Quiver In Death/Dialogues

**You are now experiencing the story in third-person view**

At The William, Ann Bonny’s ship, Vicci and his fellow soldiers were locked up in a cell...

* + Captain (pissed): Great! Just great! First, we were attacked! Next, we let our prisoner escape! And now they have us locked up!

* + Niilo (nervous): What do you think they are going to do to us?

* + Captain (eye rolling): You heard what that hag said! They’ll sell us off like slaves!

* + Niilo (panicking): Oh god.... I can already imagine what activities they’ll make us do-

* + Vicci (yawning): Chin up! Maybe they’ll just sell us to pimps and they turn us into sex workers! At least, that’s the best case scenario...

* + Niilo (shocked): How are you not one bit fazed out by all us, Vicci?

* + Vicci (eye rolling): Because freaking out isn’t going to get us out of here, Niilo!

* + Soldiers (Soldier 1; laughing): Yeah! You’re a soldier, Niilo! So quite acting like a lass and man up!

* + Vicci (serious): Hush! Someone is coming!

Right then, two pirates came up. A handsome slim pirate and with him is a muscular man, 6 feet 6 inches tall carrying a bucket with him....

* + Jack and Cordaro (Jack; smirking): Ahoy! You must be our new prisoners. I hope your cell doesn’t feel too packed, I could put you in different cells if you feel uncomfortable...

* + Captain (holding his anger): No thanks, we prefer to stick together, right guys?

* + Soldiers (serious): Yeah! Right!

* + Soldiers (Soldier 2; curious): Niilo, Vicci? Aren’t you two going to say anything?

* + Vicci (yawning): Eh... I’m fine with my cell. Niilo?

* + Niilo (holding his tears): I- I...

* + Jack and Cordaro (Jack; false sympathy): Now... There’s nothing to be afraid of... I’m not here to hurt you... Don’t cry...

* + Niilo (furious): I’m not crying! Who are you and what do you want from us?

* + Jack and Cordaro (Jack; raising his hat): Oh my! It seems like I forgot my courtesies, my name is John Rackham, but I’m sure Calico Jack seems more familiar to you...

* + Captain (serious): Calico Jack... The infamous pirate. The captain of the ship, Ann Bonny is your wife?

* + Soldiers (Soldier 1; laughing): Well well... Seems like someone’s getting emasculated! Haha-

* + Jack and Cordaro (Jack; furious): SILENCE!

* + Jack and Cordaro (Jack; grinning): Forgive me for raising my voice... Anyway, where were we.. Oh yeah! You were asking what I came here for...

* + Jack and Cordaro (Jack; innocent smirk): Well... I’d like to ask you to take off your clothes...

* + Niilo (shocked): Take off our clothes?! B-but we’re not wearing underwear!

* + Soldiers (Soldier; grinning): And what’s the problem with that? Have your balls not dropped yet?

* + Niilo (angry): Shut up!

* + Vicci (shrugging his shoulders): Anyway, what do you even want us to take our clothes off for? You already have our weapons...

* + Jack and Cordaro (Jack; innocent smirk): Oh... You know much people would pay for silk, gold and leather. Since you didn’t have any loot on you, Ann thought you may like to help us out by having your clothes sold...

* + Captain (furious): Over my dead body! It’s bad enough you have us locked up! I won’t have you make us sleep cold at night!

* + Jack and Cordaro (Jack; grinning): As you wish... Cordaro, you know what you have to do...

* + Jack and Cordaro (Cordaro; smiling): With pleasure...

Cordaro then scoops the bucket over the prisoner, which turned out to be full of leeches...

* + Niilo (shocked): Ah!!! What is that?!

* + Vicci (shocked): Leeches!

* + Niilo (panicking): Ah! Get it off me! Get if off me!

* + Captain (serious): We need to take off of clothes!

And so the prisoners take off their clothes and started removing and killing the leeches on their body...

* + Soldiers (Soldier 1; scared): Are they gone?!

* + Soldiers (Soldier 2; shocked): No! There’s one on your neck!

* + Jack and Cordaro (Jack; whistling): Don’t mind me... I’m just going to take that...

Jack and Cordaro take the prisoners’ clothes and go back to the deck...

* + Captain (pissed): Damn it! Now we have to find a way to get warm at night!

* + Soldiers (Soldier 2; awkward grin): Maybe they’ll fetch us some of their rags... I mean, there’s no way they’ll bring sick slaves for the trade...

* + Soldiers (Soldier 1; grinning): Damn Vicci! They say Italian men pack, but that’s one huge-

* + Vicci (pissed): Hey! Keep your eyes on someone else!

* + Soldiers (Soldier 1; innocent smirk): Ok, Fineee.... So.. Niilo...

* + Niilo (looking down; sweating): ....

* + Soldiers (Soldier 1; confused): Hello? From Earth to Niilo, can you hear me?

* + Captain (concerned): Niilo, you’re being surprisingly silent since the pirates left, is something wron-

The soldiers all look at Niilo and realize he forgot to to remove one leech from his body, which is sucking the blood from his crotch area...

* + Captain (shocked): Oh my god-

* + Niilo (shocked; looking at his hand which is covered with his blood): I-

* + Niilo (fainting): ...

* + Captain (panicking): Niilo!

The soldiers all gather around Niilo....

* + Soldiers (Soldier 2; worried): Is he okay?!

* + Captain (serious): Yeah, his d-

The scene switches to Eva El Reina.....

* + Eva (twirling her hair): You got me spinnin’ like a ballerina...

* + Eva (affectionate): You're the bad boy that I always dreamed of!

* + Eva (seductive smirk): You're the king and, baby, I'm the queen of....

* + Eva (singing): Disaster! Disaster! Oh Oh Oh! Oh Oh Oh-

Back to Captain...

* + Captain (serious): -k is still intact, I can feel the tubes in his sack. No major, life-changing injuries, can be healed with bandaging...

* + Soldier (Soldier 1; doing a O.K hand sign; grinning): Are you sure about that, Cap? I don’t see nothing down here...

* + Captain (pissed): This is not the time for jokes!

* + Soldier (Soldier 1; eye rolling): Chill... You’re acting like he was bit by a scorpion, it’s just a leech! Here, you can stop the blood with my bandana if it makes you feel better...

While the others are freaking out, Vicci is busy observing the ship window...

* + Vicci (thinking): Hmm...

* + Soldier 2 (blushing): Vicci, what are you doing?

* + Vicci (curious): I’m observing... Do you know how to swim?

* + Soldier 2 (chuckling): Yeah... But if you’re suggesting that we jump out of the window, I don’t think it will work... Not even Niilo can fit through that hole!

* + Vicci (displeased): You’ve got a point...

* + Soldier 2 (covering his face): I hope we find a way out of here... My boyfriend will wonder shy I’m back and I’m sure he won’t wait for me before moving on with another soldier....

* + Soldier 2 (blushing): You didn’t hear anything, ok? I don’t want to end up like Szymon...

* + Vicci (neutral): I’m pretty sure Szymon wasn’t punished for that, but sure, I won’t snitch...

Meanwhile at Southern France, *The Hamilton Laurent Crew* arrived to Artemis’ hideout after half an hour of following Ling and Ginny...

* + Ginny (smiling): And here we are! I can’t wait to introduce you to the huntresses! I’m sure they’ll be pleased to meet you!

* + Ling and Bambi (Ling; crossing her arms): Ginny, nobody is meeting anyone until we get Artemis’ word for it!

* + Ginny (awkward grin): Ling, I think you’re acting too untrusting.... I’m sure our guests have no bad intentions, right?

* + Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; eye rolling): Of course not! Do we look stupid enough and dare attack a freaking goddess?!

* + Madelina, Chet and Chase (Chase; crossing her arms): Yeah, plus you’re the one’s with a weapon on your hands...

* + Ginny (sweet smile): See?

* + Ling and Bambi (Ling; pissed): Listen Ginny, I’m not letting your naivety put our pack in danger! So instead of wasting time defending these strangers, get your ass in the hobbit, tell Artemis that we found the stag and there are people waiting to speak with her!

* + Ginny (saluting): I’m on it!

Ginny gets in the hobbit, leaving the group with Ling...

* + Ophelia and Mia (Mia; sweating): So... While your friend is off calling for Artemis, where exactly do we have to wait?

* + Ling and Bambi (Ling; crossing her arms): You wait outside here...

