1st Aventure: The Fey One (Archive)

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Whil Breeze flies over them, when he thinks of the possibility of running into the oracle instead of her waiting at the inn, Konrad takes Steve aside to explain his worries.

"Our client is a green mage, and that wolf was her aspect, I'm sure of it. I'm debating whether her aspect was able to 'possess' a wolf physically because she's able to do that, or because she's been messing with science or magic, or both. But if she doesn't get her fairy, the wolf comes back again, and it'll stay in the forest or come after us depending on what we do next. We need to work around this."

"Aspect? If it were an aspect then why did the corpse remain? Shouldn't it have returned to raw magic and faded away?"

"Like I said, that's where my theory gets weird, but I sensed something innately aspect about it, I'm sure of it. Even if I'm wrong, it was definitely green magic. Either way, she's involved, and she won't leave until she has Breeze. At least, until she thinks she does."

"If that's the case we need to secure the wolf's body for further study. We need to go back and do so immediately before anyone can collect it and destroy it."

"What? I mean, sure, we can do that. What I'm saying is that I have a plan I want to run by you."

"That's fine but if we leave the body out for anyone or anything to tamper with or steal we could lose a vital clue. Just saying."

Mihai stops dead, as if struck by something. "She knew..." - he mutters.

Saemon, Fedler and Mihai have stopped walking. They're a little behind Steve, Konrad, and Breeze, but they could easily catch up with the rest of the party. One group cannot hear what the members of the other group are saying.

Fedler replies to Mihai, "Knew what exactly?"

Mihai's eyes harden, and he keeps looking straight ahead - "Exactly where those Adjuncts corpses would be lying. She told me directly, they were rotting north of this village." - he grits his teeth - "Her exact words were the wolf must have taken them by surprise - right after they'd told the Fairy they'd protect her and take her in! She chalked it up to her abilities, and i thought fair enough, she is an Oracle after all. But then the Wolf had stopped directly in front of me, the guy she had hired, before hacking away straight at Breeze - and i didn't fucking see it!" - his voice becomes more hoarse; he starts to become visibly angered - "And that fucking Lloyd, knowing what a major obstacle the Wolf would be and practically telling me not to worry about it. I thought it was odd for him to say something so stupid, but it wasn't stupid at all. He knew!" - his hands ball into fists - "And i played right into it; stood there like a retard and almost let her hack me to pieces!"

It takes a few seconds for him to calm himself.

"But it can't be all there is to this. No way that Wolf was the right tool for the job if all she wanted was to capture Breeze. It couldn't even have feasibly caught her, let alone brought her back, even without all the stink it made, killing people and the wildlife, drawing attention to itself and making the thieves hunker down in that fort." - he takes a breath - "Just what the hell are they playing at..."

Fedler approaches Mihai, and gently puts her hand on his shoulder. Her blue eyes are fixed on his. "Don't worry," she replies in a soothing tone. "Whatever is happening, whoever is responsible, we'll figure it out. Okay?"

A soft smile appears on her face. Mihai looks at her in surprise. Not because he was losing control, but because she'd never been this nice to him.

sigh "Don't worry about me. I just got a bit miffed." - he says, reassuringly.

Then turns to Saemon - "If a Green Mage had somehow summoned that elemental to take over the Wolf and it just got destroyed like that, would it have an effect on the summoner?"

Fedler nods at Mihai, then turns towards Saemon to hear his answer. The chief clears his throat, then says, "Yes, but only at the moment the Aspect was... forcefully scattered. If a permanent binding was made with the Aspect however, the effects on the summoner would last longer."

He looks east, towards Waterglass.

"Not long enough for us to verify, given the time it will take us to return to the village."

Mihai's face turns grim. "Now for the scary question. How long would it take for the summoner to be able to do it again?"

Fedler glances at Mihai, while Saemon answers without missing a beat. "For a normal Aspect that has been scattered, which can only be summoned for a limited amount of time depending on the green mage's power, less than hour usually; would need ten minutes before they could be summoned again. For an Aspect with which a permanent binding was made, it would take a full day."

The time is now 1:58 PM, the 29th of April.

Mihai considers - "Well, i was just checking. But worst case scenario, we'll still know who to get some answers from. If she's seen this battle, the Oracle will most likely now know we have Breeze, so things might not be entirely stable when we get back. Also..." - he takes a breath before continuing - "If this does go on, our enemies this time won't be animals. They'll be people." - he looks specifically at Fedler - "Just like those poor sods covered in blood back at the woods."

Saemon is considering these words, probably debating over the validity of this theory. As for Fedler, she stares back at Mihai when he focuses is attention on her, and as he mentions the bodies left in the forest, she immediately turns away. She stands a little apart from the two of you, looking into the distance, then declares with a slightly wobbling voice, "For now, I want to go home."

She starts walking again.