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Bravo. That s a very convincing speech, Apostle , but the fact is that you re an enemy assassin, and you re in our city. I do not believe that the Goddess, in her infinite wisdom, would want us to do what we are doing. When we last met... Your words awoke something inside of me, lifted a veil from my eyes. I have never questioned my mission - or my faith... Yet now that I meet you again, I find myself torn between the truth I have always known...and the truth that you know. I am. Only...only I believe that the Goddess has brought me here for another reason. Brought me to you. Sorry, I don t believe in destiny or divine intervention. I believe that some things are meant to happen. Call it destiny, call it the will of the Goddess or whatever higher power you worship...or call it chance. But you cannot call it a coincidence. So, what, you think I m just going to let you walk out of here now that you ve seen the light ? I― I don t know what to think anymore. I only wish to...speak with you. To understand. To open my heart and mind to a new truth. I think the Goddess speaks to me. To me directly, and not to those who would interpret it to mean what they want it to mean. That my path - a path I have never even considered questioning - may be one that leads into darkness instead of light. How are things going? Please, let me explain. I m an Apostle. We are...missionaries. We bring the Word of the Goddess to unbelievers. As for the silent majority... Well, who wants to rock the boat when there s food on the table, a roof over your head, and a job to pay the bills? But ask those who are no longer allowed to speak their minds, to walk the streets, or to practise their religion. What do you think they ll say? Ask a Sentinel minstrum - if you can find one – what they felt when you levelled their holiest shrine to the ground to make room for your tower. Good luck finding a place to eat. You really should try the Riverwood Tavern in Oldtown. Why else would She bring us together first in Marcuria, and now here? If you came here to find enlightenment, Azadi, you ve definitely come to the wrong person. The name is Kian, mistress, and I came here for less peaceful reasons. You re planning on turning against your own people? I cannot take up arms against those I have sworn to protect, but I intend to return to Sadir and tell the Six - our Empresses - the truth of what goes on here. Because it is not right, it is not the will of the Goddess, and it is a betrayal of all I have learned to be true and just. But why? I still don t understand. But I understand now. I see how you have been wronged by us, and I wish to help undo the damage. Call it faith. I thought I was losing it, but I was wrong. My faith is strong. It was just misplaced. Look, I... I guess I owe you a name, don t I? I m April. April. I m happy to make your acquaintance. I don t have an easy time trusting anyone, Azad― Kian. But I m starting to believe that you re the real thing, an honourable man. I hope so. I still don t understand why you re here, though. And I don t understand why Na ane told me that you re― It s tight and uncomfortable, but it conceals me, and it makes some humans look at me with admiration. And I understand why now. This body is so constricting, so small, so fragile. Soft and beautiful and pleasurable, but a prison for the soul. Good luck, sister. Live well. You deserve it. You ve earned it. Jeepers, this place has changed a lot! It used to scare the crap out of me, and now it s sort of...fluffy. With an edge. The Guardian s out there. I guess I should go alone. I m not arguing. Knock yourself out. I ll wait here...unless that portal thingy starts closing, in which case it s bye-bye Guardian s Realm, hello comfortable reality. Don t worry. I ll be back soon. Forget about asking me to come with you. I don t like those big pillars of light. They re never safe to be around. I m staying right here, thank you very much. Come on, Crow. Let s go. So did you find what you were looking for? I did. Good! I love happy endings. Ah, another adventure complete! Well played, partner. Time to go back and gorge ourselves on roast gipa and ice ale! I apologise. You re most welcome here, traveller. I want to be myself again. When I fell asleep on the airship on my way here, I didn t disappear. And you re one of them. All right, okay, fine, I ll be a good fowl and pretend everything s just...peachy. You didn t even bother to look me up after you were done doing...whatever it is you needed to do. And don t think I m not angry at you, or that I ve forgiven you...because I am, and I haven t! Our schedule must be upheld, or there will be grave consequences for everyone. Commander. Why this sudden interest in Apostle Alvane? Hello, Zoë. It s good to see you again. Are you crying? Hey. No...no, I m just... Yeah. I m crying. Oh, I see. Why? I m definitely staying. Good. That makes me happy. I like it when you re here. By the way, you have a visitor, Zoë. A...visitor? Yes. She asked me questions. What kind of questions? The difficult kind. The kind I can t answer. About you and about your father. Where is she now? She s out there. She wanted to see the view. I told her she should wait for you, but she didn t listen to me. And your soldiers, they ve made the Northlands safe against our enemies, and Marcuria s streets secure to walk at night. As long as you re human, of course. I m embarrassed to say there are even those who are happy you ve rounded up all the non-humans and stuck them in a ghetto. I believe that you have misjudged our intentions, but you speak with such passion and conviction, it would be wrong of me to simply dismiss you. You two, get ready to leave. You can t delay the boat any longer. When are you going to let us go on a mission again? I ll see you at home, guys. Safe journey, and guard those supplies well. Hm. It is no business of ours. And she is right. We already have a mission. I know, but she s always had a lot on her mind, and she hasn t been this way before. There s something going on that she s not telling us, I m sure of it. I m sorry. I m in a hurry. That girl, Zoë, she s― What s wrong with her? She s in Friar s Keep, Benrime. What? By the Balance... How did that happen? I don t know, and right now I don t care. I need to get her out of there before they ship her off to Sadir. The poor child! But why are you here asking me for food when she needs your help? Because I need to make a delivery to the prison. It s the only way to get inside. Oh! Of course, one moment. Here you are, April. That ought to get you inside. Well? Don t waste any time, go rescue her! Go! Are you still here? You must go rescue that poor girl from Friar s Keep! That s it, I m going out there. We will make our way to safety, and regroup. But first we have to help her escape. For Raven! No, Brynn! Over here... Nothing to see here, citizen. Move along. First time Every time Best fish in town! Fresh out of the water! The South Gate s closed. If you re looking for the harbour, use the West Gate. Those rebels are causing trouble for everyone. Why can t they just leave us be and go back to the caves they came from? Half the businesses around here have had to close down. The taverns, too. I really miss The Salty Seaman. Best nuts in Marcuria. Maybe I should just face reality and pay for a stall over by the west gate. It ll cost me an arm and a leg, but I m not making ends meet here. Are you looking for anything in particular? We ve had some trouble getting wares in from the north, what with those damn rebels and all. I m not used to the cold. Where I come from, it s warm all year round. I ll be happy when my six years are up. Die, rebel scum! My Faith makes my blade invincible! I left her world behind a decade ago. I swore to never go back, and...and now I can t, even if I wanted to. Trust me, it s not impossible. You took a chance when you killed those soldiers back then, and it paid off, didn t it? I m alive, and I m on your team. It was risky, but it was the right thing to do. I m proud to be guarding this symbol of our infinite power and wisdom. There s never been a tower like this one anywhere in the world. Not even in our holy city of Sadir! Feel free to walk around and admire the tower, citizen, but only Trueborn can come inside. I sure hope I get sent somewhere warmer during my next cycle. I m freezing. The tower will be finished soon, and I ve heard that the Six are coming all the way from Sadir to attend the opening ceremonies. Hello, beautiful! Care to join me and my friends at the barracks tonight? I can promise you a good time. Why would anyone in their right mind be out in this cold? Go home and warm yourself by the fire, woman! The curfew begins at midnight. Make certain you re home by then. Be careful at night, citizen. It s hard to tell friend from foe, and we have to be cautious with these rebels about. I enjoy working nights. It s so calm and peaceful, a man can hear himself think. What is it with you Northlanders? How can you stand this biting cold and incessant darkness? The tower s closed, citizen. Come back in the morning, and make sure to bring your papers if you hope to be let inside. I have no need for politics. As long as there s bread on the table and a roof over our heads, I ll be thankful. Without the Azadi, we d all be Tyren stew by now. I m not saying I approve of everything the Azadi have done, but I like their style! One day I d like to visit this city the Azadi keep speaking of, Sadir. If it s anything like this tower, it must be the most beautiful city in the world. Alarm! Rebels! Need some help here! We got an intruder! Help...me! Come quickly! Alarm! I wish I d been posted to guard the tower instead of this desolate corner of the city... I wonder what my betrothed is doing right now. She lives in Tahran. She told me she ll wait for me, even though I ll be here for many years. The local girls are very friendly. I guess you like men in armour? Guard 1 Nothing much happens around here. Once in a while, a magical tries to leave the ghetto without permission, but that s about it. Guard 2 I heard there was another rebel attack not too long ago, somewhere in the forest to the northeast of here. Do you think they re planning an attack? Guard 1 Kian Are you chasing the Scorpion, Apostle? He killed two of my friends while they were on patrol in the east. I hope you catch him. He s a Goddessless Daemon. Guard 2 Kian It s good to know that the Six think enough of us to send an Apostle all the way out here. Our Commander, with all due respect, has done nothing to catch the Scorpion. Everyone s talking about it around the campfires. My arse is itching... I d actually prefer to go on a raid in the north rather than standing around here all day. I ve spoken with a soldier, and he told me that when I turn fourteen, I can sign up with the Azadi army and travel to Sadir for training! My Mum doesn t want me hanging around with the Azadi, but I don t care. I think they re brilliant! Aren t these steam machines wonderful? They make life so much easier! So what if they break down once or twice a day? No pain, no progress! I ll be importing more machines from Sadir, and soon Marcuria will move into the modern age of steam technology! It s such a nuisance with these checkpoints. It didn t used to be like this. How will I ever get this book to the library on time? I have to say that I disapprove of some of the changes the Azadi have made. Why don t they trust us to run this city on our own? It s not that I have anything personal against the magicals, but it s better for all of us that we keep them separated from us humans. I have to say that I think the Dolmari smell strange. Have you ever been to the ghetto? It really is a filthy place. I really don t wish to have any opinions about anything whatsoever. It s bound to cause trouble. I want to live a quiet life with my family, and I do not wish to get into trouble by talking to anyone about anything. Cold Stone Gate is closed, citizen. You ll have to come back later. Cold Stone Gate s still closed, citizen. You ll have to take the long way around. I ll get out of your way, sir. I m sorry, sir. Semban Landas the name, steam technology is my game. At your service, sir. Thanks for pulling us out of the dark ages and into the enlightened age of steam technology, sir! Move along, citizen. Sadir must be a great city. No unauthorised magic, no non-humans, and ruled by women? Maybe I could go there some day... Tell your people that we Marcurians are happy to have you here! My Mum told me not to talk to strangers...but I don t listen to her anymore, because she doesn t like you Azadi. When I grow up, I m going to be a soldier, and I ll come with you to fight the rebels! I don t mind the soldiers at all. Their business is none of my business. You do whatever it is you need to do, and I won t bother you. Please, sir, I really don t want to get involved in anything. I have a family to look after. Go home and go to bed, citizen. It s late. I told you, the ghetto s closed. Well, I require a warm drink and a soft maiden. The subject is improving after a prolonged illness. She s responding well to stimuli, and appears to be in good spirits. The Shakespeareans control Venice. I think the EYE has given up on us. I ve met Othello, the leader of the Shakespeareans. He may be short, but he s really intimidating. Lady, are you stupid or just deaf? You shouldn t be here. Not that I care, but you re just begging to be kidnapped. Othello s boys are everywhere. If I could leave, I would. But where am I gonna go? I don t even have an EYE ID. They won t let me past the checkpoints. I m trapped here with all the rest. The only way I m leaving Venice is in a bodybag. If I m lucky. When I get my name, life s going to get so much better. I can take care of my Mom and my sister. I had a wife and kids once, but they...vanished. Just like so many others. What happened that day? I can t stop thinking about it. If I could go back to that day ten years ago, maybe I could ve done something to help them. But it s too late now. They re gone. Everyone s saying they had it better before the Collapse. Me, I had it just as rough. No difference. If I wanted to, I could leave Venice, move uptown. But why would I do that? Down here, I got freedom and fresh air. That s all a man needs. You think just cause you got proper clothes and clear skin, you re better than us? The Syndicate can t help you if you get into trouble down here. I have nothing left to live for. I used to own an art gallery here in Venice. Now look at me. My gallery was really famous, but fame gets you nowhere when the world falls to pieces. One day I was the owner of Roma Gallery, the next I was living on the street together with thousands of others. Are you insane, walking around here asking questions? You won t last the day, little girl. You got any food on you? A cashcard? Maybe some Raptures? Nothing? I like that jacket and those shoes. Maybe I should just take them? What are you