More Trials... and Graduation!

The following morning we were met outside by Ignaci and Tzeniwe. They were here with an assignment for the Emerald Boughs. They asked us to deliver some mail &, perhaps, to listen while we did so to see what we might learn along the way. They had hired some Elephant-Birds for us to ride for the day. We collected the parcels from them and headed to find our mounts! We decided sort the parcels (about 2 dozen in all). 11 of them were destined for in town. We had no problems with delivering these. In town we met Chazina, who was excited about her nieces wedding. Someone else introduced us to his new puppy.
Outside of town was more problematic, with some truly esoteric descriptions to lead us to where these need to be delivered. Asking around town we gathered some information to lead us, we found out where the 4 parcels were to be delivered. 1 of the remaining letters was addressed to the Magaambyan parcel deliverers. We chose to hang on to that one until later in the day. The remaining 5 letters were illegible. We passed these around and between us managed to find out where they should be delivered. We opened the final letter addressed to the Magaambyan parcel deliverers once we returned to home. It turned out to be an irate letter from the Grandmother of one Ndidi. She had sent a package to Ndidi that had never arrived. During our travels today we had heard of a woman named Jatia who had received a delivery that was very likely the missing package. We asked Ignaci and Tzeniwe how we should handle this. They said normally it is our responsibility to find the package and correctly deliver it, if possible. We headed to Jatia's house, finding that it was located directly next door to the correct address. We knocked on the door. It was answered by a cheerful woman, who told us she was Jatia. When we tried to explain the error, she strongly told us that the lamp she had received was hers. We tried to convince her to give up the lamp but she was adamant that it was given to her and she would not give it up. Eventually we stepped next door, knocking. A very small woman answered. This was Ndidi. When we explained the problem to her, she confirmed that it was indeed a lamp that she was expecting from her Grandmother. When we suggested she come speak to Jatia with us she was very hesitant, saying that Jatia scared her. While everyone was distracted Sevastin snuck into Jatia's house through a window and took the lamp. Then delivered it directly to Ndidi. When Jatia saw this she immediately started screaming about us stealing her lamp. After some yelling back and forth Jatia finally gave up and went back inside.
When we arrived back at home we were met by Tzeniwe. He had 3 more letters that needed to be delivered. However, these letters were addressed to gods. Gozreh, Nethys and Mazludeh. Each had instructions on how to deliver the letters. We flew a kite to send the letter to Gozreh, enlisted the aid of anther student for some spellcasting ability to obliterate another letter for Nethys & jumped through hoops to get a snake to eat the letter for Mazludeh. Once back home Ignaci and Tzeniwe met us with a tray of hot cider and a reprimand for how we handled the lamp incident. Several of us headed back into town to grab something to eat. While there, Laraena bought a nice lamp & delivered it to Jatia. Several others purchased some personal items while there as well. We returned home and slept soundly after this busy day!
The next morning we found noone waiting for us. We decided to head to the kitchen to grab some breakfast. When we returned we found 2 people waiting for us, a woman and a man. They introduced themselves as Okoro & Noxolo. They were members of the Uzunjati, storytellers. They asked how our week had gone & what each of us had learned. They told us we were free for the rest of the day but should speak with Instructor Ot at dawn the next morning at the the Ceremony Stage. Noxolo turned as they left to say that we should wear something nice the following morning. We spent the day doing various tasks, ranging from equipment maintenance to buying nice clothes in town. The rest of the day passed uneventfully.
Rising early the next day we made our way to the Central Stage at dawn, as requested. As we approached the stage, arrows started flying toward us. 2 Pugwampi stood on the stage, attacking. After a brief fight we ran them off. It was tense though, with Orkbolt being dropped twice! After the Pugwampi ran off, yelling about the how "Stone Ghost" was gonna get us, Instructor Ot showed up. He was shocked to see the blood on the stage and Orkbolt. We explained what happened. He canceled the ceremony and sent us back to our dormitory to rest and heal.