Ep. 149 Mirrored Past Chapter One (C2)

## Listen

C2 Ep. 149 Mirrored Past Chapter One

—Philip

Olive gets to know Cinder, and Erys makes some acid bombs. As the second half of the crew are heading to meet back up at the Cauldron, the smoke from Milo's head stops, and he falls unconscious—and the world starts folding in on itself. The manifest zone shifts, and the ground bends, sending everything clattering to the middle. Olive secures Milo, and Erys uses Iggrik to not fall. They see a tower near the center, spewing the familiar black smoke, and head towards it, saving people as they move. When they arrive, they notice some strange changes: Reynard's hands are on backwards, Hob's face is in his chest, and Erys's hair is pink.

## Synopsis

Olive takes a moment to test her new arms. She can hear him, not in words, but feelings. They call him Cinder. The arms being to move off the supports, and Olive steps off the stairs. They retract a little bit. Coming down the length of the arms where the metal connects are shoots of fire, powering the arms. Next up, Erys makes acid flasks to throw at people.

Hob talks to Sana at the Four Sails about Kath, and about the job. They group up outside. Reynard can tell very easily that there's a lot of tension between Kath and Sana. He gets the feeling that there have been a lot of fights and tears shed between the two. They all hop into a cab and head to Highwalls.

At the Cauldron, Milo takes the welding mask off and is getting ready to head out. Erys notices the scar on his forehead is no longer generating smoke, and then he passes out. Erys and Olive run to him, and hear him muttering, *"So quiet, so quiet,"* right before he passes out.

*"What's wrong, Erys? What's going on? Milo?"
"I dunno…he's not smoking anymore."
—Olive and Erys*
As Hob and Reynard make their way to the Cauldron, the ground begins to lift and turn. Erys, Milo, and Olive begin to slide across the floor. The tower isn't falling; it's as if the ground is folding. The sky begins to shift to an intense orange, with the sun in the sky being blue. People are freaking out. Hob's bike starts to scrape on the ground, the manifest zone it relies on being altered.

Olive grabs Milo in one of the arms, and Iggrik grabs something fixed to the floor and catches Erys as she starts to slide. Hob and Reynard come flying in on his bike into the Cauldron. Erys is panicking. Reynard comments that this is how he used to see things when he drank. Olive uses the arms to get herself into a bedroom to secure Milo. At this point the ground has stopped moving, but has bent at a 90 degree angle. Through the windows, they see a single plume of familiar black smoke.

Erys moves Tasha from Iggrik into the bird chasis, and uses her and the spylink with her goggles to start identifying where people are in danger. Hob tries shouting, but to everyone else, all they hear is gibberish. When Erys replies, Hob finds that he can't understand her, either. He parkours to someone who needs help, and gets them secure. Erys gets her mag boots and helps her neighbors.

As Hob gets closer to the source of the smoke, he sees it's from a small tower. Black smoke comes out of the windows, roils up the roof, and wisps up in a plume. He hears snarling and thrashing from the tower, and hears some screams down near the bottom of the bowl. Figures run away from the tower. The top floor has open windows, and it pours out, wrapping into the door. There's an open doorway at the bottom of the tower.

Erys taps her communicator and says something in Darguul. A window of the Cauldron opens, and Iggrik exits and starts to crawl towards them. Erys transfers Tasha back into Iggrik.

They gather themselves before going into the tower, and realize some strange changes: Reynard's hands are on backwards, Hob's face is in his chest, and Erys's hair is pink.

End of episode.
## Locations

* The Cauldron
* Four Sails

## Quotes

"Reynard, what do you wanna do?"
"I don't know! I don't even know what's happening. We're in a bowl?"
*—Eric and Trevor 0:45:20*

## Trivia

* Hob's mutation gives him the temporary ability to not require sleep.