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ineffablemossy · 7 months

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A Message For Hell (1,670 words)

Day 3 of Flufftober / Good Omentober 2023 (thanks to @flufftoberand @disaster-dog for the prompts) Prompts: Wait, you love me? Always have // Hell

This is better viewed on AO3 where there's a workskin for the chat sections, but if you insist on reading it here, well here you go!

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There was a thumping on the door. Crowley sighed and scratched his neck absentmindedly.

“What is it now?” He said. The door squealed on its hinges and the plants shivered. Crowley shot them a cold look. A demon with sculpted textured hair popped through the narrow opening, eyes lowered to the floor.

“Uhh, excuse me Your Lordship, Sir, Mr uhh, Mx Crowley, Sir…” they rambled.

“S’just Crowley, none of that palava!” said Crowley, cutting off the demon. “Eric, was it?”

“Yes, Your…Crowley,” Eric nodded, “there’s a… Um.. a message? For you?”

“What is that a question or a statement? What do you mean message? From whom? ” Crowley drew out the last word. Eric shuffled their feet and lifted their head to meet Crowley’s hard yellow gaze.

“I can’t say exactly, we haven’t read it you understand seeing as how it's addressed personally to you Sir, uhh, Crowley. But it came through on the Minitel you see. And as you know the human network was decommissioned in 2012. The only other devices still connected to this one would be yours, back on Earth, and well you’re here so it can’t be you.” Eric attempted a small laugh that died in their throat. “And the other one is in… Heaven, Sir.”

Crowley rose to his feet in one smooth motion, slamming his fists onto the surface of the black marble desk. His heart raced, hairs prickling up his arms, his mind roiling with thoughts of his last day on Earth.

“Heaven!” He spat the words out. “You’d better bring it here then hadn’t you!”

Eric flinched and nodded their head. They opened the door wider and pulled through a small wheeled trolley with an old beige plastic box sitting on top. The enclosure housed a convex screen, small by modern standards, and a small keyboard attached to the bottom edge. The screen glowed with white letters. Eric wheeled the device to the desk, carefully lifting it up onto the smooth black surface in front of Crowley, who watched every movement intensely. Eric stood back, hands by their side. Crowley glared at them, exasperated by their very presence.

“Yes very good, now run along with you,” he said through gritted teeth, waving them away. Eric squeaked and half ran out the door, clanging it behind them. Crowley collapsed into the chair, letting his body relax. He felt a pang in his chest and closed his eyes, taking a shaky breath. He leaned forward and looked at the screen, covered in one word: ‘ Crowley’ . Somehow it looked like handwritten text, despite the Minitel not usually having that capability. But not just any old handwriting, it was his perfect copperplate hand. The pain in his heart spread, searing into his lungs that squeezed, their cage suddenly too small. And under the bitter pain of rejection and loss, a tiny flame of hope sparked into life. He tapped on the keyboard to open the message and held his breath.

The screen blinked. Then it let out a little buzz and the pale blue cursor hopped along.

Heavenly1941: Crowley, are you there?

The cursor danced on the line below, waiting for a new entry.

“Don’t remember being able to do that on this thing,” he sneered, “maybe Upstairs got an upgrade.” Crowley hesitated, his fingers above the keys. What if this was some cruel trick, from the angels or even his own lot. He had to be careful.

Bentley666: I’m here.

A few seconds passed before a reply appeared.

Heavenly1941: Oh, thank goodness! I wasn’t sure this old thing would still work. Or if there’d still be a connection between us.

Heavenly1941: THEM, I meant them. The consoles.

Bentley666: Seems to be working alright.

Bentley666: Who is this?

Heavenly1941: It’s me. Aziraphale. I thought you might have realised that.

Bentley666: Never good to assume, Angel.

Heavenly1941: Quite, you’re correct of course. As usual.

Crowley could almost hear the angel’s clipped diction through the screen. It seemed unlikely anyone else would know it well enough to imitate. He rested his head back, all the things he’d wanted to say since their parting jostling for space in his mind. In the end, the wound he’d been nursing overtook the others.

Bentley666: What do you want?

Heavenly1941: I want to apologise if you’ll allow it.

Bentley666: You think an APOLOGY will

Bentley666: I mean. What could you possibly want to apologise for? You chose your side. You made it QUITE clear. And you also made it quite clear that I, as I am, as I have always been for the last SIX THOUSAND YEARS, am not part of that side.

Heavenly1941: That’s exactly it, my dear. I was wrong. I was so incredibly, stupidly, ridiculously, blatantly, despairingly wrong. If you don’t mind I have quite a few things to write out, please be patient with me.

