Boiling Isles: The Next Generation - Act I.

Chapter XXVII. - The Birth of a Murderer Part IV.: The Meeting

It's been over a week since Priscilla had learned from Lilith where Darius Daemonne was resting. However, the purple haired witch believed that it was not advisable to just blindly enter the cave system under the skull, because who knows what danger that place hides. So Priscilla went to the library in Bonesborough and tried to learn as much as she could about the cave system, but it turned out to be a more difficult task than she thought. Priscilla looked through almost every book about the Titan, but couldn't find any useful information. The purple haired witch even sneaked into the forbidden section of the library, but there was only one book that mentioned the caves under the skull, and it contained only two warning sentences:

The skull of the Titan and the cave system below is a sacred area and entering it is strictly prohibited and dangerous! Those who do, should give up all hope!

Priscilla found this very strange. After all, what kind of place can the skull be that even the books don't dare to write about?

The purple haired witch was completely at loss. She had no idea what she should do. She only had one idea, but it involved many risks, but she had to act as soon as possible...

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Priscilla paced the streets of Tulsa nervously. Tulsa was a picturesque town left over from the ancient times. Although a few modern buildings could be seen in a few places, this did not detract from the overall picture. Under other circumstances, the purple haired witch would have found this small town and its appearance quite beautiful, but there was no time to look around now.

Priscilla slowly approached the house she was looking for. She was only a few steps away from the door when a huge shout of joy crossed the sky, and suddenly Hooty reached out from the door.

"Priscilla, good to see you again!"

That owl demon tried to hug the purple haired witch, but she dodged it.

"Good to see you too, Hooty!" Priscilla tried to smile, then after some hesitation she added: "I also brought you a present!"

"A gift? For Me?" Hooty immediately started crying. "I've never received a gift from you before!"

"Then it's time to make up for this." Priscilla said and took out a small bottle of potion from her bag, in which blue juice could be seen.

"Is that what I think it is?" Hooty asked with tears of joy in his eyes.

"Yes." Priscilla nodded. "Sapphire salad juice. I know you like it."

"My favorite!" shouted Hooty, then grabbed the bottle from Priscilla's hand with his beak and swallowed it all at once. "Mmmm... Delicious!"

The next moment Hooty began to blink, and soon his body fell to the ground, the owl demon sleeping. With some guilt in her heart, Priscilla lifted Hooty's body off the ground, then walked to the front door and shoved the owl demon back into place. Priscilla then quietly entered the house. Just as she thought; Lilith's house was completely empty. The owner usually walked in the morning and always left Hooty behind to take care of the house. Priscilla was fully aware of that.

The purple haired witch sighed and began to search the house. After a quarter of an hour of searching, she found what she needed; a very complex and detailed map of Titan's skull and the cave system below. Priscilla laid the map on the floor and muttered a few incantations. Thanks to this, a copy of the entire map appeared. As soon as the spell was finished, Priscilla put the copied map in her pocket, then put the original back where she found it.

The girl was about to step out the door when she heard footsteps outside. The purple haired witch looked around quickly, then caught her eye on a shuttered cupboard. She ran there with lightning speed, opened the piece of furniture, then hid in it and spied the room through the shutters.