Of Gods and Men

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***"Of Gods and Men"*** is the 8th and currently ongoing arc of Fable SMP Season 2, beginning with *After the Party.* The arc began streaming on January 8th 2023.

## After the Party

* Rae is back at the mansion to clean up some and get the mugs for the ones that could not make it
* He thinks about Alerion and the book he had that Caspian recognised and the new words that they have for Vo'lete
* He notes how Alerion was wearing Will's mask and dressed Wolf in Will's clothes and thinks back to their first meeting where he said he knew Will
* Theorises about the book and the gift, if Soraza is the book, considering Caspian thought they were a person and Enderian said they were dead, and that it could be another Perix situation
* He writes down the questions people asked and what sort of answers they got, from clear to cryptic, to error text
* Rae theorises that Wolf's answer of traitor could connect them to Deltavera, and about how Athena could help Soul through the power of destruction
* He also thinks about Caspian's earlier meeting with Soraza, how he was told only Enderian enters Purgatory, and why he got Wrong Question now, and which question was wrong
* Rae heads back home to deliver the mugs to Galahad, Seven and Will whilst looking at the pretty sky, Aurora Borealis, before going to sleep

## Lights Out...

* Rae decides to investigate Will’s lighthouse. He tells Auxreta that they’ll figure out where Will went. Rae goes outside, finding Aax and Athena coming back from fishing
* Rae tells the two his theory of the mirror being in the lighthouse, thinking Will was seeing illusions
* Caspian is reading through the Alchemy Trial book found in the most recent library. He wishes he could get rid of the book but knows it would be best to keep it instead of destroying or hiding it
* Caspian finds Rae, Aax, and Athena outside and returns the Alchemy Trial book to Rae
* The four gear up before heading to Will’s. They run into Ocie on the, who offers to come with them
* When the five arrive, they find the lighthouse covered in sculk. They decide to just try and find the mirror
* They look around, eventually going down into the basement. Rae begins to panic because of the noise. A bedrock bubble appears around Rae and he tells everyone to leave before turning into the warden - The other four of the group leave and question if they should go check on Rae or just wait
* When Rae is back to being himself, he is still in the bedrock bubble and gets a little bit more worried before the bubble disappears. He runs out of Will’s lighthouse, Caspian and Aax rushing over to help calm him down
* Rae tries to explain what happened. Athena gives a theory that Rae can control the bubbles that appear. The only way to test that being the end prison
* Rae explains that he didn’t fall asleep while being the creature. Ocie theorizes that Rae turns into the creature as if it’s a fight-or-flight instinct. Rae apologies for dragging the four out with him, the others reassuring him he’s alright
* Aax, Rae, and Caspian head home. They go towards the containment cell before Rae goes down alone
* Rae thinks back to what has happened and questions why he turned into the creature while he wasn’t asleep. Rae questions if figuring out how to use the bubble on purpose if it could help
* Rae figures this power he has was Alerion’s and was transferred to him when Enderian had her encounter with Fable

## Confrontation

* Ocie talks about what to do after hearing about Centross threatening Ven and leaves Seaside to confront him about it
* Centross heads over to Seaside to check in on the ones there after the masquerade and meet Ocie inside the railway tunnel
* Ocie asks why he threatened Ven and Centross says that he has an inkling that he is not who he says he is and his spreading of false information
* Ocie asks for proof and Centross says he has not found anything yet, and Ocie compares it to the fish talking about Fable with him being suspicious, and Centross agrees that Fable is suspicious
* Ocie tells him that he will never threaten any of her friends again, Centross says that excluding Ven their friends are the same
* Ocie brings up again how she is tolerant of Centross because the people he hurt and tried to kill last time cannot remember, forgive him or don't care, and because they do not affect her, but Ven does
* Centross says that they agree on keeping their friends safe, and how Ven is a danger to them, even though he is not physically strong, because of how his information affects people
* Ocie questions why Centross thought the best idea was to break into his house if he had suspicion on Ven, making him dislike him and talk to others about the threat
* Ocie says that just because Centross can kill and destroy this does not make him special, just human, which is all Centross wants to be
* Ocie again questions why everyone forgave Centross for what he did, and Centross asks why he did not know Chaos and Ocie before, but is only suspicious of Ven
* Ocie says that Centross cannot kill her, and that she is not human, not killable, and Ocie asks what he thinks would happened if he killed her in this form, and Centross says they will continue till they both are dead
* Ocie says she is trying to not kill Centross, because it would upset Rae, and Centross says if he killed her Chaos would kill him
* Centross says that the ocean does not hold back, and Ocie asks how he knew, and he says he figured it out with her being Momboo's sister
* Ocie says she does not believe Centross has changed and asks if Enderian asks him to kill someone would he do it, he says depends, and answers only yes on Ven
* He also states that he would not need Enderian's go ahead if Ven continues like this
* They start fighting and fight for a bit
* Centross tells Ocie how Enderian starting the God War with Netherum makes no sense, she is smarter than that
* Ocie questions the last reset and her actions during that and Centross says that bit is on him for not hiding working with her
* He again talks about how Netherum and Enderian starting the war makes no sense, Ocie says that they have their own reasons, but Centross says there are discrepancies around the war and how Ven tells it
* Ocie mentions how they could have been good friends had he not been a bad person, and Centross says he thinks they were never meant to be friends
* Ocie is frustrsated over how easily people have forgiven and trusted Centross again and Centross mentions how he does not know either why they trust and forgive him
* Centross talks about how he does not like what he has done and gives Ocie the same choice as he has the others, she does not take it and says if she wanted him dead, he would be dead
* They talk about if Ocie had done the same to another person then she would get attacked by so many, but how she cannot watch people attack Ven over something without proof
* Ocie talks about her past kills, and past in general
* Centross talks about being killed by Sherbert and kinda Rae - Ocie calls him a sad person and he mentions taking her to the Mistvale Estate to see his family home
* They both head home

## Dead Ends

* Rae has an out-of-body experience where he sees the Warden moving around in the obsidian box in the mountain.
* Rae transforms back into himself and goes outside. He takes some notes on the expedition to Will’s lighthouse.
* Sherbert admits they haven’t been doing so well after learning they can’t bring Haley back. They admit they’ve been measuring what they’ve apologized for against what they haven’t fixed and Haley is something they can’t fix.
* They note the moss is “healing” and spreading more and decide to check on Rae.
* Sherbert goes to Rae’s house but don’t find him there so they check the mountain and find him there.
* The two talk about the answers they got to their questions and Rae shares what happened during the search of Will’s lighthouse for the mirror.
* Rae talks about what happened when he turned into the Warden and how he didn’t pass out when it happened.
* He tells Sherbert about the big bubble thing happened and about his theories of it having to do with Alerion and Enderian.
* Sherbert admits they haven’t reacted well to the news about Haley and that they shouldn’t have gotten their hopes up.
* They say that it’s the one thing that they can’t apologise for and that, now that they know it’s not possible, they’re scared because if someone else dies there might not be a way to bring them back either.
* Rae brings Sherbert to his house to show them the purple candle he lit for Haley and suggests building another grave for her to which Sherbert agrees.
* The two gather supplies and head to a forest a bit outside of spawn. They build a little grave with quartz and decorate it with white and purple candles and oxeye daisies.
* Rae tells Sherbert that just because they can’t bring Haley back and they can’t undue the things they did doesn’t mean they’re a bad person.
* Rae shows Sherbert the book he wrote that helped him remember at the start and reminds Sherbert that progress isn’t linear.
* Sherbert asks about what if they do bad things again during some other reset and Rae promises he will help them and make them remember again.
* He shows them the parts of Haley’s will that glitched through and the two go back to Sherbert’s house.
* The two talk for a bit about the mirror and Rae says he’s sorry they can’t get Haley back but he thinks Sherbert will be ok.
* The two part ways with Sherbert going to bed and Rae going home.

