The silence after the destruction is the first thing Dash Heidmann notices. The house is gone, erased into a clean absence, yet there had been no roar, no shockwave, no thunderous collapse. Just a flash, and then nothing but a hole in the ground.

Dash Heidmann returns to his childhood home and finds something waiting for him: a black card hidden specifically for him, marked only with "9". Whatever it means, the message is deliberate. He takes it in, then returns to the others as the group brings the boat in, parks it, and locks it into place.

Just before the group leaves, Eos takes a quiet mental note of the scales of Minerva, the gift once given to her in a temple of the goddess long ago. They are unbalanced now, and that imbalance feels uncomfortably reflective of her own turmoil.

Hatsu Toshitsugu begins by seeking out his mother, Kokoro Toshitsugu, and is met with clear relief and happiness at seeing him again. She explains that their people are already trying to understand the changing state of the island, tracking the wildlife and strange growth to work out what must be done next.

As the voyage continued, the mood aboard the ship softened just enough for quieter conversations to rise through the tension. Boreal spoke about what it had been like growing up with Hatsu, describing it with a fondness that sat easily beneath the teasing.

The voyage begins in uneasy quiet, with Weslyn Theiwyse seeking out a private moment with Amaedrianna Blüdfist before the rest of the ship settles into motion.

Amaedrianna is reassured that Weslyn has not yet found whatever Dr. Harrow is looking for, or whatever he himself is meant to find. She admits she has not found what she is looking for either. Dash brings her fully up to speed: the group plans to move the Egg tomorrow. It is currently fifty feet below ground, secured in vault #2.

The day began beneath the weight of Eos’s vision. After seeing Dash, Weslyn, and Isolde killed in the museum, Eos begged Boreal to magically contact Hatsu and tell him to come back. The problem was that Hatsu was still on the ship with them, and Boreal’s message was far louder than it needed to be. Hatsu soon entered the room, finding Eos frightened and desperate for his help.

That warmth overwhelmed him. In the cave, Hatsu stood because he saw something new: a path, like dust flickering in light. He followed it deeper and found the bee resting on a tiny branch of a small sakura tree left behind in the darkness. As he focused on it, his hands and body grew warm. Normally, his power leaned toward shadow, but in that moment he understood what he had truly been praying to: the Mother of Light, creator of shadows. He understood her as the one who gives space, protects from heat, and burns things down when necessary.

Weslyn woke beside the hole, only for Delphini Urging to emerge soon after and tell him that he had saved her. He was in no mood for ceremony and simply told her to keep up as they set off in search of the stone.

The moment began in tension and urgency. Eos called out to Weslyn, her voice sharp with panic, begging him to stop. Whatever he was doing.. whatever he was reading.. felt wrong to her. Weslyn, however, raised a hand and asked for more time. He was close to something important, something he couldn’t abandon now.

Ekdíkisi Tintreach found herself alone in the forest, chasing after Ekdíkisi beneath dark moons hanging high overhead. The woods did not welcome her. She tried to soothe them anyway, first by using magic to mimic the caw of a raven, then by slipping down from Duckie’s back and offering peace in a gentler form.

In Anbudon, the group begins the day under the shadow of the mistake Dash made the previous session, when he accidentally revealed the location of his family to the King’s Guard. That reality lingers heavily over everything that follows.

Amaedrianna Blüdfist finally re-joins the group carrying fresh ideas, practical concerns, and a clearer sense of how the heist might actually be pulled off. The conversation turns quickly toward planning, but almost immediately she asks the obvious question: where is Dash?

The heist draws nearer, and complications grow bolder. Time is running out. Some doors should stay closed, and some truths were buried for a reason. This week, a single thread is pulled—and everything starts to shift.

With only a week left until the heist, the pressure on the group continues to build. Every conversation, every errand, and every small gamble now seems to carry the same question beneath it: will they be ready in time?

The 24th of Searpeak began with a strange kind of calm, the kind you only get when everyone knows the clock is ticking. They had one week, seven days to prepare and plan a museum heist, and still leave enough time for Weslyn to meet Delphini as arranged. It was a narrow window, and everyone felt it.

The day in Anbudon starts with someone doing what they always do when the group risks drifting, Weslyn goes to collect Hatsu and pull him off the ship and back toward the others. The walk to the tavern turns into one of those conversations that sounds half like philosophy and half like a warning.

The newly arrived crew steps off their ship into the smoke and clatter of Anbudon, now officially sailing under the name A.M.S. Remington. The city hits like a machine in motion, loud, watchful, and built to swallow anyone who moves through it too openly.

The Resolute cuts steadily through the water, its sails full as the journey continues. Life aboard begins to settle into a rhythm, though unease and curiosity are never far behind.