S3 E15

## Summary

The façade is over and the crowning of the new Jade Lady takes place. Stevens watches the ceremony, and then collects Adelais from her cell. One by one, each member of the team is called from their various holding rooms, to a waiting room in the palace. Together they enter the grand doors for their judgement.

## Appearances

*In order of appearance*

* Adelais
* Derek
* Biscuit
* Stevens
* Le Monde du Palace #5 (deep voice)
* Prince
* Le Monde du Palace #9
* Greta
* Le Monde du Palace #10
* Mysterious Old Lady
* New Jade Lady
* Le Monde du Palace #11 (higher voice)
* Tektite
* Le Monde du Palace #12
* Chester

## Locations

Frandelle

* Le Palace
* Le Mason Beauty

## Quote of the Week

"*It appears that Mr Greta has disappeared, perhaps your keen senses and my logical reasoning would allow us to solve this mystery together."* - Mr. Stevens

## Events

Adelais, in prison
Derek is sat there, with completed paperworks, breathing heavily
Adelais is sitting on a bench in the cell
Adelais telepathically talks to Biscuit - Biscuit! Are you near by?
Biscuit - sniffs, yeah!
Adelais, oh are you outside, is anyone with you?
Biscuit, yeah!
Adelais, who is it?
Biscuit, it’s my biggest friend
Adelais, Sir Mr Stevens
Biscuit, yeah yeah
Biscuit is standing next to Stevens and he gets up and looks excited
Adelais, anyone else around
Biscuit, yeah but I dunno who
Adelais, did you see what happened to Greta?
Biscuit, he rescued you
Adelais, I think he tried
Biscuit, shall I help?
Adelais, sit!
Stevens is patting Biscuit
Biscuit starts dancing around, getting excited
Stevens says “sit” at the same time as Adelais
Biscuit sits

Adelais, did Greta leave the building?
Biscuit, no
Adelais, I need you to listen very carefully, I need you to deliver a message to Sir Mr Stevens
Biscuit, yeah he’s hear
Adelais, tell him that they're not going to let me out until the end of the facade

Biscuit turns to Stevens
Biscuit, hey hey, they’re not going to let me out until the end of the facade, I did it
Stevens, don't worry my friend I am sure we won't be leaving

Adelais, can you tell Sir Mr Stevens that if I’m not out of jail tomorrow, I might need some assistance breaking out
Biscuit, okay, okay, if I’m not out of jail tomorrow, I might need some assistance breaking out
Stevens, why ever would you be going to jail Biscuit?
Biscuit, what do you mean?
Stevens, in order to be out of jail you would have to be in jail
Biscuit, yeah
Biscuit does a twirl on the spot

Stevens has a think, I wonder if Mr Greta has fared any better in assisting madam Adelais
Biscuit sniffs and then is sad
Biscuit, I don’t see him
Stevens, he is inside
Biscuit sniffs and then says, nah
Stevens, curious
Biscuit, yeah
Stevens softly and non-calamitously raps on the door
Derek goes upstairs to check the knock
Meanwhile, one of the Frandellese guards opens the door