## Wild One!

* Chaos bumps into Wolf, who is now knighted by Ocie, at Seaside and the two share names and introduce themselves.
* They talk about what happened after the Masquerade and how Wolf was inducted into the Seaside and now is looking for his supposed house.
* They make plans for a 'Prize Corner' and a roller coaster at the gambling van and walk through the town and into the nearby forest, where she shows him the redstone cave, the animals, and the various contraptions.
* They leave and instead go to the small island near the coast, where Chaos then shows the TNT launcher, which Wolf loves and gives advice on.
* The two then go to try and choose a house for Wolf at Seaside, visiting several of the builds Chaos is currently working on and discussing the ghosts around the place. Wolf settles on 'Igloo Green Boy', the closest of the three houses to the rest of the city.
* They discuss how Wolf and Centross's relationship is going and the events of the End and the book they found about the Violet Reaper, then about Wolf's house and animals.
* She gives him a sunflower crown to match his outfit, and they wander around the city more while discussing what they have done in the past, animals and their strange dislike of Wolf, and, while visiting the Seaside Wolf Cave, about how he has always known English and their shared titles of 'Human?'
* They then part ways, with Wolf leaving and Chaos musing over what had happened.

## New Friends, Old Stories

* Centross comes across Jericho near the town hall and the two introduce themselves.
* He asks if Jericho has met anyone yet, and he replies that he’s only met Chaos and he lives at Seaside.
* Jericho hasn’t met Ocie yet, but says that he’s seen a blond woman around but didn’t want to bother her because she seemed busy.
* Centross also learns that Jericho was once a soldier of the overworld.
* Centross offers to give him a tour of the main town area and tells him about the other people living there.
* The two talk while they travel, discussing things such as the hidden libraries others in town have found, elytra/wings, and other things.
* The conversation topic turns to memories, and Jericho says that he has very few of them. He does remember that he has a brother named Terry, though.
* They continue with the tour and they end with Centross showing Jericho where Ven’s house it.
* Centross confides in Jericho about his mistrustful feelings about Ven.
* They then walk around for a little while longer before departing for the night.

## Reluctant Return

* Centross knocks on Wolf’s door and Wolf shows him the benches with the fireworks from the Masquerade. The two talk and set of fireworks for a bit.
* Rae, Caspian, and Aax talk about going to the End Prison again to search for more information and Caspian says he thinks it’s a good idea because maybe they’ll learn more about Perix. Rae suggests asking Wolf to come because he’s never been and the other’s agree.
* The trio goes to Wolf’s house where they find Wolf and Centross on top of the hill on the benches setting off fireworks.
* Rae asks if Wolf and maybe Centross want to come and they both agree.
* Rae explains that he believes he’s making a bubble of bedrock around him when he transforms into the Warden and that the only place he knows that looks like that is the End Prison.
* Rae assures Centross that he doesn’t hacve to come if he doesn’t want to and Centross says he knows the End the best out of all of them so it’s probably best if he comes.
* The group makes their way to the stronghold and into the End portal.
* They make their way to the End Prison, remarking on the dilapitated state of the End since the first reset.
* Rae goes inside and the inside walls, which were once littered with crying obsidian, change to normal obsidian and the obsidian box shrinks.
* Rae says the aura was weird and disaturated and lighter and, after the shrinking, the aura has become even lighter.
* Rae goes inside again and the box shrinks even more and the obsidian disappears, as if the bedrock “consumed” it
* Wolf says it’s as if Rae’s presence shrunk it. Rae decides not to go in again in case it starts swallowing the prison.
* Centross raises the point that they don’t really need the prison but that he probably shouldn’t do more testing until he can control it at will.
* Wolf asks if there’s more to the End and says the End feels familiar to him.
* The group goes through the gateway and Centross shows the group his house and the closest End City. He tells Rae that the Temple of the Mind is around there, what’s left of it.
* The group goes into the last remaining building in the End City and find a library underneath.
* The first book is called Alone Together and is part of a deteriorated story about two children. The second book is called Four and details a story about a lonely child who only counts in fours and lived in a cave.
* Rae presumes it to be about Aax and some discussion is made about who could be authoring the books found in the libraries.
* He asks Aax what his friend’s name was and Aax says it was Theo.
* The third book is untitled and is a diary about a cloaked murderer “blessed by Enderian” nicknamed the Violet Reaper. Rae asks Centross if it’s about him and he says yes.
* Rae asks when the event in the book happened and Centross says it happened before he tried to kill everyone last rest.
* He says he was given a set of tasks to complete by Enderian and the event in the book was one of the tasks.
* Rae, Caspian, and Aax leave, leaving Centross and Wolf in the End City.
* Centross says he really wishes those events hadn’t come to light because that’s not who he’s trying to be anymore.
* Wolf says Centross has already said he’s done those things he just didn’t say the details and that he’s not leaving.
* Centross mentions the look Rae gave him before he left and Wolf says he’s not Rae and he’s not scared of him. Wolf says Centross has to come back and Centross agrees.
* Centross says he just hopes that the rest of the notes never glitched through because there are too many to count.
* He tells Wolf about what happened the last time he left to the End and how Rae pulled him away from the edge.
* Wolf says that Centross is working to be better and he’s not who he was. He says Centross needs to work at being better until the end and Centross agrees.
* The two go back to the gateway and Centross notices that Rae got rid of the platform to the void.
* Centross and Wolf plan a date (as friends) and Wolf goes through the portal and goes home. Centross goes to the Temple of the Mind and tells Enderian that he did everything she asked and he doesn’t know what she wants from him.
* He says he can’t leave the reaper at the temple and he’s going to take it back with him.
* Meanwhile, Rae, Caspian, and Aax fly to a random island in the End.
* Rae says he didn’t believe Centross when he told him he did a lot of bad things.
* He says the people in book were probably disloyal and that’s why Centross was sent to kill them but he’s astounded by the amount of people.
* Rae asks if Centross is even allowed to be a good person after the things he’s done.
* Caspian says he doesn’t know either and Rae admits that he feels like an idiot because he brushed off what Centross said as exaggeration.
* Rae says he feels badly because he ran away and Aax says Centross was probably not doing well and needed space so the trio goes home.