gonna do, call for help? Consider yourself lucky to be here. We have a very select clientele. This is the best job I ve ever had. I make more in tips in a single weekend than I used to get paid in a month. The place s pretty quiet until midnight. That s when the VIP s and the vampires start showing. By three o clock, we re pretty crowded. You won t find a more exclusive cocktail lounge than The Fringe. Our guests travel halfway across the world to party here. So who do you think will win the election? What, as the new Syndicate head? That s already been decided. The election s just for show. Really? I thought the whole point of the Syndicate was more transparency and accountability. Right. And the EYE s totally nonpartisan. Come on, what kind of world do you think we live in? The corporations control the Syndicate, not the other way around. It s all just a front. Wow. That s so interesting. So what do you do? I m on the Bingo! board of directors, and I own a lot of stock in Asad Robotics. Really? So...do you want to take me home tonight? Maybe. We ll see who else shows up. You probably recognise me from Colonists. I had a recurring role as a single mother with a dark secret last fall. Everybody loved me. I don t talk to people below my social stratum. Who on Earth are you wearing? It s so...base. Don t tell me that trash is coming back in style. I come here to mingle with equals, not to converse with commoners. Most of the people who come here are so dull. Rich, powerful, beautiful - dull. Hi. Wow, you ve got a toned ass. Where did you have it molded? Hey, beautiful. Wanna ride on my rocket? I ll take you to heaven and back in one night. I m thinking about donating all my money away and moving to the Australian outback. They still got some of that left, don t they? That coat is just so vulgar. Where did you get it, at Trisha West s? It must ve cost a fortune to look so cheap. I m really jealous of your hair. Who made it? It looks completely real. I must get the name of your weaver! I m thinking about donating all my money and moving to the Australian outback. They still got some of that left, don t they? I can t begin to tell you how refreshing it is to see a new face. Every night, the same people show. It s like purgatory, with cocktails. Where s your Goddess now? The cowards are using magic! For the Six! For Sadir! ...can t...breathe... Help me! Please, join me. The future of our Empire rests on his shoulders now... (Yawns deeply) ...mhmm? What the― Hey, what are you doing? By the Balance, I m sleepy. What? Hey, stay there! ...blasted Warden, I ll have him know... ...try to slip one past me, eh... ...infernal flying machines... Can t keep...my eyes...open... (Snores) (Snores loudly) (Humming some more) Not on my watch, you don t! Settle down, you! And put those trousers back on! Disgraceful... If your Mum could see you now, she d be horrified. Horrified! Stand right there, the gentleman wishes to speak with you. Come on, back to your cell with you. You have no idea who this enemy is who hunts you? Enemy Who is this enemy? I feel it searching with dark eyes, reaching out for me with sharp talons. It wants to eat me up. But why? Why would anyone want to kill the Draic Kin? So that there s nothing left to challenge it. So that it can run free amongst mortals. So that it can devour, undisturbed. But don t worry about me. I m safe here. It can t touch me now. W-where did she go? What did you do to her? Did you use magic on her? I didn t do anything to her, funny bird. She left this place on her own. But...but she just vanished! I know. Isn t it fascinating? There s no one else like her. She s special. I ve never met a human girl who hasn t been special. For all I know, they ve all got strange powers and important destinies. I just hope she s okay. Most interesting. Who s there? Hello? Funny bird, is that you? Oh. I didn t...see you. Are you looking for something? Wait, no, what are you― The first BunnyBot was ten feet tall and weighed more than three hundred kilograms. I m alive... I m alive! Mommy? I love you! Nooo... I love coming to the museum. It s so clean and quiet. But I don t much care for the exhibits. They re too garish. I wanted to bring my grandson along for some culture, but he doesn t appear to be enjoying himself. I say his parents are to blame. They are too soft. My other grandson, Ren, is watching my granddaughter Riko. They didn t want to come to the museum today. I don t understand why. Good morning, Zoë. Having my coffee. The train s not leaving until one o clock, so I thought I d sleep in for a change. Dad? What are you still doing home? Train? What train? The train for Bombay. Bombay? Good Lord, Zoë. Did you forget already? We spoke about it on Tuesday. I m going on a business trip to Bombay. Remember? Oh. Bombay. Right. I thought that was next...wait, is today Thursday? How pathetic is that. I don t even know what day it is anymore. Well, at least you re up before noon. That s something. Um...I m going to the gym. Remember gym So, do you have any plans this morning? I mean, what s left of it? Forgotten gym See? You still have passion for something. I guess I ll scan the wanted ads. That always helps put things into perspective, seeing all the jobs I don t qualify for. It s either that or scan the wanted ads and get depressed about all the jobs I don t qualify for. If you feel that way, why don t you go back to school? Dad. Don t start. I m sorry, Zoë, but you re obviously not happy here either. Change your major. Biotech s not the only thing Cape Town s got to offer. We ve had this discussion already. I wish it was that easy. Don t you think I miss having direction and ambitions? Now, I m just... Hell, why not change university? I ll help you. In fact, Bombay s got a great school for bioengineering. I could stop by while I m there. I just don t know what I want. Can you please understand that? I need time. Fine, I won t push. I m happy to have you home, Zoë. I just hate to see you like this. So do I, Dad. So do I. I should hurry. I was supposed to be at the gym already. Have a nice trip, okay? I ll be late for the gym if I don t hurry I ll leave you to your coffee. Have a nice trip, okay? It s time to go It could take a while, depending on how the inspections go. And I have some...other business to take care of in Bombay. So you don t know when you ll be back? Asked about trip So you re not sure when you re coming back? Asked about trip and work Wait, so when are you coming back? Didn t ask anything No. But call me if there s anything. I might not pick up - corporation rules - but I ll call you back. I promise. Really? What is it? Oh, just...work stuff. There are several biotechs headquartered in Bombay, and I need to take some meetings. I m not sure yet. It could take a while, depending on― Oh, it wouldn t interest you. If there s anything, give me a call. If I don t pick up right away, I m probably in a meeting or inside a secure facility. I ll call you back as soon as I can. Call me if there s anything. If I don t pick up right away, it means I m in a meeting or inside a secure facility. I promise I ll call you back as soon as I can. Bye, Dad. Bye bye, sweetheart. Be good, okay? Yeah, yeah. So what s happening in Bombay? Bombay I wonder what Dad s doing in Bombay We re signing a contract with a new biotech outfit, and they need me to do another on-site evaluation. Oh. That sounds...really, really boring. I thought you wanted to do more lab work. How s work going? Work I should ask about work Are you okay? You know, I can t remember the last time you asked me about my job. Hey, I m trying to be a concerned daughter. Some credit? Of course. I m sorry. Work is...good. The promotion s keeping me very busy. I ve noticed. We haven t had a sit-down dinner together since Christmas Eve. I know, sweetheart. I m sorry about that. Listen, how about this. I promise I ll cook for you when I get back from Bombay. Ooh, spaghetti! I was thinking more along the lines of salad... Ugh. No. Are you trying to tell me I need to lose weight? Spaghetti it is. So, about work... Anything new? Work again I should ask some more about work Aside from this trip? No, not really. It s all pretty boring stuff. Come on, I studied bioengineering, too. Don t forget that. I know exactly how boring it can be. (Laughs) That s true. I keep forgetting that my beautiful and talented daughter thought it was a good idea to follow in my footsteps. Don t have to worry about that anymore. I m the beautiful and talented drop-out daughter now. Breaking with tradition, in true Castillo fashion. I did. I do. This is what happens when you get a promotion. Serves you right for having ambitions. So when are you coming back? I m not actually sure. It could take a few days, it could be as much as two weeks. Really? Two weeks? I have the house to myself for― I mean, I have to be alone for two weeks? Yes. And we talked about this on Tuesday as well. Oh. Sorry. My mind s just...elsewhere. I ll say. Buy me something in Bombay? Something exotic? An alarm clock, maybe? Funny. Listen, Dad, would you mind terribly if I had a few people over tonight? Party I need to tell Dad about the party I m having tonight You re asking me if you can have a party? No. Not a party. More like a, uh, a soirée. Ah, right. I m guessing there won t be any boys or alcohol at this soirée ? There definitely won t be any drugs. How s that? You know how to put things into perspective, Zoë. All right. When did you ever need my permission anyway? I know how to play you, Dad. That s what daughters do. Bye. Or send me a message. Just...something. Anything. Bye. Clothes? I m telling you right now, no daughter of mine is going out dressed like that. Mmm, no. I don t think so. What? Coffee and newspaper, Zoë... Zoë bothering Dad Quiet time. Gotcha. Underwear, Zoë? Crap. I keep forgetting. Mobile? Dammit! What s up? I m still having my coffee and I m trying to read the newspaper... Oh. Sorry. I wasn t thinking. I ll leave you alone now. Gym? Right. Gym. Bye, Dad! Have a safe trip! Dad in shower Bye, sweetheart! Bye, Dad. Have a safe trip, okay? Dad having coffee I will. Bye, sweetheart. Joke Make light of it We just don t talk about it much. Serious It s no laughing matter Zoë, we never talk about it. When were you ever interested in my job? I don t know. Forget it. I m just trying to be nice. Gesture appreciated, Zoë. Work s going well. My promotion s keeping me busy. I ve noticed. We haven t sat down together for dinner since Christmas Eve. I m sorry. I just want to settle in, get on top of things. They ve given me a lot of responsibility. I know, I know. Don t worry about it, okay? I m glad things are going well at work. You re so good at martial arts, I m completely jealous. Chatter Too bad I can t come to the party tonight, but Aleks wanted to stay in and, um, watch a movie. I think Aleksander s going to ask me to move in with him. I really like him, but he s got chubby fingers, so I m not so sure... I should really practice more, but I don t think I have the patience for it. I admire your focus and commitment, Zoë. I just don t understand all this fuss about freedom and democracy . What s so different about Marcuria now that the Azadi run things? It smells the same to me. Zoë/April The Azadi Goddess seems as good a deity to worship as any other. My philosophy has always been to worship all of them. That way, no matter what, you re safe. Are you married? My great-grandson runs a tailor shop on the west side. He doesn t know any girls...though he does have a number of young and handsome male friends. Goodness me, you re a fine, strapping lad. If I were seventy years younger, I d take you dancing, gossipmongers be damned! Kian I don t know why these rebellious youngsters have to go and cause you so much trouble. They should settle down and raise families instead. Ho, stranger! I have a great-great-granddaughter who just turned sixteen a week ago. She may not be much to look at, but she has a good heart, and she d make a stout wife. I don t mind the soldiers. They ve made the streets safe for an old woman like me. What a strapping lad you are. I m sure your mother must be very proud of you. I try not to worry about the Static. Worst comes to worst, we could live without the Wire...right? You re not supposed to be here! Who the hell are you? She s getting agitated. We need to calm her down. The core s definitely reacting to external stimuli...but what? This doesn t look like the normal spikes, and there s absolutely no activity on DreamNet. What s eating her? Good question. Whatever it is, it s serious. I ve never seen her like this. You two are staying put. I want a full update once the lockdown has been lifted. Yes, Ms Gilmore. If this Static thing escalates, the Syndicate will have to do something. They can t just ignore it forever. I broke it off. It wasn t real. I mean, I loved him, he loved me, that part was real. But the rest of it... I was pretty naíve. What happened? What? No, I don t. I m completely over him. Just friends. I m spoken for. Unfortunately. Plus, I can tell you ve still got a thing for him. I had our whole future planned out. Kids, cat, a loft downtown, my own business, stay-at-home husband... The whole nuclear family thing. Zoë? Where have you been? I ve been...travelling. Why, what s up? There have been people asking for you. Syndicate people. EYEs. Oh. Yeah. Long story. Look, I m not going to pry or anything, but they seemed pretty serious. Is everything okay? Yes. Sort of. Nothing to worry about, Karen. Thanks. Okay. Can I get you a latte on the house? Raincheck? I m just not in the mood for coffee right now. You got it. Help! I ll let you know if those Syndicate guys come by again. Hi, there. Changed your mind? No. I m just here to torture myself. Those cookies smell really good. You can have one, if you want. I shouldn t. I ll just ruin my appetite. Thanks, though. No, I m good. Thanks. Ooh, I see. No, nothing like that, I m afraid. I wish. That s too bad. Want a latte to help you wake up? I can make it a double. Later, maybe? So... Dry air No. Nothing. Sorry. (Clears throat) Have a nice day! They are waiting, Apostle. Please, Apostle, I was told to bring you immediately. I beg you, Apostle, you must present yourself to the Six. They are waiting. Zoë? It s me. Where are you? Dad? I m...out walking. Is it raining there? Uh, no, I m in a store. They ve got this annoying ambient soundtrack. Are you still in Bombay? I am. Listen, I got a strange call from someone. He said he was with the EYE, and he asked me about Reza. What s going on, Zoë? I don t know, Dad. Did he say anything else? Lie Reza s disappeared, and the EYE s after him. Truth It appears he s wanted for questioning in connection with a crime. Have you spoken with him? What? Why? Some story he s working on... It s all bullshit, he hasn t done anything wrong. He s being framed, Dad. Still, Zoë, be careful. You don t want to mess with the Syndicate. If Reza contacts you― Not since Thursday afternoon. Be careful. You don t want to