Bentley666: Alright Angel, I’ll wait til you’re done.

Heavenly1941: Thank you my dear. As I was saying, I was wrong. It was all too fast. You know how I like to take my time over things, mull them over. Well, I couldn’t and I was still so excited from the Ball and the fight at the bookshop. I felt like I could control the situation. But that was wrong of me, I should never have tried to control you, of all people. I realise now I shouldn’t have tried to control our neighbours and fellow shopkeepers either. I got rather carried away.

Bentley666: You can say that again.

Heavenly1941: I got rather carried away.

Bentley666: You idiot, I didn’t mean actually say it again.

Heavenly1941: I know dear.

Heavenly1941: I suppose I’m trying to say that I know it all sounded awful and I was very hurtful to you. And now I’ve had time to think properly this is what I wanted to say, even though it came out all wrong.

Heavenly1941: You have always shone the brightest of us all, you are singular among all the ethereal beings. When you were cast out, the light of Heaven dimmed, and the strength of Hell multiplied. But mostly, the lot of the Earth improved immeasurably. You were wronged, but it forged you. And our long years on Earth have tempered you, as they have me I now realise. We have both become something other than the angel and demon that we were. And it’s true I already adored you back then, before Eden, before the Fall. But you were not yet the demon who walked the Earth with me. The one who has guided me, helped me, and tempted me throughout all of human history. The demon who I’ve fallen in love with a little more with every passing year, every elicit rendez-vous, every cherished note, every fleeting touch.

Heavenly1941: I will not say I don’t want you to change. Because you have and so have I. And I have loved every part of you along the way and will embrace every change you pursue in the future. What is life if not eternal movement and change? But I do not want you to change FOR me or FOR Heaven. Please forgive me for having said otherwise.

Heavenly1941: There is one thing I said that day which was true and accurate, and that is that I do need you, Crowley. I truly do. All I do is drudgery without you. Please, is there a way we can be together in a way that suits us both?

Bentley666: Wait, Angel?

Heavenly1941: Yes, my dear?

Bentley666: You love me?

Heavenly1941: Crowley darling, I always have.

Heavenly1941: I have one final thing to say but it may take a moment. Please hold.

Crowley sat back from the desk and shifted, crossing and uncrossing his legs. What had started as white hot anger had dissipated, now a light buzzing in the back of his head. In its place, bubbles of relief tried to push through, mixed with a roiling feeling in his stomach. He had felt what the humans called butterflies many, many times with Aziraphale. This felt like the butterflies were as big as seagulls, and a hurricane was blowing them around inside him. His hands shook and he felt tears running down his face, creating tracks down his neck to his shirt collar. He took a steadying breath and swallowed, then something appeared on the screen.

On the dark screen a white square appeared. The group of pixels shifted to an approximation of a person, with two arms, two legs, and a halo above a head. Mouth open and brow furrowed, he leaned forward in anticipation. The figure moved this way and that, text appearing underneath

You were right You were right I was wrong And you were right

Heavenly1941: Are you still there?

Bentley666: I’m here Aziraphale.

Bentley666: Can you meet me somewhere? London?

Heavenly1941: I’m afraid not. I’ve had to find a way to contact you privately, secretly, if you see what I mean. I think they’d notice if I left.

Bentley666: Right, I’m coming up. Where are you?

Heavenly1941: Do you remember that storage cupboard in the stairwell?

Bentley666: How could I forget? Right, I’ll join you there.

Heavenly1941: Thank you! I have some Ideas to sort all this out, but I’d really like to hear yours.

Heavenly1941: I can’t wait to see you Crowley.

Bentley666: Don’t think I’m letting you off so lightly. You’d better be prepared to repeat all this to me in person. So I can watch you squirm. And you are doing the Dance. PROPERLY.

Heavenly1941: Oh, I’ve missed you, you foul fiend!

Bentley666: So have I. I’ll be up in 10 minutes.

Heavenly1941: Wonderful!

Bentley666: Angel?

Heavenly1941: Yes darling?

Bentley666: I love you too.

Crowley flicked the off button and lept from the throne. His heart hammered in his chest and he felt his cheeks ache from his wide grin. As he swaggered through the corridors, every fibre pulsing with energy, confusion spread among the lesser demons. Seeing someone happy in Hell was a first for them all.

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meghansmallrocks · 2 years

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Oh Do Behave! ( Part one).

