Return to Form

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***"Return to Form"*** is the 7th arc of Fable SMP Season 2, beginning with *A New Beginning* and concluding with *Masquerade!* The arc was streamed between December 8th 2022 and the 8th of January, 2023.

## A New Beginning

* Wolf wakes at the tree, regretting the decision to sleep there, and decides to find a place to set up a home. He finds a spot in a hill with a good view of spawn and starts digging in to make a small place
* They decide that they need to learn to read, hoping to be able to make a list of all the things they need. Wolf sets off in search of Rae hoping that he will have an extra book or paper for him. Rae isn’t home, so they head over to the Archives to look for a book and end up running into Athena
* The two of them exchange introductions, then Wolf is introduced to Not Rae and given an overview of Athena’s research. Athena gives Wolf some lily’s, flower pots, and candles to decorate, then gives him one of the spare books and a nether star, saying it will keep them safe. Athena explains a bit of the situation with Soul and tells Wolf to come by anytime he needs something
* Wolf leaves the Archives, makes a short list of things to do, and returns to their cave to start gathering things. He runs into Ven while trying to get a cow, who gives him steak instead of stealing a cow. They exchange introductions, Ven shows Wolf around his house a bit, and gives Wolf a bed and some resources to do some more building
* Wolf offers to show Ven their cave and the two of them set off. Ven gives a few tips on how Wolf could decorate and Wolf explains how they were an actual wolf before and how they later became a person
* Ven leaves, asking Wolf to knock the next time they come back, and Wolf goes back to digging out their cave. He goes back to the banner house, hoping to find Rae, and runs into him returning home. Rae apologizes for leaving Wolf so soon, then Wolf tells Rae about the things they had done so far that day
* Rae gives Wolf more resources, some diamonds for more armour and tools, and offers to help build and set things up. They both head over to Wolf’s cave, dig out more space, and talk. Rae then leaves Wolf to continue decorating

## What Makes You Human?

* Wolf wakes up in his house and talks to the sparks about some of the progress he’s made on his home and tools. He also tells them he found two cows at his house. He then goes out to get some wheat - He meets Ocie and she takes him to her shop. Later, the two talk and come to the conclusion that they are both not human
* They talk about the “Dos and Don’ts” of being “human” (ignore signs, hang out with Ven more, be nice to most humans, etc.)
* The two go to Seaside, briefly mention Momboo, find a floating structure and Ocie tells Wolf she was the Ocean
* Wolf asks if Ocie wants to go back to being the ocean. She says she does but likes having the friends she has.
* Ocie asks Wolf if he wants to be a wolf again. He says no because other animals didn’t like him and is afraid of being alone.
* Ocie talks about losing and then finding Momboo and talks about her former and current partners.
* She recommends not learning self-care from Rae due to his tendency to be hypocritical
* Wolf mentions that he’s noticed how people don’t say when they’re sad. He points out that Ocie is sad, Ocie saying she actually tells people when she is.
* Ocie shows Wolf around Seaside, Ocie mentioning Wolf sound avoid Centross, Wolf disagreeing with this. The two talk about a myriad of different things including pinky promises, the way they looked when the two appeared/formed, crimes, etc.
* Ocie mentions how she acts differently around people to seem less threatening, Wolf saying she wears a metaphorical mask around different people
* Ocie shows off the castle, and the underground bunker and offers Wolf to be a citizen of Seaside.
* Ocie warns Wolf to be cautious of trusting people, having seen it firsthand
* She lastly asks for Wolf to take care of Rae, to Not Date Rae, and to try and meet more people Wolf goes home, talking about Ocie being a nice person, how he didn’t get any wheat, and showing the rest of his house to the sparks.
* Wolf says he’s liking how things have been going so far at spawn and how he wishes he knew who he was

## Reconnect

* Sherbert wakes up in their bed that is not their bed. Parts of their house have been duplicated but most of it is missing- there is a giant hole open to the air in the side of their bedroom and the floors above and below. Any writing they find that’s been duplicated is now in the strange Wack language they believe Quixis speaks.
* Confused, they fly to their actual home, finding that nothing is missing or changed.
* Rae has been avoiding sleeping, opting to try to keep himself busy and awake, telling himself and the auras that there is too much to do. Rae then has a moment while in his study where he almost falls asleep, but is jerked back to full consciousness when he is encased in (bedrock) and a white aura, just like a previous time while in Sherbert’s house. When he goes to touch it, it all disappears.
* Wanting to ensure no accidental naps happen, Rae heads over to see Sherbert, hoping for an energy potion of some sort.
* Rae tells Sherbert about finding the castle and a bit about his time there, as this is the first time they’ve talked since Rae’s return. He catches them up on several things.
* Sherbert then starts to tell Rae about what’s been happening with the Wack and Quixis, showing him the questions wall and what they have so far. Rae also tells Sherbert about the 2 incidents.
* They then go down to the potions lab and Sherb asks Rae if he remembers Brian. This gets them talking about memories and they discover that Sherbert’s are all mixed up- they have memories that aren’t from the last reset even though Sherb thought they were.
* After seeing Brian’s name, they also start discussing the new language. Rae is shown Charles’ new nametag, then they fly to the partial house Sherb woke up in.
* Sherbert looks at the new letters they now have as Rae looks around. The scientist finds that the whole place is drenched in a gold aura, much stronger than Sherbert’s normal house.
* Rae recalls having a map with the same language and shows it to Sherb. They translate all but one letter. It’s not english, so they figure it might be Vo’lète. Rae also shows Sherbert the necklace from Soul, and tells them about finding it. He asks them to try it on for a second, and finds that Sherbert’s aura changes to red while wearing the necklace.
* They go to the archives to look at the Vo’lète dictionary, and attempt to translate the map. They also discover that Quixis writes in ciphered code in some of their notes as well as common and Vo’lete. Sherbert asks Quixis if they wrote the note and if they’re in purgatory through Sherbert’s question wall system.
* Sherbert also shows Rae the book they received from Fable about the broken Aether portal. They also theorize about Haley possibly being in Purgatory.
* The two discuss the “rave room” and how Sherbert wants to try somehow taking the potion that allows others to see auras before entering the room.
* Sherbert makes some energy potions for Rae to help him stay more awake during the day. Rae warns Sherbert to stay away from his treehouse where he sleeps just to stay safe.
* Rae leaves to update his books while Sherbert continues to work in their study.

## Surprise Engagement!

* Chaos and Ocie are both independently building at the seaside when the bump into each other.
* Ocie shows off work on the dog cave and invites Chaos to see the small castle she's built in the End.
* The two spend some time there, Ocie speaking about plans to expand the Seaside empire into all realms since no one is there to stop them.
* Ocie shows Chaos the book it got from Fable, it says they need to rebuild the portal. The two of them joke that Fable is technically Ocie's boss and he was probably waiting for it to learn how to read English.
* The two head back to the overworld to work on the city when Chaos mentioned wanting to hold a proper coronation and wedding which makes Ocie ask if Chaos is platonically proposing. Chaos asks if Ocie wants it to be a (platonic) proposal. Ocie says yes. Engaged.

