"Party at the Nine Shrines"

"Party at the Nine Shrines" is the eighth and final episode of Dealing with Death. A party is thrown at the Nine Shrines Bar to celebrate the group's achievement. 
== Plot Synopsis ==
The group arrives on Kinir. They immediately make their way to Kyl'il's house, but then realize she went to Ishir. They go through the cloud gate Dont has opened before and find themselves back in the community centre.
The four are welcomed back enthusiastically by the crowd of spiritfolk and humans. Upon discovering that Charoth is still alive, albeit in a harmless form, Thog remarks the were supposed to kill him. Ashe points out they were only to stop him from blocking the trade routes. 
With that settled, the three and Thog go outside to get their payment from him. They each get 15,000 gold pieces from him - as a small bonus, he also gives Ashe a golden pocketwatch, Markus the business card of his personal tailor and Gregor a Writ of Adventurership signed by the Alarani emperor himself. 
Back inside, Markus' thug friends tackle him, telling him how glad they are he 'saved the world with [his] magic'. Kyl'il tells him she was quite impressed as well. She then notices he appears to have a rock jammed into the back of his head - upon pulling it out, Markus begins to copiously bleed. Kier plugs the hole with a cork.
Dont suggests that they throw a party in the Nine Shrines Bar, adding she'll be able to secure some bottles of fogapple extract. The group agrees enthusiastically and everyone present piles into the cloud gate. 
Some time passes, the party is in full swing. Markus tells the tale of how they defeated Charoth to Kyl'il and Thog by the pool in the back of the bar. He goes to get more drinks afterwards. Kyl'il tells Ashe, who presumed Charoth represents death as a whole, that Charoth influences death only in the Shrouded Isles. She also says that though he's calmed down a lot, it's possible Charoth has not yet suspended his curse on the Isles and they have no way of finding out until someone dies. Ashe asks her if she could look after Charoth while she is gone and Kyl'il agrees to.
When the party is winding down, Gregor and Ashe talk behind the bar. She asks him to trust her, as she can relate to what Charoth has been through. Gregor affirms that he'll be keeping an eye on her, then goes to the bar to find a table.
Kier brings Markus over to Ashe, temporarily sobering him up with one of his concoctions. Ashe thanks Markus for tearing up the Iconoclasm spell (which Markus actually still has). At the end of their talk, Markus' drunkenness catches back up to him and he stumbles forward, embracing Ashe. She pushes him off into the pool. The episode ends as Kier runs into the backyard, yelling 'HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO GET WET!'.
== Trivia ==
* Thog says that when paying, the Alarani have a custom to break large sums into bags of coin that are each roughly worth an assassination.
* Kier knits.
* Kyl'il has supposedly taken care of spiritfolk children before.
* Also, it's implied Kyl'il knows about Ashe's bound spiritfolk, as she refers to her 'unique existence'.
== Quotes ==
* Kier: "I'm totally over this."
* Ashe: I look at the hang glider he's pulling out of his pocket.
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* Thog: "Well, you actually beat the death god. That's.. that's interesting, and what's up with the backpack?"
* Ashe: "That's the death god."
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* Thog: "What do you expect me to do?"
* Markus: I put a hand on his shoulder. "I expect you to pay us, you bastard."
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* Markus: My eyes flutter, from anemia.
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* Gregor: I idly pet Dont on the head.
* GM: She screeches pleasantly.
Category:Dealing with Death episodes