Guard, who is?
Stevens takes a step or two back and leans in
Stevens, excuse me madam, I am here to enquire the whereabouts of two of my companions
Guard, who are?
Stevens, the first is monsuier Adelais
Derek enters, should I?
Guard, speak
Derek, hello
Stevens, greetings Derek
Silence
Derek, I dont recall introducing myself
Stevens, nevertheless Derek is your name, yes
Derek, it’s been a long day, you’ll have to forgive me
Stevens, as I was explaining to your collegue, I am here to enquire the whereabouts of two of my companions, I believe you’ve met both of them sine we all travelled here together
Derek, your friend from Stormroque
Stevens, yes
Derek, here papers have been processed and she must remain downstairs for the process of the facade
Stevens, how long until the end of the facade
Derek, some time tomorrow, though as long as it takes for someone to be declared Jade Lady
Stevens, I assume the festivities are indicative of this choice, is there some significance that would signal the new Jade lady
Derek, why yes!
Stevens, ah I see
Stevens, given the legal status of monsuier Adelais, this is satisfactory answer. then what has become of my other companion, madam Greta
Derek, we dont have any one of that name downstairs
Stevens, I distinctly saw him enter the building
Derek, there was an incident, which I was not privy too, I came back up and everyone was unconscious
Stevens, this is a very unsurprising turn of events, madam Greta can be somewhat hot headed, he is far less polite than I
Derek, who would do that
Stevens, it seems given the evidence madam Greta
Derek, there was a large madam when I saw the damage, when I left and returned again he was no where to be seen, but he is in none of the cells here
Stevens, this is a perplexing conundrum, allow me to present the facts for consideration, one; I was outside the building and would have seen anyone exiting, two; you were downstairs and would have seen anyone downstairs. it is to be surmised that madam Greta did not go downstairs or outside
Derek, oh my I did not check upstairs
Adelais, I can check upstairs for you
Adelais, hello Mr Stevens
Stevens, are you well
Adelais, I am not allowed out until tomorrow
Adelais, hello Biscuit !
Biscuit is trotting on the spot on the other side of the street

Stevens, perhaps then you would be so kind as to check upstairs, I am starting to get worried of the whereabouts
Derek, he sounds a bit dangerous
Stevens, I am sure if you announce your presence before you enter
Derek looks like he’s having a panic attack, holding his chest
Stevens, please calm yourself Sir, my knowledge of human medicine is limited
Stevens bows forward into the doorway
Derek goes upstairs
Derek comes back, visibly calmer
Derek, there doesn’t seem to be anyone upstairs, I am terribly sorry if that is unhelpful in anyway, those are the facts
Stevens, given the lack of then we can only surmise he simply ceased to be
Derek, is he particularly sneaky?
Stevens, he is not.
Stevens, one fact that may be of pertinence, shortly after Greta entered the building so too did one of our escorts, who I believe are also known as the monde du palace, could this have perhaps had some bearing
Derek, escorts?
Stevens withdraws from the door, and gestures an open hand to the beige boy across the street
Yes Sir, escortsD
erek waves, whY?
Stevens, I was previously travelling with the ambassador of Hygard, sadly it would seem one by one my companions are vanishing, however this is not unusual for the ambassador. it is usual for Greta.
Derek, are your group all somewhat dangerous? the palace declared you worthy of watching
Stevens, dangerous is probably applicable in some circumstances, but not here. if you were perhaps a deity hell bend on the destruction of the city, then yes. we are protectors, you might say.
Adelais, this is what I have been trying to explain, we;re here to hel
Stevens, are the monde du palace not usually involved in the escorting of dignitaries from foreign lands
Derek, that’s reasonable
Stevens, yeah such guests would be esteem in some measure, it would make sense to look after them
Derek, Frandelle is one of the less dangerous place I have been, he was once on level 3
Stevens, of Hygard?
Derek, yes
Stevens, ah perhaps you will have heard of Greta, he is from level 7 - I myself hail from level 2
Derek, well, naturally you would be from the Guild, I can tell form the workmanship - level 7 Greta you say
Stevens, he is a well known witch hunter
Derek, mother did mention some names in a letter, which was hard to believe, but, what was it - this was a little bit ago , something about Greta the Stick Riding an Angel.
Stevens, approximately how long?
Derek, oh this was, some time
Stevens recounts, to the best of my knowledge Greta has only ridden two things through the skies of Hygard, and none of them were an Angel
Derek, well it could be a coinsidence
Stevens, unlikely
Stevens, Hygard does not have much in the way of sky traffic
Derek, well the churches get in the way
Stevens, well not any more, many of the Gods fell under the Weaver, the being who siphoned their faith away to feed, don’t be afraid, it is a problem we solved
I can assure you the city of Hygard is … gradually regaining it’s faith
Stevens, pardon me Sir,, I feel our conversation has gotten somewhat off track, I had hoped this would allay your fears of me and my companions
Derek, pay it no heed, terribly unprofessional of myself to send you on a tangent
Stevens, so back to what I ask, the monde du palace?
Derek, of course, I have not seen one of them head downstairs either, so presumably left with your friend. .. somehow
Stevens, this was my conclusion also, there much be another way that you or I are not privvy
Derek, that does seem reasonable
Stevens, or they just vanished. it is logical to assume that they are together
Derek, yes
Stevens, I believe we have reached the end of the conclusion of our conversation, thank you for your time Sir, assuming none of my other companions resurface, I will return to collect monsieur Adelais tomorrow
Derek, shall I inform her?
Adelais, I heard!
Stevens, thank you for your time, give my regards to your mother Sir - he doffs his hat
Derek, as you wish
Derek gives a Frandellese wave
Stevens returns it