## Are You Alright?

* Rae wakes up in the new containment cell to find that, while all the torches are gone, some of the carpets have remained. He goes down to the house to grab some more wool and creates a to-do list for the new cell area. Next Rae leaves a warning sign on the community board then takes the railway over to Seaside to check on Ocie.
* Rae manages to scare Ocie by accident, who then asks Rae if it hurts, which Rae says it doesn’t
* He apologizes to Ocie for Halloween night, but Ocie says that he doesn’t need to apologize, as he didn’t do it on purpose. Rae asks how Ocie has been doing, and Ocie explains how it returned to the cave Perix had been dropped in and saw… something, not quite a person and similar to a Telchin
* Ocie explains how she went after it and nearly died, then woke up many days later on an island with no injuries. She mentions that it was Len and Vorago’s old island and that she had an interaction with Len and got Vorago’s trident. Ocie shows Rae the elevator Chaos made in the castle and the two of them find a spot to sit
* Ocie shows Rae Vorago’s diary from when he was a mortal and Rae tells Ocie about what happened after Halloween.
* He talks about following the invitation, finding Orchid’s kingdom, and the tests that were done to figure out how to let Rae sleep safely.
* Ocie isn’t happy about Rae sleeping in a cell and they talk about how it’s necessary until a permanent solution can be found. She also comments on Rae’s sudden change in height
* Ocie says that Len teleported her back to Seaside and that her stuff had ended up washing up on the island. It tells Rae that it was glad, in a sense, that Rae was the monster because the other option was that he was dead. She says that all events she has planned haven’t seemed to go well and talks about how she clicks well with the non-humans because it doesn’t fully understand humans
* Rae tells Ocie not to give up on planning events, and Ocie talks about potential plans for a winter event; a masquerade! Rae offers to help with the event and Ocie tells Rae how she regrets not going back to help him and also almost had to walk home. Ocie assures Rae that it will never get mad at Rae for things that he can’t control and that it is proud of Rae for returning
* They discuss Ocie wanting to return to the cave, Chaos’s obsession with totems, and how everyone can help Ocie prepare. Ocie talks about the strange dream she had with Fable and shares the note that she got, which happens to be the same as the one Sherbert received
* Rae adds looking into Fable to his to-do list, then asks if Ocie knows where Momboo is, which she doesn’t. They discuss Ocie’s new outfit, Ocie tells Rae that she and Chaos are now platonically engaged, and they talk about the beginning of this reset and Ocie’s partners. Ocie talks about how she wants to just tell Momboo that she is the lady of the world
* They talk about Chaos’s building choices, Ocie says that she wants to go look for Momboo at some point and thanks Rae for coming to visit. Rae flies back to spawn to work on the Archives and Ocie returns to the house to put things away

## Learning to Laugh Again

* Rae begins the lore by attempting to feed Atlas and Picasso (the latter of which headbutts him due to his changed appearance), and apologizing to da Foxxi’s grave. Rae decides to head to the Archives and finds Athena inside, accusing Not Rae of putting him in their bed.
* Rae reveals he did it, and Athena then catches Rae up on what they’ve been working on. These include; how the cold effects Caspian’s infection, the skulk sensor’s odd connection with redstone, how to make cold gear, as well as their research on the Nether. Rae compliments Athena’s sciencing skills, helps them add to their knowledge base (specifically mentioning things about the monster that confirms their hypotheses), offers to lend her some of his books, talks about his experiments at the castle, and provides some comfort by helping to explain that the Nether has good and bad people and that means it’s not so black and white.
* Rae also shares his memories of Soul from Enderian and explains that he found a book from Soul to Orchid. He also tests the necklace on Athena, confirming that the necklace only makes Nether auras brighter.
* Rae then sets to his original task of trying to get Athena to go outside and take a break. Athena relents after Rae explains it’s simply not logical to go for long periods of time without breaks and together they decide to go bake some food.
* They go to the bakery and work on making canonical cupcakes (or as Athena calls them, tiny cakes). Once the cupcakes have been made, Athena decides to go to sleep in their actual bed and Rae decides to collect snow.
* Rae finds danger snow and collects six buckets worth before pausing to update his to-do list. He then remembers what Athena said about snow helping to get the skulk off of Caspian’s wound and decides to try that on himself. It hurts him physically and doesn't seem to help get rid of the skulk. One of the aura’s mentions he should try to remove the horn with an axe, this pushes him to talk about how he feels like his body isn’t his own anymore. He writes his findings down in field notes and resumes talking to the auras about how frustrated he is about this whole situation.
* He goes to the obsidian box and decides to encase himself in powdered snow while he sleeps. Hoping that freezing the skulk will make it want to leave, and wondering about how hard it would be to get the horn off. He settles down for the night, explaining that he doesn’t want to tell anyone about what he’s doing because he doesn’t want to scare them like he has in the past. He then goes to sleep, sarcastically asking the creature how it feels about the snow, and telling the auras goodnight.

## Red Star Dust!

* Seven meets Chaos at the seaside and Chaos shows off her builds, specifically focusing on the redstone aspects. Seven attempts to help Chaos fix one of her contraptions but explains he doesn’t understand a lot about redstone. This confuses Chaos since they thought robots were made of redstone (they are not). When Chaos also discovers Seven eats copper, the two head towards the statue garden.
* During this trip they talk about Galahad, his collection of novels, the seemingly imminent expansion of the seaside into all dimensions, Chaos’s adventures on the cliffs leading to the garden, the garden itself, art and its importance to humanity, the jungle near the railway, and pet birds.
* Once they arrive at the statue garden Chaos takes to showing Seven around, with the main focus being on her future plans. Seven offers his help, and Chaos gives them permission to freely access their copper.
* The two head back towards the seaside and Chaos offers to help Seven understand art if they’re ever interested. She also says that she’s a mercenary, Seven explains he works for free and Chaos tells them they should value themself more than that.
* When they finally arrive back at the seaside, Chaos offers Seven a place to stay if ever they need it and asks Seven if they’d like to help pass out the invitations for their coronation/wedding with Ocie. He accepts it as a task, saying payment is not required, but Chaos refuses to not pay Seven for their help. The two agree on this and then part ways.

## Immortal Guardians!

* Ocie talks to the fish about the happenings of earlier that day near the tree, expressing some of her concerns and confusion
* Ocie doesn’t understand why they blame themselves for accidents but don’t blame others even when they might deserve it
* Ocie returns to Seaside before going down into the bunker and talks to Oscar about what happened
* Lennarius appears and reminds Ocie he can hear through the undead
* The two talk for a little bit about Oscar and his likes and needs, Athena, the sculk, and the happenings of earlier that day
* Len warns Ocie of Athena’s ability of destruction
* They talk for a little longer about not understanding humans and Ocie asks Len to check on Rae and Athena. Len gives Oscar an enchanted golden apple before leaving
* Ocie talks with the fish for a little bit about how she doesn’t understand mortals

## Getting It Off

* Rae wakes up within the Skulk Monster encloser and shows that he has been placing powdered snow within it in an attempt to help with the creature. He takes three buckets of the snow, saying they will need it to "help Caspian".
* The Auras tell him to get inside and to warm up, where he runs into Caspian, who woke up and spoke with Atlas a bit about the day, and says a quick hello. The two gather various supplies for the planned procedure, comfort each other, and kiss. They then head to meet up with Athena, get ready for the surgery.
* Caspian stands in powdered snow to freeze the cold and Rae gets to work. They appear to manage to get some of the sculk off, mainly around the edges, then Ghosty goes to take a small break.
* The trio discuss how to proceed from there, then split up. Athena heads to break into Sherbert's home while Rae and Caspian gather melons, joke around a bit concerning the fruits, and brew potions. They also have several chats about sculk and are generally Ghae. Rae offers to make a cover for the book, and Caspian accepts.
* Rae and Caspian go to read the book Caspian wrote about Rae up at the bench. On the way, the Auras make fun of their fanfiction writing and Caspian reads out the book to his boyfriend. They return to the Banner Fam house to see that Athena has dropped off potions and Rae sends Caspian to bed after getting Atlas and giving him a kiss.
* Rae leaves Caspian alone and returns to the Archives, where he repairs his wings and talks to the auras about the sculk. He explains that, although they know how to get it off of Caspian, as it was only on his skin, Rae's sickness is much deeper and how nothing he has been doing seems to truly help it. He says that he's been trying the cold treatment and it hadn't seemed to work, but he then remembers that the cold wasn't the only thing they did for Ghosty. They also had to remove it- forcefully.
* He says he's not going to do it in the Library, that he doesn't want to risk passing out there, and instead flies back to the Banner Fam house to pick up potions and then goes to the Sculk creature containment area, where he stands in the powdered snow to freeze the sculk.
* Afterwards, he says "just the arm" and the screen goes black for a moment while Rae grunts in pain in the background. Rae bandages his arm and says it hurt a lot more than Caspian's did. He goes to lie down and falls asleep, letting the monster take over.

