video; @mccree / @steelsamayarai

[feytality]

[ Hey, it's McCree and Maya in the creepy caverns! They’ve definitely looked better, they’re both super pale, like they've seen a ghost or two or a horde. Maya just seems to be trembling non-stop, and she is extremely white. It's fine though? It's fine? They’ve got a message to deliver. ]

Guys--- We.... we made contact with the ghosts.

Yeah, a whole mess of 'em.

[ McCree's doing his best to not appear too rattled, but there's only so much he can hide. He's got an arm around the trembling Maya, but it doesn't seem to be doing much good. She's not trembling from the cold, after all. ]

And they said some stuff we thought y'all should know.

There was a voice -- a woman's voice, begging to save her son. She... she was talking about an effigy, that we need to destroy it, that she can't hold something back -- that her son needs to stop, that she loves him. [ She's gotta take a second to catch her breath and collect herself before going on. ] He's trying to bring her back, but she's in so much pain... She wants him to stop. I- I think it's Lucas.

That's the first thing we gotta take care of, but there's more. The ghosts— where do I even start? Well, they're mighty angry and said all sorts of strange stuff, like about how they’re gonna reclaim this world and what have you. They said they could see into the future and knew what was coming. And also that it was what someone named Archmage Karsus have done. Does that name ring any bells?

[ He's addressing the Reclaimers, but his gaze travels back to Maya to see if she’s starting to feel better yet. ]

Am I forgetting anything?

[ It'll be a while before she's totally composed, but she's slowly getting there. And leaning against him. ]

And... there's something else. Something's coming. Something... Like a god? I don't know. But I could feel it. And the ghosts... We have to do something, or everyone's going to die. Everyone.

[ what a cheery psa!! ]

Comments

[mccreehaw]

I'm thinking that effigy is the key. I didn't hear the woman, so she's not with the other ghosts. She spoke to Maya directly while the ghosts spoke through Maya to me.

[seasaltkeys]

Effigy? That's the...statue, right?

[That seems like a lot of layers of ghosts.]

Kinda glad I didn't go into the caverns.

[mccreehaw]

Uh, sure, I guess.

[ Look, you probably have a more robust vocabulary than McCree. ]

Yeah, I'm finding myself regretting it now too.

[seasaltkeys]

Will you be alright, getting out? Or are you okay?

[mccreehaw]

We'll be fine. Maya had it worse, since she was doing the whole channeling thing. I'll get her outta here; don't worry.

[seasaltkeys]

Good. She's gonna be okay?

[mccreehaw]

I'll make sure she is.

[ Somehow. Since he really has no idea about spirits and what they can do. ]

[seasaltkeys]

Good. I just get the feeling that this stuff shouldn't really be messed with.

[It's all a lot bigger than him.]

[mccreehaw]

I kinda regret that we did, but Maya was awfully convincing that this was the only way to figure out what was going on with them and maybe help them and — well — it sure didn't turn out the way I figured it would.

[seasaltkeys]

Guess not. But thinking about, I do think you guys got some useful information.

[mccreehaw]

So do I. That's something, at least. Now the tricky part is how we fix everything.

[seasaltkeys]

Yeah, no kidding. It feels like everything got a lot bigger.

[mccreehaw]

All at once too.

[ He sighs and looks down at the top of Maya's head. ]

Well, we'd best get started.

[seasaltkeys]

Yeah. When things kick off it's going to be quick.

[mccreehaw]

Stay safe. We'll catch up later, all right?

[seasaltkeys]

Sound good.