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>LAST TIME ON DROWNED QUEST REDUX
You cure Earl's injured shoulder via injecting him with emergency 50% solution, which turns him into a huge nonverbal man-beast. Henry, a bit unnerved, drags you aside and asks you about getting overtaken by the red stuff-- apparently you did Wayne in pretty good. You dither about telling him, but do so after he promises to be "straight" with you in return. And he does: he tells you that he finds your level of Wyrm involvement (up to and including catching its direct attention) to be implausible for a complete novice. You admit that you can't remember 3 years of your life, so maybe you were involved back then, considering that the Wind Court has you wanted for "aberration" and desertion.
Henry buys it, and in exchange tells you about the cult's teachings-- that the end of the world has been in motion for 200 years, and he believes that it's due to finish up very, very soon. Then he asks about your father. At a loss for an explanation, you summon Richard, who has a weird tense stand-off with Henry. Henry, shaken, leaves and returns with the loot from Wayne. You take most of it, including a gold mask identical to the Gold-Masked Person's, and Henry tells you that Richard isn't your father. You tell him that duh, you knew that, and at his insistence you leave and take monster-Earl with you.
After a quick jaunt back to camp, you leave Earl in the Fen and find Madrigal and Branwen. Branwen, unfazed by Earl's current state, takes him back to her home; you exchange a few words with Madrigal, then inadvertently make her emotional by reminding her of her fake snake general store. She storms off.
You go find Gil, who's excited to discover that you're not dead, and drag him with you to speak with Eloise. You dodge her questions about the disastrous attempted-rescue and distract her with news of Ellery and Headspace. You ask her for help locating potential employees to possess. Then you grill her about the prospective apocalypse. She refuses to answer directly, but tells you obliquely about an unpublicized skientific finding: that the strings of the universe have been tensing up ever since the Flood, and one wrong move could snap them all, presumably causing the end of reality. Eloise doesn't seem too happy about this.
You leave to speak to Monty about housing. Monty politely refuses to give Gil his own tent, but sends him outside with paperwork. Then he asks you who you murdered.