## Recuérdame!

* Chaos is at the Green Dragon, apologizing to Buttons for crashing there overnight again. They comment on how bad things are at the moment and how it would’ve been different at home as they walk through spawn. Chaos says that she wants to go home, but she doesn’t know where that is anymore. They complain about the weather and continue to compare spawn to their home
* Chaos shares how she never got to meet most of her family and how there is something wrong with this place, how it feels like they are all trapped. They talk about all of the things they miss from home, how they wish things they destroyed would stay that way. She wonders how long it would take people to realize if she just left
* Chaos gives themselves a bit of a pep talk, discusses blowing up another forest, and mentions some of their old friends, Marek and Lolla. She is determined to get her family back

## The Bear and the Baby

* Rae wakes up in the containment cell, still buried in snow, wishing the lights would stay up
* The auras ask if his arm is okay. He says it’s not great and pulls down his sleeves more, not wanting to worry anyone
* He checks to see if anyone in Banner Fam is awake. Rae finds Jamie in their room, watching over the egg from the End
* Jamie says that Rae smells like Skulk and blood. Rae brushes it off as Skulk related things
* Rae asks if Jamie’s seen Momboo. Jamie’s been looking for her but knows she might need a little space
* Rae apologizes for leaving and being hypercritical. Jamie forgives him
* Rae asks if Jamie has seen Wolf. When Jamie says no, he explains his situation, knowing it would be good for the two of them. Rae theorizes Delta may have a hand in making Wolf human or vis versa
* Rae if Jamie got the notebook he sent. Jamie hadn’t checked so they checked their mailbox, finding Centross’ prison note from a few months ago
* Jamie hears the egg hatching and the two rush to get supplies. Rae grabs food and water, rushing back as Jamie begins to panic more when the dragon emerges
* When Rae returns, he sees the dragon is a little taller than Jamie. They what their name is, the dragon responding with Eiji
* The two take Eiji outside after feeding them and try to figure out if they take him to the End or take care of them in the Overworld
* They decide to keep them and Rae questions where they will keep him. Jamie says they and Athena have discussed moving out
* Rae leaves Jamie to hang out with Eiji and goes to the Archives. He updates the End book while he’s there
* Rae comments on how the dragon didn’t come back just like Haley didn’t
* Rae goes home, talking to the auras about how confusing auras have become
* Rae writes down some more notes in the aura book
* Rae questions how Soul knew stuff about auras
* Rae goes to his, Caspian’s, and Aax’s bedroom but freezes up, later excusing it as not wanting another Skulk incident to happen
* Rae goes back to the Archives, talking to the auras about how he’s now very confused
* Rae decides not to sleep and spends another sleepless night in the Archives

## Friendly Neighborhood Poltergeist

* Rae is in the Archives reading through the books, making a mental note to get more energy potions. The auras ask about his arm, Rae saying it just hurts a little
* Checking over the checklist he made, Rae decides to go see Chaos and see what aura they would have if they put on the red aura necklace
* He goes to get the aura notes from his house, showing the auras the new warning system for when he’s in the containment cell
* He goes to Seaside, missing the stars and wondering where Momboo is
* Rae finds Chaos working on the castle. When Chaos sees him, they ask if Rae is staying at Seaside and immediately goes into a tour, assuming Rae is dead
* Rae realizes that Chaos thought he was dead, explaining that he is not here to move to Seaside but to test what their aura would be if they wore the necklace he has
* Chaos takes Rae to the island so they can test it. Rae asks and activates the TNT launcher, spooking him, and explains to Chaos why
* Chaos mentions how they were upset about the area the two blew up was beautified and Rae explains it was his and some others' doing. Chaos asks that when they destroy something in the future, it stays destroyed
* They then test what Chaos’ aura is with the necklace on (it turns their aura a dim red) and Rae gets more frustrated by the lack of an answer
* Chaos shows Rae the redstone they’ve been working on
* Rae asks why Chaos keeps getting so many totems. Chaos explains why they don’t like mansions and it saves lives by burning them down
* Chaos tells Rae about what they remember(the previous Green Dragon, their previous home, town grandma). They don’t remember what happened after because they were injured
* Rae explains that he can’t remember much of his previous life. The two also question why not many people are around
* The two talk a little bit more before Rae goes back to the Archives
* Rae talks to the auras for a bit while starting on making a basement for the Archives

## The War of the Realms

* Rae is in the library working on and finishing up the downstairs and Athena's new lab
* Ven shows up and tells Rae about how he is remembering more of his past and how they fixed the missing information in their entries from the war
* Rae brings up how Ven told Athena about the gods and the war and ask for more details
* Ven talks about how they thought others were around for the war, but realised no
* Netherum killed Alerion whilst they were in the Aether, Fable saw and told others, and about how Netherum and Enderian worked together
* The Aether was the realm of the dead, a place for a peaceful time after death
* If something happends to the God, their realm would be damaged if not destroyed
* Achrien and Aphrien, Portal Gods from the Aether, tried to stop the souls from escaping the dying realm, but Fable took them down and freed the souls
* Rae asks about mortal king Fable, and Ven explains that Fable in public was mortal and wanted his people to not be scared of him, but was always a god
* The war started after Fable had some time, with the knowledge that if they were willing to kill one, the others would be next
* Ven was an informant collecting information and spreading it out in the Overworld
* They talk about the ones that swapped sides, Len from OW to Nether, DeltaVera from OW to End or Nether, Aurelius from Nether to OW
* Ven talks about how Aurelius gave the OW the resources they needed to survive the war and about Enderian's scouts stealing from them
* Ven talks about how Fable scattered the End Islands, causing a stalemate as people lost resources
* Ven explains how Soul and Fable tried to negotiate an end to the war, and Rae tells him about how Soul is cursed as the Wither
* Rae tells Ven about his Enderian memory dreams and tells him about the chat between Enderian and Soul and how Soul refused to keep the war going
* Ven tells Rae how Soul wanted peace, and Rae theorises if maybe Enderian won the war, with Netherum out of commission, Soul cursed and Fable locked away
* Rae asks about Sherbert and Ven has no clue when they came about, and talks about how they thought they just teleported to this world, and that the war was still going on - Ven also mentions how Fable had no long term partner and theorises that maybe 20+ years have passed between him in the war and today
* They talk about what people remember, how Galahad and Ven remember the start of the war, Ocie not being part of the war, but knew people in the war
* Ven asks about the resets and Rae explains that he is unsure what it is, but knows that it messes with memories and how the weird stuff around Sherb nor Enderian are causing it
* Rae tells Ven how Fable is in Purgatory and Enderian went there looking for someone else, and how he tried to attack her
* Rae tells Ven about Fable's message about fixing the Aether portal, and Ven tells him how the Aether portal was meant for Gods and souls
* They head over to the portal and talk about fixing it and lighting it
* Ven leaves and Rae talks about telling Will this information, leaves him a note before finding a spot to sort his thoughts and this new information out with signs in TownHall
* He wonders when Sherbert and Athena come in the timeline, and when in the timeline of the war he himself fits along with Orchid and Enderian's relationship
* He goes to the library to move some books around, and has not noted down Sherbert as Fable's child, as that is for them to decide and creates areas for the End gods and Aether gods downstairs