Stevens gestures to Biscuit, Biscuits heels
Stevens, it would appear that your mistress is unavailable tomorrow and now I understand your message from earlier
Biscuit, oh what do we do?
Stevens, oh we could wait, but that does not seem an appropriate use of our time, there is a matter that requires our attention, it appears that Mr greta has disappeared, perhaps your keen senses and my logical reasoning would allow us to solve this mystery together.
Biscuit, yeah yeah
Stevens, very well
Stevens, well then we should probably get started
Stevens goes back to the beige boy with his hat and his dog
Stevens, excuse me, Sir, I seem to have misplaced one of my companions
BB, it is an unhelpful habit
Stevens, one I intend to break
BB, to which you have broke a pet
Stevens, I know the whereabouts of his companion, but my other companion - I am sure you saw him, a large, bald-headed madam, he entered the building from whence I came, shortly after one of your companions entered the building and now they are not there. I am assured that they did not exit. is it likely to assume that they too have travelled to le palace?
BB, this large madam you speak of has assaulted those who would speak for the city
Stevens, ah yes, I was afraid something of this nature had occurred, I would assume he is being detained
BB, if you are fortunate it is a grave offence
Stevens, I am not one to take the law in vain, I can assume Sir if any judgements are passed it would be mine and my companions to abide by, even given the strangeness to us
BB, I am glad you understand
Stevens, perhaps there is a some way of reviewing the progress of their trial
BB, your friend will represent himself should he not have killed anyone, there is no trial if he has.
Stevens, then how might I be informed of the outcome of the palace judgement
BB, I am sure I could pursue a message
Stevens, that would be most helpful. Then, since i do not need to wait for your to arrive as you are my escort, perhaps I will take in some more of this fine city while I wait
BB, very good
Stevens, indeed

Stevens pauses before leaving - turns back - the appointment that my, the ambassador, has arranged would this be after the end of the facade
BB, you were informed
Stevens, ah, I was rather hoping I would know if I had time for some errands prior to this appointment
BB is silent

Stevens - well Biscuit, it appears our adventure is somewhat shortened, however it does seem we should look around and familiarise ourselves with our surroundings, it may pay to be familiar with the streets
Biscuit puts his head down, I dunno
Stevens, let us find out
Biscuit, what about Adelais
Stevens, we know the whereabouts of Adelais, and Mr Greta, and Prince and Tektite
Biscuit says “yeah!” loudly to eat
Stevens, it seems there is time for a walk first
Biscuit is sad, okay
Stevens, I can assure you my friend, I share your sense of disappointment
Biscuit looks happy again
Stevens takes a leisurely stroll to look at the palace and the parameters, figure the route between there and where Adelais is, where the hotel is - directions, distances

Mr Prince’s shutter opens on his cell door
Prince hides
Prince goes into meditation, as he has been doing
A little pair of hands, petite lady hands, with wing bow between them, gestured up and as Prince thinks about getting the bow, a string comes from above and hooks it up
When he comes out of meditation he’s looking up
The shutter closes again
Guard, I am thinking you are still in there
Prince is quiet
Guard, I am thinking you do not perch so I will not be silent, but your judgement comes soon…. nothing from Prince ... well ja’dore to you then

