Day 33 (S20-22)

Rina Day 9, 28 total day 7 DI. 
Started in Tiny hut, go to therius, end in castle frey

In the morning, the Tiny Hut dissipated, and the party all woke up after a long rest.
"Time to head to Therius," Kin said, "We need to get back to Castle Frey as soon as possible."
Following the God Compass held by Aurelius, they eventually got to the west coast of Pennislovica. A ship with a black banner that had 2 fangs on it was visible in the water.
Rina let off 2 eldritch blasts in the air to get their attention, and the boat slowly turns toward them.
When the boat gets to them, a Druse woman begins to speak to them, "Why do you flag us over on this day?"
"We are needing a ride to Therius' underwater library," says Aurelius.
"Shh, bro we don't need to tell everyone everything," Alice whispered to him.
The woman on the ship paused a moment, then asked, "As are we, but no one knows the way. If you know the way, perhaps we can help one another."
"We do!" said Aurelius.
The woman lowered a ladder and waited for them.
"I can Dimension Door someone up there if needed," said Rina, "Can everyone else find a way up there?"
Kin used his Misty step to get there, Alice used her wildshape to fly herself and Neely to the ship. Rina used her dimension door to get her and Aurelius there.
"Well, I guess you didn't need to ladder after all," the woman said, "I am Karina, who are you all?"
The Bound all introduced themselves, and Aurelius showed her the God Compass.
"Good," she said, "It is nice to meet you all. We are from Drusk, and have been searching for Therius for a while."
"What do you want from him?" Kin asked.
"What anyone else may want from the god of knowledge - knowledge."

"You say you are from Drusk?" Rina asked, "Do you know anything about the Longneck Bodak captured by the government?"
"Why, yes," she answered, "my company were the ones to capture it."
"You haven't killed him, though?" asked Rina.
"No, we would rather study it than kill it," Karina answered.
"He's just a guy," Rina said, "His name is Long Neck Razorbeak, he's a friend of ours. He needs a Greater Restoration spell."
Karina looked stunned, "Just a guy? Who looks like that?"
"He's from Basta'Thrope'," Rina answered, "He is a Therianthrope."
"Ahh... that changes things," Karina answered. "I will ensure he is not harmed.
"Thank you," said Rina, "it is a curse from another plane, we have dealt with it before. Others from his group are heading to get him."
Karina nodded, and continued to navigate for the ship's captain.

The compass then began to spin oddly, as if what they were looking for was right below them. "This must be the place," Karina said, "Let us go down to meet our god."
Karina then cast water breathing on all of them, and Kin cast pass without a trace.
The Bound, Karina, and Neely all swam silently down to an entrance - it was a blue door, almost invisible against the blue ocean water. A huge kraken hovered above them, but did not see them.
Upon getting to the door it opened easily, and they all entered the foyer of the great underwater library.

The foyer of the library was a small, pyramid-shaped space, with books piled all along the edges. Along one wall was a staircase that lead downward, "I'm guessing this is where we need to go," Aurelius said.
They all followed him. At the base of the stairs were two more doors. In front of each door was a pile of books.
"Which door do we go in?" Alice asked.
"The door you need, only we can tell you!" the two piles of books spoke in tandem.
"Woah! talking piles of books?" Neely said, excited.
"One of us speaks the truth, and the other lies. Ask one question of us to know which door leads to Therius, and which leads to death."
Kin walked up, "Screw this," then he cast the truth spell, "Ok, which door is it?"
They both said the left door was the safe one, so they passed.
The next room had yet another pile of books.
"You may only pass if you answer three simple questions."
Kin stepped up first.
"What is your name?" the books asked.
"Kin Ray."
"What is your quest?"
"To follow where Oara guides me."
"What is your greatest fear?"
"...that my goddess is in danger."
The books then opened the door, and Kin walked in.
"Me next!" said Alice.
"What is your name?"
"Alice Moondance."
"Who do you love most?"
"Uhh... myself."
"What do you question most about yourself?"
"Who I really am."
The books then let her in.
Aurelius then stepped up.
"What is your name?"
"Aurelius Ravenwood."
"Who do you hate most?"
"My father."
"Why do you seek a god?"
Aurelius thought a moment, "Because the only god I've known has proven to be behind too many evil deeds."
The books opened the door.
Rina was next.
"What is your name?"
"Rina Afrisa Michaelis."
"What is your favorite color?"
"Yellow... like marigolds."
"Who would you most like to go on an ice cream date with?"
"The only person I truly want to spend any time with is my son."
The books opened the door.
Karina and Neely also got through the door, and they were all officially inside the underwater library. The building was an eternal pyramid, extending under the ocean farther than the eye could see.
"Woah," Rina gasped, "If I was going to be immortal, I think this would be a good place to do it."

