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Sun 16th Jun 2024 10:39

5.1 Cult of the Dusk

by Rory Emberscale (WM)

sooo... i wint bak to witethpawow to thee if the sherf needth n e mowe hep and wile im thittin in the evrshadey tavrin i met thome new peepl naimd wethin and thwan and thunaweer. i wath jutht abowt to tawk to them to intwoduth mythelf but thin thome majik withardth bwoke thwu the dor in the tavrin and made witening come down and hit a buncha peepl hewe tho we had to put a thtop to that weel quik. the fite dint watht wong ath we wath much thtwonger than them thwan got the watht hit on the guy with the witening thkwole. wat wath weerd wath that win he casted the witening fwom the thkwol the thkwol dint go away wike nowmal thkwoleth. thath not wite. i pikd it up and gaiv it to thunaweer ath he wookd wike he mite no wat it ith but he dint weewy no to much eether. i will wet them taik cawe of that cuz i dont uthe majik.
 
well hewe cometh the sherf agin i feel wike i bin theein her a wot watewy and she wookth wike sheth jutht totawwy dun with all the cwap thath bin goin on awownd hear. she thaid mowe of thethe cult peepl in bwak and perpl wobeth hav showd up wethentwy and she needth a gwoop of peepl to deel with it and she thaid we wook wike we cud take cawe of it and were wike yah well do it. we fownd a map one of the guyth had that showth a camp and a obthverto... obthervaroty... a pwathe up hi on a mowntin were u can thee a buncha thtuff awownd it.
 
we dethided to hed to the camp firtht to thee if we cud git n e cwuthe abowt who thethe bad guyth awe. win we find the camp there ith a thurkel of fier pitth awownd a pile of thome bwack ash and thomewon dwawd thome kinda majik gwifth with it. thunaweer theeth a peeth of paper in it and pikd it up and win he pikd it up the fierth all wit up gween and thome shadow guyth popd owt of the fier. tiem to fite. well befowe i had a chanth to hit n e thing thunaweer kild a buncha them by doin thome cool bwite wite thtuff and wethin finisht them off wit hith gunth tho that wath quik.
 
they wed the peetheth of papew and thaid thith wath pawt of a jernle fwom thomewon cald thewen i think and he wath all wike IM GONA FIND THITH OVEWAN GUY AND WIN I DO IM GONA DETHTWOY EVWYWON THAT WONGED ME and we wath wike whoa mabee we need to find thith ovewen man and do thomethin abowt him. wile they wath weedin the buk i stompt owt the fierth and put durt on em tho they cudnt lite up agin and thin i wint a nokd owt the weerd gwifs on the gwownd.
 
we dethide we beter keep goin to the mowntin pwathe and finawy we git ther and haf to wawk up a buncha thtepth with the cwiff on are thide tho we gotta be thuper caweful tho we dont fall down thewe cuz that wud be vewy bad. wuckiwy we maik it no pwobwem but win i turnd the cowner and fownd the tower i got shot at by thome awchewth in tha windoze. thwan and me wath wike welp we gonna wush the dor tho we did and i bweethd fier on tha dor and he nokd them down tho we cud git inthide. we wath abel to take them owt eethy.
 
there ith a buncha bukth hewe but the otherth thaid thethe aint the bukth we wookin for but they did find a wownd thtaircathe goin down down down. befowe we go that way wethin thtopth me and givth me a wand to help find twapth and he shode me how to uthe it tho i go ahed and it workth it fownd one with a twipwarr and wthin ditharmd it.
 
thin we keep goin and find a woom with tonth of bodeeth on the fwor and thtachooth with weppinth and a weerd map on the fwor. thewe awe a wot mor of thothe bwack and purpel robe guyth ded in hewe tho we gotta be caweful not to git ded to. thewe awe thome mowe gwifth but thith tiem thwan can weed them and heth wike it thayth onwy the wite of the godth will cweer the path and we wath wike well u got thome god wite and he wath wike yah i do tho he wit up hith sord and thwammed it on the gwownd and BOOM THE DOR OPIND UP that wath awethome.
 
