Backstory425 MKRP

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Contents 1 Pages 400 to 405 1.1 Page 401 1.2 Page 402 1.3 Page 403 1.4 Page 404 1.5 Page 405 2 Pages 406 to 410 2.1 Page 406 2.2 Page 407 2.3 Page 408 2.4 Page 409 2.5 Page 410 3 Pages 411 to 415 3.1 Page 411 3.2 Page 412 3.3 Page 413 3.4 Page 414 3.5 Page 415 4 Pages 416 to 420 4.1 Page 416 4.2 Page 417 4.3 Page 418 4.4 Page 419 4.5 Page 420 5 Pages 421 to 425 5.1 Page 421 5.2 Page 422 5.3 Page 423 5.4 Page 424 5.5 Page 425

Pages 400 to 405

Page 401

Wikinotes

• Krid makes the 10,000th reply.
• Keb funded his college tuition by using a time machine to steal from murderers.
• Vixa is a Vixen who acts like a fox.
• Squato is Vixa’s brother.

Party

• JJA (John) smiles at Squata and settles down.
• Aura keeps an eye on Squata.
• JJA takes a sandwhich and wonders why he is hungry.
• Squato smiles at an item. A bottle.
• Squata walks to Aura and asks “Are you alright?”
• Vixa wants to show she cares about Mystic. She snuggles and kisses him, and rubs his ears gently.
• Aura apologizes for bumping into Squata and tenses in case of attack.
• Squata expresses interest in what training Aura may have received.
• JJA expresses concern about a nice Squata then eats another sandwich.
• Mystic starts to rub Vixa’s ears.
• Kraggi makes pelvic thrusts in Vixa’s general direction.
• Sage slaps Kraggi for being rude.
• Likal walks to JJA and asks if he is alright.

Krid’s Tanker Truck

• Dese notices the party and asks Bob about it.
• Bob trips down the stairs and Dese catches him.
• Dese, Bob, Keb, Xachy, and Keith have a conversation about time travel.
• Krid’s crew talks about joining the party.
• All but Bob become frozen in time.
• Bob walks up to a random party goer and asks for spare cups to get his friends started again.

Party

• Squato, standing next to Rose, signals to Kraggi and JJA not to make jokes about Vixa that might anger Squata.
• Vixa pants and licks Mystics face.
• Mystic blushes and asks Vixa if she has a place to stay. Vixa does not but says Squato may help her.
• Mystic does not see the resemblance between Squato and Vixa.
• JJA explains that he is so hungry because his shape-shifting uses a lot of energy.
• Rose trades her bottle of milk for Ann’s bottle of whiskey. Ann takes a capful of the whiskey before trading it.
• Lomgren seeing Ann's whiskey asks her if that really solves anything.
• Vixa taps Mystic on the nose, says she knows Squato, and then kisses Mystic some more.

Page 402

Party

• Mystic asks how Vixa knows Squato. She dodges the question.
• Ann doesn’t understand Lomgren’s question.
• Lomgren explains “Drinking that, even a little” and points to the bottle.
• Ann doesn’t understand what Lomgren’s problem is with having a drink since she kept her manners last time she drank in front of him.
• Lomgren states drinking causes more problems than it solves and won’t help Ann deal with whoever is bothering her.
• Sage sees several people (Krid’s crew) stuck in his barrier and notices Bob managed to get through. Only Bob had been invited to the party.
• Mystic asks Vixa if she is sure Squato is her brother.
• Likal says he wouldn’t think less of JJA if JJA “needed to step out every now and again to assume a... different form”.
• Ann assures Lomgren that she would drink more than a capful if that was true. She also says that if she gets too drunk, JJA can make her sober immediately.
• Lomgren says he doesn’t like Ann to drink too much and JJA won’t always be around.
• JJA thanks Likal for the idea then uses a portal device to go home and take on his full demon form.
• JJA goes to an out of time dimension, all white containing only a house. He rests there for 22 hours then changes back to human form and returns to Mossy Knoll 10 seconds after leaving.
• Freek snuggles with Nonah.
• Nyx has disappeared.
• Ann-KF stands there lifelessly.
• Aurora sits on a park bench.
• Vixa says it doesn’t matter whether Squato is her brother or father.

