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No time to lose here: you’ve seen enough waste disposal system accident vids on <span class="mu-b">4JAN</span> to know that things can get real messy, real fast! Scampering over to Syb, you order your new pet golems to kill Art and save that trash monster! No, wait–<span class="mu-i">SAVE</span> Art and <span class="mu-i">KILL</span> the trash monster! Whoops!
Standing stoically in what you hope is acknowledgement, both Vivaldi and Ernesto spring into action as you wrap your arm around your ole’ pal Sybil! Say, you mutter as you watch Ernesto systematically pummel the heap of garbage and Vivaldi hop off the ledge towards Art, those golems are uh… pretty neat, huh?
“She… she’s <span class="mu-i">right</span>, Stanley…” The Goth mutters in a shaky voice as she stares at her boots, “M-my podcast has some dedicated fans, but… but I’m nothing compared to <span class="mu-i">actual</span> mages…”
Yea, you frown, you’re calling bullshit. You’re calling <span class="mu-i">bullshit</span> on that one!
“But it’s <span class="mu-i">TRUE</span>, Stan!” Sybil pouts! “All the spells and lore I’ve learned is from <span class="mu-r">MESSAGE BOARDS</span> and… and the <span class="mu-r">LIBRARY!</span> D-do you know anyone who still goes to the library in this day and age!?”
You respond by grabbing the geek by her soft, pale shoulders! How does she <span class="mu-i">DO</span> it?
“M-moisturizer…”
Listen, you hiss over the sound of Ernesto smashing trash behind you, you don’t know what kind of smarmy, hoity-toity, high-falootin’ secret society this ‘<span class="mu-i">Lieb R’hery</span>’ is, but you know one thing for sure!
“Stan, h-have you never been to th-”
You’re trying to be a good friend here–don’t be a bitch! Anyways, you snarl, struggling to be heard over crunching metal, punching trash, and both Talbot and Lil’ Stanley finally noticing they’re about to die, it doesn’t matter what kind of robes she wears, what dorks she hangs out with, or how many spells she knows or where she even found them! Hell, you find cool stuff on the internet all the time!
“L-like what?” Syb asks, spirits lifting little by little.
That’s uh, that’s not important right now! The point is, you continue, she’s the smartest person in <span class="mu-i">YOUR</span> team, and a damn good friend, to boot! When you need a plan, who do you turn to?
“Well usually you just make a decision-”
And when you need a spell cast, who do you turn to?
“But-”
But <span class="mu-i">nothing</span>, missy, you’ve seen her cast crazy stuff more times than you can count! Hell, you’re probably an accessory to murder at this point–you saw what she did to Topher Mahoney when she caught him cheating back in High School!
“I…” Sybil mutters, before glaring at you suspiciously, “Wait… I thought I wiped your mind of that… did the memory tea not take, Stan?”
N-not important, you deflect!
>CONTD.
