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La and Ekt kept on eye on things in the upper floors on Lach’s activities. They were trying to execute Sil’s plan to bring him down, finding out proof.

SkekTek, though he was one of SkekUng’s allies, SkekLa found the courage to approach him. He wasn’t too hard on her like Ung and Na were.

“SkekTek.” La began.

The Scientist was starting to get one of the Gelfling slaves ready for collection of its essence. La’s voice surprised him.

“La! What do you want?” Tek demanded. “I’m in the middle of something.”

“I need to ask you something important. Some of us have seen the way you act around SkekLach.” She said.

That statement made Tek stiffen.

“Do you know of what he’s been up to? Has he been stealing essence from the Emperor?”

La had noticed Tek’s stiff response. He turned to her.

“What makes you think that?”

“I saw your stiff composure. You must know if he is. He must be brought out of the Emperor’s favor, SkekTek.” La said.

Tek contended with the decision for a moment and looked around. Then, a little hesitantly, he said in a low voice, “Yes. I know he’s stealing essence. He made me not to tell anyone.”

La smiled. “Thank you. That’s all I needed to know.” She said and left the lab, letting him continue with what he was doing before.

He stared after her. She was right. Lach was way too cocky and had too much confidence in himself. He needed to be brought down. He felt slightly better now that he had told another, but it wouldn’t be easy to even get the Emperor to believe her. She was treated as one of the lowest ones of the court.
……………..

La went back to the catacombs and did admit to Sil that she got the Scientist’s answer that Lach was stealing.

Sil smiled. It was true!

He needed a strong alliance for this to happen. He didn’t exactly want Tek in his alliance, but he did want the proof given. The Emperor would believe Tek more since he was the one that dealt with all the essence taking and who drank it.

He wished he could be Emperor and have that precious drink for himself. He wanted to be stronger for his babies. They needed him.
………………

Times were getting more desperate for the Skeksis that they were wanting more Gelfling out of the way. Now the Emperor was even sending SkekVar the General and SkekGra the Conqueror out to even help SkekUng.

Var and Gra might go together with their own Garthim or go alone with Garthim.

There were more Gelfling prisoners brought in all the time all the more with the three Skeksis getting out there.

But on the last excursion, Gra and Var never came back. It was over four days and nothing was heard from them.

The others began to wonder if their exploits were real far away and Gelflings were harder to find now, or something had happened. Skeksis were not invincible. SkekMal had been killed almost a year ago at this time.

The only Skeksis to come back was Ung. The Emperor asked if he had seen the other two.

“Not since before departing before.” Ung replied.

SkekZok ordered the Crystal Bats out to find them.

The bats scanned the lands and water carefully. Eventually, the remains of their clothes were found. It showed in the Crystal.

The other Skeksis saw in the Crystal the remains. What had happened to them?

Chamberlain had heard the Crystal’s calls too even from below and wanted to go see what was going on, but he remained where he was. His little ones seemed a little alarmed at the strange sound. He assured them they were safe.

“Just the great Crystal, little ones. Not going to harm you. La will tell us what’s going on.” He said.

La soon did come down to the room and said what she saw. “SkekVar and SkekGra appeared to be dead. They haven’t come back in many days since they were sent out for more Gelfling. Their clothes were found by the bats, but no sign of what happened to them.” She explained.

“This could also represent a good opportunity for Ka and Lil to be welcomed, with more of us dead.” Sil said.

“Yes. But there’s still SkekLach.”

Ekt then came down with the newly made robes as promised. Sil saw them as what he wanted and La helped to dress him.

“How soon we get this plan started?” Ekt asked. “Ayuk is getting suspicious of where I go at times.”

Sil suspected Ekt and Ayuk had a thing for each other too. That was fine, as he had his own lover. But yes, this needed to be done soon.

“I must show myself to the Scientist to talk to him.” Sil said. “Need him as the main proof giver. But La, you can draw the proof up too?”

“Yes. I’ll be happy to.”

That night, with La watching the twins after they were fed, Chamberlain made his way to Tek’s room. He was very sneaky in how he made his way there.

He saw Tek wasn’t quite in bed yet. “Hmmm.”

SkekTek was so shocked at that sound that he thought he would never hear again. “Chamberlain!”

“I was right, you know, of SkekLach’s stealing of the essence. You told SkekLa yourself.” Sil made his way into Tek’s room.

“What are you doing back? You were banished.”

“I came back to take down SkekLach. To show Emperor that his faith in him is misplaced. Lach is trouble for us all.”

“Yes. He is stealing and made me promise not to tell.”

“Need you to tell Emperor. With me back and telling and La’s drawing up the proof, together, we can convince Emperor to get Lach out of his favor.” Sil said.

The Scientist thought about this. The Chamberlain wasn’t his most favorite other, but he was right about this.

“Alright.” Tek reluctantly agreed.

“He’ll be more likely to believe you. But this has gone on long enough. And I was gone all that time and seems nothing changed.” Sil said.

“No. Not much. But now we are down two more. SkekVar and SkekGra are dead. SkekSa and SkekOk are going out to collect their remains.” Tek said.

“Yes, I heard of them dying from La. I also have something else for the Emperor to consider, but not before this plan is done.”

“I’ll only help you to bring SkekLach out of the Emperor’s favor, Chamberlain. My loyalty is still to SkekUng, and the Emperor.”

“It’s fine. Just need your proof of what’s been done.” Sil said.

Sil left his room, feeling pleased that Tek had agreed to help him in this.

Tek felt weird for even supporting the Chamberlain in his plan to bring down the Collector, but he was tired of the threats from the big liar. Though he also couldn’t help but wonder what it was that the Chamberlain had for the Emperor to also consider about.