There was a lot of excitement at the Palace De Calif. This henpecked husband and The second hand wife where busy getting ready to go on a much needed public trip to the husband’s homeland They where all packed and things planned to the minute detail, the wife had spent a lot of dollar on new outfits whilst the husband made sure his best shoes(the ones with the holes) were going with him .Yes boys and girls this much needed fabulous trip was to be the best yet. The only thing left to do was the wife had to pick her outfits for the fabulous trip as appearances where to be made so the venal wife wanted to look her very best for her “adoring fans”and the family who were going to welcome them with open arms and cry’s of forgiveness! This time she decided it would be best to what she thought was conform as bridges had to be built so to please the most important family on the planet she chose some nice “hats to match the said outfits! A beautiful Royal blue of the shoulder was to travel with her accompanied by a white coat and silk dress to keep her warm whilst sitting with the family watching the festivities unfold! Yes folks This wife had it all planned it was rumoured she tried to get a couple of outfits for free from the impeccable fashion houses as they would be seen around the planet! ..Naff Right Orf said one very expensive fashion house in not so many words.

The family arrived in the husbands homeland by a ( hundred thousand dollar) private jet to be whisked away by car flanked by security worthy of POTUS as the husband was scared for his family’s protection all paid for by the Tax burdened public The family settled in their ex home expecting all the bells and whistles they were due as the are very very important special people when a fat envelope arrived it was an itinerary of the fabulous 4 day event including a dress code.Imagine now folks the wife’s annoyance when in the letter she was kindly told NO off the shoulder outfits to be worn in the cathedral or in public in the box with the rest of the important family underlined was shoulders and arms must be covered!

So it seems our beloved monarch remembered the first pink outfit worn in public for the first time and worn on the balcony with the palava that went on with said dress when the wife had pulled the dress off her shoulders much to the designer’s horror and the important families annoyance! The dress code that was ignored and deliberately done to annoy another family member at their baby’s important day. The constant ignoring of any dress code the wife was kindly told to remember for HMTQ.One has to wonder if this was the actual start to Meghan Windsors huff culminating the family storming off early to the good ole USA?.

Ever heard Pride comes before a fall? it seems Meghan Windsor doesn’t when will you realise Mrs Windsor if you want an iota of forgiveness you have to give as well, not stamp your feet then flee off home dragging your family with you! Never mind you can always devote a Netfix episode to you wearing your expensive non seen outfits for your minions to drool over!……..Or Not! 😆😆

“ Why isn’t the Tv camera f@#king pointed at Me???”

This is all subject to rumours of course 🤣🤣🤣

By Jus Tiz ( who booed the loudest).

#meghan markle #megxit #meghan and harry #megamonster #prince harry #harry markle

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ratherembarrassing · 2 years

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today i bought a new iphone so i could watch the wsl.

let me explain.

so we all know finding somewhere to watch women's soccer is an absolute palava. except it's actually not in australia, it's just on a service that costs $24 a month - optus sport. that is an outrageous amount of money to pay for a single use streaming service.

except if you're an optus customer, it's $6. i abandoned optus years ago, but me vs telstra has continued unabated ever since.

on friday when my pre-ordered iphone didn't show up, a thing i only purchased for fun but once committed had to have immediately as promised, i lost my shit, took myself to the nice local optus store this morning, and now i have a new iphone plan for $10 less than i was paying on telstra and access optus sport for only $6.

instead of paying $24, i'm $4 in front :)

#of course the market where people are going to want to wake up and watch things that just finished has worked out how to have matches #on demand immediately after they finish #how fuckign hard is it? idk but everyone else seems to find it damn impossible #optus also has a proper apple tv app so none of this airstream from phone crap it's so civilized #i can say hey siri play the man u reading match on lounge room tv and there it is :)

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laresearchette · 1 year

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Friday, February 10, 2023 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: DEAR EDWARD (Apple TV +) PINECONE & PONY (Apple TV +) AT MIDNIGHT (Paramount +) MEET ME IN PARIS (The Roku Channel) JOE BOB'S VICIOUS VEGAS VALENTINE (Shudder) MARVEL'S MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR (Disney Channel Canada) 8:0pm WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT? SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL (TBD - Lifetime Canada)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

AMAZON PRIME CANADA CLARKSON’S FARM (Season 2) FARZI FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY MONTANA STORY PALAVA SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW

CBC GEM GHOSTS (Season 4) THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO

CRAVE TV DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA GOOD NEIGHBORS THE GRAND SEDUCTION INTO THE FOREST LEAP YEAR LET ME IN LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION (Season 2) MACK & RITA MADEA’S WITNESS PROTECTION MEAN DREAMS MEN WITH BROOMS MILTON’S SECRET MR. A & MR. M: THE STORY OF A&M RECORDS (Episodes 1-2) MY AWKWARD SEXUAL ADVENTURE PLEASURE STEPHEN COLBERT PRESENTS TOONING OUT THE NEWS (Season 1) THE SWEARING JAR TRANSPLANT (Season 3) TYLER PERRY’S A MADEA CHRISTMAS TYLER PERRY’S BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN

DISNEY + STAR CROCODILES REVEALED DUG DAYS: CARL’S DATE MARVEL STUDIOS LEGENDS (Season 2 premiere) WINNIE THE POOH: A VALENTINE FOR YOU

NETFLIX CANADA 10 DAYS OF A GOOD MAN THE FLASH (Season 9 Premiere) FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL LOVE ACTUALLY LOVE IS BLIND: AFTER THE ALTAR (Season 3) LOVE TO HATE YOU YOUR PLACE OR MINE

NHL HOCKEY (SN) 7:00pm: Kraken vs. Rangers (TSN4) 7:00pm: Leafs vs. Blue Jackets (SN) 10:00pm: Penguins vs. Ducks

NBA BASKETBALL (SN Now) 7:00pm: Knicks vs. 76ers (SN1) 7:30pm: Jazz vs. Raptors (TSN2/TSN3/TSN4/TSN5) 8:00pm: Timberwolves vs. Grizzlies (SN1) 10:00pm: Mavericks vs. Kings (TSN2) 10:30pm: Bucks vs. Clippers

MARKETPLACE (CBC) 8:00pm: What the Fee?: Tackling three fees everyone hates: From sneaky add-ons to bills, to gift cards that decline in value and a restaurant with a charge many diners find distasteful; revealing the worst offenders and seeking answers from those behind the big bills.

THE LOVE CLUB: NICOLE (W Network) 8:00pm: At a New Year's Eve college party, four women make a vow to call on one another if they're ever in a romantic crisis. Ten years later, they find themselves resurrecting their love club as each searches for eternal happiness.

GWEN SHAMBLIN: STARVING FOR SALVATION (CTV Life) 8:00pm: Gwen Shamblin founds a Christian-based diet program, preaching the power of prayer for weight loss. Accumulating power and money as a larger-than-life public persona with dramatically teased hair, her reign comes to a tragic end in 2021.

STUFF THE BRITISH STOLE (CBC) 8:30pm: In the wake of a rebellion by Chinese martial artists against foreign military forces, a golden warrior statue looted by British colonial forces ends up in Australia.

NLL LACROSSE (TSN/TSN3) 9:00pm: Rush vs. Roughnecks

THE NATURE OF THINGS (CBC) 9:00pm: Walking with Ancients: New archaeological discoveries are challenging the understanding of when the first people arrived in North America, rewriting the human story.

TITANIC: 25 YEARS LATER WITH JAMES CAMERON (Nat Geo Canada) 9:00pm: Cameron debunks myths about the shipwreck and whether Jack could have survived.

THE SPENCER SISTERS (CTV) 9:00pm (NEW DAY AND TIME): When Darby's friend Kaia is wrongfully accused of plagiarism, Darby and Victoria must put aside their differences and investigate, uncovering a wide-ranging scandal.

THE SWEARING JAR (Crave) 9:00pm: Carey and Simon, an otherwise perfect couple, try to kick their swearing habit before their baby arrives.

CRIME BEAT (Global) 10:00pm: A Monster in Uniform Part 2: When the key suspect in a series of assaults and murders is brought in for questioning, a cat and mouse game unfolds in the interview room and ultimately leads to a shocking confession from a man leading a secret double life.

BOBBI KRISTINA BROWN: HER FRIENDS SPEAK (Super Channel Fuse) 10:00pm: Bobbi Kristina Brown was born into a life of glitz, glamour, celebrity status, and all the substance abuse issues that come along with it. Exposed at an early age to living life in the fast lane, she was put on a fast track to becoming famous.

THE GOOD FATHER: THE MARTIN MACNEILL STORY (CTV Life) 12:00am: Weeks after his wife's suspicious death, Dr. Martin MacNeill moves in his mistress under the guise of a live-in nanny. Shocked by her father's actions, his daughter begins to question everything she's known about him while uncovering a web of lies.

HARLEY QUINN: A VERY PROBLEMATIC VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIAL (adult swim) 12:30am: Harley and Ivy celebrate their very first Valentine's Day together.