Page 403

Wikipedia

• JJA says this is the WSSAKH-4 universe.
• Q: If the First Kraggi War DID happen, why haven't the last of the tigerkin come along and bitten off Kraggi's head yet? A: Kraggi found out about the war going on under his nose and immediately put an end to it in this universe. The cat-kin were angry at first, but it's been years since then.

Party

• Mystic is curious about Squato’s connection to Vixa.
• Vixa tickles Mystic causing him to laugh loudly.
• Sage lets the frozen people through his barrier and asks them who they are.
• Bob tells Sage that they are with him and that Bob was invited.
• Keith and Dese each take a bottle of Elemental Fire.
• Mystic falls to the ground laughing. He tells Vixa that he enjoys the tickling.
• JJA welcomes Krid’s crew to the party.
• Keb and Xaych attempt to discern what the non-humans at the party are.
• Xaych introduces the others to JJA.
• Keith and Dese drink elemental fire. Dese becomes hyper and runs off to the lake leaving an after-burn.
• Bob takes ordinary sushi and orange soda.
• Bob bumps into Ann-KF.
• JJA talks with Xaych about the town and the universe.
• Ann furrows a brow at Lomgren and tells him that while Rose doesn’t know how much alcohol Rose can handle, Ann does know her own limit.
• Lomgren says he can’t condone any amount of drinking.
• Ann furrows her other brow telling Lomgren that she has been a social drinker since she was sixt- (looks at Kraggi) eighteen and is not going to stop.
• Ann-KF: "Well, at least you can hold more than I."
• Lomgren says that he knows how drinking can change a person.
• Squato wants to defend drinking but bites his tongue to let Ann and Lomgren work it out for themselves.
• Vixa pounce tickle kisses Mystic
• Aura tells Squata that she had defensive training.
• JJA says he is from “the WSSAKH-8 universe”.
• Ann says her drinking did change her, that it kept her from becoming hard-nosed like the other generals.
• Lomgren tells a story of a friend of his who was pressured into drinking. This friend ended up drinking so heavily that he got in a fight and killed a man without being able to remember it. The friend later hung himself in jail when he found out.

Page 404

Party

• Xaych tells JJA that his explanation doesn’t help her identify this universe without a common origin point. She doesn’t care about interdimensional travel.
• Likal approaches JJA and says he would like to get back home eventually.
• Sage asks how Krid’s crew got here, and inquires about the year the ‘species riots’ occurred in Xaych’s home world.
• Xaych blames Keb for being here and Keb says the riots happened 30 years ago.
• JJA explains how this universe is related to the War Universe.
• Keb talks about the history of his world’s species riots.
• Mystic continues to laugh and kiss Vixa. He then starts to tickle her with his tail.
• Sage says he visited a very alternate universe where none of the things Keb mentioned started the riots.
• Keb laughs at Sage’s words saying he too hates it when the small world effect fails.
• Squato shakes his head. Still he holds his tongue.
• Squata offers to train Aura.
• Ann says “I'm sorry to hear that. How long did the change take place?”
• Lomgren says how long isn’t as important as that it happened at all. He then asks her to let him be for a bit.
• Ann turns her head with both respect for Lomgren and anger at his attempt to order her not to drink. Rose boo’s and hisses as the two of them ruining her entertainment by move apart.
• Lomgren wonders aloud whether things can really work out between him and Ann.
• JJA asks Keb if he ever heard of the “the Jatjrira entity”. Keb has not.
• Aurora looks back at Ann with strange eyes.
• Mystic’s tickling of Vixa causes her to laugh too hard to continue to tickle him back.

Page 405

Wikinotes

• JJA restructures his house.
• Images and description of JJA’s lab.
• Description of Krid’s missle shaft.
• This page is mostly OOC.

Party

• Aura says to Squata that Aura is planning to go home tomorrow so there is no time for training.
• Squata grabs Aura by the jaw and turns Aura’s face side-to-side looking at it. She tells Aura that Aura has the spirit. Squata raises her weapon and offers training again.
• JJA uses special glasses to check on an experiment back in his lab.
• Mystic finishes tickling Vixa. Vixa kisses Mystic.
• Mystic asks Vixa “whatcha wanna do?" They decide to go looking for people to help or cheer.
• Mystic sees sad Lomgren and suggests that he be the first person helped.
• Aura steps back and asks “I have the what in me?”

