>>25002136"The others were understandably shocked at the decision I had made, both for myself and for them. But when push came to shove, they ultimately played along in order to evade execution. On that day.. we were initially sworn in as holemen, and ordered to assist the Lore Miser in manipulating Phil'erup as he saw fit."
"We stayed close together during these days, learning what we could of this strange new world, its history, and how it came to be. We learned of the plague, its effects, who it harmed, and worst of all, how the Lore Miser sought to use it as a vehicle to maintain leadership. Garakaw was quickly painting himself as the type of cold, calloused fiend you'd thwart on a near-weekly basis. We knew of the demons he had within him and detested him for it, we yearned to bring a stop to his madness, but none of us could muster the strength to oppose him and his countless followers. We were forced to tread in his steps to even stay alive at all."
"Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooberrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr................................""Oh.. and we met Boober along the way as well. He was a holeman that felt a great moral discomfort with the Miser's quality control, and couldn't bring himself to hex the town. We were quick to befriend each other, and when Garakaw gave approval to promote everyone in our clique to plague doctors except for him, we snuck him in as.. well, he was just too humble to excommunicate.~"
"Goooooood friends.....to Booooooooooooooooober..........""And yet.. All that and more could not compare to the day we were finally allowed to see the Miser's Siren for who she really was..."
