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Aesc the Savior, Ector the hardheaded Black Knight, Totorot the Tam Lin...
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...and Mash, the mysterious shield knight who claimed to have come from twenty-four hundred years in the future.
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Together, these four companions traveled the land of Britain, now free of clan warfare, as they made their way towards the pit.
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The year was Fae Era 400, about six months before the coronation was to be held at Londinium.
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＠Mash
So, you haven't actually been reborn several times then, Aesc? You've just been alive for a really long time?
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＠Aesc
That's right. Whenever I banished a calamity, I'd always hide out in a cave and rest in a coffin for a while.
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＠Aesc
Let's see... I think I'd usually sleep for about twenty years or so?
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＠Aesc
Anyway, disappearing like that, it's no wonder everyone thought I'd died in the fight!
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＠Mash
So...why would you hide away from everyone like that?
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＠Mash
Wouldn't they want to shower you with gratitude for saving them from a calamity?
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＠Aesc
No, they wouldn't.
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＠Aesc
I'm a Caster, the one who channels the voice of paradise. Most faeries in Britain hate everything about me.
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＠Aesc
If I'd stuck around after banishing a calamity, I would inevitably end up being the cause of conflict myself.
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＠Aesc
So I decided to hibernate while I let the clan leaders handle the post-calamity politics.
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＠Mash
H-hibernate? As in, literally sleeping all winter while there isn't enough food to go around!?
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＠Aesc
That's right. Plus, it was a great way to recover the magical energy I spent banishing the calamities!
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＠Aesc
But I won't have to do that this time. Things are going to change in Britain now that Uther's going to be king.
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＠Aesc
This Lostbe[line 2]I mean, this will no longer be a world where people kill each other for no reason.
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＠Aesc
The fact that you said in the future, it's the Era of the High Queen is proof that the world must have changed.
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＠Mash
Well... I guess that's true.
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＠Mash
The Faerie Britain I knew was ruled by a single monarch, but still...
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＠Mash
Are things really that terrible in[sr]Britain right now, Aesc?
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＠Mash
I know you said the clans were always fighting, but I just can't imagine that all faeries would be so aggressive...
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＠Aesc
...There's only so much land in Britain.
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＠Aesc
These days, there's enough for each clan to have their own territory, but that wasn't always the case.
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＠Aesc
The land of Britain is very literally made from and built upon the bodies of dead faeries.
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＠Aesc
It only took the form it has now at the cost of thousands of faeries being killed every day in constant warfare.
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＠Aesc
So the very conflict the clans fought over the limited land in this world created more land to live upon.
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＠Aesc
For that reason, hating and killing other clans became not just accepted, but encouraged.
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＠Aesc
Had it not been, Britain would still be as small today as it once was.
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＠Aesc
So I've always tried to just prevent the calamities from wiping everyone out while doing my best to stay away from the clan wars.
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＠Mash
I see... Totorot also told me how the Isle of Britain is made from the bodies of dead faeries.
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＠Mash
I suppose I can see how that might make waging war to expand the livable territory here necessary, but...
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＠Mash
...Why is it that Britain was small in the first place? In the world I originally come from, the Isle of Britain was much bigger than this.
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＠Mash
I can only imagine something strange must have happened long ago that made it necessary to rebuild the land with faerie corpses.
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＠Aesc
Yes... I've wondered the same thing myself. Why did Britain end up like this?
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＠Aesc
But I was only born thirty-six hundred years ago[line 2]which I guess would be Fae Era 4000 from your perspective.
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＠Aesc
And nobody ever taught me anything about what happened in Fae Era 12,000, when Britain first came into existence.
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＠Mash
Fae Era 12,000...[wt 0.9][charaFadeTime J 0.2 0.5] (That's about the same time[sr]Olympus diverged from Proper Human History!)
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＠Mash
Th-then, does that mean there's no British history that goes back further? Are there really only twelve-thousand years of Fae Era, and that's it!?
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＠Aesc
Yes. That, I'm sure about.[sr]The records at Orkney said as much.
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＠Aesc
“In the beginning, there was only the ocean, six faeries, a shrine maiden, and a beast.”
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＠Black Knight
No. How many times do I have to tell you? If you want to dye it yellow, you use onion skins.
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＠Black Knight
If you want to prevent the colors from fading, you use salt. Boil some water, dissolve the salt, then soak the clothes. We went over this yesterday.
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＠Black Knight
If you're not going to do it properly, then don't bother doing it at all. Just stick to tying enemies up.
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＠Totorot
...
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＠Totorot
Nnn... How did it go again?
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＠Totorot
How...do you use yarn again? Um, and how do you get cotton to look nice again...?
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＠Totorot
Nn... Nnn... Nnnn...[sr]I don't know... I just don't know...
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＠Totorot
Why am I like this? Why can't I do these simple things?
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＠Mash
Totorot...? Are you still up?
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＠Totorot
W[messageShake 0.05 4 3 0.4]ah!
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＠Totorot
Y-yeah, I'm up! I-I'm on guard duty tonight! I wasn't just practicing stuff or anything!
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＠Totorot
Now, what are you still doing up!? Go back to sleep! We're going to the pit tomorrow, remember!?
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＠Mash
...Practice? So, you're not just picking up all these tools scattered on the ground?
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＠Totorot
...
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＠Mash
O-oh, gosh! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I have it all wrong, don't I!?
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＠Mash
Let's see, um... I'm guessing... You're in the middle of sewing something, right!?
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＠Totorot
...That's right. I'm making Aesc's coronation gown.
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＠Totorot
...She told the humans at the castle that she didn't need one for herself, so I thought I'd make her one.
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＠Totorot
Sewing's the only thing I've ever been any good at.
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＠Totorot
But...I just can't do it. I've been trying for months, and I'm no closer than when I started.
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＠Totorot
Two or three days after I hear something...I just forget it entirely.
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＠Totorot
I can't do anything except stuff I was born knowing how to do.