get on the Syndicate s bad side. If Reza contacts you― I m not going to betray him. He s my friend. I m not asking you to betray him. Like I said, just be careful. I know Reza wouldn t want you to get into any trouble because of him. Good. Will you be all right? Do you want me to come home? No! No, there s, uh, there s no need to come home, Dad. I m fine. I mean, what could possibly happen to me here in Casablanca? Well, it seems I ll need to stay here for a while. The evaluation s taking longer than expected, and there are some...complications. That s okay. Stay as long as you need to. I m keeping myself busy. All right, sweetheart. I m late for a meeting. Take care, I ll talk to you soon. Love you, Dad. I love you, too. Bye. It s me. I ve been calling you for a couple of days now, but you re not picking up, and you haven t replied to any of my messages. You have one new message from... Dad. What s going on? Where are you? Please call me as soon as you get this. I m getting worried. Okay? Bye. Hello Zoë. I m sorry, but I m currently away from my phone. Leave me a message, and I ll call you back as soon as I can. Hey, Dad. Look, I m sorry for not calling you back sooner. I m... I ve been so lazy. All I do is sleep and hang around the house. Big surprise, right? I hope things are going well for you in Bombay. You don t have to call me back, not unless it s important. I m perfectly fine. Very bored, but fine. Love you. Bye. Dad? My God, Zoë. You have not been an easy person to get a hold of. Where have you been? Home. Casablanca. Around. Sorry, I...I didn t think you d be so worried. Worried? That s an understatement. And you don t have to lie anymore, I know you haven t been home. Thank God. Finally. I m starving. What are you doing out of your cell? You re not going anywhere! I ve been posted here solely to assist and to advice the local Watch. Warden Murron is an asset to this facility and to the Empire. He will be properly rewarded by the Emissary when the time comes. The warden told you to deliver the food. So deliver the food. What are you still doing here? Go upstairs and deliver the food. You re really starting to annoy me. Spices! Get your spices! Spices! We sell Mrs Mullins Mixed Spices! Not right now, but usually! I have nothing to sell, but I m shouting nonetheless! Spices! We got spices! Get your Mrs Mullins here! Spices! We re all out of spices! Buy now, and I ll deliver tomorrow! Maybe! Selling Reserve your spices for delivery tomorrow! Or next week! Serving all your spice needs, we ve got spices! Mrs Mullins! Best there is! Spice up your life! Best spices in Marcuria! Take care, okay? Stay here and stay in that disguise. It suits you. Sorry. Just clearing my throat. Dry air. Sorry. Oh. (Clears throat again) (Sighs) Sorry. The air― Dry. Mm-hmm. Almost there. (Sighs exasperatedly) I can t believe I beat you, Zoë! That s the first time ever. You must be having an off-day.
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I got just what you need. Decrypter It s a small program for your mobile, for any mobile. It disguises the phone and makes it hard for the Eye in the Sky to track it. Interesting. Something like that is very hard to find. Show me. I ll transfer it over. Good. So we have a deal? Very nice, very nice. This is some good stuff. Where you get this? I never seen nothing like this before. This will make my customers very happy. Yes, yes. We have a deal. Here is lockpick for you. Pleased to do business. Very pleased. Mobile not very interesting. But my customers, they paranoid. They like to be invisible. If I could make mobiles invisible... Like...some kind of cloak for mobiles? Yes, yes, that could be worth a lot to me. Definitely worth trading away last lockpick. All-righty. I ll keep my eye on the tower, just in case anything...happens. Jackpot! Maybe! Someone s in there got the munchies, and they just ordered out. From where? Uh, I don t think Zoë caught that part. She just said sandwich . It doesn t matter. I can fake it. So, food delivery. That s the way to get in. There s lots of stuff about the Static, but nothing you wouldn t be able to find on the Wire. Looks like he was doing research into that. Not bad, Kian. You did well out there today. Good performance Thank you, Master, but your praise shames me. The light of the Goddess blinds my opponents, and guides my sword to victory. Your skill with the sword is unmatched, Kian, and so is your faith, but the one does not equate with the other. What do you mean, Master? Politics! When did you become a woman? Your dedication to the Mission is a waste of your potential. And your time. Well, you ve never approved of my calling, but I have pledged my life to the Goddess, and I have vowed to protect her Word. The Word of the Goddess does not require your protection. And you have pledged your life to the Six, not the Goddess. Don t confuse the two. On this, we will never see eye to eye, Master. I am an Apostle of the Faith, and I have― With great talent comes great responsibility. You could be a powerful man, Kian. Instead you have chosen life as a puppet. A puppet! Excuse me, Master. Master, forgive me. I am being sent to the havens tonight, Master. A cloudship will take me east, across the ocean. I must leave with haste. So, Apostle, what will they have you do this time? With haste . I see. Another heathen who needs converting? There s great darkness in this world. Is it not our duty to illuminate the darkness with the light of the Goddess? We cannot make the sun rise in the dead of night, Kian. Like everyone else, we must wait for dawn. Must we have this discussion again, Master? It seems to me you question everything I believe in. Not so, Kian. You know I m a man of faith. What I am questioning is our right to impose our faith on others. I ve been to these Eastern lands, and― And is it not a place full of darkness and sin? Would it not be better off under the guiding light of our Faith, and the mercy of the Goddess? What would you have me answer? There is indeed arrogance, oppression, murder, and fear in those lands...but there s also beauty, freedom, and humility. And the brightest day has the darkest shadows, Kian. Remember that. I must depart now, Master. The cloudship leaves the havens at first light, and my duty beckons. Duty or no duty, do only what you yourself believe to be right, and not what others tell you is right. And the light of the Goddess upon you, Master Garmon. Of course, Kian. You re excused. We will continue practice without you. Amanon! Nozan! Into the ring! And try not to swing your swords like shy little schoolgirls this time around! I m surprised, Kian. You count yourself among the best, but now you ve been defeated by a student. Medium performance I apologise, Master. I have disappointed you. I shall pray and make sacrifice to the Goddess for guidance. Her light will illuminate my path and guide my sword. I...don t know what happened out there, Master. Maybe the Goddess is punishing me for my pride. I must pray and make sacrifice. Your faith is unquestionable, Kian, and your skill with the sword is unmatched. But the one does not equate with the other. Kian! Where s your focus, boy? You re supposed to teach them how to fight, not how to lose! Bad performance The problem is neither your skill with the sword nor your faith in the Goddess, boy. The problem lies in equating the one with the other. Oy! You right there? Good afternoon. This is the Victory Hotel, right? I need a room. I ll be staying until Tuesday. Do you serve breakfast? Vacancies I ll pretend that I think this really is a hotel - maybe that ll throw him off Hello. I m, uh, here to apply for that job. Job I ll pretend I m here for a job interview A job? I didn t know we were hirin . I ll have to check that with me, uh, with the...manager... Ah, mate! Wait a minute. We re not hirin . Who told you we d be hirin ? I saw the...ad. Maybe I could talk to the manager, and― You have a hearin problem? I told you, we re not hirin . Now, I m takin you to the door, and then you ll bugger off, nice and quiet like. I can t leave. What happened to nice and quite like? Now, get stuffed, or I ll chuck you out the door meself! Ah, yeah, gidday. Sorry, darlin , but this ain t no― Oh, right-oh. Yeah. The Victory Hotel. That s what the door says. Vacancies, eh? Uh... Everywhere else is fully booked, and I really need a room. Do you have anything with a bathtub? Oy, we might have somethin on the― Wait a minute. How d you get in ere? I didn t hear the buzzer...or did I? I buzzed, and someone let me in. Isn t this the reception? I like it. It s...rustic. Seriously? I can t tell him I broke in! I didn t hear the buzzer. Maybe someone... Bloody-oh, Marcus will throw a right fit. I ll be up shit creek, fer cryin out loud... I came in through the basement. Why not tell the truth? Now, don t get smart with me, darlin . No one comes in the basement. We ve closed that up, real tight, like. Still. Basement. What s that setup you got down there? What s that for? You re not lookin for a place to stay, are you? You broke in? What are you snoopin around for, eh? Ah yeah, my ass is toast if Marcus hears about this... Maybe I should just― Shut it! I m tryin to think, here... With all due respect, that could take a while. In the meantime, why don t I just continue on my way, and you can forget you ever saw me. I ll forget I ever met you, alright. After I send you swimmin in the nearest canal! Listen, I don t want any drama. I just want a room. Something with a view. Calm The key is to stay calm Ah yeah. A room. Uh. With us bein a hotel n all. Maybe... Well I don t think there s anything available at the moment. Listen, I buzzed, the door opened, now I want a room. Aggressive Show him who s the boss Maybe I could just have a look around? Check out the rooms and the facilities. You know, scope out the place. I ll demand to check out the room for myself No-no-no. Sorry, darlin , but I can t let you wander round here alone. Wouldn t be mindin me job, would I? We don t have any vacancies. We re a very popular...hotel. Yeah, sorry. I ll have to show you out. You can go ask your manager. I ll wait here. Manager Asking for the manager always does the trick Me...what? You ll wait here? I ll wait here. Right-oh. Well. See, there s...uh. Me manager? Better yet, let me take a look around, see if this place s to my liking. I ll come right back here when I m done. No need to bother your manager. Ah, fair dinkum. I guess that s... You ll come back here when you re done, yeah? No. I m not leaving. Don t get smart with me, darlin . Now you ll be off like a bride s nighty, or I ll I have to drag you out meself. Come on. What? We don t have an― No rooms available, I m afraid. You know, holiday season. Which holiday? Christmas was four weeks ago. Ah yeah, well, long-term guests. Stay right through Chrissie and into the New Year. So, get stuffed. I m not leaving. You deaf? I told you to get stuffed! Guess I have to toss you out meself, then. Come to Wazza! That clock doesn t appear to work. It looks like this might have been a nice neighbourhood at some point, but now...? That s really beautiful. He seems to be in a hurry to get somewhere. That s the scaffolding Chawan was talking about. It rises all the way up to that unfinished bridge. The South Gate. This has been closed ever since they moved all the traffic to the harbour over on the west side. I used to like The Salty Seaman before they had to shut it down. Back in the old days, we used to come to The Cock and the Puss, just me and the boys... The Azadi will probably replace this well with one of their machines soon enough. I think he sells spices...even though I can t see any. Roper Klacks, my old nemesis. Rehabilitated, apparently. We ll see about that. They ve kept the blue flame burning here in Oldtown for a thousand years, apparently. It didn t even go out when the Tyren held the city. Blue flames. I can totally deal with that. I ve seen weirder things. This is magic, I m sure of it. Still, it feels warm enough. I don t believe in judging people by their appearance, but that guy looks a bit...evil. Ish. Back when I first came here, you wouldn t have seen a Banda in Marcuria. The only reason you see them here now is because their villages have been destroyed by the Azadi. That is an animal, not a thinking, feeling person. It cannot be. Our teachings are clear on that matter. Oh! He s so cute and cuddly, like a koala bear! Blue man. That s not so weird. I ve known some blue people. They d always wash it off later, but still. I get blue. He s Dolmari, and therefore he has to live inside the walls of the magic ghetto , or he ll be arrested. He looks deceptively human...but he s not. He s just a magical. It s Crow, my new sidekick. It s so cool to have a sidekick. I feel a lot better now. Here in Oldtown, you can still get herbs and potions that the Azadi have outlawed. Looks like they sell everything here. Food, herbs, potions, clothes... It s a lot better than the South Gate Market, that s for sure. They trade and sell contraband here, items of a sorcerous nature. Still, it doesn t relate to my mission, and I have no time for such trivial matters. That s probably a fishing boat of some kind. Not that I know anything about boats, but a girl can always guess. I d imagine that s a trading vessel. It looks big enough to carry cargo. I have no interest in that. It s a Shadowship, a vessel belonging to the Dark People. They travel faster than any other seagoing vessel. It s one of the Dark People. A...Dark Person? He s probably a Shadowguide, the captain of that Shadowship. What are the Azadi doing here? I thought they stayed out of Oldtown as much as possible, except during raids. Our ship. I ll be happy to see her go east with the supplies. Every hour she stays here, the chance of something going wrong increases. That s not a good sign. Literally. They used to do brisk business in nooses here, when Friar s Keep held condemned prisoners. Nowadays, it s the axe-sharpening business in Sadir that s booming... From what I understand, these Northlanders put ropes around condemned prisoners necks, and strangle them to death. Another guard. Dammit. I ll have to find a way to get past him. He s sleeping. If I m really quiet, I can probably sneak past him now. Examine sleeping light That s Crow. He s here with April to rescue me. He looks so much happier now. Examine after gum Riko, looking a lot happier than she did earlier. What s that up there? They re all closed and locked. Maybe there s a way out through here. That man is connected to those machines via cables and wires. What purpose do they serve? It s really lush in here. Those flowers are beautiful. It s a car wreck. The fence looks brand new compared with everything else around here. Strange. Crates. What would a post-apocalyptish, industrial wasteland be without them? This is like a showroom for derelict industrial areas. Crates? Check. Barrels? Check. Burned out cars? Check. That s probably where they would load the products onto vans, back