## Something Missing!

* Chaos is working on a house for Jericho when he shows up
* Chaos tells Jericho about Alerion showing up at the Masquerade answering questions and how they got told that what she was looking for was "Under the garden"
* Chaos tells him that they have not checked the statue garden yet and they head over there
* Coming there Chaos wonders if the "Under the garden" refers to what she thinks of as the garden or what others would see as a garden and start looking around
* Chaos starts to wonder if the statue garden is the wrong garden, but entering a hole by a statue, Chaos finds a Damascus steel knife that was made by Chelsi for Marek
* Chaos wonders how it got there as there are no villages close by and they and Jerry theorise that maybe someone visited and stayed the night
* Jerry and Chaos talk about Ocie as he mentions that Centross said she was looking for him, but Chaos says that she was looking for someone with a less cool name, like Terry
* Jerry tells them that she is either looking for him or his brother, Terry, and Chaos says that they should introduce Ocie and Jerry
* Chaos says they will get confirmation from Ocie on who she was looking for before they introduce and realises that Jerry is short for Jericho
* They talk about all the people they need to find, like Terry, Lolla and Jerry's partner Gold
* Chaos tells Jerry about how they believed Rae to be dead when they met him again after Halloween in the Ghost City
* Chaos tells Jerry about the various statues and when and how they were built, like the bird that was just recently finished
* They head back to Seaside and Chaos talks about having to tell this to Ocie and Jerry mentions that Centross might tell her
* Chaos shows Jerry the castle and Ocie comes back from spawn
* Chaos tells Ocie that they brought someone home, and that his name might be Jerry
* Ocie asks how he looks, and Chaos describes Jerry and tells Ocie he is in the castle
* Ocie asks how long he has been there and Chaos mentions that he met Centross and how they found her friend's knife
* They spot Jerry inside the castle, and head inside, but once inside, Jerry is nowhere to be found
* Chaos tells Ocie how she found him after the Masquerade and how they did not know Jerry was Jericho
* Ocie takes a breather in their bedroom and Chaos heads into the city to look for him and finds him in his new house
* Jerry tells Chaos how Ocie is very pretty, and is sorry for leaving, and talk about not even knowing Ocie even though she has been looking for him and how they should have a conversation
* Chaos lets Jerry stay in an unoccupied house by his new house until it is finished and heads back to the castle

## After the End

* Rae starts off in the archives, sorting his books from the last stream into their proper places. Once he finishes organizing, he confesses to the auras that he doesn’t like where he left things with Centross and flies off to find him. Meanwhile Centross, who had been mining, heads back to his base to drop off supplies.
* Rae finds him at his base and apologizes for leaving so abruptly the other day, Centross says he can’t blame him. Rae explains it wasn’t out of fear, Centross says he knows, it’s the same way he looks at himself in the mirror everyday, and that he doesn’t expect forgiveness, he’s not sure he even wants it.
* Rae says he doesn’t know if he’s the person to forgive Centross, but that he stays friends with him because he wants to be there to see Centross become the good person he wants to be. Rae pulls Centross into a hug.
* Centross offers to take Rae back to the end. Rae accepts and the two have a lot of friendly banter while heading there.
* They talk about Wolf and Centross’s relationship, Rae expressing his support (though he doesn’t quite get the hint that it’s romantic in nature).
* They arrive at the End temple and Rae starts to see a vision of Enderian in which she yells “Let me out!” and cracks a wall in the room she’s being contained in.
* Rae becomes visibly upset and explains to Centross what he’d just seen, this causes Centross to learn that Enderian is alive.
* Rae explains that he thinks the reason she can’t get out is because she transferred her dimensional power to him.
* They figure out the bubble of bedrock is the key to going through a reset without losing your memories. They also hypothesize that it’s either the tree or one particular person in their group that causes the resets and start to try and figure out how they could go about narrowing down what caused the reset last time.
* Centross suggests going to Ven to see if he has any ideas.
* Rae explains he’s already talked to Ven and that he doesn’t know anything past the war, mentioning in the process that he was a reporter for Fable’s court.
* Then he remembers that Centross threatened Ven and asks why.
* Centross explains he did it because he felt Ven was spreading misinformation and that was hurting the people he loves.
* Rae shares that Ven has confessed to altering information in his reports in the past. This only serves to confirm Centross’s suspicion.
* Rae admits he’s been so caught up in trying to see Enderian as only the bad guy, he may have been blinded to the faults of some of the other gods, and confesses he wishes he knew where she was because she’d at least have answers.
* Centross admits he’s searching for a way to prove that he’s not hopelessly loyal to Enderian without a cause.
* They head back home. On their way back they talk a bit about when Centross built a bridge out into the middle of the void, and Centross admits he might not be fully rid of those types of thoughts.
* Centross says he thinks Enderian would’ve acted different if she’d known Rae was her son.
* Then he asks Rae if he’d like to see the logs of what he did while in the end, Rae declines the offer, but appreciates the sentiment and encourages Centross to spend more time in his house near spawn.
* Centross admits he’s still learning how to rely on others.
* They kinda bond over their shared self-dislike and Centross shares the hope Soraza’s answer gave him with Rae before promising to come over and terrorize banner fam with breakfast sometime soon.
* The two part ways, Rae flying home while Centross goes back to mining.

## I miss you in the morning, I...

* We open to a cinematic shot of the tree, fully infected with Skulk and then move in towards Ven’s base.
* Ven wakes up to Fengari beside his bed. Ven feeds him and shows them around.
* Fengari is incredibly sweet and supportive of Ven and all his creations. We learn Ven likes cornflowers because they look like Feng.
* They decide to garden together and end up in the tower while looking for a hoe, then head back out and finish gardening.
* They go back inside and look at the books Ven stole from Will. Feng mentions that Ven’s stolen books before and Ven asks him how they know that.
* They don’t give a straight answer, so Ven just brushes it off and tells him not to tell anyone else. Ven reads through the books, but finds nothing of particular interest.
* Ven talks about his new life and how, even though he’s moving on and growing (which Feng is quick to point out) he still misses them. Then they kiss and Fengari gives Ven a necklace for his birthday, which he had forgotten was today (canonically January 18th).
* Ven leaves to go put some books back into the archives and return the ones he stole from Will’s house. When he finishes that he heads back to his house and finishes putting some stuff away.
* He seems happier than we’ve ever seen him before, even though he confirms that he knows it’s all a lie. Then the stream ends.