Below them, they saw a floating, Blue Figure, scanning through books with his many arms - this was Therius.
Therius looks up as he notices them, then floats up to them, "Hello, hello hello..." he said, many voices seeming to come from his unmoving mouth. "It is unusual, unusual unusual, for me to have visitors, visitors visitors visitors." Therius continued to read books as he spoke to them, flipping through pages at an unnatural speed. "I am afraid, afraid, that I haven't much time, time time time, to answer many questions, questions. Please think of only one, one one one one, to ask."
"Immortal but has no time," Rina said, "sounds like every vampire I've met.
They all stepped aside to think about their questions. Rina looked internally and asked Agronoch, "Enoch, I am allowed to ask one question of Therius," she started, "What would you have me ask?"
Rina could feel Agronoch was surprised at the question, "Well, Rina, I haven't had as much time to think about it as you, but... Ask what you think is best to ask. I trust you, Rina."

Kin asks, "Is Oara in danger?"
"Yes," answered Therius.
Alice asks, "Do you know what is so special about me?"
"You are marked by the wheel, seek those who study the future."
Rina asked, "In the current was between gods, devils, and mortals, would you be our ally?"
"There is no war between them, you misunderstand the ranks" Therius answered.
Neely and Karina asked their questions privately.
Then Aurelius asked his question, "Would you have me as your loyal servant and paladin?"
Therius paused a moment, then began to speak, "The responsibilities of a Paladin of knowledge are many..." Aurelius then began to feel his life force draining, Therius continued to speak. "To fight for the right of knowledge for all, to keep the secrets meant to be kept, to reject those - even gods - who would keep any in the dark..."
As Therius continued to speak, Aurelius got weaker and weaker, until he fell unconscious. Therius then placed his hand on Aurelius' chest, pulled out his soul, and placed it in a book. Aurelius then woke up, full of different powers, and his soul no longer resided in his body.
"You must spend an hour each day within a book," Therius said to him, "If not in reading, then in the book of your soul." Therius then handed Aurelius the book containing his soul.
"Thank you," Aurelius said, "I vow to serve you."

Rina spent time thinking about the answer to the question she asked. It implied to her that it is not a war between the groups she mentioned, but among one of the groups. Among the devils, specifically. "If there's a war among the devils... then maybe some devils aren't evil" she whispered to herself.

S22

After answering the questions of everyone, Therius spoke to The Bound, "I will, will will need to test you all, all all all before offering my friendship, friendship friendship. My friend, friend friend will speak with you, you you you..."
Just then, a giant head floated behind them. The head was seemingly genderless, with one antler and large, deer-like ears.
Rina recognized them immediately, "Phesoi?"
"Hahaha yes, it is I! Phesoi, God of chaos, and of the fey."
"I'm glad to see you're ok," Rina responded.
"Just because we see them, doesn't mean they're ok," Kin whispered to her.
"I am here to test you," Phesoi said, "Well, most of you."
Rina, Alice, Aurelius, and Neely were all transported to Phesoi's Realm. They appeared in the middle of a field, with a hedge maze in the center.
"Friends!" Phesoi said, "Oara won't let me do this to one of her followers, but Therius doesn't mind. In that maze you will find treasures, and you will find trials. Complete the trials, and you get the treasures! One of which being Therius' friendship. Good luck!"
They disappeared and left the party to fend for themselves.

