OPEN: Not so Wild Hunt

The big white dog tilts its head at the offer and the two stare at each other a moment as they consider who would have a harder time opening the letter to read it. The Bjornaer turns into a man before the situation gets too awkward. "Forgive me, I was used to having letters read to me in Nidi," he says, and then adds "not that I expect you to, of course, I was just... I mean no offense, sodales Afonso." The young man blushes slightly, more embarassed by the feet in hiw mouth than by his actual nakedness, and takes the letter to examine it. His expressions turns more serious as he reads Oscines' message, and as he finishes he closes it with a frown, walking to the closest lamp to burn the letter.

As the last of the message turns to smoke and ash he turns to the Redcap. "I shall require you to deliver a reply to Oscines at Florum, sodales, when next you visit that covenant. If you will come to my laboratory before supper the note will be ready. I thank you for delivering this to me in time, my friend." With that he nods and walks away, wearing nothing but his skin, up the hill towards the ruins of the temple where the covenant proper was established.

Once in his laboratory - a work in progress at the best - Argiodus writes Oscines a reply and then considers his course of action. It was, of course, a high crime to interfere with the Baron's plan of hunting the unicorn. But was it not a higher crime to allow such a magnificent beast to be hunted down? But it was not likely to be felled by mere mortals in its own demesne... Right? Oh, what to do? Argiodus sighed and sank his fingers in his hair as he supported his head over the writing desk, brooding.

(Ok so what do I know of this Oscines? Can I roll to see some sort of political manoeuvering to induce me to commit such a crime? The way he wrote the letter he did not actually tell Argiodus to do anything, which is suspicious in itself. Asking it to be burned is even more so. The problem is, I'm not sure Argiodus would harbor these thoughts at all, which is why I ask if I should roll. I gather this is his "Favours" story flaw in play, by the way, and Argiodus has little chance but to act anyway, or suffer the consequences. Let me know if I am wrong.)

EDIT: When did the letter reach me?