Weather She’s A Witch

**Weather She’s A Witch** is a quest that begins the morning after starting the quest Not To Spring One On You. It requires the player to accompany Giva to a mandatory Town Hall meeting where Parker accuses Giva of witchcraft. The quest acts as a 7-day countdown timer to Giva's trial.

Lina confronts Parker outside Tara's farmhouse the morning of the trial and banishes the wraith, and Parker withdraws his accusation before the trial begins. When Mayor Otto asks for comments, Cameron says he's spotted Otto going into the woods at night, and Bruno agrees. Otto ultimately admits to meeting a masked woman in the woods for the past ten years.

## Dialogue

Quest intro:

* Giva: Good morning, Tara! Are you ready for the neighborhood meeting?
* Tara: The what now?
* Giva: Otto made the mandatory, didn’t you hear? He’s very… authoritative. I’ve never known a mayor like him in India or England.
* Tara: Oh. I didn’t realize they were mandatory now.
* --[Choice: That’s frightening]
	+ Tara: What kind of suspicion is Otto going to drum up now?
* --[Choice: That’s irritating]
	+ Tara: Sure, I guess I’ll drop everything for another one of Otto’s meetings…

* [Town Hall]

* Mayor Otto: A-hem. Greetings, all, and thank you for making my neighborhood meetings a part of your routine! We all know that our community is besieged by forces that want to harm us.
* Kim: Like you… and capitalism…
* Mayor Otto: Has anyone noticed more sources of harm?
* Parker: I have.
* Lina: Parker…
* Parker: What is Giva doing up there in her observatory? No one knows.
* Giva: Meteorology! I thought that was abundantly clear!
* Tara: Oh, no…
* --[Choice: Stay calm]
	+ Tara: Giva, stay calm.
* --[Choice: Don’t back down]
	+ Tara: Don’t back down, Giva, You got this.
* Parker: Then why do you spend so much time walking around at night? I’ve seen you in the woods, going into the old mine, standing by the lighthouse ruins…
* Giva: Weather doesn’t stop when the sun goes down, Parker!
* Mayor Otto: Parker has a point, Ms. Joshi. Why were you-
* Cameron: Otto! Parker! Please, this is too much. For goodness’ sake, Giva might be higher up the Mountain of Consciousness than I am.
* Giva: Thank you, Cameron.
* Parker: But Messenger Cameron!
* Mayor Otto: I appreciate your input, Messenger. However, every claim deserves an investigation. We will return here in a week to hear the case against Giva Joshi.
* Giva: I am a scientist, not a witch! Is this the 1600s? You’re all mad here.
* Mayor Otto: The meeting’s over, and, uh, thank you all for attending.
* Giva: I can’t believe this. I came here to do research, not to be investigated by some – some power-hungry git! What’s going to happen to me?
* --[Choice: You’ll be fine]
	+ Tara: Otto can’t do this. We’ll find a way to stop the whole thing.
	+ Giva: I hope so. We all had sense enough not to convict Marty and Sophia of anything.
* --[Choice: Just hang on]
	+ Tara: Hang in there, Giva. And… maybe collect data indoors for a week.
	+ Giva: I suppose that’s the smartest thing to do. Though if Marty and Sophia were fine, I will be too. Right…?

Giva’s trial will be in 7 more days.

* [Day of trial, outside farmhouse]

