Long-Awaited Reunion

Sitting in our room in the inn in Zille, Tarte and I stared at the key we’d placed on the desk—the one Tithia had given me as a quest reward. It shimmered slightly in a clear indication that it was ready to be used. However, we had no clue about what the key was meant to unlock or where to even begin searching.

“What should we do with it, Meowster? Since it’s glowing like that, I think something ameowzing is going to happen when we use it.”

“Well...” I considered the suggestion offered by Tarte, my Alchemist apprentice. I would have loved to make Tarte happy, but I had a bad feeling about this key. InReas, there had been a few different ways a key could be used. When it had been meant to help you progress a quest, it usually opened a door somewhere. Because I’d received the key at theend of a quest, I thought it unlikely that it was for opening a s