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    "I see," replied Doncie, pulling four cards from the deck. (Side deck cards so I remember them) He flipped over a card. A ten. A total of twelve, he mused. A nine or a ten would cause him to go bust, but five out of the remaining eight cards would let him get 20. "<Keep going>," he called.
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    The young woman's shield melted, turning into a number of golden ropes that she thrust forwards at the attack. The Queen turned, raising a hand. Miyako felt another force seize control of the stream, attempting to rip it to shreds.
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    Geff's brow furrowed. "Afraid I don't-" "Geff," said the Queen. There was no warning, no flash of light. Geff simply stopped talking. His expression changed, falling into a neutral, empty gaze. "Much better," continued the Queen, her smile returning. "Now-" At that moment, Yerik and Miyako attacked. Yerik took a deep breath, focused as much as he could, and threw the knife. The young woman glanced at the hole where Miyako was hiding just in time to see the stream of water come streaking towards her. Her eyes widened. Then her dress exploded into a flurry of threads that rearranged themselves to block the incoming strike. As she did, Yerik's knife thunked into the carpet near to where Geff stood. He'd missed. "Attack!" she cried. "We're being attacked!"
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    "Yeah," said Yerik, taking a deep breath. "When-whenever you're ready. Just... count from three or something." The Queen's smile faded further. "Hm. I think you don't."
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    Doncie sat down and drew a card. A two. Was that good? "How do you play, exactly?" he asked.
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    "Yes. Yes. I'm fine." Yerik took a deep breath, trying to get the shaking of his hands under control. "Perhaps," the Queen replied, her smile fading slightly. "What do you know of their names?" Geff humphed. "Beg pardon, Your Majesty. Thanks very much for offering to help fix Cassandra, but I think I'd like to go back now."
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    "Uh, maybe," replied Yerik, his hands trembling. The Queen leaned forwards even further. "Really? You know nothing? Not even their names?" Geff paused for a moment. "Huh. You really have a thing for names, don't you?"
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    Doncie sauntered over to the group playing some sort of card game. "Mind if I join?"
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    "Uh, yeah," said Yerik, fumbling the knife out of its sheath. The Queen laughed. "Well, maybe a little. No need to worry about it, my dear Geff. I was simply curious." She leaned forwards ever so slightly. "Where did you find them?" "Hum," said Geff, taken aback slightly. "Well, the boy's with some cloaks. They paid enough for me to not ask too many questions. As for the other two, he picked 'em up on Juun. That's about all I know, really."
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    The throne room was made of the same white and gold as the rest of the castle. The walls were covered in tapestries depicting stunning scenes of natural beauty. Likewise was the ceiling decorated, except that in the center was a crowned figure made of pure white. Directly below the woven figure was the throne. It was golden, like the rest of the room, and inlaid with rare and valuable crystals. Upon the throne sat the Queen. She appeared to be middle-aged- though for someone who had apparently been ruling for fifty years, she looked suspiciously young. Perhaps surprisingly, her dress was not made of gold, instead being made of a reddish material that looked almost like copper. Her crown (more of a circlet- or perhaps a halo) was made of braided silver and offset her dark black hair. But even given all of that, she still seemed... normal. Her eyes were slitted and catlike - clearly inhuman - but that was it. No ominous cloud of darkness, no spirits whispering horrible things, nothing. For a ruler capable of invading people's minds and stealing their wills, she didn't seem that out of the ordinary. Besides her, on a smaller seat inlaid into the throne, sat a young woman. She wore a circlet similar to the Queen, albeit slightly smaller and plainer, and was perhaps a few years older than the group watching for the shadows. She held a silver scepter in her hands, and her gaze wandered aimlessly around the room. She seemed to be paying only token attention to the Queen's current visitor. That visitor, as it happened, was Geff the ship captain, along with a few of his crew members. "-don't rightly know, Your Majesty," Miyako caught him say. "They wandered off, talking about making their own boat or somethin. I haven't seen them since yesterday. Why d'you ask? They haven't been causing you trouble, have they?"
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    The group made their way down the musty tunnel as it sloped downhill and then gradually began to flatten out. At last, the rough walls of the tunnel gave way to smooth white stone, though its color was hard to discern in the dark. A small bit of light shone through a crack in the wall, the other side of which showed the kitchen. Up ahead, the group could hear voices.
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    Yerik swallowed and nodded.
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    "I will be watching," Vicius replied. "When you are ready to leave, I will be there."
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    The carriage landed. "There are cracks," Vicius spoke. "Places where you can sneak through and watch, hidden." He gestured at the mountain, where a cave hole could barely be seen underneath the roots of a tree. "Enter there and follow the path to the castle."
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    The clerk blinked. "Er, well, pretty simple! All members of the Order have a stone. So you just have to join! Is that something you'd be interested in?" @Ookla the Unknown "Almost certainly," interjected Vicius. "Even more so if her name has not yet been taken."
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    Atren paused for a moment, leaning a hand against the wall next to him and looking down at how far he had come. It seemed far shorter a distance back than it had felt to travel.
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    "First of all, none of you can fly the carriage. Secondly, I'm not about to risk one of our most important possessions in your hands in any case. Thirdly, if you move quickly enough you might still be able to catch this captain of yours before it's too late."
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    "Not if you're careful," replied Vicius calmly.
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    "To drop you off," Vicius replied calmly. "Until you can verify that you are not in danger of being taken, I would rather you not be aboard this vehicle."
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    "Indeed," remarked Vicius, bringing the carriage down to the side of the castle for a landing. "The Queen is not much for humility."
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    "It may be the best hope you have," Vicius commented. "Look." Up ahead, the Queen's castle came into view. It was made of some sort of white crystal, accented with gold and silver and a few other strange metals. It nestled in the cup of a valley, near the edge of the floating island. As Yerik looked, he saw a tiny speck- another floating carriage- approach the castle, coming in for a landing.
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    "We'll try to intercept them before they get to the throne room, if we can. If not..." Vicius shrugged. "All we can do is watch." Yerik shivered. "He was always getting my name wrong," he said. "The captain. I never talked much with the crew. Maybe... maybe he doesn't remember."
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    Yeah, but they're cooler.
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    I mean, no reason gold can't do the same here. Those ores are fairly rare and pretty localized... and they can only really be used by Smiths. It seems unlikely that cultures apart from the Forgers would find them valuable.
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