[quote=@Tatterdemalion]
[b]Adila![/b]

Princess Azora Howl, greatest witch of her family, the wicked scion of Oberon, wipes her nose on her sleeve and makes a gross sniffling noise. “Okay,” she says, and puffs out her chest. “Okay. I’ll decide what to do with you all after I get the Caduceus.” Don’t worry. Even as a dog, you can recognize when someone is just saying something in order to have something to say. She turns and marches down the hall to speak with Kazelia.

As you watch her go, down at the other end of the hall, there is spontaneous creation: something from nothing. It’s subtle, the sort of thing you might only notice if you were a very good puppy, yes you are. It’s an hourglass, perched neatly next to the Caduceus.

It’s very small. You don’t have much time until it runs out, and then... game over? Difficulty spike? Confetti? Who knows![/quote]

Stick! Get the stick and bring it back and then Dandy will [i]throw[/i] the stick and then - 

An overpowering impulse sends Adila hurtling down the corridor. The Caduceus is here! Unattended! She can get it! and then bring it back! and then the day will be saved and she'll be the best dog who ever brought back a stick and she'll even beat that hourglass while she's at it...

She screeches to a halt just in front of the stick, straining against every fiber of her body which is screaming at her to [i]get stick[/i]. But she's a watcher, too. Kazelia has warned her. It's not a game any more. She stops. She turns to the side. She glances around. She sniffs the air. [i]Remember always[/i], the creaking paper-voice of the Operations Manual said, though it was more memory than it usually was, [i]not to trust that which seems to be your heart's desire. Such is the preferred bait of the powerful and unsubtle. [/i]

[Look Closely: 8
- What will happen if I take the Caduceus?
- What is going on here? What do my senses tell me?
- Tell me about Eupheria - what is she doing? What will she do next?]