when this factory was in operation. One bed, one patient...a child. Who was it? What were they doing here? This was definitely a child s room. It looks like they ve built this town from bits and pieces of everything - even boats. Fireworks? Maybe they re celebrating something. You re sure you didn t see anyone wearing a hooded cloak? I m sure. I have customers to attend to, April. Excuse me. Aaralyn. She s been coming here for a while. She s really cool. I like her. Nia s not been here that long, but she s really good. And really competitive. Aurélie. I don t think she likes martial arts that much. She just wants to stay in shape. The thing I like about Casablanca is that it s so multi-cultural. Zoë, are you checking out random guys again? Getting desperate? I ve seen that guy around before. I don t think I ve seen a creature like that before, certainly not in the Northlands. It must be a coincidence...but that looks a lot like the Azadi tower in Marcuria. And I think we re right below it. Runes...symbols. I don t recognise them, but it s probably an ancient language. Whomever built this city, they paid great attention to detail. There are carvings and ornaments everywhere. I don t know if the crystals are natural or not, but it seems they provide both light and heat to the caverns. Hmm, I don t think I can get down that way. That hooded man, he went through there. We will go through the terrorists belongings later. Maybe something in there will tell us where the rest of them are hiding. That beer tap looks like the steam machines I ve seen around the city. It s a kind of fruit. It smells...acrid. They have apples. There are so many similarities between my world and Arcadia...but this world still feels completely alien. It s just a broken wagon. That s not going anywhere. Don t they have, like, wagon mechanics in this city? Sooner or later, Arcadia will end up looking like Stark. It s just a question of time. They must have just installed these steam machines. They look brand new, and they definitely don t fit into the whole medieval look of this place. MISSING TEXT - but I don t know if you actually get to examine him. Cold Stone Gate used to be open day and night. Not anymore. The camp is almost empty. The Azadi must be expecting reinforcements. I don t have time to check out strangers. The men in this city are dressed strangely. The women, too, but they should be free to wear anything they desire. I am told that many soldiers have been sent north to fight the terrorists. Reinforcements are due soon. I hope there is room for everyone. It s a striking - and frightening - sight. That looks appropriately Azadi. She keeps her desk clean. I don t know if that s a good sign or a bad one. MISSING TEXT - if we put them in That s a Samare. She s really beautiful. I don t think I ve ever seen a male Samare. They re supposed to be rare. Wow. She s― I mean, I m assuming it s a she. She s really, really beautiful. I wonder what her people are called. What a...strange creature. It is an abomination in the eyes of trueborn, of course, but she...it is a strange sight. She s beautiful. I wonder what she is. A Samare. I thought they didn t like the ocean. Maybe she s curious. The Captain. He looks a bit too relaxed, seeing as there are still supplies left to be loaded. That creature... I have never seen its like in Sadir. It must be native to these Northlands. He will escort the traitor to the tower. He fought bravely, but in the end he was no match for my sword. The Goddess guides me to victory. Even here, on this deserted street. They re really serious about this industrial revolution of theirs. You can t escape the Azadi steam machines. They re everywhere. I see the smiths have been busy. There are almost as many machines here as there are in Sadir. These doors and windows are all locked or boarded up. Does anyone even live here anymore? Crab Bend used to be a lively neighbourhood, but all the non-humans have been forcibly moved to Oldtown, and the street s completely deserted. No one lives here anymore. That gate leads into the prison. Even though the prison is run by the city watch, we keep one of our own posted here at all times. After all, these are our prisoners. We might be able to squeeze through that window, although I don t know how we ll get up there. Examine far no crate They ve got a kitchen, but no kitchen staff. Lucky for us. Looks like they have everything needed for a fully working kitchen. I can t go back up until I ve finished what I came here for. I like spiders a lot better when they re inactive. Damien said that I can control a spider remotely with the software he put on my mobile. That looks like a holographic representation of the Dreamcore. That s incredible. It looks like an alien creature. It s hard to believe that it s a biological computer. Those elevators go up to the ground floor, but I won t be going up that way, unfortunately. Examine not use I want to stay far away from those cracks. It s a moveable crane. Looks like it can cover the entire factory floor. It s the factory floor control room. Those were probably used for packing the dolls as they came off the production line. It s the loading dock. Lockers. It doesn t look as though this place is in use anymore. Whoever worked here seems to have left in a hurry. Rich and beautiful people, doing...whatever it is the rich and beautiful do. Everyone here s wearing the latest styles. I feel a bit...underdressed. Nice dress. If you leave now, you won t be able to get back in. People are already lining up outside. They are on the list...and you re not. That thing must have cost her twenty-five thousand. Easily. I think I recognise that guy from somewhere. Half the people here are probably famous...and the other half wealthy enough to not care about being famous. That VIP room is open. I m not looking to buy anything right now. If no lockpick Well, this is shop, place of business. No loitering! I m not loitering. You called me over here. Details, details. So, you need any help? I don t know if you have what I need, but― If lockpick I have everything. Take good look around, must have something you need, yes? What is it you wanted again? No decrypter You say something about cloak for mobile. That would be good. Definitely worth trading for. I ll see what I can do. You back already? Got something to trade? Something good? Trade If I can t hack the spider. Is there anything else I can do? Can t hack It s an empty capsule for the worm. A Datakey for the core room. It s been scanned. Now all I have to do is get it into the core. It looks just like a real worm. I hope this, uh, rope is strong enough to hold my weight. It s an empty jug. A rope. Acid, apparently. I d better be careful. I ve only got one of these smoke bombs, so I d better make it count. It s an iron keychain. A museum ticket. To be used with cable car, it says. It s one half of a museum ticket. The sticker seems to hold the two pieces together well. What s this key for? A datacube. I might be able to read this on one of the consoles, if they re still operational. A second museum ticket. Well, I only need one... Acid. I ll need to be careful with this. This ought to knock the guard out. This is a solid sandwich. Sleeping potion. If I add this to the sandwich, the guard s sure to fall asleep. And quick. Once the guard takes a bite of this, he ll be fast asleep. This is the only remaining copy of Klacks novel. And if I m lucky, it won t blow up in my hands. Sweetie! Are you in Newport? I just got in. It s an awful place, but I m not here to go sightseeing. I just wanted to check in to see if you have any more information for me. Not yet. I m working on it. Reza wasn t fooling around with the encryption. This thing is harder to crack than most corporate networks. All right. I guess I ll try and find out where and what The Fringe is, and see if I can find Charlie there. You do that, sweetie. I ll call you as soon as I have something for you. Thanks. Bye, Liv. Good luck. Talk to you soon. There s no answer. She s probably busy. Hiya. I was just about to call you. Did you find Charlie? I did. The Fringe is this upscale cocktail lounge, and Charlie s the manager. Reza was here, Liv. He s okay. That s great news! You know where to find him? No, but Charlie said Reza was very interested in this hotel called the Victory Hotel. I m heading over there now. Be careful, sweetie. I m here if you need me, okay? All right. Thanks. I should get going. Hey, it s me. I found out where Reza was last night - a place called the Victory Hotel. But I need your help. Sure. What do you need? Don t freak out... I need to disable a padlock. I won t ask. What does it look like? Black. Non-descript. Blue light. A small display. Your standard padlock. No keypad, so I m guessing it only works with a key. Can I hack it? Sorry, sweetie. Those things aren t usually Wired. They operate on short-range frequencies. You need to get close, and you need a lockpick. What kind of lockpick? Anything reasonably modern should be able to take care of it, unless it s really heavy duty stuff. I don t think it is. It s just a padlock on a fence. Any lockpick will do, as long as it s got multiple frequencies and a universal interface. Most do. I ll try and find one. Thanks, Liv. Zoë, is that you? It s me. I found out where Reza was last night. He went to a place called the Victory Hotel. But I need your help. If didn t talk Zoë! Is that you? Did you find a lockpick? Sort of, but I ll need your help. Sure, sweetie. What do you need? If talk I m trying to buy a lockpick from this merchant, but he doesn t want money. He wants software. I got software. What does he want? Remember that cloak you gave me? Could I get a copy of that which would work on other mobiles? Not the same one. I wouldn t give that to just anyone. But I have another software cloak. It s not as powerful as yours, but it s good stuff. I m sending it to you as we speak. I m sure he ll be ready to do business when he sees this thing. It s pretty neat. I got it. Thanks, Liv. You re the best. You re not wrong, sweetie! Good luck, okay? I ll talk to you soon. Did you find Reza? No, but...I found something that belongs to him. His lighter. And there was...blood on it. Sweetie, that doesn t mean a thing. Listen, I know he s alive. He accessed the Wire for a brief moment last night. Just a burst of data. Really? Did you see what it was? Nope. It was encrypted, to an anonymous recipient, but it was there. A sign of life. So I m sure he s okay. Have you gotten any further with his notepad? Yes and no. I ve got all the data out, and now I need to piece it all together in a coherent fashion. I ve got bits and pieces. There s a lot of stuff about the Static, but nothing you wouldn t be able to find on the Wire. Looks like he was doing research into that. That makes sense. The Static would be the kind of story Reza would be interested in. I ve got a lead myself. A guy. He said he ll help me find Reza. I m meeting him tonight, at The Fringe. All right. Call me as soon as you know more, okay? I ll get back to the notepad. I will. Thanks, Liv. Bye. talk to That was good, Zoë, but practice makes perfect. Let s start over. Wanna fight more? Not bad, Zoë. Not bad. Let s go again. You re improving, Zoë. About time. Ready for another round? Good. Positions. I need more practice No, I think I ve had enough for today. Very well. We ll pick it up again tomorrow. And do try to be on time. I m tired, and I have other things to do Reza s asked me to pick something up downtown, from a company called Jiva. They re located in the Seshadri Building. I m supposed to talk to a woman named Helena Chang. I ll need to go home and get my backpack before I leave for Newport. There may not much traffic down here at night, but a single guard watching the gate? The Azadi are getting careless. Good. You have...strong feelings regarding this matter. And freedom, Azadi - freedom is worth a lot more than you will ever know. Strong feelings? I― I shouldn t be talking to you. I have to go. I wonder what s inside... I think it s some kind of clockwork mechanism. Liv might be able to decrypt this notepad. It s a wireless lockpick that should work with most padlocks. It s just an axe. There s nothing special about it. I guess this could come in handy. Just a rag. Not very exciting, but there you go. Of course, prehistoric cavemen made torches. So I m not, you know, the first. I bought this lighter for Reza in Europolis. I hope he s okay. I m not sure how significant this is, but it was the only thing in that closet. The spice merchant is waiting for this delivery. Benrime s delivery of spices. It s for her mulled wine. Hopefully, this will be the tit for Blind Bob s tat . I need to put the worm inside this capsule to scan it. Datakey. This should give me access to the Dreamcore. I ll need to scan this before injecting it into the core. It s a dataworm, designed to infiltrate organic systems and extract information. My most treasured possession. It almost looks surprised at being used. I haven t gone anywhere in ages. I promised Wonkers I d wake him up later. And to wake up, he needs his brain back. A Watilla would need this to do anything at all. Sort of like me and caffeine. I know someone who might be able to fix these. I really shouldn t be messing with this. Reza needs it for his story...whatever that may be. I might be able to use this to open another window. It s disgusting, but hopefully I ll be able to use it for...something. I feel a strong need to wash my hands. Still, it could prove to be of use, so I ll keep it. I won t win any rope-making awards, that s for sure. Now I just need to find something to tie it to. This looks like a perfect jug for mulled wine. This rope could come in handy. This will melt right through the metal bolt. I ll need to be careful. I wouldn t want this to blow up in my face. These keys will hopefully get me out of the prison. WATIchew - packed with juicy Watilla goodness! It s a sticker. This will get me on board the cable car. Two halves make a whole. Where s the other half? If I could only find a way to put these pieces back together, I d have a valid museum ticket. I wonder if the ticket still works. 