Vol. 2, Diary Entry 4

Dear Diary,

Dimity Dagle is alive! And as far as we can tell, not involved with Charlotte’s death! Yaaaaaay! I’m writing from her subterranean workshop beneath Nemesser’s graveyard, but I should probably cover how we ended up there…

There were no leads that we could find at Dimity’s house, so we attempted Charlotte’s sending stone after all, and sent a message off that was mostly an advertisement for Super Art Fight. Fortunately, it was Dimity who responded and she asked us to meet her in the graveyard at midnight.

We had a few hours to pass until then, so we split up to check out different venues… Shinobi went to the graveyard early to inspect the meeting site, Rave stopped by The Sea Dandelion and got a canteen full of ‘calming’ tea, Marty and DIETANIUM hung out at the Bloody Kelpie, while I performed a stakeout at the top of the church next to the graveyard – with the permission of the kindly Doomguide there named Grint.

As midnight drew near, I saw some sneaky pirate types loitering beyond the Bloody Kelpie. I was able to make it back to the Kelpie to warn the others, and Rave joined us (turning into a giant centipede to escape the pirates’ notice) – but as we tried to make our way to the church, the gang of thugs began to follow us.

Feeling the need to keep them away from Dimity, we engaged them outside the church – where DIETANIUM delighted Grint by singing a metal death threat to the pirates. We were able to dispatch them, but one of them got a strong shot in against DIETANIUM. Fortunately, I had my healer’s kit on me!

As we hurried through to the graveyard, Rave used her centipede form’s blindsight to realize that one of the graves near our meeting site seemed strangely hollow. Just as we planned to investigate, out popped Dimity from a secret passage! Recognizing Molly, she allowed us entry into her underground den and explained more about what had occurred on the island before our arrival.

Of particular interest in her tale was the fact that she and Charlotte had been working on three prototype magical items in recent weeks – and that one ‘Everard Duthbert III,’ who had been a product tester for their wares for some time, had been acting particularly creepily toward Charlotte. As we continue to track down Charlotte’s killer, we will likely pay a visit to this Everard! cue Law & Order dun dun

XOXOXO,
Red Erin