A Tale From Tamriel

A Tale From Tamriel is a special episode of Torchwood: Lincoln City and is the first crossover in the Eyoho Verse as the Eyoho Verse characters crossover with characters from an old Elder Scrolls Online roleplay group that writer Shane was once apart of, it also brings back the Multiverse as a concept which was last seen in The Mad Woman in the Mansion special episode almost a year prior.

### Location (s)

The Drunken Hound, Tamriel
 Wayrest, Stormhaven, Tamriel
 The Multiverse

### Next Ep.

Lamashtu: The Bells of Saint Mary's Tower

## Episode

Our story begins with the following narration, narrated by Shane: "The Drunken Hound, a place surrounded in mysteries and stories of all kinds - some say it was just your average tavern yet others said it housed some of the most dangerous people to ever walk Tamriel, now being from another part of the multiverse I can neither confirm nor deny these rumours yet the people of Wayrest were weary of the place to say the least - over time the tavern and its owner started showing its age until one fateful day when a fire started inside it, it caused much destruction as sparks and debris flew all over the place - my counterpart from that world was there that day and it must have been a horrifying experience as I faintly remember it myself yet I wasn't even there and me remembering it shouldn't even be possible - however our story begins a few weeks later when people started spreading stories of strange sightings and "weird acting people" around the old tavern as its burnt remains stand where the proud tavern once stood - some people thought it was merely the grieving process but it turned out to be something far more sinister." Following this we see Evorio of Akavir walk up to the gates of what once was The Drunken Hound now a days it's a mere burnt piece of rubble resembling an old building.

He barges way through the almost stuck gates and looks up the stairs at the old abandoned Drunken Hound tavern almost reminiscing of good times once had there, all of a sudden he sees the owner of the tavern Fenris Bade and wife Domial, they look to be walking down the stairs almost unnaturally with smiles on their faces - they notice Evorio and greet him in a strange way, Evorio looks and feels awkward as he simply greets them "Didn't you too split up?" he questions the pair. Domial replies "Yes we did, but we've both realized after this horrific event that we are just inseparable" Fenris joins in "And it's not a question of good or bad, right? It's just who we are" Evorio shrugs "Whatever you say, I have to say that you certainly have a different approach with words" Both Bade and Domial laugh "We are quite fond of using them ourselves" with that being said Fenris asks Evorio if he could collect some supplies for him for a rebuild of the tavern, this confuses Evorio but he goes along with it despite everything being a bit off. Evorio walks down the path towards Wayrest but is stopped by a road side trader who questions what he found in there, Evorio dismisses him simply saying "Nothing important" and continues on his way to Wayrest.

While this is all going on a new incident occurs when a guardsman spots someone approaching the city walls, he rides out to meet this newcomer, we see a P.O.V shot of someone approaching the guardsman. As the newcomer approaches the guard the guard asks "What business do you have in Wayrest?" The person doesn't reply as we see the newcomer's hands grab the guard as the guardsman's face looks horrified at what he is seeing, he is seemingly killed as all we hear is a scream and then the sound of heavy panting.

Back with Evorio, he can be seen at his cave with his two adopted girls - one seems very happy as she shows Evorio some of the cooking she has been trying out whilst the other says "We've been waiting for you for hours" she exclaims, Evorio smiles in an assuring way "Well I'm ok, I just went back to somewhere from my past" he says - the girls look at him questioningly not really knowing what he's on about so Evorio clarifies he went back to The Drunken Hound tavern. The girls both start to giggle "oh, that place" and Evorio nods, he then starts ranting about how Fenris and Domial seemingly want to rebuild the place again despite the fact it was completely destroyed in the fire "They're just emotional, they're not thinking straight" he says. The girls stop laughing and look at him confused again, Evorio clarifies "You see they want to revitalize the place but it's just not the same place anymore, nothing replaces the memories" the girls seem to understand now and stop questioning him. Back at The Drunken Hound, Fenris and Domial continue to act unnaturally as they sit together snuggling together on a chair with their eyes closed, all of a sudden Tirnel appears from nowhere sitting next to them "Hello, nature gal is here" she says proudly. A few hours later, Evorio can be seen collecting the supplies that Fenris wanted, he scratches his very thick beard "Where are you off to" the trader says, Evorio looks up from his work "To the city" he replies "it's for a friend" the trader frowns "I hope not" he says, Evorio looks offended and says "I'm not taking no for an answer" and throws the man a bunch of coins dismissively.

