So much has happened since the last time I had a second to
stop and think. I could talk for a while about all of the little things - the
stuff we found behind secret doors, the death machine experiment, potions and
unguents and make-believe gems, plus some more tinkertalk at an archmage - but
all of it's stuck behind this huge shadow of Bomani turning to stone right. in.
front. of. my. eyes.
In fact, right in front of my eyes right as I was pretty
much telling him not to put on the cursed glasses.
I don't know whether I should be kicking myself for not
speaking faster, or kicking him for no- I know, I know, kicking him right now
would hurt. Stone. Got it. Either way, one second he was
there mostly intact and breathing, and the next he was solid rock.
I could more or less deal with it when we dragged him back
to Sunstep and turned his corpse back into a proper person, but this seems one
step removed - he's not flesh anymore, let alone alive. Quill and Sister
Stare and the archmage have all said that it's more expensive and complicated
than "just" bringing someone back from the dead, and we're waiting to
find out just how much we'll have to find to make it all happen.
So there's that.
After we brought back Yannick's Ornamental Dead Cat from
Zod's dungeon, the archmage has gotten more interested in what's still there
and has saddled us with his minion Quintus. We're still without Ildis and
Thowick, who haven't returned since selling the potions in Sunstep, so while we
follow up some leads to find out where they headed Quintus can make himself
useful - having someone around with some magic smarts might help us figure out
how to get into more secret rooms, if nothing else.
I made some money by selling Stuff to the archmage. I
don't think it'll be enough to bring Bomani back this time. I hate the
idea of leaving him back here, and Faruk is limping around and needs some money
spent on fixing his leg - there's always something going on that'll cost us
some money and push us a little bit further away from bringing Bomani back.
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