel-nosok]

OpenBazaar marketplace says it's set to ‘grow again from the ashes’

After shutting down in 2020 due to financial issues and poor user growth, the decentralized marketplace appears set to rise again.

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[heathenhollow]

This is as festive as I get! Last chance to buy art from me in the wild in 2021, tonight at @darkmarketky at @art.sanctuary ! #darkmarket #louisvilleky #louisvilleartscene #nightmarket #goth #louisvillegoth #artsanctuary #artlife #christmasshoppingtime #christmasgiftideas (at Art Sanctuary) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXFWmZusb0F/?utm_medium=tumblr

[heathenhollow]

My last event of the year is tomorrow night at @art.sanctuary ! Come out and get your weird on! #artsanctuary #darkmarket #gothnight #artfair #artlife #christmasshoppingtime #darkart #weirdart #louisvilleky #keeplouisvilleweird #localartists (at Art Sanctuary) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXBpFC4F0Gs/?utm_medium=tumblr

[reneleijen]

150 verdachten gearresteerd voor illegale handel op darkweb

150 verdachten gearresteerd voor illegale handel op darkweb

Bij een grote internationale actie zijn 150 verdachten opgepakt die op het darkweb illegale producten verkochten. Onder de verdachten zijn vier Nederlanders, meldt Pointer dat in gelekte documenten op datzelfde darkweb informatie vond over ‘operatie Dark HunTOR’. Bij de actie is bijna 27 miljoen euro in cash en cryptovaluta’s in beslag genomen, plus 234 kilo drugs en 45 vuurwapens. Van de…

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[caitlinmccarthyart]

All set up for The Chapel of Curiosities! ⛪️ If you’re in Oakland or The Bay Area be sure to stop by for some spooky shopping in this beautiful old mortuary! ⚰️ . . . . . . #caitlinmccarthyart #darkart #darkartists #darkmarket #gothicart #gothicdecor #gothicartists #darkdecor #bayareaevents #witchart #witchartist #gothicvictorian (at Unkle Morty's Pop Up Market) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTaMuOBpfC6/?utm_medium=tumblr