As the message did not specify to come alone, Konoka is free to bring whoever she wishes, either accompanying her inside or spotting from around their meeting place. In fact, Penumbra will be quite disappointed if the healer is so trusting as to show up unprotected, and be even more intrigued and, oddly enough, sure of herself if Konoka chooses to do so in a monstrous form.

Whenever Konoka & Co. arrives, Penumbra will already be there waiting for her, despite there having been no designated time. The warehouse will be empty, though the Blue Sun leader will make a point that she is not vulnerable by hinting that she has muscle of her own ready to storm the warehouse should anything happen to her.

Once ‘pleasantries’ are out of the way, Penumbra will reveal that, with Colombia in custody, her absence will leave the Blood Diamonds vulnerable, who primarily relied on Colombia for support. Only key members of the Blue Sun Family know this because of information they stumbled upon some years ago, and may have been sitting on for reasons unknown. Penumbra is, if nothing, an opportunist.

Since Konoka had shown such keen interest in Ruby Underground and the missing citizens, Penumbra will offer to appease her curiosity: The missing gems are alive, but have each taken deals to help maintain a balance in the underground – the result of this deal leaves them in weakened and anemic states. Given that what they know could disturb the obviously very weak order in the criminal underworld if fallen into the hands of the gem government, they all agreed to be relocated from Espera Village to avoid arrest and interrogation. Now, without their patron to protect and look after them or the Blood Diamonds, Penumbra has seized her chance at taking advantage of her findings. That is where Konoka and healers like her come into play.

What the Blue Sun Family head is offering is access to the ‘missing’ gems, in addition to allowing Konoka to continue her work in Ruby Underground. She will warn that the gems are currently in a critical state, due to the recent war that had been building between the three criminal factions, and are recovering in an undisclosed location. Take her deal, and Penumbra will not only give Konoka the information she needs to find and heal those gems on a regular basis, but provide permanent protection for her and any companions from thugs and other threats whenever visiting Sumarlok’s underbelly.

“Well, what do you say? Sounds like a pretty sweet gig, don’t it?” the Family head will say with a shit-eating grin. Of course, Konoka is free to raise any questions or concerns of her own at this point.