"If anything happens and we can't give Aaron the tressym, I would be more than happy to take care of it." The fairy looks back at Reika, excitement turning into awe as she sees the way she's carrying the tabaxi. "You're strong. Wow. Anyways, let's have a little talk with Aaron." She looks around the room. "...Where is he, exactly?"

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"If anything happens and we can't give Aaron the tressym, I would be more than happy to take care of it." The fairy looks back at Reika, excitement turning into awe as she sees the way she's carrying the tabaxi. "You're strong. Wow. Anyways, let's have a little talk with Aaron." She looks around the room. "...Where is he, exactly?"

 Aaron appears before you, levitating. “You’ve retrieved my familiar, good. Now give it to me.”

Akyan continues to hold the cat, “First, I think you should tell us whatever your keeping from us. I find it mighty suspicious that the rabbit guy who spoke out against you died no more than five minutes later.”

Rieka gives the fey a smile. "Thanks, Sheerow." Then she turns back to Aaron.

"Yes, I agree with Akyan," Rieka says to him icily. "Explain the rabbit. And I'd also like to know what happened to this individual." 

She gestures to the tabaxi on her shoulder. "That wound was unlike anything I've ever seen before. I need to know whether it was inflicted by a friend or a foe."

Though a little startled at first, as soon as she gets her bearings Sheerow's beaming face drops and she narrows her eyes at Aaron. She stays silent, but inches slightly in front of Akayan and the tressym, blocking the cat from view.

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Akyan continues to hold the cat, “First, I think you should tell us whatever your keeping from us. I find it mighty suspicious that the rabbit guy who spoke out against you died no more than five minutes later.”

 Aarons eye tics at the mention of the Chugustian.

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Rieka gives the fey a smile. "Thanks, Sheerow." Then she turns back to Aaron.

"Yes, I agree with Akyan," Rieka says to him icily. "Explain the rabbit. And I'd also like to know what happened to this individual." 

She gestures to the tabaxi on her shoulder. "That wound was unlike anything I've ever seen before. I need to know whether it was inflicted by a friend or a foe."

 “I inflicted him with the Curse of Topp’s Tower. He was about to throw a throwing star in your direction. I had to protect my tressym.”

"You stopped a throwing star and I thank you for that," says Xo, walking up to Aaron, "however, I do think a smoke bomb, which could have been any ordinary bomb, was also flung in our direction." He takes a moment to breath. "Why could you only spot the star?"

"I don't care, we got the tressym. Time for the payment." Malikily holds out his hands expectingly.

“The man was in his office! How would he have thrown something at us!” Akyan counters, “Sheerow saw him right as he died. And to XO’s point, there have been several other times that someone has tried to hurt one of us today. Why just stop one attack?”

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"I don't care, we got the tressym. Time for the payment." Malikily holds out his hands expectingly.

 Aaron waves his hand, and overfilling bags of money appear on each members’ belts (+100 gold).

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“The man was in his office! How would he have thrown something at us!” Akyan counters, “Sheerow saw him right as he died. And to XO’s point, there have been several other times that someone has tried to hurt one of us today. Why just stop one attack?”

 “The owner had a hand crossbow under the desk, he would have shot Sheerow. The smoke bomb, as Xo has mentioned, was not a more dangerous bomb. Were it, I would have done something. Now, my familiar.”

Akyan is still not convinced that this is the case, but he hands the cat to Aaron anyways.

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Akyan is still not convinced that this is the case, but he hands the cat to Aaron anyways.

 Aaron carefully takes the cat, and laughs. The vision of everyone is blurred, then turns to black. When a member awakens, they find themselves in dimly lit room where a man hunches over a table.

"Gah! I knew there was some kind of trick!" Akyan says angrily. He looks at the man, "Hey! Where in the blazes are we? And who are you?"

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"Gah! I knew there was some kind of trick!" Akyan says angrily. He looks at the man, "Hey! Where in the blazes are we? And who are you?"

 The man turns. “I am the Beyonder. I see what was, what is, and what will be. When time converges, I am all that remains. And as to where you are, you are dead. However, time needs you to play your part.”

Malikily slowly comes to, and looks around. "You mean we are... we are... dead?! In the sense that we are not alive any more?"

"We can not be dead, as we can still think and talk!" Despite the illogic, Xo has a bad feeling the Beyonder is not lying. "Where are we really?" He attempts to appear disbelieving, but he is still worried. He checks to see if he still has his items on him.

Rieka curls up into herself, fighting to remain stoic and strong. This is too much. She places her head on her drawn up knees, not bothering to look at the beyonder. 

That is, until a thought occurs to her. "Wait, if we're dead, does that mean that anything that was a part of us in our lives is dead too?" 

Sheerow makes a sluggish effort to bring out her brooch and try to tranquilize Aaron, but it was in vain. Her senses fade as her fingertips brush the button on its side.

When she finally comes to, it feels like she's been holding a breath for an impossibly long time and only now is she able to let it go. And the only thing she can think of to do is laugh. "I'm dead," she giggles, having to hold her sides to keep herself from shaking onto the floor. "We're all dead. Finally." She doesn't know when, but giggles turn to sobs and she curles up into a ball on the floor. Her wings move to cover her body. "Finally."

Akyan gives the man a flat look. “Yeah, sure. So what are we suppose to do now?” 

He looks at Sheerow with a concerned expression. He has never seen her like this and has no idea how to help the situation. It makes him angry. His gaze returns to the man, fixing him with a cold silver gaze. 

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Malikily slowly comes to, and looks around. "You mean we are... we are... dead?! In the sense that we are not alive any more?"

 “That is generally how death works.”

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"We can not be dead, as we can still think and talk!" Despite the illogic, Xo has a bad feeling the Beyonder is not lying. "Where are we really?" He attempts to appear disbelieving, but he is still worried. He checks to see if he still has his items on him.

 All of his items are still on him. “I assure you, you’re dead.”

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Rieka curls up into herself, fighting to remain stoic and strong. This is too much. She places her head on her drawn up knees, not bothering to look at the beyonder. 

That is, until a thought occurs to her. "Wait, if we're dead, does that mean that anything that was a part of us in our lives is dead too?" 

 “No, your clones are very much alive.”

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Sheerow makes a sluggish effort to bring out her brooch and try to tranquilize Aaron, but it was in vain. Her senses fade as her fingertips brush the button on its side.

When she finally comes to, it feels like she's been holding a breath for an impossibly long time and only now is she able to let it go. And the only thing she can think of to do is laugh. "I'm dead," she giggles, having to hold her sides to keep herself from shaking onto the floor. "We're all dead. Finally." She doesn't know when, but giggles turn to sobs and she curles up into a ball on the floor. Her wings move to cover her body. "Finally."

 “Not quite. I did say that time needed you. Which is why I need you to go through that portal.” Double doors open to reveal an odd town that Rieka recognizes.