## Volatile Visions

* Rae woke up in the containment cell, snow still piled inside it. Rae remembers he needs to grab some potions of energy from Sherbert
* Rae also recalls Sherbert having Dragon’s Breath from last time and decides to bring some to them
* Rae shows the auras the addition of the war notes to the Archives and briefly looks over the signs in the town hall, adding a section of everything that doesn’t fit into the timeline of everything
* Meanwhile, Sherbert wakes up finding a barrel with cupcakes and a note from Athena, and two shulkers full of totems from Chaos in their mailbox
* Sherbert checks the communication board, finding all the answers being no, but the sign Rae placed didn’t change, while the other two did
* Easton comes by and the two talk for a bit about Halloween and memory stuff
* Rae goes over to Sherbert’s giving them the Dragon’s Breath, Sherbert gets excited and wants to experiment with it
* Sherbert, Easton, and Rae go to one of Sherbert’s towers. Sherbert adds the Dragon’s breath to the awkward potion. They tried to add an enderpearl but then the potion begins to act weird
* The potions explode, blowing up the lab. Rae falls unconscious, turning into the creature
* The creature blasted Easton in the face knocking them out and chased after Sherbert
* Panicked, Sherbert sent out a distress message, calling for people to check on Easton while they led the creature away
* Ven, Ocie, Athena, Caspian, and Sherbert all meet at Easton’s to check on them, finding that Easton cannot see due to sculk covering their eyes
* Ven and Ocie go to get powdered snow and ice, while Caspian goes to check on Rae, and Athena and Sherbert help to reassure Easton everything is fine
* Sherbert explains what happened before Easton asks to be left alone for a bit
* Outside, Sherbert tries to reassure that the group can figure out what to do for the future to get Easton’s sight back, everyone knowing it might be impossible though
* Rae wakes up near the Archives and begins panicking, not knowing how he got there or where everyone else was
* The auras fill Rae in on what happened, only causing Rae to panic more
* Rae flies back to the containment cell panicking more until Caspian arrives
* Caspian reassures Rae that Easton is only badly injured, having sculk over their eyes, but becomes concerned by the amount of snow in Rae’s box
* Rae and Caspian go to check on Easton but are told Easton wants to be left alone. Rae feels even worse about what he’s done and locks Caspian out of the box, just wanting to be left alone
* Caspian reassures Rae that he didn’t consciously hurt Easton
* Rae asks to be alone if he gets rid of all the snow in the box
* Athena argues that everything might not be though, feeling upset that they won’t be able to support Easton due to being a nether hybrid
* Sherbert excuses themself from the group. They realize they keep hurting people and feel terrible
* Sherbert begins to feel the pain from the hits the creature did, wishing they’d listen to a bit of Centross’ advice
* After Caspian left to check on Rae again, the group begin to talk more about what to do in the future, Ocie trying to reassure them everything will be fine whatever the outcome
* While he clears out the snow, Rae messages Sherbert to see if everyone is okay and to get more detail on what happened
* Rae begins spiraling more, saying he should have stayed at the castle and not come home

## Heavy Conscious

* Rae explains to the auras how he hasn’t left the containment cell even after Aax and Caspian asked him to. He hasn’t slept since the incident, doesn’t feel like eating, and refuses to leave the cell
* He gets upset his research on the creature has gone nowhere and it feels worthless to keep trying
* Meanwhile, Sherbert wakes up and tells everything that they made more potions, mentioning how no one has messaged them
* Sherbert debates going to check on Rae, their objects convincing them to
* Sherbert comes and checks on Rae, giving him some energy potions and reassuring him the accident wasn’t his fault
* Rae blames himself for what happened, saying he should have stayed in the box
* Sherbert suggests that maybe Rae could try and help with Easton’s eyes
* Sherbert convinces Rae to step outside and get some fresh air
* Rae rambles about how he feels like he can’t control anything and is scared of not having control over himself, Sherbert trying to reassure Rae it gets worse before it gets better - The two fly up to the tree and talk about the resets and what would need to happen if Rae were to help with Easton
* Rae mentions that he’d spoken with Ven and learned a lot about Sherbert’s dad
* The two fly over to Sherbert’s and work on writing up some more questions (Questions: Do I [Sherbert] have a second parent? Are you my parent? Do you know what’s causing the resets?
* The two talk about the creature and the weird language before the two fly over to Sherbert's duplicate house
* The two question why the house is where it is before discovering its opposite from where Sherbert’s actual house is
* Rae thanks Sherbert for getting him out of the box before leaving for the tree house
* Sherbert talks to their objects about feeling like they can’t help but glad they could help Rae get out of his box
* Meanwhile with Rae at the tree house, Rae wishes there was another solution to his problem, but glad Sherbert was able to get him out of his box, knowing he would have just sat with his thoughts if they hadn’t
* Rae talks about how he doesn’t want to put more stress or hurt his partners more by telling them but knows he should
* Rae reassures himself that Aax and Caspian love him because even when he wanted to be left alone they still checked on him

## Near and Far!

* Ocie is in the bunker hanging out with Oscar when Jamie comes by and asks Ocie to come with them to find Momboo, Ocie jumping at the opportunity to find her
* Ocie follows Jamie to where Momboo is, being led by her scent
* Meanwhile, Momboo wakes up in her house away from spawn and begins to build an animal pin talking to the plants about how she feels a lot happier - When Momboo notices that Ocie and Jamie had arrived, the three talk about Perix and the mirror and how long Momboo was planning on staying
* Ocie reveals to Momboo that she is the one causing the rain. Ocie explains that Rae is the creature, Sherbert made a bomb, which made Rae unconscious turning him into the creature and injuring Easton
* Jamie asks Momboo to come home not only for Easton but also for themself
* Momboo agrees to come back only for Easton and Jamie…and Ocie
* Ocie reassures Momboo that she’s not mad at her, Momboo wishes she could remember again
* Ocie and Momboo talk briefly about doing family stuff and that Easton is a lot stronger than some people are acting they are
* Ocie talks about her encounter with the fish person and Lennarius, Jamie about their new dragon, the two having to explain what a dragon is, and everything else that has been going on around spawn
* The three fly to spawn and Momboo gets concerned about why the tree is sculk covered
* The three go over to Seaside to see Oscar and talk about Ocie’s recent encounter with Len
* The three go back to the nature fam house and hang out for a bit before Ocie steps outside, seeing that it’s stopped raining
* The three part ways, Momboo staying at the nature fam house, Jamie going to feed Eiji, and Ocie going back to Seaside
* Ocie watches the stars for the first time in a very long time, knowing everything will be okay. Momboo is happy, glad to be with her family and pets (and Gerald)

## If I Fall / I'll Catch You

* Rae wakes up in the containment cell in the dark, Rae not really enjoying it. When he leaves the box, he finds a barrel left by Caspian with orchids, a health potion, and some soup
* Rae notices it’s stopped raining, getting excited about seeing the stars again
* Rae decides he’s going to tell Aax and Caspian about what he’s been keeping from them
* Meanwhile, Caspian wakes up with Aax and finds that it’s not raining outside anymore
* Aax and Caspian meet up with Rae and the trio goes up to the treehouse to look at the stars
* Rae apologies for shutting Aax and Caspian out for the last few days, both partners reassuring Rae that it's okay
* Rae confesses that he tried cutting the sculk off of himself, thinking that scares would be better than the sculk. He wants to cut the antler off so he can be in a little bit of control
* Rae feels bad about hurting everyone. Caspian reassures Rae that even though it’s scary, he might need to step out of having control
* Caspian suggests decorating the antler to make Rae feel better about having the antler
* The three return to the house to look for things to put on Rae’s antler. Rae also gives Aax and Caspian sweaters he made
* Rae thanks his partners for supporting him through everything
* The three go outside giving each other support and watching the sunrise with a new hope

## Star Gazing!

* Chaos is working in the statue garden and realizes that the clouds have blown over and the stars are now visible. They fly around a bit, enjoying the fact that the rain has stopped and talking about how long is has been storming.
* She also talks about some of her dead friends and how they told Chaos that 'she would belong among the stars'. They fly more, trying to remember constellations and making up her own.
* Chaos meets a random chicken, who they spontaneously choose as their stargazing friend. She continues to fly, discussing her friends and how they are finally ready to stop grieving and assigning them stars in the sky. The sun begins to rise as they land on a mountain to watch it. She mentions how it reminds her of home, describing it and how familiar it all feels.
* They head back to Seaside, talking about everything they can do now and everything she has missed. Once back at Seaside, she talks about how there's still no one at the Seaside and reminisces about what she misses about their home. They decide they want to get everyone together to go fishing and to decorate for winter, flying off into the night sky.

