Miss Sto Helit Investigates

[deaths_heritor]

1. [on the street, you are approached by a young girl]

Excuse me.  Excuse me!  Yes, you.  I need to be pointed towards the Sto Lat plains.  There will be a reward, I'm sure.  Mother is bound to be in hysterics by now.

2. [Young Susan can be found outside the library glancing through a pile of atlases and throwing them aside in short order.]

3. [After

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[strike_you_out]

[Slugger, thinking it would be a good and fun idea to mess with the girl's mind, has decided to sneak into the vehicle from the opposite side, hide, then honk the horn.]

[strike_you_out]

[Slugger merely hangs his head, shoulders lightly bouncing with contained laughter. It seems so obvious now, who she is. A few seconds later, he looks up at young Susan and appears to be on the verge of saying something--

...

--when he realizes he isn't done finding amusement at the situation and quickly looks down once more.]

[sensiblechild]

I'm glad someone's enjoying this. But if at all possible, I'd prefer that someone to be me.

[strike_you_out]

[He settles down and, when he next looks up, he appears strikingly somber.]

Sto Helit isn't here. Only Mayfield.

[sensiblechild]

And where is Sto Helit?

[strike_you_out]

Your world. Where you left it.

[So helpful.]

[sensiblechild]

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I've been kidnapped to another world?

. . . That's more troublesome. You wouldn't know the right type of magic to move between worlds, would you?

[strike_you_out]

[He rests a crooked bat on his shoulder and shakes his head.] I wouldn't be here if I did.

[sensiblechild]

I'll have to figure it out on my own, then. Is there a library in town?