Examination....

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 13488

They then sigh contentedly, and slowly go over to get a better view of the body. This could prove to be important....maybe....

Meanwhile, the mage known as Prang finishes the final incantation of his seeking spell, and an image begins to form within the murky depths of the scrying pool he is using for this operation.

Images begins to form.

"Hmmm, looks like one of the nearby towns that my pet flew by every once in a while," Prang mutters to himself, recognizing it from the visions he'd seen of it through the eyes of the dragon.

The images jump to a pair of dead bodies draped over a donkey. Prang grimaces as he sees the tell-tale signs of various organs, including brain, having been harvested for various nefarious purposes.

"You were at it again, ole' Belboz," Prang muttered, disgusted.

One of the things that Prang didn't like about the now departed Belboz was his macabre experiments using live subjects to "harvest" for various "ingredients."

"Should have never put that compulsion in him when I laid the gies on him," Prang muttered, with some regret.

At the time it seemed like a funny idea......

Now.....

Prang sighs, wondering if this last act was in any way related to Belboz's early papers published back at the Guild about those crazy theories claiming that the necromancer had been able to teach a tape worm a trick.....killed it and chopped it up and fed it to another tape worm.....and the new tape worm had gained the knowledge! Yes, the blasted parasite seemed to learn faster than the previous one....but.....

"He was a laughingstock for making such claims," Prang sniffed.

He then stops cold, heart freezing in shock as a familiar figure steps forth out of the crowd!

"But I Banished her," Prang whispered in protest.

Several other young people, talking to each other, step out from behind the crowd to join Annafrid.

The image waivers, and Prang is about to force it to focus and home in on them (there is something.....interesting....that catches the old mage's eye) when he sees one of them (a small....elfin girl by the looks!) snap her head up and.....look straight at him!

Prang, squeeking in shock at being detected somehow (that shouldn't have been possible!), breaks contact before the strange elfin girl can do anything through the scrying pool!

That shouldn't be possible, either, but.......


"Ti'mma?" Joan asks, seeing the faraway look in her friend's eyes.

"I thought I Saw somebody," Ti'mma says softly, "I'm not sure, though. Odd"

The constable, meanwhile, waves the overly curious strangers back.

"Let the dead alone.....show some respect," the man chides them.

The bodies are taken to the local clergy for a decent burial. Nobody wants the restless dead walking about, you see.

Sighing, the adventurers decide that since evening is here, perhaps getting a room was in order.

"Just as soon as we take care of something," Jarlath says, getting down on one knee in front of Astra and Annafrid.

"Not here....not now," Joan says softly but firmly, catching him before he can start.

  1. Several locals are looking at him in askance.....

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