## Navigating

* Rae is in the Archives transferring information from his field notes about Soraza to books in the Archives. He feels like all he has are a bunch of missing pieces and nowhere they fit. He says it feels like something bad is about to happen.
* Wolf shows up to check on Rae and the two talk about his conversation with Centross and what happened in the End. Wolf reminds Rae that it’s ok to not be ok and Rae explains what he’s doing.
* The two talk about theories surrounding Soraza and their ideas about what might have happened.
* Wolf and Rae talking about how weirdly freeing it felt to fly above the void. Rae says it was kind of Wolf to stay with Centross in the End after he left and Wolf says he wasn’t doing it to be kind, he cares about him.
* Wolf asks how Rae knew he liked Caspian and Aax and Rae says that, even though he knew he was scared, things felt more scary without them. Wolf asks how he learned to let himself be loved and Rae responds that he doesn’t know if he has.
* After confirming that Wolf is talking about Centross, Rae states he thinks Wolf would be good for him. Rae also says he wants Wolf to make sure Centross would be good for him too because Centross is going through a lot.
* He says he doesn’t think he’s particularly good for Caspian and Aax and sometimes he thinks it would be better for it to just be Caspian and Aax together without him. Rae says sometimes someone who’s going through a lot doesn’t have it in them to let themselves be loved and that, while he wants to see Centross become a better person, Wolf should make sure not to put himself below him.
* Wolf says he already knew the answer to his question about learning to let yourself be loved and that he hopes someday Rae can let himself be loved.
* He says he thinks differently then everyone else on the sever about what Centross has done in the past and that he wants Centross by his side to protect him.
* The two joke about Centross trying to ask Wolf out on a date and then immediately backtracking.
* Rae talks about Ocie finding Jerry and how it kind of messed with him a bit to see them together.
* He says he wishes he could just relax with Caspian and Aax and talks about the pressure he’s putting on himself with his bubble power.
* Wolf reminds Rae not to get stuck on “what-if’s” and to try to focus on the present and not lose time.
* Wolf shows Rae his house and the two talk more about Jerry. Rae tells Wolf that Centross’s favorite flower is daisies and the two depart.
* Rae goes home and realizes he doesn’t know where Caspian and Aax are. He talks to Atlas and confesses that he doesn’t think he’s been a very good boyfriend recently.
* He confesses that he is afraid and brings Atlas to Aax’s bed.
* Caspian walks in and Rae apologizes and admits that he’s not ok. He tells Caspian about his realization with his bubble powers and Caspian says that he has a lot of faith that Rae will figure it out.
* Caspian suggests taking a break from the Archives and Rae agrees.
* Rae promises that he will always find Caspian if a reset happens and Caspian agrees.

## Gold Ink Stains

* Sherbert and Rae have the same dream. They find themselves in purgatory and see Fable reading the ending of Alone Together, the story about two children that was found in the library in the End City.
* He tells them that they share a mother, Orchid, and tells them of their childhoods: Orchid’s real name is Isla of Morningstar Kingdom and she and Fable fell in love and were married.
* Sherbert was born and after a couple of years Fable’s duties as king came to overshadow his duties as a husband.
* So, in her loneliness, Isla turned to Enderian which resulted in Rae being born.
* Isla realized her mistaken and tried to sever ties with Enderian but Enderian was vengeful.
* Isla fled with Sherbert and Rae to the overworld and tried to keep them safe. By the time Fable found them, Sherbert and Rae were alone, starved and fending for themselves.
* Enderian had already gotten to Isla first and Fable still doesn’t know where she is.
* Fable apologizes for what he did to Enderian but says it was what had to be done to save Isla.
* He tells them they already have to first piece to free them from purgatory; that they need to focus on it and more will come.
* Sherbert and Rae wake up in their houses and run to each other, meeting at the tree.
* They realize that the dream was real and they are brothers and Sherbert has a mom.
* Rae brings Sherbert to his study and shows them all his notes on Isla as well as her notes that she wrote.
* The two realize that, even though they don’t know their ages, Sherbert is older then Rae and that Sherbert's last name is Morningstar.
* Rae shares the notes that Little Rae wrote back when the two of them first met as children.
* He brings Sherbert to the Morningstar castle and shows them around the castle and the surrounding village.
* The two discuss their grandfathers, how Sherbert was first in line for the throne, and about how it makes sense why Enderian hated Sherbert.
* They also realize that the necklace Soul gave Isla for concealing auras was probably for Sherbert and their weird rainbow aura.
* They fly back to Rae’s study and look at more of the notes for some insight into their childhoods.
* The two discuss how it was probably just them two of them for a while and decide to try to figure things out together.
* Sherbert says last time they talked Rae wanted to go to the Nether to do something but Rae says he never said that and points out that he can’t go to the Nether right now.
* Sherbert brushes it off, saying they probably were talking to someone else and not Rae.
* Sherbert leaves to go home and points out that, in the memories Fable showed them, both their eyes were gold.
* Meanwhile, Rae is very happy that he’ll always have his brother and goes to work on combing through the notes for more information.

## The Other Side of the Coin

* Rae starts off in the archives, reflecting over the new information he got from last time. After a bit he decides he’s been in the archives for too long and hasn’t spoken to Galahad in a while, so he sets off to go talk to him.
* Rae finds Galahad in their house at the seaside and goes in to talk to him. Rae starts by giving them his notes from his conversation with Ven. Galahad says he doesn’t know a whole lot about what happened in the end or the Aether since he’d never been there. Rae says it’s fine and starts asking Galahad about what happened when the war started.
* Galahad says it was sudden, that the overworld was the instigator, and that those in the Nether weren’t told much about how the war started. Galahad explains that the Nexai were ambushed by the undead at the entrance to the end, and that’s how most (if not all) of them died, and they also don’t remember much after witnessing Fable kill a god.
* Rae says he feels like the Overworld was a lot more prepared for war than the Nether, citing one of the pieces of propaganda he’d seen during his research. Galahad refutes it by saying the Nether wasn’t out for vengeance. Rae tells him otherwise, explaining that it looks like Netherum may have been the one to kill Alerion. Galahad says that although he didn’t know Netherum personally, he doesn’t think he would do something like that because the Nether was completely unprepared for attack.
* They get a bit distracted by Galahad’s novels, and Rae says he’s glad that they are finding fun. Galahad sympathizes with Rae’s struggle to find the answers in the chaotic mess that is everyone’s memories.
* He also asks about Rae’s horn, which Rae explains is part of the warden, and Galahad assures him they’re not afraid of him, Warden or not. Galahad catches Rae up on what’s been going on with him, especially his grief regarding being the last of the Nexai. Rae says he’s glad Galahad survived, Galahad says he’s pretty happy about it too.
* They get back to talking about the war and Galahad says they had no idea that the Aether was attacked, and thus the Nether couldn’t have been the ones to invade. Rae expresses his frustration at only having a small portion of the story. Galahad wonders if there’s something that will help him remember. Rae says that even those who do remember only remember the last reset and that everyone has huge gaps in memory, even Lennarius.
* Rae thanks Galahad for his time and flies back to the archives. Rae discusses what he learned with the auras, noting that Galahad makes a lot of sense, and says he wishes he could talk to Enderian, because he feels like her perspective is what they’re missing. He doesn’t understand why Enderian and Netherum would want to kill Alerion, and starts hypothesizing on what he could do to see her again, but he stops himself before he gets too far and puts his books away. He decides to go check on Caspian to distract himself instead.

