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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7531022" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>The Adventures of Leon the Clever</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Part Three - Oh, the places you’ll go…</strong></p><p></p><p>While Lavanya prepared herself for their adventures, Leon returned to the undersea trench where the deep ones dwelt. The hivemind was gone. He explored the whole area, guided in part by notes Khaled Valchek had made during the short period that he possessed the journal of Silas Fennac. He ranged over the ravaged egg-fields, explored structures that once channelled the power the aboleth had harnessed from the Stone of Not. Their dwelling spaces were isolated from one another, in some cases perhaps a mile or more apart. It was a hopeless task, he thought, to locate Hildegaard without the deep ones’ help, but he was determined to try.</p><p></p><p>While he explored one set of tunnels, he was approached by aboleth thralls, who took the form of Karl Krauss: copies, based on their shape, but altered to help them survive, and to fulfil a variety of functions. Some had extra, articulated limbs; others, antennae, pedipalps, tentacles or squid-like eyes. To his surprise, these thralls demonstrated sentience and beckoned him to follow. He did so, and they led him to a place where various surface-dwellers were held in stasis, within translucent membranes. There he found Rumdoom’s wife Hildegaard, still in her armour, sound asleep. </p><p></p><p>Leon used magic to enable these thralls to converse with him. They said they did not know what to do now the deep ones were gone. Leon asked them to return the imprisoned land-folk to the shore, if that was possible (except for Hildegaard whom he would take charge of). The thralls nodded. That was a function they could perform. Then Leon asked them about the hivemind. It was gone, they told him. When it had consumed the last of the aboleth, it floated upwards and took to the air. What became of it after that, they could not say.</p><p></p><p>Leon took Hildegaard out of her membrane and transported her back to Flint, handing her over to Rumdoom’s followers, still asleep. Along the way, he collected Helandra, who said she wanted to return to Elfaivar. When presented with her freedom, however, she changed her mind, asking that she be allowed to remain in the Chamber of Dreams for the time being.</p><p></p><p>Lavanya was ready now. She pointed out one of the new doors Kasvarina had created in the chamber during her travels. This door had a slightly different cast to the others. Lavanya said it would allow them to travel to certain places at certain times, and do things that needed to be done, if the Voice of Rot was to be thwarted. They could go anywhere Leon or Kasvarina had been before, but had to be very careful what choices they made.</p><p></p><p>First, they needed to go to Axis Island, twenty years ago, so that Lavanya could build Conquo, and rescue Leon. Yes, the rescue took place five years later, but building a golem from scratch took time. Lavanya gave him a look and told him not to ask too many questions. “I know what needs to be done, but often I don’t know why. I also know that it might be a bad idea for me to tell you even if I did. You might change the way you behave in the future and mess up this timeline as well.”</p><p></p><p>Just before they stepped through the portal, Lavanya reminded Helandra not to go near the green lantern. Helandra took some offence at this and scoffed, “Of course not. Why would I?”</p><p></p><p>After they arrived on Axis Island, and Leon helped to build her bunker, she told him to go back to the Chamber of Dreams and wait for him. “I will come through when I am done.” Leon did as he was told, and was surprised by a sudden, vicious attack on his arrival – an assault both magical and physical in nature, which he was at pains to fend off. Whatever creature it was, it was determined to knock him aside and escape through the open door. It was all he could do to defend against serious injury and the wild thing escaped. He picked himself up and looked around. In the creation chamber, the green lamp now lay on the floor, smashed. The wicked essence that once filled it was gone, as was Helandra. The hissing creature that attacked him had taken the form of a wild-haired woman. He could see her twisted, green grimace even now.