* + Yoyo and Zachary (Yoyo; tired): But we’ve been hiking for hours, we really need a place to sit on...

* + Ling and Bambi (Ling; eye rolling): Not my problem. Now I’m going to go and tie that stag back to his chariot, I’ll be back as quick as possible. DO NOT MOVE!

Ling leaves to tie Bambi and the crew is left alone...

* + Yoyo and Zachary (Zachary; displeased): Talk about hospitality! I sure hope this woman doesn’t speak for the huntresses of Artemis!

* + Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; chuckling): You know you are doing something wrong when even Zachary’s critiquing you!

* + Madelina, Chet and Chase (Chase; eye rolling): She probably does. I mean... A pack consisting of only women? Definitely getting feminist vibes from them!

* + Ophelia and Mia (Mia; eye rolling): Chase, is that your name? What is it up with you and feminists? I mean... Don’t get me wrong, some of the things the ideology preaches is straight bullshit, but at that rate you sound like a fucking incel...

* + Ophelia and Mia (Ophelia; thinking): Yeah.. Besides, you forgot we met another huntress too: Renée Diouf and she seems pretty nice...

* + Hasuro and Maverick (Hasuro; serious): Yeah! I hope the huntresses will be more like that Ginny girl than Ling!

* + Madelina, Chet and Chase (Madelina; impatient): Ugh... How long are they going to make us wait? I seriously could use sitting next to a fireplace right now!

* + Ophelia and Mia (Mia; eye rolling): Jesus, Madelina! Be patient! Ginny only just entered the hobbit three minutes ago!

* + Yoyo and Zachary (Yoyo; shrugging het shoulders): To be fair, I’m pretty sure she already told the huntresses that we’re present, they’re just keeping us out as they don’t trust u-

Suddenly the crew heard a scream of pain from a distance and the sounds of stags urping...

* + Ophelia (shocked): Are you hearing that Mia? Someone got hurt?

* + Mia (shocked): I can also here stags! Ling must be in danger!

* + Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; grinning): I say that we leave her...

* + Mia (pissed): Rick! We are guests to the huntresses and if we expect them to trust it, we need to show a good image! Guys, lets go and help her out!

*You are now playing as Mia Loukas*

## Chapter 1

* Investigate the stable (Victim identified: Wu Ling)

* + Yoyo and Zachary (Zachary; shocked): Holy Fucking Moly! Looks like our guide is down!

* + Madelina, Chet and Chase (Madelina; horrified): OMG!! Is she okay?

* + Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; eye rolling): Oh yeah... She’s just having her beauty sleep... DOES SHE LOOK OK TO YOU?!

* + Ophelia (biting her nails): Ok, guys... T-there’s nothing to freak out about, we just need to get away before a huntress accuses us of mur-

* + Ginny (sweet smile): There you are! For a second I was worried that you lef-

* + Ginny (shocked): Ah! Ling! What happened to her?

* + Ophelia (shocked): Look! We found her like that! We swear tha-

* + Artemis (hand on hip): Can someone tell me what the fuck is going o-

* + Artemis (pissed): In the name of my father, that’s exactly why we shouldn’t trust you with bringing people over, Renée! Get back in the hobbit!

* + Ginny (sad): Yes, Milady...

* + Artemis (serious): You bunch better have good reasons to defend what I’m seeing, or I’ll make sure you meet the tip of my arrows!

* Defend yourselves from Artemis’ wrath (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the stable)

* + Ophelia (shocked): Lady Artemis, I’m not sure if you’ll be convinced, but we DID NOT murder Ling! She left us to tie the stag back to his chariot and we followed her after hearing her scream and there she was! Dead!

* + Artemis (hand on hips): Did you happen to see her assassin get away?

* + Ophelia (sweating): No Milady, we told you... We weren’t at the murder scen-

* + Artemis (pissed): So how do you expect me to trust your word for it when you can’t even give me the killer’s name?

* + Ophelia (blushing): We can look for her killer if you’d like us to, we wouldn’t mind if it’ll help clear our name...

* + Artemis (crossing her arms): I don’t like the idea of allowing suspects to handle a murder. But fine, I’ll let you prove your innocence... In ONE condition.

* + Artemis (pissed): I don’t want any of the males to participate in the investigation, I have no faith in them!

* + Hasuro and Maverick (both shocked): WHAT?!

* + Madelina, Chet and Chase (Chase; eye rolling): What a surprise! The cult leader’s a misandrist, what did I tell you guys?

* + Yoyo and Zachary (Zachary; sweating): Lady Artemis, I have no problem with being dissociated with the investigation, but.... Both out lab and weapon experts are males and it would be difficult to conduct a murder investigation without them...

* + Artemis (hand on hips): Not my problem. I want all the males in the hobbit where you would be supervised for suspicious activities. The girls can come too if that helps too. I want the killer caught before sunset or all of you will be up for punishment!

Artemis enters the hobbit with the males....

* + Ophelia (holding her head): Just what we need.... Madelina?

* + Madelina (blushing): Yes, Ophelia...

* + Ophelia (curious): How good are you at your three sciences?

* + Madelina (awkward grin): I got an A at Physics, a B at Chemistry and C in Biology, is that good enough?

* + Ophelia (covering her face): Thank you, please go to the hobbit with the boys...

* + Ophelia (crossing her arms): Well girl... I guess it’s just the three of us then, I hope the lab work won’t be too much for you, Yoyo...

* + Yoyo (covering her face): I’ll try my best to help in the investigation, but I doubt I’d do well...

* + Ophelia (serious): Thanks. Mia, I think we should take Artemis’ advice and go search the hobbit for suspects and maybe even clues on the killer!

* Investigate the hobbit (Pre-request: Defend yourselves from Artemis’ wrath)

* + Ophelia (thinking): The earrings in that box look like Ginny’s. Ginny... You know we should really try speaking with her, she’s the last person we saw talking with Ling after all...

* + Ophelia (curious): Did you find anything else? An Ancient Chinese warrior uniform? Do you think it’s the victim’s? Wu Ling sounds like a Chinese na-

* + Ming (pissed): Hey! How many times do I have to say no touching? It took me hours to polish it and if I see a spot, I’m making you clean it yourselves!

* + Ophelia (shocked): Ok ok! We we’ll stay away. What are you doing here anyway? I thought the huntresses only fired women!

* + Ming (crossing his arms): I live here, the huntresses are merely guests at my home...

* + Ophelia (thinking): So you’re the hobbit owner? I’m afraid we have to speak with you sir...

* Ask Ming if he knew the victim (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the hobbit)

* + Ophelia (impressed): You have a really great sense of architecture, sir. Judging by the similar dimensions the armor has to your body, I’m assuming you’re not from this generation.

* + Ming (grinning): Thank you and you’re correct, I used to be a soldier back at the Song dynasty. Was an archer but eventually got promoted to the cavalry...

* + Ophelia (curious): That’s cool! Seeing that both of came from Ancient China, I was wondering if you happen to know Wu Ling. She’s one of the huntresses...

* + Ming (smirking): I wouldn’t make such assumptions if I were you, China is a long-living empire with many dynasties, our generations could be hundreds or even thousands of years apart. But judging by her uniform, I could tell she’s a Song...

* + Ming (curious): Unfortunately, I never got the pleasure of meeting her. Most of the huntresses seem to keep their distance from me, except for the kid with the two-buns. Anyway, why are you questioning me about that woman?

* + Ophelia (serious): Because that woman was found murdered outside next to a chariot!

* + Ming (shocked): In the name of Buddha! Murdered? You can’t be serious?

* + Ming (sympathetic): The poor girl... I may not have met her, but I wish you luck on finding the monster responsible for her early death...

* Ask Ginny about her relationship with the victim (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the hobbit)

* + Ginny (sweating): Ophelia! I didn’t see you and your friend coming!

* + Ophelia (blushing): Ginny... You know that we didn’t kill Ling? Right?

* + Ginny (awkward grin): Y-yes and I believe you... I just got startled by anything and anyone. I’m not scared of you or anything...

* + Ophelia (curious): Good. Also, what are you doing?

* + Ginny (innocent smirk): Oh! Nothing... Artemis just told me to polish her hiking boots.. This is her punishment for me over what just happened...

* + Ophelia (pissed): She can’t do that! She doesn’t even know if we killed Ling or not!

* + Ginny (curious): That’s what I wanted to tell her, but I didn’t want to get myself in any more trouble for talking back. By the way, what did you want to speak with me about?