Evorio walks back up to the gates of The Drunken Hound with supplies in hand, he opens the gates and is greeted by Tirnel "Evo!" she exclaims with a smile, Evorio looks almost disturbed by her sheer presence "I thought you had disappeared" he says, Tirnel attempts to hide her confusion "I thought the same thing about you" she replies with a smile. "I've been...busy" Evorio says awkwardly before showing her the supplies he has brought "Fenris wanted these" he says. Tirnel sniffs the supplies and frowns "I smell death" she states, Evorio looks confused but says "Oh no, these are for rebuilding The Drunken Hound...or at least thats what he tells me" Tirnel looks in the bag "Oh that, yes he has told me about his little project, that moron loves to change this place up." Evorio then moves past her to deliver the supplies to Fenris - Fenris and Domial are still on the seat in the Hound's garden and rather suddenly Evorio just drops the supplies by their feet scaring them both - Domial gets up and gives him a playful slap "Never do that again Domial" Evorio states - upon walking back to the gates of the hound he encounters Tirnel again, who this time is with her former partner Lilly, something then clicks with Evorio so he walks over to the pair "Girls" he says in a greeting way "What are you doing here?" Tirnel looks over at Evorio, her expression turning to one of confusion "I thought you had left" she says to Evorio, Evorio looks at her puzzled "No?" he replies, Tirnel looks over at Lilly, who shrugs "She decided to come back as well" Tirnel smiles "I see that" Evorio responds "but there's a glaring issue here..." Tirnel and Lilly look at him "there's always something else with you isn't there?" they say - Evorio responds "Not always, but thats not the point, the point is Lilly DIED along time ago - she was killed by Malgon Malcrow himself." He bows his head in remembrance "Lilly is in a better place now" he says almost on purpose and walks back into the city leaving Tirnel and Lilly confused as Lilly seems pretty alive to her, as Evorio leaves he gets a flash in his head of a detail he picked up during his brief time in the grounds of the hound that everyone was acting unnaturally and had the same grey pupils in their eyes instead of their normal colour.

Back at his cave, Evorio keeps repeating that something is very wrong with the old tavern and its patrons "Ah your back" one of his adopted girls says - "Are you two just timing me by the position of the sun or something?" Evorio asks sarcastically, he is beginning to feel increasingly uncomfortable with this all, plus this is the first time in a while he has had to spend this much time with the two of them, Evorio talks to his girls of what he saw at The Drunken Hound, his girls listen with intrigue.

Elsewhere, Shane Eyoho can be seen investigating the woods around The Drunken Hound but is ambushed by the same being that attacked the guardsman in Wayrest, Shane ducks in time as a hand with claws for nails lodges itself into a tree he stands under, he draws a dagger and fights valiantly but loses, the beast throws him aside and finishes him off with a crushing blow to his skull, he dies almost instantly, a menacing laugh fills the forest around as the being picks up Shane's body taking it inside The Drunken Hound - Fenris, Domial, Tirnel and Lilly have been joined by more former Hound patrons and they all look mortified with Fenris screaming at the person holding Shane's body "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?" Fenris shouts - "He came back" The killer laughs before throwing Shane's body outside the tavern.

