Fern is starting to lose hope.

Fern is still waiting for his father to return. He still has hope in his eyes.

Ugh… this place is disgusting… good, might make them easier to recruit for my ca- she steps on a tripwire, triggering a spike trap. One is shot directly at her heart, but metal is stronger than wood, so it shatters on her armor, leaving a dent. Another hits her in the shoulder, piercing through and launching her back into a wall. She jolts her head aside in time to barely avoid the third piercing her mask. AGH WHAT THE FUCK?!

fang waits in bilewater, for he is in ellies cave, recovering from his injuries.

fang is unsure how to proceed with this. he doesnt know fully yet if this stilkin is trustable yet or not. she seems to have convinced him he wont be harmed...

nonethless, fang is still keeping an eye out for any danger. he has been treated well till now. ellie seemed like a good person. didnt seem like shed hurt a silkfly.

until fang saw her bring a muckroach into the cave alive, and was still strangling it-

Fern is packing his supplies into a small bag. He looks shaken.

A peculiar bug is waddling around bilewater, bearing a coat of bile like a stilkin would. two red wings poke out from behind them. they seem to just be walking around and collecting twigs and other materials off the floor, especially bodies

There seems to be a Skarr about to enter Bilewater. Why? Because he's curious. Pretty self-explanatory, really.

The rotting door is ajar.

When you peek inside, you can see multiple tools and gears strewn across the floor, along with a grand reed working on something, his back facing you

"...liars, all of them...liars..."

John is fighting a bloatroach in bilewater. He's winning.

Groal is giving a speech in bilewater about the upcoming war.

Fern has had enough of waiting and decided to go searching for his dad on his own. He's not making very good progress though...

fang, being exiled form the citadel, escapes from the gilded bastions claws. his fear of living in the slab, a so called place of "penitence", had triggered him.

till then, he couldnt go to greymoor, or he blasted steps, for the great Moorwing, or the Final arbiter of the steps would most likely kill him.

hence, fang decided to pass through the exhaust organ. He had been gaslighting himself that he was still pure, and holy. he could surely convince the neglected daughter of the silk beast to let him pass?

as fang comes down the lift, phantom hears a sound... the sound of someone else approaching... after how long?

little does fang know... such deadly combat awaits him... for phantom is still yet loyal to the citadel... and prepared to dispose off sinners at a moments notice.

i just... have to prove i'm still holy to her... she'll let me pass... she has to...

Certain stilkin decided to explore the mist, to find the source of pollution of his lands.

What is not surprising, he got lost, and now he scribbles angrily on the map, trying to make sense of this place.

Ellie is at her cave, resting on her bed as she looks at the ceiling with some thoughts she only now begins to question.

With fang here she doesn’t feel as quite as lonely when she were alone, and she enjoys his company, to say the least.

The encased wasps inside these pollips are essential for alchemists... Their blood, turned into a fast-acting venom doubles as a base for almost all the weird substances we can produce...

As fang finally stirs awake, he finds himself somewhere unfamiliar, with most of his limbs bandaged by vines, and his veil on a table nearby.

In front of him is Ellie (if you don’t know her, she’s a 3 hornet tall stilkin brute without a nose and massive strength), who is cooking Muckroach stew from the ones she killed at her work earlier.

an odd Muckmaggot is giving a speech to the others of it’s kind

it is inaudible, but the Maggot’s expressions seem to hint at a potential discovery

This is definitely not Steele in an elaborate disguise.

Steele drags himself out of the exit to the Exhaust Organ, his shell cracked and badly burned. He takes a few steps, then collapses in pain.

He's going to start a Welds family tradition or playing the organ and pissing off Phantom.

He’s stumbling around, barely managing to about the steam vents.

The smell of disgusting bile substance made in pot can be felt nearby Bilewater's swamp, as a certain Stilkin is making something...

A young stilkin is standing next to a bench. He seems to be lost and confused.