Pages 406 to 410

Page 406

Party

• Squata tells Aura that Aura has the warrior spirit.
• Squato pours a bit of a drink on the ground to test it for chaos then takes a swig of the remaining water.
• Squato asks Lomgren how the store goes.
• Ann goes to get a can of soda.
• Rose attempts to sneak up on Aurora and give her a hug.
• Aura tells Squata that she’ll think about it and flies off to Ann and Lomgren.
• Ann is startled by Aura’s flying and gets pop in Ann’s nose. She greets Aura.
• Lomgren sees others approaching him and hears Squato, but his thoughts are about his friend and so he continues to hang his head down.
• Mystic gives Lomgren a hug and asks “Why so glum, chum?”
• JJA finishes reviewing his lab.
• Lomgren tells Mystic he’s remembering what happened to a friend.
• Mystic asks isn’t that “a good thing?”
• Lomgren says suicide is not a good thing.
• Squato tells Lomgren he doesn’t have to talk about it if he doesn’t want to.
• Vixa gives Lomgren a hug and a kiss and tells him things are okay.
• Xaych turns her attention to Keb’s conversation.
• Aurora thinks about her dance with Ann and smiles.
• Nonah calls Freek her “knight in shining armor”.
• Ann-KF has her hood up so she appears as the Angel of Death complete with robe and scythe but not wings.

Lake

• Dese jumps off the hill, lands on the lake, and skates across it.
• Keith is halfway to the Lake ready to tackle Dese.

Page 407

Party

• Bob starts to offer a handshake to Ann-KF, but then he retracts his hand saying “Wait, I almost forgot, never shake hands with the embodiment of death, sorry.”
• JJA tells Bob it is okay to shake Knave’s hand and speaks of the ‘respawn machine’.
• Bob edges away from JJA who he deems crazy necromancer.
• JJA wants to know what time it is.
• Lomgren says things are not okay in response to Vixa. He then walks over to Ann and tells her he doesn’t want her to end up like his friend. He walks off slowly.
• Ann-KF removes her hood then shakes Bob’s hand even though he withdrew it. Ann-KF says she’s trying to get to review others before they respawn.
• Bob asks Ann-KF if she is related to the other lookalikes.
• Ann-KF responds, “only by sandwich.”
• JJA asks what Ann-KF means “by sandwich”. Bob has the same question.
• Ann-KF clarifies the sandwich was transformational.
• Bob asks what this place is.
• JJA asks Ann-KF why she hasn’t changed back. Ann-KF says she just hasn’t thought about it much.
• JJA explains about Mossy Knoll to Bob. Bob has no idea what JJA is talking about.
• Bob wants to know more about the town than where it is.

Page 408

Wikinotes

• Description of Eric the Cleric.
• Eric lives in a pink house.
• Party recap by Lomgren.
• This page is mostly OOC.

Party

• JJA tells Bob more about the town.
• Bob asks about the zombies. JJA says to ask Kraggi about Yogomancy.
• Likal says yogomancy sounds like necromancy.
• JJA asks Kraggi to explain yogomancy.
• Rose stopped mid sneak due to someone stepping on her tail. Once the pain subsides she resumes her mission to hug Aurora.
• Aurora is surprised but then nuzzles Rose’s head happily.
• Sage says he isn’t sure that even Kraggi could explain how yogomancy works.

