Damalis:So you're here to help us, misthios? You don't look like a Monger spy.
Kassandra:I'm more the in-your-face type. You have a Monger problem, Damalis?
Damalis:I might. One of my regulars has... changed. He was a decent man once, but now, he's gone bad.
Kassandra:Korinth seems to have a shortage of "decent" people.
Damalis:I need someone with muscle to figure out what's behind the change. Why he's different.
Damalis speaking to Kassandra
Kassandra:He's gotten you scared.
Damalis:He asks me questions I don't know the answers to about our drachmae. Where we keep money, what Anthousa invests in. As though we're Athenian aristocrats.
Kassandra:Can't Anthousa intervene?
Damalis:I'm not naive! I won't expose others to this. So he can go after them next?
Kassandra:He might anyway. Sounds like he needs answers.
Kassandra:Who was he before all this?
Damalis:Obsessive, but never threatening. He didn't stand out in symposiums, until he had his drachmae act for him.
Kassandra:Well, something's sure giving him courage now.
Kassandra:I'll see what he has to say for himself.
Damalis:If he's not lurking around here, he'll be at his house. I want this to end today.
Kassandra:It will. People tend to show their true selves to my spear whether they like it or not.
Kassandra left the Spring in search of the client's house. Outside of the house, she heard a familiar voice calling to her.
The Stalker:Prude. This is Korinthia! Anything goes in this sex andron. And the Monger will be satiated.
Kassandra:You're as sick as he is, worm.
The Stalker:Whether they like it or not, any victim he likes gets his special treatment. I'll tell him you volunteer.
Kassandra:You'll get my special treatment right now. I'll fucking kill you.
Kassandra did as she threatened, then returned to Damalis and Phoibe near a statue of Aphrodite.
Damalis:Kassandra. Your little friend beat you back.
Kassandra:You made it.
Phoibe:And fast. I know all the shortcuts now. I'm sorry, Kassandra.
Kassandra:It's all right. You had good intentions.
Phoibe:I thought I could sneak in... Like before.
Kassandra:I'm glad you didn't. Especially with what I found there.
Kassandra:Listen next time I tell you to do something.
Phoibe:OK.
Kassandra:I promise it's for your own good. This time, especially.
Damalis:What happened to you?
Kassandra:I just left the Monger's sex andron, if you can believe it. And it's where you were headed.
Damalis:No.
Kassandra:It's true. Your client was being forced to take you there. And we found these.
Kassandra reporting her findings to Damalis
Kassandra handed Damalis the letters, and she read them.
Damalis:What does this mean?
Kassandra:It means the Monger got to him. He does have his hand in everything.
Damalis:At least I know how to deal with him now that I know what he's after.
Kassandra:He'll leave you alone now. He gave me his word.
Damalis:So we really can trust you, can't we?
Kassandra:We're not all so easily blackmailed.
Kassandra:You won't have to. I took care of him myself.
Phoibe:I told Kassandra she shouldn't have!
Damalis:It had to come to this. Maláka, what a fool he was.
Kassandra:The Monger's the real fool. He'll find that out soon enough.
Outcome
Kassandra helped Damalis figure out her client, and learned of the Monger's activities in Korinth at the same time with Phoibe's help.
Trivia
The extend of Phoibe's loot is comparative to the time she spent within the house. The letter is the only thing required. The randomly generated sword is a reward for choosing correctly each time.
