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[paletteswap]

[Kuai has been here for over half a year and has never made a network post. The fact that this technophobe is using his tablet for something other than Sudoku is already pretty alarming. And then...]

Rosinante, General Hughes, and I went searching for the downtown area some had seen in their dreams, following the map that was created. We found it, but we found something else as well.

[Faint in the background is music, it sounds like they might be being pursued by a marching band. There's also hooting, hollering and sounds of general shenanigans in the distance.]

There is a group of forest spirits in some sort of a parade. They are heading towards town. We are trying to get back ahead of them, but if we do not, something is wrong about this. There's a sense of ... wanting to follow them.

Stay wary.

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[paletteswap]

There were entertainers: fire breathers, dancers, acrobats. That sort of thing.

They were not the green eyed ones from before, or at least they did not look like those. But they felt sinister in a way.

[knifecollecting]

Most carnivals are sinister.

[Well, Kuai might not know what she means by that. Moving on.]

They were playing music? That should be easy to avoid.

[paletteswap]

This is unlike any carnival I've seen. Are they sinister though? I thought the idea was entertainment.

Assuming no one goes to investigate where it's coming from.

[knifecollecting]

Yeah, entertainment and ill-gotten gains.

[Sometimes murder. Not always by monsters.]

Parades aren't usually evil. The music might be hard to ignore...

[paletteswap]

It may prove to be benign. I doubt it, given the circumstances and everything that has happened so far. But we thought it better to be safe and return to town with a warning rather than investigate ourselves.

[knifecollecting]

Considering the compulsion may have changed as you got closer, that was probably the best action.

We will need to investigate it more.

[paletteswap]

Hopefully someone has a clever way of getting close without hearing them. Assuming that the sound is what caused the sensation. We heard them before we saw them so it seemed the logical conclusion but it could be the other way around.

[knifecollecting]

There are earplugs and even headphones that block out most sound. Rastus might be able to get some for us.

[paletteswap]

Sounds promising.

Barely had to look to find someone with a clever solution.

[knifecollecting]

We don't know for sure it would work. It's worth trying.

[paletteswap]

Nothing is certain until it's attempted. We'll have to see what Rastus can provide.

[knifecollecting]

It might take a few tries. It's not always perfect.

[paletteswap]

Is it worth the chance of multiple failures? This may not be a mystery we need to solve with so many other things still to uncover.

Unless getting close will allow us to discover where they are going and how best to avoid them I suppose.

[knifecollecting]

We don't know where it could go. What if it shows up at the Bonfire?

[paletteswap]

A valid point.

I suppose it is worth the risk then.

[knifecollecting]

Some risk, at least.