The group visited Ernest Cobbler to ask him about his past experience finding Lily's Silverpond, and learnt more about his visits and the tree he once found there. They next found Alyna Bystam drinking the night away in the Dragon's Tooth, buying dried anise from her. Ratyn gave her 1GP for Alyna to buy a drink, which Alyna understood as a gift for her and her friends, with everyone cheering Ratyn on for the drinks. Lastly, they went to Greenhill Inn to get some fresh anise from Gina Honeyflower's garden. While Oris distracted Gina and Aggma watched from afar, Ratyn sneaked into the garden, found a sleeping person passed out, and got some fresh anise. On her way out, she nearly had an encounter with someone relieving themselves. With all their wares gathered, the party headed out in the middle of the night towards Tilley's west to find Lily's Silverpond.
Upon arriving at the destroyed tree, Aggma procuded flame to burn the dried anise, while Oris planted the fresh anise in the ground, noticing caterpillars circling the tree at a 10 meter radius. The caterpillar came for a ritual to dig into the earth, find remaining pockets of water of the Silverpond, and transform into silvery winged butterflies. Oris dug a hole, following the caterpillars' lead, and found a pocket of water and wanted to put his toe in, but Fay Wylders, a local witch and other participant of the hunt, flying above the group on her broom, stopped Oris. She explained the pond's origin and power, while collecting the cocoons.
After waiting a while, the butterflies started dying, notifying the group of the pond's magic disappearing. Oris plunged his hand into the pocket, mentally searching for an object to help find his siblings. That not working, he tried again focusing on a crystal ball, while saying out loud "chess piece" to win the hunt. He immediately pulled out a crystal ball, and acted confused. The group however used the ball to find out where Glen Itchy-feet Harris is hiding, scrying on a child in the orphanage.
After parting ways with Fay, the group headed back to Tilley's orphanage, arriving back in the town during dusk. They found the children of the orphanage during breakfast, and asked Kamile Trudgeon about the child, posting as "Vandal" and having arrived the day prior. After observing him for a bit, Ratyn confronted him, leading in a quick chase through the eating hall, before catching him and having the child dispel the polymorph spell, transforming back into Glen. Next up, Glen will dual Sett!
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