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"Wind Court, about an hour ago, wandering in the Fen. And no. Evidently she's human."
"More than that," Monty says. "She looks like... herself. Apparently."
"That's not—" You crane your neck to look at Gil's silhouette through the canvas. "That's stupid! That's impossible. She only has one body, last I checked, so it's not— it's a fake. Or they mistook someone else for her."
"Well, that, and... I know she's resourceful, but escaping in one day is a hell of a trick." Eloise tilts her head. "We're on the same page, trust me! I give it 90% odds it's an imposter, Monty's blinded by optimism and he's at 75%. Trouble is, there's still a chance it <span class="mu-i">is</span> her, and then..."
It better be an imposter, or how are you supposed to go rescue her? She can't get kidnapped under your watch then get rescued by the <span class="mu-i">Wind Court,</span> that's just— that's ridiculous. "Okay, so what's the gameplan? And what's my role? It's important, presumably, or you wouldn't have called me all the way in here."
"...Yes." It takes a moment for Monty to wrap his head around that new and exciting truth. "They've taken her into custody, so I was planning to head out to their base and ask to talk to her. The trouble is that, I, uh..." He looks down at his spooky arm. "I'm not certain they won't try to put me in custody."
"Oh!" you say. "So you need me to go in and talk to her. Got it."
"No. You don't know her very well." Monty's tone is matter-of-fact. "I need you to come with me and negotiate with the Courtiers. Eloise tells me you've done some, er, vigilante work for them, so I figure..."
Does the vigilante work outweigh the thing with the Crown and the torture incident? You guess it'll have to. "Ah. So when were you planning on doing this?"
"Now."
You blink. "Oh."
>[1] Well, okay, you guess you have some time to kill before reporting back to Headspace. You can tag along. (What do you do with Gil?)
>>[A] Anything in particular that you talk to Monty about? (Write-in. Optional.)
>[2] Hey, whoa, you had other plans. And you don't know how you feel about being alone with Monty.
>>[A] Corner Eloise and get her to look at the patent. Isn't it a fun coincidence that you're both in the same place?
>> You can't avoid Ellery forever, probably. Get him over with.
>>[C] Head back to your tent and 'hang out' with Gil for a while. You think this is a thing people do.
>>[D] Write-in.
>[3] Write-in.
