Noting for the other players that Patch will be comatose for a short while. I have plans to do something with her, but I will be using the Micropiece thread for that. In the meantime, you can play with the assumption that she won't be conscious for the rest of the in-game day. A long rest is...
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-must-pay-war-crimes-bucha-germany-says-2022-04-03/
In response to evidence of war crimes, Germany (or at least one German politician) is starting to consider banning imports of Russian gas.
"Friday!" she gasped as the digital apparition appeared. As Friday spoke, Patch's body seemed to shudder, her facial expression shifting from one of shock to one of anguish. She looked as though her eyes might begin tearing up at any moment, if her magically altered body had the ability to do...
Me: I've been waiting years to get to this point in Patch's character arc, I've got to make this suitably dramatic.
Also me: The other player characters are literally dying please hurry up and get it done.
"Exterminating the mage hunters is a worthy goal, yes. But it's not just them, is it?" An image of the frightened girl's coughing fit came to mind. "I've become an agent of indiscriminate death and decay. Even my own form is slowly breaking down. You claim this is what I wanted?"
"And yet... I...
"Of course. That's the man I remember. Of course he would save a fallen foe from certain death. Of course he would want to save me too, as futile as it is."
She shrugged and laughed, her expression becoming almost mirthful.
"I am lucid enough to see what I've become. My patron, I don't mean to...
"I don't know what you'd call this body of mine, but it's not life. Not anymore." She glanced at one of her hands, watching the miasma spread along its contours.
"No one's convinced me of anything." She met Kage's gaze. "I've become something evil, something that can only spread suffering and...
"I'm afraid this isn't an occasion for pleasantries," Patch replied to Beathra. "If you are here, there's no way I can avoid what comes next."
Glancing down at Ronny and Palin, she continued her approach. There was no way to know how her presence would affect her former comrades. But those two...
They took Chernobyl. Probably old news at this point, with how fast this is happening...
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/chernobyl-power-plant-captured-by-russian-forces-ukrainian-official-2022-02-24/
At the far end of the hall, a figure became visible. There was no mistaking it. From the tattered clothes she wore, to her glowing, haunted eyes, to the wings folded at her back... Patch was approaching with a hollowness in her face that her former companions would hardly recognize.
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