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Raclitus and the shrine priestess have been teleported to Ruby Pop Irotis's hideout. When they ask Irotis for answers, she seems to be off in her own world, but they're able to glean that it was she who brought them to the hideout, and it was she who sent meals to Raclitus every day in the tower. The young Harvin has so many questions for her.

Irotis

...

Ruby Pop Irotis fidgets impatiently in a dimly lit room, waiting on edge.

Irotis

...!

Leaning forward with anticipation, her bloodshot eyes stare straight ahead.

Shrine Priestess

Where am I?

Irotis

Aah! Aah! Aah! Is he unharmed?

Shrine Priestess

Yes...

The shrine priestess's attention is drawn to the woman's red eyes.

Shrine Priestess

(She must be Ruby Pop Irotis...)

Raclitus

Oof!

Raclitus

Waghh! The monsters are going to eat us!

Irotis

Don't worry. You're inside a breach. You're safe here.

Raclitus

Who are you?

Irotis

Oh, you poor little bag of bones. I'll whip something up for you right away!

Irotis appears distracted, as evidenced by her manic behavior.

Irotis

It's all okay. Everything's fine. I won't let them take you!

Irotis

Ah! Would you like some soup, Raclitus? Hard bread every day gets old fast, doesn't it?

Irotis

I'm sorry for delivering nothing but bread, but in here you can have real food!

Raclitus

...!

Raclitus thinks back to his imprisonment.

Raclitus

...

Something grabs his attention. He manages to roll his lethargic body onto its side so he can peer at a corner.

A tray of food outlined by a dim light materializes out of nowhere.

Raclitus

...

Crawling over to the tray, he picks up a piece of unappetizing bread and just stares at it.

Raclitus

That food was from you?

Shrine Priestess

And are you the one who directed us here from the prison?

Irotis

Safe now. Mm-hm, safe. Sniffle... Everything's okay!

Shrine Priestess

...

Raclitus

...

Whether she heard them or not, Irotis keeps preparing food.

Raclitus

(This woman who brought us here... Is she the leader of the BLF? And is she the one who kept me fed in prison?)

Raclitus

(How did she tap into the prison not once, but every single day...)

Raclitus

(Was there a mole in the prison? No, that can't be right. There weren't any guards in the prison to collude with.)

So many questions run through his head as the young man watches Irotis's erratic movements.

The crew and the defense team discuss whether the BLF is colluding with the Otherworld, but there isn't enough evidence to prove anything. Guillota retires to her private room for a quick nap. She lays the blue scarf the shrine priestess gave her over her eyes like an eye mask.

Guillota

Where do we go from here? There's definitely some conspiracy behind Raclitus's arrest and death sentence.

Zarazustra

If we can't expose the whole truth, our defense will collapse.

Guillota

You're catching on. They'll just charge him with something else and bring him back in.

Rackam

Far as I can tell, Raclitus seems pretty darn important to the BLF.

Vyrn

The Otherworlder said that's why they're after him.

Guillota

Based on what transpired in the prison, that sounds about right.

Eugen

The Otherworld wants the kid so bad that they even attacked the prosecutor in order to throw a wrench in the court proceedings.

Eugen

Then we found out the formation of the BLF coincided with the Otherworld's invasion. Add it all up, and we got a big ol' pot of conspiracy stew.

Katalina

You think the BLF and Otherworld are working together?

Eugen

I'm just throwin' possibilities out there. Never said I believed any of 'em.

Guillota

Yeah... I think we're still missing key pieces.

For a while, no one knows what else to say.

Guillota

Sorry, I'm going to slip into my private study and take a nap to clear my head.

The attorney excuses herself from the main office.

What about the rest of us?

Lyria

Hm... Maybe we can try to sort out some of the information on our own?

Vyrn

Good idea. We're clueless about the who, what, where, when, and why for a lot of this stuff.

The crew go over each piece of evidence, and Lyria records their observations in her journal.

They try to connect all the major players together—the True King, BLF, and Otherworld—but can't make any theory stick.

It's like the facts are laughing at their futile attempts to understand them.

Guillota

I'm beat.

Her beloved rocking chair tilts back as it welcomes her tired body.

Guillota

Hm?

Something is pushing up against her hip. She reaches into her back pocket.

Guillota

Whoops, totally forgot about the scarf the shrine priestess gave me.

She drapes the scarf over her face like an eye mask. The chair rocks back and forth as she thinks.

Guillota

("Look for the coffer at the bottom of the blue." What's that supposed to mean?)

Guillota

(In any case, we might be in better shape than I thought. If we can expose the ulterior motive behind Raclitus's death penalty...)

Guillota

(And turn it into proof of injustice, the acquittal and swift release of Raclitus won't be a pipe dream.)

Guillota

(I panicked a little when Zarazustra stood up in court and made his speech, but now...)

Guillota

(As for our wonderful True King... just what in the world... is His Majesty thinking?)

The fatigue from the prison clash has finally caught up to the attorney, and she sinks into sleep.

Guillota

...

She surrenders her mind and body to the whims of the dreamworld.

Guillota has another nightmare, which then merges into a vision of Irotis telling a BLF member that they must protect a box called the star coffer at all costs. Before Guillota wakes up, she peeks inside the coffer but can't make out what's inside. Once awake, she realizes that the blue scarf had turned into a mask, just like the ones used on Libertaria Island.

Guillota

Ouch!