## Rekindling / The Ocean Has No Social Skills!

* Will wakes up in his house near the lighthouse, questioning why the rain hasn’t stopped. He checks in the cave under his house for the warden, thinking he is seeing things. He asks Auxreta if they know anything. Will then goes to check on Ocie and talk to her about the dream he had of Fable, questioning if he should tell her about seeing things
* The pages convince Will to tell Ocie. He mentions how he would feel very lonely without the pages to talk to. He wonders if he would be getting letters from people if he lived closer to people. Questions why the tree still looks strange. When Will arrives, he doesn’t find anyone so he talks with the pages more about how nice Seaside is, questioning if he should move to Seaside
* Ocie checks on Oscar, who is now actually in his room, then goes over to check on Galahad, who Chaos is using for target practice. The three of them talk for a bit, then Ocie takes Chaos and Galahad over to meet Oscar. They are interrupted by Aax, who Ocie wants to introduce to Oscar, but Aax decides that wouldn’t be a great idea considering they would most likely kill Oscar on sight
* Ocie still wants Aax to see Oscar, so it decides to try some exposure therapy and blocks Oscar in his room with glass blocks so Aax can come downstairs. The glass turns out to have been a good idea, and with that out of the way everyone returns upstairs. They find Will and invite him in out of the rain and into their strange conversation
* Will tells Ocie about the weird dream, and Ocie shows him a book she got from Fable talking about the Aether portal. Ocie asks if Fable would tell/give Will something in return for freeing him, Will says he would give him information on the Aether and Vivianne
* The five of them continue to talk, questioning if Will is okay since he’s been acting weird. Will accuses Aax of not caring about him the last time he was at his house, Aax saying they’d never been to Will’s house before. This only leads to more questions.
* Aax reassures Will he is needed before the group goes over to the castle. Ocie tells everyone not to go over to the beach day area, that it’s dangerous due to “Jelly”. She also tells Will about Lennarius and Vorago’s island. The group talk more on the bridge, about the dreams they’ve had with Fable, Wolf, auras, Auxreta, Centross, and the upcoming Mascarade
* Will flies home, talking to the pages about how he is seeing things, reassured that the things people had said didn’t happen, before going to sleep. Chaos invites Aax to go to the island to blow things up, Aax declines so Chaos goes on their own. Galahad decides he’s been in the rain too long and goes to lie down
* Ocie takes Aax over to fish where they could watch Chaos’s explosions from a distance and they happen to run into Obby, who had gotten stuck in the cow pen. Aax ends up killing Obby, then Rae shows up looking for Aax. Ocie shows the two of them Chaos’s flying machine, then Rae gives Aax the spore blossom hat and umbrella that he made to protect them from the sun
* Rae also gives Ocie a spore blossom hat, then Rae and Aax go to leave one in Galahad’s mailbox to help with the rain. Ocie returns to Oscar and talks with him for a bit

## The Help of the Gods

* Rae is in the Banner Fam house and shows that he has been working on checking things off of his to-do list and explains to the auras that he has been moving things around and how he is wondering whether he should keep the older journals.
* He heads outside, saying he wants to speak with Lucenare and flies to the shrine, where he attempts to figure out what to do as he is unsure how to contact the god.
* Rae quickly grabs a book and heads back to the shrine, where he runs into Will and Auxreta. The two discuss Allays and the Aether, but the conversation quickly turns to Ven and Rae's conversation about the War of the Realms and the Aether, specifically how it is the realm of the dead and what that means for Will and his aura.
* They next discuss the Skulk Monster and all of the happenings post-Halloween, especially concerning Rae's changing. Rae explains that he's been busy with fixing everything and trying to make sure people are safe and how he has not had much time to check up with Will due to the numerous mishaps and incidents with the Creature.
* Will explains how he has been seeing hallucinations and Rae comforts him, explaining to him everything with the mirror and with Perix, realizing that Will was not at the town meeting and therefore had no idea about anything concerning the goddess of illusions and her effects on everyone. Will says that he hasn't seen a mirror since the Archives.
* The discussion turns to Fable and how he has been trying to reach out to various people, attempting to convince them to free him.
* They check Will's mailbox, which contains nothing out of the ordinary, but he says that Fable told him about the Aether and how it remained as 'a husk'.
* He explains that he thinks Purgatory, where Fable is trapped, is the felled Aether.
* They head to the Archives, looking for the books they've found concerning the Aether, discussing how the rain has stopped along the way.
* Once at the Archives, they look at various books and hypothesize about Auxreta and Allays being souls from the Aether.
* They decide to head to the Aether Portal to begin work on rebuilding it, cleaning up some of the quartz around it and wondering how they will be able to light the portal.
* Together, they manage to clear all of the scattered pieces and plan on how to rebuild and light it later.
* Will and Rae then fly back to the shrine once more, where Rae writes him a note concerning wanting to talk with him.
* Will leaves, and Rae confides to the Auras that he is concerned about him and whether he has stumbled upon something related to Perix but either does not know it yet or has chosen not to tell anyone.
* Rae goes back to the Banner Fam house, where he meets up with Caspian and they talk about books, Momboo, and various other recent occurrences.
* Caspian says that they are going to get Momboo at some point and ask her about the mirror. The two talk for a while and have some very Ghae moments.
* Caspian returns Rae's cloak to him and helps him put it on, although it is still quite a struggle considering the horn and Rae's height. Rae offers to assist him with his book.

## Leaving the Nest

* Rae is in the Archives, finishing setting up Athena’s new lab before calling them over to see it
* Athena then mentions needing to help Jamie so Rae offers to move her things down to Athena’s new study
* Meanwhile, Athena meets with Jamie, and the latter suggests building a new place to move out
* The two talk about what they’ve been doing around spawn; meet Wolf, Athena’s new study, etc.
* The two decide to build a tree house in between banner fam house and the flower garden
* Athena gives Jamie some of the cupcakes he and Rae made together
* Jamie begins building a new cave for Eiji
* The two begin moving some of their things and all of their pets up to their new home

## The Guardian of the Morningstar

* Rae is at the Aether portal, fixing as much of the bottom of the portal as he can
* Rae mentions wanting to sketch out the portal so he can do proper measurements and figure out how much more quartz he will need
* In the meantime, Rae heads toward the Archives to get some more quartz, passing by the nether portal
* Rae mentions how there’s a lot of quartz in the nether hub but knowing it would be terrible for him if he went through
* Lennarius appears from the portal, calling Rae son of Orchid
* Len says Ocie told him he wasn’t doing the best job at watching over Rae and Athena
* Rae asks Len if the creature he turns into is related to the undead, Lennarius saying he would have known sooner if it was
* Rae questions if Len knew he was Enderian’s son and why he never told Rae
* Rae mentions finding Morningstar Castle and how Soul was helping Orchid run away
* Len tells Rae he was requested by Soul to watch over Orchid and her children
* Rae asks if Lennarius knew his sibling and if they are alive, Len saying they are alive but not who they are - Rae mentions how he’s been learning about the war of the realms and asks Len if he remembers any of it
* Len says he doesn’t remember much of the war. He also doesn’t seem to remember killing his brother, Vorago, either, only remembering the grief and anger he felt
* Len tells Rae Soul's last request was for him to “protect the Morningstars”
* Rae tells Len Athena is getting better. Len doesn’t understand what he means by this and Rae explains what had happened with the Wither sickness
* Rae mentions Alerion and questions if the major god is alive. Rae explains that Alerion is still husked but has gained back most of his memories
* Rae questions if Vorago could be husked
* Rae questions why Lennarius didn’t keep the war amongst the gods and why there aren’t any more people around, Len saying he doesn’t know
* Rae asks if Len knows anything about Perix before leaving to find more quartz
* Rae mentions how the room Athena and Jamie used now feels empty with them moved out
* Rae adds some things to his to-do list watching the sunset, feeling more full with questions instead of answers