Page 409

Party

• Kraggi is distracted by chasing a jello butterfly.
• JJA agrees with Sage about Kraggi not being able to explain yogamancy.
• Aura apologizes for scaring Ann and says that Squata creeps her out a little.
• Ann tells Aura that she’ll keep an eye on Squata.
• Ann asks Lomgren what happened to his friend.
• Rose kisses Aurora’s cheek then sits on the bench next to her.
• Lomgren reminds Ann it was his friend who committed suicide.
• Ann says nobody commits suicide simply because they drink. She tells him that she is not suicidal.
• Aurora hovers in a sitting position and listens to Ann’s conversation with Lomgren.
• Lomgren says drinking caused his friend to become suicidal and that he doesn’t want to lose Ann.
• Ann reassures Lomgren that if drinking was going to make her suicidal it would have happened a long time ago.
• Lomgren thanks Ann.
• Ann smiles at cheering Lomgren up and reminds him it is a party and everyone is here to have fun. She holds Lomgren’s hand.
• Lora wakes up and hits her head on the table she was sleeping under.
• JJA says hi to Lora. Lora asks if she missed anything.

Page 410

Party

• Lomgren becomes more cheerful.
• JJA and Lora recap the party events. Lora asks about dessert.
• Lora looks for Sage. Seeing him engaged in conversation she decides instead to look for snacks.
• Sage tells Lora he isn’t busy if she wants to talk. Sage warns against eating the jello butterflies now that they are sentient.
• Lora asks how butterflies could possibly fight.
• Sage says the butterflies have enough magic to set someone’s hair on fire.
• JJA decides a hair fire is reason enough not to mess with the butterflies.
• Lora asks Sage to help her with her sleeping problem.
• JJA sneezes on a passing butterfly.
• Sage asks Lora if he gave her medicine earlier.
• The butterfly uses magic to pinch JJA’s cheek then cleans off by diving into a glass of water.

Pages 411 to 415

Page 411

Party

• Lora reminds Sage that he used a mental barrier rather than medicine to help her before.
• Sage says he can give Lora stimulants to help keep her awake.
• Rose tells Aurora that Ann is at least starting to get a little comfortable around Aurora.
• Lomgren says he had no other plans for the party than to get everyone to know one another better.
• Freek calls Nonah his "dulcet darling".
• JJA checks on his lab again. His password is "Jatjrira".
• Ann tells Lomgren there is only two hours of light left. She suggests he start a group discussion.
• Xaych keeps an eye on Bob. Keb mingles with the crowd.
• Mystic and Vixa offer to help cheer up Lomgren.
• Ann starts talking with Aura again.
• Aura tells Ann that she feels safer around "your kind" and that she was trying to get away from Squata.
• Ann wonders if Aura means Military types, catkin, etc.
• Rose leans on Aurora waiting for sunset.
• Lomgren announces a group discussion.
• Nonah’s angelic wings start to turn red again.
• Ann-KF says "What, you want to hear about my world?"
• Nyx is back and hops into Nonah’s lap.

Lake

• Keith grabs Dese and carries her back to the truck.

Page 412

Wikinotes

• Mystic tells his backstory here.
• Squato tells his backstory.

Party

• Freek and Nonah continue to kiss. Grim and Kraggi continue to embrace. Elshi continues to clean the site where the temple or church once stood.
• Squato asks Lomgren what he wants to know.
• Rose says quietly to Aurora “Our world wasn't that bad, until that guy came in...”
• JJA says he’ll tell about his world after Squato goes first.
• Lora contemplates stealing JJA’s rocket boots.
• Sage says he’ll tell some of his past.
• Mystic tells his backstory. Vixa kisses him.
• Squato tells his backstory.
• Squato and Mystic talk about horses. Squato says he’s always looking for help around the farm.
• Lora says she’s from this universe but still never heard of Squato.
• Freek is on the verge of falling asleep.
• Mystic offers to stop by Squato’s place tomorrow.
• Aurora replies to Rose “but then everyone died.”
• Rose has difficulty recalling things from when she was alive.

Page 413

Wikinotes

• Likal mentions some of his world’s history.
• Lomgren tells his backstory.
• Ann tells her backstory.
• JJA tells his backstory.

Party

• Lomgren says he’ll go next.
• Sage cleared his throat.
• Freek comments to Sage about powerful rules.
• Sage says they are the basis of all law and the only thing preventing battle among deities.
• Freek mentions the ‘Thou Shalt Not Uncreate Without Due Cause’ law.
• Sage and Freek discuss the penalties for breaking the law.
• Likal says the deities of his world have no such restrictions.
• Sage doesn’t follow what Likal is talking about.
• Likal tells part of his world’s history.
• Sage comments that gods are allowed to fight as long as they remain in their own world.
• Lomgren tells his backstory.
• Ann tells some of her backstory.
• JJA tells his backstory.
• Ann is shocked to discover that JJA killed the top leaders of Gal-Zabor in another universe.
• Likal says the best one can do after losing control of their actions is to try to make things right.

