Thu 8th Aug 2024 02:40

S5 - Magnam Subsinctus

by Alan Hayburne

DING - I guess that's as good a wake-up call as any, the church is chimin', and that's weird this late - maybe we should go take a look.
 
Now there's the alarm bells ringin', and I think that's our queue to go! There's sounds of fightin' outside, sounds like a war's goin' on out there! At least Frederick is gettin' the cart ready with the boys, but Thea and Lance are missin' and now Camellia is runnin' off with Minky, and the whole thing's a right mess. Now we're runnin' through the market square, and AW SHIT, there's an assassin - Lance is down, Thea's down, and apparently nowhere is safe!
 
Malachi has the bright idea to ask "Why?" and of course, it turns out Thea and Lance started it, and she says she was defending herself. Malachi manages to talk his way around to go find Ke-Iko, whilc the rest of us head back to the cart to watch Frederick and the boys. We get the cart on the road, and wait way too long for Micah and Ke-Iko to show up before we skipped town.
 
The horses are tired, so we're stoppin' ealier than I'd like, but we're out of town at least. We're settin' watches, and hopin' the night is quiet.
 
Morning comes, and we're all still alive, except for Lance and Thea, which is sayin'...somthing. Camellia's talking to the bushes now, stress must be gettin' her. We're able to get camp packed up and continue on the road toward Pelham. Ke-Iko thinks the folks that showed up in Yardham knew who we were because o' them, something about a familiar presence that brought them to town, for some unknown reason, revenge o' some kind for making a town to close to their home. They apparently told Ke-Iko to leave, and of course, Ke-Iko didn't listen - why am I not surprised.
 
We get back to moving, and for awhile, the group tries tinkerin' with the chest, thinkin' about getting it open - I want nothing to do with that nonsense; let's just get the thing where its goin'.