## That's Not a Dog?? / That's Not Ice Cream

* Wolf is at their house talking to the sparks while building some of their house
* Sherbert wakes up, telling the objects they feel a lot happier with the rain being gone. They check their mail and see if they have any more quartz trees before going over to the wall, saying they feel anxious when they check
* When they check, Sherbert finds that the signs changed to torches and the area that changed around the board expanded
* Answers to the board: Are you mortal? No. Are you hostile? Don’t know. Do you have control over what you change? No.
* Sherbert also finds that Melon has changed again before going over to the Archives, getting distracted by the creeper farm and stumbling upon Wolf’s house
* Sherbert and Wolf meet each other, smoothing out misunderstandings about each other, and talk a bit before Sherbert gives Wolf a proper tour of spawn
* Wolf shows Sherbert the new gambling wagon they built with Ocie
* When the tour is finished, Sherbert quickly goes back to their house to give Wolf a music disc before going to the Archives
* Wolf plays their new music disc, feeling happy they met Sherbert

## Wardrobes and Repairs

* Rae checks on Wolf and the two walk around while talking about what the two have been up to as of late. The two run into Ocie and she explains how she’s changing her general store to a tailor shop
* Rae feels bad that he had destroyed people's property as the creature. Ocie and Wolf ask Rae if he was ever continuously, as the creature, destroyed people’s property. Ocie asks Rae why he puts all the blame, Rae feels like he could have done something differently in these situations. Ocie and Wolf, again reassure Rae that the creature is a force of nature and not him.
* The three decide to start helping Ocie rebuild its tailor shop. They talk about what’s been going on in their own lives, like Ocie finding Jerry’s jacket and a note, Rae talking to Len, etc. Rae rebuilds Chaos’ shop before the three move on to decorating “The Sailor’s Tailor” (the new name for Ocie’s shop) and rebuilding Centross’ house
* Wolf and Ocie take Rae to “Wheel Not Fake”. Rae wins a stack of ender pearls
* Rae suggests making invitations for the masquerade, so the trio goes to the Archives to write out the invites. They deliver them to Ven, Momboo, Athena and Jamie, Sherbert, Will, and Luce
* Rae goes home and talks to the auras about what Ocie mentioned about how the creature is an animal, just trying to find or protect something/itself. Rae comments about doing so many things to feel useful to others so they won’t just push him away

## Aligning the Facts / Questions...

* Will’s allay Auxreta wakes him up and he talks to Auxreta about his dreams. He decides the dreams about Fable and Auxreta might be real and not just dreams. He decides to go to the Archives for more information.
* Ven goes to the Archives to research why Fable wants the portal to the Aether rebuilt. He finds Will in the Archives and they introduce themselves. Will tells Ven about his dreams about Fable and Vent takes some notes. Ven tells Will what he knows about Fable and about the war. The two discuss the children of the gods and the fact that Alerion seems to know Will.
* Will tells Ven about the weird stuff happening like his conversations with Aax and Sherbert’s house. Ven tells Will about the portal gods and that the Aether was the realm of the dead, which makes Will confused because he is from there. Will tells Ven where he lives and Ven does the same before the two part ways. Will takes the book on Fable from the Archives and heads home. He wonders if Auxreta was one of the dead souls from the Aether.
* Ven goes home and is confused as to why Will is so special as well as why he had two dreams. He thinks about trying to be sneaky to get more answers because being nice thus far hasn’t really gotten him anywhere.

## Reconnaissance

* Ven goes over some of his notes on Purgatory and the Aether, and he realizes that he doesn’t know much about the Aether realm. He heads down to the archive in hopes of finding some books on the topic. On his way down, however, Ven spots Will entering the archives and decides to follow him around instead for a bit.
* Ven follows Will as he travels to different areas of the main part of the town, updating the community maps as he goes. When the two make their way to Alerion’s shrine, Alerion appears and gives Will a compass. Ven overhears them discussing that Will would need to go to the nether to follow the compass.
* Ven continues to trail Will until Will goes inside his lighthouse. Ven heads home after this, and writes down his notes and possible theories about Will. He decides to rest on it and heads upstairs to bed.

## Cipher Solving?

* After meeting with Wolf, Sherbert goes to the Archives to read up on Fable. They also write that they are Fable’s child in the book about Fable
* They read about the war of the realms as well before returning home
* They write up three new questions for Quixis: Is there a reason you are changing things? Did you know my other parent? Are you affected by the reset?
* Sherbert starts writing down notes about Quixis and what they know about them thus far
* They then go to the Archives and tries to unscramble the first word of the Quixis language book. After trying two different ciphers, Sherbert gets these words: SQZWQZ, AYHEYH
* Sherbert then returns to their house feeling a little disappointed

## Left in the Dark

* Rae has decided to turn Jamie and Athena’s old room into another guest bedroom
* Athena comes by asking Rae to help him check on Easton
* When the two arrive, finding Easton in their room, Athena refuses to leave without having them check. Easton, however, makes it very clear they don’t want Rae anywhere near them
* Eventually, Easton caves and allows Rae to check on them, Rae not being able to tell much due to the sculk covering their eyes
* Rae suggests some ideas to remove the sculk, and Easton gets upset, accusing Rae of giving them a false scene of hope. They then proceed to kick Rae and Athena out of their house
* Rae apologies to Athena, the latter reassuring him that Easton is just upset
* Rae suggests possibly having Momboo or Jamie talk to them
* Rae goes to the Archives and writes down some notes on the next steps to helping Easton
* Rae admits he doesn’t really want to see Momboo at the moment, scared of how she might react
* Rae writes a letter to Momboo, explaining how he wants to help Easton but they won’t let him help
* Rae delivers the letter before returning to his house to work on the guest bedroom

## New Enemies

* Ven plans on heading over to the Archives only to get distracted by the various gifts and pranks that have been left at their home. Once everything is cleaned up, Ven heads over to the Archives and begins looking over the books about the End. Not far into reading, he is interrupted by Centross, who shows up looking for Athena
* The two of them exchange introductions and Ven lets Centross know that Athena’s study has been moved to the basement. Ven goes to return to his reading and Centross asks what he is doing; Ven explains that they are researching more about the End
* After finding the book on Enderian Ven learns that Rae is Enderian’s son. They ask Centross about it, then comment on how it makes sense because Rae looks similar to Enderian. Ven goes to check out the book and Centross asks what he knows about the war. Centross offers to walk Ven home so that he can ask some more questions
* Centross asks about Alerion’s husking and Ven explains that it was what started the war. They talk more about the war and the books Ven has written before they arrive at Ven’s home. Ven goes inside saying a sort of goodbye to Centross, then Centross follows them in and refuses to leave
* Centross confronts Ven, explains that he doesn’t trust them, and accuses them of telling Athena and others information specifically to make them feel bad. Ven defends himself, saying that he is only telling them the truth. Centross isn’t having any of it and threatens Ven, which makes Ven very angry and they start yelling at Centross about his house and the cats he has let run up the mountain to freeze. Centross corrects Ven that it wasn’t a threat, it was a promise, then leaves
* Ven is annoyed that Centross didn’t just explain that Athena was upset, as he had no idea that the information had such an effect on them. He says to the enchanting particles (chat) that he will go and apologize to Athena if thats what they want and promises to keep his guard up a bit more than usual
* After leaving, Centross has a major coughing fit and a crash landing near Sherbert’s house. He shows the souls (chat) that the damage around his ribcage has gotten a lot worse. He calls out for Sherbert, hoping to ask for help, but he gets no response and instead ends up passing out on Sherbert’s doorstep

