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Deathmanse

  • The previous day, DeSpectre gives Freek and Nonah a tour of the place.

Redstone Lake

  • Later that night, Nonah sings while Lora accompanies her on the sax. Freek watches, enraptured.

Grim's House

  • Grim and Kraggi hug, just enjoying each other's company.
  • Grim asks Kraggi if his house will be big enough. He says it is and he can always enlarge it anyway. Unfortunately, he nearly lets slip how, ie, killing people, but manages to cover it up.
  • Grim suggests going over to Kraggi's place now, which he agrees to. However, while Grim is getting her stuff together, Kraggi sees her portable CD player and is amazed they come so small.
  • Grim explains she brought it with her from her time. They then head off.

Ann's House

  • That morning, Ann gets up and prepares for the day. She notices Jodi asleep in the front room, so prepares her a breakfast and writes a note, before heading over to Lomgren's.

Lomgren's House

  • Ann arrives and knocks on the door.
  • Lomgren awakes top the knocking and realizes he forgot to set his alarm. He rushes to the door and apologizes to Ann, then invites her in.

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Between Grim and Kraggi's Houses

  • Last night, while Kraggi carries the luggage, he and Grim talk about the changes between her time and the present.
  • Just outside Kraggi's house, Kraggi notices Nonah splashing about in the River. Unfortunately, she's in half-demon form. Kraggi doesn't realize her true nature, but does think there's something odd about her.

Vor's Tower

  • Lora is shocked by a)that Eric just tried to use a flamethrower to get a fly, and b)he missed! Suddenly, she collapses, clutching her head in pain. Eric immediately grabs the her and used his magic to try and heal her.

Lomgren's House

  • The next morning, Ann enters at Lomgren's invite, complimenting his home as she does so.

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Vor's Tower

  • Previous night, Lora, her voice taking on an odd credence, alternates between fearful muttering and insisting that she's fine so Eric must leave. Eric, however, refuses, as Lora clearly isn't fine.

Grim's House

  • Atescu returns home, after walking Pat to her place. He heads straight to bed. Later, Freek returns from listening to Nonah and Lora. He works on his computer until collapsing from exhaustion.

Outside Kraggi's House

  • Kraggi and Grim arrive. Grim senses something strange about the house, but simply says it looks cozy. Kraggi then tells Lauren to open up, and Grim is once again slightly surprised that the house has a name. However, she doesn't think any more of it and Kraggi shows her the bedroom.

Kraggi's House

  • The next morning, Grim wakes up first. Noticing Kraggi still fast asleep, she decides to just lie there for a bit.

Lomgren's House

  • Lomgren tells Ann he needs to take a shower, so she should make herself at home until he's finished. He then heads off.
  • Ann heads into the kitchen to make breakfast for the two of them.
  • While cooking, Ann notices a shoebox on the side. Curious, she opens it, finding the photos of Lomgren at the TF Shop last night. She begins to look through them, while keeping an eye on the food.
  • Lomgren finishes his shower, dries, dons a robe, then goes looking for Ann.

Sage's Tower

  • Sage wakes up, his back crick from sleeping on a chair. He heads to the kitchen for some coffee. However, he senses something wrong, but can't put his finger on what.
  • Meanwhile, in the cat room, the kittens are nervous.

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Wiki Note

  • Possessed Lora is the turn I'll use for the entity possessing Lora, as it hasn't given a name.

Vor's Tower

  • Previous night, Lora, her voice and mannerisms now fully changed, explains to Eric that if he doesn't leave now, she will make it look like he attacked her. Eric replies by pointing out he was teleported against his will and doesn't know the way out.
  • Possessed Lora sarcastically indicates the door and how to use it. However, her control isn't perfect, as Lora, in a much quieter tone, begs him not to go.
  • Thinking Lora must be either an imposter, possessed or has a split personality, Eric swings a punch at her, but misses and lands on top of her.
  • Grinning, Possessed Lora, referring to herself in the first person, gloats at how Eric has just incriminated himself even more. She also gives him one more chance to leave.

Town Square

  • Also the previous night, Liz and Nyx return from Paris, by teleporting in.

Lomgren's House

  • The next morning, by the time Lomgren arrives in the kitchen, Ann has nearly finished the breakfast. However, she also left five of the photos out, next to the shoebox. Upon spotting these, Lomgren "Eeps" and blushes.
  • Giggling, Ann serves up breakfast while gently teasing Lomgren. This continue as they eat, though Lomgren, to both their surprise, does offer Ann one. As long as no one else sees it, of course.

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Wiki Notes

  • There's a time error on this page. Though he's several hours into the future, Sage detects the exorcism is Vor's tower.