A few days later and Evorio and his girls can be seen out hunting together, Evorio notices a very regal looking man with a grey beard standing off in the fields not too far from the tavern "He has good taste" Evorio thinks to himself. "Erm...focus?" one of his girls says - "Yes sorry" Evorio says, the trio continue for a while hunting and chatting - a few hours later they return to Evorio's cave and begin to inspect what they have caught when what sounds like scratching can be heard from outside, Evorio's girls go to investigate and are met by the same being that has attacked many people, the one with the claws - "What do you think you're doing?" they ask before being rushed by the being, Evorio comes from nowhere and launches his sword at the being who runs for cover "RUN" he says to his girls, they look to him and then run off - Evorio, alone, launches a dagger at the being then turns to his girls "KILL IT KILL IT" they scream.

The being then surprisingly begins to talk "Would you kill me?" it says, Evorio raises his dagger to kill the thing however it takes off running and jumps on top of a rock removing its hood to reveal a grey pupiled and twitching Kyra Leith - Evorio just looks in shock "Kyra? What are you doing?" he asks - "You've turned into a monster!" he shouts at her "I turned into one a while ago, you just need to let it go" she says with a sadistic tone. "I have lost my mind" Evorio says seemingly questioning his sanity - "You weren't always like this, you used to be a kind and gentle creature" he says trying to reason with Kyra - "You remember Shane Eyoho right Evorio?" she asks, Evorio nods only to be met with a "He's dead, I killed him in cold blood - he wanted the fight you know" she says like she's proud of her achievement "No, he's not" Evorio replies rather bluntly wondering what her point is, Kyra turns her head away from him "You weren't there...you never saw it, if a tree falls in the forest does it make a sound?" after a few minutes of Evorio tensing up like he's trying to hold something back, out of sheer rage Evorio just charges at Kyra screaming "ENOUGH" - only to be met by a swift kick to the head, that sends him flying to the ground which irritates Evorio more than anything.

Evorio then looks to Kyra as he lies there "You have to stop this, you know it's not you" - Kyra puts her clawed hand on Evorio's chest and just beams sadistically at him as thunder can be heard in the background, this seemingly distracts Kyra as it doesn't seem natural "But thats not possible" she mutters as the thunder intensifies "I'm sorry" she says over and over having some kind of mental breakdown as lightning starts to rain down on Kyra, Evorio uses this to take his girls back into his cave - Kyra starts shouting at the lightning "YOU'RE DEAD! YOU'RE DEAD!" all of a sudden a stream of lightning slams into the ground and a different version of Shane steps out from the stream, he clearly isn't from Tamriel and looks younger than the one Evorio and Kyra knew - Kyra wastes little time and launches herself at the new arrival however he dodges the attack and catches her in the chest knocking her to the ground. The stranger begins to speak "Did you think no one was watching?" Kyra looks confused as she attempts another attack on the new arrival only for this new Shane to throw a small silver ball at her which explodes into a green cloud causing Kyra to cough uncontrollably and run away as she clearly starts to get fatigued by it. Shane turns to Evorio "Horse tranquilizer" Shane says to himself - he turns to Evorio "You look different, you had work done or something?" he says rather comically only for Evorio to look extremely confused in response.

Back at The Drunken Hound, the unnatural events keep occurring as more people from the tavern's past seemingly appear from nowhere and surround Shane Eyoho's corpse, their snow white eyes look up and down the body with a strange sadness never seen by some of the people present - Fenris states simply "Poor bastard" - they then question what to do with the body , Fenris says "Bring him inside." Elsewhere, Evorio seems to be trying to come to terms with the new arrival even going as far as putting a knife to his throat "Who are you?" he says calmly in a rather intimidating way "I'm Shane" Shane replies rather simply "Is that supposed to mean something?" Evorio responds - "I mean there isn't alot to go on is there?" Shane replies. A strange quietness seems to have come over the woodland area they stand in, Shane continues: "Look, you may not trust me but me and that other clown are the same person" Evorio tilts his head "But you can't be, I've been told he's dead..." Shane smiles "Why do you think I came?"

