

label w17:

    $ lia_party = True
    scene w17 00
    with fade
    pause
    scene w17 01
    with fade
    play sound river loop
    show rhi talk at left with moveinleft
    r "We've been travelling at a brisk pace all morning. Surely we can rest here for while, [mcname]?"
    show lia talk1 at right with moveinright
    l "Aye, this area is a popular camping spot for the Fianna when they hunt in these parts."
    r "Oh? Is the game around here plentiful?"
    l "Better than in many parts of Celtica. Finn and I have taken boar and deer here often."
    mc "I wouldn't mind hunting if time allowed for it, but I think we settle for some time to catch our breath."
    scene w17 02
    with fade
    r "Oh, the water here is so clear! I can see salmon swimming through the rocks!"
    l "..."
    r "Lia?"
    l "Just my huntress senses. There is something close by..."
    r "One of those boars you told of?"
    l "Perhaps..."
    stop sound
    scene w17 03
    play sound brush
    with hpunch
    l "Over there!"
    mc "That creature~!"
    l "Is not of this world, that is for sure!"
    "With blue fur like a bright night, speckles upon the strange creature's back glimmer like stars in the noon sun."
    "While it resembles a stag, it is like no stag of Celtica. Besides the golden horns and brights eyes, the most outstanding feature is the crescent sun that glows on its flank."
    scene w17 04
    play sound brush
    with hpunch
    "Pointing its wiggling nose into the air, it catches a scent it objects to and bounds away."
    l "How fast it moves, as if the four winds of Celtica were on its back!"
    r "What scared it? Surely it was not us?"
    mc "No, not us."
    scene w17 05
    play sound brush
    with hpunch
    mc "Those hounds!"
    "Close on the heels of the strange beast come two equally odd hounds with fur as red as heart's blood."
    play sound beast02
    r "Have you ever seen such a sight! Does the Fianna of Celtica hunt with such mutts?!"
    l "By the gods I swear by, those two do not answer to a master in the Fianna, I am sure!"
    scene w17 06
    with fade
    play music viking_feast loop
    l "[mcname], the beasts bounded in the direction we are headed. Must I say more?"
    mc "No, it is the same with us Tuatha! I would not miss this chance to hunt such magnificent prey!"
    l "Then let us be off, or those hounds will have the better of it!"
    scene w17 07
    with fade
    r "Is this necessary, beloved?"
    mc "It does no harm to our quest! There is no hunter or warrior alive on Celtica that would forgo the opportunity to skin such a beast!"
    r "Truly, this sudden pursuit agrees with the tales of your impulsive reputation!"
    mc "Impulsive? It is passionate! No man would refuse such sport, Rhiannon!"
    mc "But it would be easier on a horse!"
    r "Apologies, my heart... my powers are not as they should be."
    scene w17 08
    with fade
    mc "No matter, we will catch the beast all the same. Lia is just a bow shot away from the hounds that pursue it."
    r "That woman... what do you think of her?"
    mc "Why do you ask?"
    r "She has her eyes upon you!"
    mc "Not unusual that, for I have attracted many women. Lia is a good companion, I'll not get involved in your quarrels."
    r "..."
    scene w17 xx
    with fade
    show rhi sup at center with moveinleft
    r "I've lost sight of Lia and the red hounds!"
    mc "Follow the barking, those mutts make enough noise to be heard in the Land of Promise!"
    "Lady's Voice" "Hold off!!!"
    scene w17 09
    with fade
    "The blood-red hounds settle at the high heels of an alluring woman brandishing a leather whip."
    rl "I have been watching you from a distance, man of the Tuatha! I did not believe you would be so brazen as to take up a pursuit!"
    rl "Do you dare to think you have claims on the prey that my hounds chase after?"

    menu:
        "Watch your temper, woman. There is no law of the hunt against competition!":

            $ renpy.notify("Ferocity +1")
            $ w_fer += 1
            jump w17a
        "{color=#00ff00}I mean no disrespect to a beauty such as yourself, but neither will I give up on such a beast!":

            $ renpy.notify("Lust +1 and Ferocity +1")
            $ w_lus += 1
            $ w_fer += 1
            jump w17b

label w17a:

    play music eer03 loop
    rl "You are ignorant and know not what you do! That beast is no ordinary animal of these lands and I must slay it before it reaches the shores of Celtica!"
    mc "And that is precisely the reason I have set my sights upon it!"
    scene w17 10
    with fade
    mc "Strange that you could recognize me as a man of the Tuatha. There is nothing to give it away, except from up close."
    rl "..."
    rl "Your crow's mark gives it away!"
    mc "And what do you know of this mark, woman?"
    rl "I am not here to entertain you with meaningless conversation. I say again - hold off on your pursuit! The beast is mine!"
    mc "I refuse."
    scene w17 11
    with fade
    rl "Stubborn knave! So be it!"
    rl "But I warn you, my hounds are feisty and I will not hold them back if they go wild with the bloodlust!"
    mc "Then you will have two dead hounds to mourn if that happens. It is a poor master that cannot control her dogs."
    "With a sigh of exasperation, the red lady takes off down the meadow, following the disturbed grass that the blue beast left in its wake."
    scene w17 12
    with fade
    l "Did you expect that woman to give the hunt over to you? She was on its trail first!"
    mc "She can do as she pleases, as can I. The swifter of us will take the reward."
    r "What did she say about the beast?"
    mc "That it was fleeing to the shores of Celtica."
    l "Then as we suspected, it is a creature of the Otherworld, seeking to return west over the sea. If we could claim it, what a story I would have for the feasting hall!"
    jump w17c

label w17b:

    play music eer03 loop
    rl "Saucy words from a would-be thief!"
    mc "I am no thief. If I take that beast, you will have no rights upon it. Such is the ancient way of Celtica."
    rl "Are you a druid, here to interpret the law for me?"
    scene w17 10
    with fade
    mc "I am no druid."
    rl "Clearly. You lack the spark of wisdom in your eyes."
    mc "But I am also no fool. Strange that you could recognize me as a man of the Tuatha. There is nothing to give it away, except from up close. Who are you?"
    rl "I owe you no introduction!"
    mc "By the goddess - you are a lively one! You stir my blood in all the good ways!"
    rl "I have no time for this! I say again that beast must be slain before it can reach the shores of Celtica! I am off!"
    scene w17 11
    with fade
    rl "Stay out of my way!"
    mc "You will have no assurances from me this day."
    rl "Then I warn you that my hounds are savage, and I cannot always control them when they get the taste of blood!"
    mc "Then you will have two dead hounds. Your lips have better uses than issuing idle threats!"
    "The woman gives an angry grunt before sprinting away after the tracks of the blue beast, her hounds bounding along through the long meadow grass."
    scene w17 12
    with fade
    l "Did you expect that woman to give the hunt over to you? She was on its trail first!"
    mc "She can do as she pleases, as can I. The swifter of us will take the reward."
    r "What did she say about the beast?"
    mc "That it was fleeing to the shores of Celtica."
    l "Then as I suspected, it is a creature of the Otherworld, seeking to return west over the sea. If we could claim it, what a story I would have for the feasting hall!!"
    jump w17c

label w17c:

    $ lia_party = True
    play music gen01 loop
    scene w17 13
    with fade
    "The hunt goes through the day and into the evening. My party pursues the beast, following the glowing light of the moon that shines upon its flanks."
    r "At least it is easy to spot in the growing darkness!"
    "The barking of the Red Lady's hounds is never far away, so the competition is very much alive."
    l "The beast is clever. It will slow its pace as we do, and speed up as we sprint. We have not closed even a hand span of distance against it!"
    scene w17 14
    with fade
    play sound fire loop
    "As the stars come out across the bright sky, there is an informal truce between the hunter and the hunted."
    "The beast rests upon a ridge, its light visible to the surrounding area. I know that if I move against it, it will run once more."
    "We all need rest, but will continue the pursuit with the light of dawn. I keep the first watch, ready to alert my companions should the beast attempt to slip away in the small hours of the night."
    scene w17 15
    with fade
    show lia talk1 at left with moveinleft
    l "We need water. I will fetch some from the stream nearby."
    mc "Any sign of the Red Lady and her mutts?"
    l "I caught her tracks nearby and her hounds now move with labored steps. No doubt she is resting like us."
    show rhi sad at right with moveinright
    l "Rhiannon, are you alright?"
    r "The chase has tired me... I will be fine with rest..."
    l "I will return shortly."
    hide lia talk1 at left with moveoutleft
    "Rhiannon walks slowly towards the trunk of the great oak we are camped under. The curse's effects are upon her again."
    scene w17 16
    with fade
    play music whd02 loop
    r "I am so... hot..."
    "She rubs her delicate fingers over her doe skin pants and makes a deep gasp as she finds her clitoris."
    r "[mcname]..."
    "Her fingers rotate frantically over her most sensitive spot. Rhiannon's toes curl up as she arches her back."
    scene w17 17
    with fade
    play sound2 dress
    "With no thought of the possibility of Lia returning, Rhiannon takes off her top and fondles her ample breasts."
    r "I cannot fight it, [mcname]. I am helpless against the mark that burns... on my crotch..."
    r "Deliver me, please... give me... release!"

    menu:
        "{color=#00ff00}Come here, I will give you the cock that you crave.":

            $ renpy.notify("Lust +1")
            $ w_lus += 1
            $ rhi_cur += 1
            jump w20
        "Come here, I will dominate your fevered mind with my words of power.":

            $ renpy.notify("Rhiannon Curse +1")
            $ rhi_cur += 1
            jump w19


label w18:

    scene w17 00
    with fade
    pause
    scene w18 01
    with fade
    play sound river loop
    show rhi talk at left with moveinleft
    r "We've been travelling at a brisk pace all morning. Surely we can rest here for while, [mcname]?"
    show clio talk1 at right with moveinright
    cl "Aye, this area is a popular hunting spot for the Fianna, but there are not nearly enough enemies around here for my liking."
    r "Oh? Is it only battle you crave?"
    cl "It is only through battle that I can prove myself!"
    mc "Your bravery is not in doubt, Clio. But if you don't learn to cool your head, another warrior will claim it."
    show clio mad1 at right
    cl "Bah! You sound like Finn!"
    mc "Then Finn is a wise man and you should heed his advice."
    scene w18 02
    with fade
    r "Please, stop your bickering! The water here is so clear! I can see salmon swimming through the rocks!"
    cl "Indeed. Salmon are fine eating!"
    "Something feels wrong."
    r "[mcname]?"
    mc "Shh. There is something close by..."
    stop sound
    scene w17 03
    play sound brush
    with hpunch
    cl "Over there!"
    mc "That creature~!"
    cl "I've never seen its like!"
    "With blue fur like a bright night, speckles upon the strange creature's back glimmer like stars in the noon sun."
    "While it resembles a stag, it is like no stag of Celtica. Besides the golden horns and brights eyes, the most outstanding feature is the crescent sun that glows on its flank."
    scene w17 04
    play sound brush
    with hpunch
    "Pointing its wiggling nose into the air, it catches a scent it objects to and bounds away."
    cl "What a magnificent beast!"
    r "But what scared it? Surely it was not us?"
    mc "No, not us."
    scene w17 05
    play sound brush
    with hpunch
    mc "Those hounds!"
    "Close on the heels of the strange beast come two equally odd hounds with fur as red as heart's blood."
    play sound beast02
    cl "By the gods I swear by, those two dogs are of the Sidhe! This is an affair of the Otherworld!"
    r "[mcname], what do you propose?"
    scene w18 06
    with fade
    play music viking_feast loop
    mc "Clio, do those creatures go in the direction we are headed?"
    cl "Aye, they do!"
    mc "Then we hunt!"
    cl "Agreed! Slaying a beast with such awesome horns will bring its own kind of glory!"
    mc "Clio, run a course parallel to us - on those ridges!"
    cl "Understood!"
    scene w17 07
    with fade
    r "Is this necessary, beloved?"
    mc "It does no harm to our quest! There is no hunter or warrior alive on Celtica that would forgo the opportunity to make a trophy of such a beast!"
    r "Truly, this sudden pursuit agrees with the tales of your impulsive reputation!"
    mc "Impulsive? It is passionate! No man would refuse such sport, Rhiannon!"
    mc "But it would be easier on a horse!"
    r "Apologies, my heart... my powers are not as they should be."
    scene w18 08
    with fade
    mc "No matter, we will catch the beast all the same. With Clio on our flank, our prey will not make an easy escape."
    r "And the hounds?"
    mc "Not worth thinking about. Their master will go home empty handed tonight."
    r "Ah, the assured confidence of a warrior! Let's see if your words match your deeds, beloved!"
    scene w17 xx
    with fade
    show rhi sup at center with moveinleft
    r "I've lost sight of Clio and the red hounds!"
    mc "Follow the barking, those mutts make enough noise to be heard in the Land of Promise!"
    "Lady's Voice" "Hold off!!!"
    scene w17 09
    with fade
    "The blood-red hounds settle at the high heels of an alluring woman brandishing a leather whip."
    rl "I have been watching you from a distance, man of the Tuatha! I did not believe you would be so brazen as to take up a pursuit!"
    rl "Do you dare to think you have claims on the prey that my hounds chase after?"

