The Drows didn’t question my calling them – they just lined up and looked at me. I actually asked them why aren’t they spreading around looking for threats just in case. I got their scary Drow Smiles in return and an assurance that they’ve combed the area before coming out of Stealth. Then I wondered why Shade-3 was sitting on the top of the Gallows with logs all around it. Did she not understand, I intend to set fire to the thing? She sure did, as well as she knew I’d use the Dragon for it. First, they have taken upon themselves a mission of being my personal bodyguards. Second, the Gallows were the best vantage point to survey the crowd and the surroundings. Third, they seriously suspect Victoria can see through their Stealth. Thus Fourth, she would've not lit the fire before making sure everybody is sufficiently far away including the Drow. However Shade-3 is not upset at my questioning her actions – ordering her to drop Stealth and showing herself to the Masses is a good way to cement my position as a Leader. I said that it seems I have to make sure to be a type of a Leader who manages people smarter and wiser than he is. Drow Smiles… Scary Drow Smiles…
Then the Shade-Leader asked if I still can use the Brownie as before or if I have another. Sorry, I can’t use it since I’ve sealed it into two nested boxes and I don’t have a replacement. Immediately two of the five shadow-jumped and I saw them appear at the Brownie Tree and then at the Fairy Tree and then back – nothing. Brownies seem to have all survived the night and Fairies sleep in large flowers which didn’t open yet. The Drows suggested they go to the Shimmering Veil and take a look – they’ve crossed it before and came back fine. All seven of us walked to the first Veil Portal we’ve discovered – to the World that gave us Phil the Monster. Technically, six of us walked and Fizz flew for a while and then just landed on my shoulder. Shade-4 turned his Stealth on and I was overjoyed to notice that I see his soul through his Stealth much better now. Thank you, Level-19! I saw the Veil give off a tiny ripple then a minute later again and the newly-revealed Drow assured us there is absolutely nothing there. The mess we’ve created is still untouched, the doors are shut and there’s no sound coming through them. We started our leisurely walk to the next Veil and then I heard a mental scream for help in a voice I least expected. It was Mr Slime – a nasty man from the second World that we’ve been in contact with.
I dashed to the second Veil, stopped and reached out to Mr. Slime. The only way I could have returned him to his World was by making him into a Zombie. The guy died having fallen into our World through the Veil which kills almost any living thing. However I suspect the Designers of the Worlds didn’t account for Zombies and at least for now I can send my “protegees” between the Worlds quite easily. We have threatened Mr. Slime that we’ll come in-person to collect our fee for saving him – 25 sets of clothing. The “fee” is minuscule for his highly developed World and I was hoping that they’d actually throw in lots of goodies – I’ve mentioned to them we need blankets but I expected a lot more for the Polite Respectful Neighbors that they’ve tried to kill by sending a Dragon to our World. Now I felt him being utterly terrified right across the Veil.
