Know Witch Way the Wind Blows

**Know Witch Way the Wind Blows** is a quest that begins during the questline of Wraithing in Anticipation, after the Town Hall meeting where Sophia Moretti is accused of witchcraft by a wraith-possessed Natalia Kuznetsova.  It serves as a 7-day countdown timer until the date of the trial.

## Dialogue

When entering Ravenwood Hollow for the first time after Natalia’s accusation:

* Zephyr: … we have to do something! What’s the point of having magic at all if we don’t use it to help that poor lady?
* Aryel: I use my magic to help all the time. But I help creatures, not humans. Humans destroy each other. It’s all that makes them unique.
* Westley: Er-hem. As the only one of us who used to be a human, let me say: that isn’t true! Humans are afraid of what they don’t know, but so are the fae. We’re not different. And I can’t hole up here, watching Sophia suffer…
* Peri: Say you help her. What if you’re discovered? What if you transform? Interfering with human affairs does more harm than good. I would know.
* Zephyr: But you’re – we can’t – oh, drat, I don’t like this!
* Aryel: Peri and I are hundreds of years old. We’ve seen scads of witch trials. Never ends well.
* Peri: And as the senior members of Ravenwood Hollow, we’re breaking this tie. No interfering.
* Zephyr: Well – horsefeathers.

* Westley: How much of that did you hear?
* Tara: Enough to get the gist. No helping.
* Westley: I decision I have to abide by… technically. But if there’s anything you need…
* Tara: Wow! Thanks, Westley. That’s very generous of you.

Trial (Wraithing in Anticipation completed):

* Tara: I better get over to the Town Hall for Sophia’s trial.
* Violet: I’m so nervous for Sophia, I feel sick. Do you have the incantation?
* Tara: Right here in my pocket.
* Violet: Whew. My butterflies can settle down now!

* Mayor Otto: Let’s not shilly-shally about. Citizens of Fairhaven, Sophia Moretti stands accused of witchcraft.
* Sophia: It’s not true! I’ve been telling you all week, Otto. Listen to me!
* Mayor Otto: Natalia Kuznetsova, you put forward the accusation. Please tell us everything, in detail this time.
* Violet: Now, Tara! Read the incantation!
* Tara: Dark wraith, you have been found! I wish you to be bound!
* Mayor Otto: Natalia? Did you hear me?
* Tara: How come no one is saying anything?
* Violet: Because no one else can see it. That’s what makes wraiths so dangerous.
* Tara: I think it worked!
* Natalia: Sorry, Mayor Soft. I… what came over me? Sophia isn’t a witch. Sophia, I can’t apologize enough. I’ve come into the diner and complained about my life so many times… and you always give me a slice of pie and a listening ear.
* Sophia: Isn’t that what anyone would do?
* Natalia: My whole life has been a struggle to get out from under the heap of bad luck a real witch gave me. But that curse is lifted now.
* Mayor Otto: Natalia, what are you saying?
* Natalia: I take back my accusation. Sorry to trouble everyone.
* Mayor Otto: Ahem! This is – unexpected. Does anyone else have evidence of Sophia’s witchcraft? Right, then. Sophia, you are not guilty. Everyone may go.
* Tara: Yes!! Take that, uh – whatever primordial evil created these wraiths!
* Violet: You were amazing, Tara. Now let’s get out of here. This room is filled with bad vibes.

Trial (Wraithing in Anticipation not completed):

* Tara: I better get over to the Town Hall for Sophia’s trial.
* Violet: I’m so nervous for Sophia, I feel sick. Do you have the incantation?
* Tara: I didn't have time to finish it!
* Violet: Oh no...

