"Thank you very much again for your help." Gwenhwyfar says to Proktor Imikar. "We will no longer keep you off your work."
Gwenhwyfar is still all excited about getting her Jimmy back. "Come let's visit the others to show them."
"Thank you for your time, and no offence taken." Jimmy says standing, offering Imikar a hand
"A pleasure indeed." Jimmy says smiling, he takes Gwen's hand and starts to leave. Once outside, "So back to the manor?"
"Yes. Whom are we going to tell first?" Gwenhwyfar replies.
"Maybe we should tell Mrs Heidmarch first?" Jimmy suggests
"Yes why not. Let's go." Gwenhwyfar replies and in high spirits she walks along Jimmy to the manor to visit Mrs. Heidmarch.
On their way out of the temple Margaret comes past them as she walks in.
The two reach the manor and knock at the door.
But nothing happens. After another even louder knock finally the door is opened. Mrs. Heidmarch herself greets them. "Yes?" she asks looking tired. A moment later she realizes that Jimmy stands before her in his original form. "Congratulations she says with a smile that doesn't reach her eyes."
"Thank you, we saw Margaret at the temple, and you seem out of sorts, whats the matter?" Jimmy asks concerned
"I'm sorry to spoil your good time. But Tauriell dropped Abomentolor in my office. He is dead. He got killed by an assassin." Mrs. Heidmarch explains.
"What? Dead? Assassin?" Jimmy says, his mind running but not finishing any thought completely
"You might want to find Tauriell and ask her about details. I sent Margaret to make an appointment for him to get raised again today." Mrs. Heidmarch tells.
Gwenhwyfar stands there, eyes wide and mouth open as she slowly processes what Mrs. Heidmarch said.
"And also ask her to visit me immediately. Or tell her that she is not supposed to seek revenge herself. This is Magnimar. And not some village in the hinterland. If this escalates further we might have war on the streets. And nobody wants that." Mrs. Heidmarch says. "Excuse me please I'm working on setting up the funds to have him raised today. And I need to send some letters about the situation for backup."
"Sorry to ruin your fun times. We can talk later. Probably when Abomentolor is with us again." she closes the door and moves backto her office.
"Where is Tauriell?" Gwenhwyfar asks. But too late.
A seed falls on the ground. And once it sprouts you can see it grow. And with the seasons coming and going it becomes bigger and bigger and eventually that delicate plant will get sturdier. It will have a trunk and grow branches and a canopy of leaves. And if you live in harmony with that you learn patience and see which things last and which are just weeds. The flowers on the field are a pleasure to the eyes but they are gone before the year is over.
And if that delicate plant that might have become a tree gets trampled? What are you going to do?
Did you plant the seed? Have you cared for it? Was it yours to keep? Was it you it was stolen from? Or did you find delight in it just being there for you without you putting any effort in? And now that it's gone will you mourn or will you just look what other plants are growing? Or will you hunt down what trampled it and make it pay for your loss?
Tauriell sits in a tree in Heidmarch Manor's own park musing over some ancient elven wisdom. She thought about sitting in her room in the Shadowclock, but with the carpenters and Artoo around there would be too much distraction. The tree looks like one of the large trees that wood elves grow to live in. And in it play the squirrels and birds that would in such a forest.
But it is a poor consolation. She has never been that kind of elf.
And what to do? It was Abomentolor's decision to pick that fight in this way. So these are his consequences to bear. And he can have his own revenge once he is back again. Or is there a desire in her to get back at that scum herself? She doesn't know. But if there were - simply killing the scum wouldn't do.
"Let's go to the guest house. Maybe she is there, or will come there later." Gwenhwyfar suggests and drags Jimmy with her.
After not finding Tauriell there she sits down at the table. "What are we going to do now?" she asks with a sad face. "We don't have the money to start the orphanage, Abomentolor is dead and who knows what will happen once he is raised again."
Musing over it for a while she has an idea. She walks over to Jimmy puts her arms around him biting her lip. "Don't resist." she whispers in his ear and speaks another word that seems to be no word at all. At least not in common.
Everything blurs and as it becomes clear again after a short moment it is a totally different room. You stand besides freshly made bed and on the other wall under a window is another one.
"These are strange circumstances to raise someone from the dead." Archibald Atherton voices his concerns. "What circumstances make it necessary that the elite of the city watch is present?"
"The circumstances of his death." Captain Uriana replies not willing to go into detail. "Officer Kasadei stand behind the gnome to hold him down if necessary." she orders.
"Would you please start?" Uriana asks of the cleric.