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La and Ekt kept on eye on things in the upper floors on Lach’s activities. They were trying to execute Sil’s plan to bring him down, finding out proof.

SkekTek, though he was one of SkekUng’s allies, SkekLa found the courage to approach him. He wasn’t too hard on her like Ung and Na were.

“SkekTek.” La began.

The Scientist was starting to get one of the Gelfling slaves ready for collection of its essence. La’s voice surprised him.

“La! What do you want?” Tek demanded. “I’m in the middle of something.”

“I need to ask you something important. Some of us have seen the way you act around SkekLach.” She said.

That statement made Tek stiffen.

“Do you know of what he’s been up to? Has he been stealing essence from the Emperor?”

La had noticed Tek’s stiff response. He turned to her.

“What makes you think that?”

“I saw your stiff composure. You must know if he is. He must be brought out of the Emperor’s favor, SkekTek.” La said.

Tek contended with the decision for a moment and looked around. Then, a little hesitantly, he said in a low voice, “Yes. I know he’s stealing essence. He made me not to tell anyone.”

La smiled. “Thank you. That’s all I needed to know.” She said and left the lab, letting him continue with what he was doing before.

He stared after her. She was right. Lach was way too cocky and had too much confidence in himself. He needed to be brought down. He felt slightly better now that he had told another, but it wouldn’t be easy to even get the Emperor to believe her. She was treated as one of the lowest ones of the court.
……………..

La went back to the catacombs and did admit to Sil that she got the Scientist’s answer that Lach was stealing.

Sil smiled. It was true!

He needed a strong alliance for this to happen. He didn’t exactly want Tek in his alliance, but he did want the proof given. The Emperor would believe Tek more since he was the one that dealt with all the essence taking and who drank it.

He wished he could be Emperor and have that precious drink for himself. He wanted to be stronger for his babies. They needed him.
………………

Times were getting more desperate for the Skeksis that they were wanting more Gelfling out of the way. Now the Emperor was even sending SkekVar the General and SkekGra the Conqueror out to even help SkekUng.

Var and Gra might go together with their own Garthim or go alone with Garthim.

There were more Gelfling prisoners brought in all the time all the more with the three Skeksis getting out there.

But on the last excursion, Gra and Var never came back. It was over four days and nothing was heard from them.

The others began to wonder if their exploits were real far away and Gelflings were harder to find now, or something had happened. Skeksis were not invincible. SkekMal had been killed almost a year ago at this time.

The only Skeksis to come back was Ung. The Emperor asked if he had seen the other two.

“Not since before departing before.” Ung replied.

SkekZok ordered the Crystal Bats out to find them.

The bats scanned the lands and water carefully. Eventually, the remains of their clothes were found. It showed in the Crystal.

The other Skeksis saw in the Crystal the remains. What had happened to them?

Chamberlain had heard the Crystal’s calls too even from below and wanted to go see what was going on, but he remained where he was. His little ones seemed a little alarmed at the strange sound. He assured them they were safe.

“Just the great Crystal, little ones. Not going to harm you. La will tell us what’s going on.” He said.

La soon did come down to the room and said what she saw. “SkekVar and SkekGra appeared to be dead. They haven’t come back in many days since they were sent out for more Gelfling. Their clothes were found by the bats, but no sign of what happened to them.” She explained.

“This could also represent a good opportunity for Ka and Lil to be welcomed, with more of us dead.” Sil said.

“Yes. But there’s still SkekLach.”

Ekt then came down with the newly made robes as promised. Sil saw them as what he wanted and La helped to dress him.

“How soon we get this plan started?” Ekt asked. “Ayuk is getting suspicious of where I go at times.”

Sil suspected Ekt and Ayuk had a thing for each other too. That was fine, as he had his own lover. But yes, this needed to be done soon.

“I must show myself to the Scientist to talk to him.” Sil said. “Need him as the main proof giver. But La, you can draw the proof up too?”

“Yes. I’ll be happy to.”

That night, with La watching the twins after they were fed, Chamberlain made his way to Tek’s room. He was very sneaky in how he made his way there.

He saw Tek wasn’t quite in bed yet. “Hmmm.”

SkekTek was so shocked at that sound that he thought he would never hear again. “Chamberlain!”

“I was right, you know, of SkekLach’s stealing of the essence. You told SkekLa yourself.” Sil made his way into Tek’s room.

“What are you doing back? You were banished.”

“I came back to take down SkekLach. To show Emperor that his faith in him is misplaced. Lach is trouble for us all.”

“Yes. He is stealing and made me promise not to tell.”

“Need you to tell Emperor. With me back and telling and La’s drawing up the proof, together, we can convince Emperor to get Lach out of his favor.” Sil said.

The Scientist thought about this. The Chamberlain wasn’t his most favorite other, but he was right about this.

“Alright.” Tek reluctantly agreed.

“He’ll be more likely to believe you. But this has gone on long enough. And I was gone all that time and seems nothing changed.” Sil said.

“No. Not much. But now we are down two more. SkekVar and SkekGra are dead. SkekSa and SkekOk are going out to collect their remains.” Tek said.

“Yes, I heard of them dying from La. I also have something else for the Emperor to consider, but not before this plan is done.”

“I’ll only help you to bring SkekLach out of the Emperor’s favor, Chamberlain. My loyalty is still to SkekUng, and the Emperor.”

“It’s fine. Just need your proof of what’s been done.” Sil said.

Sil left his room, feeling pleased that Tek had agreed to help him in this.

Tek felt weird for even supporting the Chamberlain in his plan to bring down the Collector, but he was tired of the threats from the big liar. Though he also couldn’t help but wonder what it was that the Chamberlain had for the Emperor to also consider about.