* + Ophelia (curious): We were just wondering... What did you think of Ling as person?

* + Ginny (pissed): With all honestly, I didn’t like her at all, she was always so mean to me and reminded me of what a terrible huntress I am!

* + Ginny (sad): But I never wanted her to die, I just wished she could’ve been nicer to me...

* + Ginny (smiling): Anyway, I hope that you find her killer and prove Artemis wrong for pointing fingers on you!

* Autopsy victim’s body (Killer attribute: Killer practices archery; Killer attribute: Killer is 5 feet 4 inches tall)

* + Ophelia (sympathetic): Yoyo, I hope you’re not facing a lot of trouble autopsying the body...

* + Yoyo (holding her head): I mean... It’s not my usual analysis... But I think I managed....

* + Yoyo (serious): First of all, I’m going to state the obvious here. The bow and arrow isn’t an easy weapon to use and it needs a lot of practice to kill with!

* + Ophelia (serious): We already know that, what else did you find?

* + Yoyo (thinking): Well... Maverick taught me how to figure out where an arrow is shot from based of its angle and I believe that it was shot from ground level....

* + Yoyo (serious): And assuming that the killer was aiming at the neck. They must be the same height as the victim, maybe a few inches taller or shorter. But what’s important is that they are approximately standing at 5 feet 4 inches tall!

* + Ophelia (glad): So our killer is a bit of a dwarf. Thank you Yoyo! Mia, lets list that in their profile!

Later...

* + Ophelia (serious): Alright Mia, first of all we know that all the suspects are skilled with archery. Ginny being a huntress, Ming dealing with a bow and arrow at the Chinese army and Artemis... Well.. Being the literal goddess of archery!

* + Ophelia (thinking): So far, the only suspect that doesn’t look the same height as the victim is Ginny, but Yoyo did say we should approximate-

* + Ginny (smiling): Ophelia! I’ve been searching for you everywhere! How is the investigation going?

* + Ophelia (curious): We’re still a bit far from finding the killer, do you want help with something?

* + Ginny (awkward grin): No no no... It’s just... I came because I forgot to mention that this isn’t the first time Ling got attacked today....

## Chapter 2

* + Ophelia (serious): Alright Mia, first of all we know that all the suspects are skilled with archery. Ginny being a huntress, Ming dealing with a bow and arrow at the Chinese army and Artemis... Well.. Being the literal goddess of archery!

* + Ophelia (thinking): So far, the only suspect that doesn’t look the same height as the victim is Ginny, but Yoyo did say we should approximate-

* + Ginny (smiling): Ophelia! I’ve been searching for you everywhere! How is the investigation going?

* + Ophelia (curious): We’re still a bit far from finding the killer, do you want help with something?

* + Ginny (awkward grin): No no no... It’s just... I came because I forgot to mention that this isn’t the first time Ling got attacked today....

* + Ophelia (shocked): You mean someone tried to kill her earlier? Ok, we need more explanation on that!

* Ask Ginny where Ling was attacked (1 star)

* + Ophelia (serious): Ok Ginny, can you tell us what happened and where exactly did Ling’s near-death experience take place...

* + Ginny (blushing): It all happened at the river near the waterfalls. Ling was having a bath and I was washing the mud on my boots from a distance....

* + Ginny (shocked): After I was done, I checked to see if Ling finished bathing and I saw an arrow about to hit the back of her neck!

* + Ginny (biting her nails): If I wasn’t there to warn Ling of the arrow, she could’ve gotten killed!

* + Ophelia (serious): An arrow! The same weapon used to kill her, the person at the waterfalls and her killer must be the same person! Thank you for the information, Ginny!

* + Ginny (smiling): You’re welcome! If you need anymore help, just tell me!

* + Ophelia (blushing): Umm... Ginny....

* + Ginny (puppy eyes): Yes?

* + Ophelia (concerned): What’s that mark on your neck? The one behind the necklace?

* + Ginny (sweating): Mark? What mark? I- I have to go, Artemis will wonder where I am-

* + Ophelia (shocked): Ginny! Wait-

* + Ophelia (covering her face): Uh.. I’ll ask her about it later, first lets go to the place she told us about and see if there’s anything we could find....

* Investigate the waterfall (Pre-request: Ask Ginny where Ling was attacked)

* + Ophelia (serious): That must be the arrow the killer tried to kill Ling with, there’s a substance on it, lets examine the arrow and collect a sample of it!

* + Ophelia (disgusted): Ugh! You think we should look through this pile of moss? Save it for yourself... What else did you find?

* + Ophelia (confused): Why are these flowers randomly here next to the river?

* + Ophelia (serious): Oh! That’s a flower crown! And you say it belongs to a dryad named Rubarae? Lets speak with her then!

* Talk to Rubarae (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the waterfall)

* + Lancelot (crossing her arms): Mother, why do I have to learn archery? Why can’t I go play with Max and Koda?!

* + Rubarae (serious): Lancelot, I told you several times as the forest’s protector, you have no time for child play! I need to make sure that you master every survival skill before the dawn of your 50th birthday!

* + Lancelot (pissed): But what if I don’t even want to be the protector? I’ll be dead before I even inherit the title anyway!

* + Rubarae (pissed): Don’t say that! You don’t know what could happen to me tomorrow or the next year! LANCELOT LANE! Get back in here!

* + Rubarae (covering her face): *sigh*

* + Ophelia (blushing): Are we interrupting anything?

* + Rubarae (crossing her arms): It’s you again, I wonder what you’re still doing here, have you found the goddess?

* + Ophelia (crossing her arms): We did, but unfortunately we have to prove our innocence to her because one of her huntresses was murdered...

* + Rubarae (covering her face): I can’t say I’m not surprised, if you’re basing your life killing other creations of the gods, you are doomed to pay the price...

* + Ophelia (curious): We found your flower crown near the river and we were wondering if you happened to meet a huntress dressed like a Chinese Song warrior....

* + Rubarae (confused): Song? Do you mean like a singing warrior or something or that sort?

* + Rubarae (eye rolling): Honestly, I don’t know what you are talking about, but no I have not crossed paths with any hunters, fortunately. Now if you mind, I have to go to my rice farm and brew some wine...

* + Search pile of moss (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the waterfall)

* + Ophelia (thinking): So beneath the moss you found a bottle, and look! There’s a name!

* + Ophelia (serious): The person who owns the bottle is called Marigold Carson, she must be a hiker! Lets go look for her!

* Talk to Marigold Carson (1 star; Pre-request: Search pile of moss)

* + Ophelia (curious): Hey miss... Are you Marigold Carson?

* + Marigold (winking): Yep, that’s me! Social media’s biggest sensation! It’s great to meet fans all around the globe, wanna take a selfie with me?

* + Ophelia (blushing): Actually we are here for something a tad bit more serious.... There was a murder in the forest...

* + Marigold (shocked): OMG! That’s like... Totes not cool! I hope the cops are working on finding the killer!

* + Ophelia (curious): Actually we are the investigators here and we were wondering if you met a woman named Wu Ling by the river...

* + Marigold (blushing): Wu Ling? That’s Asian, right? I saw an Asian woman swimming naked at the waterfalls and I GTFO. I didn’t imagine that someone was trying to kill her...

* + Marigold (winking): It was nice talking to you, but I have to take pictures of my trip for my followers. If I saw anything fishy I’ll notify you. TTYLXOX.

* Examine arrow (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the waterfalls)

* + Ophelia (sympathetic): You know Mia, I don’t want to overwork Yoyo... How about we analyze the substance by ourself using the microscope and see what it is?

* Identify clear substance (1 star; Pre-request: Examine arrow)

* + Ophelia (thinking): So the substance is a mix of alcohol and wine, known ingredients of a common liquor from China called “rice wine”....

* + Ophelia (serious): The victim was Chinese but seeing that the arrow was stuck on the ground still, I don’t believe she touched it. So lets make a note that our killer drinks rice wine!

Later...

* + Ophelia (thinking): Mia, my memory isn’t strong but didn’t Rubarae mention “going to her rice farm to make wine”. I think it’s wise to guess she was referring to rice wine...

* + Ophelia (smiling): Also, what do you say about taking another look at the hobbit? Perhaps we could learn more about our victim there!

* Investigate the fireplace area

* + Ophelia (explaining): I know what that is. It’s a harness, something that is used to tame animals!

