Skyedive - Chapter 27, Trial by Fire

In today’s episode we read the chapter 27 – Trial by Fire – in which a betrayal has devastating consequences.
This week's podcast partner is Shittin' Bricks: https://linktr.ee/shittinbricks
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FULL TRANSCRIPT:Things with Wings Productions presents: Chapter 27 of The Skylark Bell, Skyedive. I am your host, Melissa Oliveri.  In last week’s episode we witnessed the creation of The Skylark Bell per instructions provided by the Ancient Oak.In today’s episode we read the chapter 27 – Trial by Fire – in which a betrayal has devastating consequences.Today’s podcast partner is Shittin Bricks, proud members of the Boopod Network who hail from Australia. Kat and Dom lend a hilarious perspective to true crime and the unexplained, you won’t regret giving them a listen. Just check the show notes for a link to their podcast.Now, it’s time to settle in… grab a blanket, and a warm drink… and let’s get started.
The elixir.I think it was part of the plan.I don’t know what was in that elixir. I did not prepare it, and I don’t believe Cailleach did either, but it was the first step in someone’s master plan.Let me go back a few steps. After the ceremony, the festivities truly took off. The booming thud of the drums resonating inside my rib cage as I danced and spun around the fire with the other tribe members. Erskina painted my face in the same warrior pattern Cailleach decorated me with when I first met her. We threw herbs in the fire to burn off negative energy, we sang, we feasted, saluted the bounty of nature. We laughed, and we loved, and we communed with the elements; fire, water, earth and air. It was a dizzying blur of sounds, shapes and colours. As I recall it now, I can’t remember specific details, who did what, who was where, it’s like the tribe and the ceremony itself were all melded into one, all moving together as one force. It was the most powerful, most beautiful thing I have ever witnessed.It occurred to me, some time into the celebrations, that I hadn’t seen Corbin since I noticed his strange behaviour by the fire. I decided to try and find him, despite feeling slightly unsteady from the effects of the elixir. I walked around the clearing, checked inside his work tent, then his living tent. I should have noticed right away that most of his belongings were gone, I should have realized what it meant, but my head was clouded by that blasted drink.After circling the encampment for some time, I ended up next to the Ancient Oak. “Climb up,” I heard it say. So, I did…~~~~~~Despite the effects of the elixir, Farfalla expertly climbs up to her preferred branch in the Ancient Oak and leans her head against its trunk. “Hello, old friend,” she whispers, conjur