Evorio puts the knife down from Shane's throat and looks to be trying to think of something - "How did you do that?" he asks. "I didn't do anything but because something happened to another version of me there's sort of an emergency reaction which summons me and no before you ask I can't stop that or go back until something gets done about it. " Shane replies in a rambling manner. "So there's more than one of you?" Evorio asks trying to understand everything, Shane nods "If you look hard enough in any world you can find anyone" Evorio smirks "I know some people from a certain tavern that would hate there being two of you" Shane just blinks as if the joke went over his head "I'll handle the jokes" Shane replies.

Meanwhile, Kyra can be seen wiping blood from her clawed hands and sitting on a wall waiting, a nervous Tirnel approaches her "Kyra...why did you do it?" she asks carefully, Kyra looks at her and gives a small shrug, she looks off into the distance and her eyes become distant and no response is given - Tirnel puts her hands on her hips as their snow white eyes make contact with each other "Something isn't right" Tirnel mutters to herself before starting to walk away. "We're all not right" Kyra mutters back.

Shane and Evorio can then be seen still conversing with each other, Evorio explains that Shane Eyoho was allegedly killed in the forest near The Drunken Hound tavern, Shane demands to investigate but this doesn't work as Evorio explains that the tavern burnt down and ever since then there has been strange goings on at the tavern - Shane however shrugs and says "Strange goings on is literally my life" and beckons Evorio to come with him stating "If you want to get to the bottom of something, don't speculate...act" they both walk to The Drunken Hound tavern.

After this interaction, a portal can be seen and on one side is Tamriel whilst on the other is another version of Tirnel looking through it as she stands in her expansive garden which features many kinds of plants and trees and looks more like something out of a fantasy novel then real life - the Tirnel that is watching the portal folds her arms "Weird seeing it from this angle, still better be in" she touches her head with her right hand "wherever I was before this...still having someone else do the so called heavy lifting is fun" she says chuckling to herself as she continues to observe Shane and Evorio walking to The Drunken Hound.

Back with Evorio and Shane, they walk in silence for a bit, then Evorio speaks up "Do you know how to get to the bottom of something or do you just use this summoning thing to get to interesting places?" he asks Shane doesn't respond but keeps walking, then Evorio says "Ah the second one then" bluntly - Shane responds "What part of I had no choice in being here do you not get...Evorio" Evorio pauses "You know me?" Shane replies "Yes, there's one of you where I come from" Evorio looks quite taken back by this but happy in a strange way "What do I do?" Shane shrugs "No one really knows, if I'm honest no one really knows your whereabouts either" Evorio nods and says "Fair enough" then he continues to talk about other things to try to get a grasp on the situation.

Back on planet Earth, a hooded samurai-esque man can be seen wandering the forests of Siberia living very much off the grid, he clearly has a family as he can be seen hunting and training in the harsh conditions, he is soon approached by a group of bandits however he removes his hood slightly revealing red eyes causing the bandits to run however they are brutally dissected by the man "The House of Akavir condemns you" the man explains bowing his head in and leaving his mark on the scene by carving a symbol into a tree before walking away as if marking his territory. He continues his activities however the man soon lowers his bow and looks around on high alert as if someone was watching him, he grabs his sword and takes off into the forest and seemingly disappears into the thick tree line.

Back with the other Tirnel and the portal, she can be seen looking at the man through her portal seemingly confirming that this person is in fact the Evorio from the other world Shane spoke of "Oh shit, he does exist" Tirnel exclaims in surprise but seemingly in a good way. Elsewhere, Shane and Tamriel's Evorio stand at the gates of The Drunken Hound which can still be seen in ruins beyond the gates, Shane insists Evorio goes first "It just makes sense" Shane argues and not one to argue back Evorio complies. The Drunken Hound patrons seemingly celebrate Evorio's arrival, once again in a very unnatural way, as he enters the gates - he notices Shane Eyoho's body and rushes over "It's true then" Fenris and Domial both nod, Domial can even be seen teary eyed as her snow white eyes can seem to hide her sadness. Evorio then beckons to the gate "Guys, meet Shane - he's a...relative....of our dead friend here" Shane then walks in all smiles "It's a bit crispy but I like it" he says comically as he walks up to the remains of The Drunken Hound as if he was in a park - he kneels down by Shane Eyoho's body and seems almost shook to see himself dead "We are sorry for your loss" Tirnel says putting her hand on Shane's shoulder, it is clear that no one knows who Shane actually is and even if they did they would just think he was a crazy man with a strange dress sense.