</p><p></p><p>Lavanya arrived just a few minutes later, wearing very different, rustic clothes. She embraced Leon as if she had not seen him for many years. Leon told her what had happened and Lavanya nodded. “Helandra is the first host of the green malaise. The poor girl’s curiosity got the better of her. Now we have even more to do to stop not just the Voice of Rot, but his servant, Jenny Greenteeth…”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7531022, member: 79141"] [b]The Adventures of Leon the Clever[/b] [B]Part Three - Oh, the places you’ll go…[/B] While Lavanya prepared herself for their adventures, Leon returned to the undersea trench where the deep ones dwelt. The hivemind was gone. He explored the whole area, guided in part by notes Khaled Valchek had made during the short period that he possessed the journal of Silas Fennac. He ranged over the ravaged egg-fields, explored structures that once channelled the power the aboleth had harnessed from the Stone of Not. Their dwelling spaces were isolated from one another, in some cases perhaps a mile or more apart. It was a hopeless task, he thought, to locate Hildegaard without the deep ones’ help, but he was determined to try. While he explored one set of tunnels, he was approached by aboleth thralls, who took the form of Karl Krauss: copies, based on their shape, but altered to help them survive, and to fulfil a variety of functions. Some had extra, articulated limbs; others, antennae, pedipalps, tentacles or squid-like eyes. To his surprise, these thralls demonstrated sentience and beckoned him to follow. He did so, and they led him to a place where various surface-dwellers were held in stasis, within translucent membranes. There he found Rumdoom’s wife Hildegaard, still in her armour, sound asleep. Leon used magic to enable these thralls to converse with him. They said they did not know what to do now the deep ones were gone. Leon asked them to return the imprisoned land-folk to the shore, if that was possible (except for Hildegaard whom he would take charge of). The thralls nodded. That was a function they could perform. Then Leon asked them about the hivemind. It was gone, they told him. When it had consumed the last of the aboleth, it floated upwards and took to the air. What became of it after that, they could not say. Leon took Hildegaard out of her membrane and transported her back to Flint, handing her over to Rumdoom’s followers, still asleep. Along the way, he collected Helandra, who said she wanted to return to Elfaivar. When presented with her freedom, however, she changed her mind, asking that she be allowed to remain in the Chamber of Dreams for the time being. Lavanya was ready now. She pointed out one of the new doors Kasvarina had created in the chamber during her travels. This door had a slightly different cast to the others. Lavanya said it would allow them to travel to certain places at certain times, and do things that needed to be done, if the Voice of Rot was to be thwarted. They could go anywhere Leon or Kasvarina had been before, but had to be very careful what choices they made. First, they needed to go to Axis Island, twenty years ago, so that Lavanya could build Conquo, and rescue Leon. Yes, the rescue took place five years later, but building a golem from scratch took time. Lavanya gave him a look and told him not to ask too many questions. “I know what needs to be done, but often I don’t know why. I also know that it might be a bad idea for me to tell you even if I did. You might change the way you behave in the future and mess up this timeline as well.” Just before they stepped through the portal, Lavanya reminded Helandra not to go near the green lantern. Helandra took some offence at this and scoffed, “Of course not. Why would I?” After they arrived on Axis Island, and Leon helped to build her bunker, she told him to go back to the Chamber of Dreams and wait for him. “I will come through when I am done.” Leon did as he was told, and was surprised by a sudden, vicious attack on his arrival – an assault both magical and physical in nature, which he was at pains to fend off. Whatever creature it was, it was determined to knock him aside and escape through the open door. It was all he could do to defend against serious injury and the wild thing escaped. He picked himself up and looked around. In the creation chamber, the green lamp now lay on the floor, smashed. The wicked essence that once filled it was gone, as was Helandra. The hissing creature that attacked him had taken the form of a wild-haired woman. He could see her twisted, green grimace even now. Lavanya arrived just a few minutes later, wearing very different, rustic clothes. She embraced Leon as if she had not seen him for many years. Leon told her what had happened and Lavanya nodded. “Helandra is the first host of the green malaise. The poor girl’s curiosity got the better of her. Now we have even more to do to stop not just the Voice of Rot, but his servant, Jenny Greenteeth…” [/QUOTE]
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