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Xykon tries out his new wide screen crystal ball.

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Panel 1

Xykon: Hey, I know how to stop your whining! Let's fire up the crystal ball and scry on our unwitting mole. That's sort of like strategy.
Redcloak: I suppose.
Monster in the Darkness: We have a mole? Can I pet it?

Panel 2

Redcloak: Wait, shouldn't there have been someone watching the crystal ball all along?
Redcloak: The likelihood that she will be standing next to the Gate at the exact moment you scry is pretty low.
Xykon: Relax. I know.

Panel 3

Xykon approaches the scrying orb.
Xykon: That's why I bought a TeeVo.
Teevo: TEEVO!
Xykon: I set it to record everything the paladin chick did since we let her escape.

Panel 4

Teevo's screen shows Sir François, a brown haired paladin with a beard, red cloak, and shield.
Xykon (off-panel): How does this remote work...
Xykon (off-panel): There we go!
MitD (off-panel): Uh, who's that guy?

Panel 5

Xykon: Oh, right. It does that sometimes.
Xykon: I told it to record a paladin, and it decided to record other paladins it though I might enjoy watching.
Xykon: I haven't figured out how to turn it off.

Panel 6

Teevo shows a dwarven paladin in a green cloak being chased by a rust monster.
Xykon (off-panel): heh heh... I'll save this one to watch later.

Panel 7

Teevo shows Miko being greeted by Hinjo at Azure City.
Hinjo (on Teevo's screen): Miko? What's wrong?
Miko (on Teevo's screen): Hinjo, I must speak with Lord Shojo at once. I bring dire news.
Xykon (off-panel): OK, here we go, there's our unlucky lady.
Redcloak (off-panel): Looks like she just got to the city. Fast forward it.

Panel 8

Teevo shows Miko and and an angry Hinjo entering the throne room.
Redcloak (off-panel): Sir, I think she's entering the throne room... press Play.
Xykon (off-panel): Who's the other guy?
Redcloak (off-panel): No idea.

Panel 9

Teevo shows an error message:

“

SERVICE BLOCKED
If you believe you have
received this message
in error, contact your
scrying provider at
1-800-GO-SC[...]

”


Xykon (off-panel): Damn it!
Redcloak (off-panel): The throne room must be shielded against scrying...

Panel 10

Xykon: Well didn't YOU turn out to be a waste of money. Now where did I put that receipt?
TeeVo: Teevo?
Redcloak (off-panel): Hey, it's back.

Panel 11

Teevo shows Miko now a Fallen Paladin, unconscious and chained up.
Hinjo (Off-screen on Teevo): —City. It was so tiny that Dorukan and Lirian were capable of using a single gemstone to seal it.
Redcloak (off-panel): What happened to her? She's all beige now.

Panel 12

MitD: I know! Murky and Lurky must have stolen her colors!
Redcloak: For the last time, those characters exist only in Rainbow Brite cartoons!
MitD: ...and in my heart.

Panel 13

Xykon: Quiet, both of you! Listen to the man speaking off-camera:
Hinjo (Off-screen on TeeVo): The throne, the platform, even this entire castle was built around that single sapphire.
Teevo: Teevo!
Redcloak: The Gate is inside the throne of the Lord of Azure City.
MitD: Gate?

Panel 14

Teevo shows two battered halflings. One holds a vase.
Samwose (on Teevo): Frudu, we must destroy the Ming!
Frudu (on Teevo): I'm too weak, Samwose!
Xykon (off-panel): What the—?
Redcloak (off-panel): I think it recorded the location of other plot-central artifacts you might also enjoy.
Xykon (off-panel): Oooo, does it know where my receipt is?

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