Just a Passing Assassin...

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 Spiral: Got in contact with my people, we’re getting a supply drop.

Cabinetta: O-Oh?! And by that you mean…



Spiral: Plan to kill the monster is good to go, if there’s anything you think could help us now’s a good time to bring it up. Anything useful, mention it. If not, even just snacks probably is fine.

Cabinetta: I’d have to think on that, but uh….

Cabinetta: Would it be selfish if you could get me some blood? I’m really starving….  Vanilla pudding would be nice too but… or maybe….

Spiral: Is it dangerous right now?

Cabinetta: No, but when you regularly drink it does become painful to be cut off. Many descendants of fiends never start in the first place because they tend to have minimized cravings.

Spiral: I can see what I can do, higher than zero chance but no promise.



Cabinetta: You are wonderful, bless you…

Spiral: So uh, need to talk to the others about this first before they can do anything. That okay-

You are immediately tossed over her shoulder

She picks you up and starts booking it.

You don’t know how to feel.



Spiral: Y-you’re really that thirsty?!

Cabinetta: Yes!

You see candles filled with hallways pass by you so fast until it looks like a blur of comets.

And then suddenly, at pinpoint accuracy, she stops before a doorway and puts you down.

Your whole body is shaky after that.

Spiral: Whoa uh…

Cabinetta: Pretend we just walked.

Spiral: Trying.

She brushed herself off and entered the library ahead of you. You follow suit.

You spot your friends and a third person up ahead and wave. Steady waves back immediately.



Steady: Yo! We were supposed to come back to you!

Spiral: You were taking a bit, and we got in contact with home base.

Steady: Really? How’d you manage that?

Cabinetta: We found a communicator on your cursed ally, it seems to still be functional.

Fiddle: Really? Let me see…

You pull it out of your pocket.

Fiddle: Interesting… it’s older tech that can adjust frequency. The technology in our bodies and communicators is all uniform for the sake of easy data transfer.

Steady: So in other words..

Fiddle: Just a case of really awful luck, the creature is jamming our signals specifically.

Steady: Ah… yo Cabby, you’ve been able to call people outside of town right?

Cabinetta: I have, albeit the signal is not amazing in this area ever so..

Steady: Huh…

Steady: Seems like the blocker is a bit of a freak accident deal. Wonder if spawning in the exit is possible now..

Fiddle: No, the exits and entrances need to be precise for safety reasons. We can’t take any risks with those lest you wish to be scrambled on the way back.

Fiddle: As for the data and consciousness transfer, that’s also tricky. We have to deal with this creature one way or another before that.

Spiral: Speaking of, people back at base offered us a supply drop so..

Steady: That’d be fantastic. Mind if we talk with folks?

Cabinetta: Go ahead!

???: Just to clarify, these are people you work with yes?




Steady: Yep! Yo Spiral, this is Mr. Turnip. He’s very wiggly…



Turnip: Mm….

Spiral: Spiral, at your service.

Turnip: Quite, I’m Cabinetta’s assistant. Familiar actually, bit of a magical thing really. Are you versed?

Spiral: Plenty, used to be big into witching stuff.

Turnip: Then I don’t need to explain much. I’m the one who helps out when Cabinetta here is testing extreme solutions to local issues. Droughts, sandstorms, giant bats.

Cabinetta: We don’t talk about the giant bats…

Turnip: Is it still too soon?

Cabinetta: Yes.

Turnip: Fair enough. I'll be aiding in your efforts...

Spiral: Make sense... ah right, so back to business. We kinda got a lot to cover. Gotta update home base.

Steady reaches out for the device.

Steady: Yeah, let me go handle that. You mind?

You hand her over the device. She flicks it on.

Steady: Steady, here to report. Uh.. yeah we’re all here. Fiddle’s doing good, we found our friend, all that.

Steady: I… No. I mean… yeah it’s kinda dire.

Spiral: Is everything alright?

Fiddle: Possibly.

Steady: People have houses here, seems like a bad plan honestly. I mean it’d work but like… I dunno, feel like we’d kill everyone’s plants and mess up their water and…



Steady: Yeah no let's not. Really? Maybe uh… I’m tempted to be honest.

Steady looks over.

Steady: Alright, yeah I can… just uh…

She hands it over to Fiddle.



Steady: Help…

The construct takes the device in hand.



Fiddle: Yes? Yes we’re all good…. Ah. Okay well..

Fiddle: Yeah just catch me up on what you’ve told the others….



Fiddle: I really don’t think that’s necessary but…

Fiddle: Oh… I mean that’s.. Hmm…

Fiddle: Pizza would be good…

Fiddle looks over to you.



Fiddle: Going to take a bit, they actually heard everything you and Cabinetta discussed, Nobody ever turned the talkie off…

Spiral: Ah! Well..

Fiddle: I mean that’s by design, they have to monitor the job. We’ll receive a care package in the morning with everyone’s needs.They *can* deploy a few utilities though now. Anything urgent?

Spiral: A few, we’re going to be here the night so…



Cabinetta looks at you with sad eyes.

Spiral: Even just to entertain yourself during the wait.

Steady: Or…. maybe swoon a person or two. Hehe… I see what you are….