The Park, Friday Afternoon

[gambles_everything]

It was probably best not to ask where mayor Faden had found that much raw meat. Or what might happen to it later. But it was there, in the park, not far from where the beasts' portal had first appeared.

And it was working.

Weremongooses, werebeavers and werepigs, all came skulking out of the shadows to find the hoard. They were hungry, and some of the locals were chewy, you see.

They had no idea what was waiting for them.

[[ fighty post! open. ]]

Town Hall, Friday noon

[weirderthanthou]

"So we have kind of a shitstorm out there," Jesse said conversationally. "Does anyone have any ideas? Because all I've got is 'go out there and beat them up until I find my assistant'."

No, really, she thought as she surveyed those who'd made it down to Town Hall. She was usually the 'beat things up' girl.

Not exactly what I'd planned for myself, but here we are.

[[ open ]]

The Infinite Consortium (formerly Fantasy Costco), Friday Afternoon

[deathsmajesty]

Werecreatures. Of course it was werecreatures. If Liliana didn't know better, she would assume that green behemoth from the Onakke civilization had found her and had sent more of his beasts after her. The information she'd learned from the Town Hall meeting today make that possibility seem less likely (those she wasn't entirely ruling it out), which was...

Well, she wasn't sure if this were good news or bad. Not having it be one of her many enemies was always a plus, but learning this was the kind of thing that just happened around here was...disconcerting, to say the least.

Same with the fact that these beasts couldn't die. It did mean she could blast the creatures with whatever spells she wished without having these townspeople coming to wring their hands at her or with torches and pitchforks because she'd accidentally melted the flesh off of somebody's favorite uncle or whatever, but it was definitely frustrating to waste all that mana and not even get a good zombie panther out of it. :(

A slam hard enough to rattle the door came from the display window. Standing outside of it was a bear large enough to make her briefly reconsider the possibility that it was the giant behemoth. Then it slammed its giant front paws against her shop window and she realized she didn't care whether or not it was him, no one got to damage her shop but her! One of her zombies lurched forward, but Liliana stayed it with a gesture. "I've got it," she growled, striding to the door. A blast of purple energy wrenched the door open and another slammed into the--oh. There was a second one. Huh.

Unexpected.

Welp, too late now. Once more into the breach, her hands glowing as she drew upon her mana. "If this is you, Garruk Wildspeaker, you're just as unimpressive here as you were back on Shandalar."

In the much-abused window was a beautiful chalice wrought from white marble. Give the proprietress a moment, and she would be back to assist you.

Marble Chalice