Guillota suddenly crashes onto a hard floor.

Guillota

Cough, gasp! What the hell just happened!

Her eyes water from the sharp pain coursing through her body.

???

...

Guillota

Aaah!

Guillota leaps back in surprise at the sight of a man and woman hanging from nooses.

Guillota

Oh... Great... This again...

Running her hand along her own neck, she feels the texture of a rope. One end is frayed from where it had snapped.

Guillota

This is an old dream...

Looking at the two figures swaying gently from the ceiling, she wearily sighs.

Guillota

Popping into my dreams only to die in a fire or an accident... Mom and Dad sure know how to keep busy.

Guillota sits down on the ground, staring up at her parents.

A piece of paper in her father's hand flutters to the floor.

Guillota

...

It swirls around on the floor, the words "debt collection notice" written on one side.

Guillota

I turned down the inheritance, y'know.

The paper instantly vanishes, but her gaze remains fixed on where it had once been.

Guillota

Zarazustra and I are similar in some ways.

Guillota

He was revived from the brink of death by the kingdom's system, while I was pushed to the brink by a flaw in the laws.

She removes the severed rope from her neck and tosses it away.

Guillota

I never thought I'd be in a mess like this, what with my cheap attorney fees and an endless backlog of cases...

Raclitus

...

Guillota

Is it time for me to weaponize the law? Fine, so be it. Work is work.

???

"Look for the coffer at the bottom of the blue."

Guillota

Wonder what the coffer is.

???

This coffer.

Guillota

...!

Irotis

It must be protected at all costs. Even if that means...

BLF 1

I know. I'm prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Irotis

I hope you can forgive me. I truly do. Everyone was arrested...

BLF 1

No. My life pales in comparison to what you've lost.

Irotis

Sob...

Guillota

This... isn't a dream?

BLF 1

Don't blame yourself. Everyone is in good spirits.

Irotis

That doesn't change the fact that they were expelled from the islands they were born and raised on! They lost their names! Their identities!

BLF 1

It was for the coffer's sake. There's simply no way around it.

Guillota

Hey! Can you hear me? If you can, would you mind telling me what the coffer is?

Irotis

Though it may birth a great calamity... Though it may incite the Otherworld...

They can't hear Guillota.

Irotis

This coffer... the star coffer... It mustn't be given to anyone!

Guillota

...!

Guillota senses she's about to wake up. She runs as fast as she can toward Irotis and peers into the coffer.

Guillota

What the heck is this!

There's someone inside the coffer, though it's hard to make out who.

Guillota

...

Was that a dream or a vision? Something slides off her face, and she has her answer.

Guillota

Isn't this one of those masks they use in Libertaria?

The mask that clattered on the floor reverts back to the blue scarf given to her by the shrine priestess.

Guillota

Libertaria's masks replay the memories of their originators if I'm not mistaken.

Guillota

Those red eyes... Was that Irotis? And what was inside that coffer? I have no idea who'd have such memories.

Guillota

I can't believe I got stuck with the craziest court case ever, and I've got the nightmares to prove it.

Slouching down in her chair, she covers her face with her hands and bemoans her situation.

Guillota tasks Rackam and Eugen with investigating the flow of goods and airships in and out of Duat. Gran is surprised by Guillota's newfound assertiveness. Next, they make plans to visit the place where executions occur to look for more evidence.

Vyrn

Snooze...

Lyria

...

Zarazustra

Snore!

Guillota

Heh... How thoughtful of them.

Guillota reexamines the court documents splayed across the desk, picking up where the sleeping crew left off.

Guillota

Hey, Zarazustra. Sorry to interrupt your beauty rest.

Zarazustra

Snort! Wha? Huh?

Guillota

Rise and shine. Are these all the logs for the executions that already took place?

Zarazustra

Yawn, let me check... One... two... three... Yes. This is everything.

Guillota

Perfect. Now I just need to borrow...

Guillota

Huh? Where's Eugen and Rackam? Did they leave?

Rackam

Oh, you're up. Sorry. We ducked out to grab a quick break.

Guillota

I was hoping you two could dig up a recent money trail on goods flowing in and out of the island. Doesn't have to be super thorough.

Eugen

Huh, sounds like you got a lead.

Guillota

The scarf the shrine priestess gave me turned into a mask somehow, and it showed me some weird stuff.

Guillota

Problem is I was half-asleep, so I couldn't make heads or tails of it. I want to see if I can hammer out a few details.

Vyrn

Yawn... The shrine priestess's scarf turned into a mask?

Guillota

Yep. I wasn't trying to hide it from you. Just plumb forgot I had the scarf thanks to the thrills at the prison.

Guillota

Now we're in a race against time. If we can scrounge up enough evidence by the next hearing...

Guillota

Then I think we're looking at some reversals coming our way.

Zarazustra

Are you feeling okay, Guillota?

Guillota

Hm? Let's just say I'm in a bit of an inspired mood today.

Guillota

I mean, if you knew that the kingdom's system—the very one that saved you—was being misappropriated, would you stay quiet?

Zarazustra

No, I wouldn't.

Guillota

It's kind of like that. All right then. While our two grizzled veterans conduct their investigation...

Guillota

Zarazustra and I will pay a visit to the execution site. You're coming along too, Gran.

Guillota slings her bag over her shoulder and prepares to head out.

Gran marvels at her sudden transformation and sticks to her side as her escort.

Duat Island