The first room had 4 doors, each one had a riddle.
"Well, I say we start at the one farthest to the left and move to the right," said Rina.
"Fine with me," said Alice. Aurelius followed.
Alice read the door, "First riddle on the door says, 'A tree doubles in size every year for 10 years. At which year is it half way grown?' Wouldn't that be year 5?"
"No, it's the 9th year," said Rina and Neely together.
"It would double in size at the last year," Rina explained.
The door then opened.
Through the door was a room with 3 dryads, and a giant ape like the one in the Taste Tree Forest.
"Let's see if we can sneak past them," said Aurelius.
"Your armor is going to be an issue," said Alice.
"I'll be careful," he answered.
Sure enough, they were able to sneak by them without incident.
The next room lead them to a room full of statues. One statue was clearly of Therius, one was of a Dragon, One was a Giant eye, one of Phesoi, one was a woman with a lightning bolt and crazy hair - Oara. The last one was a snarling woman, one not found in the 4 Murals.
"Hello??" they heard from the other side of the room, "Is there a living being here?"
They all turned to look to see who was speaking. Aurelius walked up to a statue of a head that no one recognized.
"Oh! There IS someone alive!" The statue said.
"You're... alive?" Aurelius exclaimed.
"Well, alive is an interesting concept. I'm only speaking so long as you haven't solved the puzzle."
"What puzzle?" Alice asked.
"The puzzle of this room! See, I'm here to observe the gods - those statues over there - but I also serve another purpose," the statue said.
Aurelius then kicked the statue over, revealing that its base was attached to the next door. When the statue fell over completely, the rope snapped - preventing the opening to the door.
"Oh Ow!" the statue said, "I'm not something to be kicked! If you have just been nice, the door would have opened!"
"Aurelius!" Rina yelled, "Why do you have to always act like a bull in a china shop? Now we have to find out how else to open the door!"
"I got this," said Alice as she wildshaped into a crab again, and lifted the door open for everyone to get in.
The door opened to a room full of poppies. In them, there were many triceratops eating the poppies.
"They're probably all high," said Rina.
"Then maybe they will be easy to sneak past," said Neely.
They all got on their hands and knees and crawled slowly through the field of flowers, not disturbing the dinosaurs.
The door on the other side was small, so small they would have to continue to crawl through it.
There was a long tunnel, and on the other side was what looked like the final room. A large Farie appeared, she had long hair and a long, pink dress.
"Welcome adventurers," she said, "I am Link - I am here to congratulate you on finishing this maze. Please, help yourselves to all of the gold you can desire."
She then disappeared, and the lights got bright. All along the round room, there were piles of gold. On pedestals there were chests, one for each of them.
"I don't feel right about this," said Rina.
"I'm goin for the gold!" said Alice.
"That black chest is the one I want!" said Aurelius.
Rina and Neely stayed back and waited.
As soon as Aurelius opened his chest, it grew teeth and bit him.
"OW! They are mimics!" he yelled.
The one Alice touched then also grew teeth and hopped down from its pedestal.
The room then rumbled, and the edges then began to turn into lava.
"We've got to get out of here!" Rina yelled as she threw eldritch blasts at the mimics.
They fought the mimics, and each chest turned into yet another mimic as the battle went on.
The floor was ever closing in, preventing them from accessing any exits, and making their battle area smaller and smaller.
They finally defeated the final mimic, and they were suddenly transported back to the original room.
"Good job, my friends," miss Link said to them, "You have completed the task. Phesoi has told me that we are so be done with our fun now. Wake up!"

They all then awoke in the library, they were laying on the ground where they were last standing.
"Wha... What happened?" Aurelius asked.
"We were tested by a god!" Rina said excitedly.
"What's up guys?" asked Kin, "I saw you all fall asleep, but I've just been reading."
The large head appeared again, "Haha! Jolly good, The bound. You all deserve something special for this, so a new item has appeared in each of your bags. I don't know if they're good for you, specifically... but feel free to trade them if need be. See you next time!"
Just like that, Phesoi disappeared.
The party all looked in their bags.
Rina found Black Dragon hide armor in her bag.
Alice found a Harp of thorns in her bag.
Aurelius found a Ring of flying, and Neely found a Jarl mask.

"I don't think this would do much for me," said Rina, "This seems like more for you, Aurelius."
"I certainly don't care about this ring," Aurelius said, "This seems like more of a Kin thing."
"Then I guess this mask goes to Rina," Neely said, "That is, if Alice is ok with her harp."
Alice looked at the harp, "I don't need this," she said, "but it's from a god, so I'm going to keep it."
"Alice, can you check this mask out to see what its deal is?" Rina asked.
Alice used Legend Lore on the mask, and its history appeared in her mind.
This was owned by the Jarl, it is a blue mask - there was also a white one. She saw them on the top of a mountain, then the blue one was cast aside.
"That... sounds like it's cursed or something," said Rina.
"It feels like that to me, too," Alice said.