Vor's Tower

  • Previous night, Eric refuses to move and starts trying to exercise Lora in the name of Lee, Lawful Good God of Sanity.
  • Possessed Lora responds that the body is rightfully hers, so Lee has no power over her. However, Eric counters by calling on Christopher, Neutral Good God of Heroics, to evict the sprit, as Lora truly wishes help. During this, Lora's phone is trying to call the cops. Unfortunately, Mossy Knoll doesn't have any.
  • Possessed Lora starts mocking Eric and Christopher by letting Real Lora get a few words in. She also pushes Eric of her and gets up. However, she loses her confidence somewhat when she realizes that help isn't coming.
  • Eric, now channelling three Deities, unleashes their combined power in an attempt to safely Exercise Lora.

Lomgren's House

  • The next morning, Lomgren tells Ann that the photos were taken at the TF Shop and that she should be careful there.
  • Changing the subject, Ann asks what's first on their to-do list.
  • Lomgren says they need to get some stuff from the general store, then do some more work on his book store.
  • As Ann cleans herself, Lomgren heads off to get dressed.
  • When Lomgren is out the room, Ann puts the dishes in the sink.
  • While dressing, Lomgren keeps think about Ann. He returns to the kitchen when finished.

The Park

  • Later that morning, Xiao wakes up in his shelter. When he notices the time, he rushes off to the Diner, thinking he's late.

Ann's House

  • Jodi finally awakens. After finding Ann's note, she makes herself breakfast.

The Diner

  • Xiao arrives. Not realizing it's closed today, he opens up and goes inside.

Sage's Tower

  • While preparing breakfast, Sage realizes what's wrong. Some of his "God Food" is missing. Only the only suspects are the kittens.
  • Meanwhile, the kittens are discussing what's the worst that can happen from stealing the food.
  • Rushing into the cat room, Sage demands to know who ate the cake. after finding the culprit, he grabs the cat by the scruff and rushes out the door, saying something about the tower being in danger.
  • As he's running, Sage explains to the kitten that the cake he ate causes non-gods to explode. He barely makes it in time, bursting onto the roof and lobbing the feline high into the sky, where it briefly seconds later in a massive ball of fire.
  • As he's getting his breath back, Sage detects the exorcism happening at Vor's tower. (See Wiki Notes). Realizes its implications, he rushes off back down the stairs.

Town Square

  • The kitten respawns.

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Sage's tower

  • Running down the stairs, cursing the fact that he put a teleportation blocker on his tower, Sage makes it to the ground floor and bursts out the front door. As soon as he's outside the barrier, he teleports to...

Vor's Tower

  • Rather than helping Lora, Eric's exorcism instead causes her to collapse screaming in pain, hitting her head badly in the process. However, despite this her possessed voice seems unaffected, though does angrily demand that Eric stop, as Lora is of no use to her dead.
  • Suddenly, Sage appears. He demands that Eric stops, as exorcisms won't work like this.
  • Possessed Lora snarks about no one knocking these days. Sage turns to her and points out Lora's life is more important than manners, then asks if she's the being that was trapped behind Lora's mental barrier.
  • Eric stops the exorcism. He immediately turns to Sage and says he's glad he's here.
  • Possessed Lora answers Sage by saying she been dropped behind many walls. She then asks him to leave again.
  • Sage acknowledges Eric, then asks Possessed Lora what exactly she is.
  • Possessed Lora says she a being of great power, but denied her might by her kin. However, one of them is getting married, so she wishes to use the body to attend the wedding. Eric replies that he's glad she isn't out to conquer the world and he has no problem with what she doing as long as she shares the body with Lora equally.
  • Sage agrees with Eric's assessment, though wishes to know who her relative is. He also, suggest any possessions in future are less forceful.
  • Possessed Lora says she can't share the body, as she's to powerful. However, Lora is safe and will get control again after the wedding. Eric simply asks how they can trust her.

TF Shop

  • The next morning, JONJONAUG gets up and eats breakfast with Cologne. He then heads outside.

Town Square

  • Ann-KF arrives to ask the kitten how he died. The kitten explains.
  • While the kitten is talking, Ann-KF realizes she's still naked. She tries to summon a robe, but it fails.
  • JONJONAUG arrives. He greets Ann-KF, asking which one she is.
  • Ann-KF answer by saying he's one of the Knave's, but hasn't thought of a way to tell himself apart from the other one.
  • JONJONAUG notices the kitten and starts to get nervous, as he's phobic of them. Ann-KF reassures him the kitten is harmless.

The Royal Engagement Suite

  • Suddenly, a robe appears on Rainbow-KF, who's still in bed.

The Lake

  • Sanchay leaves her cave and walks to town. As she travels, she thinks about getting a job, perhaps at the clothing store.

Lomgren's House

  • Lomgren and Ann leave, heading towards the town square.

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Vor's Tower

  • Possessed Lora answers Eric by saying there's no logical reason why he should trust her.
  • As a result, Sage casts a monitoring spell on Lora's body. Now, if Possessed Lora causes any trouble, she'll be teleported directly to a holding cell in Sage's tower.
  • Weary, Possessed Lora asks exactly what Sage means by trouble.

