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Eigla loudly slams her coffin shut. Mary stops walking, but doesn't look back.

Mary: "Sorry dear. There are some things I just won't compromise on. I'm sure you'll make good use of that radiohead."

Peggy: "WAIT!"

Everyone pauses to look at the girl, who's pulled the poncho down, exposing her head.

Peggy: "I-I'LL STAY! I-I-I-IF SOMEONE MESSES UP, I'LL STAY WITH YOU. I'LL BE YOURS. I'LL STAY!"

Mary turns back and smiles darkly.

Mary: "Why, dear. Seems like my proposition was not so unreasonable, after all~"

Peggy clutches at Klimt's leg, shaking and crying.

Peggy: "S-see? I'm useful. I'M USEFUL!"

The short girl falls down, vomiting. Goodness, she IS stressed out.

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Klimt helps Peggy up, as the girl shivers and drools, gagging as the gastric juices burn her throat. He whispers into her ear.

Klimt: "That was brave."

Klimt feels a sense of deeper attachment with Peggy. He gains her as a Fetter!


Rosa shakes her head.

Rosa: "Sorry Mary, but we won't stay. Not if the condition is to offer up someone as sacrifice. Especially if someone were to engineer trouble that would justify you taking her. I won't allow that.
Thank you for the tea."

Mary starts shrugging, then looks away for a moment. She bites her lip and sighs.

Mary: "You know... It's been a long, long time since I last saw people stand up for one another like that. This... This goes against my better judgement.

You can stay, if you want. I'll take the empty doll, and no more. But the little thief will be sleep outside. Is that enough?"

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Mary sighs, then smiles.

Mary: "I'm glad we could reach an agreement. Well! There's still a few hours of sunlight left, so I'll let my flock graze for the moment. Perhaps you could take this chance to rest? There'll be plenty to do once we reach my home."


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Rosa sits on the grass, watching Mary tend to her sheep. Eigla lies down right beside her, resting her head on her beloved Sword's lap.


Klimt lies down, taking a well-deserved nap. Peggy and Emilia sit a short distance away, the first still sniffling, the second with her usual neutral expression.


You are, at least for that short afternoon, able to forget the dreadful state of the world and rest. You're not sure if it'll last, but... It is a good feeling. You will hold it dearly in your hearts.

Everyone loses a point of Madness!

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As Klimt awakens from his dream, the sun is starting to set. Mary gathers her sheep, and leads the party across the fields to her house.

It takes almost an hour, but you arrive. Mary seems to live in a crashed truck, stuck through the wall of a partly-collapsed brick building. Tarps are strung across improvised rafters to make the livestock enclosure reasonably watertight, while a low fieldstone wall keeps a small garden safe from browsing sheep.

As you approach, you notice a decayed human skull, stuck on a pole by the fence. It groans as you approach, watching you through empty orbits. Mary casually walks up to it and gives it a slap.

Mary: "Quit staring at the guests! They're not crows, you bumbling idiot. Sigh."

She turns back to shrug at you apologetically.

Mary: "Well, I did say I needed a new scarecrow. This one's barely useful anymore. Well, come on in! Let me get a fire started. You can leave the thief over there."

She detaches the cart from her ram, placing it in a small alcove to protect it from the rain, then rides inside the truck's cargo container. Looking at where she pointed, you see a rusty chain attached to a wall, with an improvised leather collar on its end.

Peggy shivers slightly.

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