## The Three Princes

* Sherbert wakes up and finds Athena before heading around their house to record the wack
* Rae has the dream of Orchid where she tells him to find Sherbert, before hiding him under a bed, he thinks it is the time she was taken
* Rae starts cleaning and organising some books and finds a book in the mail that seems to be the second part on how to free Fable, stating that "the gateway path has no destination. It must be linked using the power of wrongfully held"
* He also finds a well he does not remember from the last reset outside Sherb's house
* They tell Athena that Sherbert and Rae are siblings and how that happened
* Rae tells Sherbert to look in their mail and they find a message from on the bridge Rakai, congratulating them on their new brother and asking if Rae will be their best man
* In their mail, they find the same message from Fable and they talk about going out to work on the portal
* They head over to work on the portal, and talk about how to build and activate it
* Rae tells them about the Orchid dream he had
* They start to theorise ways to activate the portal and Rae remembers Auxreta and theorises that they could be an aid as they are from the Aether
* They grab Auxreta and head back to the portal and ponder more, and think about maybe asking Alerion for help
* They talk about how Rae got Alerion's power and how that could have happened, thinking it might have been a vessel thing and talk a bit about powers
* They talk about Auxreta and how Will told Rae that they are an Alley
* Rae shows them the book and necklace Soul made and they start to wonder who is the oldest and how the timeline works
* Heading home, they see Rodney's home with the note from Chaos
* Athena tells them that Len told them that they could try training their destructive powers and planned to do that on the glass and heads to the archives to do that
* Rae makes notes on what to try filling the portal with, asking Alerion, and the bubble
* Rae thinks about how he has only made the bubbles when stressed
* Rae talks about having a family and wanting to protect it
* Sherbert looks at the well, looking for some answers
* Sherbert writes a note to Ocie asking if she knows where Rodney could be and thinks about how to light the portal as they deliver the note
* At home they think back on Perix' notes where they talked about using lava as a potion base
* Sherbert heads to the archives and asks Athena if the book is there, before heading home and talking about getting Rodney back and figuring out the wedding

## Not Now, Not Again

* Ocie is at Sea Side when she sees Jerry. He asks her if she could go with him to get elytra for himself.
* Rae reads through some of the books in the Archives, trying to figure out how to relight and reroute the Aether portal. Rae is about to start another book, when Ocie and Jericho walk into the Archives, asking Rae about a pair of elytra for Jerry.
* Jerry’s wings are similar looking to charged creepers. Rae teaches Jerry how to use his wings properly.
* Jerry asks about Sherbert and why they murdered someone, Rae explaining that they were mind controlled.
* The three talk for a bit. Jerry goes back into the Archives, and Rae and Ocie continue talking about how Ocie is worried something will go wrong between it and Jerry. Rae reassures Ocie that things will work out between the two of them.
* Rae mentions how he’s figuring out how the bubbles he can make could help them get through another reset. Ocie reminds Rae that no one knows when resets happen, they just happen on their own.
* Ocie admits to Rae that the resets have been extremely hard for her mentally.
* The two-part ways, Ocie finding Jerry looking through the books in the Archives, and Rae heading toward the End portal.
* Ocie shows Jerry the story of Casus and Vorago, later bringing him down to the mansion and exploring for a bit. The two go back to Sea Side to get Jerry some armor.
* Meanwhile, Rae has flown to Enderians temple, pleading for anyone to help him. Epros appears and Rae admits to them that he doesn’t know what to do and is afraid of losing all he has gained in this reset.
* Rae writes a book, reminding himself to remember when the reset happens again. Rae asks Epros to give it to him when the reset has happened and throws the book into the void.

## Return to Form

* Rae starts off in the Archives, trying to put together his thoughts, but finding books too limiting. He gathers his supplies and heads down to the ruins of the old staircase from the first reset. He fixes up the staircase and takes down the remaining signs.
* He explains to the auras that he feels the whole contention between the gods feels like a murder mystery, so he sets up the walls as a whodunit-style question board, with each of the three suspects (Fable, Netherum, and Enderian) taking up a different wall.
* He goes through and lists all the reasons why each suspect may or may not have felled Alerion, trying to narrow it down but finding little in the way of answers.
* Then he writes down other random bits of information, keeping in mind that propaganda ran rampant during the war and there are very few reliable sources he has access to.
* He starts hypothesizing about why the others might’ve wanted to fell Alerion, and he theorizes it may have had something to do with his powers over space.
* Finally, he writes down any other random questions related to the war that have yet to be answered, mostly concerning the current state of many of the minor gods and what happened to the world after.
* He leaves the staircase, reminiscing about the last reset and looking at it from a new lens.
* He acknowledges that they have always been at the center of the gods’ conflict whether or not they knew it at the time and that their only hope for solving their problems is by figuring out what really happened.
* As he leaves, (putting the books he used for reference back in the archives and heading over to the cell in the process) he comes to at least one tentative conclusion; Netherum didn’t fell Alerion… at least, not willingly.
* He goes to sleep, planning on sharing this information with Athena as soon as he gets the chance.

## Cornered for Questions

* Rae heads over to the portal to try placing ice inside it
* Ven heads to the Archives and finds the book on Raza and Soraza and about what Luce had been up to at the Masquerade and the clothing testing with Wolf and the questions asked
* Rae comes into the Archives while Ven is reading
* Rae asks if he has been ok as he has not seen him since the Masquerade
* Rae asks about his accounts on the war and how there is conflicting information, about how the Nether experienced a sudden attack when things get heated
* Ocie comes into the Archives, Ven heads over to her
* Ocie starts to question why Rae is questioning Ven and if it is tied to Centross
* Rae tells them that the Netherum part of Ven's story does not line up and that he is trying to figure out who actually did it
* Rae brings back the fact of the portal gods and how if Fable killed them, could he kill others
* Ven leaves and Ocie talks to Rae about what happened and Rae tells her it's a gut feeling and Ocie leaves
* Ocie and Ven heads to town hall, and Ocie says she will stand by Ven
* They spot the sign notes that Rae left on the wall, but does not read them
* Ven heads home and looks for Feng, does not find him and writes notes on Rae calling Fable dad and Enderian mom, and says that something there does not line up
* Rae talks about how stupid it was to confront him and talks about the second hand account on Alerion's death
* Rae heads home and finds a letter from Jamie saying that they, Momboo and Ocie talked to Easton and they are willing to talk to Rae again
* Rae heads to the portal again and continues filling it in before heading home and make some potions of invis and looks around town for them
* Rae finds Ocie by the pond, before she heads on the train to seaside and flies there to see if she is Ocie
* Ocie comes and does some tasks around
* Rae heads to Ven's area and sees him alone
* Rae heads home and talks about how an illusion probably would not walk all the way home and about Ocie yelling at her
* Rae also talks about how he is even more suspicious of Ven after he lied to Ocie and seemed weird around Rae
* Rae also thinks about going back to resorting to invis potions after OB and how he does not want to do that
* Rae also talks about needing to be smarter about gathering evidence going forward, and how he has experience

## Wave the White Orchids

* Rae visits Easton after being being told it was ok through the note from Jamie
* Easton allows him to remove the sculk, but they still cannot see
* Rae apologises for this happening at all and Easton tells him that he cannot control it so it was not his fault
* Easton wonders if this is consequences for being under Enderian's control, Rae tells them that this was an accident and asks if they have been thinking about it like that
* Easton mentions how Ocie has told them to get over it, and others have mentioned they should be happy, because others have it worse
* Rae tells them that it is ok to feel how they feel - Rae talks about working on helping them further, maybe with Sherbert's help
* They head outside and Rae asks about how they have been, especially with daylight and sleep
* Easton mentions going to bed when they are sleepy and Rae mentions he could make a little alarm clock for them
* They also talk about service animals before Rae offers to help with clearing up around their house
* Rae shows them the mug which references their law degree
* They talk about Easton's cats and sleeping in a bed with animals
* Easton tells Rae about what Momboo, Ocie and Jamie said when they came by and how they called them a coward
* Rae tells them that they had something big happen, and whatever feeling come with that are ok
* Rae and Easton fix some carpets around their house
* They talk about some accommodations to help Easton and Rae says he can visit more
* Rae leaves and tests the alarmclocks, before heading to Easton's to ask about their favourite noteblock sounds and to set it up

