You pick up the golden spear from its stand by your dresser, and leave your chambers through the balcony (it's terribly rude to swim through windows, no matter whether there's glass in them or not). The disturbance turns out to be a thief. You alert the nearest guard and swim back to your chambers. You have more important things to do, after all.\n[[<font color="#FF33FF">Go to study.</font>|p2cA]]\n[[<font color="#FF33FF">Go to meeting room.</font>|p2cB]]

You leave the disturbance to the guards. Seeing as it's such a nice day, you consider going out for a leisurely swim in the gardens before starting your daily duties.\n[[<font color="#FF33FF">Head to gardens.</font>|p2cC]]\n[[<font color="#FF33FF">Dive straight into your duties.</font>|p2cA]]

In the gardens, you encounter the newest member of your guard, <font color="#590095">Gellon Aquari</font>. He's a siamese betta, a rather pretty one if you say so yourself.

You go to your study to gather the maps you were working on last night. You're delivering the maps to <font color="#B85EC2">Cyreus</font>, the <font color="#B85EC2">master</font> of <font color="#B85EC2">strategy</font>, who needs them to organise your troops against the rebels, a group lead by a old, scarred common carp mer who goes by the moniker "Kronos". They're angry you haven't done much about the poverty afflicting the working class, but they don't understand that you <i>can't</i> do anything. You don't expect them to anyway. The council has your hands tied, and no-one but you and those closest to you know.\n[[<font color="#FF33FF">Find Cyreus.</font>|p3cA]]\n

The sun was slowly starting to filter through the watery depths of the lake when you, Mina Peiselis, awaken. You busy yourself with scrubbing your pink and magenta scales clean for a few moments, before wiping your skin with a soft cloth. Once you're sure you're clean, you pull on a flowing tunic befitting your royal status. Looking out your window, you notice movement in the shadows near your balcony.\n[[<font color="#FF33FF">Investigate.</font>|p1cA]]\n[[<font color="#FF33FF">Leave it to the guards.</font>|p1cB]]

<font color="#FF33FF">Mina Peiselis</font>

Lamia

<font color="#B85EC2">Cyreus</font> is happy to see you. These maps are of the starlit lakes area, which is where the annual Festival of Luminesce is held. You will be largely in the open during the celebrations, and <font color="#B85EC2">Cyreus</font>, <font color="#560026">Iceleus</font>, and <font color="#862DD5">Selixia</font> are worried that the rebels will attack.