Diner

  • Xiao, confused as to why Kraggi and Grim haven't arrived yet, decides to go for a walk. Leaving the door unlocked, he heads towards the town square.

Town Square

  • Ann-KF sits on the edge of the fountain and puts the kitten on his lap. He starts to think about the past.
  • As Ann and Lomgren enter the square, Ann almost immediately notices Ann-KF. This annoys her, as he's both naked and looks like her. Excusing herself from Lomgren, she heads over to the fountain. Lomgren, realizing what's going on, blushes and hurries onto the general store.
  • Ann confronts Ann-KF, stated that be wouldn't be nude if he didn't look like her. Ann-KF's responce is that he did try to summon his robe, but having a double is still screwing that up.
  • Accepting this, Ann summons her Frisky Kitty T-shirt and gives it to Ann-KF. He puts it on, but then points out people will now think he's her.
  • Ann gives Ann-KF a Look and warns him not to abuse this. This causes him to laugh evilly, then succeed at summoning his robe.
  • Xaio walks up and leans against the fountain.
  • Ann-KF greets Xaio, who waves back, then continues looking around for Grim or Kraggi.
  • JONJONAUG asks Ann-KF to do something about the cat. Reluctanly, Ann-KF agrees to take him home, so gets up and walks towards Sage's tower.

General Store

  • Lomgren, still thinking about naked "Ann", arrives. Luckily, his shipment has arrived, so now he has payment and transport logistics to distract him.
  • Lomgren arranges to borrow a wagon to carry the stuff to his shop, and opens a tab to pay for everything.

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Town Square

  • JONJONAUG is overjoyed when Ann-KF takes the kitten away. He now asks the others what they're up to.
  • Ann replies that she's holding Lomgren set up his Bookshop. Noticing said catman coming out of the general store, she says goodbye and heads off to help with the wagon.

Outside the General Store

  • Lomgren and Wiley start loading the wagon. Ann joins in when she arrives.
  • Lomgren soon realises the wagon isn't big enough, so asks for another wagon. Willy goes back inside to get one.
  • Ann suggests that Lomgren goes ahead with the first wagon, as he still has to unlock the store. Agreeing, Lomgren heads off, carefully pulling the full wagon behind him.

Vor's Tower

  • Sage defines "try anything" as harming anyone, including Lora, or trying to make the possession permanent. As a general gist, that is. However, before Possessed-Lora can respond, Sage senses someone at his door, so apologizes and teleports off.
  • When Sage disappears, Eric asks Possessed Lora again which relative of hers is getting married.

Outside Sage's Tower

  • Ann-KF arrives and knocks on the door.
  • Sage appears and greets Ann-KF, thanking him for returning his kitty and apologizing if her was any trouble.
  • Ann-KF, having found out about the kitty's death from the feline, asks Sage why he has cakes like that in the first place. Also, she's curious how they would effect her.
  • Sage answers that it only makes mortals explode because they can't handle it and that yes, Ann-KF doesn't count as mortal any more. So Ann-KF asks for some cake.
  • Suddenly, Eric appears, claiming he got bored. He also asks for some cake, as he's the mortal duplicate of a god and is willing to risk exploding.
  • Sage agrees to give them both some cake. They all go inside and head to the kitchen.
  • Eric charges off ahead, so is the first to arrive. He immediately starts stuffing his face, but then stops and says his arm is starting to tingle.
  • Sage bursts into the kitchen, but finds that Eric isn't there.
  • Ann-KF was going at a slower pace. However, before she arrives the rest of the kitties turn up, distracting the reaper with their cuteness.

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Wiki Notes

  • It is revealed out of character that the name of the Entity possessing Lora is Big D. He will now be referred to as this, instead of Possessed Lora.

Town Square

  • Previous night, Liz and Nyx decide to sleep in the Deathmanse's garden.
  • The next morning, as Lomgren heads towards his store, JONJONAUG comes over, saying how excited he is about the book stop opening.

Outside the General Store

  • Ann and Wiley quickly load up the second wagon. However, there's still more stuff to be loaded, so Ann says she'll be back. Then she takes the wagon and heads after Lomgren.

Sage's Tower

  • Ann-KF finishes playing with the kittens, then gets up and continues to the kitchen.
  • The kittens head off to get some catnip, with the one that exploded agreeing to explain what happened to him.
  • Ann-KF arrives at the kitchen and asks about the cake. Sage, though distracted and concerned about Eric's sudden disappearance, tell her to help herself. Ann-KF promptly does so. And as Sage says, she doesn't explode.
  • Meanwhile, Eric is exiting the tower. Just before his arm explodes. He staggers back in, then dies from blood loss.