#cdntv #cancon #canadian tv #canadian tv listings #marketplace #stuff the british stole #the nature of things #the spencer sisters #crime beat #nhl hockey #nba basketball #nll lacrosse

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capricorntea · 1 year

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Pls tell me about your oc, I need more info about them 🤲

Hi friend!

OC is Charlotte Samaritan, usually goes by Lottie! She's a corporal/sergeant who's spent the majoirty of her service down south on the border near Fotset. By trade she's a medic who tends to 'specialise' in lines runs or being attached to units over ward work. She's early twenties during the whole Promised Day Palava, but she enlisted pretty early (17-18). She originally wanted to be a midwife but it's kinda difficult to do that when you don't have the right qualifications/grades. So army was her back-up to get some experience/training before retiring. She didn't intend on staying in the military for as long as she has but due to the situation on the border, she felt a little guilty leaving friends to continue on… and she genuinely enjoys the job. I figured she gets sent to Briggs after the Promised day - with Grumman as the new fuhrer, and peace being a goal (heavily pressured by Mustang I'm sure), I figure the conflict down south winds down. Some more personal information, however:

SHE HAS A PUPPO - She's got Sven, a german shepherd who's been trained as a military dog. She's had him since she was 16 and she considers him her ~son~ (jokingly)

She's from a small town in the middle of the southern countryside - literally 30 miles from Fotset - and with only around 80 people population. Her parents are farmers that run there own distillery making cider, beer, and whiskey, but it's very much a small, family-run business - though they do send out regular care packages to some of her friends that have been transferred further afield

Her main hobbies are music and archery, though she hasn't had much time for them since she joined

She's got a gaggle of brothers, being the second eldest of seven - and is pretty family (and friend) focused as a result

She's generally cheerful though she can get a little too overfamiliar too quickly - so she can struggle when dealing with the higher ups - very much the type to be like "hey, you okay?" first, followed by a delayed "oh shit *salute* Sir!". Her cheekiness makes her either ballsy or too far forward depending on who you ask

Side note to previous point - I've thought in the past that people might question why she didn't get sent to Briggs sooner - truth is, I doubt the higher ups care much about Fotset, and those that do are too busy drowning to care about a medic, especially one who's good at their job and somewhat important at keeping medics on that portion of the front running

She's short, 5ft3 (no I'm not projecting, what are you talking about, she's a full inch taller than me), but pretty strong for her size. Her legs are stronger than her arms though so if she has to move a crate you should not be surprised if you find her sat on the floor pushing it with her legs as opposed to lifting it like any normal person would do. She takes genuine joy and pride from being able to lift men twice her size with relative ease (granted with a sprint), as it's literally in her job description and yet people still tend to underestimate her

HERE HAVE A WIP (I started this back in Auguest before the school year started up again and yet when I found time and motivation, I decided to prioritise the comic instead, whoops):

As an aside, I chronically forget about a scar she on her left temple whenever I draw her - deadass the first three times that I drew her IT WAS ON THE WRONG SIDE - and I've got a 15 page google doc (filled out for an RP server) with more information but I've spammed enough for today. For the time being have some images that I have saved to my phone as things that remind me of her:

#fma #fma oc #oc Samaritan #ask #decoloraa

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palettepainter · 1 year

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Ever thought of making a discord sever or Reddit for people to discuss your art and story’s

I've decided to keep Discord limited to just very close pals online - while the idea of starting something like that does sound fun it has been a decent while since I made any type of story. Most of my characters stories are pretty sad, and though I wasn't really working on stories before the pandemic once it hit and my mental health started reaching new lows I didn't want to focus on stories all that much

Enter the muppets: a bunch of silly weirdos forming a chaotic found family unit

Maybe some day in the future I will make a server or Reddit for people to discuss my ideas and characters, but with the whole palava that went down when I left Zoophobia and that one annoying anon that sent in a Hazbin ask, honestly at the moment I'm happy just doing my own thing and doodling whatever comes to mind. You're all still free to send in positive criticism if you wish but right now I just don't think I can handle running a full server or a Reddit account solely dedicated to discussing my work

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friendshipcampaign · 3 days

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Session Recap 1/4/20 - Bird Murder, or Burder

Together, the party succeeded at deciphering the message that had been left with Amaranth’s things in the chest – correctly deducing out that the key it had been encoded with read “NOWHERE” – to find that it read:

My Dearest Callen,

Technically these little trinkets are a bonus—you didn’t ask, but surely you deserve some sort of interest on an investment that’s been missing for so long. D has recorded their value and will be sending along a full report. I intend to receive a signature from your representative upon delivery as proof I’ve upheld my end of our little arrangement. For your own part, do have fun with your new toy. She did lose one of her companions in the altercation—that pathetic little elf. I could have made her remember losing more, but I wouldn’t want to deprive you of the satisfaction of breaking her yourself.