    menu:
        "Watch your temper, woman. There is no law of the hunt against competition!":

            $ renpy.notify("Ferocity +1")
            $ w_fer += 1
            jump w18a
        "{color=#00ff00}I mean no disrespect to a beauty such as yourself, but neither will I give up on such a beast!":

            $ renpy.notify("Lust +1 and Ferocity +1")
            $ w_lus += 1
            $ w_fer += 1
            jump w18b

label w18a:

    play music eer03 loop
    rl "You are ignorant and know not what you do! That beast is no ordinary animal of these lands and I must slay it before it reaches the shores of Celtica!"
    mc "And that is precisely the reason I have set my sights upon it!"
    scene w17 10
    with fade
    mc "Strange that you could recognize me as a man of the Tuatha. There is nothing to give it away, except from up close."
    rl "..."
    rl "Your crow's mark gives it away!"
    mc "And what do you know of this mark, woman?"
    rl "I am not here to entertain you with meaningless conversation. I say again - hold off on your pursuit! The beast is mine!"
    mc "I refuse."
    scene w17 11
    with fade
    rl "Stubborn knave! So be it!"
    rl "But I warn you, my hounds are feisty and I will not hold them back if they go wild with the bloodlust!"
    mc "Then you will have two dead hounds to mourn if that happens. It is a poor master that cannot control her dogs."
    "With a sigh of exasperation, the red lady takes off down the meadow, following the disturbed grass that the blue beast left in its wake."
    scene w18 12
    with fade
    cl "So the challenge has been made! We won't be denied our prize now, for the honor of the Fianna rests on this!"
    mc "I'll deliver that hide to you, Clio!"
    cl "You are a good man to say so!"
    r "The red lady said the beast was fleeing to the shores of Celtica."
    cl "Then we must strike it down before its hooves can get wet in the saltwater!"
    jump w18c

label w18b:

    play music eer03 loop
    rl "Saucy words from a would-be thief!"
    mc "I am no thief. If I take that beast, you will have no rights upon it. Such is the ancient way of Celtica."
    rl "Are you a druid, here to interpret the law for me?"
    scene w17 10
    with fade
    mc "I am no druid."
    rl "Clearly. You lack the spark of wisdom in your eyes."
    mc "But I am also no fool. Strange that you could recognize me as a man of the Tuatha. There is nothing to give it away, except from up close. Who are you?"
    rl "I owe you no introduction!"
    mc "By the goddess - you are a lively one! You stir my blood in all the good ways!"
    rl "I have no time for this! That beast must be slain before it can reach the shores of Celtica! I am off!"
    scene w17 11
    with fade
    rl "Stay out of my way!"
    mc "You will have no assurances from me this day."
    rl "Then I warn you that my hounds are savage, and I cannot always control them when they get the taste of blood!"
    mc "Then you will have two dead hounds. Your lips have better uses than issuing idle threats!"
    "The woman gives an angry grunt before sprinting away after the tracks of the blue beast, her hounds bounding along through the long meadow grass."
    scene w18 12
    with fade
    cl "So the challenge has been made! We won't be denied our prize now, for the honor of the Fianna rests on this!"
    mc "I'll deliver that hide to you, Clio!"
    cl "You are a generous man to say so!"
    r "The red lady said the beast was fleeing to the shores of Celtica."
    cl "Then we must strike it down before it can get there, for then it will be lost to us!"
    jump w18c

label w18c:

    $ cl_party = True
    play music gen01 loop
    scene w17 13
    with fade
    "The hunt goes through the day and into the evening. My party pursues the beast, following the glowing light of the moon that shines upon its flanks."
    r "At least it is easy to spot in the growing darkness!"
    "The barking of the Red Lady's hounds is never far away, so the competition is very much alive."
    cl "As fast as I run, I never make ground against that damned thing!"
    scene w18 14
    with fade
    play sound fire loop
    "As the stars come out across the bright sky, there is an informal truce between the hunter and hunted."
    "The beast rests upon a ridge, its light visible to the surrounding area. I know that if I move against it, it will run once more."
    "We all need rest, but will continue the pursuit with the light of dawn. I keep the first watch, ready to alert my companions should the beast attempt to slip away in the small hours of the night."
    scene w17 15
    with fade
    show clio talk1 at left with moveinleft
    cl "I heard the panting of spent hounds. The Red Lady is not far away and likely rests as we do."
    mc "We need water."
    cl "There is a stream nearby. I will fill our skins and if I am lucky, there will be some watercress to gather as well."
    show rhi sad at right with moveinright
    cl "Rhiannon, does something ail you?"
    r "The chase has tired me... I will be fine with rest..."
    cl "I will return shortly."
    hide clio talk1 at left with moveoutleft
    "Rhiannon walks slowly towards the trunk of the great oak we are camped under. The curse's effects are upon her again."
    scene w17 16
    with fade
    play music whd02 loop
    r "I am so... hot..."
    "She rubs her delicate fingers over her doe skin pants and makes a deep gasp as she finds her clitoris."
    r "[mcname]..."
    "Her fingers rotate frantically over her most sensitive spot. Rhiannon's toes curl up as she arches her back."
    scene w17 17
    with fade
    play sound2 dress
    "With no thought of the possibility of Clio returning, Rhiannon takes off her top and fondles her ample breasts."
    r "I cannot fight it, [mcname]. I am helpless against the mark that burns... on my crotch..."
    r "Deliver me, please... give me... release!"

    menu:
        "{color=#00ff00}Come here, I will give you the cock that you crave.":

            $ renpy.notify("Lust +1")
            $ w_lus += 1
            jump w20
        "Come here, I will dominate your fevered mind with my words of power.":

            $ renpy.notify("Rhiannon Curse +1")
            $ rhi_cur += 1
            jump w19

label w19:

    scene w19 01
    with fade
    "I climb upon Rhiannon's trembling form."
    r "I fear words may not be enough this time, [mcname]."
    mc "IT WILL BE ENOUGH. NOW, RISE."
    scene w19 02
    with fade
    "Rhiannon's skin is hot and clammy to the touch. Her breathing is shallow."
    r "Please..."
    mc "YOUR URGES ARE SUBSIDING. THE CURSE'S POWER OVER YOU WANES."
    r "uck... ung..."
    "Words choke in Rhiannon's throat as my Tuatha magick works itself into a veil that descends upon her mind."
    scene w19 03
    with fade
    mc "DO YOU HEAR ME, RHIANNON?"
    r "Yes."
    mc "YOU ARE STRONGER THAN THE DARK MAGICKS PLACED UPON YOU."
    r "I am... strong."
    mc "PUT YOUR CLOTHES BACK ON AND CONTINUE AS YOU WERE."
    r "Yes, [mcname]. I will obey."
    stop music
    play sound brush
    scene w19 04
    with fade
    rl "Oh, was I interrupting?"
    rl "I've seen many things men and women do together for mutual pleasure, but this is something altogether new."
    rl "Does it gratify you, to have your way with her mind like that?"
    mc "What do you want? You made yourself very clear this morning."
    scene w19 05
    with fade
    rl "I've come to apologize. I took you to be one of the Dark Sidhe, looking to take an opportunity to steal a hunter's fantastic prey."
    rl "But you've kept up with the beast's flight, when a lesser man would have long given up. I can respect that."

    menu:
        "So what are you saying? You've come to offer a truce?":

            jump w19a
        "{color=#00ff00}One night with me and you would find much more to respect!":

            $ renpy.notify("Lust +1")
            $ w_lus += 1
            jump w19b

label w19a:

    play sound night loop
    rl "I'm saying I recognize you as a rival on this hunt."
    mc "Then you'll not gnash your teeth when I slay the beast in the morning."
    rl "Tomorrow will be the last chance, for the coast is close. The beast cannot be allowed to leave Celtica."
    mc "Would you care to share why?"
    scene w19 06
    with fade
    rl "I'll make you an offer, my dark and handsome warrior..."
    rl "If you kill the beast, I will tell you all. I will tell you why I hunt it so."
    mc "That sounds fair to me. Now, would you like to share the warmth of my fire for a while?"
    rl "Hmm... do you want to have your way with my mind as well? I may enjoy that..."
    mc "It would be rude not to offer you hospitality. No more than that."
    rl "Rough around the edges, but with a sense of decency. What a curious man you are."
    "The Red Lady disappears into the shadows."
    stop sound
    stop music

    if cl_party:
        jump w22

    elif lia_party:
        jump w21

label w19b:

    play sound night loop
    rl "Is that how you pitch your woo? I find it rather direct."
    mc "I have no need to coat my words in honey. The truth is my sword would slip nicely into your sheath."
    "The Red Lady gives me a wry smile."
    rl "I am here to hunt for a beast, not a man."
    mc "There is a beast standing before you."
    scene w19 06
    with fade
    "The Red Lady laughs."
    rl "A beast indeed! Would you whisper words into my ear, and bend my will to your own?"
    mc "If such is your desire. Different women want different things."
    rl "Not tonight, warrior. I merely came to say may the best hunter claim the beast tomorrow."
    mc "Then that would be me."
    rl "We shall see."
    "The Red Lady disappears into the shadows."
    stop sound
    stop music

    if cl_party:
        jump w22

    elif lia_party:
        jump w21

label w20:

    if _in_replay:

        show screen Replayexit
        $ mcname = persistent.name

    scene w20 01
    with fade
    mc "You've become too brazen with your lewd acts, Rhiannon."
    r "It took all of my self-control... to last this far into the night. But now..."
    r "...I can bear it no longer!"
    mc "What do you want?"
    r "You... would make me say it?!"
    mc "Tell me what you want."
    r "I want your cock! I want it inside me, raking through my pussy!"
    scene w20 02
    with fade
    mc "By the Goddess, you didn't even hesitate to utter those words. Here, taste of it!"
    play sound blow01
    r "Oh, [mcname]! This is what I need!"
    r "The feel... the taste!"
    r "I fear I am broken and beyond redemption!"
    r "Tease me no longer! Mount me like a ram breeding a ewe!"
    scene w20 03
    with fade
    "I put Rhiannon roughly against the oak, ensuring her hips are thrust out and ready to accept my member."
    r "Take me any way you want! Have your way with me, Bane of the Evil Eye!"
    mc "Here it comes, Rhiannon... all that you have been begging for like a spoilt child!"
    scene w20 04
    with hpunch
    with hpunch
    play sound moan05
    r "Oh, by the Six Caers! It is inside of me, filling me!"
    play sound slaplong loop
    mc "You are tight and wet at the same time!"
    r "B~ because my womanhood is suited only to you!"
    "I grip Rhiannon tightly by the waist as I thrust into her, causing her to intensify her moaning."
    scene w20 05
    with hpunch
    with hpunch
    r "Yes! Give it to me deeper! I'm just a she-beast to be fucked!"
    mc "You're lewd in both your body and your deeds. Have you no longer any shame?"
    r "Your cock is all that matters! Slap it into me hard until my buttocks are red and aching!"
    mc "By the Goddess, there's never been a harlot like you!"
    stop sound
    scene w20 06
    with fade
    mc "Do you want my seed, princess?"
    r "Yes, I beg you for it!"
    mc "Then I'll put a thick load into you!"
    play sound shoot01
    queue sound shoot02
    r "OooOOoohhhh... I can't bear it! This is all I need or care about!"
    r "I exist only for you, [mcname]!"
    scene w20 07
    with fade
    play sound shoot05
    r "There was so much, my purse cannot contain it all!"
    "The cursed crest appears upon Rhiannon's crotch, pulsing as though satisfied by the seed I placed into her."
    "How much of Rhiannon's thoughts are her own and how much she is under the thrall of the curse, it is hard to know."
    scene w20 08
    with fade
    r "I shall get dressed before our companion returns but next time..."
    r "You can put it into my ass. All my holes are free to use, for your pleasure!"
    mc "Now you say too much! You have the blood of a princess, yet you are talking like a whore."
    "She licks her lips and smiles suggestively at being berated."

    if _in_replay:
        return

    stop music
    scene w20 09
    play sound brush
    rl "Am I interrupting something?"
    rl "Oh my! That is... big!"
    mc "Did you enjoy the spectacle? I sensed you were watching from the shadows."
    scene w20 10
    with fade
    rl "I've come here to apologize. I took you to be one of the Dark Sidhe, looking to take an opportunity to steal a hunter's fantastic prey."
    rl "But you've kept up with the beast's flight, when a lesser man would have long given up. I can respect that."

    menu:
        "So you're here to tell me you've given up on the hunt?":

            jump w20a
        "{color=#00ff00}Spread your legs for me and I will give you more things to respect!":