Shane's smile falters for a moment but returns again "Thank you" he says before talking his mind "So, why are you lot still here? this place looks like it's been out of commission for months" the tavern remains go quiet "We're rebuilding it" Fenris says proudly - "Really?" Shane says as if he smelt a rat "Are you?" an awkward silence ensues.

Back with the other Tirnel and the portal she is seemingly waiting for someone "You're late" she exclaims once again her arms are folded, she walks into her hut and finds the exiled demon Lamashtu sat in one of her chairs downing a drink of some kind "I got your message....it was long your message...and I find your voice highly grading" he says to Tirnel who doesn't seem impressed in the slightest. "Why are you here?" she asks him "Because you don't know what you've got them into" Lamashtu says standing up and looking her in the eyes as they stand face to face "Look at me" Tirnel says mocking Lamashtu "I'm big and hard and I follow orders now, whatever happened to the selfish twat that went round killing anyone he thought was remotely guilty or whatever you used to do, Shane told me about that - you're not right demon" Tirnel says almost shouting at him. "No one is" Lamashtu says "But it doesn't matter" he adds. "What?" Tirnel asks "Do you even listen to yourself?" she says her temper being tested. "Past aside for a minute, you really have no idea what you have thrown Shane into, look at him at that tavern" Lamashtu says gesturing his hand to the portal "as much as I question his antics sometimes, that's like throwing someone into a pit of vipers and watching them get bit to death" he adds.

Tirnel sighs throwing her hands up in the air "You're worse than he is, you know that?" she says to Lamashtu who shrugs "Everyone knows that" he says sarcastically and walks out of her hut. He stops briefly at her portal and looks "You're on your own nature gal" he mockingly says before walking away however something can then be seen coming through the portal and enters Tirnel through the back of her head. Tirnel's hands hold her head as her eyes widen and body begins to spasm, she shouts for Lamashtu who turns around in shock to see Tirnel's eyes go snow white like those at the hound, her arms tense up and move from touching her head to pointing directly at him as she cries out. Lamashtu looks as Tirnel yelps "Help...please" she cries out again but Lamashtu just stands there, Tirnel weakly says "I'm sorry" as she stands up directly, her fingernails under her gloves become clawed and pointy, her eyes now fully snow white and she smiles at Lamashtu who doesn't really know what to think.

Tirnel unnaturally points at him all whilst walking towards the demon - "This is going to be fun" she states - Lamashtu stands his ground and shrugs. Tirnel makes a lunging motion at Lamashtu who stands there motionless as she continues to move towards him "I'm sorry" she whimpers before a strange smile appears on her face, Lamashtu waits until last second before launching a fireball at Tirnel. It hits her in the chest and sends her flying backwards towards the hut "I'm not sorry" Lamashtu says to her who feels no remorse, Tirnel is seemingly out cold - Lamashtu goes over but Tirnel springs up and grabs him and drags him putting him against the wall of her hut, Lamashtu's eyes make contact with Tirnel's now snow white eyes - she gets closer to him as if she's inspecting him "I wouldn't" Lamashtu says bluntly as he pulls a hidden blade from under his jacket however Tirnel notices this and steps back "Why would you do that?" she asks with an innocent tone.

