Chapter 9

Chapter 9 coverpage

Chapter 9, The Deadly Nevergreen began posting on March 30th 2014. Its tag line reads "Wherein Family Ties Chafe the Throat"

## Synopsis

Duane and Sette arrive at the Deadly Nevergreen, ready to treat with Stockyard. Unexpectedly, after a cheeky song and dance routine and a finger-biting incident, Stockyard agrees to treat with Sette in his office. Duane waits outside and argues politics with the locals. As Sette and Stockyard talk, Stockyard reveals that Sette's whole journey was a con against Duane to get him into Cresce-- something that Sette herself was unaware of. Confused and upset, Sette refuses to help Stockyard capture Duane, instead smashing a glass into his face and jumping out the window. Anadyne further converses with Stockyard, trying to convince him to abandon the job. Stockyard brushes her off, though, ordering her to find Sette and bring her amulet.

Meanwhile, Captain Toma, with the help of Elan, uses a Pymaric Construct to fill in the canals beneath Ethelmik to prevent the Red Berry Boys' escape. Elan finds himself questioning his motives for betraying the captain.

Back at the Nevergreen, the brothel's staff attempts to keep Duane occupied to prevent him from leaving, but are literally bored to sleep by his preaching. After escaping through a window, Duane finds Sette in a state of distress. Questioning her father's motives, Sette asks Duane to tell her about his own experiences as a father. Duane complies, doing his best to comfort her. Duane then goes to sleep, and Sette resolves to fight Stockyard. She runs off to gather reinforcements. Unfortunately, the Nevergreen Staff discover her hideout.

Stockyard and company continue loading the boat in preparation for their journey. The snake eels surrounding the slave cart become more and more aggressive. Stockyard complains to cutter, who explains that the silver--fed by pain and suffering-- has reached outside of the cart, causing it to mature more quickly than expected and hunger for fresh meat. Resolving to move quickly to get rid of the sliver, Stockyard, Toby and Anadyne walk back to the office to finalize preparations. Stockyard encounters Starfish in the lobby, who, after expressing a keen interest in accompanying Sette back to Sharteshane, states that he will leave in the morning. In the office, they find Elan, who tells them that Toma is still in the city and that peaceguard reinforcements are on the way. Stockyard reveals that the incoming Peaceguard are actually on their side. He throws Elan out of the office, then orders Ana kill Toma and clear the canals. After he walks away to check on the status of Sette, Toby closes the door and talks to Ana about abandoning the Nevergreen. Ana says in return that she won't simply drop everything and leave. Their conversation is overheard by a pair of two toes. After sharing a romantic kiss, Ana goes off to find Toma, leaving Toby to contemplate his next move.

Sette returns to the love hotel to grab her bug cloak and finds Murkoph peaking up through a thin spot in the Khert. After he tells Sette that the guards took the cloak, she rebukes his attempts to get her to let him out and leaves.

In the station, Elka finally captures all of the city guards. Sette breaks in, steals explosives and instructs Jivi and Matty to bring Quigley to the Nevergreen. To free them, she tasks Boo to unlock the door, creating a distraction by detonating one of the explosives. Jivi and Matty escape, but, unfortunately, the guards do as well. Elka is caught up in a desperate fight against the guards. Though wounded and outnumbered, she manages to save the boys by casting them into the sewers.

Sette goes back to Duane, but discovers too late that the Nevergreen staff has laid a trap for her. Both she and Duane are captured and taken back to the Nevergreen.

## Appearances

### Characters

* Bodkin Junior (cover only)
* Sette Frummagem
* Duane Adelier
* Boo
* Anadyne Frummagem
* Starfish
* "Vanilla"
* Knock-Me-Down Frummagem
* Toby
* Gregory
* Dawn
* "Chocolate"
* "Strawberry"
* "Greenie"
* Stockyard Frummagem
* Nary-A’Care Frummagem
* Bastion Winalils
* Emil Sava-Toma
* Elan Aled
* Pantoffel
* Leysa Adelier
* Mikaila Adelier
* Cutter
* Shatterstar Cache
* Mathis Quigley (Sr.)
* Matty Quigley
* Chitz
* Ephsephin Alweather
* Jivi Flask
* Murkoph
* Ethelmik Constables
	+ "Hamsteak" (Officer Gini?)
	+ S. Ida? (name partially obscured)
	+ J. Kala-???? (name partially obscured)
	+ L. Nero
	+ L. Pale
	+ J. Piel
	+ A. Re?? (name partially obscured)
	+ A. S??? (name partially obscured)
	+ Vale
	+ Yuma
	+ Perk
	+ Wick and Lima (possibly first names of some of the aforementioned constables, not clearly identified)
* Hart Hetr (mentioned)
* Sonum Ssael (mentioned)
* Sonum Issa (mentioned)
* Vienne Quigley (mentioned)
* Rahm Ripa (mentioned)

### Items/Concepts

* Starfly
* Kedises
* Ghosts
* Labor Points
* Swarm
* *Songs of Ssael: Northsongs*
* *Beginnings in Pymary The Aspirant's Guide*

### Locations

* Cresce
	+ Ethelmik
		- Deadly Nevergreen
		- The Happy Tentacle
		- Ethelmik Constabulary/Watch House
* Sharteshane (cover only)
	+ New Tawhoque (cover only)

## Trivia

* Synopsis taken from this page of the abandoned author curated wiki.
* The cover depicts a scene back in Sharteshane rather than one which occurs in story. A small part of the background has also been censored to ensure compliance with Fandom Community Guidelines.

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