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Okay, so I m up to my neck in debt...but so what? I m sure I ll win the lottery soon. It s just a matter of time. My God, I m going to crash and burn soon. I just know it. I m going to crash and burn... Have you heard about this Project Alchera that WATIcorp s coming out with this spring? Do you know what it is? I collect Watillas. I have eighteen of them. I m so excited about Project Alchera! I think it s going to be amazing...and I m buying at least five! WATIcorp is the best corporation in the world. I m planning on applying for a job there, and moving to Wati City in Japan. I ve always enjoyed coming to the Journeyman for a drink and a chat with my friends or with Benrime. Benrime makes the best mulled wine and roast gipa in town. It s too bad that fewer and fewer people come here now that the traffic s being heavily regulated, and moved to the west and to the north. The Journeyman used to be popular with non-humans, but now that they ve been moved to the ghetto, you don t see a lot of them around. I like to eat my dinners here, whenever I can. It beats going home to my parents and grandparents to eat soup and bread. The best thing about the Journeyman is that there are no Azadi here, ever. Benrime Salmin is a...tough woman. You don t want to get on her bad side. I m actually afraid of coming here. I haven t seen you here before. Are you new to the city? This is definitely a good place to come if you don t like crowds. I hope you decide to come back here. This really is the nicest and friendliest tavern in Marcuria. I used to frequent the Puss and the Cock, but after the Azadi moved traffic away from the South Gate, they had to close the tavern down. I need to find a new tavern, preferably somewhere north of the tower. I prefer that side of town. I know I m not supposed to say it, but...I hate this tower. It doesn t belong in our city. It s an abomination. There. That s all I have to say. The Azadi levelled this entire neighbourhood to the ground to build their tower. They blame the Tyren, but I know they set some of those fires themselves. I don t like the Azadi much, and I m not afraid to say so. That s not a crime, is it? What do you want? I m busy. I have important Azadi customers to report to! To Zoë/April Nice weather we re having, isn t it? Cold and crisp, like the winters of old. My business is doing great, and now we re opening up for export to Sadir as well. A bigger market is better for everyone. I m a busy man, and I can t waste my time on idle conversation! Pardon me. Sorry, sir. Execuse me, sir. Marcuria looks so beautiful in wintertime. I wouldn t want to be anywhere else, even though it s freezing cold. I like walking around town on days like these. It s so nice to just look at the buildings and all the people. The South Gate was where all the business from the harbour came through. Nowadays, that s over by the new harbour, by the West Gate. I m here to pick up some necessities. I know there are much better markets in town, but I live up Crab Bend, and this is convenient. I miss the old market. It was always so lively, and you could buy pretty much anything you needed here. The best thing about the South Gate Market was the performers. I liked the jugglers and the fortune tellers...and also those half-naked Southlander dancers... Not a lot of people live in Crab Bend anymore, but rent s cheap, and it s safe. It may not be pretty, but it s safe. Granted, Friar s Keep looks a bit scary, and Crab Bend doesn t have the best reputation, but it s really not a bad place to live. Why did they have to close down both The Cock and the Puss and The Salty Seaman? Those were my two favourite bars in Marcuria! Most of my shipmates are over on the west side of town, but I like it here. I liked it more before, but if you know where to go, South Gate still has its benefits. I m in from Ge en. My ship s only staying a few days, so I m trying to get the most out of my visit. There are a few ladies I d like to visit tonight... My father and I are visiting Marcuria for the day. We live up north, in the farmlands west of the forest. It s not often that I get to see the city. There are so many soldiers here! They re very impressive...and handsome. Up north, people are skeptical to the Azadi, but they seem so nice and friendly. We re going back to the farm tomorrow morning. There s a lot of snow up there, so it ll take us the whole day to get home. Don t think it ends with this. I must go to the prayer room. Interact Olivia imports mobiles from manufacturers and distributors in other African markets, and resells them here in Casablanca at a heavy mark-up. My preferred mode of transportation. These subterranean streets connect all the buildings in downtown Casablanca, and the freeway is just underneath us. Classy. Real classy. Science periodicals. I used to be into that, but...not anymore. Goodbye. I don t plan on staying long. One of those creatures, uh, sang to the door...and it opened up. Magic. You gotta love it. After Grubber Maybe those creatures only live down here in the caves. If it is a door, I have no idea how to open it. Use before Grubber That creature didn t touch the door. It just opened as if by...magic. So, magic then. Always with the magic. Use after Grubber Nothing. I don t think I ll be able to guess the pattern. I need more to go on. These creatures must live down here all by themselves. I can t just guess. I need more to go on. I need to see one of those creatures using the pad. You re trespassing. Is there anything you want to tell us? Then why― When we last met, mistress... Your words awoke something inside of me... I have never questioned my mission, or my faith. To do so would be to question my entire existence. If that is so, it s my duty to help undo the damage. It may, quite simply, have been...misplaced. But the fact is, you re an enemy assassin, you re in our city, and you didn t come here to talk to me. And still, now that we meet again, I m reminded of the parting words of an old friend - words dismissed too quickly - and I find myself...torn. It s not a question of agreeing or disagreeing. It s a question of facts. You invaded our lands. You imposed yourselves on us. We delivered you from a brutal and deadly enemy. We liberated your city. We fed your hungry and housed your homeless. We made your lands safe again. Without us, you would not be here. Without us, your people would be scattered, broken, dead. Your cities would be in ruins, and your temples burned to the ground. Tell me, mistress, how have we wronged you? How have we imposed on you with our charity and good will? We have only done what we know to be right. We wish only for you to walk in the light of our Goddess, to hear Her Word, and to know Her love. Your...honesty is refreshing, mistress, though I do not agree with your views. It won t work. In the end, people won t stand for it. If you hadn t come to our lands, we might still be homeless, hunted, hungry...but we d be free. It s a machine of some sort. It s enormous. From afar Each of those signs or runes play a musical note. After touching I knew I could jump it. Examine from other side I need to...I need to wake up. Or get out of here. I need to do something. Anything. I definitely wouldn t want to piss it off. Those monsters must be guarding something important. Come to think of it, that can t be just a coincidence. It rises up into the darkness. Glowing crystals. So that s where all the light s coming from. They give out both light and heat. That s probably what makes these caverns so warm. It s daylight outside. Wherever that may be. I m not even sure I want to find out. A Bestiary of the Southlands . Why Magic Makes Malice . I think I ll stop looking. Those books are just gonna freak me out even more. Na ane. If I would trust anyone with my life, it would be Chawan. He s never let me down. And he s never going to abandon the fight. Brynn. Chawan. I don t know any of the people who come here anymore. I think that s probably Blind Bob. Examine beggar again That looks like the guy the spice merchant described, the one with the spices. Examine on mission That s probably the rudest and most unpleasant man I ve ever met. The steam machinery looks brand new. But what s it for? It doesn t look to be doing anything except make a lot of noise. The traffic appears to be backed up. No one s getting through. There are soldiers posted everywhere, but most of them are just kids. The Azadi have brought their steam technology to Marcuria, and now everyone s installing these noisy machines. Balance knows what these things actually do... They re enforcing the curfew in Oldtown. One day, Marcuria will be free of the Azadi. I can t believe they destroyed the Sentinel temple to build that abomination. That alone should have caused an uproar... But maybe people were getting fed up with the Sentinel. The tower is nearly finished. We need to keep the Azadi from completing it. My escort. It s an imposing edifice. But why was it built? What do the Six intend with it? It is not our custom to build such...extravagant structures. The tower is impressive, but it seems uncharacteristically big for an Azadi structure. I hope they all won t have to serve their six years in foreign and unfriendly lands. He would not be allowed to wear such clothes in Sadir. The camp is only temporary, until the new barracks beside the tower are completed. If I m not completely mistaken, this is the Emissary s office. I ve just hit the jackpot. It s the Emissary s office. The door is slightly ajar. If I do that, I m sure to be noticed. That must the Azadi Emissary. Sahya. I ve never seen her up close before. Who s she talking to? That s the Azadi Emissary. Who s that? The Emissary seems to be obeisant...almost afraid. But how can that be? The Azadi women consider men to be inferior, don t they? He must be very powerful if the Azadi Emissary defers to him. That was...strange. I should try and follow him, find out who this mysterious person is. I can t hear what they re talking about. I need to get closer. Unsuccessful It s a cage. That poor creature must have been terrified to be locked up like that. Examine after releasing pet The poor guy must be scared. I should get him out of there right away. He looks very familiar. A merchant. This Azadi technology is spreading like a weed. Soon, there will be machines attached to every building in Marcuria. People are so easily seduced by new inventions, they don t stop to ask if they really need it. I think the Azadi have brought their technology here so that people will come to depend on it...and thus depend on the Azadi. He s the only guard on duty. That gate is firmly locked at night. No one gets in...and absolutely no one gets out. Examine/use There s no one getting in or out of the ghetto. Examine/use again The taverns and bars down here by the South Gate had to close when traffic moved west of Oldtown. All the taverns down here lost most of their business when the Azadi moved the harbour west. Even at night, those things keep going. Seems people can t live without technology. I swear, Arcadia s turning into Stark. I don t know what these machines do - heat houses, flush toilets, generate power - but they re becoming ubiquitous. I know I recognise that guy from somewhere. Roper Klacks. Examine again after talking He s a Zhid. She s Dolmari. She s Zhid. I wonder what happened to the Banda I knew. They ve probably been killed by the Azadi... He s Dolmari. Why he even wants to stay here in Marcuria, I don t understand. If I were him, I d just leave, and never look back. They raid the market from time to time, but people are getting good at hiding their merchandise. Oldtown s still the best place to go shopping. They have absolutely everything here, and the prices are very reasonable. A Samare. They re so beautiful and graceful. He s got feline features. Aside from that whole blue thing, she looks human. I can deal with that. I don t know what she is, but I don t care. She s beautiful. I don t understand why they need to keep these people in a ghetto. It s really warm and cozy. This must be great for the people working here in such cold weather. The word wicked wizard keeps popping into my head. But I m sure he s just an honest merchant. Um. That was probably a really horrible thing to say about a person. What kind of creature is that? He s cu― I mean, he s very handsome. It s a blue man. I feel right at home now. It s Crow, the coolest talking bird I ve ever met. I m not even going to guess what all of this stuff is, but it sure smells great. Crow. And he s with a man. That must be Brian Westhouse. That s probably April s friend, Brian Westhouse. She s so beautiful. I ve never seen anyone like her before. I ve never seen these creatures up close before. They do not look as...strange as I have been told. The Goddess made humans. The magicals were born of the earth and the sea, and they are unclean and unworthy of Her light. I don t quite see how these creatures can be dangerous to us...but I must put my trust in what I have been taught. Blue flames. That is surely magic, and so it must only be practised by women trained in the black arts. I am always told of these filthy and dangerous magicals, and yet... No, I must not doubt what I have been taught. I am not a scholar. No! She is merely a magical, nothing more. She may possess beauty, but she is not human. She is an animal, and she does not walk in the light of the Goddess. I m not here to search for contraband merchandise, nor to make any purchases. As an animal, she is beautiful. As a person, she is an abomination in the eyes of the Goddess...or so I have been told. She s really exotic looking. I wish I could walk around Casablanca looking like that. I don t think I would mind being with a non-human. I saw him outside the Journeyman the other day. I like her clothes, too. She looks like a cool lady, magical or not. She s so graceful. I wish we had creatures like her back home. I don t know what drives the Zhid to stay here, with the Azadi persecuting them. I had a brief relationship with a Dolmari man. He was a...fierce lover. He doesn t look like he belongs here. If I was Dolmari, I d fight back, tooth and nail. I d never let anyone stick me in a ghetto. A Shadowship. One of the Dark People. He s a Shadowguide. If the Azadi are here in Oldtown, that s bad news for everyone. They re still loading the supplies. A Samare. The Captain. I hope the Captain can get the papers in order so that the ship can leave. I m getting a bit nervous...and he looks as relaxed as ever. Examine later I don t understand how he can look so relaxed. They should ve been on their way by now. Examine later again He s just a pathetic, whimpering magical. She is strangely attractive...despite being nothing but an animal. I don t know what he is, nor do I intend to find out. I do not work in magical affairs. If I had time, I would pull that man in for questioning. He should not be here. I don t know what her species is called, nor does it matter. She isn t human. That makes her unimportant. It is certainly a peculiar beast. I must go to this prison immediately, to question the witch they captured. No life is taken idly, but I am only doing what the Goddess has asked me to do. Uh-uh. I don t think so. That place looks like bad news. Knot very inviting. Get it? Yeah, uh, that cheered me up no end. Not the friendliest of neighbourhoods, is it? It looks a bit rickety, like it s going to fall to pieces at any moment. It doesn t look like anyone lives here anymore. That s really sweet. I feel all warm and tingly inside. Examine with pet That tower just feels bad. I m not kidding, it s like it radiates pain and darkness. It actually hurts to look at it. I don t like looking at that thing. It hurts my eyes. The dreaded doors to Friar s Keep. Solid stuff. They