we heal up and restore willpower
cog upload: 'immortal, hyperintelligent, teleporting cow: an investigation'
we rock up to the safehouse and notice….
something has been pinned to the door, martin luther (king) style
its pinned with an oddly shaped knife
its like a weird ankh with spikes
the note states the following, in 3 words assembled from cutouts: WE ARE WATCHING
Lee brings up the cctv footage, and we carefully enter to avoid any traps
A floating knife and piece of paper enter the frame and are driven into the door
we add a photo of the knife to the conspiracy board
peter walsh concludes: its the sword of caine
we discuss future plans and a name emerges: new sabbath shovels
Norton wants to pick up his postcard (stop by his shop)
we stop by spoons
when lee orders alcohol it comes out as evil black smoke
'Shouldnt have eaten at mr burger'
Lee mentions how he saw the smoke
Peter remarks that he has seen it multiple times and its only been him
Peter investigates king breweries to see more, looking at companies house he sees that they are owned by Premium Oil Holdings UK
They are owned by Avalon Incorperated, who are owned by Endron Internation, who are part of the Pentex company
Peter walsh tries to find the mystery shop by wandering with wanting to find it, to figure out why Lee can see the smoke
Walking down some road in Hemsby, between the Mirage and something i missed, there is a shop that seems out of place. Its made of ornate white marble, sandstone accents, a collection of large water features out front and palm trees.
'The travelling Shoppe'
We are greeted by our strange friend baddab
She mentions the word 'Fomor'
THey say it makes sense that Lee sees black smoke
We ask to find out more
We joke about home alone and Lee and Peter walk into the back to find a book
Peter actually mentions he has finished a book and he goes off to sign it
MEANWHILE john goes up
'I heard you had a run in with one of my friends!'
She laughs at John about the coin drawer and catepillar
John mentions the lecturer in folklore, turns out they're a changeling/fae too
He has an overdue book
The fireflies are relaying all of the sound
John asks about the doggirl, Emily, a Pooka
Dont refer to Emily as a Pooka in public! its against the 'rules' apparently
We're in the list of notable people for basically everyone apparently!
Marvolo is the town bike apparently? wild
They coin a term for the sound when shaking stuff for norton; 'glimmering'
Its probably Norton 'hearing' (more like manifesting) disturbances in reality
Some things are more real than other things, some things are less real
discussions about reality ripples on a lake
read MAGE
we break character and realise we're all in a homestuck
we talk about the noosphere and how world events impact how baddab feels and their ability to leave
LEE STEPS THROUGH THE DOOR INTO THE LIBRARY ZONE
around him, the bookshelves morph into a verdant forest
as he looks over his shoulder to shout back, there is just more trees
He hears the calls of deer and elks, birds flapping their wings
he sees a desire trail down the forest, and tries to follow it
AS he takes his first step he is instantly transported back, and Badab apologies and says it was a problem with the umbra that wont happen again
he finally reaches the book shelf
THe book is titled 'On the taint of the wyrm by the glass walker tribe' its a black and white a5 zine like a protest zine
low tech low budget
while climbing to the next book he notices the word garou
The next book is titled 'Kin and Kinfolk and their positions in the Garou Nation'
the firefly leads him back
PETER
reaching the kindred section, he does a practice front roll that he wanted to do to practice
Its a simply bound book, bound in some form of leather but it doesnt seem to be any leather peter knows up. THe title and author a gilt
'For all those who have seen what they shouldn't have, keep fighting for all you care about' - Cameraflash (picture of a camera flashing)
Peter walsh tries to do another roll, and fuck it up falling over and huritng his back
screaming in agony, it gets in teh way of john and badab's conversation
badab points at johns chest and tells him to look at his chest
John stubbonly refuses
Norton tries to convince him there is smoke coming out of his chest
peter and lee enter the scene
Badab mentions there is a hole in this chest
john feels his chest and feels a hole
He looks down, no hole
a flicked nose instead
owned