Chapter Fox’s Tongue and Kirin’s Bone: Series Recap*
Aaron meets his Death. He also meets the body of Markus Yin Sung, who sure looks like him, only deader. This was the night Aaron was supposed to die. You had one job, Aaron.
Mission: Be Markus (So Death Doesn’t Shove You Back In Your Dead Body), start.
Starting Bonus Skill: See Deaths (do not get caught seeing Deaths).
Markus was to seek employment at the castle. So Aaron seeks employment at the castle. But, uh. Markus’ dead body. Is still in back in that alleyway. And the militia find it. Cue chase scene, and Aaron getting locked up in the castle dungeon.
Lieutenant Lochlann is not amused by this new prisoner. He would like the Lady, leader of His Majesty’s spy corps the Late Wake, to please come deal with him.
Aaron, not wanting to be dealt with, breaks out of prison with the help of a rather girl-shaped fey.
This breakout would maybe have gone better if the four-tailed fox hadn’t also picked tonight to attack. Dramatic Fight on the castle wall ensues, ending with the arrival of the Lady. Lochlann scruffs Aaron as he tries to sneak away.
The Lady meets with their prisoner the next morning. Markus’ Death spends the entire way there, and most of said meeting, coaching Aaron on exactly what Markus would have said. Because Aaron is Markus. BE A BETTER MARKUS, YOU INCOMPETENT B-GRADE REPLACEMENT,
...Wow Aaron does not want this to be his life. Aaron can no longer be held accountable for this script, because Aaron cannot read.