* + Ophelia (thinking): There’s something written there, I believe we should recover it and see who this belongs to...

* Recover name on harness (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the fireplace area)

* + Ophelia (thinking): I don’t know what’s written on this... In fact, I have no idea what language that is. Maybe Yoyo could help us out?

* Send harness to Yoyo (1 star; Pre-request: Recover name on harness)

* + Ophelia (curious): Yoyo, did you identify what language is the text written in?

* + Yoyo (smiling): Well, yes! It turned out to written in the Mongol script and it reads “Wu Ming, Property of The Great Khan”!

* + Ophelia (confused): Wu Ming? Don’t you mean Ling? I never thought she was a slave for the Mongols, did they even allow woman in battles back then?

* + Yoyo (blushing): I don’t know... This is what the script translates to, I guess they didn’t write her name correctly...

* + Ophelia (thinking): I guess so too, or-

* + Ophelia (shocked): Wait! We know a man named Ming and now that I think of it, he has the same exact face as the victim but male! Could his name be Wu Ming, is he somehow related to the victim?!

* + Ophelia (serious): We need to question him about this!

* Ask Ming about his relations to Ling (1 star; Pre-request: Send harness to Yoyo)

* + Ming (smiling): You know, one thing that I definitely won’t trade for the old days, are these footwear! The one’s are remember were made of wood and painful to wear, these hiking boots are a great comfort!

* + Ophelia (thinking): Life in the Song dynasty must be really difficult, we found that harness and we believe it is yours...

* + Ming (pissed): Yes. I was caught by the Mongols during one of my battles and was enslaved by General Subutai, his wife Tangzi Khatun made me wear those and work my ass into making her wine fountain function...

* + Ophelia (curious): As much as I’m interested in hearing your story on your experience, what really caught our attention from the harness is your full name “Wu Ming”, it just... sounded too familiar to our victim’s name...

* + Ming (crossing his arms): Because the truth is... Ling is my younger twin sister....

* + Ophelia (shocked): She’s your sister?! You failed to mention this when we first spoke to you...

* + Ming (covering his face): I hid it because it seemed to me that Ling wanted nothing to do with me....

* + Ming (sad): I immediately recognized Ling when I saw her come in, but she looked different... The Ling I remember before getting taken by the Mongols looked happy and cheerful, but this one looked miserable and cold-blooded...

* + Ming (holding his head): I wanted to speak with her, too see how she is feeling. But first, I wanted to recognize me, to see if she was happy to see after all these years, but she didn’t even bat an eye on me....

* + Ming (sympathetic): So I didn’t even bother speaking with her, I assumed she must have heard that her husband died in battle by now and that’s why she looks this way, I didn’t want my appearance to trigger painful memories of her wedding day, the last she saw of me and her husband...

Later. Ophelia, Mia and Yoyo decided to sit on the table to see how the boys are doing...

* + Yoyo (sweet smile): Did you guys miss us?

* + Hasuro and Maverick (both playing mahjong; Maverick): What were you saying? Didn’t realize you were here?

* + Yoyo (eye rolling): Haha. Look! It wasn’t up to us to remove you from the investigation, ok?

* + Hasuro and Maverick (both playing mahjong; Hasuro): Whatever... I hope that you managed to carry the investigation without us...

* + Zachary (curious): Speaking of the investigation, how well are you doing?

* + Ophelia (thinking): So far actually so good! We know that the killer knows archery, which four of our suspects seem to match!

* + Chet and Chase (Chase; eye rolling): Really? That’s it?! Obviously the killer would know that, the bitch was literally killed by an arrow!

* + Ophelia (crossing her arms): Silence! I’m not done. We also know that the killer is 5 feet 4 inches tall and that they drink rice wine. Unfortunately, the only person who we know drinks this so far is Rubara-

Suddenly Madelina approaches the table...

* + Madelina (smiling): Hey, guys! Just came back from sitting next to the fireplace, how do you think I look?

* + Hasuro and Maverick (Hasuro; blushing): Are we supposed to see a difference?

* + Madelina (crossing her arms): Chet?

* + Chet and Chase (Chase; sweating): That um... Y-you didn’t have a bucket of water scooped over you....?

* + Madelina (smiling): THANK YOU! You know exactly what to say to make me happy!

* + Chet and Chase (Chet; blushing): I-I’m glad I-I helped...

Ming then approaches their table with china glasses filled with a clear liquid...

* + Madelina (seductive smile): Well well... How come I haven’t noticed you... What’s your name?

* + Ming (uncomfortable): Ming. Wu Ming.

* + Madelina (fluttering her lashes): You got me wooed, Mr Wu. Is there anyway we could help you... Particularly, me...

* + Ming (serious): No thank you. I’m actually here to ask if you’d like me to serve you some rice wine...

* + Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; disgusted): Eh... I’ll pass, I’d rather have some moonshine...

* + Ming (curious): What about the others?

* + Yoyo (shaking her head): No thanks.

* + Artemis (serious): Mr Ming! I’d like a refill!

* + Zachary (winking): I guess that makes three people fit your last attribute...

* + Ming (curtseying): This is my call, tell me if you need anything, it’s on the house..

* + Madelina (seductive smirk): Mr Wuuuuuu...

* + Ming (sweating): Anything I could help you with? We don’t want to keep the goddess waiting...

* + Madelina (winking): Before you leave the table, I just wanted to give you this...

Madelina fetches Ming a note...

* + Ming (confused): What is that, miss?

* + Madelina (innocent smirk): It’s my number, you know... So we can chat through the telephone if I had to leave back home...

* + Ming (blushing): I don’t know what a telephone is, but thank you, I guess?

Ming leaves the table....

* + Madelina (giggling): Hehe....

* + Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; crossing his arms): Honestly, Madz? Do you have to act that way whenever a guy with a slightly decent jawline shows up?

* + Madelina (shrugging her shoulders): Hey! I don’t see the problem, my friend dating a Chinese man before and she said he was great!

* + Madelina (awkward grin): Except she advised me to do it on a chair for some reason...

* + Ophelia (covering her face): Madelina, I’m not one to judge someone’s lifestyle, but Rick has a point. You don’t need to open your legs for everyone handsome man in your view...

* + Madelina (angry): For YOUR information, I DO NOT open my legs to every guy, because I have been A VIRGIN FOR ALL 19 YEARS OF MY LIFE!

Madelina said that in a voice that made everyone in the hobbit hear her..

* + Artemis (curious): Have I heard the word “virgin”?

* + Hasuro and Maverick (both shocked): ...

* + Yoyo and Zachary (both shocked): ...

* + Chet and Chase (both shocked; Chase): Well Chet... It seems like maybe you have a chance after all...

* + Madelina (tapping on her phone; holding her anger): Honestly, the nerve of some people. As if manners don’t exist anymore...

* + Ophelia (shocked): Madelina, look, I’m sorry? I-I didn’t mean to slut-shame yo-

* + Madelina (holding her phone; chuckling): Hehehe..

* + Ophelia (confused): Madelina, why are you laughing?

* + Madelina (holding her laughter): Oh! It’s just a video I got recommended in InstaPi-

* + Madelina (shocked): Wait?! Isn’t this that Ling bitch?!

* + Ophelia (shocked): Ling? Wu Ling?! Give me the phone, Madelina...

Start of video...

* + Marigold (smiling): Hello, Carson fam. As you see, I’m the French countryside, I’m really close to the alps, and here I have a bottle which I filled with water from that river...

* + Marigold (warm smile): I’m going to drink it and tell you how it tastes...

* + Marigold (drinks water): ...

* + Marigold (spits out water): ...

* + Marigold (disgusted): Eek! WTF? It tastes like soap!

* + Ling (bathing): *humming*

* + Marigold (angry): HEY! You!

* + Ling (crossing her arms): What?! Can’t you seem I’m bathing?

* + Marigold (pissed): That’s the problem! You’re showering in a river!

* + Ling (confused): So? That’s how we did it back in my times!

* + Marigold (serious): I don’t care what generation you’re from! You can’t do that?

* + Ling (pissed): Says who? You don’t own the river! The water is free for anyone to do whatever they want from it!

* + Marigold (pissed): This isn’t about whether its free or not, you’re putting the flora and fauna in danger by polluting their water source!

* + Ling (angry): You’re the one who’ll be in danger if you don’t get out of my sight!

* + Marigold (insulted): Is that supposed to be a threat?

