Olivia figures the best way to run in to Parsley Chalk is to be working in the kitchen when the Lapi makes her milk delivery in the morning, and she's spot on. She helps Parsley carry some of the milk so that she can ask her a favor, and the Lapi agrees.
On the way to the Bakers, Olivia asks Parsley if she'd be able to escort Natasha to see Buffy. Parsley nearly drops her milk, and tries to convince Olivia that Buffy is just a scary story. Olivia eventually gets her to agree though, on the condition that Olivia comes as well so Parsley at least knows someone, and because she feels indebted to Natasha for helping with Clover.
Olivia heads for the Gypsy camp next to let Natasha know, and is waylaid (as usual) by Gunther, who admits to have been following Parsley since he saw her leave from Zahn's cabin that morning. He also informs Olivia that he's not trying to hunt the Skeek anymore he's actually training her to be his minion for when he's ready to conquer the world.
Sending Gunther off to stalk Parsley some more, Olivia makes it to Natasha's wagon and accidentally wakes the mage up. She explains that Parsley will escort them, and will meet them at the ritual room under the castle later on.
Natasha notes that she still hasn't seen Lili, so Olivia goes to investigate the Eeee's wagon. The curtains are all drawn, and there's no answer to her knocks, so she applies one of her Gunther-derived minion skills and picks the lock on the door. Inside, she doesn't see any signs of Lili having been there recently, but is pulled into the bat's pile of pillows by Djivan, who thinks Olivia was Lili.
After she's done screaming, Olivia calms down a bit. Djivan says he'll go check some of Lili's favorite hunting spots later, and Olivia lets him know she's got an hour or two to kill…
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