Tessera

Olimpia resisted the temptation of evil, causing her to lose the Budding Evil Persona trait, which became nothing more than a bad childhood memory. She rolled the Ambitious trait (yey!), and her teenage experiences also developed the additional Argumentative and Compassionate traits.

But she had a mystery to solve, and she wasn’t about to return home empty-handed. So then, Happy Birthday to me!

So the emissary was here. That meant she was on the right track. That meant... Maybe she shouldn't call home just yet. She wondered how everyone was doing. If little Aurelia could walk yet. If Clayton finally proposed to her mom. She missed them all terribly. It was a shame they weren’t here.

Bartender: Your birthday? Well, would you look at that! Happy Birthday! Let’s see if I have anything for such a special occasion... Hmm... This will have to do. And welcome to Tomarang. Olimpia: Cupcakes? That’s very kind of you. Thanks.

Olimpia: An emissary! So she really was here! I was right! The clues really were pointing to this place! Bartender: Forgive me for asking, but... you seem awfully young. Maybe even a little too young for adventures like this. Olimpia: Hey, I’m not too young! Actually... today is my birthday...

Bartender: Not much, really. But many years ago, back when my great-grandfather ran this place, a royal emissary came here. She was searching for the treasure too, but she never found it. He talked about it often because people like that rarely came to Tomarang. It was quite the event!

Bartender: So, you came here looking for a treasure? Well, now. I never thought those stories might actually be true. Olimpia: Do you know something about the treasure?

Olimpia: I should have read more about Tomarang. I should have prepared better. Once again, I acted on impulse, and, well... it turned out exactly the way it always does. But I wanted to find the lost treasure so badly that I never stopped to think maybe I should actually plan things properly first.

B: Welcome back to the world of the living. You look much better. O: Yes. Thank you very much. B: Now tell me, what brings you to Tomarang, and why were you wandering around in weather like this? O: Honestly, your weather caught me completely by surprise. I had no idea you had monsoons here!

That wasn’t exactly what she meant, but there was no way she was turning down a chance to clean up. How had everything become so complicated? Oh well. She will freshen up, head downstairs, and explain to this kind man how she’d ended up in such a mess.

Olimpia: Hello, I wanted to ask if I could use... Bartender: The bathroom? Of course, girl! I don’t know what you’ve been through, but you look and smell awful. We’ve got a bathroom with a shower upstairs. Go on, hurry up, before you scare away my customers!

Olimpia: Oh My Watcher... How am I even supposed to show my face in public looking like this? Well, no choice. I’ll just have to swallow my pride. Somehow it’ll work out.

Olimpia: I just want to go home... I don’t think I can do this, Cayenne. I’m sorry. I put us through all of this for nothing. It was stupid. Come on, I’ll find you some shelter, and then I’ll ask at that bar if I can call home.

Olimpia: I’ve had enough! Everything is going wrong! I was supposed to find the lost royal treasure! Restore my family’s good name! My parents were supposed to be proud of me! Instead I’m standing in the rain, freezing, hungry, soaked, exhausted, everything hurts, and...

But they didn’t. A powerful lightning strike suddenly startled Cayenne. Ollie managed to jump off just in time, but landed directly in a filthy puddle.