## I never know what to think about...

* Ven goes down to the Archives to borrow some books on the Aether when they come across Ocie. After checking out books on the Aether, the two decide to go to Sea Side.
* The two go up to the castle and talk about Centross, Ocie being the ocean, the two’s partners.
* Ven admits that they made a deal with Perix so he can see his fiancé. Ocie tells Ven how she lost one of her past partners. Ocie warns Ven not to tell Centross about having Perix.
* Ven goes back home, Fengári waiting for him to arrive. Ven tells them where he’s been and decides to show his partner more about his home area.
* Ven nearly goes down to the rest of town, when Feng stops, not going any further than the stone of Ven’s path. The two go back and into Ven’s tunnels.
* Feng shows Ven something they’d made for Ven, revealing it to be a beautiful garden area.
* Ven notices that something feels wrong with the way Feng’s hair and eyes look. His fiancé brushes it off telling him to just make something up.

## New Formulas

* Sherbert plans on doing some research and trials on the Scoria from Perix's notes and heads to Rae to get the notebook
* Rae tells them about his Fable dream and how he told him about the information on how to fix the portal
* They talk about Perix' notes and about how the lab looked and Rae draws how Enderian's looked
* Sherbert tells him that they are going to do some trials and heads home to build, but stops at a train-like build outside their house
* They also look at the damage done by the Quixis wall and sees that it seems healed now and wonders if focusing Quixis' attention on the wall caused it and now they make things like the train
* They also wonder about questions later on and doing it in different places to avoid too much damage, but now knows that it also fixes itself
* Sherbert reads over Perix' notes and starts to wonder how to make Scoria, how to make lava cold
* Sherbert builds a brewing area for the scoria by hollowing out the area that was the Quixis wall
* Sherbert builds a giant brewingstand with several heat elements to keep the scoria hot
* Sherbert gets lava from the Nether, meets Mulu (Melon) and gathers some materials that did not work in normal potions
* Sherbert tries to make Scoria by mixing Lava and Water, but gets obsidian filled bottles, which they get out and get Obsidian nuggets
* Then they try by mixing snow in instead and get scoria and start to experiment by slightly referring to Perix' notes for when to put in ingredients
* Sherbert looks at Perix' notes on Mind Weakness and looks at the ingredients and wonders how they worked in a potion and on the person affected by it
* Sherbert makes a notebook on Scoria and the trials
* They test all the mushrooms, both Nether and OW, but they all result in negative effects
* Next they test Azalea leaves: Tonic of Saturation, Amethyst Piece: Tonic of Balance, and Snowballs: Tonic of Cold Resistance
* Sherbert talks about how good this is and how recently they have felt like they have messed a lot of things up and how they can do other things than hurt people
* They head to Rae to give the book back and place it in his study before heading home and making some lecterns for the two different potion books, in their respective areas

## Breakfast

* Rae realizes he doesn’t have his cape on and searches for it. He goes to the bedroom where he finds Caspian. He asks if Caspian knows where it is and he says he doesn’t. The two find Aax in the doorway with Rae’s cape on and, when jokingly asked where Rae’s cape is, Aax feigns innocence and pretends to not know where it is. Caspian gives Rae his jacket instead and the trio flirts some more and talks.
* Centross goes to Wolf’s house and notices they look a bit sad so he slightly pushes him to Rae, Caspian, and Aax’s house under the pretense of having breakfast. On the way, Wolf tells Centross about his nightmare and says he’s probably not the best company to be around. Centross says they are the perfect company.
* Centross and Wolf knock on the door and Centross says it’s breakfast. Caspian points out it’s night but Centross says it doesn’t matter. Centross realizes they don’t have a table so Rae, Caspian and Aax figure out how to build a table while Centross and Wolf cook a breakfast of eggs, bacon, and toast.
* Everyone sits down to eat. They talk for a bit, give Auxreta flowers, and Centross comforts Wolf about the fact that the sparks (chat) don’t have beans. Centross challenges Aax to a spar and Centross tells the others about his fight with Ocie. Rae asks if Ocie seems ok and Wolf says he thinks so.
* The group talks about sleepovers and Centross and Wolf point out the different jackets that Rae and Aax are wearing to which Rae, Caspian, and Aax say that they lost Rae’s cape. The group talks some more before Centross and Wolf leave.
* Centross carries Wolf home and Wolf comments on how soft Centross’s hair is. Wolf says he liked cooking with Centross and Centross agrees. He offers to stay the night at Wolf’s house because he knows Wolf doesn’t like to be alone and Wolf accepts.
* Rae, Caspian, and Aax clean up from breakfast and Rae promises to give Caspian his jacket bak in the morning. Caspian and Aax walk Rae up to the cell to go to sleep and kiss each other goodnight.
* Rae goes to sleep and has a dream where he sees Fable in Purgatory. Fable says he has been bringing people to Purgatory intentionally but he is struggling to learn the power to control it. He says the power is a lot like Rae’s bubble power and that he knows about Rae’s power because of the piece of Enderian’s soul that she grafted to him.
* Fable says Rae shouldn’t feel guilty for not being able to control it as godly powers are a struggle for any being to control.
* Rae suggests that Fable take his power and use it to escape but Fable says they are just in a dream and the tether isn’t strong enough. He adds that he’s not sure he can bring himself to do that to Rae as power can only be transferred by spilt blood.
* Fable says he never meant for Rae to bear the consequences of his actions. Fable says in order to reroute the portal, they would need a tether in Purgatory. When Rae suggests the books he found since they’ve come from Purgatory, Fable says the book must be one of “The Originals” or a master copy house within Purgatory; it cannot be a duplicate.
* Fable tells Rae he must learn to “pull it through”. The dream ends and Rae wakes up.

## Tavern Whispers!

* Chaos organizes the Green Dragon and sits and waits for customers. They breakdance for a bit before Centross comes in. The two talk for a bit and Centross asks for conversation starters to which Chaos suggests a list of fun facts to throw someone off their rhythm.
* Chaos brings Centross to the roof where they talk some more. Centross asks if Chaos came across any information while spying on Ven and Chaos says Ven has been basically just doing Ven things, holed up in their house and the Archives. Centross says it’s hard to believe Ven hasn’t done anything suspicious and he thought there might have been more.
* Chaos asks why Centross asked her to spy on Ven in the first place.
* Centross says maybe he’s been a bit too hard on Ven because he sees some of himself in him and him being so solitary.
* Chaos tells Centross about Ven’s new roommate who “he’s being gay with” and that it isn’t someone from around town. Centross says maybe he owes Ven an apology for threatening him.
* The two discuss Centross’s feelings for Wolf and decide to get their energy out by sparring with sticks. They finish in a tie and Centross tells Chaos she doesn’t need to spy on Ven anymore. He says he appreciates them spying for him and that perhaps she was right, that maybe he tried to shift his own blame onto Ven because he is so much like Centross
* Centross says he’ll try to take Chaos’s advice and amend things with Ven. Chaos shows Centross their garden and the two spar and talk some more. Centross thanks Chaos again and the two fly back to Seaside where Chaos gives Centross a totem. Centross leaves and wonders what the old him would think about him making friends. He decides that maybe he can be more than just a monster because he has hope (not his dog, the idea of hope).

