The possibility of hope

It turns out that if you mouth off to your captor enough and just generally let them know that you're going to kill them if they don't release you they get pissed. However, if you keep at it they'll see you're not one to be trifled with and eventually release you. Such was the case with me. I returned to Kielder and swore to avenge myself upon Phoenix next chance I get.

However, more important matters are at hand. I spoke with my mother (Foxxy) today but I didn't tell her about my intended trip to the abyss because I hate scaring her. I also spoke with Cerridwen and impressed her with tales of my escape. It's not that I meant to, she just asked me to tell her a story so I gave the one that was most readily at hand. I guess it's nice being able to impress people with what I do but everyone I love the most seems the least interested in my questing and magic and stuff. Sometimes I think I just chose the wrong path.

In any event this is the path I'm on now and I'll do my best. I talked to my sister Athena today and she's well, of course she didnt seem in the mood to go to the lower planes so I went to someone who loves that sort of stuff, namely my old enemy, R. She wasnt very interested in helping until I told her that it was for my mother (Alex) and that if she helped us I'd let her test some of her poisons on me. She'd been developing some new poisons and she took the bait so now we're all working to find a way to rescue Maris. As we were talking mom(Alex) showed up and I went to her. She was in a rather bad mood. R and her friend followed and after trying to calm her down we all went out seperate ways. She is really scary when she's mad.

I was scheming for the rest of the night to figure out how to rescue Maris and then it occured to me while I was talking to Sol. Maris dosn't have much time and a frontal assault would be doomed but if I modify a Simulacrum spell and take a few other precautions I can make it so the only one who need enter the abyss will be me, which is how things are supposed to be anyhow. More on how my plans went if I survive.

-Andrew Kuchi