"Yeah-ah, sure, its the sideways all the way at the top of the town. She doesn't really like people though, so be careful!" Galai says as she downs a whole cup of mosquito-beet juice.
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“Oh! Um. Yeah! Yeah! About that... um. So there was a Ghlaunder cultist who we found lived a little ways out in the woods! But when we found him the others got a teensy-tiny wee bit mad, and um... k-killed him. And then whacked him into pieces. And then burned his house to the ground with his body in it, and then salted the ground where the ashes were. But, um. The mosquitoes and bloodseekers didn’t leave. So I guess... it actually wasn’t him? I… I feel kind of bad about it now. And-and, the last person that saw the wit-ch was Ms. Lyons that I know of!” Galia replies to Amada.
"Most people think it’s…" Galia lowers her voice to a whisper. "…the witch. I thought that maybe it could have been a c-cultist of Ghlaunder, but that turned out to be wrong, so I don’t know what else it could be." she replies to Oakfist. "You’re not the only people that have come here looking for the witch. Most of the monster hunters gave up after the first couple adventurers were found w-without any blood, but there’s been a whole bunch of new people lately! Two of them showed up some weeks ago, a brown-haired human dressed all in white, and this halfelf woman with beautiful silky black hair and gold armor over this amazing red dress! Neither of them talked to me, though—they just went into the woods and never came back. I think they spoke to some of the other townsfolk, though! And this week, another two visitors showed up! There’s this really professional looking human woman with a white dog, and this nervous human man staying at the inn who really needs a shave and a trim. M-maybe you can find them if you look around."
"No one knows anything for sure about the Mosquito Witch! It’s a thing that shows up outside of town sometimes, b-but I’ve never heard of it causing this much harm! I even think the little dolls people make of it are k-kind of cute. We used to throw a festival every year for it. Anna always made the best witchbread for the festival…" Galia replies to Oakfist. She then thinks to herself for a moment, "Ms. Mordha Lyons! She actually saw the Mosquito Witch, back in the day! One of the first! She doesn’t much like strangers, though. I don’t think she much likes a-anyone, truth to be told."
Galai shows you into her hut, she hands a beet juice to Amada. He looks into the dark colored liquid and, for a moment, he swears he sees another doll, but as it fully comes to the surface, he can easily tell its another actual mosquito, "Yeah, sorry. Mostly mosquito free! As for avoiding them...no, I haven't heard anything that works, or I'd be using it. Some townsfolk say that covering yourself in holy water makes them not want to bite you."
You eventually arrive to find not the festive village that once was, but a suspicious settlement with empty streets and clusters of mosquitoes hovering over each puddle of water. When you disembark from your boat, a gnome with blueberry-blue hair and copper skin emerges from a tiny house that has been mosquito-proofed with cloth and wax crammed into every crack and seam. When she sees you, she hurries over to greet you, wringing her hands and swatting away any mosquitoes that come near her. “Oh, thank goodness! Oh, thank goodness! You actually came! Smine actually sent someone! You must be them, right? No one comes here a-anymore unless they’re planning to help! Do you want to talk inside? My house is mostly mosquito-free! Can I get you anything? My beet juice is also mostly mosquito-free! Would you like to sit down? A fresh haircut, maybe? Oh, thank goodness you’re here!" |