## Rising Tides

* Rae has a dream in Purgatory where he finds a Book of the Gods, and asks for help on how to pull it through
* Rae finds the Warden Notes Sherbert left after their potion trials before talking about seeing Ocie again and heads to Seaside
* On the way Rae talks about how to tell Ocie about this, without no concrete proof of Ven lying
* Ocie is making a picnic area for her and Jerry as a suprise
* Rae asks if it was really Ocie at the Archives and she says yes, and apologises for what she said, not for defending Ven
* Rae says that he is happy she was not an illusion and Ocie asks why and Rae brings up how angry she was and concern that it was not Ocie
* Ocie says that Ven does not have many people and how people care so much about the war and hearing Rae was talking to Ven, she just jumped the gun
* Rae tells her how he tried to tell her, but Ven retold the lie and Ocie trusted him over Rae
* Rae tells her about the facts Ven left out in his reports and how wondering how much of that was Ven fudging the truth or Fable and about how pieces from Ven's story are the only ones not lining up
* Ocie asks why the war matters now, and Rae says that they are getting dragged into it and Ocie says she likes looking forward
* Ocie talks about the concern for the stability of this reset and how another one could happen soon and just feeling on that pressure
* Rae says that even though he has no proof, and how he was down this road with Momboo last reset and tells her of how Momboo denied Sherbert's corruption, because Sherbert hid it
* Rae brings up how the events with Ven then could have brought up bad memories
* Ocie talks about how she worries for Ven because he is alone, like she used to do
* Rae says he did not mean to yell, but he got frustrated with the lies
* Rae tells Ocie how he reverted back to old ways, by using invis potions to collect information when he was unsure if Ocie was Ocie and about how he followed her from town to Seaside
* Ocie accuses him of not trusting her and thinking she was not real and Rae tries to explain that he was worried about Perix
* Ocie yells at him for having partners he is not even spending time with, when hers does not even recognise her
* Ocie apologises for yelling and tells Rae to leave, and he leaves
* Ocie talks about how she did not mean to yell at him, and wonders if she made it rain
* Ocie heads down to talk to and spend time with Oscar
* Rae flies to the tree and tries to breath on the tree and Sherbert comes over and Rae tells them to leave as he is scared of passing out
* Sherbert helps Rae calm down and asks what happened and Rae tells them about Ven hiding things and the recent fight and about Ocie
* Rae talks about how if he figures it out, maybe he can help with the resets and tells about the spying on Ocie with invis after being worried it was another Perix illusion
* Sherbert reminds him that he worked things out with Momboo, and Rae reminds them that Momboo only believed after Haley's death
* Sherbert says they believe Rae, as he has quite the knack for knowing when things are not right and that it is ok if Ocie does not believe yet
* Rae tells Sherbert about how stressed he feels when people do not believe him and remembers last fight like this, him and Sherbert also talked
* Sherbert tells him that they think no one is going to die this time and Rae tells them about being worried about not figuring out both the resets and the Warden
* Rae tells them about what Ocie said about another reset happening soon and not wanting to forget again
* Sherbert tells Rae about the potion results, especially cold resistance
* They head to Sherbert's house and the fancy train outside and Rae gets to see Sherbert's version of Enderian's Scoria lab
* Sherbert tells him about the success with Scoria and shows the obsidian bottle nuggets before telling Rae about the potion trials

## Nightmares and Daydreams

* Rae had a dream that he is standing on the bridge from Season 1 where he and Momboo fought. It looks exactly like Raging Storms but instead of Momboo, Ocie is standing on the other side of the bridge yelling the same things at Rae that Momboo yelled at him during Raging Storms. Suddenly, the dream switches to Purgatory. Rae looks through a couple of books before picking up Recon, his old notebook filled with things Ominous Bane had done in Season 1. He quickly throws it on the ground and the dream ends.
* Rae wakes up in the cell and is relieved he didn’t accidentally pull the book through. He says he doesn’t even know if that was Purgatory or just part of the nightmare. He decides to go find something to work on instead of sleeping.
* He finds Momboo by the tree and she talks about wanting to remove the skulk from the tree. Rae says there are ways to remove it and the two decide to try. When Rae mines some skulk from the roots, Momboo takes damage. They try again to make sure and again Momboo takes damage after mining the skulk.
* The two decide to leave it alone and chat about Rae’s busted sleep schedule/nightmare. He says Ocie argues a lot like Momboo and tells her they didn’t get along during much of the last reset. Momboo says that whatever she said, they probably didn’t mean it.
* Rae tells Momboo about his conversation with Ocie and Momboo says that everyone probably isn’t doing well with everything going on and that Rae should take a moment to “stop and smell the roses”. Rae says he doesn’t even know what his hobbies are anymore.
* Momboo pushes him to try to figure out what he likes to do and Rae says he likes to make things and he could do things for Sherbert or Easton. Momboo suggests he makes something for himself and that it’s not a waste of time to do that.
* Rae says he feels like he’s had so many conversations with people about sleeping and now sleeping just feels like another task. Momboo points out that there are things people can’t fix and that’s just the way things are.
* The two talk a bit more about what’s been happening in Momboo’s life and they say they want to have more control over their emotional connection to the weather. Rae suggests she stop by Easton’s some time and talks about his visit to Easton’s house.
* Momboo says last reset she choose to be a mom but in this reset, she was kinda thrust into it with children who were already grown up. Rae says they should keep trying and show her children that she’s willing to keep trying. Momboo says that, even though she doesn’t know what she’s doing, she is still happy that she’s a mom.
* Momboo shows Rae their spot in the tree and says Rae can use the spot anytime he needs to. Momboo takes the skulk to be disposed of so Rae can go home to relax. He decides to the treehouse and draws Caspian and Aax while singing a lullaby. He decides Ocie was right; he needs to get better at remembering the beauty in front of him.