            $ renpy.notify("Lust +1")
            $ w_lus += 1
            jump w20b

label w20a:

    rl "Hardly! What I'm saying I recognize you as a rival on this hunt."
    mc "Strange. I consider you to be no rival at all!"
    rl "Put aside your asinine pride and listen! Tomorrow will be the last chance to slay the beast, for the coast is close. It cannot be allowed to leave Celtica."
    mc "Would you care to share why this is?"
    scene w19 06
    with fade
    rl "I'll make you an offer, my naked and handsome warrior..."
    rl "If your party kills the beast, I will tell you all. I will tell you why I hunt it so."
    mc "That sounds fair. This will all be settled in the morning."
    rl "Indeed it will!"
    "The Red Lady disappears into the shadows."
    stop sound
    stop music

    if cl_party:
        jump w22

    elif lia_party:
        jump w21

label w20b:

    rl "Ha! Your vulgar speech would make a Fir Bolg blush!"
    "The Red Lady gives me a wry smile."
    rl "I am here to hunt for a beast, not a man."
    mc "There is a beast standing before you."
    rl "Really?! I'm sure I see two!"
    scene w19 06
    with fade
    "The Red Lady laughs."
    rl "I merely came to say may the best hunter claim the beast tomorrow, for you have shown yourself to be worthy of my attention. But whatever happens..."
    rl "...the beast must die!"
    mc "By the Goddess I swear by, that will be the outcome."
    rl "Then good night to you."
    "The Red Lady disappears into the shadows."
    stop sound
    stop music

    if cl_party:
        jump w22

    elif lia_party:
        jump w21

label w21:

    scene w21 01
    with fade
    play music cin01 loop
    "With the morning light, the beast takes flight but both myself and the Red Lady are ready. We know that an ending to the hunt is imminent."
    r "I believe it is getting slower, it does not move like it did yesterday!"
    mc "Can you see the Red Lady or her hounds?"
    r "I do not!"
    mc "Then now is our chance! I will make a quick incantation of speed, that we may close the distance!"
    scene w21 02
    with fade
    "I whisper druidic words of speed that The Dagda taught me. While I myself can never be a druid, I can at least use some of their basic arts."
    "My companions speed up and the leaping beast gets closer than we have ever been to it."
    l "This is enough!"
    scene w21 03
    with fade
    mc "Can you take a shot?"
    l "I most certainly can, but I doubt it will be fatal!"
    mc "To hinder the beast will be enough, I will do the rest!"
    "Lia draws back her bow with practiced ease, taking only a moment to aim before loosing her arrow."
    play sound bow02
    with hpunch
    with hpunch
    l "The rest I will leave to you!"
    scene w21 04
    play sound bowhit2
    with hpunch
    with hpunch
    "I was expecting Lia's shot on the leaping beast to hit the rump, but I underestimated her skill."
    "The arrow strikes the neck and no better shot could have been made at the speed it was running."
    "The creature tumbles over the grass in a spinning ball of antler and hoof."
    scene w21 05
    with fade
    "Whispering words to draw my great sword into my hand, I act immediately. This must be a killing blow!"
    mc "RARRRRGGH!"
    mc "This is the end for you, creature!"
    scene 00 00
    with fade
    play sound stabgore
    "The blade bites deep."
    "Death is instant."
    scene w21 06
    with fade
    "It is over. By the ancient laws of Celtica, the carcass belongs to Lia and myself."
    "The bright glow of the creatures eyes is now dull and fading. The crescent moon on its flank, that glowed throughout the dark of the night, glows no more."
    "On closer inspection, the hide of the beast is not like that of a stag. The blue hair is soft and delicate, like the finest ermine."
    l "A good kill, [mcname]."
    scene w21 07
    with fade
    rl "So, it is done? The beast has breathed its last?"
    rl "I concede defeat, warrior of the Sidhe. My swiftest hounds could not take down what you and your companions just have."
    r "What do you know of this creature? For what reason were you hunting it so fervently?"
    scene w21 08
    with fade
    show rl coy at left with moveinleft
    show lia neut1 at right with moveinright
    rl "The truth is that it was not actually a beast that you put your arrow into, huntress of the Fianna."
    rl "It was a King of the Fir Bolg, that ancient race that ruled this land before the coming of the {i}Tuatha De Danann{/i}."
    l "For what reason would a Fir Bolg king be here, on Celtica? Their time has passed!"
    show rl neut at left
    rl "Is anything ever truly over, huntress? The Fir Bolg endure over the seas in the Otherworld and Celtica remains a place of dreams and desire to those in the West."
    rl "While the Milesians and the Tuatha live here now, there are others that covet this land."
    rl "The King came here in the form of a beast to scout the land, possibly in preparation for an invasion. That is why he could not be left alive to reach the sea and escape."
    show lia sup1 at right
    l "An invasion? If such a thing were to come, then the Fianna would stand ready to oppose it, in the name of the High King!"
    show rl coy at left
    rl "Such is your duty and your oath, but I wonder if Finn Moc Huul and his warriors are up to the task..."
    show lia mad1 at right
    l "Do you take us lightly?! Such an insult cannot be left to stand!"
    rl "I mean no offense, huntress of the Fianna. I merely mean that the enemies of Celtica are legion and the peoples to defend it are few."
    rl "The Forvorians continue to dwell in the wild lands of the east and are always a threat..."
    rl "And there is the danger of the Emperor of the Tiber, whose legions are right now in Albion, which is not so far away."
    l "And not even twenty of them would be a match for one of the Fianna!"
    rl "..."
    rl "Indeed."
    show lia neut1 at right
    show rl talk at left
    rl "Now, I would like to ask where you are headed?"
    mc "North towards the great mountains. There is an urgent matter we must discuss with The Dagda."
    rl "Then you will not find him there because The Dagda has travelled west to visit his daughter, Brigid. She dwells in the Sidhe of Cille Dara."
    mc "Then to the west we shall go. I detect no lie in your words."
    rl "I can accompany you to Cille Dara. I roam these lands and consider Brigid to be a good neighbor."
    mc "Then we would not refuse your company."
    stop music
    scene w23 01
    with fade
    play music gen04 loop
    "Lia knows the way and we head west towards the Celtic kingdom of Muun."
    "Near the end of the day, we arrive at a complex of ruins."
    rl "Here we are."
    l "Before us lies one of the many entrances to Cille Dara."
    mc "I see nothing around us but broken stone and masonary."
    rl "One does not enter Cille Dara unless its mistress allows it."
    scene w23 02
    play sound enchant
    with hpunch
    with hpunch
    rl "When the {i}Tuatha De Danann{/i} retired to their kingdoms under the earth, it was the magic of Manannan Moc Lir that hid away their entrances from those uninvited."
    l "Brigid is on friendly terms with the Fianna and I have come here from time to time to partake of her hospitality."
    rl "Shall we get going?"
    scene w23 03
    with fade
    "The magickal entrance disappears as we enter a great hallway made of stone. The arches vault high overhead and have clearly been carved by master masons."
    r "It's truly a sight to behold! Not like my father's abode in Annun, but magnificent nonetheless!"
    mc "It reminds me of Bru Na Boyne..."
    rl "Oh? You are friends with Aengus? I haven't even asked you your name, warrior."
    mc "It is [mcname], Bane of the Evil Eye."
    rl "The Evil Eye, you say?! Surely you do not mean... Balor?!"
    mc "I mean none other."
    rl "..."
    mc "And what is your name?"
    rl "I am simply the Red Lady. No more is needed than that."
    scene w23 04
    with fade
    "The party arrives in a large antechamber, where I am greeted by a familiar face."
    show brig happ at center with moveinright
    br "I bid welcome to you all to my abode of Cille Dara. Red Lady and Lia of the Fianna I know, but who are the two newcomers?"
    "If Aengus and Dian Cecht did not recognize me, then it would stand to reason that Brigid would not either."
    mc "I am [mcname], from a remote Sidhe in the east."
    show brig happ at left with moveoutleft
    show rhi talk at right with moveinright
    r "And I am Rhiannon, Princess of Annun."
    show brig sup at left
    br "What notable company I have today! Foreign royalty and a man that bears the mark of The Morrigan!"
    mc "We have come seeking the aid of your father, The Dagda. The Red Lady told us that he was here?"
    show brig sad at left
    br "He was here just two days ago but no longer. He was called away by the High King of Celtica on an urgent matter."
    mc "I thought there was no longer a High King of the {i}Tuatha De Danann{/i}."
    show brig neut at left
    br "This is true. I refer to King Conaire, the High King of the Milesians."
    mc "The Dagda, one of the greatest and most revered of our peoples, answers the summons of a Milesian king?"
    br "My father is on good terms with the Milesians and seeks to guide and advise them, as do I."
    br "If my father answered the High King's call so urgently, then it must be for a very grave matter that affects all of Celtica."
    mc "Then we must go to him forthwith. Where has he gone?"
    br "To the west, to meet with High King Conaire's travelling entourage."
    br "But please, you have travelled far and night is upon the surface world. I bid you to stay the night and resume your travel in the morning."
    "It would be the height of rudeness to refuse such hospitality, especially from an old friend."
    scene w23 06
    with fade
    play music town08 loop
    play sound tavern01 loop
    show crowd1 at center
    show lia happ at right with moveinright
    l "Now this is a feast!"
    "The members of Brigid's Sidhe gather in the main dining hall where rows upon rows of tables are laid out with all manner of food and drink."
    show brig happ at left with moveinleft
    br "Please, you must rebuild your strength for the journey ahead. Come sit with me at my table as my guests of honor!"
    stop sound
    scene w23 05
    with fade
    "We eat and feast and Rhiannon quickly becomes firm friends with Brigid. In many ways, the two women are alike."
    "The Four Treasures and Bagna's curse upon Rhiannon, we do not talk about. Rhiannon agrees with me that some things should be kept only between us."
    br "Might I ask about how you got The Morrigan's mark upon you, [mcname]?"
    mc "I... won her favor long ago and I was her lover. These days she does not acknowledge me, although I have visited her recently."
    br "You met The Morrigan?! But where?! I have not seen her for centuries!"
    mc "Like your father, she has found a home for herself in the high mountains."
    br "I see that she remains as fickle and unpredictable as ever. My sympathies to you [mcname]."
    mc "You are very kind."
    scene w23 07
    with fade
    play sound tavern02 loop
    "At the edge of the feast I catch sight of the Red Lady. She does not sit at a table but rather, she seems to be observing me."
    "Just who is this woman and what game is she playing?"
    "She smiles at me coyly."
    rl "Meet me tonight, in the garden."
    "Her voice is just a whisper, but it comes to my ear on a druidic incantation that only I can hear."
    stop sound

    if rhi_fia:
        jump w25rhi
    else:

        jump w25

label w22:

    scene w22 01
    with fade
    play music cin01 loop
    "With the morning light, the beast takes flight but both myself and the Red Lady are ready. We know that an ending to the hunt is imminent."
    r "I believe it is getting slower, it does not move like it did yesterday!"
    mc "Can you see the Red Lady or her hounds?"
    r "I do not!"
    mc "Then now is our chance! I will make a quick incantation of speed, that we may close the distance!"
    scene w21 02
    with fade
    "I whisper druidic words of speed that The Dagda taught me. While I myself can never be a druid, I can at least use some of their basic arts."
    "My companions speed up and the leaping beast gets closer than we have ever been to it."
    cl "This is still not close enough!"
    mc "Then I will cripple the beast and you must give it the final blow!"
    cl "Understood!"
    scene w22 03
    with fade
    play sound dagger01
    "Using all my strength and precision, I hurl my great sword at the blue beast."
    "The distance is too great for a piercing strike, so I rely on my sense of timing, that my sword will arc down into its body."
    mc "Make ready, Clio!"
    scene w22 04
    play sound stab01
    with hpunch
    with hpunch
    "I timed my throw perfectly. The sword comes down onto the animal's rump."
    "It is not a fatal blow, but it was enough to slow it down."
    cl "Good strike! I shall do the rest!"
    scene w22 05
    with fade
    "Clio's battle axe flashes in the morning light as she sprints up to the stumbling beast."
    cl "You gave us a good chase, beast! But now you shall be slain by Clio, warrior of the Fianna and descendent of Fir Bolg Queen Tailtiu!"
    cl "RARRRRGGH!"
    scene 00 00
    with fade
    play sound stabgore
    "The axe bites deep."
    "But the blow is not immediately fatal."
    scene w22 06
    with fade
    "Seeing the animal is still alive, Clio raises her axe for another blow."
    "Beast" "Stay your blade, Clio of the Fir Bolg. Your strike upon me is mortal, and I am merely taking my time to die."
    cl "You speak?! What manner of beast are you?"
    "Beast" "I am no beast, I am a King of the Fir Bolg. I came to Celtica from the Otherworld in this guise, to see what has happened to this land since our time ruling it."
    "Beast" "How fitting it seems, that I be slain by one of my blood, not far from the fields where we made war upon King Nuada and his warriors..."
    cl "Then when your spirit leaves this body and returns to the Otherworld, tell them that strength and courage remain here, and the Fir Bolg are not forgotten."
    "Beast" "That I shall..."
    "And with those words, the King expires and his body slumps onto the grass, never to stir again."
    scene w22 09
    with fade
    rl "So, it is done? The beast has breathed its last?"
    rl "I concede defeat, warrior of the Sidhe. My swiftest hounds could not take down what you and your companion just have."
    cl "You knew who he was, didn't you?"
    rl "I did, young warrioress."
    scene w22 07
    with fade
    show rl coy at left with moveinleft
    show clio neut1 at right with moveinright
    rl "Would you have done things any differently if you had known? Spared his life, perhaps?"
    rl "You should know, blood of Queen Tailtiu, that nothing is ever truly over. The Fir Bolg endure over the seas in the Otherworld and Celtica remains a place of dreams and desire to those in the West."
    rl "While the Milesians and the {i}Tuatha De Danann{/i} co-exist here now, there are others that covet this land."
    rl "The King came here in the form of a beast to scout the land, possibly in preparation for an invasion. That is why I said he could not be left alive to reach the sea and escape."
    show clio mad1 at right
    cl "If such an invasion were to come, then I would stand with the Fianna to fight them on Celtica's shores, as we have sworn!"
    show clio neut1 at right
    show rl talk at left
    rl "Now, I would like to ask where you are headed?"
    mc "North towards the great mountains. There is an urgent matter we must discuss with The Dagda."
    rl "Then you will not find him there because The Dagda has travelled west to visit his daughter, Brigid. She dwells in the Sidhe of Cille Dara."
    mc "Then to the west we shall go. I detect no lie in your words."
    rl "I can accompany you to Cille Dara. I roam these lands and consider Brigid to be a good neighbor."
    mc "Then we would not refuse your company, but allow us one moment."
    rl "Of course."
    scene w22 08
    with fade
    mc "It is not every warrior that can boast they have slain a king. When you return to the Hill of Allen, you will have such tale."
    cl "..."
    cl "When I return and tell this story, Goll Moc Morna will stand on a table and loudly proclaim 'this is the strength of the peoples of Connuct!'"
    mc "You are from Connuct?"
    cl "Many with Fir Bolg ancestry hail from there, like the Moc Morna clan. We have a fearsome reputation because of it."
    cl "Have you ever killed your own blood?"
    mc "Well, in the war against King Bres, the Tuatha were divided. Some rallied behind Lord Lugh while others stayed loyal to Bres and his Forvorian kin."
    mc "Bloodline alone does not make your kin. There is also the common cause you find with those you would shed blood with."
    cl "Aye. You speak true. If any of the Fianna were here, they would have done the same as I."
    mc "Come, warrioress of the Fianna, let us leave."
    stop music
    scene w23 01a
    with fade
    play music gen04 loop
    "The Red Lady leads the way as we head west and ever closer towards the Celtic kingdom of Muun."
    "Near the end of the day, we arrive at a complex of ruins."
    rl "Here we are."
    mc "I see nothing around us but broken stone and masonary."
    cl "The entrance to Sidhes are very well hidden."
    rl "One does not enter Cille Dara unless its mistress allows it."
    scene w23 02a
    play sound enchant
    with hpunch
    with hpunch
    rl "When the {i}Tuatha De Danann{/i} retired to their kingdoms under the earth, it was the magic of Manannan Moc Lir that hid away their entrances from those uninvited."
    cl "Brigid is on friendly terms with Finn Moc Huul, though as a new warrior of the Fianna, I have yet to come here."
    rl "Shall we get going?"
    scene w23 03a
    with fade
    "The magickal entrance disappears as we enter a great hallway made of stone. The arches vault high overhead and have clearly been carved my master masons."
    r "It's truly a sight to behold! Not like my father's abode in Annun, but magnificent nonetheless!"
    mc "It reminds me of Bru Na Boyne..."
    rl "Oh? You are friends with Aengus? I haven't even asked you your name, warrior."
    mc "It is [mcname], Bane of the Evil Eye."
    rl "The Evil Eye, you say?! Surely you do not mean... Balor?!"
    mc "I mean none other."
    rl "..."
    mc "And what is your name?"
    rl "I am simply the Red Lady. No more is needed than that."
    scene w23 04
    with fade
    "The party arrives in a large antechamber, where I am greeted by a familiar face."
    show brig happ at center with moveinright
    br "I bid welcome to you all to my abode of Cille Dara, Red Lady. Who are your companions?"
    "If Aengus and Dian Cecht did not recognize me, then it would stand to reason that Brigid would not either."
    mc "I am [mcname], from a remote Sidhe in the east."
    cl "I am Clio, a warrior of the Fianna, taking my wages from Finn Moc Huul."
    show brig happ at left with moveoutleft
    show rhi talk at right with moveinright
    r "And I am Rhiannon, Princess of Annun."
    show brig sup at left
    br "What notable company I have today! Foreign royalty and a man that bears the mark of The Morrigan!"
    mc "We have come seeking the aid of your father, The Dagda. The Red Lady told us that he was here?"
    show brig sad at left
    br "He was here just two days ago but no longer. He was called away by the High King of Celtica on an urgent matter."
    mc "I thought there was no longer a High King of the {i}Tuatha De Danann{/i}."
    show brig neut at left
    br "This is true. I refer to King Conaire, the High King of the Milesians."
    mc "The Dagda, one of the greatest and most revered of our peoples, answers the summons of a Milesian king?"
    br "My father is on good terms with the Milesians and seeks to guide and advise them, as do I."
    br "If my father answered the High King's call so urgently, then it must be for a very grave matter that affects all of Celtica."
    mc "Then we must go to him forthwith. Where has he gone?"
    br "To the west, to meet with High King Conaire's travelling entourage."
    br "But please, you have travelled far and night is upon the surface world. I bid you to stay the night and resume your travel in the morning."
    "It would be the height of rudeness to refuse such hospitality, especially from an old friend."
    scene w23 06
    with fade
    play music town08 loop
    play sound tavern01 loop
    show crowd1 at center
    show clio happ at center with moveinright
    cl "What a gathering! The boar is served in generous portions and the mead flows freely!"
    "The members of Brigid's Sidhe gather in the main dining hall where rows upon rows of tables are laid out with all manner of food and drink."
    show brig happ at left with moveinleft
    br "Please, you must rebuild your strength for the journey ahead. Come sit with me at my table as my guests of honor!"
    stop sound
    scene w23 05
    with fade
    "We eat and feast and Rhiannon quickly becomes firm friends with Brigid. In many ways, the two women are alike."
    "The Four Treasures and Bagna's curse upon Rhiannon, we do not talk about. Rhiannon agrees with me that some things should be kept only between us."
    br "Might I ask about how you got The Morrigan's mark upon you, [mcname]?"
    mc "I... won her favor long ago and I was her lover. These days she does not acknowledge me, although I have visited her recently."
    br "You met The Morrigan?! But where?! I have not seen her for centuries!"
    mc "Like your father, she has found a home for herself in the high mountains."
    br "I see that she remains as fickle and unpredictable as ever. My sympathies to you [mcname]."
    mc "You are very kind."
    scene w23 07
    with fade
    play sound tavern01 loop
    "At the edge of the feast I catch sight of the Red Lady. She does not sit at a table but rather, she seems to be observing me."
    "Just who is this woman and what game is she playing?"
    "She smiles at me coyly."
    rl "Meet me tonight, in the garden. There is something I want to talk to you about."
    "Her voice is just a whisper, but it comes to my ear on a druidic incantation that only I can hear."
    stop sound

    if rhi_fia:
        jump w25rhi
    else:

        jump w25

label w24:

    scene w24 01
    with fade
    play music gen04 loop
    "Brigid's maids show me the way to the garden with smiles on their faces."
    "Unlike the finely crafted halls, the garden is much more rustic, with jumbled stones and monoliths dotted about the lush grass."
    "Although Cille Dara is underground, the Tuatha magick of Manannan Moc Lir has allowed all the Sidhes to have skies as though they were on the surface."
    "Brigid's retainers can bask in sunlight by day while they gaze at the stars by night."
    scene w24 02
    with fade
    rl "Good evening. I wasn't sure if you would accept my invitation."
    mc "You were very quiet at the feast."
    rl "I don't like to draw attention to myself."
    mc "For what reason did you call me here?"
    scene w24 01
    with fade
    show rl coy at center with moveinright
    rl "It is the mark you bear upon your chest."
    mc "What about it?"
    rl "It means you have been given the highest favor from The Morrigan. Only a warrior among warriors could catch her attention in such a way."
    rl "As a woman pledged to no partner, I sometimes have need of a man's strength. Someone who could cut through hostile ranks and defy even phantoms and fell beasts."
    rl "I would not ask for such a favor without... offering something in return."
    rl "Are you such a man, 'Bane of the Evil Eye'? Does your ferocity cause others to quake in fear before you?"
    rl "Does your war cry thunder over the battlefield?"

    if w_fer >= 5:
        jump w24b
    else:

        jump w24c


label w24b:

    scene w24 02
    with fade
    play music whd04 loop
    $ renpy.notify("Ferocity Check = 5 or more")
    rl "Yes, there is hot blood coursing through your veins. You stand in front of me, a beast of war and the fray."
    rl "Might there be... other outlets for the intensity that is roiling about in your soul, Champion of The Morrigan?"
    scene w24 03
    play sound dress
    "The Red Lady slowly and deliberately takes off her dress, placing it neatly to the side. The way she slides the silk off her skin is designed to arouse and tantilize."
    rl "The nights are long in the Sidhe and I have need of some company..."
    rl "Might you spend some time with me, as a man?"

    menu:
        "{color=#00ff00}A naked woman is not something I refuse.":

            $ renpy.notify("Lust +1")
            $ w_lus += 1
            jump w24d
        "Do you take me for a rutting stag? Save your seductions for another, Red Lady.":

            jump w24e


label w24c:

    show rl mad at center
    $ renpy.notify("Ferocity Check = under 5")
    rl "I sense in you a tenderness that is not fitting of the sort of man I am looking for."
    rl "I wonder if 'The Morrigan's Champion' has been made soft by the Horse Princess."
    rl "Have you perhaps, fallen for her feminine wiles? Oh, she has a nice body, I admit."
    mc "I did not come here to be insulted, woman."
    show rl talk at center
    rl "That was not my intention. It's just..."
    mc "I have no time for riddles or words left unspoken. You called me here, so tell me what you want!"
    mc "Is it a man heaving above you that you desire? Lay upon those stones and I will consider it."
    show rl sad at center
    rl "I~ I shouldn't have called you here."
    rl "This is not the conversation I wanted to have..."
    hide rl sad at right with moveoutright
    "The Red Lady hurries out of the garden and I am none the wiser as to what she wanted."
    "I have no time to waste on women's games!"

    if rhi_cur >= 5:
        jump w26
    else:

        jump w24else

label w24else:

    if rhi_fia:
        jump w24f

    elif rhi_cille:
        jump w24f
    else:

        jump w24g


label w24d:

    if _in_replay:

        show screen Replayexit
        $ mcname = persistent.name

    scene w24 04
    with fade
    "The Red Lady is more demure than I would have thought. Whether this is an act or her true nature, I am not sure."
    rl "It has been a long time since I have offered myself to a man. I confess my initial boldness is giving way to apprehension."
    mc "No woman has ever left my arms unsatisfied."
    rl "All you warriors are always so confident and sure of yourselves!"
    mc "Can we be any other way, when any day could be our last?"
    rl "..."
    scene w24 05
    with fade
    rl "Your member is not engorged. Does my naked form not excite you?"
    mc "My arousal needs to be earned. It will depend on how you perform."
    rl "Oh? So it's a challenge, is it?"
    scene w24 05a
    with fade
    play sound blow01
    "The Red Lady gingerly begins to lick the head of my cock. My shaft grows but is not yet fully stiffened."
    rl "Do you like that?"
    mc "It is pleasant. Keep going."
    mc "The stiffer you make it, the more you will feel when I penetrate you."
    scene w24 06
    with fade
    play sound moan01
    "I lick her breasts and her nipples, teasing her pussy by rubbing my shaft against her folds, but not parting them to enter. Not yet."
    "She grips me tightly, grabbing a handful of my hair and pushing my head into her chest."
    rl "Oh, by the Gods!"
    "Her sweet aroma fills my nostrils, like sweet meadow flowers."
    scene w24 07
    with fade
    mc "Are you ready?"
    rl "Be gentle..."
    mc "Those are not the words I expected to come from your lips. Were you not venerating my ferocity a moment ago?"
    rl "Celtica can be harsh for a woman, so we must always present a cold mask to face it."
    mc "And the mask comes off for me?"
    rl "..."
    scene w24 09
    with fade
    play sound shoot01
    rl "A~ aaUuunngh!"
    "The Red Lady convulses as I slowly slide my shaft into her moistened purse."
    "She looks at me with an expression of a woman sliding into the depths of lust."
    "Her thick red lips are parted and she pants as I work the full length of my manhood into her."
    play sound slaplong loop
    "We lock eyes and I say nothing. I let the smooth and steady rhythm of my thrusts do the speaking for me."
    "The Red Lady's nails dig into my arm as she anticipates every ram of my cock."
    "She dutifully moans with each push I give to my hips."
    rl "Don't stop... don't..."
    scene w24 08
    with fade
    "The Red Lady gives me a deep kiss and I pump her harder in response."
    rl "MrrmmphH!"
    "Our lips unlock and she gasps."
    rl "You're making me shake all over. I don't think I can feel my legs!"
    mc "It's only your purse that needs to feel right now, my beauty!"
    stop sound
    scene w24 10
    with fade
    play sound moan03
    "We lose track of time. How long have we been fucking? I can't say."
    rl "Yes! Oh, yes! By the Gods, yes!"
    "It takes her a while, but finally she loses her inhibitions and embraces her carnal impulse wholeheartedly."
    rl "Your cock is twitching! You don't have long... to go... do you?!!"
    mc "Can you coax it out?"
    rl "Fuck yes~! Fffffuuck yess!"
    scene w24 11
    with vpunch
    with vpunch
    play sound shoot02
    queue sound shoot01
    mc "RRRNGHH!"
    rl "Oh, I feeeel it! It's warm! It's... so warm!"
    mc "You have... a pussy that is easy to shed into!"
    "The Red Lady's body convulses over me as my semen shoots into her voluptuous body."
    rl "That was... memorable!"
    mc "What makes you think it's over?"
    scene w24 12
    with vpunch
    with vpunch
    play sound moan01
    rl "OOHH!!!"
    mc "It's time for the second session! By the Goddess, I have more seed to put into you and you haven't cum yet!"
    rl "Don't drop me!!!"
    mc "I've never left a woman unsatisfied. By the oaths I swear by, I'll give you the greatest climax you've ever known!"
    scene w24 13
    with fade
    play sound slaplong
    rl "A~ again?! You're going to slap me raw!"
    mc "Your pussy is a stubborn one that refuses to cum! My cock will need to discipline it more harshly!"
    "I pump harder and deeper, grinding my shaft simultaneously on the way in and on the way out."
    scene w24 14
    with fade
    rl "You'll drive me insane! I can't think straight!"
    mc "You just need to be an animal, as all women are when I make them stupid with lust!"
    "I feel her pussy begin to enter cycles of contraction and loosening. She is not far away from orgasm."
    rl "What is... this sensation?!"
    mc "Isn't it obvious, woman?"
    scene w24 15
    with fade
    "At the critical moment, I stand the Red Lady up with my cock still inside her. My shaft is wrapped in her hole, which twitches violently around my meat."
    rl "I'm... cumming?!"
    rl "By bloody oaths, I am cumming!!!"
    play sound shoot01
    queue sound shoot02
    rl "UnnNnnn ~!"
    mc "That's it... let it all out! No woman leaves me unsatisfied..."
    rl "Unh... onh... uungh..."
    "Finally, her pussy releases its grip upon me and my cock is flooded with a stream of moisture that runs down the Red Lady's thighs."
    mc "Now it is time for me to finish a second time. Use your hands to stroke it out"
    scene w24 16
    play sound shoot03
    queue sound shoot05
    "The Red Lady's hands deftly work over my cock with the perfect balance of strength and technique. There is nothing clumsy in her motion."
    "I shoot my second load over her plump tits while she looks at at me with a perverted expression on her face."
    mc "And now we are both done. Did you like my gentle manner?"
    rl "That was gentle for you?!"
    stop music
    scene w24 01
    with fade
    show rl nak at center with moveinbottom
    "The Red lady rubs my seed over her skin until her breasts and nipples gleam in the moonlight with the sheen of my semen."
    mc "The night grows old and I leave tomorrow with my party. Farewell, Red Lady."
    rl "That's it? You're just going to leave?"
    mc "Yes. I have important work to do and we both leave satisfied."
    mc "If you want more, we can fuck again another time."
    rl "Wait ~ !"

    if _in_replay:
        return

    "Before she can say more, I take up my clothes and leave the garden."

    if rhi_cur >= 5:
        jump w26
    else:

        jump w24else


label w24e:

    stop music
    scene w24 01
    with fade
    show rl nak at center with moveinright
    mc "It's clear you want something from me, but in the typical fashion of a woman, you will not speak of it openly."
    mc "You must think little of me, to consider I would be bought for a mere tryst. I am a man that has known the love of The Morrigan herself."
    rl "I mean no harm. I just offered you a little... distraction."
    mc "I will not be distracted."
    rl "Oh, it seems it was I that did not realize the danger I was in tonight!"
    rl "What kind of snare are you setting upon my heart, Bane of the Evil Eye?"
    hide rl nak at left with moveoutleft
    play sound dress
    "The Red Lady gathers her dress and slips away down the garden. Her pale, bare ass sways back and forth with each step."
    mc "What other foolishness must I endure this night? Morning is close."

    if rhi_cur >= 5:
        jump w26
    else:

        jump w24else

label w24f:

    scene w25 12
    with fade
    play music eer02 loop
    "I return to the bed chamber that I shared with Rhiannon, pondering the night's events. Morning is near, and it is time to prepare for our departure."
    mc "Rhiannon, it is time to rise."
    "Rhiannon does not stir or make a sound when I touch her. Her skin is cold to the touch."
    "Something is very wrong..."
    scene w25 13
    with fade
    mc "Rhiannon!!!"
    "Am I too late? Has the curse claimed her?"
    "I refuse to believe that nothing can be done. I owe her for saving my life in the high mountains."
    scene w29 21
    with fade
    "I take Rhiannon's limp form to Brigid."
    br "Her spirit has a very tenuous link to her body, it would not take much for her true essence to return to the Otherworld."
    br "I have put her in a temporary state of comfort for now but..."
    br "How did this happen? What is this cursed mark upon the princess' skin?"
    "I tell Brigid everything about our encounter with the wretched form of Bagna."
    br "Bagna! There is a name I have not heard in centuries! I thought I had killed him in the great uprising against... against Bres..."
    scene w29 22
    with fade
    br "[mcname], Rhiannon is weak and grows weaker with every passing hour."
    br "You must find my father and bring him here, where his druid skill will be able to lift the curse."
    mc "Can you not do it?"
    br "The best I can do is slow it down. Rhiannon is a fighter and that also helps, but the battle is one we will slowly lose without help."
    mc "I understand, I will set out immediately to get him!"
    stop music

    if lia_party:
        jump w30a

    elif cl_party:
        jump w30b

label w24g:

    scene w25 01
    with fade
    play sound day loop
    "The morning breaks. Even though the Sidhe of Cille Dara is underground, birds chirp outside the window."
    "It's time to gather my party for an early departure. Rhiannon's room is closest, so it makes sense to fetch her first."
    scene w25 12a
    with fade
    "I knock on her door, but she does not answer. The door is unlocked so I enter and see she is still sleeping."
    mc "Rhiannon, it is time to wake up."
    "Rhiannon does not stir or make a sound when I touch her. Her skin is cold to the touch."
    "Something is very wrong..."
    scene w25 13a
    with fade
    mc "Rhiannon!!!"
    "Am I too late? Has the curse claimed her?"
    "I refuse to believe that nothing can be done. I owe her for saving my life in the high mountains."
    scene w25 14
    with fade
    "I take Rhiannon's limp form to Brigid."
    br "Her spirit has a very tenuous link to her body, it would not take much for her true essence to return to the Otherworld."
    br "I have put her in a temporary state of comfort for now but..."
    br "How did this happen? What do you know of this?"
    "I tell Brigid everything about our encounter with the wretched form of the dark druid Bagna."
    br "Bagna! There is a name I have not heard in centuries! I thought I had killed him in the great uprising against... against Bres..."
    scene w25 15
    with fade
    br "[mcname], Rhiannon is weak and grows weaker with every passing hour."
    br "You must find my father and bring him here, where his druid skill will be able to lift the curse."
    mc "Can you not chance to do it?"
    br "The best I can do is slow it down. Rhiannon's spirit is stubborn and that also helps, but the battle is one we will slowly lose without help."
    mc "I understand, I will set out immediately to get him!"
    stop music

    if lia_party:
        jump w30a

    elif cl_party:
        jump w30b

label w25:

    scene w25 01
    with fade
    play music gen01 loop
    "I warn my companions not to drink too much, since we must leave early in the morning for some hard travel to catch up to The Dagda."
    show brig happ at left with moveinleft
    br "You've all been given separate rooms for sleeping. My stewards will see to your needs, so you may rest easy."
    mc "Your hospitality is without equal, Brigid."
    br "Ah... this is Rhiannon's room. Your room is next door, [mcname]. Although if you wish it..."
    show brig neut at left
    br "I mean, it wasn't made clear if you and~"
    show rhi happ at right with moveinright
    r "Thank you, Brigid. [mcname] and I can carry on the discussion from here."
    br "Of course. Please, relax while you are under my roof."
    play sound door02
    hide brig neut at left with moveoutleft
    show rhi coy at center with moveinright
    r "Well, if we cannot drink tonight, there is something else we could do..."
    r "The bed is wide and soft..."
    show rhi allu at center
    r "I'm already wet. My sweetest of holes is prepared for you, beloved."

    menu:
        "{color=#00ff00}Take off your clothes and get onto the bed.":

            $ renpy.notify("Lust +1")
            $ w_lus += 1
            $ rhi_cur += 3
            jump w25a
        "Save your energy for tomorrow, woman. I am retiring to my room.":

            $ renpy.notify("Rhiannon Curse +1")
            $ rhi_cur += 1
            jump w25b
        "I have no time for this tonight. There is someone else I must meet.":

            $ renpy.notify("Rhiannon Curse +3")
            $ rhi_cur += 3
            jump w25c

label w25a:

    $ rhi_cille = True
    play sound dress
    show rhi allu2 at center
    r "That I can do, beloved!"
    r "Come place your great sword inside my sheath, as they say in these lands..."
    jump w25d

label w25b:

    show rhi sup at center
    r "[mcname], wait! Perhaps I was too vulgar, but~"
    mc "You have no claim over me, woman. I do not jump into your bed just because you call."
    r "I don't expect you to ~ !"
    mc "Enough. We have a long trek tomorrow to see The Dagda, so that your curse may be lifted."
    r "I..."
    show rhi sad at center
    r "Good night, [mcname]."
    "I leave Rhiannon's room and go to my own."
    jump w25e

label w25c:

    show rhi mad at center
    r "Who?! The Fianna woman? That red temptress?"
    mc "I owe you no explanation, Rhiannon."
    r "Ooo!!!"
    mc "If you are so well versed in the stories of my exploits, you know I am not beholden to merely one woman."
    r "Hmph. Not even The Morrigan?"
    mc "As you can see, my options are broad."
    mc "Good night. I will see you in the morning."
    "I close the door behind a fuming Rhiannon."
    jump w24

label w25rhi:

    scene w25 01
    with fade
    play music gen01 loop
    "When the feast wanes, Brigid guides us to a room."
    show brig happ at left with moveinleft
    br "Here is your chamber. My stewards will see to your needs, so you may rest easy."
    mc "Only the one room?"
    show brig sup at left
    br "You are betrothed to Rhiannon, are you not?"
    mc "That I am. She has a fine rump I have enjoyed several times!"
    br "Oh! Well... then I shall leave you to each other's company."
    show rhi happ at right with moveinright
    r "Thank you, Brigid. We are grateful for your hospitality. I will have a talk with my man for speaking in such a vulgar way in front of other women."
    br "Y~yes... of course."
    hide brig neut at left with moveoutleft
    play sound door02
    show rhi coy at center with moveinright
    r "Hearing you talk dirty to Brigid has somehow thrilled me in a way I didn't think it could."
    mc "We will be doing more than talking dirty! Strip off your clothes and open your legs wide open for me!"
    show rhi allu at center
    r "My heart beats faster when you talk so forcefully to me."
    jump w25d

label w25d:

    if _in_replay:

        show screen Replayexit
        $ mcname = persistent.name

    scene w25 02
    with fade
    play music wh01 loop
    "Rhiannon is naked atop the bed and on her knees. She sways her hips suggestively as she runs her fingers through her wavy hair."
    r "Do you like what you see, [mcname]?"
    r "Come here, so you may feel the warmth of my skin also."
    "The crest that the dark druid Bagna cursed her with is a deep purple and appears to be pulsing against the skin of her crotch, as though alive."
    scene w25 03
    with fade
    "Rhiannon arches backwards in an almost feline manner and spreads her legs, revealing all."
    "How much is Rhiannon and how much is the lewd curse, I do not know."
    r "Hurry, my love. I am right here."
    scene w25 04
    with fade
    "We begin with a deep and passionate kiss. Rhiannon entwines her tongue with my own and pushes deep into my throat."
    "My hands wander up and down the smooth skin of her back. I take one of her plump buttocks into my hand and squeeze."
    r "Oh!! So that's what you want? Keep going..."
    mc "I want more than just a grab of your ass!"
    scene w25 05
    play sound moan02
    with vpunch
    with vpunch
    r "OooOHH!"
    "I put my fingers into her purse, feeling how intensely slippery her hole is."
    r "W~ wait!"
    play sound shoot01
    r "UuuUuuuhhhh..."
    mc "Did you just cum from my fingers?"
    r "I~ I did..."
    mc "Turn around. I'll take you from behind."
    scene w25 06
    with fade
    play sound squelch
    "I slide my dick effortlessly into Rhiannon's quivering pussy."
    mc "UuuUUnnn!"
    r "Fuck me, [mcname]... fuck me hard! I want to be taken by you... utterly!"
    mc "You breathe the words of a woman that is taking leave of her senses!"
    r "I don't care! Your cock is in me.... that's... what I care about!"
    scene w25 07
    with fade
    play sound slaplong loop
    mc "You have fine hips, Rhiannon... perfect for child-bearing!"
    r "I'll sire your children, beloved! Many strong horse-riders and warriors!"
    r "Come... come into me! Give me your seed and we can start your dynasty tonight!"
    mc "There's more to do before I have a family, my submissive princess..."
    scene w25 08
    with fade
    r "Yes! I submit to you, my Lord! My love!"
    r "My pussy, my ass... they're yours! I offer them to you!"
    mc "You know the words a man wants to hear at the height of a good fuck, don't you?!"
    scene w25 09
    with fade
    "Rhiannon's buxom tits sway wildly back and forth with each manly thrust I give her."
    r "Deeper, my lord! Deeper! Split me in half!"
    "I've fucked many women in my life, from milk maidens to fine ladies of noble blood."
    "But Rhiannon is different, she stands apart from all the others with the force of her lust."
    "It's more than just the curse, I am sure of it!"
    mc "I'm going to gift you my essence, Rhiannon! Take it like a good girl!"
    r "Give it to me, give it to me!"
    scene w25 10
    with fade
    play sound shoot02
    queue sound shoot01
    mc "HERE~!"
    play sound moan01
    r "Oh, by the Gods! I am coming as well!"
    "I hold her close as a torrent of my seed shoots into her. The climax is magnificent - I've never shed so much into a woman."
    r "I love you, [mcname]! I want you, always!"
    r "By the Gods..."

