>>5313651“I <span class="mu-s">KNEW</span> it! I <span class="mu-s">KNEW</span> I recognized your wretched face!”
Swinging like a pendulum in Vivaldi’s grasp, Teevor resembles an angry pinata as your friends get between you and the irate mage!
“Mordelia?” Talbot mutters as he lifts the cylinder into the air again, “What the hell are you talking about?”
“Is…” Sybil begins in a hushed tone, “Is he talking about your <span class="mu-r">LARP CHARACTER,</span> Stanley?”
“Wait…” The janitor sputters, “You… you <span class="mu-i">LARP</span>?”
Uhhhh… whaaaa? What’s a ‘<span class="mu-i">Larb?</span>’ You’re uh… you’re <span class="mu-i">so</span> tired, heheh…
“Yep,” Art nods, skillfully tearing apart your rock-solid defense, “She even poisoned me once.”
“It all makes sense now…” Teevor snarls as he nods to himself, “First you deceive me into believing you’re a great warrior, then you and your cabal of <span class="mu-i">Shadowblades</span> sabotaged our facility allowing the <span class="mu-r">COLLECTOR OF SECRETS</span> to take over!”
Alright, you didn’t do <span class="mu-i">that</span>, you counter, but-
“I suppose this is all the work of that God you worship–the <span class="mu-r">WARDEN OF THE JAGGED PLANES!</span>”
“Okay, can someone <span class="mu-i">please</span> tell me what the hell’s going on?” Pleads Talbot as he clutches the side of his head. “I’m so confused it’s starting to hurt, here!”
“Allow <span class="mu-i">me</span>!” The Atlantean spits! “It was only a few cycles ago–I was still mortal, as was the rest of our facility. I was also a mere <span class="mu-r">LAB ASSISTANT</span> back then, and being on the bottom of the pecking order we assistants were the ones tasked with making expeditions to the world above!”
“Why, though?” Art asks with a frown. “I thought you guys were supposed to be advanced.”
“We are, naturally.” Deflects Teevor with a condescending wave! “But there are some things we can’t acquire down here, nor do we wish to expend valuable magical energy! Also, the senior researchers were total dicks, so that played into it a lot.”
You and your pals nod knowingly. That is how it is…
“To further test <span class="mu-g">PROJECT LOOKING GLASS,</span> our technicians located a specific target: one prime for induction into the <span class="mu-g">BIO ENERGY PROGRAM:</span> a human conduit capable of refining massive amounts of magical energy in their body.”
“There we go again wit’ da <span class="mu-g">WILD MAGIC</span>, huh cupcake?” Ly remarks as a low snarl escapes your lips.
Friggin’ <span class="mu-i">magic!</span>
>CONTD. 