* + Ling (pulls out her bow and arrow; serious): No, it was supposed to be a warning!

* + Marigold (shocked): Ah!!!

The video ends...

## Chapter 3

* + Madelina (holding her phone; chuckling): Hehehe..

* + Ophelia (confused): Madelina, why are you laughing?

* + Madelina (holding her laughter): Oh! It’s just a video I got recommended in InstaPi-

* + Madelina (shocked): Wait?! Isn’t this that Ling bitch?!

* + Ophelia (shocked): Ling? Wu Ling?! Give me the phone, Madelina...

Start of video...

* + Marigold (smiling): Hello, Carson fam. As you see, I’m the French countryside, I’m really close to the alps, and here I have a bottle which I filled with water from that river...

* + Marigold (warm smile): I’m going to drink it and tell you how it tastes...

* + Marigold (drinks water): ...

* + Marigold (spits out water): ...

* + Marigold (disgusted): Eek! WTF? It tastes like soap!

* + Ling (bathing): *humming*

* + Marigold (angry): HEY! You!

* + Ling (crossing her arms): What?! Can’t you seem I’m bathing?

* + Marigold (pissed): That’s the problem! You’re showering in a river!

* + Ling (confused): So? That’s how we did it back in my times!

* + Marigold (serious): I don’t care what generation you’re from! You can’t do that?

* + Ling (pissed): Says who? You don’t own the river! The water is free for anyone to do whatever they want from it!

* + Marigold (pissed): This isn’t about whether its free or not, you’re putting the flora and fauna in danger by polluting their water source!

* + Ling (angry): You’re the one who’ll be in danger if you don’t get out of my sight!

* + Marigold (insulted): Is that supposed to be a threat?

* + Ling (pulls out her bow and arrow; serious): No, it was supposed to be a warning!

* + Marigold (shocked): Ah!!!

The video ends...

* + Ophelia (shocked): That’s Marigold Carson! The mortal girl in our investigation!

* + Ophelia (serious): But she never mentioned getting in a fight with the victim! Let’s go talk to her!

* Ask Marigold about the viral video with the victim (1 star)

* + Ophelia (blushing): Miss Carson, our friend found that.. um... viral video of you and the victim and we wanted to see what you thought of it...

* + Marigold (panicking): I have never faced such a scary experience in my life! I had to react so quickly, if it hadn’t been for my hiking boots I could’ve slipped into the river and died!

* + Marigold (angry): I wish I hadn’t made this whole thing live! I could’ve just not posted it and saved myself the embarrassed, but now it’s stuck in the internet! I’m basically a laughing stock!

* + Marigold (pissed): People are literally making memes of me in 4kun! And ended up in “SJW OWNED 2021” compilations, even though I identify as apolitical! If I had known that lady’s name I would’ve made sure she pays for it!

* + Ophelia (curious): And how would you do that?

* + Marigold (blushing): By calling the cops on her. Not kill her... Obviously...

* + Ophelia (serious): I hope what you’re saying is true, because what happen to you if you turned out guilty could possibly be worse than get turned over to the police. Speaking of the river, I think we should give it another look!

* Investigate the river (Pre-request: Ask Marigold about the viral video with the victim)

* + Ophelia (thinking): That’s a letter from Artemis to Ling and it reads “Ling, you need to act more tame, this attitude will only get you in trouble”..

* + Ophelia (serious): It seems like even Artemis had issues with the way Ling is acting, we need to question her about this. Anything else you found?

* + Ophelia (shocked): Is it just me or the girl on the sign looks a lot like Ling? And there’s a giant red cross over her!

* + Ophelia (serious): Do you believe Rubarae left the sign? If so, she has a lot of explanation for us!

* Confront Rubarae on the sign (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the river)

* + Ophelia (crossing her arms): Rubarae, you claim that didn’t know the victim yet we find a sign you made banning her from the forest?

* + Rubarae (eye rolling): The sign wasn’t directed toward her only, it is supposed to be a warning to all the huntresses, I just took inspiration from her because she’s the worst out of them...

* + Ophelia (confused): But why? What is it with you and the huntresses? Didn’t Artemis use to befriend the nymphs?

* + Rubarae (sad): Yes, but not anymore. You see, nature is slowly dying. In 200, 100 or even 50 years, us nymphs whether dryads, oreads or naiads may go extinct because of humans not caring for the flora and fauna...

* + Rubarae (angry): The huntresses may have been friends to us in the past, but them hunting down animals and messing with the food webs, it helps contribute with bringing us nature spirits closer to our demise!

* + Rubarae (pissed): This is why I put out these signs! They can go hunt in any forest, but I won’t let them touch mine! I will not let them drag my tribe to extinction!

* Question Artemis on what she thought of the victim (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the river)

* + Ophelia (serious): Artemis, when we spoke to you about Ling, you never said you had problems with her?

* + Artemis (biting her lips): This.... I can explain....

* + Artemis (hand on hips): Now don’t get me wrong, I think Ling is one of our best huntresses and the way she acts can be advantageous as it avoids leading the pack into a track. But sometimes.... She takes it too far...

* + Artemis (serious): For example, my father and my twin brother enjoy visiting the pack and flirting with the girls. The other girls, knowing better, pretend to be flattered but Ling... She acts cold toward them, showing them that she has no interest in their advances...

* + Ophelia (confused): And what’s the problem with that? Girls can reject whomever they want, we don’t need to pretend we’re interested in men if we don’t. Isn’t your whole thing about feminism?

* + Artemis (covering her face): Yes... But... The way she acts gets mistaken as superiority, and in a way it comes off as she’s committing hubris. I had to defend her a lot against Apollo and my father, whose egos got bruised from her rejection...

Later...

* + Ophelia (serious): Mia, we know now what every suspect thought about the victim but it’s not enough. We need to learn more about the killer!

* + Ophelia (glad): Good idea! Why don’t we give the chariot another look?

* Investigate the chariot

* + Ophelia (thinking): Look Mia, there’s different set of shoe-prints on the ground. The flat ones seem to be from armor boots, which may have come from the victim...

* + Ophelia (glad): Meaning the other set belongs to the killer and if we identify what shoes they come front we are one step closet in catching them!

* + Stags (Bambi; holding a bow on his mouth): URP!

* + Ophelia  (shocked): That stag that is calling us must be Bambi. And hey! He’s holding something on his mouth!

* + Ophelia (smiling): Oh! It’s a bow! The killer must’ve left it? Thank you, Bambi!

* + Stags (Bambi; smiling): Urp!

* + Ophelia (thinking): Other than... um.. the saliva, I think I see a yellowy sticky substance on the bow...

* + Ophelia (serious): We should try collecting some of the substance and send it to Yoyo for analysis!

* Identify footprints (1 star; Killer attribute: Killer wears hiking boots)

* + Ophelia (thinking): So the footprints we saw on the ground are actually from hiking boots...

* + Ophelia (glad): And we know four suspects who admitted to wearing hiking boots! Mia, lets make a note on it!

* Examine bow (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the chariot)

* + Ophelia (glad): Great! Now that we have the substance on our hands, lets see if Yoyo can identify what it is!

* Send sticky substance to Yoyo (Killer attribute: Killer has eye bags)

* + Yoyo (holding her head): I really hope this is the last piece if analysis I’ll receive today! This is more work that I’m use to in our murder investigations...

* + Ophelia (serious): We’re really close to finding the killer, I know it! Did you figure out what that substance is?

* + Yoyo (innocent smirk): It’s pollen. And from my gardening club experience, I was able to identify it as the chamomile flower pollen!

* + Ophelia (holding her head): Chamomile? None of our suspects talked about that flower, do we have to question them all again?

* + Yoyo (confident): You don’t need that, because from what I learned from the classes, chamomile is known as the best anti-inflammatories, people put it under their eyes to help reduce swelling and make dark circles less noticeable, so you are looking for someone who probably has eye bags!

* + Ophelia (glad): Thank you, Yoyo! Mia, lets write that down in our killer profile!

Later....

* + Ophelia (confident): Mia, it’s still 3:30pm, we have more than enough time to prove our innocence! Lets go arrest the killer!

* Arrest the killer (1 star; Killer arrested: Ming)

* + Ophelia (shocked): Wu Ming?! It you? But how could you murder your sister?

* + Ming (shocked): I would never do that! What kind of sick person do you think I am to hurt my baby sister!