    if _in_replay:
        return

    stop music
    scene w25 11
    with fade
    "Our joining was intense, but also brief. The night is still young."
    "While the climax was one of the best I've ever remembered, my cock stirs with a rising vigor."
    "Suddenly, thoughts of the Red Lady enter my mind. She wanted me to meet her tonight."
    "Could she still be waiting?"

    menu:
        "{color=#00ff00}Rouse Rhiannon for another session of unbridled sex.":

            jump w25f
        "Go to the garden and search for the Red Lady.":

            jump w24

label w25e:

    scene w25 01
    with fade
    "My room is a mirror image of Rhiannon's, down to the furnishings inside of it. It is undoutedly created by Tuatha magicks."
    "The bed will probably be too soft. No matter - I can sleep on the floor."
    "Suddenly, thoughts of the Red Lady enter my mind, and the words she whispered into my ear at the feast."

    menu:
        "{color=#00ff00}Go to sleep and wake Rhiannon in the morning.":

            jump w25g
        "Go to the garden to meet with the Red Lady.":

            jump w24

label w25f:

    scene w25 12
    with fade
    play music eer02 loop
    mc "Come, Rhiannon, it is time for me to have you again..."
    "Rhiannon does not stir or make a sound when I touch her. Her skin is cold to the touch."
    "Something is very wrong..."
    scene w25 13
    with fade
    mc "Rhiannon!!!"
    "Am I too late? Has the curse claimed her?"
    "I refuse to believe that nothing can be done. I owe her for saving my life in the high mountains."
    scene w29 21
    with fade
    "I take Rhiannon's limp form to Brigid."
    br "Her spirit has a very tenuous link to her body, it would not take much for her true essence to return to the Otherworld."
    br "I have put her in a temporary state of comfort for now but..."
    br "How did this happen? What is this cursed mark upon the princess' skin?"
    "I tell Brigid everything about our encounter with the wretched form of Bagna."
    br "Bagna! There is a name I have not heard in centuries! I thought I had killed him in the great uprising against... against Bres..."
    scene w29 22
    with fade
    br "[mcname], Rhiannon is weak and grows weaker with every passing hour."
    br "You must find my father and bring him here, where his druid skill will be able to lift the curse."
    mc "Can you not do it?"
    br "The best I can do is slow it down. Rhiannon is a fighter and that also helps, but the battle is one we will slowly lose without help."
    mc "I understand, I will set out immediately to get him!"
    stop music

    if lia_party:
        jump w30a

    elif cl_party:
        jump w30b

label w25g:

    if rhi_cur >= 5:
        jump w26
    else:

        jump w25h

label w25h:

    scene w25 01
    with fade
    play sound day loop
    "The morning breaks and I open my eyes. Even though the Sidhe of Cille Dara is underground, birds chirp outside the window."
    "It's time to gather my party for an early departures. Rhiannon's room is closest, so it makes sense to fetch her first."
    scene w25 12a
    with fade
    "I knock on her door, but she does not answer. The door is unlocked so I enter and see she is still sleeping."
    mc "Rhiannon, it is time to wake up."
    "Rhiannon does not stir or make a sound when I touch her. Her skin is cold to the touch."
    "Something is very wrong..."
    scene w25 13a
    with fade
    mc "Rhiannon!!!"
    "Am I too late? Has the curse claimed her?"
    "I refuse to believe that nothing can be done. I owe her for saving my life in the high mountains."
    scene w25 14
    with fade
    "I take Rhiannon's limp form to Brigid."
    br "Her spirit has a very tenuous link to her body, it would not take much for her true essence to return to the Otherworld."
    br "I have put her in a temporary state of comfort for now but..."
    br "How did this happen? What do you know of this?"
    "I tell Brigid everything about our encounter with the wretched form of the dark druid Bagna."
    br "Bagna! There is a name I have not heard in centuries! I thought I had killed him in the great uprising against... against Bres..."
    scene w25 15
    with fade
    br "[mcname], Rhiannon is weak and grows weaker with every passing hour."
    br "You must find my father and bring him here, where his druid skill will be able to lift the curse."
    mc "Can you not chance to do it?"
    br "The best I can do is slow it down. Rhiannon's spirit is stubborn and that also helps, but the battle is one we will slowly lose without help."
    mc "I understand, I will set out immediately to get him!"
    stop music

    if lia_party:
        jump w30a

    elif cl_party:
        jump w30b


label w26:

    scene 00 00
    with fade
    "Meanwhile, in Rhiannon's chamber..."
    scene w26 01
    with fade
    play music rit01 loop
    r "UuuNNNGGH!"
    r "What's... happening... to me?!"
    r "My breasts... so sensitive!"
    r "Ah... AH..."
    scene w26 02
    play sound shoot02
    queue sound shoot01
    with hpunch
    with hpunch
    r "AIIIEEE!"
    r "I... I came!"
    r "[mcname]... help..."
    scene w26 03
    with fade
    play sound SS01.mp3
    r "The curse... my crotch burns ~!"
    r "Something is... very wrong!"
    r "I need... help ~!"
    r "No... not... again ~!"
    scene w26 04
    with fade
    play sound shoot02
    queue sound shoot01
    with hpunch
    with hpunch
    r "HnnGGGhhhh!!!"
    r "It... doesn't stop!"
    r "I can't fight it..."
    r "I ~"
    scene w26 05
    with fade
    play sound dark01
    r "N~ nooooooo!"
    r "My vision!!! My ~"
    r "H~ Hssssss~!!!"
    scene w26 06
    play sound collapse
    with vpunch
    with vpunch
    r "Gods that I worship... protect me!"
    r "Protect me from... EVIL~!"
    r "[mcname]..."
    scene w26 07
    play sound LS03.mp3
    r "Fuck~! I NeeeeeDDD... FUUUCK~!!!"
    r "Cock~! P~Pusssssy! Yessss... nice pussssy~!"
    r "I want it... ALL!"
    scene w26 08
    r "Cock inssside me! Deeeep insssiide!"
    r "Alwaysssss c~coooock! ALwAyS... FuuUuUuCCCKK!"
    r "Ha..."
    r "Ha ha..."
    scene w26 09
    play sound moan09
    with hpunch
    with hpunch
    r "Ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
    r "Fuck and cock and pussssyyy~!"
    r "YESSSSSSSSSSS~!"
    stop music
    scene 00 00
    "In the dead of the night..."
    "Maid's Voice" "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
    scene w26 10
    with fade
    play music act02 loop
    br "What's happening???"
    "Steward" "A creature has been seen lurking near the guest chambers!"
    br "Alert my warriors!"

    if lia_party:
        jump w26a

    elif cl_party:
        jump w26b

label w26a:

    scene w26 11a
    with fade
    mc "Brigid!"
    br "Did you hear my steward?!"
    mc "I did! The door to Rhiannon's room is broken open!"
    br "By the Goddess!"
    scene w26 12
    with fade
    show lia sup at right with moveinright
    l "The place is torn apart! There are claw marks on the bed, as though made by a beast!"
    show brig sup at left with moveinleft
    br "Rhiannon!"
    mc "There is no time to lose and no doubt she is in danger!"
    "A steward rushes to Brigid to give his report."
    "Steward" "We have conflicting reports! The beast is fast and crawls along the walls and rafters!"
    show brig neut at left
    br "Tell me what you know!"
    "Steward" "Maids claim to have seen a shadowy form in both the kitchens and the inner sanctum!"

    menu:
        "{color=#00ff00}Lia, you take the sanctum and Brigid and I will go to the kitchen!":

            jump w28
        "Lia, you take the kitchen while Brigid and I go to the sanctum!":

            jump w27

label w26b:

    scene w26 11b
    with fade
    mc "Brigid!"
    br "Did you hear my steward just now?!"
    mc "I did! The door to Rhiannon's room is broken open!"
    br "By the Goddess!"
    scene w26 12
    with fade
    show clio mad at right with moveinright
    cl "The work of a wild monster, no doubt! By the honor of the Fianna, we shall have to slay it!"
    show brig sup at left with moveinleft
    br "Where is Rhiannon?!"
    mc "There is no time to lose and no doubt she is in danger!"
    "A steward rushes to Brigid."
    "Steward" "We have conflicting reports! The beast is fast and crawls along the walls and rafters!"
    show brig neut at left
    br "Tell me all that you know!"
    "Steward" "Maids claim to have seen a shadowy form in both the kitchens and the inner sanctum!"

    menu:
        "{color=#00ff00}Clio, you take the sanctum and Brigid and I will go to the kitchen!":

            jump w29
        "Clio, you take the kitchen while Brigid and I go to the sanctum!":

            jump w27

label w27:

    scene w27 01
    with fade
    play music eer02 loop
    "Brigid and I cautiously enter the inner sanctum, where the mistress of Cille Dara does her morning meditations."
    "I lock the door behind us."
    br "Do you feel it?"
    mc "Yes. Something is watching us."
    scene w27 02
    with fade
    mc "Above - on the ceiling. Something lurks about."
    br "A great unease overwhelms me. It's something I've felt before, in the lair of the dark druid Bagna."
    mc "I know. His final revenge is right before our eyes!"
    scene w27 03
    with fade
    "Hanging off a high column is the unmistakable form of Rhiannon, twisted by the curse that has finally consumed her."
    r "So you've finally come, you limp-dick!"
    r "Where were you when I needed a fuck?!! When I needed a cock violating my ass?!!"
    br "Still your tongue, princess! It is not you that is truly talking!"
    scene w27 04
    play sound collapse
    with vpunch
    with vpunch
    "The transformed Rhiannon leaps down and lands on the stone floor with the grace of a cat. She smiles menacingly at Brigid with sharpened teeth and her claws are sharper still..."
    r "Who are you to give me orders, you whore?! Have you fucked [mcname] yet? Maybe he snuck into your chambers to fill you like a gourd!"
    r "It's alright! We can share him! I'll ride him like a horse and you can smother his face between your legs!"
    mc "..."
    scene w27 11
    with fade
    "An image comes unbidden into my mind, of another woman I had failed to protect."
    "She appeared before me like a beast, on a battlefield that is still so fresh in my mind."
    "The choking smoke of the burning trees... the distinct battle cries of the bananachs..."
    scene w27 05
    with fade
    play music act02 loop
    r "No, I think I'll rip out your pretty, slender throat instead!"
    "Rhiannon leaps towards Brigid with a speed I did not think possible. My warrior reflexes react on instinct, but am I too late?"
    br "STAY BACK!"
    "Brigid begins to form a druidic ward between her hands, but it will take precious time she does not have."
    scene w27 06
    play sound punch
    with vpunch
    with vpunch
    mc "That's enough from you, Princess of Horses!"
    r "RARRRRGH!"
    r "If only you were this forceful with me in bed!"
    "Subduing Rhiannon is a simple enough task with a warrior's hold Lord Lugh taught me. But Rhiannon's strength is many times more than the hardiest of fighters."
    br "[mcname], step back!"
    scene w27 07
    with fade
    play sound enchant
    r "You bitch! I'll have you begging at my feet!"
    "Brigid whispers her incantations that tighten their hold on Rhiannon's corrupted body."
    br "This will take some time! I'm... not sure what I can do for her!"
    stop music
    scene 00 00
    with fade
    play sound day
    "Morning breaks. Brigid and I have not slept."
    mc "How are things?"
    br "[mcname]..."
    stop sound
    scene w27 08
    with fade
    br "I've managed to subdue the curse over her and revert her body back to its true form..."
    br "But her spirit has a very tenuous link to her body, and it would not take much for her to return to the Otherworld."
    br "I have put her in a temporary state of comfort for now but..."
    br "How did this happen, [mcname]? Why is Bagna, a foe from centuries past, somehow a part of this?"
    "I tell Brigid everything about our encounter with the wretched form of the dark druid Bagna."
    br "I thought I had killed him in the great uprising against Bres, yet he survived and was plotting his revenge all this time..."
    "I was there with Brigid, but like the other Tuatha, she does not remember."
    scene w27 09
    with fade
    br "[mcname], Rhiannon is weak and grows weaker with every passing hour."
    br "You must find my father and bring him here, where his druid skill will be able to lift the curse."
    mc "Can you not chance to do it?"
    br "The best I can do is slow it down. Rhiannon's spirit is stubborn and that also helps, but the battle is one we will slowly lose without help."
    mc "I understand, I will set out immediately to get him!"

