#SimsbyNight – Episode 23 (Part II,2): "The Monastery’s Secret Heart"
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(They rush to the Chapel, and then down the archway)
“Those crystals are pulsing. Are they... breathing?”
“I think they’re listening.”
“You think this is evil? No.
This is the next step. Blood. Crystal. Evolution.”
“You came for answers. I bring you revelation. You came for truth? You’ll drown in it.”
"You think Kupala is the monster? No, no—we’re harvesting it. Turning its ‘song’ into weapons. Hemolith Phase Three: mass obedience."
(Mexican standoff. Sierra’s gun meets his. Tension snaps in silence.)
"Funny. I hate obedience. That’s why I keep being suspended. Besides in all those cop movies, the cop only solves the case after being suspended. Guess what? I’m suspended right now.”
“Guess we just unplugged the cult.”
Sierra:
“So the cult’s a front, the crystal’s a drug, and the doctor’s in a coma.”
“Then we need to hit the lab. Before they activate the next phase.”
“And maybe torch the monastery while we’re at it. For... aesthetic reasons.”
Next Episode: "The Art of Abduction" – The coterie’s most famous ally has been kidnapped!
Can they trace Warhol’s trail before his creativity is… extracted?
Will the Foxbury files reveal more than ink and lies?
And who’s really behind the ‘serum’ flooding the streets of Oasis Springs?
Paint yourself into the mystery—Same Bat-time, same Bat-Tumblr acCount! 🧛 (pun intended)
(Sierra reads Chronicon Effenmontii, An account of the elves' exile to Effenmont after the War of the Weeping Willow)
“‘A crystal shattered in dream becomes a wound in waking life... There’s a name they refuse to write... over and over again.
Redacted by ink, memory, or fear. Maybe all three.’”
This isn’t mythology. It’s symbolic intel. Someone was encoding psychic trauma.”
“Nymeris... Sun in one hand, moon in the other. A woman who holds duality — she must be important. This isn’t just art, it’s invocation.”
(The gang reads some other ancient texts)
Suzana (From Tractatus de Lapidibus Vitae: On the Living Stones. An alchemical treatise compiled by Brother Broderic of Yacothia, ca. 1395.
“These stones don’t just store magic. They remember. They judge.”
Rebecca (From Vitae Sanctae Ravenae: The Life of Saint Ravena. Written by Brother Lucebert, 1289 A.D. Combines hagiography with oral tales from Ravenwood.)
“Ravena made bloodless peace with a werewolf warlord? Icon. Saint. Girlie should have a musical.”
Leslie (From De Silvarum Lamentis : On the Weeping of Trees. Anonymous. Transcribed by Brother Gellian in the year 1347. Believed to be based on a lost Elven text.)
“These trees cry when people lie near them. Ravenwood’s forest isn’t haunted. It’s mourning.”
Amy (From From Maledicta de Capra: The Trial of the Prophetic Goat. A satirical-religious text written by the schismatic monk Brother Renaldus, 1452 A.D.)
“Let me get this straight: the goat cursed a trial by refusing to appear? That’s badass.”
(Suzana notices something off in the bookshelf... A hidden door creaks open. It leads to...)
“Secret doors are never for anything good. Let’s open it!”
(A high-tech chamber beneath the monastery filled with machines)
(Files reveal the Cult is a front — its members used as lab rats for Project Hemolith.)
"Oh fantastic. The ‘cult’ is just Victor’s recruitment program. ‘Willing’ test subjects my ass."
“They were using the cult to harvest test subjects?”
Sierra:
“Some people found faith. Others found a lab coat and a clipboard.”
"A file confirms it: the Cult’s main gatherings happen in the chapel basement"