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＠Totorot
The Black Knight says all I have[sr]to worry about is fighting...
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＠Totorot
...but ever since I saw those beautiful gowns at the palace, there's been this kind of...ache in my chest.
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＠Totorot
I keep feeling sad and just wanting to cry for...no reason.
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＠Totorot
...It feels like I'm missing something important. Something I need to feel whole.
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＠Totorot
So I thought, maybe, if I could make clothes like human tailors can, I could figure out what it is.
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＠Totorot
But, I'm just too stupid...
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＠Totorot
No matter how many times someone teaches me something, I can never learn anything new...
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＠Totorot
(Sniff)... I don't know why I'm like this...
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＠Totorot
But...I still want to try making clothes...
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＠Totorot
Honestly, I'd much, much rather do that than fight...
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＠Mash
Totorot...
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＠Mash
Well, how about you try keeping a diary?
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＠Mash
Everybody forgets things sometimes, but writing can help with that!
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＠Mash
It can be just like taking notes! All you have to do is write what you want to remember!
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＠Mash
I know, because I keep a diary, too! I-if you like, I'd be glad to share my tips and tricks every day!
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＠Totorot
B-but, I don't know how to write. And even if I tried to learn, I'd just forget that, too...
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＠Mash
That's okay! I don't know how to read or write in Faerie either! But we can study together!
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＠Mash
Don't worry, Totorot. Even if your mind forgets how to write, your body can be trained to remember for you!
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＠Mash
The very fact that we're conversing right now shows that you're able to hold a thought in your head and put it into words, so if you can do that, you can absolutely put your thoughts into written words, too.
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＠Mash
I promise you, that's something you were born knowing how to do, just like your other skills!
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＠Mash
So this is the pit...[wt 0.9][charaFadeTime J 0.2 0.5] (It makes sense that[sr]Camelot wouldn't be built here yet.)
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＠Totorot
Are you really going down there, Aesc!? I'm against this! It's creepy!
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＠Aesc
It's quite safe, Totorot. There are no mors near the pit, and all the other faeries always keep their distance.
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＠Aesc
We won't have to worry about being attacked by anyone from the anti-Londinium faction here.
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＠Aesc
All you have to do is keep hold of your thread while I reinforce it with magecraft...
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＠Aesc
And all Mash has to do is hold on tight so she doesn't fall to the bottom.
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＠Mash
Me!?
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＠Totorot
You want MASH to go down there!?
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＠Totorot
Then I'm going, too![sr]It's not fair to make her go by herself!
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＠Aesc
I'm afraid you have to be up here, Totorot. There's no one else who can raise or lower the thread, after all...
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＠Totorot
Oh, right! But then, what do we do!?
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＠Mash
It's okay, Totorot.[sr]This did come as a surprise, but I'll be fine.
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＠Mash
I've investigated old ruins like[sr]this a number of times before.
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＠Mash
And I know your thread is just as strong as a solid wire rope.
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＠Mash
So you don't have to worry about me. I promise I'll come back safe, so just watch over me from here.
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＠Totorot
Okay, got it! You're really brave, aren't you, Mash!?
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＠Aesc
Okay, Mash, come this way, please.
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＠Aesc
We'll tie one thread around your waist as a lifeline, and make a foothold with the other thread so you can stand... There, that should do it.
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＠Aesc
We should be able to talk to each other through the thread too, so if you sense any danger, all you have to do is yell.
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＠Aesc
Should the foothold thread come loose, we (by which I mean Ector) will pull you back up with the lifeline as fast as we can.
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＠Aesc
My enchantment will let Totorot extend her thread up to eight kilometers, but you don't have to go all the way down to the bottom.
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＠Aesc
All you have to do is reach a point where you can tell how deep the pit is...
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＠Aesc
...and what lies at its bottom.
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＠Aesc
Remember, you're only there to look around, okay?
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＠Black Knight
Obviously. The only one of us thinking of doing more than just looking is you.
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＠Black Knight
One of these days, you really need to learn to stop attacking dangerous things the moment you see them.
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＠Black Knight
You're lucky you have me and Wryneck. Nobody else could handle your so-called strategies.
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＠Totorot
He's right! I didn't figure this out until Mash showed up, but it's true!
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＠Totorot
You take way too many risks, Aesc! Not to mention you're totally merciless towards our enemies!
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＠Aesc
Oh, don't be silly. I'm just keeping things fresh.
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＠Aesc
Still, I will admit that I've been leaning on you all more than I should.
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＠Aesc
After all, you always help me make it through even the toughest battles with a smile.
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＠Aesc
I've felt like giving up so many times. If not for all of you, I never would have made it this far.
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＠Mash
Okay, I'll be back soon. I'm counting on you to help me navigate, Aesc.
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＠Mash
...I've been going down for sixty minutes so far. I'm seven kilometers down now.
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＠Mash
...Still no changes in scale, and no signs of life.[sr]Although...
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＠Mash
Is this...ash?[sr]It's billowing up from the bottom of the pit...
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＠Mash
(So this must be where the ash I sometimes see[sr]in Faerie Britain's atmosphere comes from...)
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＠Mash
(And if there's ash, there must be something burning.)
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＠Mash
(I wonder what could be down here...)
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＠Aesc
Hmm... I wasn't expecting it to be THIS deep.
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＠Aesc
Can you still not see the bottom, Mash? It must be pitch black down there now, no?
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＠Aesc
Are you okay? Are you cold?
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＠Mash
I can't see any light from the surface anymore, but it's actually fairly warm. That said...
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＠Mash
(It feels like the air is getting heavier the further down I go.)
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＠Mash
(I'm only able to breathe thanks to Galahad's protections.)
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＠Mash
Seventy-four hundred meters... Seventy-five... Still no change in the pit.
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＠Mash
Can you extend the thread any further, Aesc? I won't be able to see what's going on unless I[line 2]
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[charaFace A 6]