* Lina: Are you kidding? You can’t seriously think that Giva is guilty just because she’s not from here? You’re not from here! See, Tara doesn’t think Giva is a Malcontent. Do you, Tara?
* --[Choice: No, I don’t]
	+ Tara: Of course she’s not.
* --[Choice: Uh…]
	+ Tara: I… shouldn’t get in the middle of this…
* Parker: You and Tara just want to see the best in people. But Lina, honey, there are real Malcontents in this town. Would you want Malcontents getting to the kids?
* Lina: Oh, Parker. They already have.
* Parker: What?
* Lina: I’m a Malcontent. A witch.
* Parker: You can’t be serious.
* Tara: I hope Lina knows what she’s doing…
* Lina: Let me prove it. Parker Johnson, see what is true, release the wraith that’s binding you!
* Parker: I – wait. What was I saying about Giva?
* Tara: It worked!
* Parker: What were you saying about being a witch?
* Lina: Are you going to tell everyone?
* Parker: Tell them what, Lina? That my wife of ten years is a witch? And that I didn’t know, because she never told me?
* [Parker walks away]
* Lina: Parker! Wait!
* Tara: I don’t think I should have seen that, but I did, so…
* --[Choice: He should’ve understood]
	+ Tara: The least he could’ve done is heard you out.
	+ Lina: Remember when you learned that you were a witch? Finding out something so big… it’s a lot to wrap your mind around.
* --[Choice: Were you ever going to tell him?]
	+ Tara: How long were you planning on waiting before you told him the truth?
	+ Lina: I don’t know.
* --[Choice: Come in?]
	+ Tara: Um, come inside and have some tea?
	+ Lina: That’s sweet, Tara. And it’s what Hazel would’ve said. But I can’t.
* Lina: Are you ready to go to Giva’s trial?
* --[Choice: Yes]
	+ Tara: As much as I can be.
	+ Lina: That’s how I feel, too.
* --[Choice: No]
	+ Tara: Not really.
	+ Lina: I don’t want to go, myself.
* Lina: At least Parker isn’t possessed by a wraith any more. Hazel used to say to me, “If you have a problem, you can’t go around it. You can’t go under it. You can’t go behind it.” You can only go through it.
* Tara: Let’s go through it, then.

* [Town Hall]

* Lina: Mind if I sit with you?
* Tara: Of course not.
* Mayor Otto: May I have everyone’s attention? Parker spoke to me earlier. He’d like to take back what he said about Ms. Joshi.
* Parker: Giva… I’m sorry. This wasn’t my finest moment.
* Giva: Thank goodness you’ve come to your senses.
* Marty: What is it with this town and people changing their minds at crucial times?! Not that I’m complaining…
* Mayor Otto: So the matter of Ms. Joshi is concluded. Does anyone have something to add?
* Cameron: Yes. I think it’s time to talk about you, Otto.
* Vanessa: We welcome you into our town, we go to your Consciousness Center, we fund your soup kitchen, and now this, Messenger?
* Cameron: Sometimes I lock up the Consciousness Center fairly late. On more than a few occasions, I’ve seen Otto sneaking out of the mayor’s mansion and into the woods. The very woods he says he distrusts.
* Mayor Otto: That’s nonsense.
* Bruno: Nah. I’ve seen him do it, too.
* Mayor Otto: Dad!
* Bruno: I’ve told you time and time again. You’ve gone too far. I’m sorry it’s come to this.
* Lina: Mayor Soft, you’ve done more than anyone else in this community to sow discord. Whether you meant to or not. I have to agree with Cameron and Bruno.
* Mayor Otto: All right, all right! I have been going into the woods, it’s true. But it’s not what you think! I’ve been meeting someone.
* Vanessa: You’ve been doing what?!
* Mayor Otto: No, no, not like that! I just – it was years ago. I was out walking in the woods, and I met this masked woman who said I was meant for great things. She said she’d help me obtain them, but in exchange, I had to help her. And then she forced a ring onto my finger!
* Vanessa: I’m sure she didn’t force you.
* Mayor Otto: Whenever I needed to do her a favor, the ring would burn. It wouldn’t stop until I found her in the woods.
* Bruno: How long has this been goin’ on?
* Mayor Otto: Um… well… ten years.
* Cameron: Ten years is a long time to be led astray, Otto. Long enough for you to realize the wrong you were doing.
* Mayor Otto: You try making smart decisions when your finger is burning!
* Cameron: Angus? Thomas? Could you please escort Otto to his house?
* Vanessa: Well. We all have a lot to think about now. Let’s draw this meeting to a close.

* [Outside]

* Tara: Phew!
* --[Choice: I feel bad for Otto]
	+ Tara: I feel bad for Otto. To get embarrassed like that in front of everyone – yikes.
	+ Lina: It’s what he deserved.
* --[Choice: I feel pumped]
	+ Tara: Finally! I was wondering when Otto would be stopped!
	+ Lina: It was satisfying to watch, I’ll admit.
* --[Choice: I’m so confused]
	+ Tara: I’m so confused. Who was that woman Otto was talking about?
	+ Lina: A witch, I assume. But not one of us. It couldn’t be.
* Lina: I’m sorry, Tara. I have to go try to make things right with Parker. I’ll see you at the circle.
* Tara: Good luck.