Open the Greta hatch
Greta, what the fuck is this?
Guard, I am here to inform you that your judgement comes soon
Greta, what’s that?
guard, you will recieve judgement from divine ephiny
who’s divine emily?
she is the head of monde du palace
ah right
the divine guardian of Frandelle
divine, okay, what form will this judgement take
you may speak and if you don’t speak kindly she might not like you
can I get out of this room, I have things to do
guard, but you have caused a catastrophe
Greta, it was a minor convenience, i have waited days with to complete our mission from Hygard, all of my companions have gone missing, Tektite has gone missing, Adelais is in guard cell somewhere
Guard, I don’t trust your judgement to go well
Greta, from what?
Guard, my words
Greta, please could you let me out of this cell, thank you very much for I have things to do for the good of Frandelle and the world
it will be coming to morning, but I feel this may feel a long time , since you do not perch
what’s perch? like a bird?
I suppose a bird would perch, many people perch, but you and yours don't appear to
explain this, what does it mean? crouching in the corner or something?
if you are confused then maybe we have been confused, would you like a food?
yes I am very hungry
you are in the wrong cell, this is for people who don’t perch
oh for the ambassador, he doesn’t eat, but I eat a lot of things
you will have to come with me
Greta follows the guard

Outside of the cell, the walls are peachy yellow, and there are metal doors, the floors are tiled
Greta, you are one of the monde du palace
Guard, yes
Greta, it strikes me that there is something about this place, a metaphysical lacking, no magic, no divinity , what's that about?
Guard, a lady chosen of divine ephiny make break the rules
Greta, forbidden
Guard, of life I suppose, there is no such forbidding there is just not
Greta, your divine emily, what is her relationship with the Jade Lady, or is that
Guard, divine ephiny is the sworn protector
Greta, surely the Jade Lady can break the rules of life too, so she chooses the next Jade Lady? A ruler behind the ruler?
Guard, the Jade Lady will decide
Greta, but divine emily decides? she’s not a God is she, or a witch?
Guard, I do not know this witch, but no God
Greta, hm, okay. so this might sound a bit weird, but what do you know about dragons
Guard, a silly myth
Greta, are you aware of my business here in Frandelle, this is very important, you might want a discussion with emily or the Jade Lady.
Guard, the ambassador seeks audience with the lady
Greta, I am pretty sure everyone has been ignoring everything we’re saying, I am from Hygard and a few weeks ago there was a calamity that did Hygard a mischiefe, that calamity could be coming to Frandelle, to its city and your people, and we have been sent here by the King of Hygard to offer some support to deal with the problem. I know that sounds farfetched but, I dunno what I was going to say there, but it’s the truth.
Guard, for now I would be quite careful with your words, Hygard does not have a king
Greta, it did have a king before the calamity
Guard, a small warning,
Greta, then it had a Queen
Guard, so I have heard
Greta, you heard that but you did not hear of the danger of which immediately followed the crowning of the new Queen
Guard, I do not know
Greta, do me a favour, and just please go and tell someone of why we are here
The guard is just staring.
Greta, what time is it?
Guard, quite late I am sure, now that I know you make perch I would assume you do so

Crystal in the ceiling begins to glow, they are alchemical
Greta is shut in a room and he has the facilities he needs, bed, etc.
Greta can’t reach out to Slake here, Greta goes to sleep.
Greta gets some food through the door, gruelly porridge with fruit and cinnamon
Greta works on making some kind of explosive or flashbang out of the alchemical crystal - he makes some violent face glitter