* + Ophelia (crossing her arms): To start with, we know by the angle and the direction the arrow was shot that your sister’s attacker has to be around the same height as her and what better would fit that than her twin brother?

* + Ming (pissed): This is ridiculous! You’re accusing me of murder because the gods made me shorter than most men?

* + Ophelia (serious): We also know that the killer drinks rice wine from the arrow you tried shooting her with earlier that day and we found footprints from your boots near her body!

* + Ming (sweating): We are in a mountainous region, many of the huntresses wear those boots while navigating and I’ve served rice wine to nearly all of the-

* + Ophelia (pissed): But as far as I see, none of them seem to be using chamomile to hide their eye bags! Artemis told us to find the killer if we want to get out of the hobbit alive! So just admit that you killed Ling rather than pinning the murder on us!

* + Ming (shocked): Artemis thinks you killed her? I’ve been waiting near the chariot for half an hour just to kill Ling! I didn’t mean to frame it on you, I swear! I didn’t know you were there! If I knew your life’s on the line, I would’ve confessed to the murder straight away!

* + Ophelia (serious): So now that you came clean, what made you stab your own sister sister in the back?

* + Ming (furious): I did it, because she did it first! I refuse to call her family after what she’s done to my wife!

* + Ophelia (shocked): Your wife? What did Ling do to her?

* + Ming (crossing his arms): Remember when I told you about my slave days and how I was worked to death? The truth is, I did not die in Mongolia!

* + Ming (smiling): During my service as a Mongol slave, I had the pleasure of meeting Ogedei Khan’s daughter, Sürkhakhan. Who was nothing like her father, she was beautiful and just absolutely lovely! She was nice to all the slaves...

* + Ming (in love): Our eyes met, and at night when the city was sleeping, she would come pay me visits and make love to me. When the war between the Songs and the Mongols broke after her sister’s mysterious disappearance, she broke me out of my shackles and we rode a horse all the way back to my home...

* + Ming (covering his face): When we arrived, my whole family were happy to see me. All except Ling, who immediately noticed the beautiful Mongol princess I had brought with me!

* + Ming (sad): I introduced Sürkhakhan to my family. My other sisters accepted her with open arms and my parents showed gratitude to her for saving their only son, by giving me their blessings to marry her. But Ling hated the Mongols for widowing her and went back to her husband’s family and I haven’t seen her until the day of my wedding...

* + Ming (shocked): Just as Sürkhakhan and I were saying our vows, Ling showed up and shot my bride on the back of her neck. She then shot me on the chest before killing all the guests in my wedding, including my parents, grandmother and my other siblings!

* + Ming (tearful): I survived the shot as my sister failed to aim at my heart, but regardless it was broken! I have just witnessed what no soldier should ever see, my wife dying by my arms with a smile reaching her eyes! I couldn’t take the pain of losing my family, after a week I ended my lineage and jumped from the top of a cliff!

* + Ming (sad): Thanks to me acting out of weakness, I didn’t go to the heavens and reunited with my wife, instead I ended up in hell as punishment for my suicide...

* + Ming (serious): But the gods decided to give me a second chance, they brought me back to life and this time I decided to abandon the memories of my previous life and made myself a humble living at a hobbit in Southern France so when I die again, maybe I could see Sürkhakhan again!

* + Ming (crossing his arms): But the fates work in a funny way. A month after I made myself comfortable in my hobbit, the huntresses dropped by and one stood out to me: Ling.

* + Ming (pissed): I tried to avoid her, I wanted to forgot all about Sürkhakhan and what was supposed to be our happy day, but the memories came rushing to me and the voices on my head told me to do one thing: Kill Ling!

* + Ming (grinning): I decided to kill her the same way she killed my Sürkhakhan. Seeing her roll and die gave me a sense of satisfaction. I had my revenge!

* + Ophelia (sympathetic): Ming, no one deserves to have a sister like Ling but by killing her you rid yourself of the only family you have left, you showed yourself as truly her egg-mate and we have no choice but to bring you to Artemis...

At the hobbit...

* + Artemis (hand on hips): As someone who grew up with a twin herself, Apollo and I had many fights but I never imagined ourselves killing one another! How do you plead for your sister’s murder?

* + Ming (serious): Guilty, but I have no regrets. Ling turned her back on me when she came to my wedding, killed my bride and all her family!

* + Artemis (eye rolling): And you thought killing your sister is any better? Wow.... The things we do for love!

* + Artemis (pissed): I think I’ve heard enough. From what I see, you are a lovestruck soldier who chose his lust for a woman over his own flesh and blood. Unfortunately, I can’t kill you as it would look like I approve of your sisters’ actions, but I have another punishment in my mind...

* + Artemis (serious): For killing your own sister, I’ll take you on a trip to Rome with my chariot, I’ll drop you there and you’ll live the rest of your life as a Roman slave!

After the trial...

* + Ophelia (sympathetic): Mia, I don’t approve of murder but I really do believe Ming’s punishment was a little too harsh...

* + Ophelia (confused): What does she mean by “Roman slave”? Does she believe we live in Ancient Times or something?

* + Zachary (serious): Whatever she meant, at least now she knows we’re innocent and we can carry on what we came here for, in the first place!

## The Hunt For Orion (3/6)

* + Zachary (determined): Seeing that we gained the huntress’ trust, it’s time to do what we came here for! Hopefully Artemis is free to talk to us!

* + Yoyo (awkward grin): Before you go, do you mind if I steal Mia for a moment?

* + Zachary (curious): Sure, is there a problem?

* + Yoyo (shrugging her shoulders): I don’t know... But Ophelia is asking for her...

* + Zachary (thinking): Artemis seems to be busy and we don’t want to disturb her. So see what Ophelia wants, I’ll be waiting for you so we can both speak with Artemis...

* See what’s the problem with Ophelia (1 star)

* + Yoyo (worried): Ophelia, I brought Mia. Is there something bothering your mind?

* + Ophelia (neutral): Yeah, but before I saw anything there’s something I want to show you...

Ophelia unties the strings behind the dress, exposing her figure...

* + Ophelia (neutral): What do you think?

The first thing Yoyo and Mia notice are the bruises, scratches and hickeys covering her torso, but not wanting to sound rude they decided not to speak of it...

* + Yoyo (blushing): You have a really... great body, Ophel-

* + Ophelia (eye rolling): Yoyo, I know exactly what are thinking and this is exactly what I wanted to show you!

* + Yoyo (sympathetic): Are these scars from.... you-know-who?

* + Ophelia (serious): The Virgin Slayer? Yes. And you know who else I saw have these scars? Ginny! She’s using a necklace to hide her hickey!

* + Yoyo (shocked): Ok, Ophelia! I understand exactly what you’re implying, but I think you’re jumping in conclusions too quickly!

* + Yoyo (serious): I think you’re forgetting that the huntresses are all, supposed to be virgins and aren’t allowed to date, it’s possible that the hickey is from a boyfriend or girlfriend and she’s hiding it as it could get her kicked out of the pack!

* + Ophelia (pissed): Yoyo, this isn’t a normal hickey! What I saw was a scar from being bitten too hard! Also, just Ginny look like someone who’d sneak out and get in hook ups?

* + Yoyo (covering her face): No- But... Look, I just don’t like thinking negatively that’s all...

* + Yoyo (sympathetic): Plus, I don’t think it’s a good idea to question her about what possible trauma she faced unless you know more about it...

* + Ophelia (serious): And that’s why I asked you to bring Mia, because I want her to help me search the hobbit to find something that’ll make us get to know Ginny better! What do you say, Mia?

* + Ophelia (glad): Good. Lets start searching bow!

* Investigate the hobbit (Pre-request: See what’s the problem with Ophelia)

* + Ophelia (crossing her arms): I don’t see anything in the hobbit which could link us to Ginny. Do you?

* + Ophelia (wincing): You see a newspaper burning in the fireplace? Be careful, you don’t want to catch on flames..

* + Ophelia (serious): Seems like the person who threw it had it torn off, we need to piece it back together to see what it is about!

* Restore newspaper (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the hobbit)

* + Ophelia (curious): I wonder what the newspaper is about-

* + Ophelia (shocked): That girl in the photo! That’s Ginny! Her face didn’t change, this must be shortly before she joined the hunt!

* + Ophelia (disturbed): Look at the way she’s dressed.... The way that man.. is holding her.. I knew something was wrong!