## Parallel Wound

* Centross is unconscious on Sherbert’s doorstep. He thinks about whether he actually wants to open his eyes and wonders if the peacefulness he’s feeling is how Enderian feels.
* He thinks about how he could maybe see his parents again and says he still misses them, even after everything they’ve done.
* He says he feels comfortable and knows Hope will be taken care of.
* Sherbert find Centross at their door and he wakes up.
* They bring him inside and Centross tells them about how he got his skulk wound at the Morningstar Castle.
* Sherbert brings Centross to their potion room and Centross says he hasn’t told Rae because Rae deserves happiness and he didn’t want to ruin it. Sherbert says they can only help so much and Centross has to eventually tell Rae. They explain that they won’t make him tell Rae but they also won’t let him go running around doing stupid things.
* Sherbert starts to build Centross a room while Centross tells Sherbert about the events of his conversation with Ven. Sherbert decorates the room while Centross cracks a few jokes.
* Sherbert asks why Centross is so eager to throw himself into dangerous situations and Centross says he’s not really sure but it’s the one way he knows he can be useful because it’s in his nature.
* Sherbert asks why Centross came to them and Centross says it’s because he trusts them and he always has. He says that, while their decision making has been “arguably piss poor at times”, he thinks Sherbert is a good person and they don’t have to prove that they’re a good person to him.
* Centross asks if Sherbert trusts Ven and they say they don’t really have any reason not too. Centross then asks about Fable and Sherbert says they want to help him get out of Purgatory.
* Centross realizes he has a book in his inventory from the Prison written in the Quixis language and he gives it to Sherbert. Sherbert shows him all of the weird things that have been going on and the wall that they’ve been using to communicate to Quixis. They show him their study and they somewhat translate the book Centross gave them but the translation is in Vo’lete instead of Common.
* Sherbert wonders if the communication wall is making the wack worse. From the answers Quixis left on communication wall, they find out that there is a reason for Quixis changing things, Quixis didn’t know/doesn’t know if they’ve met Sherbert’s other parent, and Quixis isn’t affected by the resets.
* Centross tells Sherbert about the experiments his parents were going to test on him before Seven destroyed the compound.
* Centross goes back inside to sleep and Sherbert asks Quixis one question: Is them asking Quixis things making the wack worse? Should they stop? They write down the new wack things that happened and check their mailbox to an invite to the Winter Masqueade.
* Sherbert checks Rodney’s house and find the note from Chaos translated to Quixis’s language.
* They go to the Archives to try to translate more books but the words they get are gibberish.
* They realize they have the whole alphabet and they go back home to organize their books and make some more potions for Centross.
* Sherbert says they understand what Centross said about being a good person; that you can’t measure people in extremes. They say they don’t feel like a good person and the only way they will is by getting Haley back.

## Discoveries and Truths

* Sherbert wakes up and goes to check on the signs outside, but finds that all of their animals have changed: Charles is now a bird, the frogs are slime blocks, the horses are hay bales, etc.
* Rae comes by Sherbert’s house asking for more energy potions. Sherbert shows Rae how the wack has gotten worse outside and they realize that trying to ask Quixis questions is causing the wack to spread and be more harmful. To take their mind off of their animals, Rae invites Sherbert to go looking for more libraries.
* Sherbert shows Rae their work on translating the unknown language’s alphabet before the two head out. They decide to look in the mountain by Sherbert’s house duplicate/glitch, and they end up finding a library there.
	+ Book 1 is one of Rae’s book’s asking Alerion for help.
	+ Book 2 is the beginning of a legible log written by Deltavera.
	+ Book 3 is a different part of Rae’s “Notes #3.”
	+ Book 4 is Perix’s potion notes detailing how she created the skulk (Sherbert thinks they might be able to create an antidote using the recipe).
	+ Book 5 is a book titled “Choice” written by Vikesh.
	+ The last book is a copy of Sherbert’s wack journal from the last reset (titled “Wac”). Some of the sentences in the book are written in the unknown language’s symbols and have different auras than the rest of the sentences in the book.
* The two fly back to Sherbert’s to start trying to translate some of the sentences in the Wac book. Rae goes downstairs to look for some energy potions but finds Centross in his temporary room instead. Centross tells Rae about his injury and Sherbert explains that they were trying to help him.
* Rae tells Centross that he’ll get the skulk off the wound tomorrow and that Centross should rest for now.
* Sherbert and Rae go back to translating, moving their work to the archives.
* After a while, Rae leaves to bind Sherbert’s books on Quixis and rest, and Sherbert returns home.

## Rest Employed

* Centross visits Chaos at the Seaside, the two of them catch up and Chaos shows Centross the new escape plan that is under his seaside house
* Centross asks Chaos for more totems as he had used all of his
* Chaos learns of Centross's chat of souls and pretends to join them
* Centross asks if Chaos is still running the Green Dragon as he wants to hire Chaos for another job. To spy on Ven
* He asks Chaos to keep an eye on Ven, watch his movements and track what he is doing at the archives., if Ven is changing information.
* Centross needs honest truth, because he doesn't want to do something he will regret later if there is no reason for it. Because if he does, Chaos will need to complete her original job
* Chaos then shows Centross the tnt launcher, winter holiday tree and red stone cave before sending him off and recording the job in the Green Dragon

## Not Running Away

* Will is at the lighthouse, once again going over his notes about Fable and his strange dream. He talks to the pages of Luxra Vocel (chat) about how he saw Alerion the other day and was given a compass called “Vocel aue Lotiu”.
* Will figures that it may have something to do with the Aether and quickly consults the pages (chat) and Auxreta to see if he should follow it, but gets responses he didn’t expect. The pages chastise him for wanting to leave again, saying that he isn’t a good friend. Will gets very upset and leaves Luxra Vocel and his other books behind to go follow the compass with Auxreta
* Beginning to regret his decision, Will turns around and sees that the tower of the lighthouse is covered in sculk. He panics, remembering what Rae said about the sculk being dangerous, and decides that he shouldn’t go back.
* He heads to spawn to tell Rae what happened and comes to the conclusion that the mean messages in the pages (chat) and all the strange encounters he has had haven’t been real
* Will wonders if the sculk has had an effect on him, but says he doesn’t feel different and figures he’ll be fine. He decides to go back for his stuff later when he can bring someone else with him. He also realizes that he needs to find a place for Auxreta, as he can’t bring them to the Nether without risk of them getting hurt
* Will heads to the Archives to get a book to write a note for Rae before he leaves to follow the compass. Will comments that he feels strange without having his pages to talk to, then writes the note for Rae and leaves it at his mailbox, along with Auxreta. After double-checking his supplies Will heads into the Nether through the portal at spawn

## Under the Knife

* Rae, Caspian and Aax are at home, and introduces them to Auxreta after finding a letter from Will
* The letter tells them about his sculk covered lighthouse and how he got a compass from Alerion and is looking in the Nether for it, and left Auxreta to them in the meantime
* Wolf heads over and Centross tells him that Rae found out about his injury and that he hopes Aax and Wolf will not be in trouble for keeping it from Rae
* They head over to Sherbert's house and get ready for the procedure and the others leave the room whilst Rae and Centross deal with the sculk
* Rae and Centross talk about him keeping it a secret and how Centross would do it again to bring Rae home
* They remove the sculk and head out to the others and Centross talks about owing some of them breakfast
* Centross asks to talk to Caspian and Aax and they tell Caspian about how Centross told some people, but did not tell Rae for the sake of keeping him at home and not running again
* Centross tells them about wanting to make breakfast once he is healed, and mentions wanting to invite Wolf
* Caspian and Aax catch on and asks if he has feelings for Wolf and promise not to tell
* They head upstairs and find out Rae headed home and after finding out Wolf and Aax knew, Caspian and Aax head home
* Rae gives Sherbert their fancy new bound books before heading home and looking more at Will's letter, trying to translate "Vocel aue Lotiu" and making a small plan for visiting the lighthouse
* Caspian and Aax come home and they ask how Rae is after that - Rae asks how Centross is and it seems he is ok
* Rae mentions how he hid it for so long and how the accident with Easton could have been avoided if he was not home
* Rae, Caspian and Aax talk feelings and how they are happy he is back home
* They also talk about Centross taking it upon himself to bring Rae home, even if it puts him in pain
* Rae tells them about the plan to visit the lighthouse
* Rae shows them the new books, including Warden's Potions Notes, with the instructions for Mind Weakness and Sculk
* Rae talks about the pressure of being the "doctor" and the others offer to help take some of the load
* Rae asks if he should head back and apologise for leaving so suddenly and the others tell him that he was with Wolf and that they might have snuck out
* They talk a little more before Rae heads to bed - Sherbert gives Centross some potions and him and Wolf head out to look at Wolf's house
* On the way Centross tells him about how he threatened Ven recently
* Centross talks about wanting to fly again, and Wolf tells Centross that he told Rae what he knew about the injury
* Centross wonders if he ever would have told Rae about the injury - They head to Centross' house and he sees it is fixed and Wolf tells him that he, Ocie and Rae fixed it
* Wolf tells him about the Masquerade and Centross says he used to go to some
* Centross talks about how he reverted to more of the Reaper when he spoke to Ven, and being blamed for the resets, maybe he should not go
* Wolf says he will be there and they can be awkward in the corner watching the others
* They talk about why breakfast on the way back to Sherb and Centross' many houses
* They talk about soup before Centross takes a nap