Back to Stevens, there is a sudden commotion about the town, some Frandellese spoken out as the lights turn on at le palace
The people crowd around le palace
Stevens follows
They have set up some kind of fancy decorations outside of le palace, green decoration on the pillars and around
At the top of the steps there is a rather young lady in green, with her facade mask, and there is an old lady who has her mask in her hands stood by her
There’s a lot of Frandellese being spoken by her, addressing the crowd
There are several beige boys standing by her, guarding
Her speech winds down, she gives her mask to the young lady and steps out into the crowd and being applauding, everyone joins in
Stevens claps politely
All of the people start taking their masks off and throwing them into the air
The lady up top does not remove her mask, she gives a curtsy and she goes inside
The old lady’s mask is plain, with two bits down the sides
The young lady’s mask is a bird

The palace doors have not closed
Over time the crowd dispersed
Stevens takes this as the new Jade Lady has been crowned
Stevens walks directly back to the guardhouse that Adelais is in
If BB reappears Stevens will greet him
Stevens asks if that was what he thinks it was

Adelais is in the basement of the guardhouse
Adelais is waiting patiently, since it wasn’t long
Asking Derek why he moved to Frandelle, napping some, etc.
Derek says he wanted to travel, stay here a little while and then travel to the Free Kingdoms, because it is exciting
Adelais is selective with her reply, very mild, to keep him calm
Derek, I hear it’s very friendly, I read
Adelais, where did you read that?
Derek, family library
Adelais, ah in Hygard
Derek, yeah
Derek is sleepy in the morning, and says I think you’re free to go
Adelais, I am free
Derek, here I am at work, with you which is pleasant
Derek , I shall escort you , let’s please
Derek holds her arm, Adelais makes sure he’s okay
Derek leads her into the street, here you are, free again
Adelais, one more question, any other colours I shouldn’t wear? is blue all right?
Derek, maybe not too dark ,it gets very warm
Adelais, thank you very much for your help Derek
Derek, I am sorry I had to arrest you
Adelais, you were just doing your job
Derek, sorry I am going to sleep, enjoy your stay in Frandelle
Addelais, you too

Stevens gets close to the guardhouse and then the beige boy is there, standing in the middle of the main road
Stevens, I presume this ceremony marks the end of the facade
BB, it does (higher voice)
Stevens, you are different from before
BB, it is almost time
Stevens, then excuse me I need to collect my companion

Adelais can see Stevens and Biscuit
Biscuit runs to Adelais, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy
Biscuit, hi, hi!
Adelais gives him a hug around the middle, hello
Biscuit, you’re up here now
Adelais, have you been a good boy?
Biscuit, yeah yeah! yeah? (looks to Stevens)
Stevens, yes
Adelais, hello Sir Mr Stevens (pat on his hand), so happy to see
Stevens, Miss Adelais I am glad that you are well, unfortunately there is little time, the end of the facade marks the imminent appointment at le palace, and I presume our escorts will be taking us there shortly
Adelais, you're leaving too?
Stevens, I would prefer if we left, weare to be reunited with our companions
Adelais, I guess everyone was arrested
Stevens, I prefer the word detained
Stevens walks back up to BB
Stevens, my business here is concluded, I am ready
BB gestures down the road

Tektite’s door opens, into his proper room (not the plush anti-chamber)
Tektite’s room is opulent, fancy writing desk with a vanity, posters on the bed, he’s reading a big book
The door swings open
BB, it is your time
Tektite marks the page in the book, closes it and puts it down
Tektite, thank you, I am prepared
Tektite is escorted by the monde du palace

Greta’s door unlocks and swings in a bit
BB, it is your time
Greta, okay, where are we going. To see emily?
BB, oui non, your judgement is at hand

Down the hall someone opens Prince’s door
BB, it is your time
Prince says and does nothing
BB, if you are choosing to avoid your appointment with the lady of jade then I hope you enjoy your cell
Prince, there’s no need to be like that
Prince steps out of the dark
Prince, it is about time

They are being encouraged up the stairs of the palace

Stevens and Adelais go into le palace

Greta, eh did you pass on that message
BB gestures one moment
Another monde du palace opens a heavy set of doors, and hands Greta a little Slake
Greta, thank you
Greta, you all right Slake?

