Lunch Day 2
They were just settling down to lunch, which had been kindly prepared by the guard Love, when Keelyn entered the room, dressed appropriately in motley for her father's funeral, and carrying a large crate.
"Look, it's my new idea, given the spate of poisoning, a boxed lunch!"
She sat down on the floor, opened the box, and started pulling out beetles and cockroaches and eating them. The people turned back to their lunches and dug in, when
J-man fell dead across the table.
Since Perpentach had shown no sign of stirring, they picked him up and carried him out to be buried. On his gravestone, the following epitaph was inscribed, the only known instance of the Momus not speaking in rhyme:
"There's more than one way to skin a cat."
"But of course, you can start at the back or at the front."
"And not only that, you can use a knife, or an ax, or even sandpaper in a pinch."
In silence, they lowered Perpentach into his grave.
Returning to the capital, they examined the chamberlain's room and found only a small blue vial.
Votes so far:
Night will fall in 24 hours.
Votes on the Vial are to be in Bold Blue.
If I were a tall man, ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum... 