## Solidifying Beliefs

* Centross wakes up in his new room, still reveling in what happened last time, and decides to head off to Ven’s house to apologize.
* Ven starts off reviewing the books he’s checked out from the library, and telling the particles about how he’s trying to figure out another way he can get his memory back, writing down any ideas he gets in a book.
* Centross knocks on Ven’s house, saying he’s unarmed and asking to simply be able to talk. The two go out to the field in Ven’s property and Centross apologizes for threatening Ven. Ven tentatively accepts the apology and offers to start over.
* The two explain how even though they got off on the wrong foot, they’ve heard good things about the other from various sources, and thus know the other can’t be all bad. Ven offers that maybe the reason Centross was so quick to accuse him of doing something nefarious was because he’s too hard on himself.
* Centross tells Ven that he and Wolf are an official couple now and swears him to secrecy.
* Centross mentions that Chaos saw someone with Ven in his house when they did some reconnaissance for him. He mentions it in a very lighthearted way, to try to bond with Ven over their shared gayness, but this actually puts a dampner on the budding forgiveness that was starting to form between them. Ven, who is visibly upset, leaves Centross in the snow.
* Ven goes back inside and starts freaking out about how Centross knows about Feng because of Ocie’s warning. The particles encourage Ven to tell other people, but he shuts them down, saying the only reason Ocie understood is because she is one of the only people who gets him. Ven decides to hire Chaos at another time and writes a to-do list before ending.
* Centross is confused as to why his honesty made Ven so upset. After talking with the souls a bit, he starts to realize that maybe the person Chaos saw wasn’t someone Ven wanted people to know about, which raises his suspicions about Ven even more than before.
* Centross decides to leave Ven’s property and explains he saw skulk on the bottom of Ven’s shoes. He tries to see where around spawn Ven might’ve walked in skulk enough to have it stick to the bottom of his shoes, but doesn’t find any areas that would make sense.
* He heads back to his and Wolf’s house, saying he can’t kill Ven without a reason, but that he’s still incredibly suspicious. The souls try to pressure him to venture to the sewers, and he says that he might do that some other time.

## Pretending for the Lie!

* Chaos is at the castle at Seaside having woken up from a restless sleep. She walks around the castle pointing out random things until coming to the skylight. They comment on how they should’ve wished to be a star, even though it wouldn’t have worked. Chaos decides to get out of the castle in hopes of getting out of her own head, so she flies over to the map making area
* They start talking about how they wouldn't have gotten a painting, but it doesn’t matter because they didn’t die. She tries to distract herself by planning something new to build in the statue garden, but instead keeps flying so she doesn’t have to sleep and get rid of the mobs
* After much flying around, Chaos ends up at spawn. She checks out the archives, makes a to do list by Will’s house in thieves cant, and starts working on the festival grounds. She ends up flying back to Seaside for materials and comments that loosing ones shadow is a very normal thing to happen
* Chaos gets after the ringing in her ears (chat) for saying that she should vent, telling them that there is nothing too vent about because she isn’t dead. They prove this by taking damage and insist that the letter was a prank. She walks around Seaside, still trying to convince herself that she is alive and that, if the letter was real, Lolla was mistaken. They take off flying, this time in a new direction, saying that they will find home

## Anywhere Else!

* Chaos is sitting by the fireplace they built as they recount how their search for home went. The answer? Lots of ocean and not enough maps.
* She goes to one of the rooms in the Castle to set up the maps, then decides to do some work on some of the Seaside houses. She ends up making a study for Lolla if she ever comes to Seaside, then ends up reminiscing and telling the ringing in her ears (chat) about her
* Talking about Lolla causes Chaos to get upset. They realize that they’ve made no progress on the castle in months and decide that they aren’t fit to rule. She leaves her sunflower crown in the castle and then flies away, saying that Ocie is a better king anyway.
* Chaos decides to go to the statue garden and set up there, thinking that no one will come to look for them
* Chaos begins to build a new house at the garden. They talk with the ringing (chat) about various things, trying to further convince herself that she is fine staying here and not needed by anyone at spawn, while also coming to terms with having died
* Talking more, Chaos realizes that they can’t stay here and wonder if Ocie would take them back at Seaside as a citizen.
* She flies back to Seaside and chooses one of the empty houses to stay in

## Quarrels and Questions

* Ven starts off by dropping off the books he checked out from the Archives. He explains to the particles that he’s had a lot of questions about what happened at the masquerade and hasn’t found much, so he wants to look for answers elsewhere. He goes to look for other books, but can’t find them, so he begrudgingly sets out to go ask Rae some questions.
* Rae has another dream wherein he visits the Aether, he tries to find a book that will come back with him easily. He ends up finding a book on the floor. It talks about how the world split itself apart and came back together, gaining consciousness through emotion, and how the world put that emotion into a vessel (Momboo).
* Rae tries to bring the book back with him, but it doesn’t work. Realizing this as he wakes up, he rushes down to the banner fam house and writes a summary of the book as quickly as he can. Caspian finds him and helps him calm down a bit, discussing what kinds of books Rae might want to look for the next time he visits the Aether in his dreams. They begin to discuss how the book he found might’ve helped Momboo remember had he been able to bring it through.
* Then, Ven knocks on the door, interrupting their conversation and asking for more information on Soraza. Caspian is very defensive of Rae and tries to get Ven to leave, but Rae offers to help. Ven explains he’s looking for something he’s missing, his pre-war memories, and thinks Soraza might hold the key. Rae explains the last time they learned about Soraza was at the masquerade. Ven decides to go to the mansion and kinda suggests/mildly pressures Rae into coming along too, Caspian accompanies them.
* They arrive at the mansion and walk upstairs, where Soraza was last seen.
* Alerion appears and Ven asks him if he could explain who or what Soraza is. Alerion says something about Soraza being “of memories”.
* Rae is unable to translate his full original response, however with a bit of a back and forth, they realize he meant to convey that Soraza can’t answer Ven’s question because she can’t answer what’s missing. Alerion also confirms that the book called Soraza is the felled version of the goddess herself.
* Rae begins to theorize Ven’s memories may have been taken. Alerion confirms this. Caspian asks if that’s what happened to his memories, Alerion explains Caspian traded his memories for answers from Soraza in the past (i.e. not during the masquerade).
* Ven gets upset that the best lead he had turned up nothing and leaves, going back to spawn. He stares at the sign on the message board about Perix for a while and it prompts him to talk about how he’s pretty sure if he ended the deal he has with Perix he’d get his memories back, but he’s hesitant to.
* He heads back into the archives, but can’t find any more books that might be helpful and goes back home.
* Rae asks Luce about why he sent Will away, and Luce assures him that he will return soon. Rae asks if Luce is okay even though using the book hurt him, he says he is.
* Alerion then leaves and Rae and Ghosty decide to go home after agreeing that Ven was acting weird.
* On the way back home Rae talks about how stressful he felt during that, Caspian agrees and says he felt similarly. When they arrive home, they find sculk outside their house. Rae immediately assumes it came from him, but Caspian is more hesitant to believe that, though he doesn’t have any compelling alternatives.
* When Ven gets home he sees he’s left a trail of sculk behind and rushes to clean it up, worried about leaving evidence behind. One of the enchantment particles tells him he left some at Rae and Caspian’s front yard and he pales. He adds “slow skulk spread” to his to-do list.
* He rereads his notes on the day and is visibly upset, feeling like he’s only gotten dead ends. And that is where he ends.
* Rae decides he wants to head back to the archives to do some research but doesn’t want to be alone, so Caspian comes with. Rae fills Caspian in on what happened with Sherbert last time. As Rae starts to update the archives, he expresses his concern about putting information out there so freely, especially since Ven was acting sus. Caspian says he agrees, but that adding a new book about Soraza probably won’t do any damage.
* Rae agrees and starts making one. The two cuddle up on the couch while Rae finishes writing the book, and that is where they end.