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[emet_sulk]

[ The video doesn't show Emet-Selch. Instead, it's pointed at a glowing, complex-looking arcane circle drawn in a clear space near Aldrip's inn. Six fist-sized crystals serve as focal points on the edge of the circle and they glow a gentle blue. ]

I have set up a recovery glyph near the inn. Anyone with minor injuries from the quake are encouraged to rest in it until they are able to move. Those with more severe injuries should contact myself or the other two Artzenritter girls.

[ He means Ethlyn and Marianne. ]

If anyone even thinks of tampering with this spell or its crystals, know that it won't end well for you.

[ He has set up a magical trap for anyone who tries to touch the crystals: saboteurs will get a rude shock and be paralysed for a full minute. The crystals are magicked to rebuff minor projectiles too. While you could bomb the whole circle and destroy it that way, why would you be so heartless?

People utilising or passing by the magic circle may see him replenishing the magic in the crystals with his own aether and are welcome to speak to him then. ]

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[entreats]

[ The girl is quiet, like she's trying to take the information in. Not the part about his nature, mind you, but the latter part of what he's saying.

When she speaks up, she's staring at the two creatures, rather than at him. ]

So is this like some kind of magical puppetry?

[ It almost looks that way to her. ]

[emet_sulk]

I suppose you could call it that. Those on my star call it 'summoning'. True puppetry requires a physical object rather than a created entity.

[ Emet-Selch does not move or gesture but suddenly the carbuncle stands and faces away from them. It suddenly jumps up on the spot and flings a tiny ball of magic at the ground whilst briefly in the air. ]