＠Mash
...Wait.
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＠Mash
I can see something down below...
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＠Mash
There's a red light... It almost looks like fi[line 2]
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＠Totorot
What's that sound!? What's going on, Aesc!?
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＠Aesc
Mash, get out of the foothold! The thread's being corrupted! A fatal surge of magical elements is coming up from below!
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＠Aesc
(No way! There's enough cursed energy here in this Lostbelt to cover all of Britain... No, the entire planet!)
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＠Aesc
That place down there isn't of this world! Don't look it in the eye, or you'll[line 2]Mash? Mash!?
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＠Aesc
Oh no. She's lost consciousness![sr]Get her out of there, Ector!
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＠Aesc
I can't believe it... That thing at the bottom, it's...!
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＠Aesc
Cernunnos!
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＠Aesc
But why!? What's an ancient Celtic god's corpse doing at the bottom of the pit...!?
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＠Mash
([messageShake 0.05 4 3 0.3]Gasp...!)
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[charaTalk B]
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＠Totorot
Waaah! Mash! You're awake! Oh, finally!
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[charaFace B 11]

＠Totorot
Dammit, Mash! You scared me to death!
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＠Mash
T-Totorot!? Please, calm down!
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[charaFace A 5]
＠Mash
Let me see... The last thing I remember, I was going down the pit, and[line 2]
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[charaTalk depthOn]
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＠Aesc
...I'm so sorry, Mash. I was obviously being reckless, and you nearly paid the price for that.
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[charaFace C 5]