Page 414

Party

• JJA says he has killed the Gal-Zabor leaders multiple times in multiple universes whether there was a war or not. This was mostly accomplished by torturing them to death in cruel and unusual manners.
• Ann accuses JJA of being from the gate.
• Rose knows what’s about to happen and so she tells Knave to grab Ann.
• Kraggi is shocked by JJA’s lack of common sense as knives flick into Kraggi’s hand.
• Lomgren is horrified by JJA’s story. He attempts to comfort Ann.
• JJA asks Ann what she means by the gate.
• Sage warns Kraggi to put the knives away. The butterflies cluster around the knives.
• Kraggi tells Sage to stand aside.
• Sage warns Kraggi a second time.
• Kraggi doesn’t intend to let the monster within JJA have a chance to get out. He readies a throw.
• Sage has the butterflies superheat Kraggi’s weapons.
• Kraggi drops those knives and attempts to throw an oversized knife he pulls from his crotch.
• JJA pleads with Kraggi to put the knife away.
• The butterflies attempt to form a wall to block the knives. Sage warns Kraggi a third time.
• Aura makes herself a human shield for Ann and says “Leave her alone!”
• Kraggi puts his hands up.. then grabs the knife between his shoulder blades and trows it at JJA.
• Rose starts to explain about the gate to Al-Kiraq when she sees Kraggi and tries to reason with him that JJA would have tried something already.
• Aura’s actions confuse Ann into thinking someone is attempting to attack her. Ann topples a nearby table into a makeshift shield and pulls Aura behind it with her.
• Sage blocks the knife by letting it stab into his own hand. He warns Kraggi not to make him take “the next step.”
• Likal reaches for his rapier but remembers it was shattered.
• Lomgren runs over and hides behind the table with Ann and Aura.
• JJA says he isn’t going to kill anybody.
• Aura wonders why everyone has become violent.
• Ann tells Aura that JJA just announced himself as her mortal enemy.
• Aura asks if Ann thinks JJA will come after Ann.
• Ann tells Lomgren she doesn’t feel safe here and ask him and Aura to take her home.

Page 415

Wikinotes

• Grim is an archer who was raised by the Tolyen on the now destroyed world of Tuntar.

Party

• Aura agrees with Ann.
• Lomgren says “let’s go.”
• Ann takes both Lomgren and Aura’s hands and asks Lomgren to lead the way.
• Aura has memories of holding a paw, but then hovers close to Ann protectively.
• JJA asks the others to believe him when he says he doesn’t intend to hurt anyone.
• Freek is asleep on Nonah’s shoulder.
• Kraggi starts to reach for his boot knives, but decides to run home screaming and fight later instead.
• JJA thought he could trust the others not to overreact to his story.
• Sage starts to chase after Kraggi, but runs out of energy. Seeing Ann, Aura, and Lomgren leaving causes him to comment that the party is now over.

Pavillion (former party site)

• Lora calls Kraggi a moron stating that death doesn’t work here. Lora then says “no offense, Death.”
• JJA says if he wanted to kill others he wouldn’t live somewhere where no one can die.
• Lora asks someone to tell Kraggi she declines his offer to play at his restaurant later in the week since she doesn’t feel like talking to him.
• Sage is weakened. He asks the butterflies to ask the librarians in his tower to bring Sage his remnant.
• Lora doesn’t “work for racists”
• Mystic comfort JJA and says he believes JJA means no harm.
• Sage asks Lora not to ostracize Kraggi because Kraggi needs people like her around to help him change.
• Likal applies first aid to Sage’s wounded hand.
• Sage’s hand doesn’t have a wound. He is tired from using too much energy.