re magical, too. Completely unbreakable. It s a speaking tube. I ve got noose for you, my friend. God. I don t know what it is about death that makes me crack bad jokes. Sobering stuff. They keep them running even here in Crab Bend, where no one lives anymore. But for what purpose? All the shops and houses are locked and boarded up. There are no magicals left outside of Oldtown. Friar s Keep. It used to be every criminal s worst nightmare. Now the Azadi use it to hold suspected dissidents and terrorists before shipping them off to Sadir to stand trial. Friar s Keep, Marcuria s most secure prison. It s run by the Azadi now. Strong and secure. How brutal and uncivilised, compared with the swift justice of the blade. A man deserves to have his neck cut, not his throat strangled, no matter what crimes he may have committed. Azadi technology is the future...or so I am told. This place is deserted. What a dark and forbidding place. There is magic here, I can sense it. It burns inside my head. That dark thing reeks of magic, like a rotten fruit reeks of decay. It appears that someone lives here. How tragic, for a so-called civilised society to allow its citizens to be without permanent shelter. Crazy Clara s stuff. She must be out and about. Someone lives here. No doubt driven out of their home by the Azadi. You would never find anyone living under such horrible conditions back home. She could be anywhere. The first thing I need to do is find out which cell she s in. Zoë looks fine. I guess her brief stay at Friar s Keep didn t do any permanent damage. The warden. Those doors lead outside. He is here to assist the city watch with the prisoners. The warden appears to keep perfect records. The door s locked and bolted from the outside. There s someone in there. Examine occupied It s empty. Looks like most of them are. Examine empty again He s sleeping really heavily. I doubt he ll wake up even if I make a lot of noise. Examine sleeping heavy I ll need to find a way to get past that guard. The hatch only opens from the outside. The jailer left the hatch open. Examine open hatch We ll be able to get up to the window now. Examine far crate Kitchen stuff. It doesn t look very heavy. We can get up to the window now. Examine after pushed Even if I could climb that high, it s too narrow to squeeze through, and there s probably a deadly drop on the other side. There s no way out through there. There s a long drop down. If I tried to jump, I d probably break something...or everything. Examine near no rope The rope reaches all the way down to the ground. Examine near rope The Azadi are keeping tight reins here as well. Zoë seems all right. Mr Westhouse seems to be a good pilot. Not that I would know. Maybe we re way off course. Mr Westhouse. Brian. Crow s airsick. Go figure. Crow looks a bit worse for wear. Sky and ocean as far as the eye can see. It s really beautiful. Looks very complicated. The hold is back there. And the bed. There s a bed back there. I guess I should get some sleep before we get there. Sleep Go to sleep I m not that tired. I ll stay up a bit longer. Stay up I ll stay up a bit longer That s a heavy duty security door. The bartender. That room s occupied. I ve never seen so much junk gathered in one place...and all of it for sale. It s one thing for adults to be homeless, but for children... I can t imagine how horrible that must be. Looks like he s been living on the streets his whole life. That clock has ticked its last...tock. I know it is. I was the one who bought it. It s a security system that controls the building s cameras. Something s cooking over there. Examine far don t know it s pizza Pizza. It s not done yet. If I reprogram the timer, I can make the alarm go off almost immediately. Manipulate timer It should go off any second now. Examine manipulated timer The cooker has stopped. Examine timer expired Front door. It s securely locked. I need to look inside the closet. I think that s Charlie on that graph. It s unbreakable. Examine locked again That s the backyard door. It s locked. It s missing a window handle. Examine without handle It s a filthy towel. It s a very dirty sheet. It s an ancient radiator. I think that s room 201. I think someone lives in room 201. I won t be leaving that way. He looks completely out of it, but I should stilll stay out of his way, just in case. Examine walking He s watching the screen. Examine sitting not spoken What is that thing? They must be testing it on these people. That s probably what this place is for. It s not a hotel. It s a laboratory. I wonder what that thing does? No, I need to focus on finding Reza. Looks like she s sleeping. Sleeping again He looks like he s on drugs. Examine walking again He s sleeping. Heavily, by the sound of it. Examine sleeping He noticed me! Examine alert He hasn t noticed me. Yet. Examine walking not spoken I fooled him good. Examine spoken I d better hurry. He could wake up again at any moment. I don t think I hurt him. Badly. He s checking out his pizza. Examine checking out pizza It s a digital padlock. It looks pretty new. A padlock. The gate s locked with a chain and a padlock. That window leads into the hotel. There s blood on the door. It s just a container. It s positioned right underneath that window. Convenient. Examine under window I think I can push it even further. Examine pushed There s a metal bar on the side. It looks like it s connected to the wheel. There s a metal bar on the side. The front entrance to the Victory Hotel. These people look like they ve given up all hope. I don t think he even notices that I m standing right next to him. She s soaked through, poor girl. Strange to see something like that in the midst of all this garbage and decay. Isn t there a place where these people can sleep and eat? Life isn t fair. No one should have to live like this. He can t possibly be much older than twelve. I wish there was something I could do for these people. A vending machine filled with...chewing gum. Cable car. That s pretty original. It s the ticket reader for the cable car. People here look a lot happier than in Newport. There are lots of professionals in this city. It s a staff-only entrance. It probably leads into the main building...which is exactly where I need to be. It s a biometric scanner. It s a staff entrance into the other part of the building. The only way I m getting past that is if Olivia gives me a hand...not literally, of course. That would be so, so wrong. She doesn t know that I m standing right behind her. He s in so much trouble right now. I feel a bit guilty...but it was for a good cause. Examine after robot He s very shy. Maybe there s a way I can make friends with him? Cleaning bot. I feel terrible...but it s not like I had a choice. She ll be fine. I hope. Examine knocked out She s not carrying anything useful. Use knocked out It s a ventilation duct used by the bots to connect between different parts of the building. It won t budge. I ll need to wait until that bot comes back. Use closed This is my chance! I ll have to hurry. It must be a taxing job, guarding these, um, precious exhibits from the prying hands of tourists. He s not very happy right now. How can anyone be so fascinated by these exhibits? They re basically just ads for WATIcorp. I wouldn t want to get on her bad side. Examine angry That s so scary. No wonder they had to discontinue that model. That s probably Damien Cavanaugh. Security bird. That s the Dreamcore. It s huge. It looks like a living, breathing creature...and in a way, it is. It s like being close to an alien creature. Elevator. That s probably the only way out of here. Examine use Let s see... This controls the access to the decontamination chamber between the observation platform and the core itself. This panel opens the door to the decontamination chamber. It s locked for access. I m guessing the security here is top notch. Even Liv s software won t stand a chance. I can t access this. Even Liv s software wouldn t stand a chance against the security systems WATI employ. The console s locked. I m guessing this console s as protected as they get. If I touch that, the shit will definitely hit the fan. It s securely locked. The plan was to head back up that way...but I think the plan s changed. Examine alarm This console is locked, and the protection is probably airtight. Without Liv around, I wouldn t risk trying to access it. This console s locked tight. Those might be the capsules I m looking for. It s a remote controlled robot arm. This is the security office. That looks like the security office. That looks like the cybernetics office. That looks like the laboratory. That looks like the medlab. There. That should allow him to shut off the power to the office doors. There s something in that wall. Examine far undiscovered There s a sliding panel here, and it s marked...PS-A1. That s the one. Examine close undiscovered It s a panel marked PS-A1. Examine close undiscovered again It s open. I can access the closed circuit system now. He seems pretty wrapped up in his work. Unless I get too close, I should be able to sneak by him. She looks very preoccupied. If I keep quiet and out of sight, I should be able to get past her. Commandoes... Not again. That s a full body scanner. Who would be stupid enough to leave a datakey... ...in a jacket pocket. Yes. Idiots. It s a small biometric scanner. Put your specimen in a capsule, stick it in there, and it reads all the relevant biometric data. It s a small biometric scanner. That s a biometric scanner. Several lights are red now. I guess that means Damien s done his job. Examine hacked Spider. There are so many different trees in here. It s like a zoo for plants. This garden is really well taken care of. It s a...a man. He s submerged in a liquid and connected to machines. Who is he? Examine again before talking That man killed Reza. He will pay for it. Examine after talking Those wires and cables connect that man to those machines. Everything is so colourful. This is such a beautiful garden. What kind of bird is that? There are all kinds of birds in here. The water is teeming with fish. I think that s carp. There s so much life in here. This must be a closed system. Those things probably regulate the air. It does feel a lot fresher and cleaner in here than it did outside. Those things probably regulate the air in this place. I don t have much time, I need to make up my mind. It s a crazy idea, but...what if I used that bot to make an escape? The twins are right behind me! Examine unblocked That should hold them off for a few moments, but I don t have much time. Examine blocked They re trying to break the door down! Examine banging They re here! I see the city streets down there. It s not that far. Damien s been so kind, letting me stay here in his apartment. That s Damien s console. Hey, there s a...a message for me. It must be from Damien. Examine near message He s got some girl s picture as his screensaver. I never asked him who that is... Damien s console. I m not going to rummage through his private files. Use no message That thing s been on most of the day while I ve been staying here. Hey, it s therapy. I never thought I d say it, but I think I m getting sick of watching that thing. That s the bathroom through there. I don t need to go right now. Dressed like this? I think not. Open I need to find something a bit warmer to wear. Open again Where would I go? Open no message I don t think this has been cleaned in a while. Damien definitely needs a house bot. Damien orders in. He claims he s a great cook, but I m just not seeing it. It s grey out. Looks like it s cold still. Cold and grey. Damien? Waking up Uh, my head... Damien? Are you here? He promised me he d stay. That must be the Guardian. The Guardian. Examine close before talk The White Dragon said the portal will take us back to Marcuria - but I need to speak with the Guardian first. I wonder why the White Dragon told Crow that he s needed. Needed for what? I know that bottomless abyss. What a vibrant colour. It s...postcard pretty. What are those things? They must have something to do with the Balance. Everything here does. It s just too complicated with these hive mind things. One body, one person, that s what I say. He s one of the Dark People. What strange creatures. They look like some sort of spider. You know, I never realised it before, but these shadowships are actually seed pods from their massive trees. That s incredible.
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登録販売者 登録販売者/薬事法 登録販売者/主な副作用
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Dream St@rsの歴史 2009年9月6日に創立。 2010年1月4日 初の交流戦が開かれた。 優勝者はあんず、使用デッキは【光アンデ】 2010年2月8日 チーム、暇人大集合!様と交流戦が行われた。 2010年4月1日 節目と言う事で幽霊メンバーの削除やコンテンツの増加が行われた。 2010年4月20日 定期大会をするようになる、これが初の定期大会。 2010年5月29日 2回目となる定期大会。 2010年6月24日 3回目となる定期大会、参加者が減少しこれ以降の定期大会は中止となった。 2011年4月 リーダーが入れ替わり、本格的に活動再開となった。 2011年4月2日 活動再開以来、初めての大会となった。 特に特殊制限は設けず、完全にフリーでの試合であった。 優勝者はレイ・ハルバード、元リーダーの実力を見せつけた。