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Town Square

  • Lomgren returns JONJONAUG's greeting. They make small talk as they both head towards the book store.
  • Ann she Lomgren and JONJONAUG talking and decides to follow quietly.

Outside the Bookstore

  • Lomgren and JONJONAUG arrive. They say goodbye, so Lomgren can get to work, but not before the catman reminds the other about tonight's party. Ann joins Lomgren moments later and together they go inside and get to work.

Vor's Tower

  • Alone now, Big D has a brief conversation with Lora about what to do next. They eventually agree on a nap. Also, Big D reveals that Lora's nightmare were actually his dreams, but they won't be a problem any more.

Sage's Tower

  • Hearing the explosion, both Sage and Ann-KF walk downstairs to investigate, finding Eric's body. Ann-KF says that the Resurrection Machine hasn't affected him, which is odd.
  • Ann-KF summons a skeleton to take Eric body away, then steps into Limbo to help Eric's soul.
  • Sage wonders while to cake only blew off Eric's arm, then puts it down to him being James' mortal duplicate.

Limbo

  • Ann-KF notices there's no tunnel of light, which means something is very wrong.
  • Ann-KF says he can still revive Eric, but has to work out why it wasn't automatic. But first, he takes them both to the Graveyard.

Graveyard

  • Ann-KF and Eric return to the land of the living.
  • Ann-KF asks Eric what he wants done with his old body. eric says he'll take it with him, before getting dressed and heading off towards the Forest with it.

Forest

  • After a little bit, Eric leaves and heads over to Sage's tower.

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Sage's Tower

  • Sage greets Eric at the door, saying he's glad he's back. They then both head towards town, as sage needs to go shopping.

Graveyard

  • When Eric leaves, Ann-KF teleports to the Resurrection Room at the Deathmanse.

Deathmanse

  • Ann-KF starts fixing the Resurrection Machine.

Bookstore

  • As Ann and Lomgren unload the wagons, they talk about tonight's party.
  • When they have finished, they both head back to the general store for the final load.

Outside of Town

  • Eric and Sage split up, with the former heading to his house to collect some stuff and the latter heading into town.

Town Square

  • As Ann and Lomgren head across the square, Xiao comes over to them and offers his assistance, as he's given up on waiting for Kraggi and Grim. At the same time, Sanchay arrives, still talking to herself about getting some kind of job.
  • As Ann accepts Xiao's offer, Lomgren calls out to Sanchay, who gives him a hug. As the four of them are chatting, Sage turns up.
  • After finding out what's going on, Sage and Sanchay also offer to help Lomgren, which he gratefully accepts. They then continue to the general store.

Vor's Tower

  • Lora's sleep becomes disturbed as Big D gets into conversation with others at his bodies real location. This causes her to awake suddenly and sit bolt upright.

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Freek's House

  • Earlier that morning, Freek wakes up at his computer again. He heads downstairs to find Atescu already up. The two brother talk, where it's revealed they've both met someone.

Ann's House

  • Jodi decides to watch some TV. While doing so, she falls asleep, waking up about 11 am. She then decides to head out.

Outside the Bookstore

  • A little later, Lomgren and helpers find JONJONAUG waiting for them. He has decided to help out too, which Lomgren accepts.

Vor's Tower

  • Big D tells Lora she needs to not think, or his siblings will hear her and figure out what's going on. So she grabs her sax and starts playing.

Diner

  • Eric arrives, looking for Sage. After finding the place empty, he leaves the stuff (an experimental technomagic teleportation system) on the table, write a note, then leaves.

Bookstore

  • The gang gets to work. With all of them working together, with just one more trip to the general store, soon the job is done. Lomgren also decides to buy one of the wagons.
  • Eric arrives just before everyone finishes. Noticing JONJONAUG and Sage, he waits for them to finish.

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Book Store

  • With nearly everything done, the gang leave Ann and Lomgren alone. JONJONAUG heads over to talk to Eric, Sanchay goes to the clothing store, Xiao heads back towards the diner and Sage skips around town like a five year old because Lomgren promised him free books.
  • Jodi enters and says Hi to Ann. Ann returns the greeting, then introduces her to Lomgren. The three talk about the shop. Lomgren also tries not to stare at Jodi's prosthetic arm.
  • The conversation turns to Jodi and whether she's been to the clinic yet, which she hasn't. As they talk, Jodi accidentally triggers her arms radio, causing Lomgren to stare. He then blushes and apologizes.
  • Jodi accepts the apology, but fails to get the music to stop. In desperation, she detaches the arm so she can adjust it, much to her embarrassment.

Town Suare

  • Eric and JONJONAUG talk about Eric's Techno-magic teleporter.

Deathmanse

  • Ann-KF finishes fixing the machine and teleports off to discuss getting individual names with her sister.

