Game 71

Episode List

* Fight with Thief catchers.

* Rowan flies up to rescue “Petey” from the blazing fires.

* Scaffolding collapses on Otto. Marius goes in with fay shift rod. Suddenly, Marius is drifting in a void. There is the sound of waves. There is a woman on a shore. Marius looks at his hands. There is something not right. His right arm is crashed. Small drops of blood pool in what he realizes is a small boat with no oars drifting toward the shore. Things are foggy. There is a wobble. And he turns and sees Otto next to him. He appears fine. He is not wearing his armor. It almost looks like he is in funeral garb. Simple white cloth. He is looking at this woman. His gaze completely fixed. Unaware that Marius is next to him.

When Marius reaches out to the weave, he feels no connection save for the single thread to Otto. He does sense something like the weave but not of the weave. There is the distant rumbling of thunder and the smell of fresh rain on the air.

Despite Marius’ protests, Otto continues to will the boat forward. He gets off the boat shouting “Where is he!? Where is he!?” The woman on the shore, who on closer inspection appears to be his mother, leans in and says “Otto, it is not yet your time. Go to the end of the world. And when there is nothing left, take one step further.” And with that, she sends Otto and Marius back to the material plane.

As the group recovers Otto’s battered body, a magister makes his way to the group to question Rowan.

A woman offers Ereb, as Frank, a place to stay should the group need it.

V “I am Vortus Mesk. Am I to believe you flew, risking life and limb, to save this boy? You are?”

R “Rowan.”

V “It’s not every day that a common person saves a child. If you make your way to the guild hall, I might reward you.”

R “I just did what I thought was right.”

V “Well, if you ever need anything, I am with the black cloaks.” As they shake hands, Rowan feels the discharge of static electricity.

V “Rowan, before you go. I don’t suppose you saw how the fire started?”

R “I did not.”

* Marius tells Cirrine of what transpired.

* As Ereb goes into his trance, he hears a voice say “Close! One of the betrayers is close. The urge. The contract.”

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