Now, as agreed, I expect you to stay out of Veritas unless called upon. This is a delicate operation, and if your interference throws off the balance I am sure that neither of our patrons will look kindly upon it. You can resume your search for flotsam once everything is securely under control. It shouldn’t be long now. The demons are hardly bothering to hide, and the city is desperate for a savior.

Cordially,

The Lady of the Golden Brand

Amaranth, in particular, looked extremely nauseous at the text of the letter, but still managed to point out that there was a watermark of a white hart on the paper, suggesting the cult might be active at the White Hart paper mill. The group also discussed the fact that, according to the papers Thodri had given Kriv, there was an Elderberry Deckle at the Cavern paper mill who’d put an ad in the versos about looking for a tiefling named Dandelion Deckle.

Ditto asked Tiktik if they would be up for any spying that day, and when they agreed, transformed them into a beetle, so they’d be ready to snoop. The group discussed whether it made sense to deal with the devil cultists or the breaches being opened by the demonic cultists first—though the fact that Esmerelda’s letter made it sound like the former weren’t too concerned with the latter seemed potentially even more ominous than the breaches did. They also talked about the fact that it seemed like Tress was being kept at one of the paper mills, and agreed it probably made sense to investigate them. As the group prepared to head out, Palava called Erwyn over and cast Death Ward on him.

“Just a little extra protection,” he said, squeezing his shoulder.

Alembic suggested sneaking the party out of the city in the demiplane, which meant when everyone headed inside, they saw the sculptures of Volfred that Amaranth and Nora had made, which Kriv shrank down to a more manageable size and moved after heading over to his goat.

“What do you think of the images of me they have created?” Volfred asked him.

“That one is pretty good,” Kriv said, pointing to the one Nora had been working on.

“Yes, the dwarf has more patience for these things than your tiefling friend.”

When Ditto referred to Kriv by his alias, Volfred asked about it and Kriv explained the party was on the run, but did not elaborate on everything that had happened since. With the party waiting for a bit in the demiplane, Kriv did take the opportunity to look at the mail that he’d recieved

Voski, meanwhile, consolidated some of the skull lamps Tenny had made into a chandelier.

Eventually, the demiplane door opened up and Palava waved enthusiastically at the party to let them know they’d gotten outside of town successfully. On their way to the Cavern papermill, Ditto sent Tiktik to spy on the White Heart, but they really only saw workers hanging up sheets of paper in the mill. The group knocked on the door to the Cavern and were greeted by an elderly halfling who introduced himself as Elderberry. When Voski mentioned they were there because of his ad in the versos, his demeanor changed, asking if they knew anything about “DeeDee,” and the group asked if they could speak with him in his office.

Voski explained to Elderberry that the party was in a somewhat similar situation, searching for a friend of a friend who was also a tiefling that had gone missing. Elderberry explained that DeeDee had gone missing on Blomhath 18th, nearly a week ago. He said it felt as though the watch had just stopped trying to follow up with missing persons reports. It was also explained that he’d adopted Dandelion, whose parents hadn’t been expecting a tiefling.

After Voski asked if Elderberry had a working relationship with any moembers of the watch, and he explained that some of his employees had minor infractions in the past, which meant the city watch occasionally bothered them. Around that time, a goblin Elderberry referred to as Zero briefly interrupted the group to ask if everything was alright. When Voski asked about the mercenaries working in town, Elderberry admitted he didn’t have a very high opinion of them, but there was no curfew out by the mills. Kriv asked if anyone unusual had come into the mill prior to Dandelion’s disappearance. He said there wasn’t anyone he could think of, but that the other mills got more unusual clientele.

Suddenly, Ditto, who had been oddly quiet for much of the conversation, asked if she could have a look around the paper mill because she’d never been in one before. Elderberry agreed, but as she was zooming out the door of the office and into the mill, Erwyn Messaged her to ask if everything was alright.

“I think… that goblin…” she said, “I think that Tiktik knew them… bye!”

