A week had gone by since Amedith and Liliyana infiltrated the city of paper. In the size of a grain of rice, they were hauled by disguised merchants and slipped past border security. Theirs was the fate, however, to end up in the bowels of the most vile gang of criminals amongst the city. The fraud merchant, his goods already sold outside the city, led them down a dark path. Eventually bringing them to his hideout, where slaves and kidnapped citizens were strung from tall hooks to either bleed to death or be barely kept alive.
The magus, however, decided differently. The slaves were freed, and so were the citizens; their memories of the place were also wiped to prevent their arrival ever becoming news or rumor. Taking the unfortunate's place on the hooks were the depraved criminals. Kept alive with spells and magic until a week had gone by and both Amedith and Liliyana had completely forgotten about them.