Back with Shane and Evorio, Shane is seemingly working something out whilst Evorio scoffs "What are you doing?" he asks "Look at them Evorio...there not real people, sure the physical appearances are pretty perfect but some of these people look long dead, not to mention the eyes and frankly...they smell" Shane says like he's some kind of detective. "They're fake, that's why they're so perfect!" Evorio says, Shane nods approaching Fenris who seems saddened "Mr Shane, your being bit of a sod here" Shane shrugs "I could be but that's not my style so I'm thinking what would happen if I was to uncover the truth" Evorio has his hand on his sword just in case "Just so you know, we're outnumbered" however this gets no response. Shane moves towards the body of Shane Eyoho "You see when I see someone in trouble or close to death my compassion takes over so when I see something like this" he points to Shane Eyoho "It just makes me wanna do this" he then puts his hands on Shane Eyoho's head and because they are the same person in essence, several things happen - firstly Shane receives some of Shane Eyoho's memories from the attack this is followed by Shane Eyoho's constant investigating of a conspiracy surrounding the Drunken Hound and finally all these people with snow white eyes around him.

Whilst this is happening, The Drunken Hound patrons' arms go limp and their heads tilt to one side as if their being disabled by this memory link - the same goes for Tirnel by the portal who is about to attack Lamashtu again - Lamashtu waves his hands in front of Tirnel but she doesn't react so in a very reckless move Lamashtu jumps into the portal. Shane finishes his memory link with Shane Eyoho, he turns to Evorio "I never want to do that again" as for The Drunken Hound patrons they start to laugh uncontrollably as if they knew this would happen, they applaud sarcastically as they start to spasm "What have you got me doing now?" Evorio asks "Something that's in your ball park lets say and I realize you won't get that saying but roll with it" Shane says rubbing his hands together, Lamashtu suddenly arrives and orders Shane and Evorio to follow him and to run. The Drunken Hound patrons stop their spasm fit and start to transform into ugly mutilated humanoid creatures, Lamashtu seems like he's seen them before as the three of them run with the transformed hound patrons chasing behind.

As for the one possessing the other Tirnel at the portal, a fight ensues for control over Tirnel's body with Tirnel screaming and her eye colour changing between her normal colour and the snow white colour of the creature.

Back with Lamashtu, Shane and Evorio - Lamashtu tells the two a plan and to make a final stand with him, Evorio instead takes them to a place on the outskirts of Wayrest, Evorio then demands answers from Lamashtu saying "If your who I think you are then you have five seconds to explain yourself before I gut you" Lamashtu is amused "But if you do that..." Evorio interrupts Lamashtu "Shut up and talk we have mere minutes." Lamashtu sighs "There called Skinwalkers, folklore from mine and Shane's world - they are associated with witchcraft, we called them the tricksters of the universe simply because they can be anything or anyone at any time" Shane says in response "It makes sense, they found the perfect hunting ground, take the form of a bunch of dead and missing people and then make a cover story for it" Evorio says "How did they get here though?" Before the three can continue with their debate, the Skinwalker pack start banging on the doors around the room their in.

Elsewhere, Tirnel continues to fight for control of her body in a bid to expel the Skinwalker - she crawls over to a table and grabs her "Star Gazer potion" and proceeds to drink it in a hurry. Tirnel's eyes go grey and her outfit turns white, grey and black and her hair goes white and screams as energy emerges from her body seemingly killing the creature possessing her as she proclaims that the Star Gazer has awoken, Tirnel aka Star Gazer looks at the portal to see the Skinwalkers attempt to breech the building Lamashtu, Shane and Evorio are in "Gods help them" she says dryly.

Back with Lamashtu, Shane and Evorio - the trio decide to try and escape through the back - the Skinwalker pack is now outside and howls and screams at the trio who have their backs to the wall, Lamashtu attempts to think of some way to escape but they have no choice but to fight, Shane asks if their ready as he is going to do something incredibly stupid and dangerous and open the door.

The trio prepares for a massive fight as Shane opens the door and the Skinwalker pack floods in - a fight ensues, two Skinwalkers make a move on Evorio but using skill and technique Evorio guts them with great speed - meanwhile Shane uses his lightning abilities to take out a few whilst Lamashtu unleashes a stream of fire on one causing it to incinerate.