    if lia_party:
        jump w30a

    elif cl_party:
        jump w30b

label w28:

    if _in_replay:

        show screen Replayexit
        $ mcname = persistent.name

    scene w28 01
    with fade
    play music eer02 loop
    l "This must be the inner sanctum, as Brigid explained."
    l "All my times visiting Cille Dara with Finn and the other Fianna, I don't think I've ever been here, in Brigid's private area."
    l "My sense as a huntress cannot shake the cloak of unease that has settled upon me..."
    scene w28 02
    with fade
    l "Above me! Show yourself, beast!"
    l "I've hunted through all the forests of Celtica, no creature can hide from me that I would wish to find!"
    "Voice" "Ha ha ha ha..."
    scene w28 03
    with fade
    l "R~ Rhiannon?!"
    r "Yes, Lia... it is I. The stronger, more desireable version of Rhiannon of Annun!"
    l "You've fallen under a dark spell!"
    r "Have I? Or perhaps I have been set free!"
    scene w28 04
    with fade
    l "Keep your distance! I would not hesitate to put a shaft through your black heart if you think to test me!"
    r "You'd like that, wouldn't you?"
    r "I've seen how you look at [mcname]... killing me would make one less rival for you to compete with!"
    l "You talk nonsense! It's not like that!"
    scene w28 05
    play sound collapse
    with hpunch
    with hpunch
    l "So fast! Such unnatural speed!"
    r "I admit you are an attractive woman, Lia. But you're also a slut!"
    r "How many men have you bedded?"
    l "That... is none of your concern, you she-devil!"
    r "Well, some men like their women experienced, I cannot deny that..."
    r "Cock or pussy... in the end it's all the same to me, so why not?"
    scene w28 06
    with fade
    l "What are you doing?! Unhand me ~!"
    l "MrrrRRmmmPPhhh!"
    r "So sweet! Ah... I want to put my tongue all the way down into your throat!"
    r "What else does your sexy body have to offer to me?"
    scene w28 07
    play sound collapse
    with vpunch
    with vpunch
    r "Oh! My body is simply burning with anticipation!"
    l "u~ uunnghh..."
    r "Suddenly lost for words, Lia? The power of my lust can do that to you!"
    r "But don't worry..."
    r "Your body can do all the talking for you!!!"
    scene w28 08
    with fade
    l "Haaarnngh..."
    r "Oh? Are you offering your pussy to me? Such a generous little slave!"
    r "I'm going to train you, Lia..."
    r "And when you're done, you're going to be the perfect little fuck-whore!"
    scene w28 09
    with fade
    r "Don't worry... with my awakening, I can provide you with all the familiar comforts of a man!"
    r "Here, look... a cock born of the dark powers of the Otherworld."
    r "Aren't you happy? You get to take the virginity of this throbbing shaft!"
    r "Lift your leg a little higher now, you slut!"
    scene w28 10
    with fade
    play sound slaplong loop
    r "I've changed my mind! I'll take you like the bitch you are!"
    l "UuuuuUunnnn~!"
    r "Come on, bitch! Take your mistress' cock!"
    r "Take it deep until it's all you can think about!"
    l "N~ NoooOoo..."
    scene w28 11
    with fade
    l "Haaangh!"
    r "What?! You're still thinking? You dare to defy me?"
    r "Let me fuck all those thoughts out of that pretty blonde head of yours, Lia!"
    r "Come on! That's it... good girl..."
    stop sound
    scene w28 12
    with fade
    r "OooOohhh... this cock in your pussy! I never dreamed!"
    r "Thrust harder against me, slave! Make me... FEEL IT~!"
    r "I'll make you a sex-beast like me, Lia! I'll give you the gift! Just you... wait!"
    scene w28 13
    with fade
    l "OooOhhh! FuUUuuck!"
    r "First will come the crest upon your skin... then will come the PLEASURE and POWER!"
    r "Give it to me, Lia! Give me your everything!"
    r "You belong to me! Your pussy belongs to me~!"
    r "By the dark gods, I am cumming!!!"
    l "M~ Mistress!!!"

    if _in_replay:
        return

    scene w28 14
    play sound shoot01
    queue sound shoot02
    with vpunch
    with vpunch
    play music act04 loop
    mc "STOP IT!!!"
    r "What?! Who disturbs my carnal feast~?!"
    br "This will not stand!"
    scene w29 14
    with fade
    "Brigid and I burst into the inner sanctum to find Lia prone and dazed on the floor, with a twisted version of Rhiannon above her."
    "So, she has succumbed to the curse."
    mc "Brigid, if you can, subdue the beast that was once Rhiannon with your arts! I do not wish to slay her!"
    br "What has happened to her?! I sense a fell magick in this room that reminds me of ~"
    mc "Rhiannon has been cursed by a dark druid!"
    scene w28 15
    play sound punch
    with hpunch
    with hpunch
    mc "Get away from Lia!!!"
    r "Oh! Do you wish to play to, 'beloved'?"
    r "I have no need for a husband now. I only desire slaves!"
    mc "You'll get nothing from me, creature. I swear to you that!"
    br "[mcname], get out of the way!"
    scene w27 07
    with fade
    play sound enchant
    "Light bursts forth from Brigid's hands and hits the she-devil squarely in the chest. She falls onto the floor binded by a spell."
    r "You bitch! I'll have you begging at my feet when I've enslaved your mind!"
    "Brigid whispers her incantations that tighten their hold on Rhiannon's corrupted body."
    br "I'm... not sure what I can do for her!"
    mc "Make her sleep, if you can!"
    br "Y~ Yes!"
    stop music
    scene w28 16
    with fade
    "Lia stirs on the cold stone floor and I sprint to her side."
    mc "Lia? Can you hear me?! How do you feel?"
    "A strange dark ooze runs down the skin of Lia's belly, no doubt from the corrupted Rhiannon. How has it affected Lia?"
    l "[mcname]? I feel fine... but weak..."
    l "I couldn't help myself... it was like my mind was under a cloud... I couldn't defy her..."
    mc "You were under the sway of fell magick, born from a dark druid. Save your strength!"
    l "Y~ yes..."
    scene 00 00
    with fade
    play sound day
    "Morning breaks. Lia is recovering, but Brigid and I have not slept."
    mc "..."
    mc "How are things?"
    br "[mcname]..."
    stop sound
    scene w28 17
    with fade
    play music gen03 loop
    br "I've managed to subdue the curse over her and revert her body back to its true form..."
    br "I have put her in a temporary state of comfort for now but..."
    br "How did this happen, [mcname]? Why is Bagna, one of my foes from centuries past, somehow a part of this?"
    "I tell Brigid everything about our encounter with the wretched form of the dark druid Bagna in the high mountains."
    br "I thought I had killed him in the great uprising against Bres, yet he survived and was plotting his revenge all this time..."
    br "From what you say, this was just a coincidence, but experience has taught me anything but!"
    "I was there with Brigid when she first faced Bagna, but like the other Tuatha, she does not remember. I am not a part of their history."
    scene w28 18
    with fade
    br "[mcname], Rhiannon is weak and grows weaker with every passing hour."
    br "Her spirit has a very tenuous link to her body, and it would not take much for her to return to the Otherworld."
    br "You must find my father and bring him here, where his druid skill will be able to lift the curse."
    scene w28 19
    with fade
    mc "Can you not chance to do it?"
    br "The best I can do is slow it down. Rhiannon's spirit is stubborn and that also helps, but the battle is one we will slowly lose without help."
    mc "I understand, I will set out immediately to get him!"
    scene w28 20
    with fade
    "Out in the hallway, I see Lia walking towards me with a determined look on her face."
    l "I hope you're not planning on going without me. I will not abandon Rhiannon when she is in need."
    mc "Did you hear the conversation between Brigid and I?"
    l "I heard enough."
    mc "You should be resting."
    l "I'm fine now. A member of the Fianna is hardier than ordinary folk."
    l "But... there is one thing I need to complete my recovery..."
    scene w28 21
    with fade
    play sound blow01
    play music whd03 loop
    "Lia embraces me and gives me a passionate kiss, sliding her tongue into my mouth."
    l "I still have some... excess energy I need to work away..."
    l "We can go into an alcove... it won't take long for a bull like you to satisfy me."
    mc "It is a fine offer, but I would not be so reckless with Rhiannon's plight to use my time in such a way!"
    scene w28 22
    with fade
    l "Then let me feast on your cock! I'll suck it dry and that will satisfy my urges!"
    mc "You lied when you said you had recovered."
    l "My mind is clear! It's just..."
    mc "Then you will need to endure. Compose yourself, for there is no time for this!"
    stop music
    scene w28 xx
    with fade
    show brig neut at right with moveinright
    br "Lia?"
    show lia allu at left with moveinleft
    l "Brigid... you're looking very... nice, this morning."
    mc "Brigid, place a spell of recovery over her. She is joining me on the road to find your father."
    play sound rune01
    "Brigid whispers some words and a warm glow envelopes Lia."
    show lia sad at left
    l "T~ thank you... I feel... better."
    mc "Good. Now let us make ready!"
    jump w30a


label w29:

    if _in_replay:

        show screen Replayexit
        $ mcname = persistent.name

    scene w29 01
    with fade
    play music eer02 loop
    cl "A beast, they say!"
    cl "Then fortune smile upon me and let it be here, so I may strike it down!"
    cl "While the Fianna fight at Bru Na Boyne with Aengus, I too, will have my own tale of adventure!"
    "Voice" "Ha ha ha..."
    scene w29 02
    with fade
    cl "Above me!"
    cl "Something moves in the shadows, high above upon the vaulted roof!"
    cl "Come down and face a warrior of the Fianna!!!"
    scene w29 03
    with fade
    cl "Rhiannon?! If it is a she-beast you have become, then you will feel my axe!"
    r "Oh, sweet Clio, why are you like that?"
    r "Can we simply talk? Listen to my sweet voice..."
    scene w29 04
    with fade
    cl "Have you always been a witch?! Have you always intended to befriend us, only to betray us?!"
    cl "Your deception will not go unanswered, whore of the darkness!"
    r "What are you talking about, my brave warrioress?"
    r "I've simply been reborn, with power and strength you cannot imagine!"
    r "Such strength could also be yours, if only you were brave enough to reach out and claim it!"
    scene w29 06
    with fade
    cl "Your honeyed words are coated with venom!"
    r "Why are you so harsh? Am I not your travelling companion? Do not fall prey to ignorance, brave Clio."
    r "I heard from Finn Moc Huul himself that a warrior of the Fianna must never be hesitant to experience new things and learn new ways!"
    r "I do not take you to be a coward, Clio..."
    scene w29 05
    with fade
    cl "I am no coward! I am the descendent... of the Fir Bolg queen Tailtiu..."
    cl "Foster mother to... Lugh of the Long Arm himself..."
    cl "Her blood... is in my veins... her strength is in... my body..."
    r "And what a lovely body it is, Clio. You'll let me stroke your beautiful skin, won't you?"
    cl "..."
    scene w29 07
    with fade
    r "Yes, let that axe and shield go, for you won't be needing those..."
    r "Oh, such a hard and lithe body you have, Clio! Many men could not be your match!"
    cl "..."
    r "I love this belly... and these legs... and these soft breasts..."
    scene w29 08
    with fade
    play sound blow01
    r "Let me drink of these intoxicating lips!"
    r "The pleasure of your taste... beyond description! I can imagine so many things that mouth will do for me!"
    r "How delectable you are... I think we should feast upon each other, what say you, sweet Clio?"
    cl "..."
    scene w29 09
    with fade
    r "Good... embrace me, Clio! Hold me!"
    cl "MMmmmMMMmmm!"
    r "I will be your mistress now! You will give yourself to me and serve me in all ways!"
    r "You need think of nothing else but me!"
    scene w29 10
    with fade
    play sound blow02
    r "Taste me, my sexy warrior! Drink deep of the nectar between my legs that is flowing so freely for your greedy tongue!"
    r "Oh, I can feel your pussy, my sweet! So lewd and slippery with your lust!"
    r "Give it to me~! Lick me harder, my sexy slave!"
    scene w29 11
    with fade
    play sound slaplong loop
    r "That's it... you're so obedient, right from the beginning! I think deep down in your heart, you want to be dominated!"
    r "You're going to be an absolute pleasure to train into the perfect servant!"
    r "Rub harder, my sweet. Let's exchange our juices..."
    scene w29 12
    with fade
    play sound squelch
    cl "Uh~ UuuuOOOnnnGH!"
    r "Oh, did my little Clio just cum?! You can't be so greedy!"
    r "The mistress must be satisfied before the pet!"
    r "I can see you will need to be disciplined!"
    cl "F-Forgive me ~!"
    stop music
    scene w29 13
    with hpunch
    with hpunch
    play music act04 loop
    mc "STOP THIS DEPRAVITY!"
    r "What?!!! Who dares disturb my carnal feast?!"
    r "I'll make you suffer for disturbing my pleasure!"
    scene w29 14
    with fade
    "Brigid and I burst into the inner sanctum to find Clio's legs locked with a twisted version of Rhiannon."
    "So, she has succumbed to the curse and found another victim..."
    mc "Brigid, if you can, subdue the beast that was once Rhiannon with your arts! I do not wish to slay her!"
    br "What has happened to her?! I sense a fell magick in this room that reminds me of ~"
    mc "Rhiannon has been cursed by a dark druid!"
    scene w27 11
    with fade
    "An image comes unbidden into my mind, of another woman I had failed to protect."
    "She appeared before me like a beast, on a battlefield that is still so fresh in my mind."
    "The choking smoke of the burning trees... the distinct battle cries of the bananachs..."
    "I failed that time, but I won't fail again!"
    scene w29 15
    with fade
    r "You seek to challenge me, [mcname]? Where were you when I begged for your cock?!"
    r "No matter - I will have it when I beat you down and turn you into nothing more than a rutting animal solely for my pleasure!"
    r "Clio! Show this oaf his place! Protect your mistress!"
    cl "Yes, I will obey!"
    scene w29 16
    with fade
    play sound LS05.mp3 
    r "Now as for you... Bagna will finally get his revenge through me!!!"
    br "The druid Bagna?! I should have known!"
    br "He is certainly capable of inflicting such depravity upon his victims!"
    br "Stay back!"
    scene w29 17
    with fade
    "Clio's eyes glow with an unnatural and sinister light. She moves in a sultry way that is completely unlike her."
    mc "CLIO, STAND DOWN. YOU ARE NOT YOURSELF!"
    cl "Your trick of speech has no affect upon me, Tuatha dog!"
    cl "The mistress told me to subdue you, but she didn't say how!"
    cl "Perhaps I'll drain you of every last drop that lies between your legs!"

