First of all, excuse me if the tone of this post is rather harsh. I am
irked by this. I do not like the way this is being delt with. I do not
enjoy being put forth to the general population as some criminal on the
run. Hence, my reply.

I did not 'admit' to anything. I calmly told you the truth, which was
that Akaii gave me gold. I have also over a million gold and 700 credits
working and doing buissness. Hence, my recollection of my input and
output is a bit hazy. Thats the first thing i dont like about your post.
You admit to a crime. I admitted to Methuselah getting gold from Akaii
to try and help him start a new life and find a Guild.

Second of all, your 'sources' and 'evidence' which you yourself title
circumstantial, more or less amount to Akaii and an Otherworldly friend
of his. Now, i wonder, if anyone with half a working brain, who actually
bothered to study this case a little in-depth, can see Akaii's
motivation in trying to make me the big evil mastermind.

In other, simpler words, which may be needed, it's basically my word vs
Akaii's and his little otherworldly friend who claimed before me he saw
a conversation of ours over an instrument known as 'AIM'. The nature of
this thing i am unaware of. I fear the poor guy must be hallucinaiting.
Your entire evidence is words of people telling you Akaii told them i
somehow manipulated him into doing this.

Now, as much as i'm flattered by this, because you seem to think me some
supremely intellegent being, i am at loss as to how on -earth- could i
convince someone to do something like this. Did i bend his hand
backwards and march him to the bank? No. I think not.

Frankly, this is ridicioules. I, that is, Methuselah, offered to donate
a -hefty- sum of gold to the Shallam coffers, which should more or less,
if not -more-, cover up the amount that was given to me from shallam's
stolen Gold. Hence, this depicting of me as some criminal on the run
does not please me. I have one shop in Shallam. You allready took away
the other one mumbling about how Akaii sold it to me, hence it is stolen
profit. If you are trying to look for actual justice, as well as the
best intrest of your City, you will realize that my offer to you has
been most fair. And if you threaten me, and treat me like a thug, and
take away my hard earned shops, you can forget about any cooperation
from my side.

I'm amazed at how somehow in the search for a scapegoat i turned into
the main suspect of this whole deal just because Akaii took the easy way
out and left the realms, apperantly. Did i take 800k all of a sudden?
No? Then how come he only donated 500k back to his City? Get real. He
kept a hefty sum of your gold. I have a hefty some too. Only diffrence
is i intend to deposit it in your coffers as soon as your done with your
investigation. However, if you keep this up, i'm not entirely sure i
-will-.

Good day, Valiarde. Think wisely.

-Methuselah.

Penned by my hand on the 23rd of Ios, in the year 75 MA.