Dark Carnival

Previously

…But he had witnessed too much strangeness in the past few days to dismiss anything outright. He saw the raw courage in her eyes, a courage born not of recklessness, but of a profound, unsettling awakening. "Alright, Elara," he said, his voice firm, the reluctant leader emerging once more. "Tell me everything. Every detail. We need to understand what we're up against." He knew, as he looked at her, that their small group of unlikely heroes had just gained an unexpected, and perhaps vital, new weapon. The bloom had awakened, and the carnival's dark magic might have just met its match.