S23
Kin turned to Therius, "Is there an actual tree down here?"
Therius turned to Kin, "All, all all all all... books are made of, of of of of trees."
Kin then looked around, and saw a nearly full tree making up one of the bookshelves.
"This will do," he then used treestride and opened it up.
"Thanks, Therius!" the party all said as they waived goodbye.
Kin teleported them to Castle Frey.
Rina sighed, "Finally, home."
Kin used a Sending to let Francis know the party had returned.
"The Bound is back in Castle Frey, please inform King Sullivan Frey we have returned."
Francis responded, "The bound? Oh! Yes! The Bound, Kin! I will tell him now. Babe! Hey Babe! When do you want to meet with the Bound? Immediately?"
Kin sighed, "Francis, once again not understanding how Sending works, ran out of words. I'm pretty sure they want us there immediately, though."
"Then let's go!" Rina said as she headed toward the center castle.

As they approached the waiting room, King Fey was already waiting for them, "Friends, let us all have dinner together."
"You mean you're having us for dinner?" asked Rina with a grin.
"Haha! We have already... indulged in that regard," Sullivan said, "we have arranged other meals for you."
They all went up to the dining room, King Frey sat in his small throne and Francis sat next to him.
Rina sat on the other side of King Frey, with Aurelius sitting next to her. Alice was next to Francis, then Kin next to her.
"So... How did it go?" King Frey asked the group.
"It went well," Alice started, "We met Therius, he was cool."
"Ahh, good. He was an old friend," answered the King.
"Yeah, literally ancient," said Aurelius.
The king smiled, "And... Rosa?"
"She passed peacefully," Rina said, "She told us about her husband and the tree, then turned to mushrooms in the center of the stump."
"Yes, her journey went just as planned," said Kin.
"Didn't someone blow up though?" Aurelius blurted out after he finished a glass of wine.
Everyone in the party gave him a mean look.
"What? What am I missing?" Aurelius asked.
The king looked to Rina, "Aurelius is a little drunk right now," she said.
"Plus his soul resides in a book now, he's a little off since becoming a paladin of Therius," Alice added.
King Frey's attitude immediately changed, he leaned back in his chain and put his hand on his sword. "There is a lie. Why do you lie to me? Have we not been gracious to you? What are you hiding?"
The party all looked at each other.
"Speak!" King Frey yelled as he hit his fist on the table, Francis sinking down in his chair.
"I'm sorry..." Rina started.
"We didn't lie," Alice said, "We just... we didn't think you needed to know everything."
"What are you hiding? Don't make me ask again!" King Frey yelled again.
Rina continued, "We did get her to the stump fine, everything was going well until after she died."
Sullivan looked at her, his nails tinking against the hilt of his sword.
"After she died, a giant monster attacked us," said Rina, "a Giant Lizard that was chanting like things we heard before. It almost killed Alice, and some overwhelming magic exploded from her - destroying the monster... and the stump."
"I barely remember it," Alice elaborated, "I said something while I wasn't conscious..."
Rina got out her notebook and passed it to King Frey to read. He nodded and handed it back, "Why did you feel this was appropriate to hide from me? Why would you think I would not want to know this?"
They all paused, until Rina spoke.
"I know what it's like to lose someone you love, and I wanted you to remember her in a way that would brings you peace. She did die peacefully, and did get the death she wanted. I know that if my late husband's grave was destroyed, I would not want to know."
The king paused, then dropped his hand from his sword. "It seems you are the kind of people who take others' feelings into consideration over spilling... unnecessary truths."
Rina began to cry a little.
"Perhaps this is something I, too, can learn," said the King, "Thank you for considering me, and thank you for giving my friend the death she deserved."
He then snapped his fingers, and a servant came out a side room with a large parchment.
"This is the deed to Rosa's home," he said, "She already signed it over to you, now you all must sign."
So, they did, and the King gestured for them to sit again as the food arrived.

After they all finished eating, King Frey spoke to Aurelius, "I see you have some new armor?"
"Oh! Yes, it's Black Dragon hide from Phesoi," Aurelius answered, "Now we both have Dragon armor."
The king looked it over, "Would you mind if I look at it closer?"
Aurelius stood up to take off the armor, the king began to walk into another side room and gestured for Aurelius to follow.
The small side room had some other pieces of armor and weapons hanging on the wall. Aurelius then handed the armor to the king.
"Hmm..." Sullivan pondered as he looked over the armor, "I admire this. I would like... to have it."
"You already have some just like this, though," Aurelius said, "What do you need mine for?"
"Only... it is not just the same," remarked the king, "It has different properties."
"What do I get out of it?" Aurelius asked.
The King gave him a curious look, "What would you ask of your king?"
"I just think it should be mutually beneficial," Aurelius answered.
Sullivan thought a moment, then spoke, "I think we can come to an agreement. Let us... play for it."
"Play? What do you mean, play?" Aurelius asked.
"You decide on a game, between you and I. If I win, I get your armor. If you win, you get mine," he said.
"Plus..." Aurelius started, "I'd like all of our debts paid off, also. From the ShapeSmithing shop specifically."
"Fine, fine," said the King, "You decide the game by tomorrow night, and I will oblige."
They both emerged from the room, everyone had finished their meals.
"Friends, if you are finished eating, please follow my men out. I must attend to other duties," said Sullivan, "These men will show you to your new home and give you the keys."