* + Ophelia (serious): The fire burned up any text related to the photo, but left the man’s name: Geoffrey Weinstein. Didn’t Ling mention that name!

* + Ophelia (pissed): That man, whoever he is, must’ve done something bad to Ginny and I want to know all about him...

* + Ophelia (covering her face): I hope Ginny would be willing to speak with him... As a victim of sexual assault myself, I know how difficult it is to speak about my trauma, I hope I don’t trigger something negative in Ginny...

* + Ophelia (sympathetic): I think it’s best to not talk to Ginny about it until lunch, this way she’d probably be more comfortable in talking about her story...

* Ask Artemis for help (1 star)

* + Artemis (sympathetic): Mia Loukas, the huntresses and I apologize for the lack of hospitality you and your team received. We promise that your experience will be better from now on. If there’s anything I could do to apologize for the false allegations, tell me and I’ll make sure to grant your wishes...

* + Zachary (serious): We appreciate that, however the reason why we came to you is not to for a place to stay, but because we have a message to you we received from the Xerdans!

* + Artemis (hand on hips): The Xerdans? Hmph... Please proceed...

* + Zachary (serious): It’s Orion. He’s alive!

* + Artemis (shocked): ORION?! But I thought my brother and I had him killed!

* + Zachary (covering his face): Yeah.. He must have gotten out from Tartarus during the Titan War, and now he’s out here targeting women who had caught his eye. Mia says he murdered her firmer city’s mayor, also many Xerdans reported being attacked by him and just this morning, a dryad had a near-death experience with him...

* + Artemis (serious): Thank you for sharing this! The huntresses and I will watch our backs and if I crossed his path, I’ll put him down for good!

* + Zachary (sweating): Actually... We were thinking... Since you have common enemies.. Why don’t your huntresses join forces with the Xerdans against?

* + Artemis (appalled): Join forces with them? Are you kidding me, I can’t have my maidens near them! Have you seen them? They act so... raunchy... They’re like men!

* + Zachary (offended): I’ll pretend I didn’t hear the last part... But you need to think of what’s best for your huntresses, and all the woman around the world, who walk in the streets alone and are in potential danger of getting killed!

* + Artemis (eye rolling): Ugh.... Fine! I’ll team up with these beasts! But such an alliance needs to wait, because I still have a quest to do and I need to complete it quickly!

* + Zachary (confused): A quest? What could possibly be more important than a homicidal giant on a femicide?

* + Artemis (hand on hips): Somewhere around the French, Italian and Swiss alps there is a town by the name of St Adrienne and there are reports of locals mysteriously disappearing and we believe there’s a monster in loose there...

* + Artemis (pissed): I was send to hunt it down, but the town doesn’t appear in the map and it doesn’t show up when I search it on the internet, so I have to navigate it myself!

* + Zachary (curious): Can’t you just fly using your chariot? It’ll be easier to find...

* + Artemis (hand on hips): Even with flying, it’ll take us days even weeks to find that town! These are the alps were talking about! Not only are they big but also very mountainous!

* + Zachary (covering his face): God... This will be a problem, what can we do?

* + Zachary (happy): Oh yes! How could I forget her! I’m sure Natalie would help us, lets talk to her!

* Ask Natalie for help (1 star; Pre-request: Ask Artemis for help)

* + Zachary (calling): NATALIE! Where are youuuu?

* + Natalie (innocent smile): Did someone call for me?

* + Zachary (startled): Ah! You scared me!

* + Natalie (sweet smile): Hehe... Sorry, it’s a habit. Anyway, what did you want me for?

* + Zachary (awkward grin): Well... We are actually wondering if you could help us with directions, since you know... You nature spirits are really good at navigating and all...

* + Natalie (blushing; smiling): Awww of course I can help, what place are you looking for?

* + Zachary (curious): Well... Artemis is hunting that monster and she’s looking for a town called St Adrienne...

* + Natalie (curious): St Adrienne? I’m a bit unfamiliar with that place, can you describe it to me?

* + Zachary (scratching his head): Well... Artemis mentioned that it’s a town located between the French, Italian and Swiss alp-

* + Natalie (shocked): The Alps?! Are you serious? I can’t take you to that place!

* + Zachary (shocked): Why not?!

* + Natalie (covering her face): Because if I did, I’m risking my life! I can’t guide you as a naiad for obvious reason and if I can’t as a dryad as the cold weather could kill me!

* + Zachary (confused): I understand that... But can’t you transform into an oread?

* + Natalie (sympathetic): I wish I could, but my forms are limited to land and water, I can’t transform into an oread, an air nymph or any other species aside from these two...

* + Zachary (covering his face): *sigh* I understand, but are we going to do then?

* + Natalie (innocent smirk): Well, you could always ask a regular oread if she could lead the way for you, you can occasionally find them playing around the waterfalls...

* + Zachary (glad): Thanks for the tip, Natalie!

* + Zachary (blushing): Also, before Mia and I go, there’s a favor I’d like you to do for us...

* + Natalie (sweet smile): Whatever favor you have for me, I’ll try my best to help you!

* + Zachary (thinking): You see.. We told Artemis about Orion and she agreed once she hunts down that other monster, she’ll join forces with the Xerdans...

* + Natalie (happy): That’s marvelous news!

* + Zachary (serious): Yeah, but we were also wondering if the nymphs could team up with them as well! Would you mind asking Rubarae to meet up with the Xerdans and huntresses?

* + Natalie (sweet smile): Of course I don’t! I’ll send your message to Rubarae and I’ll try convincing her into joining forces with them!

* + Zachary (glad): Thank you! Mia, lets go the waterfalls!

* Investigate the waterfalls (Pre-request: Ask Natalie for help)

* + Zachary (covering his face): I don’t see any oreads around. Maybe we should just go back to Artemis, hopefully we’ll meet some oreads on the wa-

* + Zachary (thinking): Wait! Look at these gold pieces! I wonder what they are, would you mind piecing them back together?

* Restore golden tiara (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the waterfalls)

* + Zachary (curious): Huh? Where have I seen this crown before?

* + Zachary (shocked): Oh yes! I remember! That’s Ekho’s tiara! Wait? Isn’t she an oread?

* + Zachary (awkward grin): Ok, I know that she’s probably not the best person to trust as a guide seeing her... limited vocabulary, but what other choices do we have?

* Ask Ekho for help (1 star; Pre-request: Restore golden tiara)

* + Zachary (awkward grin): Heyyyyyy Ekho...

* + Ekho (startled): Ekho?

* + Zachary (covering his face): Hopefully this will go well....

* + Ekho (curious): Well?

* + Zachary (awkward grin): Well.... Ekho... I believe you heard about Orion....

* + Ekho (sweating): Orion...

* + Zachary (smiling): Yeah Orion... And we talked to Artemis and she said that she will join forces with the Xerdans to hunt him down!

* + Ekho (smiling): Hunt him down!

* + Zachary (frowning): But you see.... Artemis is in a quest and needs to hunt down some monster living in a town called St Adrienne...

* + Zachary (awkward grin): And we were wondering if you could.... Act as our guide and navigate us through the alps to the village...

* + Ekho (smiling): To the village!

* + Zachary (curious): So are you going to help us?

Ekho takes a branch and carves “yes” into the ground...

* + Zachary (smiling): Yes?

* + Ekho (determined): Yes!

* + Zachary (happy): That’s great! Lets go tell Artemis about the good news!

* Introduce Artemis to Ekho (1 star; Pre-request: Ask Ekho for help)

* + Zachary (smiling): Artemis, we’ve got great news for you! We found you someone who help take you to St Adrienne!

* + Ekho (smiling): To St Adrienne!

* + Artemis (happy): An oread! That’s exactly what I need! I can’t express how thankful I am!

* + Ekho (smiling): How thankful I am!

* + Artemis (hand on hips): Why are you repeating what I say?

* + Ekho (blushing): Why are you repeating what I say!

* + Artemis (pissed): Are you trying to mock m-

* + Artemis (furious): Wait?! You brought me EKHO! Out of all the oreads, you brought me someone who can barely talk?!

* + Zachary (sweating): Heyyy... I know communicating with her will be difficult, but you don’t really need to converse with her... Just... I don’t know... Follow her head?

* + Ekho (smiling): Follow her lead!

* + Artemis (hand on hips): Seeing there are no options, fine.... Ekho, welcome to the hunt...

* + Ekho (happy): Welcome to the hunt!

