part 42 knows the answer

[aphanon_meme]

Maybe I was dreaming but I could've sworn it wasn't close to maxing before I went to bed... oh well, you guys are crazy/awesome. Umm... well... that's all for now! I'm off to eat spaghetti. Nommm.

Enjoy part 42~

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I don't think we're in Karakorum anymore, Toto

[wrath_ofkhan]

[has made a small pile of stones, and is looking down at it sadly] ... [sniffs, and wipes his nose on his sleeve; he's no longer the emotional wreck he was on the 18th, but there's still leftover melancholy]

They didn't even tell me where they buried you, so I guess this'll have to do. As a stand-in, or something, I guess. [nudges the pile] ...You were a great boss. Best ever. Ogedei's doing an awesome job and all, but it's just not the same, you know? I mean...

[stops short: something feels a bit off.] ...? [looks around, and suddenly realizes that he's totally not where he thought he was] ...The hell--!?

[wrath_ofkhan]

[opens mouth]

...

[closes it again]

[winter_general]

You will proceed no further.

[Sends freezing gales against you]

1/2

[wrath_ofkhan]

[flails around, trying simultaneously to block the wind and shake the snow off of himself] ...What!? Wait, wait, hold on-- this is insane!!

[wrath_ofkhan]

[braces himself and squints into the wind] Hey, look-- I don't know who the hell you are, but if you're trying to save this kid, you're a bit late! [coughs a bit; he's beginning to shake from the cold] I hate to burst your bubble, but Rus' here has been my vassal state for a few years, now-- and he ain't going anywhere soon!

[winter_general]

[The gales whip up fiercer, striking at you with wave after wave of snow and ice]

... I will shatter that confidence of yours.

oh shi--

[wrath_ofkhan]

[nearly buried under a pile of snow-- only the tuft of his helmet is poking out]

[winter_general]

[freezingchild]

Yay!

[wrath_ofkhan]

[painfully trying to extract himself from ice and snow and who knows what else] ... [narrows his eyes at Rus'] What're you laughing about, you little basket case? I just got attacked by this... spirit or demon or whatever! Agh... [shivering uncontrollably, his clothes completely soaked through]

[freezingchild]

That's Mister Winter! I told you he was my friend.

[wrath_ofkhan]

[furiously rubbing at his arms in a completely futile attempt at warming up] N-no kidding... augh, I'm freezing! D-damn it...

[notices that the blizzard's stopped, and that Winter's nowhere in sight] ...?

[freezingchild]

You should go before he comes back, da?

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[wrath_ofkhan]

C-comes back!? [looks around frantically]

2/2

[wrath_ofkhan]

[catches himself] Er... I-I mean...

[coughs, trying--and failing--to stop shaking] ...I can t-totally handle him if he comes back. He... he c-can't be that c-committed to you, right? I mean, w-where was he back in the th-30's? You k-know, when I was kicking your ass?

[freezingchild]

I made a deal with him so you can't hurt me any more!