Adelais and Stevens walk in and the palace doors close.
Beyond that, little corridors branch off left and right, main corridor goes to big steps and more doors, gaudy and militant
there is a hub-a-bub of well dressed, busy people
no one is wearing masks any more
there are frequently posted Monde du palace
they are escorted to the next set of doors, and steadily opened
the doors are filigree and they can see Tektite beyond
It’s another waiting room, set for a lot of people
there’s a massive fortified door beyond that

One of the little metal doors has been left open

Tektite, hello
Adelais waves and takes Tektite’s hand
Are you okay? You look well
Yeees, are you okay?
Yes
Good, I’m glad you made it

Treated quite well
They’re quite polite here, surprising
There’s something I have to tell you
What?
a nd tries to whisper
When we have audience don’t look at her
Thank you, did you hear that
Stevens - of course
Why? Oh, is it rude to ask. Look at the floor?
I’ve been reading their laws
Oh, good! Sounds like you’ve been productive

I got arrested a little bit. Where shall we look?
Just don’t look at her
I won’t

Someone else is led through the tiny door into the monde du palace
With a pointy beard, and dark red hair, he is wearing under guard you would expect from armour
“Howdy”, takes a seat
Adelais says, hello
Greta walks in, Greta waves
The beardy guy waves
Greta gives the guy a side-wards eye and then steps forwards, and hugs Adelais
Greta, I really tried Adelais
Adelais, so I have heard
Tektite, good to see you
Greta, where have you been
Tektite, here in the palace
Adelais, did you hear about an emily
Tektite, no
Greta, divine emily
Tektite, divine ephiny
Greta, how did everything go with that chap in the fancy cloak?

Monde du palace led Prince in and they filed out
Prince is here
Prince says to redbeard, was it something I said
Redbeard, that’s how I got in here
Greta, why are we here?
Stevens, I am led to believe this is our pre-arranged appointment
Greta, that does not bode well for your appointment when I am here to be judged
Redbeard, you all know each other or something?
Redbeard, trouble where I am from
Greta, flying fucking lizards with wings
Tektite looks shocked
Redbeard, how do you know?
Greta, you from the Free Kingdoms
Redbeard, yeah
Greta, burst out of hygard and flew south, I didn’t think it would get there that fast - what has it done to the free kingdoms?
Redbeard, eh, if you know how they are, it made a lot of demands a lot of place,s spent some time in the capital, me and mine heading across the world looking for help, so er, you thinking Hygard not the place for that
Greta, nah, what’s your name?
Redbeard, name’s Chester Abigail Smithe-Bellows
Greta, I am Handsome Greta
Chester, really?
Tektite
Chester, horse stinks are you one of those
Tektite, one of what?
Chester, those dragons, on the small side but you’ve got the nose
Tektite, yes
Chester, gets how you got in here
Greta, Tektite is with us from Hygard on the same mission
Chester, thought you said you were the help
Greta, we are
Chester, all right
Greta, this is Mr Stevens
Stevens, pleased to make your acquaintance sir (hat in his hand)
Chester, damn
Greta, and this is (turns to Prince)
Prince, oh you acknowledge me now
Greta, this is Mr Prince
Prince, I am Brigadier Prince, the Ambassador of Hygard and unifying of the people - as you referred before Mr Stevens this is our allotted time
Greta, I got arrested for attacking guards
Chester, ha yeah
Greta, you said you and yours
Chester, out on the border, some in Hygard
Greta, dragons in the Free Kingdoms, part of your history, legends, childrens stories
Chester, well , till a couple of weeks a go
Greta, no legend s of how to defeat them
Chester, Ignus or something
Greta, Igneon, you comfortable with me sharing everything I know so far ? - Igenon was chained for some time, the soon to be king at the time sealed Igneon with four legenadry figures or forces, one of them was the Jade Lady, which is why we are here. we’ve come here. the others were the voice from above
Chester, oh yeah that’s us, that’s God
Greta, that’s your God, the God?
Chester, now your babbling, yeah we got God
Greta, we got a figure called Mortallous, and another figure called the Tyrant of the Peak in the frozen north
Chester, none of that sounds nice
Adelais makes her Erebe symbol
Greta, and Hygard is Tribnik, but he got not titles, they sealed Igneon when they could not defeat it, bound under a pact, once he’d granted wishes he’d be free and someone got access and asks a final wish and Igneon was freed. got ourselves in some queues, got arrested
Chester, kill us a dragon
Tektite stares at Chester
Greta, do you have magic in the Free Kingdoms?
Chester, ain't nothing but
Grta , here in Frandelle there’s none of it, only the monde du palace, it’s a void where this doesn’t happen
Chester, I’ve been sat here for days
Prince, this does feel like the torture phase
Chester, we talking to the Lady
Greta, here we are to see the divine ephiny
Tektite, and then the lady if we’re lucky
Greta, I assume the Jade Lady has been appointed
Stevens, there was a ceremony outside, it seemed to indicate a transference
Greta, good one Stevens