* + Artemis (covering her face): Ugh.... How did I get reduced to that?

**You are now experiencing the story in third-person view**

Later, at lunchtime...

* + Yoyo and Ophelia (Yoyo; curious): Mia, have you and Zachary spoken to Artemis yet?

* + Zachary and Mia (Mia; crossing her arms): Yes, and she agreed to join forces with the Xerdans...

* + Hasuro and Maverick (Hasuro; happy): Now this is a cause for celebratio-

* + Zachary and Mia (Zachary; covering his face): But unfortunately, we need to help her fight another monster, in an Alpine town called “St Adrienne”...

* + Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; grinning): Cool! What kind of monster did she say?

* + Zachary and Mia (Mia; eye rolling): We don’t know, all what she she said is that she suspects there is one because reports have come that people from the town are disappearing...

* + Madelina, Chet and Chase (Chase; eye rolling): Sooo... Now that you spoke to the goddess, why are we still here? Can’t we go back to Greece-eta or whatever it’s called?

* + Zachary and Mia (Zachary; serious): No, because we we promised the Xerdans we will fight by their side too and we also are going to help Artemis hunt that monster down!

* + Madelina, Chet and Chase (Chase; pissed): You’ve got to be kidding me!

* + Zachary and Mia (Mia; crossing her arms): You know? You don’t have to come with us, you can stay in the hobbit and we’ll come back to you when we are done. In fact, we’d prefer that you, Madelina and your scrawny lap dog stay behind!

* + Madelina, Chet and Chase (Madelina; offended): Hey! First of all, Chet has a name. Second, I don’t care what you have to say, I’m coming with you and fight that monster with you!

* + Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; grinning): Oh really? Aren’t you afraid of breaking a nail or something?

* + Madelina, Chet and Chase (Madelina; eye rolling): Maybe it may sound silly to you, but I’m not just a pretty face!

* + Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; laughing): No offense... But how are you “not just a pretty face”, when you’re not pretty to begin with?

Madelina throws her plate right at Maverick’s face...

* + Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; pissed; wiping his face): You littl-

* + Ginny (awkward grin): You guys aren’t in the middle of something, are you?

* + Yoyo and Ophelia (Yoyo; awkward grin): Not at all! Is there anyway we could help you?

* + Ginny (sweet smile): I was wondering if I could sit with you.

* + Madelina, Chet and Chase (Chase; confused): Why? You’ve got a problem with your pack?

* + Ginny (blushing): Not at all... I- I just want to get to know you, that’s all!

* + Yoyo and Ophelia (Ophelia; serious): Of course you can. In fact, I want to know more of you myself!

* + Ginny (puppy eyes): Thank you so much!

Ginny sits on the group’s table...

* + Ginny (smiling): So, what do you want to ask me Ophelia?

* + Yoyo and Ophelia (Ophelia; blushing): Well... I want to know more about your past. Like, how was life before you joined the hunt?

Ginny stays silent...

* + Ginny (frowning): What about it do you want to know?

* + Yoyo and Ophelia (Ophelia; sympathetic): Ginny, you don’t know that about me but I am a victim of sexual assault, I know the trauma behind it and that scar on your neck... It looks a lot like the ones I have on my body...

* + Ginny (blushing): ....

* + Yoyo and Ophelia (Ophelia; sympathetic): Mia and I found that newspaper and I want to ask you, who is Geoffrey Weinstein and what is he to you?

* + Yoyo and Ophelia (Yoyo; sympathetic): I have no experience in sexual assault, but I understand it’s difficult to open up about your trauma, if you don’t want to speak about it, it’s totally fi-

* + Ginny (holding her head): I-it’s okay... I can talk... I’ll tell you everything or at least what I can find myself sharing...

* + Ginny (sad): As a child, I was bullied for the color of skin, not only by other kids but by family members too and because of that, I felt I was ugly and worthless...

* + Ginny (fantasizing): This was until I became 14 and I met Mr Weinstein, a gentleman from Germany. He wasn’t the best-looking man, but he whispered things to my ears and for the first time in my life I felt beautiful and the two of us fell in love...

* + Ginny (crossing her arms): One day, he told me that he is a photographer, and invited me to his mansion in Paris, promising to take care of me and make me star. Looking back at it, it was fishy but I was lovestruck, I went in his cab. That was the biggest mistake in my life...

* + Ginny (pissed): Geoffrey turned out to be a nude photographer and when he invited me to his home, he was actually kidnapping me and he locked me up in a room with 4 other girls he had groomed!

* + Ginny (sad): In the beginning, he did is force us to strip off to him and have our photos taken, but then he started bringing a female friend of his over, who taught us how to perform sexual activities...

* + Ginny (tearful): They were solely for Geoffrey at first, but then he started bringing guests to his, men and women, who would pay him money just so they could-

* + Ginny (crying): ...

* + Yoyo and Ophelia (worried): Ginny; if you don’t want to... You know you don’t have to speak about i-

* + Ginny (serious): I said it’s okay! I’m not done yet!

* + Ginny (sad): This whole thing... It continued for two years, until Geoffrey brought a tall handsome gentlemen into his mansion..

* + Ginny (shocked): Geoffrey lined us up for the gentleman and asked him to pick which one he’d like to sleep with and he picked me! But when we were sent to a room alone, he didn’t touch me, he just talked to me...

* + Ginny (blushing): I felt like I could trust the man so when he asked how I felt, I cried and opened up to him. He gave me a hug, some cash for Geoffrey and just... left the room, without even giving me a kiss! Just a promise that everything will be ok!

* + Ginny (shocked): Unfortunately, I don’t know the kind gentleman’s name but when he came everything changed! The police broke in the mansion, took me and the girls outside and there we learned Geoffrey was dead!

* + Ginny (blushing): While we were being questioned by the police, I spotted the gentleman in the other side of the road and I followed him all the way to an alley and he disappeared...

* + Ginny (shocked): I was about to go back, but then I realized I was cornered by the Pigeons & Rats and they started beating me up!

* + Hasuro and Maverick (Maverick; confused): You got beat up... By pigeons and rats?

* + Yoyo and Ophelia (Ophelia; serious): She’s talking about the French mob! I heard about them back when I was in Rome...

* + Ginny (holding her head): They nearly raped me too, but then Artemis showed up with her huntresses and saved my life...

* + Ginny (tearful): Artemis started questioning me and I told her everything about my life and despite me not being a virgin, she allowed me to join the hunt for my own... protection....

* + Yoyo and Ophelia (Yoyo; sympathetic): Ginny.... I-I can’t imagine myself in your position, it just sounds so... I don’t know what to say...

* + Ginny (crying): If only I haven’t been so naive, all of this would have never happened! I was a fool to fall for Geoffrey, I should have never acted so weak!

* + Yoyo and Ophelia (Ophelia; sympathetic): Ginny, you are not weak! The fact you were able to tell us the story proves your strength! What happened wasn’t your fault, it was all Geoffrey’s!

* + Madelina, Chet and Chase (Madelina; sympathetic): Besides, my mother told me everything happens for a reason, maybe your experience was supposes to help lead you to Artemis and her huntress-

* + Zachary and Mia (Mia; furious): Madelina! How tone deaf could you possibly be? You should never say should a thing to a rape victim!

* + Madelina, Chet ans Chase (Madelina; blushing): I’m sorry! I-I didn’t mean to sound so ignorant!

* + Ginny (sad): It’s okay... Anyway, I’m sorry for ruining the mood in the table, I’ll just take my lunch and go...

* + Yoyo and Ophelia (Ophelia; shocked): Ginny! Wai-

Suddenly Artemis calls for the huntress’ attention...

* + Artemis (holding a drink): Huntresses! I have an announcement to make! Today, we have a new girl who is joining our pack. Madelina Alonzo, please show yourself!

Madelina moves away from the team and stands next to Artemis...

* + Madelina (smiling): I’m here!

* + Yoyo and Ophelia (shocked): Wait? WHAT?!

* + Artemis (hand on hips): Miss Alonzo, you know what you have to say.

* + Madelina (pledging): I, Madelina Alonzo, pledge myself to the goddess Artemis. I turn my back on the company of men, accept eternal maidenhood, and join the hunt!

* + Huntresses (cheering): WOHOOOO!!!

* + Chet (shocked): ...

* + Chet and Chase (Chase; arm around Chet): Sooo Chet... Remember when I said you might have a chance after all? I guess you may have to forget about it now...