Ashley reluctantly summons the bigglesworths. "These mechatherial beasts are their own being. They follow my orders to attack only because they enjoy the hunt, in other words, I can present them to you but I can't force them to endure your 'affection'."  Ashley shudders and returns to the tent with Mr. Bigglesworth; he happily snuggles with her.



Mrs. Bigglesworth looks at Alice...

Fed with leftovers from Cat's cooking, the puddle on the floor begins to boil, and after a while morphs into the familiar naked girl form we cannot upload on imgur to post it here. It would be shown in detail on /tulpa/, but here the image would just get deleted within hours. So use your imagination...
Alice finally snaps back to consciousness, still giggling and then looks around in confusion.
Huh? Where are my skulls? Did you tame the green eyeball guy? Where's Ashley's carriage? Where the hell are we?

Listening to Cat's barely comprehensible story of Nyas, Alice skeptically looks at Yulya, the only witness able to give a coherent report.
Hmm, so in fact that changed nothing. Mormesk wouldn't have let us out empty-handed anyhow. So whatever! I wish the guys forcing us to do the dirty work for them would at least give us some helpful information... Well, magic users are all crazy. And the stronger, the crazier. By the way, where's ours?

Alice gladly eats Cat's improvised dinner even if it's not Takoyaki and then hones her spear and keeps watch so Cat can also tend to her weapons. When Ashley arrives she is greeting her in the voice of a child begging for a treat.
Ashleeyyy???
Did you bring me a Mrs. Bigglesworth? As far as I remember, I was promised a Mrs. Bigglesworth to pet!
Pweeease???

Nya so whats down there Nya? Can we go there Nya or will the flame skulls come again Nya?

Alice thinks hard to remember what she saw before the entire incident.
There's a huge cavern with some sort of altar down there flickering in light that looks like space-time-magic as far as I can tell.  There are a few jewels on top I think but I didn't see them clearly! Also weird human machinery all around that looks more advanced that what this stone-age world has, but still primitive. Buuut...
Alice pauses as if stopping herself from rushing down there
...there are also a lot of skeletons around it that look like they could re-non-vive any second. Like at the Bulette-nest. So we should rest first. But definitely go down there before we continue!

It was down all day yesterday.

Cat offers Ashley her share of food, or otherwise gives it to Alice. She tries to explain to her what happened with lots of Nyaas. Then she points to the passage.
Nya so whats down there Nya? Can we go there Nya or will the flame skulls come again Nya?

Yulya falls to her knees and also almost passes out just relieved the situation is resolved. at least for now.

That was close Nya good work Yulya Nya I'm sorry I wasn't much help Nya...
Lets eat and rest Nya! I hope Ashley Nya returns without issues Nya!

I am also sorry I momentarily lost my composure. A warm meal would be great now Cat. May I task you with the first watch? I really need to rest...

Yulya retreats into the tent until Cats dinner is ready. While resting she first refills her mp and then the focus.