we go thwu the dor and now we owthide agin but thewe ith thome buk shelfth up hewe and we awe thuper hi up the cwiff ith wike a canyin and we gotta be caweful not to fall down jutht wike watht tiem. tho we keep goin and i go acwoth the bwije ahed and find thome bwood and a shoo and a buk. i pikt up the buk and gaiv it to thwan cuz he can weed and heth wike ith calld the buk of fwameth but thin befowe we cud do n e thing elthe we git hit by thome tinticalth and wook up and ther ith a woper up above. i wath too buthy wachin my thtep to wook up and thee it and now wer in twubble agin thowy guyth. well i cant weech it with my akth tho i haf to shoot it with my cwothbow. it geth thwan and pulth him up to him tho we cant weech him now but thin it gwabbd me and tuk me up thew to and im wike oh yah thith ith were i wanna be. hit bite me and it huwt weel bad but i gotta do wat i can wile heth got me neer him tho i thwing my gwatethord awownd and git thome gud hith and evenchuwy we kill it and it dwopth thwan and me. wuckiwy we wand on the bwije but that wath cwothe.
 
we take a showt wetht befowe we keep goin. win evewybody ith weddy we keep goin thwu the hallway and i here thome voitheth but i dont no wat there thayin. i git too cwothe and one voithe wath wike show urthelf tho im wike okay and pop awound the cowner. welp i pwobaby shudnt hav dun that cuz they wath weddy. we fownd owavin and a buncha hith goonth. i chargd foward but thin one of them wath able to keep me fwom movin tho i cudnt fite and they jutht kept hitin me and hitin me. thwan wath abel to keep thome of them hitin me by putting thome kinda sheeld on me ow thomethin tho that wath gud but then wethin stept in and made the guy keepin me fwom movin stop keepin me fwom movin and now i can move tho ath thoon ath i tuk a thwing the sheeld wint away but at weetht i can help now. but thin the guy did it agin and thith time it wathted a wot wonger. and thin ath thoon ath wethin wath abel to git it off me agin owavin caim awound the cowner and hit me big tiem and i dont wemembew much aftew that cuz i wint down. the nektht thing i wemembew ith wookin up at thunaweer who gaiv me a heewin poshin to git me bak up, i thank him and thtand up and taik thome thwingth at watevr ith cwothetht to me and thin i duk behind cover tho they cant hit me. i take thome tiem to wecovew a bit befowe hedding bak in the woom. i thwow my javlin of witening at thome guyth and won of them ith hit but i mitht the othew won. thwan got a big hit on the wobed guy and tuk him owt. thin wethin gave me a poshin and moovd away for a better shot tho i tuk the poshin wich made me feel a wot beter. the onwy guy weft now ith owavin who nokd me owt earwier tho i walkd up to him and brot the pain as i wath wike u made me mad and thin tuk ith hed off thending it fawwing down the deep pit nektht to uth.
 
finawy we can taik a bwake for a bit. we make shure nuthin ith comin up hewe and thin thtawt wooking awound at wat we can find. we fownd wotth of cool thtuff and i got a new thord tho i cant wate to tetht it owt it evin hath thome fanthy julth on it tho ith pwetty and feelth nithe.
 
in the midel of the woom ith a valt hangd up by thome chainth wite over the pit. wethin twied to opin the vault wile we waited behind the piwwarth in the woom but he got totawwy bwathted by thome shadow majik ow thomethin it hurt him weel bad. we dethided ith betht not to twy agin tho we thtawted undoin the chainth to thend the vault and watever ith inthide down into the pit. but im wike wat if we do that and it thummonth thomething or maketh thingth worth and we dethided it wath jutht betht to wet the thing go down the hole wather than wet anybody who findth it hav it. tho we undid the chainth and down down down it wint into the hole. we never evin herd it hit the gwound tho it mutht be a thuper deep hole thath cwazy.
 
tho we taik a wong wetht befowe hedin bak to witethpawow to git are paymint. the sherf ith hapey to thee uth and thankth uth fow doin that for them. thwan dethided to go bak home wile wethin and thunaweer want to go bak to the wibwawy to thtudy. i wath gonna go home but dethided to thtay with them to pwotekt them tho we wint bak up the mowntin to the wibwawy for a few dayth. i wet them do motht of the wookin awownd thinthe i cant maik n e thenthe owt of the bukth but i did find won thcwol. i showd it to them and they towd me it was a fweething thfere thpeil tho that wath cool haha i maid nother joke thath funy.
 
thin we weft and hedded home. we made thome pwetty gud muny thith week tho i mite haf to do that agin thometime. that wath fun ekthept for the hole almotht dying thing.