Greta looks between Chester and Adelais
Greta, what is your profession exactly?
Chester, I raise horses
Great, you look like a fighting man
Chester, needs must
Greta, are you magically inclined at all, spark of divinity under your fingernails
Chester, I can shoot a wand

The giga doors open wide enough for a man to walk through
Voice from beyond the door, Chester Smithe-Bellows, enter and be judged
Chester, that’s Abigail (huffing)
Greta, we gotta go in one at a time? what if we all rush it at once?
Prince, don’t be a fool
Greta, just saying

Adelais, as long as we all stress the point about this dragon, and why we’re here
Tektite, not me
Adelais, about Igneon, if enough people, one after the other, eventually they have to notice
STevens, I believe these people may be more familiar with the dragon
Greta, or willfully stupid
Prince, a case of not their problem
Adelais, Frandellians value manners and beauty, so go in there and try to be polite as possible, like Jean said they like making beautiful lips
Greta, hey Tektite, where were you, I know you were taken in a carriage and I sent Slake after
Tektite, yes, I was taken to a room and given food, it was quite nice
Greta, yeah me too, better than in Hygard
Tektite, I was given a book
Greta, had a bed and all
Tektite, it was in Frandellese
Greta, mine was in Hygardian

Prince, I have reason to believe the magic dampening is above us, when they were assisting I made perch
Greta, what does that mean?
Prince, it means sleep, Greta, to sleep
Greta, you think it is above us
Prince, while I was in meditation something pointed in that direction, nothing solid
Greta, Slake is no longer like he was, and there’s not even wards or witchery in place. I can push against them and break em, there’s nothing here, like a void of anything
Prince tries to summon the bow
Prince flares out the wing bow and as the motion is ending the feathers unravel, disperse, catch fire, up the arm for a second and it throws him across the wall
Greta, oh fuck
Prince, I prove my point
Greta, ah, well they took my weapons off me and all

fifteen minutes pass

the doors open again, the absence of a thing Greta can’t push against becomes intensely more prevalent, the Null, it is a metaphysical enforcing of the natural order of things, you can’t help but stand a bit straighter and more rigid, it would force one to pronounce words better, everything is “proper”
The way it affects a golem, at this level of exposure it would err Stevens into being more of a golem (robs him of himself)
It doesn’t stifle belief, if anything it will offer some small reinforcement to the truth of a deity
Voice from beyond the door, the Hygard Ambassadorial party and the associated criminals enter’
Adelais, do we get to all go into together?
Prince, do I really have to travel with criminals
Adelais, Mr prince, please be nice

Everyone looks at bit unsure, Tektite knows he doesn’t fit in with that bracket, nor does Adelais
Prince gestures for all to go in.
Tektite closes his eyes.

The doors slam shut on the credits.

## After credits

A shot very similar to when the ship was coming into a port town to Frandelle
There’s a few bubbles that start in the water
Bubbles and churns and steams