Yulrick goes all quiet and wants to be alone when we get back to the ship. Something on the Vono Islands has made him quiet, and he wants to explore alone. Naturally, I went with him (otherwise who'd tell the story, right?)
In Chapter 15, we visit a shipwreck (as depicted in The Goonies) but with the addition of giggling voices behind the heavy curtains.
We're drawn deeper inside, under water, across rotting planks and past small spinning crabs until we find the captain's dining room. It is here that we discover something akin to Time Bandits' bedroom wall scene. Everything we see is a trick from now on, a trick played with mirrors.
In the next room is another wall-to-wall mirror, and in that mirror is me. On the floor is Yulrick's Dad's skeleton, and his dagger. The log he is clutching reveals his Dad saved the village from huge monsters and couldn't return from its final mission.
Wait! In that mirror is not me, because it's doing different things like scratching its head and yawning.
Suddenly, I have a big problem. My entire team is duplicated and fighting becomes really hard because I CAN INJURE MY OWN TEAM MATES. When I've fought for nearly 20 minutes and my team is incapacitated, there's one enemy left and he seems to recover hp as quickly as I knock it off him.
Somehow, I manage to defeat him and my team stand up again. Exploring the ship has been fun, fighting the giggly mirror monsters exhausting, and returning to the ship encouraging because Yulrick is more confident and the repairs are complete.
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