＠Aesc
You're in Salisbury's great cathedral now. We brought you here after you lost consciousness.
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＠Aesc
Your whole body was covered with a horrific curse when we pulled you out of the pit.
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＠Aesc
My magecraft alone wasn't strong enough to remove it, but with this land's cleansing power...
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＠Aesc
...and the power of the Wind clan, I was finally able to dispel it.
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[charaTalk A]
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＠Mash
...Now I remember. I fainted when I saw that fire.
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＠Mash
Thank you so much for saving me, Aesc.
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＠Mash
I'm the one who should be apologizing. I caused this.
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[charaFace A 4]

＠Mash
As for the fire at the bottom of the pit[line 2]
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＠Aesc
That can wait until later.
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＠Aesc
That's something we'll probably need to spend ten, twenty[line 2]no, more like two hundred years resolving.
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＠Aesc
I'm just glad we know what's down there now.
[k]

＠Aesc
Thank you for helping us, Mash. Once Britain has been officially unified...
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＠Aesc
I'll talk to Uther about possible solutions for what's in the pit.
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[charaTalk B]
[charaFace B 2]
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＠Totorot
Is that all you have to say, Aesc!? Mash almost died, you know!
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[charaTalk C]
[charaFace C 11]
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＠Aesc
I know... But there's nothing else I can possibly do to make this up to Mash right now.
[k]

＠Aesc
I haven't ever studied any magecraft that could send her back to the future...
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[charaTalk A]
[charaFace A 13]
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＠Mash
Oh no, please don't worry about me. I was interested in what was at the bottom of the pit, too.
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[charaFace A 7]

＠Mash
In Faerie Britain, people just treat the pit as something that's always been there...
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＠Mash
...but when you think about it for even two seconds, it's obviously strange that there's a giant hole in the middle of the island.
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＠Mash
I honestly thought it was weird that nobody investigated it in all this time.
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[charaTalk B]
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＠Totorot
So the pit's still around in the future!? Nobody ever filled it in!?
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[charaTalk C]
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[charaFadein C 0.1 1]

＠Aesc
Well, given how deep it is, I'm not surprised. For all we know, it may even be bottomless...
[k]

＠Aesc
And since, unlike the Spear of Selection, it doesn't seem like something that can be sealed away...
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＠Aesc
...I don't think we have much choice but to keep an eye on it for a while.
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[charaFadeout C 0.1]
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[charaTalk A]
[charaFace A 6]
[charaFadein A 0.1 1]

＠Mash
Huh? The Spear of Selection...?[sr]Do you mean the Staff of Selection?
[k]

＠Mash
Now that you mention it, I'm surprised you don't have the Staff of Selection despite being this land's savior, Aesc.
[k]

＠Mash
Did you lose it somewhere?
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[charaFadeout A 0.1]
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[charaTalk C]
[charaFace C 6]
[charaFadein C 0.1 1]

＠Aesc
I haven't heard of this Staff of Selection, but no, I don't have the Spear of Selection any longer.
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＠Aesc
The Implements of Selection came to Britain along with me when I first washed up here from my homeland...
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[charaFace C 4]

＠Aesc
But I'm afraid my feelings corrupted them, making them...unsuitable.
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[charaFace C 6]

＠Aesc
So I had them sealed away inside this cathedral.
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[charaTalk B]
[charaFace B 8]
[charaFadein B 0.1 1]

＠Totorot
Man, what a waste!
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＠Totorot
The Garden and Spear used to be Aesc's trump cards!
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＠Totorot
The Garden was a bounded field that could trap nightmares, and the Spear was a weapon that could admonish any faerie it touched!
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[charaFace B 2]

＠Totorot
But then, during the last calamity, the faeries behaved so badly that Aesc got super mad at them...
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＠Totorot
And that caused the nature of the Spear to turn away from what it should be!
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[charaTalk A]
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＠Mash
...If you don't mind my asking, could you tell me what makes these weapons so, um, unsuitable?
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[charaTalk C]
[charaFace C 11]
[charaFadein C 0.1 1]

＠Aesc
...Nnn. How can I put this...? The Spear itself is still as strong as ever, but...
[k]

＠Aesc
...when it turned, its restraints were removed, and its capability to recharge kind of...went haywire.
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[charaFace C 0]

＠Aesc
Basically, the Spear of Selection no longer uses its wielder's magical energy to power its attacks.
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＠Aesc
Now, it does so by feeding on the life force[line 2]well, the youth, really[line 2]of its wielder.
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