Pages 416 to 420

Page 416

Pavilion

• Ann turns to go back for Kraggi, but see him running away and so continues to flee herself.
• Mystic tells JJA that the others will understand in time.
• Kraggi tells Chuck to find Skippy and meet him behind Kraggi’s house.
• Grim calls to Kraggi saying “Don’t leave me here.”
• Vixa hugs JJA.
• Mystic asks Grim what is wrong.
• Grim sobs and tells Mystic not to touch her.
• Mystic wants to help Grim.
• Grim is crying that Kraggi left her alone with the thing that killed him.
• Mystic offers to take Grim to Kraggi’s house then asks if anyone knows “where that one squirrel guy lives?”
• JJA points mystic towards Kraggi’s home.
• When Kraggi realizes that Grim hadn’t been following him, he draws his boot knives and returns to the party.
• Mystic offers to take Grim to Kraggi’s house again.

Sage’s Tower

• Sage’s butterflies tell the ethereal librarians to bring the remnant.

Town Square

• Lomgren slows to see if anyone is following them. Aura continues to follow.

Page 417

Town Square

• Kraggi runs past the grocery store.
• Ann hears Kraggi swearing as he passes nearby. She asks Aura to fly up high and make sure Kraggi doesn’t get into or start any trouble.

Sage’s Tower

• Something bursts out of the window at great speeds causing the butterflies to scatter.

Pavilion

• Vixa asks JJA if he is feeling better.
• JJA forms a plan to show the others that they are not the same as their alternate universe selves. This plan involves his pocket teleportal device
• Xaych watches the fight.
• Bob and Keb move out of the line of Kraggi’s knife fire from earlier.
• Keith and Dese are at the tanker truck.
• Aura asks Ann what she should do in case Kraggi throws knives at her.
• Ann says Kraggi won’t throw knives at Aura and to just report back if there is any trouble.
• Mystic puts his hands out to show knife wielding Kraggi that Mystic is unarmed.
• Kraggi rushes to check on Grim.
• Lora concludes that she hates parties.

Page 418

Wikinotes

• Atescu’s girlfriend is Patricia
• This page is mostly OOC.

Town Square

• Lomgren says he wasn’t expecting so much trouble.
• Aura flies after Kraggi while keeping an eye on Ann and Lomgren.

Pavilion

• Retcon: Squata moves to mimic Kraggi throwing knives at John (earlier) when a paw stops her and a voice tells her “N...N...NO...”
• JJA decides to take the knife stuck in a nearby table and put it into one of his pockets.
• JJA types a post in IC about an alternate universe Gal-Zabor where he kills people.

Page 419

Town Square

• Ann keeps an eye on Aura. She mutters that this was supposed to be a vacation.
• Lomgren and Ann sit on a bench.
• Ann smiles at Lomgren and says “At least it can't get any worse.”
• Kraggi picks up Grim and runs.
• Grim screams “AIEEEEE! PUT ME DOWN, DEMON!”
• Mystic is confused about why Grim is screaming.
• Vixa kisses Mystic.
• Kraggi falls into a hole.

Page 420

Wikinotes

• New location: Tunnel under the pavilion.

Town Square

• Ann keeps an eye on Aura. She mutters that this was supposed to be a vacation.
• Lomgren and Ann sit on a bench.
• Ann smiles at Lomgren and says “At least it can't get any worse.”

Pavilion

• Kraggi picks up Grim and runs.
• Grim screams “AIEEEEE! PUT ME DOWN, DEMON!”
• Mystic is confused about why Grim is screaming.
• Vixa kisses Mystic.
• Kraggi falls into a hole.
• JJA contemplates asking a mage named Eithero to help him convince the others.

Town Square

• Aura returns and tells Ann and Lomgren that Kraggi was babbling then fell into a pit.

Pavilion

• JJA asks Kraggi and grim if they need any help.
• Kraggi runs into the dark abyss of the tunnel to get away from JJA.
• JJA jumps down the tunnel to make sure Kraggi doesn’t hurt himself.
• Likal jumps down into the hole as well.

Pavilion Tunnel

• Kraggi interacts with a metal object that turns into a bunny with twelve rows of razor sharp teeth.
• JJA uses tentacles to pull Kraggi and Grim out of harm’s way.
• The mechanical bunny charges towards the group.
• JJA uses ten razor tentacles to chop the bunny into several pieces.
• Kraggi’s eyes bug out of his head like Roger Rabbit after seeing JJA slice and dice the rabbit. He faints from shock.
• Grim fainted the instant they fell down the hole.