Diner

  • Xiao arrives, only to find Kraggi and Grim still haven't turned up. In frustration, he decides to explore town.

Royal Engagement Suite

  • Ann-KF arrive. She begins to talk with Rainbow-KF about using individual names for themselves. While they are doing so, Rose steals all the covers. before they get much done, Ann-KF senses a death and teleports off.

General Store

  • Xiao enters and looks around, bored.

Redstone Lake

  • Nonah hears Lora playing, so stops to listen.

Vor's Tower

  • While Lora is playing, the music causes a bird to kill itself by slamming into the tower wall. Sensing the death, Ann-KF arrives on the dock outside.

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Town Square

  • JONJONAUG remarks that Eric's device seems needlessly complicated, asking if James invented it. Eric replies that it was in fact Alex and Brad, previous business rivals to JONJONAUG.
  • JONJONAUG nods, then starts making some notes on the plans that hopefully will simplify the design.

Vor's Tower

  • Ann-KF calls out to Lora, asking her to stop playing as the music is harming the environment.

Book Store

  • While Jodi is fixing her arm, Ann indicates subtly to Lomgren that he should change the subject. So the catman asks Jodi about how she's finding the town so far.
  • The conversation continues while Jodi finishes the repairs. She then asks where she can eat in town. Lomgren tells her about the Rex and the diner, though the latter is closed today. Thanking him, Jodi heads off to the Rex.

Kraggi's House

  • At about 11:30, Kraggi finally awakens, so Grim cooks them some breakfast. After they've eaten, freshened up and dressed, they decide to head to the diner.

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Vor's Tower

  • Lora stops playing and comes out to see Ann-KF, but it's Big D that asks what she wants.

Book Store

  • Ann and Lomgren continue talking as they finish setting up the shop. However, they soon stop talking and beside to christen the building. By making out.

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Wiki Notes

  • Yesterday, in game, Nonah tried to eat Chuck, thinking he was a normal cat.

Freek's House

  • Atescu and Freek finish talking and eating breakfast, so Freek heads to the lake.

Redstone Lake

  • When Lora stops playing, Nonah quickly swims away encase it starts again.
  • Suddenly Sanchay! In her Mer-form, obviously. Nonah and Sanchay have a chat, formally introducing themselves in the process.
  • Meanwhile, on the southern shore, Chuck is having a stroll. Nonah spots the cat, so excuses herself from Sanchay to apologize about yesterday to him.
  • At this point Freek arrives, looking for Nonah.

Vor's Tower

  • Ann-KF asks Lora not to play such sad music and why she sounds different.
  • Lora nervously replies she hasn't been herself recently, but doesn't understand what was wrong with her music, so Ann-KF explains that it's sadness was causing animals to kill themselves.
  • Big D apologizes about the song, then Lora asks do the dead fish respawn in the town square.

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Vor's Tower

  • Ann-KF answers Lora no, the Resurrection Machine returns you to a safe place, so the fish would return to the lake. Lora then says she stop playing that song, as she just needed distracting. Ann-KF asks why, so Big D introduces himself and explains the situation.
  • While they're talking, Ann-KF asks for Big D's real name. At first he's reluctant, but eventually reveals it's "Deathwish". They continue to talk, as Big D/Lora seems depressed, so Ann-KF tries to cheer them up.

Redstone Lake

  • Chuck accepts Nonah's apology, then asks why she looks different. Nonah replies it's because she's Half-Demon. At which point Chuck freaks and runs away screaming.

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Redstone Lake

  • Freek sees Nonah talking to Chuck, who he doesn't know, and heads over. He arrives just as Chuck runs off screaming and leaving a put-out Nonah.
  • Freek works out the issue was about Nonah being half demon and tries to comfort her. He conjures a D12 and liken them to demons, ie, disliked by the majority.
  • Nonah has no idea what Freek is talking about, so he explains that it was gaming metaphor.
  • Nonah explains the she is especially bothered by Chuck's reaction because he knew her as an individual and they were becoming friends. But all that is instantly forgotten once her parentage is known.
  • During all this, Sanchay has been idly splashing about.

Kraggi's House

  • Chuck arrives and starts banging on the door, still screaming. Unfortunately, Ima has been told to not display sentience, to avoid freaking out Grim, so she can't let him in herself.
  • Luckily, Grim hears Chuck banging and shouting, as Kraggi is to obsessed with his muffins at the moment to notice.
  • Looking up from his muffin, Kraggi notices Chucks shouting. After quickly translating for Grim, he runs upstairs for his battle-gear.
  • Grim follows Kraggi upstairs, wondering out-loud how she can help, as she isn't a good fighter. Then she thinks of Freek, who has experience against Demons.
  • Kraggi tells Grim where the guns are, however, she should stay inside until the demon is dealt with. He himself won't even be tackling it alone, as he plans to get Ann first.
  • Kraggi finishes donning his gear and heads to the door, receiving a quick kiss of good-luck from Grim. When he opens the door he tells Chuck to guard the house, then starts sneaking to town.