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It s a long story. Jericho s investigating a story, and he s gone subterranean. His mobile s off. All right, I believe you. He may be in danger. I need to find him. I really didn t want to get mixed up in anything. I have a business to run, and my customers don t like publicity. Listen, I know Jericho. He d ask you to keep things quiet, and he wouldn t want to make life difficult for you. But something has happened, something big, and I really do need to find him. (Sighs) Okay, yeah, he came by last night. We talked a few days ago, but Jericho... He wanted to meet up. He said that some conversations shouldn t cross the Wire. He wanted to ask me some questions about a place I used to live in ten years ago. The Border House? It was a boarding house for students, run by an English lady. Fiona. That s where Jericho got my name from. The place s been turned into a hotel now. The Victory Hotel. Shady place. Jericho wanted to know everything about the building. Entrances, exits, floor plans...the works. He didn t tell me, and I didn t ask, but my guess is he was planning to break into the place. There are stories. They say the place isn t really a hotel, but some kind of front for...I don t know, and I don t want to know. Like I said, there are stories. What kind of stories? Look, I get all sorts in here. I hear things. But if I start shooting my mouth off, I get burned. I lose my customers, I lose my business. Hell, with some of the people that come in here to party, I could lose a lot more than that. I understand. So Jericho was interested in the layout of that place...what did you call it? The Border House...Victory Hotel. Yeah. I told him there are canals running underneath the building, and that there s a backyard. Since they drained the water, you can use the canals to get around. There might be a way into the building from the back. And Jericho, he went there last night? I honestly couldn t tell you, girl. We spoke, he left, haven t heard from him since. Do you own this place? I d like to know more about The Fringe Charlie? Nah, I just run it. I used to own it, though. Bought it cheaply right after the Collapse, hoping business would pick up again. Funny thing is, ten years ago, this was a popular student hangout. The Fringe Café . I worked here as a bartender. I managed to sell it eventually, and the new owners hired me back to manage it. With the new capital, we turned the business around. We re one of the hottest places to go in Newport right now. We get VIPs from around the world. They scram in, party, leave the next morning. Thanks, Charlie. I appreciate all your help. Thanks again, Charlie. You re welcome, girl. Let me know if you find your friend, all right? Have you lived in Venice all your life? Venice I wonder if Charlie s spent his whole life in this neighbourhood Feels like that sometimes...but no. I came here for school when I was nineteen. Place s gone to hell the past decade, even more so than the rest of Newport. I don t live here. No one lives here, not if they have a choice. Surprised? You looked like you could take care of yourself...so no, not really. Did you find your friend Jericho? His name s Reza. And no, not yet. But I have a lead. Good. I hope you find him. He seemed like a nice guy. Could you tell me anything about this picture? That s you, isn t it? Jesus Christ, where did you find this? At the hotel. Room 201. I found it in a closet, and I figured you d know. I mean, that is you, right? Ten years and a lifetime ago...yeah. April? April Ryan. The girl in the middle. 201, that was her room, ten years ago. Did...did you say April Ryan? Yeah. Why? That name sounds...very familiar. You probably got her mixed up with someone else. Emma on the other hand, she never lost faith. She still thinks April s alive, and...out there. Somewhere. Emma s the other girl in the picture? Yeah. They were the two best friends I ve ever had. But I haven t heard from Emma in years, and April... How did April disappear? Look, I m not comfortable talking about this. It s private stuff. This is gonna sound crazy. I can t even believe I m telling you this, but... I ve been...seeing things. On screens. Back in Casablanca, at the hotel... Strange, creepy things. At first, I figured it had something to do with the Static. That might still be the case, but I think there s more to it than that. There s this snowy landscape, a strange, black house, a girl... I know it sounds completely insane, but the girl...she speaks to me. Directly to me. Through the screen. "Find her, save her." At first, that was all she said. And then... "Find April Ryan. Find April. Save April." Jesus. If you re right, if this isn t some kind of sick joke, I need to contact Emma. She still believes April was telling the truth. The truth? About what? Can you stick around, Zoë? I m sure Emma will hop on the first Vactrax or scramjet out of Europolis, and she ll want to hear this from you. Once she gets here, we ll tell you the whole story. I promise. Charlie, the April Ryan I ve heard of might not be your April. I don t want you to get your hopes up. April disappeared under some very strange circumstances, Zoë. If there s even a tiny chance that this has anything to do with her, we need to pursue it. Okay. I have to wait here for this guy to contact me anyway. Marcus. I met him at the hotel. Marcus? This is starting to sound like a damn family reunion. Haven t seen him in years either, but I heard he got a job at the, uh, the hotel . Yeah. He s some kind of caretaker. And you re right, it s not a hotel. Anyway, Marcus said he d help me find out what s happened to Reza, for a price. I told him to meet me here later. I hope that s okay. No problem. This is the safest place in Newport. Nothing gets in or out without me knowing about it. I ll make sure his name s put on the guest list. I m gonna go call Emma, and then I need to take care of some business, but you can just hang out here. I ll have the kitchen make you something to eat. That would be nice. I m starving. I haven t eaten since the train. It is. It has to be. I don t believe in coincidences. And this would be one enormous coincidence. Yeah. Yeah, I did. (Deep breath) She disappeared under some...very strange circumstances. She could be trying to get in touch with us, Charlie. Maybe she needs our help. Maybe― The day she vanished, corporates were after her. I still don t know why. They stormed the house, and― Emma got shot. She almost didn t make it. As for April... She made it out. And that was the last we heard from her. But we know she got away. She was identified on security cameras uptown, and we found out later that she boarded a shuttle to one of the orbiting stations. That s where the cookie crumb trail ends, however. Right after that, the Collapse happened, and everything...changed. This is where it gets complicated. She spoke about another world. A sort of...parallel magical dimension. We didn t believe― Fine. I didn t believe her. I m still not sure I do, despite the things I saw during the Collapse. It seems improbable, I know, but...Reza is the link. I m so sorry. I don t have any money. Ah, well. I ll let ye in on a secret, rose petal. Blind Bob s happy he don t have na home na hearth. Had those, hated em, left to begin a career in beggaring. Now a pauper s life is a king s life! Freedom! Fresh air! No strings, no stress. No bleedin taxes. Aren t you cold? Ye d think! But no. Had a bit of an accident with a fyre charm when I was a wee lad. Left me permanently temperate. It s actually quite pleasant. But what about that whole being blind thing? That can t be good. Oh, that? It s theoretical. But it didn t. No, no, not at all. Missed Blind Bob s face by a mile. Could have burned me eyes out, mind you. Could very well have. So I m theoretically blind. Theoretical? I could ve been blind. Had an accident with a chymical spell when I was a wee lad. Near burned me eyes out. Of course, Theoretically Blind Bob is no proper name for a beggar. So I just use Blind Bob nowadays. That s me, that is. Uh. Okay. Hello. Do you know where I can find Minstrum Magda? Blind Bob promised he d help me find Magda Oh, he knows her, Blind Bob does. He knows her well. Nice lady. Best saltnut soup south of Lame Bastard Hill. Do you know where she is today? Uh, she moves around, Magda does. Ain t seen her round here in a while. Ye might try asking someone other than Blind Bob. Like who? I don t know anyone in this city. Well, ye might have more luck asking Crazy Clara. Lives up Crab Bend, Clara does, on Hangman s Span. In view of Friar s Keep. Where can I find this Crazy Clara again? You can usually find her on Hangman s Span. That s up Crab Bend, east of South Gate, towards Friar s Keep, the prison. Thank you, Mr...Bob. Oh, just call me Theoretically. We re friends now, ye and I. Thanks again. Come back anytime, rose petal. Theoretically Blind Bob. Examine Blind Bob Hi there. Alms fer a poor― Oh, hah, it s ye! What tidings of joy do ye bring me this time? Ah, rose petal, we meet again. What can I help ye with? My name is Zoë Castillo. That s my father, Gabriel. I wish I could ve talked to him one last time, let him know that everything will be okay. I’m not sure anyone can hear me, but I ve had some experience with voices from the grave recently, so I’m giving it a shot. I m all he s got in this world. My mother died fifteen years ago, and I don t have any siblings. Bad things are happening, and everyone who knows the truth is either dead or has vanished off the face of the Earth. If I can get through to someone, anyone, maybe something can be done. So if you can hear me, please listen. This is very, very important. You ll have to forgive me for using the oldest cliché in the book It all began when... Since I m lying in that bed, but I m talking to you from out here, I guess this is what they call an out of body experience. They say that every story has a beginning and an end. What things? Your friend, the journalist... You still don t know where he is? No, but with any luck I might find out later tonight. You didn t believe her, Charlie. I never doubted her. Actually, Charlie, is there somewhere private where I can make a call? No problem, girl. Sure. You can use one of the private lounges upstairs. The last one on your left is empty. Can I ask you a question? I need Blind Bob s help finding Magda Ye can ask. I might answer, I might not. Fair enough. I m looking for someone. The innkeeper said you might know. Her name is― Hold it right there, rose petal. Tit for tat. Them s the rules. What do you mean? If ye want Blind Bob to do ye a favour, ye do him one first. Fair enough. What do you want? Just so you know, I don t have any money. Do I have a choice? Look, I m only asking for information, nothing else. I m not in the mood for this Well, rose petal, you seem to be cozy with old Benrime in there. Hah! Now, she makes a robust mulled wine, just the thing for a cold winter s morning. But Benrime, she don t take well to Blind Bob sitting on her doorstep, and she don t willingly part with her wares without recompense of sorts. You want mulled wine? A bottle would do nicely, rose petal. Mind it s the good stuff now, made with Mrs Mullins Mixed Spices ! What was it you wanted again? A bottle of mulled wine, rose petal. Hot as sin, spicy as a Southlander maiden, long as a Northlander s manh― Mulled wine, right, got it. If I get you a bottle of mulled wine, will you help me? Theoretically Blind Bob has never broken a promise, rose petal. Mulled wine made with Mrs Mullins Mixed Spices ? Fine. I ll see what I can do. Well, see, information s all Blind Bob s got, rose petal. It s his only, wossname, commode. Oh. Well, I don t have anything to trade for. No money, no information, nothing. A sweet rose like you, got nuffin to trade for? Hah! I beg to differ, petal. I just met her. Even so, you might be able to pry her cold, miserly fingers off a boiling hot bottle of mulled wine. Blind Bob would be mighty grateful for that, he would. Hah! Mulled wine? That s what you want? Oh, nothing would taste sweeter right now. Get Blind Bob a bottle of mulled wine, petal, and he ll open his mouth right wide, you ll see. Here, mulled wine, made with Mrs Mullins Mixed Spices . Ah, the sweet scent of Mrs Mullins and Riverwood red! Give it here, petal, let me take a swig. Aaah. By the Balance, that hit the spot, it did! Glad you liked it. It wasn t easy getting it. "Without the journey, the reward is na half as sweet." Green? Had an accident with a chroma charm when I was a wee lad. Every morning Blind Bob wakes up, the sky s a different colour. "You ve been a bad girl, Clara. You ll have to be punished." What happened to your baby? Baby? I wonder what the deal is with her baby Are you a spook? Do you dangle? I m...I m pretty sure I m not a spook. But you do dangle. I do? I honestly don t know. I m looking for Minstrum Magda. Magda She s the only one who can tell me where Magda is "The Minstrum are evil, Clara. They cloud your mind with their spiritual claptrap." "Dangle from their necks, the murderers do. Mind you stay good, Clara, or you dangle, too." Oh! No, I don t dangle. I m alive. See? Aaah! Nooo! God, I m― I m so sorry! I didn t mean to... Are you okay? My baby, my beautiful baby, all gone, all gone. Um, you wouldn t happen to know where Magda is, would you? I m a friend of Blind Bob s - you know, Theoretically . She must know Blind Bob "Near burned me eyes out. Wee lad. Where s me bag?" My baby. Blind Bob s your baby? "Pretty thing, so pretty, my flower, but she has to be punished." I think Bob s still up by the Journeyman...but you re not talking about him, are you? Right. There s no chance you ll turn uncrazy for a moment and answer my question, is there? Gone... Gone... I didn t think so, no. I didn t mean to hurt you, Clara. Baby, my baby, my baby... So you lost something...or someone? My baby. Yes, that part I got. Your baby...is it a child? A pet? Westerlings caught him in a net, just like a butterfly. "That s illegal, that is! Can t have that now, can we?" So it is your pet. A dog? Cat? I m guessing there are stranger pets in this world. No stranger. Best friend. You said the westerlings took him. Who are the westerlings ? "The ghetto s closed, stand back! What s that you got there, eh? Give us that thing, right now!" The soldiers took him? What did they do with him? "We ll take care of him, we will." Gone, but close, so close. I still hear him, my baby. I still hear him crying. Do you want me to help you find your baby? Find baby? Yes, if I can. I ll try. Do you know where he is? Hello again, Clara. My baby? Not yet. But I ll try my best, okay? "I don t want you to try your best, Clara. I want you to do your best." Caged up, like the twinkles in a diamond. He was coming home to mommy. Home, never again, never, never... Don t say that. We ll find him, okay? No, thank you. Are you Minstrum Magda? Shh, not so loud! There are ears everywhere! I m just looking for Minstrum Magda― I don t know any Minstrum Magda . There are no Minstrum in this city. Not anymore. The innkeeper at the Journeyman. Innkeeper Well, the innkeeper was the one who told me about Magda That might be true in most cases. Sometimes, however, the two are one and the same. Shit! Wait, I don t know you. Who the hell are you? Yes! Yes, I m a friend of Vinnie s. I m sorry, I didn t know anyone was using this room. Go with the flow Where the hell is he? Vinnie! Who the fuck do you think I m talking about? Oh, uh, I don t know. Maybe he left? Jesus, if he did, I ll fire his fucking ass. He s no good to me, no good. Christ. I don t know any Vinnie. Tell the plain truth So what the fuck are you doing here? I don t give a shit if his Mama misses her baby boy, or if he got you pregnant. His ass is mine. I know that he was here last night, but I don t know what he was doing. There s no point telling this guy everything Aw, fuck! Fuck! You punched me! Well, you attacked me. Jesus! I wasn t gonna do nothin ! You punched me in the nose! It fucking hurts! Aw, shit. Shit! My face! Yeah, well, you re lucky it s just your face. I m black belt. So what the fuck do you want from me? Aw, fuck, it fucking hurts. I m looking for a friend of mine. He was here last night, looking for information. Maybe he talked to some people, I don t know. Point is, I need to find him. If he s been here, maybe you know where he went. I don t know. You come in here, punch me in the face, I should fucking... What s his name? Reza. Reza Temiz. Yeah, so what s in it for me? I won t punch you again. Okay, I ll pay you. Five hundred, if you can get me any information about what s happened to him. Another five hundred if you help me find him. One thousand Y s? If you help me find him. I m good for it. Mm, looks like it. So this guy must be real important to you. You screwing him? I don t need another excuse to kick your ass. Jesus! All right, can t a guy ask? Christ. You re touchy. Okay. I could use a thousand just about now. So what was the guy s name again? Rez what? Reza Temiz. He s about your height, black hair, tanned. Probably