This whole time, I’ve pushed to be taken seriously as a contender. I’m treated like a child by my own party, I’m seen as naive by kin, and I’m otherwise ignored by every other player in the Delta. Even Stanislaw, whom I hoped might see me as an equal despite my ignorance of family politics, keeps things from me.

And now I feel like I am earning that disregard. All my calls are backfiring. All my ill-earned confidence turning against me.

Our advantage, the trust and faith we have gained, the surety that we are on the right path: I’m questioning all of it now. Nothing is what we thought it was.

Does it count as a victory if this is the price you have to pay to earn it?
- From the investigation notes of Elżbieta

Cast:
Bitmap as Ksana the Spear
Cory as Apricus the Luminary
Jade as Viidra Matei
Mab as Elżbieta Wrona
Zachary as The Game Master

Produced by: Mab & Zachary
Theme song: "Stray Not, And Be Safe" by Zachary Frederickson.
Sound effects: zapsplat user Still North Media and others, Soundbible user Tony Phillips, and Freesound users halleck, julianmateo, kirkpatricklive, & eminyildirim
Other music: Ovani Sound

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