Vor's Tower

  • During conversation, it comes up that Ann-KF was wiped out an entire world. This seems to anger Deathwish. Noticing this, Ann-KF asks why and adding they were her enemies.
  • Deathwish angrily rants how ALL life in a world can be someone's enemies, including the animals, plants and spirits.
  • Ann-KF calmly explains that by the time he killed them, his enemies had already wiped out everything else in the world.
  • Deathwish calms down and apologizes for his outburst.
  • Ann-KF accepts the apology, then looks towards the shore, overhearing a part of Nonah's and Freek's conversation. Deathwish curses about having to rely on Lora's ears and asks what's going on, so Ann-KF explains, adding that Kraggi will try and kill Nonah.

Deathmanse's Lawn

  • Nyx and Liz start to stir.

Ann's House

  • Kraggi arrives at a sprint, having sped up away from the lake, and begins banging on the door.

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Deathmanse's Lawn

  • Nyx and Liz discuss what to do now, what with the former being allergic to sunlight. Liz volunteers to try some magic to help.

Royal Engagement Suite

  • After much discussion, Rainbow-KF decides to call herself Aurora.
  • Rainbow-KF senses his sister's distress, so decides to help. RKF and Rose quickly get dressed.

Vor's Tower

  • Lora starts to panic, not wanting Nonah to get hurt. Big D assures her that everything will be all right, that the Resurrection Machine will protect her. Besides, Death won't let it get that far, will he? Death, looking very agitated, says he will do what he can, but can't control life.
  • Lora continues to panic, demanding that Big D gets involved, with Big D trying to calm her and point out that he can't, thanks to Sage's magic, but Lora not caring and demanding it anyway.

Ann's House

  • Realizing that Ann isn't home, Kraggi runs to Lomgren's house and starts banging on the door there.

Town Square

  • Sage senses the possible violence between Kraggi and Nonah and teleports to the Lakeside.

Lomgren's House

  • Kraggi realizes no one is home, so sprints to the boob store and proceeds to hammer on that door.

Redstone Lake

  • Freek and Nonah says hello to Sage, not being surprised by his sudden appearance. However, Sage is currently distracted, as he's telepathically telling Big D that he can use his powers to stop a fight, as long as he doesn't kill. Big D thanks Sage, but then questions the ethics of spying on his thoughts.
  • Sage points out that he's more practical than ethical and those who possess others without their consent have no right to criticize.
  • Ann-KF has been listening on the telepathic exchange. She know grows wings to fly Lora over to the others, then informs Nonah of Kraggi's intentions.
  • Reality rips and Rainbow-KF and Rose, in a toxic green dress, arrive.
  • Nonah and Freek say hello to the two new people, then the latter asks what to expect if I fight does break out.

Book Store

  • Ann jumps at the banging and looks out the window, seeing a panicked Kraggi in full battle armour. She quickly get up and opens the door, without bothering to get dressed.
  • Kraggi quickly tells Ann about the demon and to get her guns. Also to leave Lomgren behind.
  • Lomgren asks Ann wants going and is curtly answered by Kraggi, who simply tells him to stay inside.
  • Ann's military instinct kick in. She tells Lomgren to head home, then runs out, heading for her house to get her guns, with Kraggi following.
  • When the offers have left, Lomgren gets dressed, locks up and heads home, feeling shocked.

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Redstone Lake

  • Rose, looking nervous, says she'll stay out of this one, explaining that her presence will make Kraggi even keener to attack, to protect her.
  • The Nonah Protection League, continue to discuss how best to protect Nonah, who point-blank refuses to hide any more. Sage assures everyone that he can make Kraggi see reason.
  • Deathwish, however, would still like to know what to expect, in case diplomacy fails. Sage responds he can't be sure, but Kraggi will be bringing at least one other person along.
  • Deathwish pushes for more details, like what abilities Kraggi and co will be using. Sage replies that Knave would be able to answer that one better.
  • Knave will answer by saying that Kraggi is an expert yogamancer, as well as I skilled fighter. He then has an idea, and transfers the robe to Aurora, leaving him with just the Frisky Kitty t-shirt.
  • Rose, still wanting to help, says that Kraggi doesn't use guns, preferring blunt melee weapons like Maces or Hammers. She also says he'll likely have Chuck and Skippy with him, but she's never seen them fight. Finally, she goes into more detail about her earlier statement, saying her mother was killed by a demon and Kraggi only barely managed to save her from that fate.
  • This bothers Sage, because anyone with a personal reason to hate something is harder to reason with. This prompts Deathwish to once again suggest that Nonah hides until everything is settled, to which Nonah again refuses, saying she's sick of hiding and one way or another this ends here.
  • Rose again points out that she should go and hide now, so Sage turns her invisible.