## Bibbidi Boppidi Bork

* Rae is at the banner fam house, unsure of what to do with Auxreta and considering building them a small room. He comments on how Auxreta is definitely from the Aether, then after a suggestion from one of the aura’s (chat) he moves Auxreta into his personal study, playing fetch with blue orchids to get them there
* Alerion appears in the living room and is immediately distracted by Auxreta. Rae begins to tell Alerion where Will is and they confirm that the compass was from them, then Rae asks if Alerion knows what Auxreta is, to which Alerion nods
* Their conversation is interrupted by Wolf showing up at the door. Wolf comes in, Alerion vanishes only to reappear directly in front of Wolf. After a short greeting, Alerion goes back to Auxreta and Rae tries to explain the situation to Wolf
* Rae asks Wolf why he came over and he explains that he wanted Rae’s help with the masquerade. Rae assures them that he still wants to help, so the two of them go back to one of the bedrooms to get some outfits for Wolf to try
* He tries on a few of Rae’s outfits, then Alerion takes over and gives Wolf some outfits. They go through many variations of looks before Wolf has an idea of what they would like to wear. With Wolf’s likes and dislikes in mind, Rae helps him to put together an outfit. Once Wolf is happy with it, Rae plans for the few alterations that will be needed and plans to bring him the outfit on the morning of the masquerade

## The Masquerade

* Before the Party
	+ Rae is in Wolf’s house and is nervous that he’ll screw something up at the party. Wolf comes out of his room and the two head over to the party.
	+ Meanwhile, Centross puts his stuff in a chest at his old house, says goodbye to Hope, and goes to the mansion.
	+ At the same time, Caspian grabs some health potions and heads to the party as well.
	+ Sherbert double-checks their supplies before heading to the Masquerade. They express their nerves about the party because of past events at parties. They head to the mansion as well.
	+ Ocie is at the mansion fretting over the manor and reiterating how if something bad happens again during the party, she won’t host another event.
	+ Momboo, on the other hand, is at her house, feeling nervous about what might happen before going to the mansion.
	+ Meanwhile, Chaos watches from the Town Hall as Ven walks around the Archives, looking through some of the books. Both eventually go to the Mansion.
* Everyone socializes before heading inside the mansion guided by Ocie. The group splits up to explore the mansion. Sherbert and Athena look at all the paintings before meeting back up with Chaos, Centross, and Art.
* The group explores the backyard, sees the dogs, goes sledding, and visits the hot springs.
* Ven and Ocie explore for a bit before Ven pulls Ocie into the library and tells it about Centross’ recent threat to him.
* Sherbert splits from the group and heads back inside to explore some more. They find Ocie and Ven in the library and talk about the mansion.
* They discuss the individual preparations they all made in case of another monster incident and walk to the Winter Market where they find Caspian and Rae. Everyone grabs their personal mugs and chats.
* Ocie and Rae leave the others for a second and Ocie tells Rae about what happened with Ven told her about Centross. Rae promises to talk to Centross and keep the two away from each other and they rejoin the others. Everyone parts ways and Sherbert finds Jamie and Momboo in the maze and Rae, Caspian, and Athena join them.
* Rae leads the group to the Chime Stone Cave and Momboo, Athena, and Jamie head off to the Winter Market. Sherbert says the dings in the Chime Cave feel oddly homey to them before leaving Caspian and Rae to “be gay”.
* Sherbert heads inside the mansion and finds Wolf and Centross looking at the map of the mansion. They show them the Winter Market where they grab mugs and talk to Athena, Momboo, and Jamie.

* Everyone meets up at the Winter Market before heading to the ice rink. Ocie announces the first event, a Giant Snowmen building contest. Everyone splits into teams: Centross and Wolf; Momboo and Jamie; Rae and Caspian; Athena and Sherbert; Ven, Ocie, and Chaos.
* The teams build their snowmen, tour everyone else’s snowmen, and vote on a winner: Rae and Caspian and their snow axolotl.
* Everyone heads inside the mansion again and Alerion appears floating in the air with a fancy outfit then disappears.
* Everyone dances in a dance circle before Alerion appears again with a book and joins in the dancing.
* Alerion says some words in Vo’lete which Rae translates to mean “Gift from Soraza, one question each”. Caspian says he knows the name and recognizes the book.
	+ Ocie asks about Jericho Cree which Alerion says “North”.
	+ Chaos asks about their friends and family and Alerion says “under the garden”.
	+ Ven asks what his fiance's last name was but Alerion responds in gibberish and Ven leaves.
	+ Ocie and Chaos leave to chat while Jamie asks what Delta Vera was working on and gets the answer “the Dragon”.
	+ Momboo asks why she can’t remember and Alerion says “Your Choice”.
	+ Rae asks how to get rid of the mirror and gets the answer “the mirror”.
	+ Wolf asks who he is and Alerion says “a traitor”.
	+ Centross asks if he will ever forgive himself and Alerion says “not until the end”.
* With every question, Alerion gets lower to the ground.
	+ Athena asks how to cure Soul and Alerion says “the Power of Destruction”.
	+ Sherbert asks if it’s possible to bring people back to life and gets the answer “no”.
	+ Caspian asks why he was sent to purgatory and Alerion responds with “Wrong Question” before saying “ni’amult” and disappearing.
* Everyone parts ways.
* Rae and Caspian go outside and talk about what happened. Caspian is confused and upset, wondering if everything he’s done has been pointless. Rae asks if he’s seen the book before and Caspian tells him what happened the last time.
* The two talk about all the questions and answers, Rae tells Caspian about his hunch about the mirror being at Will’s lighthouse, and the two agree to wait till tomorrow to look. They decide to dance under the stars.
* Wolf and Centross talk about Alerion’s answer to Wolf’s question. Centross reassures Wolf that he is not a traitor to him and promises to help Wolf find out more answers about his past. Wolf says he’ll make Centross a room at his house and the two fly to the tree, hug before saying goodbye, and promise to help each other.
* Centross heads home and, at the same time, Wolf goes to his house and says he is tired of not understanding who he is. He makes some signs and writes traitor on the wall.
* Meanwhile, Sherbert is distraught because they can’t bring Haley back. They say they don’t think they will ever feel like a good person again. They feel stupid to think it was even possible to bring someone back from the dead.
* Momboo and Jamie talk for a little bit before going to Athena and Jamie’s new house. While walking back home she explains how she was confused and doesn’t know what the answer to her question meant.
* Ocie and Chaos talk a little bit more about what to do in the future before heading west to see if they can find Jerry. The two land in a village and Chaos tells Ocie she needs to go home as she hasn’t slept in a while.
* Chaos flies around for a bit until Chaos finds a person and takes him home with her, he introduces himself as Jericho. Chaos leaves him in Centross’ home at Seaside and then goes back to the castle where she finds Ocie.
* After leaving, Ven gets upset over the fact that he hasn’t been able to get any answers for a while. He tells the enchantments that he’ll trespass this once and goes over to Will’s lighthouse, now covered in sculk. He looks through some of Will’s things in the house first before entering the lighthouse and finding the mirror.
* An illusion of Perix appears before changing into an image of Ven’s fiancé and soon changing back.
* Ven makes a deal with Perix that he’ll place the mirror where ever she wants if she gives him only positive illusions. He leaves Will’s lighthouse, mirror in hand.