"Yes Ma'm." Officer Kasadei answers and takes the requested position.
Atherton looks at Mrs. Heidmarch for confirmation.
"Please." Mrs. Heidmarch replies gesturing towards Abomentolor handing him the diamond.
Archibald Atherton accepts the diamond and holds up his holy symbol. Speaking a prayer his holy symbol starts to glow. The diamond in his other hand also starts glowing with this golden radiance. As the diamond is pure light Atherton touches the gnome with the light.
His prayer continues for quite some time and at the end all light enters the gnome as if sucked up by him.
Abomentolor shortly glows with that light from the inside. As the light fades he opens his eyes finding himself in an armchair in Mrs. Heidmarch's office surrounded by a lot of guards, some cleric he doesn't know and hands on his shoulder. Looking up he recognizes who that is. Letting out a sigh he looks around and finds the familiar face of Mrs. Heidmarch.
Captain Uriana steps in front of the gnome. "It looks like it doesn't take an army at all to get you."
Abomentolor tries to dig in his memory how he ended up in this chair. But the last things he knows are him being with Tauriell walking through underbridge. With Tauriell worried about someone following them. And a sudden pain in the leg.
Looking down he finds the bolt still sticking in his leg. He grabs the bolt and rips it out. "Ouch." Looking at the bolt he tries to figure out what that means.
"I'm pretty sure it was not your doing. For it looks like it was done by a professional." he gives back. He would like to jump up. But even though the hands on his shoulder only rest there he lacks the strength to get up.
Captain Uriana gives him a glare. "It still proves that you don't get away with it. Even if someone else was faster than me."
Leaning closer over Abomentolor she asks "Are you going to behave from now on or would you prefer that I put you in a place where I can make sure you behave?"
"You made all that effort to build a real world replica of my happy place? With all that tasty food and stuff to burn and nice girls to serve me?" Abomentolor asks really excited.
Abomentolor tries really hard to say it free of irony and with true excitement.
"I know him half a minute and I already loathe him. How can you stand having him with the Pathfinders?" Captain Uriana asks Mrs. Heidmarch.
Mrs. Heidmarch is worried that Abomentolor will talk his head off. But it is also a ridiculous sight. "He is full of himself but as long as you don't try to order him around it is bearable." she replies with a straight face. "And where I send him on expeditions it isn't his charm that qualifies him for the job."
"But I would really appreciate if you did cooperate here."
"How are we in Sandpoint Gwen?"
"Magic!" Gwenhwyfar replies.
Jimmy tries to identify the spell
"And why are we in Sandpoint?" Jimmy says
"Because I want to." she replies with a smile.
"That is nice I suppose." Jimmy says with a smile
"Who shall we visit first? Mum, Abstalar or Hannah?" Gwenhwyfar asks full of excitement.
"Well I will follow you shall I?"
"Ok. Mum first. If she is not here she is probably in the temple."
Gwenwyfar walks to the door, unlocks it and after both are outside she closes and locks it again. Walking down the road, hand in hand with Jimmy they reach the temple and enter.
Crossing the large hall they go to the shrine of Sarenrae to look for her mum.
As Abstalar Zantus notices Gwenhwyfar he approaches her. "Hello Gwenhwyfar." he greets her with open arms.
"Hello Abstalar." Gwenhwyfar embraces him. "Do you know where my mum is?"
"Fiona is at the infirmary tending a farmer who got bitten by a snake." Abstalar replies. "You can go and keep her company."
"Hello to you too." he greets Jimmy offering a hand.
"I'll do." Gwenhwyfar replies and hurries to the infirmary. Carefully opening the door she whispers "Hello Mum."
"Oh, hello Gwenhwyfar." Fiona replies. She gets up from the chair besides the bed of the ill farmer and gives Gwenhwyfar a big hug.
"Mum, there is so much I want to tell you. When are you done here." Gwenhwyfar asks.
"I'm sorry, but I ave to stay here. He got a really bad poisoning and I need to take care of him for him to recover more quickly." Fiona replies. "But you could stay here and tell me." she suggests.
"Hrmpf. I don't wanna wait." Gwenhwyfar pouts. Speaking a few words and making a gesture with her hand she casts something and touches the man.
"You are healed now. Well almost. But I get my mum now and you get to go home." She tells the man.
Turning to her mum she asks "Can we go now?"
Fiona rubs her eyes. "What have you done?" She checks on the man.
"He is indeed much better." she says astounded.
"I'm a healer you know. And a good one." Gwenhwyfar replies with a mischievous smile. "Can we go now?"