well dressed. He was here last night. I ll see what... A thousand, right? Give me five hundred up front. No. You get your money when I get the information. If you don t want to do business, I ll― Fine! So how do I contact you? Do you know The Fringe? Who doesn t? I ll be there tonight. Sure you will. You know how difficult it is to get an invite? There s a two year waiting list. Just come back here later, and we ll― No. The Fringe. I ve got connections. I ll make sure you re on the list. No fucking way! That s awesome. If you d told me that right away, sweetheart, I d have found your friend for free. Okay, so I ll see what I can dig up. The Fringe? Fuck. Awesome. All right, so we ve got a deal. Come on, I ll let you out the front. DNA lock. Unbreakable shit. Right. He just happened to stop by for a social visit? You know, maybe he did. I don t care, and it doesn t matter. All I know is, he was here, and now he s not. I need to find him. I m not the fucking...whatever it s called. Corporate Bureau of...something. Anyway, no! Listen, I need to find him. I ll even pay you if you help me out. I m listening. Five hundred for information about what s happened to him. Another five hundred if you help me find him. So I can score one thousand Y s if I help you out? Sounds like a sweet deal. So who s this guy? What s his name? If you help me, maybe you won t have to. Help me find Reza, and tell him everything you know about what s going on here. He always protects his sources, and he s got powerful connections. You ll be okay. I don t know. I don t know. If anyone finds out I ve talked to... I ll even throw in a bonus. Help me find him, and I ll pay you a thousand. Cash. One thousand Y s? Honest? Okay, yeah. Jesus! I m gonna regret this. Fine, I ll help you. What s your friend s name? Reza Temiz. He s about your height, black hair, tanned. Probably well dressed. Temiz. Got it. I ll ask around, check the feeds, see if there s anything I can dig up. How do I get in touch with you? I ll be at The Fringe tonight. Yeah, right. No, really, where do we meet? You should come back here around ten. I ll order a pizza, get a bottle of wine... I told you, The Fringe. Look, sweetheart, there s a two year waiting list over there. And to get on that waiting list, you need to be either very famous or very rich. And you, sweetheart - no offense - are neither. No, but I got connections. Trust me, I ll be at The Fringe. And I ll make sure your name is on the list. You re fucking kidding me, right? Right? The Fringe? The fucking Fringe? All right. Jesus! I m there. Jesus Christ. If you d told me earlier, I d have helped you for free. Fuck! Excellent. Yeah, this place is an impenetrable fortress... Look, Vinnie was going to help me out with some information about this guy. Reza Temiz. Temiz? Who the fuck s that? Another of Vinnie s deadbeat friends? Something like that. Anyway, Vinnie was going to help me out, but maybe you can help me instead? Why the fuck would I do that? Well, I was going to pay him. But if you re not interested― How much? Five hundred if you get me information about my friend. Another five hundred if you find him. One thousand Y s, huh? Are you good for it? I ve been burned by Vinnie s friends before. Does it look like I m good for it? I don t judge a fucking...by its, you know, front. Something like that. Shit, yeah, fine. So what s this asshole s name? I m very serious. This friend of mine, he means a lot to me. Whatever. As long as I m on that list and you ve got the cash. Wait, what was your name again? Zoë. What s yours? Marcus. You don t have a last name? Okay, Marcus. Thanks. I ll see you later. (Laughs) You re a player, Zoë. I ll give you that. No. Do you? Safe now. We are happy. So, so happy. I m glad. Look, I m trying to find Minstrum Magda. Do you know where she is? Magda? Where is Magda? That s what I need to know. Please, could you try and focus for a second? I really need to find Minstrum Magda. "Cup of soup, Clara?" says the soup lady. "Oh, yes, please!" "Right you are, then." What do you mean― Oh, soup lady as in soup kitchen? She runs a soup kitchen? "Soup! Soup for the poor and homeless! Warm and thick, with peas and carrots in it!" I m sorry, where did you say I could find Minstrum Magda again? And not only peas and carrots, but dubious lumps, too. Where is Magda s soup kitchen? I go down there every morning to have my soup, I do. She s nice, she is. The soup lady. Down where? The market? "We re just down the street, Clara, at the South Gate Market, from sunrise till midday, every day. You come by anytime, you hear?" That s right, the soup kitchen! I passed right by it! Thanks, Clara. Wave goodbye, now. Wave goodbye, little one. "We re here every day, Clara, from morning till midday, right down the street at the South Gate Market." That s it! Thanks again, Clara. Boxed him right up. "We ll take care of him, put him to sleep for you." Pretty thing, poor thing. My baby. What do you want? I hear you re looking for a way into the ghetto. Who told you― Wait, weren t you at the inn this morning? Not here. There are soldiers around. Follow me. I m not following you anywhere. But I can show you a way into the ghetto! Just hold on a minute. Who are you? My name is... It s Worm. Worm ? That doesn t exactly inspire trust. What are you talking about? How do I know I can trust you? Back at the inn, I heard you say the name...April Ryan. You know her? I may know how to get in touch with her. You do? How? You ll just have to trust me. If you overheard me talking to the innkeeper, you know I m not from...from around here. I can t just follow any stranger I meet on the street. I mean, how do I know you won t lead me into a dark alley, knock me out, tie me up, and drag me into a basement somewhere? I...promise I won t drag you into a basement. Besides, what choice do you have? You re stuck here, aren t you? I m the only one who can take you to Ra― to April. She s the one you re looking for, right? I m sure you can. I promise, no basements. Come on! Come on, hurry up! We don t want anyone following us. This is it, we re almost there. Hello again, dear. Did you change your mind? Would you like a cup of soup? Magda? This must be Minstrum Magda No, thank you. I m not hungry. I don t feel like eating anything No, thank you. ...asking about you. There s no question about it. She s a spy. She does not look Azadi. Like that matters? You can t tell, and you can t trust anyone. Let s get rid of her. All I m saying is, let s not take any chances! She might have a tracking spell on her for all we know. I would have detected it. There is something peculiar about her, but no magic. Peculiar ? What did I tell you? She s a spy, all right! Come on, let s get rid of her. Quiet. I ll speak with her. Brynn, don t make me lose my patience with you. You need to trust me. Brynn. Come. Now. Fine. Fine! But don t say I didn t warn you. (Gasps for air) So why are you asking questions about me? Where am I? Who are you? I m asking the questions here. Wait, you re April, aren t you? I recognise you from the picture. What... What picture? A picture of you and your friends. Charlie and Emma. Charlie told me about you, that you d disappeared, and that― Whoa, slow down, slow down! You know Charlie and Emma? How s that even... I only just met them. At The Fringe. Back in...back in my world. Stark. I m guessing you re not a spy. I don t even know how I got here. When I woke up, I was in this strange place, a subterranean city. And there were these...these creatures. I had to fight them, and all the time I was saying to myself, "it s just a dream, Zoë, just a dream". Except... Fought em I had to sneak by them. All the time I was repeating to myself, "they can t harm you, it s just a dream". Except... Left em alone Except it s no dream. I know the feeling. A Shifter? That s what Benrime and Minstrum Magda told me. What s a Shifter? But you learn to accept the truth. You have to. You re a Shifter. You ve travelled through the Divide between worlds. It ll take too long to explain. You re special, how s that? You can travel between worlds. Travel... So how do I get back to our world? Your world, not mine. You just...do it. Once you ve learned how, it s like blinking. With your mind. But I can t even remember how I got here in the first place. First couple of times, it s hard. It s easier when you re asleep. I wasn t sleeping. At least, I don t think I was. It s...fuzzy. I m sure you ll figure it out... What s your name? We ll have to put you somewhere. Safe. Until you can find your way back to Stark. No. No! I m here now, and I need your help. Something s happening back in the real world - in my world - and I think you re connected to it somehow. I ve been...receiving this strange message. Like a, I don t know, a vision broadcast through the Wire. Receiving? How? Through dreams? No. No, on screens. It s like...like some kind of static interference. What does it mean? Don t ask me. I don t need saving. You ve got the wrong woman. I don t think so. This girl, she led me to your room where I found the picture. It can t be a coincidence. It can t? You re sure about that? Look, Stark s not my world anymore. I m done with the saving of the world. Ask someone else. But I― I ll help you get back. It s either that or we lock you up somewhere until you figure out how to use your powers. And what do I tell your friends? Tell them whatever you want. The April Ryan they knew is dead. I m not part of their world anymore. So you re not going to help me? You re not curious to find out why I keep getting these messages about you? Like I said. Not my problem. I ve played my part. Just leave me alone. Now, do you want to go back or not? (Sighs) I do. Of course I do. Good. Like I said, if this doesn t work, we ll have to make other arrangements. We re going to put you under hypnosis, and unlock the part of your subconscious that controls your Shifting powers. Lie down on that bed, and I ll be right back. What are you going to do? There is a part of you that knows how to Travel. I will help you remember what you have not yet learned. And I ll end up back in Newport? Can t guarantee you that. You might end up somewhere else. Just try and focus on a familiar place, a safe place. So you re not going to help me? You don t need my help. Lie still. What s she talking about? Something s going on back in our world. A good friend of mine s disappeared, and― And you need to not talk. Or would you rather have me lock you up? ―and I think April can help me find out what s happened to him, and why. So why won t you? Because I have enough trouble in my life already. Because I m fighting a war. And because I m done with your world. Now, this is your final chance. Close your eyes. Breathe slowly. Don t speak. Listen to Na ane s voice. Ne a, ama m, ean an... Listen to my voice, let it carry you into yourself, into the secret places in your mind. Ane an, ean an, a ean an... I don t feel a thing. What s this supposed to― What― What just happened? I...do not know, April-an. She did not open a Shift. And her clothes... They re still here. Where did she go? I do not know. I have never seen anything like it. It is almost as though she was smoke, blown away by a wind. Is she dead? I cannot say. I do not feel her here, in this world. But I will say this. I do not think this girl is a Shifter. Then what is she? And where did she go? Yes, Child Ena? The Six require your presence, Apostle. When? My apologies, Apostle. They said to bring you immediately. Follow me, Apostle. Follow Apostle. Our apologies for calling you away while you were training. We know that you are busy with the Initiates, but this could not wait. We have just had word from our armies in the East, and it worries us deeply. Our dearest Apostle, we have a very important task for you. Yes, Mistress. Apostle, you know how some Eastlanders still resist our noble efforts at uniting their fractured nations and bringing the Word to their Goddessless lives. The Mission continues unabated, of course. Nothing shall stand between the Glory of the Goddess and those lost ones who have strayed from her light. But still there are a few who have chosen to oppose us. Those misguided pagans have become a dangerous obstacle in the Path. Apostle Kian, we need you to travel East to those heathen lands to bring the Word to the heretics. There is a man who leads these rebellious few, these insurgents. A man whose hands are soiled with the blood of many Trueborn. A Daemon. You must travel tonight to the havens, Apostle, and board a cloudship bound for the city of Marcuria. When you reach your destination, you will seek out this man, this...this butcher. They call him the Scorpion . You must seek him out, and you must convert him. By the letting of his blood, he shall be reborn into the next life, where he may find forgiveness in the Glory of the Goddess. Find this rebel leader, this Scorpion , and let your blade kiss his throat. This is your mission, Kian Alvane. As you please, Mistress. Your word is my path. You will leave now, with haste. May the Goddess be with you, Apostle. I shall be vigilant, Mistress. Do you know anyone by the name of April Ryan? It s a long shot, but maybe she s heard of April Theoretically Blind Bob, the beggar. Blind Bob was really the one who led me to Magda Crazy― I mean, Clara, the lady who lives up on the bridge. Crazy Clara To be absolutely fair, Crazy Clara was the one who told me where to find Magda Oh? And who would that be? Her name is Miriam Belmin. Miriam Belmin I think that was her name Her name is Sally Minren. Sally Minren That was her name, right? Her name is Benrime Salmin. Benrime Salmin I m pretty sure that was her name Her name is Benmin Salrime. Benmin Salrime I believe that s her name If you decide to tell a lie, you had better make it a good one. That is not the innkeeper s name. Please, I m not lying! I met her just this morning! She told me I had to talk to Magda. I see. Blind Bob told you to speak with Magda? Sort of. He told me where to find you...find her. Well, actually, he just told me who to see in order to find Magda. Ah. The mystery deepens. And who would that be? Crazy Clara. I mean, Clara... I don t know her full name. She lives up on the bridge. Hmm. I see. You appear to know quite a few people in the city. The innkeeper at the Journeyman. She said I needed to speak with her, with Magda. The innkeeper. And who, pray tell, would that be? Clara said you should speak with me? Interesting. Yes. No! She just told me where to find you...I mean, Magda. I see. So Blind Bob told you to speak with me? Yes. No. No, he just told me to ask Crazy Clara. The plot thickens. The innkeeper. Hmm. And who, pray tell, would that be? I m Zoë Castillo. I ll just tell him my name - that s usually a good starting point Okay. I hate to be rude, but I m sort of busy. Is there anything you need? I ve been cleared for work today. I m looking for Damien Cavanaugh. Damien I ll tell him I m looking for Damien Speaking. What do you need? I have clearance to work today.