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On the invaded island nation of [[Tanto]], some individuals are chatting in the [[Traveller's Rest Inn]]. It is revealed that all of the scientists of Tanto have been carted off by the [[Suzuan]]s. [[Second Minister of Chance|A stranger]] enters, and enquires about [[Professor Cantha]], a professor. He is escorted off by the [[barmaid]], [[Kitty (The Broken World)|Kitty]], a [[foundling]], and the owner, [[Porcher]]. However, Kitty appears to know something about Cantha. | On the invaded island nation of [[Tanto]], some individuals are chatting in the [[Traveller's Rest Inn]]. It is revealed that all of the scientists of Tanto have been carted off by the [[Suzuan]]s. [[Second Minister of Chance|A stranger]] enters, and enquires about [[Professor Cantha]], a professor. He is escorted off by the [[barmaid]], [[Kitty (The Broken World)|Kitty]], a [[foundling]], and the owner, [[Porcher]]. However, Kitty appears to know something about Cantha. | ||
In the capital, [[Tantillan]], [[ | In the capital, [[Tantillan]], [[Menin|an assistant]] of ambassador [[Durian]] informs him that the [[Witch Prime]] and [[Lord Rathen]] are coming. He orders a big procession, and when the Witch Prime arrives, he publicly congratulates Durian on it. However, he is very much not happy that Durian has conquered Tanto, as he was only meant to travel to Tanto on a diplomatic mission, saying that they have been brought to the brink of war, and that the invasion was not Durian's choice to make. The Witch Prime is very angry at Durian, but Rathen pretends to convince the Witch Prime to kill him, before convincing him to let him live, and make him governor of Tanto, by saying that he will get lots of publicity. | ||
Porcher heads to bed, and Kitty tells him that she is going to bed as well, but secretly heads out into the forest to meet with Cantha, a scientist who has escaped into the forest. She tells Kitty that it is too dangerous to be meeting her, and that Kitty should not risk her life for her. Just then, the mysterious stranger from earlier enters. | Porcher heads to bed, and Kitty tells him that she is going to bed as well, but secretly heads out into the forest to meet with Cantha, a scientist who has escaped into the forest. She tells Kitty that it is too dangerous to be meeting her, and that Kitty should not risk her life for her. Just then, the mysterious stranger from earlier enters. | ||
===Part 2=== | ===Part 2=== | ||
The stranger says that he is not dangerous, and asks Cantha to grind him a [[looking glass]] urgently. He says that the Sezians could have followed Kitty, but believes that they did not. Cantha and Kitty work out that he needs the mirror to make a [[spyglass]], and deduce that as looking around with it all he would see would be trees, he needs it to look up into the sky. As Cantha makes the mirror, and Kitty keeps watch, the stranger agrees to explain why he needs it. | |||
Meanwhile, Durian's assistant tells him that there has been anomalous resistance to the new regime in the north of Tanto. Rathen tells him to fuck off, and tells Durian that the Witch Prime has returned to Sezuan, leaving him behind to spy on Durian and as leader of the army, and informing him that he is now the ambassador. An individual, who was before in the Traveller's Rest Inn, then comes along and tells him about the stranger from earlier, and that he was after Cantha. | |||
===Part 3=== | ===Part 3=== | ||
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* [[Porcher]] finds the [[Second Minister of Chance]]'s face familiar. | * [[Porcher]] finds the [[Second Minister of Chance]]'s face familiar. | ||
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* The [[Second Minister of Chance]] believes [[Sezuan]] to be "a desperately insecure regime who cling to arbitrary rules rather than face the ambiguities of the universe". | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