The soldiers escorted the party to a large manor, suspended in the air from 4 towers.
"Woah... this place is huge!" said Alice.
"And... a little run down..." Aurelius remarked.
"Good thing we know a talented ShapeSmith," Rina smiled.
"We should actually go see Drake to get more keys made for the house," said Kin, "plus I want to have a vault built in the house for our important stuff."
"Then I say we take a look around inside and pick our rooms!" Aurelius said as he and Alice ran in.
The house was a bit run down in most areas. Only about one fifth of the house was livable. It has 4 taller tower-like portions at each corner, and a main area in-between.
The southeast tower was mostly in-tact, as well as the kitchen in the main area and a decent-sized library on the main floor.
"I want the top of this tower!" Alice said as she ran up the stairs, "I want to be able to see the moon at night."
Her room had the top of a tree growing out of the window - she could climb out onto the limb of the tree to see the moon outside. The bed itself was cradled in the branches.
Kin followed closely behind and took the room below hers. His room had the trunk of the tree, with a few vines that hung in the doorway. He felt close to nature, and felt like his tree trunk was enough to build a shrine to Oara.
Aurelius was behind them both, and took the room below Kin's. His room had the roots of the tree that became a bookshelf. He also had a waterbed, and the walls were painted blue. The entire room was reminiscent of the underwater library of Therius.
Below his room was the main floor with the kitchen, so Rina claimed the basement of the house as her room. It was a large room with an elegant, large bed. There were mushrooms growing from between the floorboards, and no windows on the walls. She enjoyed feeling like she was living like the Druse people in this way.
Everyone was happy with their rooms, and met in the kitchen area once they had settled in a bit.
"Neely should also have a room," said Rina.
"Oh, no, it's fine. I'll just... I'll just sleep on the couch..." Neely said as she looked around.
"Nonsense, Neely!" said Alice, "Let's find you a room!"
There was a smaller room on the main floor near the library, "This should be good for you to keep the records for us, too," said Rina, "I'm betting there's some empty journals or notebooks in here for you to use."
Rina then grabbed a random book off the shelf and began to read a page that had a bookmark. Her eyes went wide as she read, and she started to blush.
"What's wrong with you?" Aurelius asked her.
She slammed the book shut, "Oh, um, nothing. Nothing at all. I'll just be... taking this book with me. It's... nothing that anyone in here should be reading."
Rina quickly took the book downstairs and locked the door.
"What do you s'pose that was about?" Alice asked as she pulled another book off the shelf. "This is smut!" Alice yelled, "Every single one of these books is smut, and they're all marked on the dirty pages!"
"I guess Rosa got really lonely without Edik," Aurelius said.
"...just like Miss Rina without Sebastian," Neely added.
"They aren't ALL smut," Kin said, "The ones on this side are all about wood carving and such."
"That must have been Edik's side of the library," said Aurelius.
Rina then quickly came back upstairs.
"That was fast," Aurelius teased.
Rina just glared at him and didn't respond.
"Let's see if the kitchen needs work before we go see Drake," said Kin, "If anything in here needs work, we should get that done first."
They get into the kitchen and found a lot of strange humanoid robot servants there, ones that looked like they had been in disrepair for a while.
"These things look like they do small kitchen tasks," Kin said, "I don't think they can do 100% of the work even when they're all functioning, but they'll help!"
"It's getting a bit late," Rina said, "As much as I'd love to see Drake tonight, I think he's probably closed up shop for the night already."
"Let's all get some sleep in our new rooms and get to the ShapeSmithing college tomorrow first thing," Alice suggested.
Kin got to his room first and Aurelius went after him.
Neely settled in quickly and was locked in her room the rest of the night.
Alice looked over the kitchen robots but didn't have any way to fix any of them. So she headed toward her room. On the way, she heard Aurelius doing pushups in his room - trying to get more buff now that he was a paladin.
She then passed Kin's room, and heard soft weeping inside.
"Hey, Kin? You ok?" she asked as she poked her head in his room.
He sniffed and wiped his face, "I'm fine... it's nothing."
"It doesn't seem like just nothing," she said as she sat next to him on his bed.
"I just... I've never had a home before. Or.. a family."
"I bet this is a lot for you then, huh? You get both a home and a family!" she said with a smile as she patted him on the arm.
He looked over at her, and remembered Oara's telling him that he was on the right path with them. "Thanks, Alice. I would just like to be alone a little. If that's ok?"
"Of course, Kin," she said, "but don't be a stranger, ok? We're all here for you."
She hopped down from the bed and went upstairs. She could see him just a little through the cracks where the tree came through the floor.
"Hey!" she whispered loudly, "You can always shine a light through here if you need me!"
He walked up to the hole and used the ring from Phesoi to shine a little light at her.
She smiled, "Goodnight, Kin!"
"Goodnight, Alice."

