“Right. Could you tell me . . . I dunno, the last thing you remember?”
The minotaur looks down.
“‘Cos I was on this mission, right, deep in space. Wildspace. It’s hard to explain. And we were getting attacked. I don’t remember the details, it was just . . . well, I think I was hit. I’m not sure. And everything just started to blur, and I was spinning through space and I couldn’t speak, could hardly think.”
The minotaur spreads his arms and gestures to the empty beach.
“I don’t know where we are, but it seems like we’re the only ones here. And Zalius never tells a secret. I know things about the Queen that she would never allow anyone else to know. She would execute me in a second if I told anyone! As a matter of fact, she’s tried!”
Salem is cleaning up her beach hut, which she has changed for the inside to look like an apartment. She is still waiting for someone, but seems to be calmer now, accepting that she is well.. dead.
"Doesn't matter. I'm not dead, just stranded with no way to communicate with anyone else."
“Right. Could you tell me . . . I dunno, the last thing you remember?”
The minotaur looks down.
“‘Cos I was on this mission, right, deep in space. Wildspace. It’s hard to explain. And we were getting attacked. I don’t remember the details, it was just . . . well, I think I was hit. I’m not sure. And everything just started to blur, and I was spinning through space and I couldn’t speak, could hardly think.”
He glances up.
”And now I’m here.”
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"My mission is classified." The man responds matter-of-factly.
“Classified by who?”
The minotaur spreads his arms and gestures to the empty beach.
“I don’t know where we are, but it seems like we’re the only ones here. And Zalius never tells a secret. I know things about the Queen that she would never allow anyone else to know. She would execute me in a second if I told anyone! As a matter of fact, she’s tried!”
He chuckles to himself.
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"That's classified too." he pauses, "So where the hell are we?"
“Sorry, mate. That’s classified.”
He waits for a moment, probing for a reaction. When he gets none, he continues,
”Okay. So I have no idea either. Is anyone else here? Hello?!”
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“No, that can’t be right. I’m still alive. Else I would be in a graveyard somewhere.”
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Zalius pauses. “Heh. Nearly got me with that one.”
He reaches into his satchel and pulls out a small knife that glows with bright red light.
“But I know this is just a dream.”
He plunges the knife into his chest. It sinks in without a drop of blood. Nothing happens.
Zalius frowns. He pulls the dagger out, and stabs himself again. He wiggles the dagger around under his skin experimentally. Nothing happens.
“Oh dear.”
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*Angelique is just relaxing on the beach for now. She’ll be active again tomorrow evening hopefully.*
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Zalius is struggling to accept it. “I could still be dreaming, though.”
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Zalius can see, off the shore and still a good distance away, a small boat with two figures in it being rowed towards the beach.
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Zalius frowns and runs after the boat, waving to get their attention.
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The person rowing just keeps rowing. The other person, well, is Drummer's, so yeah.
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Zalius sits and waits for them.
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