* Mayor Otto: Let’s not shilly-shally about. Citizens of Fairhaven, Sophia Moretti stands accused of witchcraft.
* Sophia: It’s not true! I’ve been telling you all week, Otto. Listen to me!
* Mayor Otto: Natalia Kuznetsova, you put forward the accusation. Please tell us everything, in detail this time.
* Tara: What do we do? This is awful!
* Violet: I don't think we can do anything...
* Natalia: Like I said, I saw Sophia go into the woods after dark. She bent down and picked something up. Musta been harvesting plants to use in a ritual.
* Sophia: What?! That isn’t true! I dropped my keys, that’s all!
* Mayor Otto: So you did bend down to pick something up.
* Sophia: Yes! My keys!
* Natalia: She was also saying strange words. Repeating them over and over.
* Sophia: I was calling Juliet’s name! She hadn’t come home by curfew, like I told you.
* Mayor Otto: Did anyone else see this?
* Angus: I’m conflict-averse, you all know that, but… I saw Sophia out there too. And I don’t think she was calling Juliet’s name. She was speaking in some other language.
* Sophia: How could you, Angus? After all the recipes we’ve shared.
* Angus: It isn’t personal, I swear! I just want Fairhaven to be safe.
* Mayor Otto: Thank you, Angus. You’re being a good citizen. Sophia, I pronounce you guilty.
* Violet: What?! You have barely any proof!
* Sophia: What are you going to do? Make me leave Fairhaven…?
* Cameron: No, no. We can’t cast out Malcontents. They’re our peers! We must rehabilitate them. Sophia, I know a great rehabilitation center back on the mainland. A friend from the League of the Conscious Mind runs it. Why don’t you go there for a week?
* Sophia: But – but I have to take care of Juliet!
* Kim: Don’t worry. Juliet can stay with me.
* Cameron: Well, Sophia?
* Sophia: All right.
* Mayor Otto: Wonderful. Citizens, thank you for coming out today. It’s such a joy to see a community that cares.
* [Wraith leaves Natalia]
* Tara: What the-?! How come nobody is pointing and shouting?
* Violet: Because non-witches can’t see wraiths. That’s what makes wraiths so dangerous.
* Tara: But where is it going?
* Violet: I wish I knew.

Talking to Sophia after the trial (Wraithing in Anticipation completed)

* Tara: I wanted to check in on you. You had a, um, hard time, what with the trial and everything…
* Sophia: Hard? It was awful! I'm glad Natalia took that spazzatura back, but I can't forget that she accused me.
* Tara: Maybe she was having a really hard time, too?
* Sophia: I understand that. But still. Tara, will you be honest with me? Did you believe the accusations?
* Tara: Of course not. I know you're not a witch.
* Sophia: Oh. Good. I thought maybe everyone was being polite. This has been so hard on Juliet. She already had a hard time with people, and now...

Talking to Sophia after the trial (Wraithing in Anticipation not completed)

* Tara: You're back! I missed you. Are you okay?
* Sophia: Oh, don’t worry about me. I feel *great*.
* Tara: Wait, really?
* Sophia: Sure! That retreat was just what I needed. I was manifesting negative energy. That’s what I learned. It was sweet of Cameron to help me out.
* Tara: That’s, uh, good to hear.
* Sophia: The retreat was, hah, not cheap, though. I’ll have to increase my prices so I can pay Cameron back.
* Tara: Wow, Sophia, that’s really rough.
* Sophia: Oh, don’t worry about me! I’m done manifesting negative energy.

Talking to Natalia after the trial (Wraithing in Anticipation completed)

* Tara: Uh… hey. How’s it going?
* Natalia: It’s fine, Tara. I appreciate you checkin’ in, but you don’t have to. Everyone’s been lookin’ at me funny. And Sophia won’t talk to me. You probably don’t want to, either.
* Tara: That’s not true! You weren’t yourself.
* Natalia: Part of me accused Sophia. The worst part. That part thought, if I was so unlucky and lonely, there had to be some bad person causing it… … but the bad person was just me.
* Tara: You can make this right, Natalia. You just… will have to give Sophia some space first.
* Natalia: Oh, I will. I don’t want to upset her even more. You know one good thing to come out of this, though? I realized I get to make my own luck.
* Tara: That’s a very healthy way to look at it.
* Natalia: Thanks for stopping by, Tara.

Talking to Natalia after the trial (Wraithing in Anticipation not completed)

* Natalia: I’ll be honest, Tara, I feel real strange.
* Tara: What do you mean?
* Natalia: Like maybe I never saw Sophia out there? But Angus said he did too. And Cameron told me I did the right thing…
* Tara: If Sophia was out in the woods, picking herbs… why would that be so bad?
* Natalia: Because witches bring bad luck, of course!
* Tara: Oh… yeah…