The Skinwalkers gain the upper hand after some of them ambush the trio after accessing the attic of the building however after a few minutes of fighting Star Gazer aka Tirnel enters the fight seemingly from nowhere and sarcastically tells them all to "stop lying down on the job" as she launches vines at two creatures that are trying to get in through the roof. The fight continues and just when it looks like the Skinwalkers might win, Lamashtu orders everyone to "SHUT YOUR EYES" and closes his eyes and absorbs most of the heat energy around him, at the same time Star Gazer starts to form a protective bubble over Shane and Evorio and after a few seconds Lamashtu causes a massive explosion that takes out half the pack destroying the building they were in in the process.

The explosion was so powerful it caused Star Gazer to turn back to Tirnel - the four of them look around and notice one Skinwalker is still alive - it takes the form of a young boy around 10 years of age, it looks like he was one of the first victims of the Skinwalkers judging by his injuries - this also seems like a sick game the creature is playing to guilt trip everyone - it then lets out a blood curdling scream "LAMASHTU YOU DID THIS" Lamashtu walks to the boy "No you did" before ordering the creature to change form into something more grown up so the Skinwalker transforms into a copy of him "This will do, why did you come here?" the Skinwalker replies "It's all because of you demon" it mockingly says "Skinwalkers are almost extinct are on your world because of hunters like you demon." Shane then replies "So you thought you'd try somewhere else?" The Skinwalker replies "The pack has needs, it took us many decades to harness the power to access the multiverse but when we did, we wasted little time - we setup shop and we HUNTED and KILLED EVERYONE in COLD BLOOD" it says rather maniacally "And that, ALL THAT, was because this demon here" it says pointing at Lamashtu "Couldn't get the job done" it laughs before Evorio declares he's heard enough and decapitates the creature with his sword.

He then tells Shane and Lamashtu to go back to where they arrived from with Tirnel saying "I can't be here for much longer we need to go" the two agree - Shane offers Evorio a hand shake "You know" Shane begins "I think this world is in safe hands, you look after this place because I don't want to come back" he jokes - Evorio nods "I think after today I need a think about career choices because being chased by monsters is not a profession I wish to uptake" Evorio shakes Shane's hand but doesn't even consider saying anything to Lamashtu - he does however holds Tirnel's hands in his own for a brief period and tells her to give them a right hook for him if Shane or Lamashtu misbehave which she gladly agrees to.

Shane, Lamashtu and Tirnel then depart for the portal and walk through it shortly after - Lamashtu makes a passing remark "I didn't like that guy" and Shane replies "You don't like anyone." Once they have returned to their world, Tirnel is quick to send Lamashtu back to where he came from and walks up to Shane "So let me get this straight I told you to walk into basically a death trap and you somehow still live" Shane nods "Yeah that sounds about right" he says "I think I need a new career choice" he then asks "So what do you want to do now?" Tirnel replies "Don't try that, your going back home you moron" Shane wants to reply but doesn't and just accepts it as he walks through another portal to get home he looks back to see Tirnel teasing him pretending to have clawed hands "Don't make me chase you home" she says like she's serious - Shane, taking this literally, proceeds to leave.

Upon arriving back home, Shane finds a case file on a table of a man in Siberia that allegedly killed a group of bandits in brutal fashion with Torchwood (the organization Shane works for) demanding a full investigation - Shane looks at the case file with interest but also panic as he has never seen a case like this before - he turns the page of the case file to find the House of Akavir crest on it before closing it promptly and walking away.

## Characters

* Shane
* Lamashtu
* Evorio of Akavir
* Tirnel Gilorndes
* "Fenris Bade" (Skinwalker disguise)
* "Domial" (Skinwalker disguise)
* "Kyra Leith" (Skinwalker disguise, possibly the Alpha Skinwalker but unconfirmed)