The Spider Cliff Mysteries

The Spider Cliff Mysteries
   ▷ Story 3: Curse of the Purple Chickaree
      ▷ Chapter 26: Epilogue, a curse broken

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Transcript of this chapter:

rebecca: Hey, that's my tea!
crystal: How long before whatever you poisoned Barlow with wears off?
rebecca: He'll be back to normal by tomorrow morning.
crystal: Thanks.
barlow: Crystal... you're returned...
crystal: Yeah, you didn't think I'd let you down, did you?
barlow: I should never have doubted.
barlow: What do you have for me?
crystal: I have the cure right here, so don't worry about anything.
barlow: So you did find it, after all?
crystal: Get up. You're fine.
barlow: Get up? Crystal, I'm on the verge of death, here. I need the cure to this curse, right quick!
crystal: If I have the cure, what's in it for me?
crystal: After all, this too quite an effort to find.
barlow: What do you have in mind?
crystal: I want to be able to practice playing my guitar in our house at ANY time.
barlow: No, I think I'll let the curse kill me first.
crystal: Oh, come on, Barlow. I work until late in the evening, and you go to bed so early! I need time to develop as an artist.
barlow: I am NOT signing over my rights to peace and quiet based on a sham of a... I mean... uh...
crystal: I know what you mean... but let's get this over with, for everyone's sake.
crystal: I want money!
barlow: Money? Haven't you noticed there isn't much actual currency in this town?
crystal: Yeah, you've been buying a lot of coffee on credit. Is that how things work around here?
barlow: Yeah. Actually, we do have a sort of voucher program here in town, with our own bills. I could give you some of that, but I really don't have any. All of my money is tied up in ramshackle buildings.
crystal: I just want a thank you.
barlow: That's it? You're not going to hold this over me for weeks and months to come?
crystal: No, Barlow. I think we've both been through enough.
barlow: Well, okay... thanks, Crystal.
crystal: No, I want a thank you card.
barlow: Oh, don't push it! That takes effort greater than what... oh, never mind. I'll write you a thank you card... but you have to give me the cure right now!
crystal: Here, Barlow... I put the cure into this cup of tea.
crystal: Drink this whole thing, and the curse will be lifted by tomorrow morning.
barlow: The cure... was it a trouble for you to find?
crystal: As it turns out, it was a lot closer than I realized.
crystal: I just couldn't see it until I'd been through the whole quest. I guess I learned something.
barlow: I learned something, too. In the future, I won't be dropping any cursed artifacts.
crystal: And in the future, I won't be dropping any cures to cursed artifacts. And I won't make bigger mistakes to make up for smaller mistakes. I put myself and Turnip in danger.
barlow: Well, Turnip is my best friend. He'll do anything if he thinks it'll save me. What's your excuse?
crystal: Well... uh... I guess that I... uh... made some big mistakes.
crystal: Okay?
barlow: Good enough.
crystal: You have no idea how much trouble this was! And most of it was completely unnecessary!
barlow: I agree with you completely. In the future, I won't be dropping any cursed artifacts.
crystal: And in the future, I won't be dropping any cures to cursed artifacts. And I won't make bigger mistakes to make up for smaller mistakes. I put myself and Turnip in danger.
barlow: Well, Turnip is my best friend. He'll do anything if he thinks it'll save me. What's your excuse?
crystal: Well... uh... I guess that I... uh... made some big mistakes.
crystal: Okay?
barlow: Good enough.
crystal: This was a team effort. I never would've made it back here if it wasn't for Alex. He actually saved my life, when I made a really stupid mistake.
crystal: I really owe him. I hope that giving this cure to you in some small way repays him for the trouble I caused.
barlow: What are you talking about? What trouble did you cause?
crystal: Oh, I guess I got rather carried away with this quest for a cure. I guess I learned something...
barlow: I learned something, too. In the future, I won't be dropping any cursed artifacts.
crystal: And in the future, I won't be dropping any cures to cursed artifacts. And I won't make bigger mistakes to make up for smaller mistakes. I put myself and Turnip in danger.
barlow: Well, Turnip is my best friend. He'll do anything if he thinks it'll save me. What's your excuse?
crystal: Well... uh... I guess that I... uh... made some big mistakes.
crystal: Okay?
barlow: Good enough.

General information on The Spider Cliff Mysteries

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