(Scars do not appear to be cause of death –shock ... - Bad Request

"Oi can't unnerstand a single word!"
"Wait... the Lady eats cats?"
"This is madness! Who in their right mind would let a barmy addle-coved
Xaositect perform a telling?!" Scii-tavakis snarls from her table.
"I would," a piercing, crisp voice calls out from the crowd.
He is a tall man, slim and sharp with a honed, pointed face. A lizard perches
on the rounded cap covering his head, and a pair of smoked-glass spectacles
obscure his eyes. A dozen necklaces, earrings, and other hangings jingle
from his robes as he walks, his limbs cutting the air with each step. In his
hand he holds a simple staff, nothing more than a slim, perfectly straight
length of wood. It clacks as he approaches the stage in even intervals: quick,
precise, and metronomic. Immediately the audience is hypnotized by his
slight but imposing figure.
"Xoraskavitt," he chides sharply. Everything about this man is sharp and
angular, "Now I gave you a chance to tell the tale proper. Hand over the
journal."
"I hAve iNFinite poweR. AnoTHer has infiNIte power. otHers havE inFinite
POwer. I cAN cause mYseLf to HaVe iNfiNite poWER..." the mephit rolls on
the ground, foaming at the lips as it clutches the tome.
"I said hand it," the man snaps, snatching at the book. It transforms into a
slim scroll and with a firm shake the mephit slips free. Xoraskavitt tumbles
about on the stage, murmuring gibberish, but more quietly.
"Now," the man clears his throat and stands up tall, "I must apologize and
explain in full detail. I am Factor Epetrius of the Fraternity of Order,
Twenty-Fifth of Two Hundred and Twelve Keepers of the Keys of the
Eighteenth Great Library in Mechanus and High Scribe to the Libris Occultis
on the Prime World of Tedrecon."
"A Guvner?" Mikon slurs, clearly well into the drink now, "Odd company for
a Guvner to keep, a mephit and a Chaosman, at that."
Factor Epetrius purses his lips slightly. "Yes, I must say it is an odd pairing of
sorts. Xoraskavitt is a handful. When he isn't chewing my wallpaper or
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