The others continued their conversation with Elderberry. Erwyn asked about some of the individuals that had been coming and going from the other paper mills, and Elderberry mentioned that the White Hart in particular had been so busy that Vatman, the proprietor, cancelled the papermaker’s subset of the stationer’s meeting for the first time ever last month. He also mentioned that there was a distinguished-looking fire genasi who’d been putting orders in there.

Ditto succeeded in finding Zero chatting with a big bugbear, and told them that she’d been together with Tiktik the goblin a long time ago. Zero immediately asked if she was Ditto, and suggested they duck into the rag-sorting room to talk. They told Ditto that Tiktik told a lot of stories about her, though they suspected that not all of them were all the way true – things like her tying guards shoelaces together, Goz the Great, how when she met Tiktik she shot fire at a guy and they had to flee. It turned out that Zero knew about the package Tiktik had left with Knife.

“Knife was sure you’d come back, but I didn’t know,” Zero said. “I kind of thought you’d just be a weird story.”

“Well I guess all of us are weird stories eventually, right?” said Ditto.

Zero told Ditto that Tiktik had been her adopted aunt. Apparently Zero and Brenga, the bugbear they’d been talking to, had come into town together and Tiktik had taken them under her wing. They told Ditto that Tiktik had talked about her a lot, but especially towards the end, and commented that a cuna wasn’t finished until the person it was intended for got it. Ditto told them it made her feel sosoceni – a goblin word she’d learned from Tiktik, though she and Zero both laughed at how she still struggled to pronounce it. She asked it it would be weird if she gave them a hug, but Zero said it was alright – though after giving them a tight squeeze, Ditto warned them that she and her friends were looking into some stuff and Veritas was really dangerous right now. She also told them about how she could cast Sendings, and that she’d try to warn them of any danger if she could.

“It’s magic. It’s like wizard shit. I can do so much wizard shit now, it’s crazy. I don’t know how to deal with it,” said Ditto.

Ditto then rejoined the rest of the party, who were preparing to leave. Once they were outside, Amaranth and Palava asked Ditto if she’d seen anything interesting, and she explained about the connection between Zero and Tiktik. She emotionally said she hoped everything turned out okay for everyone at the Cavern, because she was really fond of them all now. Kriv patted her as she explained.

As the group approached the other paper mills, Ditto sent her familiar Tiktik to snoop on the White Hart paper mill again, through whose eyes she noticed that the workers in the mill seemed to be working a little suspiciously in unison. Through a door, she also saw a white tabaxi with a black mark over their eye, who looked like the one the group had seen during the fight at Inner Truths—though they weren’t sure if he was the original or a duplicate.

Erwyn offered to try detecting fiends in the area, and the group settled down among some trees so he could focus. He picked up on something that looked like a raven on the roof of one of the paper mills, but that actually pinged as a devil. As his awareness spread and hit the city walls, he felt a building wave of demonic presence that hurt his head and eventually grew overwhelming.

The group discussed options for distracting or sneaking past the “raven,” deciding they should probably take it out before they headed into the mill. Since it seemed worth looking for ways to sneak in the building before engaging it, everyone did some investigation, but came up empty—though Kriv did manage to find some nice medicinal herbs in the process. Tiktik’s investigation at least turned up a door leading to the lower part of the mill, but with no windows looking in.

Amaranth hid some of the foliage nearby in order to get the element of surprise. Ditto linked to the Arcane Shuttle, in order to cast a distraction once it was placed, which she gave to Erwyn, who she then cast Invisibility on. He dropped it in an unassuming spot and hid himself in the foliage as well. Ditto cast a rustling sound through the shuttle, and the devil hopped off the roof and into the trees to investigate.

Once the devil was in range, Amaranth, threw the ice dagger at it, utterly obliterating it. The party then sprang into action. Ditto cast Mage Armor on herself as the group rushed to the door of the paper mill. Palava slipped slightly on the way, and Kriv helped him up and along. There was a heavy lock on the door, which Amaranth was able to pick easily. Kriv cast Aid on Ditto, Erwyn, and Voski as the group headed inside.

It was dark inside the mill, prompting the dragonborn to don their scarf and goggles respectively. There was another locked door inside, which Amaranth proceeded to check for traps before unlocking it. She opened the door and snuck in, entering a room full of manacled humanoid shapes–including the tabaxi proprietor. She silenced him before he could cry out, saying they were here to rescue him.

As the others entered the room, Ditto recognized some of the other figures in the room as the employees of the paper mill. Erwyn and Voski noticed several piles of papermaking rags in the corners of the rooms which had some kind of spherical glassware underneath them that looked suspicious and potentially magical. Kriv used Divine Sense, but didn’t detect any fiends nearby. Amaranth went to attempt to unlock a set of manacles, but Voski, who had noticed something carved into their edges, gestured for her to wait.