    menu:
        "Enough of your nonsense. This ends now!":

            $ w_fer += 1
            $ renpy.notify("Ferocity +1")
            jump w29a
        "{color=#00ff00}My cock does not submit to a woman - it dominates, as you will now learn!":

            $ w_lus += 1
            $ renpy.notify("Lust +1")
            jump w29b

label w29a:

    scene w29 18a
    play sound punch02
    with hpunch
    with hpunch
    "I close the distance in half a moment and immediately go on the attack."
    cl "UUUNGH!"
    "The time for talk is over. Clio is under the control of another but that does not means she warrants gentle treatment."
    "The back of my hand hits her firmly on the chin, sending her sprawling back and staggering on her feet."
    scene w29 18b
    with fade
    cl "Uuuuuuunngh..."
    cl "[mcname]? I couldn't... control myself..."
    mc "A warrior with a burning heart for the fight could have withstood the magicks that overwhelmed your thoughts!"
    cl "..."
    mc "You must train your mind, as well as your body!"

    if _in_replay:
        return

    scene w29 20
    with fade
    play sound rune01
    "On the other side of the sanctum, light bursts forth from Brigid's hands, hitting Rhiannon squarely in the chest. The she-devil falls onto the floor, binded by a spell."
    r "You bitch! I'll have you begging at my feet when I've enslaved your mind!"
    "Brigid whispers her incantations that tighten their hold on Rhiannon's corrupted body."
    r "RAARRRGH!"
    br "I'm... not sure what I can do for her!"
    mc "Make her sleep, if you can!"
    br "Y~ Yes!"
    stop music
    scene 00 00
    with fade
    play sound day
    "Morning breaks. Brigid and I have not slept."
    mc "..."
    mc "How are things?"
    br "[mcname]..."
    stop sound
    scene w29 21
    with fade
    play music gen03 loop
    br "I've managed to subdue the curse over her and revert her body back to its true form..."
    br "I have put her in a temporary state of comfort for now but..."
    br "How did this happen, [mcname]? Why is Bagna, one of my foes from centuries past, somehow a part of this?"
    "I tell Brigid everything about our encounter with the wretched form of the dark druid Bagna in the high mountains."
    br "I thought I had killed him in the great uprising against Bres, yet he survived and was plotting his revenge all this time..."
    br "From what you say, this was just a coincidence, but experience has taught me anything but! What plots are afoot, I wonder?"
    "I was there with Brigid when she first faced Bagna, but like the other Tuatha, she does not remember. I am not a part of their history, so I say nothing."
    scene w29 22
    with fade
    br "[mcname], Rhiannon is weak and grows weaker with every passing hour."
    br "Her spirit has a very tenuous link to her body, and it would not take much for her to return to the Otherworld."
    br "You must find my father and bring him here, where his druid skill will be able to lift the curse."
    scene w29 23
    with fade
    mc "Can you not chance to do it?"
    br "The best I can do is slow it down. Rhiannon's spirit is stubborn and that also helps, but the battle is one we will slowly lose without help."
    mc "I understand, I will set out immediately to get him!"
    scene w29 24
    with fade
    "I walk out into the hallway to see Clio coming towards me."
    mc "Have you regained your senses, warrioress?"
    cl "I have. It will not happen again."
    mc "Magick can be hard for one not versed in the druidic arts to counter."
    cl "I will... remember that."
    cl "Scythian, I heard the tail end of your conversation with Brigid. I will come with you to find The Dagda."
    mc "Of course."
    cl "A companion is in danger and we must aid them, or die in the trying."
    mc "Agreed."
    jump w30b

label w29b:

    scene w29 19a
    play sound punch
    with hpunch
    with hpunch
    "Clio leaps forward to grab me, thinking to wrestle me to the ground to have her way with me."
    cl "There are only a few men in the Fianna that can beat me in a grappling match!"
    mc "You need not be so hasty in your advance to me, Clio!"
    mc "If it is my cock that you want..."
    scene w29 19b
    play sound punch
    with vpunch
    with vpunch
    mc "...then it is my cock you shall get!!!"
    cl "How did you ~? OooOoooHHH!"
    "Clio relies too much on her strength when a simple counter places her just where I want her, hips held high and her pussy wide open to my thrust."
    play sound slaplong loop
    cl "Ungh! un! unh! ungh!"
    mc "We'll soon see who succumbs to who!"
    scene w29 19c
    with hpunch
    with hpunch
    cl "OooooOOonnnhhh!"
    mc "What is the matter? For someone who was so sure of themselves..."
    mc "...you are sure cooing like a woman being satisfied!"
    cl "I won't... give in! For... my mistress!"
    mc "You have no mistress, Clio. I only see a master!"
    scene w29 19d
    with vpunch
    with vpunch
    mc "You have a fine body, Clio. Strong hips for bearing many healthy children!"
    mc "But your mind is twisted, and I need to set you back to the way you were!"
    play sound shoot02
    queue sound shoot01
    cl "OH~ OooOooOHHHH~!"
    mc "There's nothing a she-devil could enslave you with that can compare to the cock of the Champion of The Morrigan!"
    scene w29 19e
    with fade
    play sound squelch
    "I get up off Clio, having filled her hole until it is overflowing."
    "Her eyes regain their natural color, and as she pants on the ground, she appears to be waking from a dream."
    "She thought she could dominate me with sex. How wrong she was."

    if _in_replay:
        return

    scene w29 20
    with fade
    play sound rune01
    "On the other side of the sanctum, light bursts forth from Brigid's hands, hitting Rhiannon squarely in the chest. The she-devil falls onto the floor, binded by a spell."
    r "You bitch! I'll have you begging at my feet when I've enslaved your mind!"
    "Brigid whispers her incantations that tighten their hold on Rhiannon's corrupted body."
    r "RAARRRGH!"
    br "I'm... not sure what I can do for her!"
    mc "Make her sleep, if you can!"
    br "Y~ Yes!"
    stop music
    scene 00 00
    with fade
    play sound day
    "Morning breaks. Brigid and I have not slept."
    mc "..."
    mc "How are things?"
    br "[mcname]..."
    stop sound
    scene w29 21
    with fade
    play music gen03 loop
    br "I've managed to subdue the curse over her and revert her body back to its true form..."
    br "I have put her in a temporary state of comfort for now but..."
    br "How did this happen, [mcname]? Why is Bagna, one of my foes from centuries past, somehow a part of this?"
    "I tell Brigid everything about our encounter with the wretched form of the dark druid Bagna in the high mountains."
    br "I thought I had killed him in the great uprising against Bres, yet he survived and was plotting his revenge all this time..."
    br "From what you say, this was just a coincidence, but experience has taught me anything but! What plots are afoot, I wonder?"
    "I was there with Brigid when she first faced Bagna, but like the other Tuatha, she does not remember. I am not a part of their history, so I say nothing."
    scene w29 22
    with fade
    br "[mcname], Rhiannon is weak and grows weaker with every passing hour."
    br "Her spirit has a very tenuous link to her body, and it would not take much for her to return to the Otherworld."
    br "You must find my father and bring him here, where his druid skill will be able to lift the curse."
    scene w29 23
    with fade
    mc "Can you not chance to do it?"
    br "The best I can do is slow it down. Rhiannon's spirit is stubborn and that also helps, but the battle is one we will slowly lose without help."
    mc "I understand, I will set out immediately to get him!"
    scene w29 24
    with fade
    "I walk out into the hallway to see Clio coming towards me."
    mc "Have you regained your senses, warrioress?"
    cl "I have..."
    cl "And if you could, please don't tell Finn and the Fianna about what happened to me..."
    mc "Magick can be hard for one not versed in the druidic arts to counter."
    cl "..."
    scene w29 25
    with fade
    mc "But tell me, how did you enjoy our fuck?!"
    cl "I am not some simpering milk maiden, waiting for a man!"
    mc "Indeed! But perhaps in me, you've found a worthy man!"
    cl "I would break your nose before I let you inside me again! I was not in my right mind!"
    mc "Ha ha... you are fiesty... and I like that!"
    cl "Pig!"
    scene w29 xx
    with fade
    show clio mad at center with moveinright
    mc "But enough of this, I must fly to find The Dagda. Rhiannon's fate depends on it."
    show clio neut at center
    cl "I am coming with you!"
    cl "The Fianna does not abandon friends that are in need! Rhiannon has done nothing wrong, and she is a victim."
    mc "That she is! Your axe has already slain a king of the Fir Bolg, it may need to do much more than that in the days to come."
    show clio mad at center
    cl "I am ready! I'll show you what I can do!"
    mc "Then speaking to you as a warrior and a companion, let us depart."
    jump w30b



label w30a:

    scene w30 01a
    with fade
    play music trav07 loop
    play sound rune02
    "Preparations are made with great haste and soon, our diminished party is ready to depart through the gates of Cille Dara."
    mc "We have some days of hard travel ahead of us. There will be barely time for sleep."
    l "So we head west, searching for news of the High King's entourage."
    l "Can you speed our way with some incantations of your people?"
    mc "I can, but I can only use them sparingly."
    rl "I can help there."
    scene w30 02
    with fade
    rl "I know several druidic spells for speed and endurance. You could cover the rocky lands ahead as though you were horses."
    mc "Why would you help us, Red Lady? This is no affair of yours."
    rl "You hurt me with those words, Champion of The Morrigan! Can I not join an adventure, where one is to be had?"
    l "It's up to you, [mcname]."
    mc "We know she runs fast enough to keep up with her hunting hounds. I will allow it."
    rl "Good. Shall we get going?"
    scene w30 04b
    with fade
    rl "Be on your guard. The roads of Celtica are not always as safe as they should be."
    mc "That is but a small concern. The greater one is finding The Dagda and bringing him back here as quickly as possible."
    mc "Rhiannon fades with each passing moment!"
    "In my concern for Rhiannon, the mysteries of the Four Treasures of the Tuatha will have to wait."
    stop music
    jump w_cont

label w30b:

    scene w30 01b
    with fade
    play music trav07 loop
    play sound rune02
    "Preparations are made with great haste and soon, our diminished party is ready to depart through the gates of Cille Dara."
    mc "We have some days of hard travel ahead of us. There will be barely time for sleep."
    cl "So we head west, searching for news of the High King. There are Fianna all over Celtica, we may run into some that could assist us."
    mc "Only if they could conjure a giant hawk we could ride to our destination!"
    cl "There are no such druids among the Fianna, I fear. But can you speed our way over the land with some incantations?"
    mc "I can, but I can only use them sparingly and they are nothing compared to what the elders of my race can do."
    rl "I can help there."
    scene w30 02
    with fade
    rl "I know several druidic spells for speed and endurance. You could cover the rocky lands ahead as though you were horses."
    mc "Why would you help us, Red Lady? This is no affair of yours."
    rl "You hurt me with those words, Champion of The Morrigan! Can I not join an adventure, where one is to be had?"
    cl "We took her quarry and she made no big complaint about that. It would seem rude to refuse her offer."
    mc "I will allow it, even though she has some goal she does not reveal."
    rl "You'll find me to be quite the pleasant travelling companion. Shall we get going?"
    scene w30 04a
    with fade
    rl "Be on your guard. The roads of Celtica are not always as safe as they should be."
    mc "That is but a small concern. The greater one is finding The Dagda and bringing him back here as quickly as possible."
    mc "Rhiannon fades with each passing moment!"
    "In my concern for Rhiannon, the mysteries of the Four Treasures of the Tuatha will have to wait."
    stop music
    jump w_cont
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