I asked why, and I found out, and now and now I need to get out of here i need to escape please please please!!!

Oh yeah, it happened again. Another sequel Thursday_Prompt here! Really, when I saw the prompt, I couldn't help myself. It had to happen! We return to our poor platypus in the middle of the worst day of his life. I had a lot of fun writing this one! I hope you all enjoy :3c

Glossary:


spells: Every spell in Alka requires ingredients of some kind, and many of these spells come in the form of potions. The art of spellcraft involves careful measurements, specific techniques, and also a touch of etherial manipulation. Without a mage's inborn talent, not even a person following a spell's recipe to the letter can hope to create one for themselves.

ether: Sometimes called lifeforce or mana, this is a mysterious energy that suffuses the world, allowing mages to cast spells and giving rise to many strange, magical plants and animals.

Sarqquni: The fickle god of wanderers, merchants, artists, smiths, laborers, ingenuity, impulsiveness, and whatever else they might be interested in at the time. Most importantly, she, or they, or he, is the god of the Sarkuuli.

Sarkuul: A vast, mostly flat land consisting of windblasted grasslands, scorching deserts, shifting swamps, murky thickets, and more. The nomadic people of this region, the Sarkuuli, are as diverse as the landscape and its climates.

Toria: The city of Toria was founded on the Bay of Anat, and it is this bay that shaped the capital of Verdania into what it is today. Once a place of orthodox order as the supreme seat of Belbatoria's worship, the constant flux of trade in and out of the harbor brought alks from all over Alka, each one changing the city bit by bit. Now, it is known as the most diverse and free city in the world.

Verdania: With its numerous trade routes, wealth of magical resources, and status as the seat of Belbatoria's worship, it is not uncommon to hear people say that Verdania is the center of the world.

Belbatoria: The proud goddess of order, light, and knowledge. Of all of the gods and their followers, hers are the most numerous, with devotees across the entire world.

alk: The anthropomorphic residents of Alka call themselves alks to differentiate themselves from the animals that they resemble.

ornikus: On Earth, this is (part of) the scientific name for a platypus. They are also known as ornithorhynkuses among the learned and nobility. Due to their royal bloodline, they are a mix of traits from many different races of alks.

Meric: Given the difficulty of sound traveling through water, mers devised a language that uses hand signs, not spoken words. In the lands above the waves, it is used for a different purpose, leading to its second name: thieves' cant.

mer: The common term for any sort of marine alk, but especially fish alks.

Hali'Tuin: This is best described as a continent of extremes. Hali is a humid hellish jungle, full of deadly animals and virulent disease. On the other side of the Twin's Divide mountain range, Tuin is a frozen, desolate wasteland. Despite the harsh conditions, the people that live there, the Halini and Tuini, have managed to carve out a niche for themselves with clever inventions and mighty magic.

Dothos: As the largest nation under the sea, Dothos supplies many rare and exotic goods to the surrounding countries above the waves, especially Verdania. Unlike most other societies around the world, the Dothoine are strictly matriarchal.