Voski asked if there was some kind of a spell on the manacles. Vatman, the proprietor, replied that there might be as “they” had a lot of magic, warning about oozes that could take you out of your mind. Palava knelt down to examine the manacles, then the glass vessels in the corners of the room, saying that they were linked–and the latter were triggered to explode if the manacles were tampered with. Kriv reassured some of the prisoners, asking them to stay quiet but promising they were going to get them all out. Palava put a hand on Vatman’s shoulder, making the same promise and casting Calm Emotions–though not before asking for permission, in case the prisoners had had enough of magical effects.

Voski had wandered back into the first room, where she had noticed some strange discoloration near a ladder leaning against the wall. She tried sending a Message in Esmerelda’s voice down below, since it looked like there might be a trapdoor, saying “Tressamine, darling, how’s my favorite assistant?”–to no response. Ditto investigated the trapdoor area and noticed that there seemed to be a metal layer underneath it, with some sort of spell on it. Voski tried casting Dispel Magic on it, causing the spell to vanish.

She tried sending the same Message, a little more irritably the second time, and heard back “Oh, I think we’re making very good progress.”

Voski informed the others Tress was down there, but might still be compromised. She tried messaging her in Esmerelda’s voice again, saying she was thinking about getting some food in town and asking if she wanted anything. Tress replied saying she liked the spicy dumplings at a particular stall. Voski then tried asking via another Message what the schedule was that day, and was told that Kereft was in, as usual–though Tress added that he was being unhelpful, as always.

“Kisses,” said Voski in Esmerelda’s voice, finishing the Messaging exchange.

“--W-what?” replied Tress.

After Voski let the others know Tress wasn’t alone, Kriv broke the trapdoor open to reveal a room with stacks of paper, and iron cage, and an oddly fancy chair, as well as a door to another room. Kriv tried Divine Sense again, and while it didn’t detect anything, he noticed an ooze flowing from beneath the bars of the cage. Quickly, he dropped the ladder down so the party could rush downstairs.

Amaranth went after the ooze and successfully beat back the smaller ooze that had flowed through the cell with a powerful attack. Kriv went after it next, hitting it twice and casting Diving Smite on the second of his attacks, which allowed Erwyn to run past, maintaining his Invisibility. Voski cast Vicious Mockery on the smaller ooze, saying “Oh, you’re still here?” and it recoiled, at this point barely holding itself together.

Kriv and Amaranth felt a tugging on their minds from the ooze, and while Kriv was able to fight it off, Amaranth ended up frozen in place, unable to move. Four tendrils separated themselves from the larger ooze and morphed into humanoid figures=–one of which took the form of Vatman-–that drew swords and screamed out incomprehensibly. Alembic then closed his eyes and focused on an aura that strengthened the minds of those standing near him. Ditto cast Magic Missile on the smaller ooze, which destroyed it, and then flew up towards the ceiling.

Palava remained up above, saying he didn’t want to leave the prisoners, but still was able to lean down and cast Sacred Flame on the larger, remaining ooze. Amaranth—who had regained the ability to move when Ditto destroyed the smaller ooze—tried rushing past the four gooplicates, meaning one got an attack in on her, but succeeded in attacking the larger ooze twice.

Kriv turned to Voski, “Do you want me to go get her now?”

“I think we’re beyond secrecy now,” she replied.

He ran to the door on the other side of the room, only to discover it was locked, so he busted it in physically. On the other side was a room filled with alchemical equipment, as well as as Tress and the fire genasi that Palette’s footage had shown in Inner Truths. Kriv attempted to position himself between Tress and the genasi, and as soon as he got close, there was a sudden shift in her eyes and she looked horrified. Furious, Kriv cast Wrathful Smite on his hammer. Erwyn followed Kriv into the other room and cast Ray of Frost at the genasi, causing his Invisibility to drop. He then asked Tress if she was okay.

“Physically,” she replied.

Voski attempted to whack one of the gooplicates near her with a sword, but failed. She then asked Ditto to give her the shuttle. Inside the other room, the genasi moved away from Kriv, who was at least able to smash him with his hammer, adding a Divine Smite for good measure. The genasi pulled something that looked like a tuning fork from his belt, and grabbed a flask with arcane markings on it that looked like the ones the group had seen upstairs.

“Put your weapons down,” the genasi said threateningly, “Or all the prisoners will die.”

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