Pages 421 to 425

Page 421

WikiNotes

• New Character: Mysterious Man,
• As Moom says this page is part of “The Vixa and Mystic making out in public RP”.

Pavilion

• Vixa and Mystic make out.

Pavilion Tunnel

• Likal tells JJA to refrain from such displays. Likal is quite taken aback by it.
• JJA asks Likal to help him take Grim and Kraggi to the surface.

Unknown Location

• A mysterious man appears out of nowhere, says “oops, wrong plane,” then he vanishes. None saw him, and he affected nothing. He was merely a traveler.

Town Square

• Ann asks Aura to see if Kraggi is okay. Lomgren assures Ann Kraggi will be okay.

Pavilion Tunnel

• “Kraggi came to and huggled JJA...or crawled out of the hole with Grim. Whichever.”

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Pavilion Tunnel

• JJA is glad Kraggi is no longer trying to kill him.
• Kraggi stealthily tried to get Jon's wallet while he hugged him, and searched his sleeve for a knife.
• JJA tries to get out of Kraggi’s glomp.

Town Square

• Aura goes to check on Kraggi.

Pavilion

• Vixa makes out with Mystic in public.
• Mystic makes out with Vixa in public.
• Sage is unable to suppress his empathy since he is weakened. This means Mystic and Vixa’s PDA is making him sick.
• Mystic stops making out for Sage’s sake.
• Sage says they can continue once his dues ex machine arrives.
• Kraggi wants to retcon the hug away. This is agreed upon.
• JJA picks up unconscious Grim and Kraggi and carries them out of the hole.
• Lora tells Sage to hush and that a little making out never hurt anybody.
• Sage tells Lora that he feels like “I'm being cuddled to death by small, furry animals.”
• Lora tells Sage that sounds fun. She tells him to give into the emotion and have fun.
• Likal scrambles out of the hole.
• Mystic tells Lora that it is okay and that he will stop.
• Vixa kisses Mystic then hugs Sage to cheer him up.
• Squato thanks Sage for having cured everyone earlier.
• Sage tells Lora that discipline important to an empath.
• Sage is strongly affected by the fear felt by someone nearby.

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Pavilion

• JJA places Grim and Kraggi next to Sage and asks Sage if he is okay.
• Vixa gently pats Sage in an attempt to make him feel better.
• Mystic tells JJA that Sage is an Empath.
• JJA says Kraggi fainted from fright.
• Sage says the fright isn’t from Kraggi.
• The butterflies help the ethereal librarians carry a silver box towards Sage.

Town Square

• Aura reports to Ann that she sees JJA carrying motionless bodies out of the hole.
• Lomgren is struck speechless with horror.
• Ann’s heart sinks as she says “Oh no” and sprints back to the pavilion.
• Lomgren chases after Ann.
• Aura tells Ann not to go alone, “he could kill you!”
• Ann says she lived simply to protect Kraggi. Aura’s comment unsettles Ann and makes her sprint faster.
• Lora worries that Ann’s anger is going to make Sage lose control. She offers to do calming things to help him.

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• JJA wakes Kraggi by yelling about naked squirrel girls with large breasts carrying tacos.
• Kraggi wakes up and looks around eagerly.
• Sage asks someone to please pout a bucket of cold water on Kraggi to make him stop.
• Ann is relieved to see Kraggi is okay and acting normally. She asks how he got out of the hole.
• Mystic says JJA saved Kraggi and Grim from a monster.
• Vixa acts motherly to Sage.
• Sage’s minions bring him the box, but by now “Sage was hugging himself and rocking back and forth, babbling incoherent nonsense”.
• Lomgren finally catches up to Ann.
• Mystic takes a cue from the butterflies and helps put Sage’s hand on the box.
• The butterflys push Mystic away strongly
• The box opens dramatically. The box contains what appears to be ordinary dirt.
• Kraggi continues to look for the squirrel girls with tacos.
• Lora asks Sage what was that.

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