Deathmanse's Lawn

  • Nyx agrees to let Liz try, so he holds very still as she chants.

Ann's House

  • Ann and Kraggi arrive. Ann immediately heads to her gun cabinet to get her magnums. Kraggi tells her to bring a rifle too, that way she can cover him and Skippy as they charge the demon.
  • As Ann is loading up on ammo, Kraggi reminds her to bring the silver, as it hurts Demons like it does Werewolves.
  • Ann finishes her equipping by donning a combat vest and putting the ammo into a backpack. While sees doing this, Kraggi summons Skippy and sends him to tell Chuck the plan. Finally, the pair ready, they head to the mountain, to set Ann up in a sniping position.

Kraggi's House

  • Skippy arrives and quickly informs Chuck of the plan. The two head off to where they'll be meeting Kraggi.

Mountain

  • Kraggi arrives first and begins to climb the rocks in squirrel form.
  • Ann arrives a few moments later and begins to climb after her father.

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Mountain

  • Kraggi and Ann reach a good vantage point and observe Nonah's covey through binoculars. Kraggi recognizes Nonah as some sort of succubus. He prepares prepares to Channel as Ann aims her rifle.
  • Kraggi relays instructions to Skippy, Chuck and Ann, the first two magically, as he completes his Channel. One more invocation and they'll be ready.
  • Ann notices the group protecting Nonah, in particular Aurora giving her the Cloak, and panics a little. Kraggi assures her that they're being controlled by the demon, but be freed once it's dead. Ann continues to aim.

Redstone Lake

  • Freek summons Atescu to help defend Nonah.
  • Sage senses Kraggi preparing to attack, from the direction of the mountains, so tells everyone to get ready.
  • Aurora gives Nonah her Cloak, so she'll be safe from harm.

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Mountain

  • With a final invocation, Kraggi completes his Channelling and transforms into his battle form and leaps into the air, flying straight at the Lake. At the same time, Ann fires.
  • Ann sees the bullet hit Lora and is devastated. Dropping the rifle in sorrow, she gives into her tears, before her misery turns to hate at the Demon that made her do this. Pulling out her Magnum, she sprints down the mountain and heads towards the Lake.

Redstone Lake

  • As battle begins, Chuck reanimates the dust floating in the air to choke Nonah, but finds the Cloak of Death is invulnerable to such attacks. Meanwhile, Skippy sneaks forward, with the aim of flanking the demon.
  • With a burst of speed, Big D jumps in front of Ann's shot, taking it on the forehead. Sage, who had been preparing to deal with Kraggi, turns at the sound of the shot and runs to Lora's supine form.
  • Kraggi, his fear aura clearing the path, swoops into attack on Nonah, his flaming claws ribbing at the Cloak, attempting to tear it away.
  • Atescu speaks a spells, protecting himself and the others from Kraggi's aura of fear. Aurora tries to reason with Kraggi while Ann-KF looks around for Chuck.
  • Sage turns back to the battle and hits Kraggi at point blank with a stasis beam. He then demands Kraggi to explain his actions, releasing him enough that he can talk.
  • At this points Skippy attacks, springing from concealment to plant all three blades into Nonah's back, while Chuck continues his own assault. However, the Cloak protects her from both these assaults, so Nonah ignores them.
  • Freek steps up next to Sage, in case he's needed. Ann-KF, meanwhile, spots Chuck and grabs him, rubbing his stomach to calm the cat down. Not currently needed in battle, Aurora turns to Lora and Big D, to help with their injury.
  • Kraggi spits his Gal-Zabourian hatred to all Demonkind. Nonah responds by claiming you can't judge every member of a species and that she has done no harm, despite many opportunities, while here, but Kraggi is having none of her infernal lies.
  • Sage points out that he is a god, therefore he cannot be controlled like Kraggi believes. Therefore, Nonah can't have be-spelled him. Also, Kraggi is allowing blind hate to blind him. At the same time, Chuck frees himself from Ann-KF and continues his attack at Nonah.
  • Aurora sends Big D's spirit back to his body, so it'll stop interfering with Lora's Respawn. At the same time, Kraggi declares that the existence of a demon is proof enough of its crime, but Sage reiterates that there is good and evil in all species.

Deathmanse's lawn

  • Something interrupts Liz's magic, causing painful feedback and leaving the spell half done.