Rina went to the basement and decided to write to Agronoch again, she wanted to update him on the interaction with Therius.
"Enoch,
I have never been good at asking the right questions. My hope was to get a god as an ally. Instead, his answer gave me some passive information about some things I believe you've wished you could tell me. The unrest in your world - which is trickling into ours - is not so much between the gods and devils, and mortals, but possibly amongst those within said groups. Gods are not all good, and devils are not all evil. For what it's worth, Therius instilled faith in me - for you. Perhaps a better question would have been 'Can devils become gods through worship, too?'
Yours,
Rina"
She burned the letter, put on her nightgown, and settled into bed.

Shortly after, the room turned cold and Rina felt a presence. She sat up to find Agronoch sitting on the end of her bed.
"Rina! Good to see you again."
"I thought you couldn't show up unless I said it was okay," she scolded, "I'm literally in bed with no pants on."
His eyebrow raised, "Do tell."
She glared at him, "This is because we loosened up the contract, I assume. I'm free from some expectations, so you are too." She sighed as he continued to just stare at her, "It's fine. I'm assuming you want to know about progress."
"Actually, I have something else for you," he said, "Another little favor. You don't need to, but I would really appreciate if you did."
Rina sighed again, "You know I'm not going to say no to you, Enoch."
"Good!" he said, "I need you to go to Greenwarf and look up a friend of mine. His name is Caspian."
"So, I'm just supposed to go into Greenwarf and start asking people if they know a guy named Caspian?"
"Haha! No worries, he will find you. I'll visit you again there."
"Okay, Enoch. I'll look for him when I get into Greenwarf. Did you get my letters?"
"I did get your letters! I'm assuming you didn't get mine?"
"No, I didn't. You... responded?"
"I've been burying them."
"Burying them? I've been burning them."
"Burning them? Huh... fascinating. Anyway! I appreciate the updates, but maybe they are... too frequent? Lot's of paperwork, you know how it is."
"The, what, maybe three letters I've sent to update you on the fate of the world is 'too much paperwork'?"
Agronoch sighed, "Listen, Rina... I've gotten a little impatient with you, I have to say."
She looked stunned, and obviously a bit afraid.
He continued, "I almost intervened recently... Almost. But! My friend Saralith told me that I need to be more patient with you. We only have one shot at this, Rina. So we need to be as prepared as possible. You know, more prep time."
"...more prep time, right. And what exactly are you doing to help our cause?"
"I can assure you, Rina, I am very much working on things on my side. I just need you to keep working, too."
"That's why I keep updating you," she answered, "I'm sorry I'd gone farther away from our target, though... I believe the conversation with Therius was worth it."
"Oh of course it was! Life is about the journey, after all... Adventure, traveling, meeting people, learning things..."
He trailed off, and Rina looked surprised - not many people had the same feeling about life as she did.
"Well, Rina, it's been fun," he said as he stood up and adjusted the lapels on his navy, velvet suit.
"Wait, Enoch... I just have one question about something in our contract."
He turned around and looked at her, his blue tail gently swaying back and forth.
"You told me your name is Enoch, but in the contract you put yourself down as Agronoch. Is that like a title or something?"
"Rina, that's my real nam-"
He was cut off my a wall of light that shattered his magical visage, and he was gone - she now saw the literal wall between them, trying to keep them apart.

Next: Day 34 (S22-23)