You’re a Gem

**You’re a Gem** is a quest given by the High Priestess in the Winter. It requires the player to go through the second pillar to the Gloaming to collect an Adder Stone so the coven can turn the season. The reward for completion is 10x Levitation Potion.

## Dialogue

* High Priestess Lina: We now have enough in our number to turn the season, but we still need to collect an adder stone from the Gloaming.
* Initiate Francis: Yes, I know what those look like! Let me help. I am the resident rock and gem expert around here, after all.
* High Priestess Lina: Very well. The Novice will accompany you. Tara, you should prepare and head into the Gloaming when you’re ready.
* [Head into the Gloaming to find an adder stone.
* Initiate Francis: And you’re sure this is safe? What are you going to tell Angus if I get zapped into the center of the earth or something?
* Tara: Nothing, because that won’t happen. Promise. I was freaked out using the standing stones at first…
* --[Choice: This is normal for me now]
	+ Tara: … but now I’m used to it.
	+ Initiate Francis: If you say so…
* --[Choice: I’m still getting used to this]
	+ -
* Initiate Francis: Ay Dios mio. This is amazing. In high school, we read this Shakespeare play about fairies. I loved that play. I used to imagine the world where the fairies lived.
* Tara: They don’t live near here. But you’re not far off.
* Initiate Francis: Fairies – live – nearby??
* Tara: Whoops. Someone should have told you about that. And I thought I had to deal with too many surprises at once. I know it’s a lot to take in, but we have to find the adder stone.
* Initiate Francis: Whew. Give me a second to compartmentalize and – I’m right behind you.
* Tara: Shoot. I don’t think my wand is strong enough. Sorry, Francis. We’ll have to come back another time.
* Initiate Francis: I’m not complaining. That gives me more time to adjust to, um. Everything.
* Tara: I better go see Zephyr. She upgraded my wand last time, I bet she has something in her shop.

* [After upgrading wand and breaking barrier]

* Initiate Francis: What was that?!
* Tara: I… I think it was the Gloaming reacting to my magic use. We should be fine. I just wonder how many times the Gloaming can handle one of us doing something like that.
* Tara: Lina said that the adder stone would be inside one of these. But which one?
* Initiate Francis: My time to shine. Let me take a look… … I think it’s that one.
* Tara: How can you tell? They all look the same.
* Initiate Francis: There’s a legend about adder stones. They’re usually made of a glassy kind of flint.
* Tara: Have you worked with them or something?
* Initiate Francis: No. But the strangest people come through jewelry repair shops in the city, and you remember all the odd things they say… Anyway, I could be wrong, but that rock has more specks of flint in it than the others.
* Tara: Let’s check it out.

Break open the rock containing the adder stone.

* Initiate Francis: I’m certain that’s an adder stone. But what about the other thing?
* Tara: That? It’s a keystone. I don’t know how it got here, but we can use it to travel to other parts of the Gloaming.
* Initiate Francis: Wait until I get this under my loupe!
* Tara: I wish you could, but we’ll have to turn it over to Lina straightaway.
* --[Choice: It’s annoying]
	+ Tara: High Priestess orders, blah blah blah…
	+ Initiate Francis: Yes, there’s more hierarchy in this coven than I’d expect…
* --[Choice: It’s necessary]
	+ Tara: She's the only one who handles the keystones.
	+ Initiate Francis: That's a shame, but if you say so...
* Initiate Francis: Let’s get out of here. As miraculous as it is, my brain is overwhelmed!

Tell the High Priestess you found the adder stone.

* Francis: We did it! We found the adder stone! And another keystone, too, which Tara tells me is a big deal.
* High Priestess Lina: Thank you both, from the bottom of my heart. Initiate, you did wonderfully. I’m grateful you chose to stay with us.
* Francis: Look, I still have reservations. But this Gloaming place? It’s *amazing*.
* [Reward: 10x Levitation potion]