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Redstone Lake

  • Freek Channels an ancestor, someone who also once hated demons but saw the error of his ways, to try to reason with Kraggi. Of course, he isn't swayed, as in this world all demons are appendages of the sentient Realm of Destruction, the Eldritch Abomination Al-Kiraq.
  • At the same time, Atescu and Sage see Ann approaching both stop and disarm her with their magic.
  • Back with Kraggi, Freek's ancestor, Tahask, calls Kraggi a fool, as demons are different on his world and he's arrogant enough to believe that his lore applies everywhere. Luckily, Ann-KF is more helpful and points out that demons can come from other places. Unfortunately, Kraggi doesn't hear that as having some off-worlder dictate demonology to him angers him greatly, so he's to busy cursing Tahask.
  • At this point Eshli turns up, attracted by all the commotion. This distract Freek enough that he drops the Channel to run over to her, telling her to leave before she gets hurt. So Sage returns his attention to Kraggi, asking how he can be so convinced of his belief. Again, this is useless, as Kraggi has had to much experience with Al-Kiraq.
  • Freek now angrily turns back to Kraggi, demanding that he never refers to Nonah as less than sentient again. Kraggi agrees that she is sentient, a sentient tumour corrupting the world. Getting angry himself, Ann-KF once more points out that not all demons come from Al-Kiraq and he knows for a fact that Nonah doesn't. However, before Kraggi can respond, Freek punches him hard in the stomach. Note, Kraggi is still being held immobile at this point.
  • Still invisible, Rose suggest knocking out Ann, unless the spell holding her is permanent. Aurora disagrees, as Ann needs to hear what is being said.
  • Eshli runs of, scared.

Lomgren's House

  • Lomgren sits alone, scared and uncertain. Then he realises these event will likely stop his party from happening, which saddens him more.

Deathmanse's Lawn

  • Nyx asks Liz what went wrong his the spell.

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Wiki Note

  • Sage's home world was destroyed by some human wizards.

Lomgren's House

  • A scared Eshli arrives and knocks on the door. Lomgren lets her in.
  • Once inside, Eshli asks Lomgren what he thinks is going to happen and whether everything will be all right. Lomgren answers that he just doesn't know.
  • Lomgren and Eshli talk about things to distract themselves.

Redstone Lake

  • The still invisible Rose starts messing with the still paralysed Ann, too Aurora's amusement.
  • Nonah interjects herself between Kraggi and Freek while Ann-KF continues to talk to Kraggi, explaining that Nonah has a soul, therefore can't be from Al-Kiraq.
  • Unfortunately, Kraggi is too angry to listen, mostly because he's just been punched. However, while Sage seems distracted by admonishing Freek, Kraggi turns his efforts to breaking the spell on Ann.
  • Atescu now tells of his knowledge of demons from his own world, to help give credence to Ann-KF's claim that demons can be different. Unfortunately, he says it in Valeric, which Kraggi can't understand.
  • Nonah now turns to Kraggi, saying that she willing to be tested to prove her nature. However, Kraggi doesn't seem to be listening, so Sage shows him what happened to his home world, thinking it'll convince him there's greater evil than demons.
  • That got Kraggi's attention, but didn't do any good, as the destruction caused by those wizards is exactly the sort of thing the demons of Al-Kiraq want to bring about.
  • Suddenly, Atescu staggers back, as his spell on Ann breaks. The General, though still labouring under the after effects of the magic, begins to slowly march towards Nonah, her claws extending as she does so.
  • Aurora stands in front of Ann, saying that she would have to go through her first. Ann-KF notices Skippy still trying to stab Nonah and tells him to stop. Atescu recovers and casts another spell, this time a divination on Nonah so that everyone will be able to see her lineage.
  • Skippy goes berserk on Nonah, flipping around her and stabbing from all direction. Seeing this, Sage casts a powerful spell, preventing harm coming to anyone in the area.

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Wiki Notes

  • This pages sees the first appearance of Likal.

Redstone Lake

  • Nonah continues trying to plead her innocence to Kraggi, but again words fail to dissuade him from his view of demons.
  • Ann continues to advance on Nonah, shoving Aurora aside to do so. However, with Sage's spell, the Reaper isn't concerned. Instead, she summons the Gravedigger to take Lora's body to the Graveyard.
  • Atescu points out his spell to Kraggi, saying it shows Nonah has a soul. Freek also apologizes for hitting Kraggi. Unfortunately, none of this has any effect on the First Citizen, as he screams about how she wishes to destroy Gal-Zabor.
  • At this point, Nonah, Freek and Atescu all ask what Gal-Zabor is, but Kraggi just sneers. First at Nonah for "feigning innocence", then at the other two for coming to this plane without learning the name of his country.
  • Suddenly, a short distance from the argument, and a man dressed like a renaissance minstrel appears. However, from his immediate reaction, it's obvious that this isn't his intended destination.
  • Rose shares her worry that Ann may have a break down to Aurora, as hitting Lora would have really shook her up.
  • Ann-KF says that in his time-line he destroyed Al-Kiraq, but Kraggi thinks that impossible as no one individual is that powerful.

Lomgren's House

  • Eshli continues to tell Lomgren about Brian May, or at least her version of him.
  • Eshli offers to get her Brain May music, so she and Lomgren go to her house together.
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