Episode 5: “A Wrinkle in Time”

bending the story back on itself, replaying the events of the previous chapter—but this time through Solaris’ perspective, transforming familiar moments into something far more revealing. What once seemed like absence, coincidence, and confusion is exposed as careful timing, hidden movement, and unseen influence.

Jimbo and Shnnr never truly disappeared. While Solaris searched for them, the pair were quietly pulled into a side mission for the ever-mysterious Ratman. Their detour was anything but grim—Jimbo walks away with a bold new jacket that immediately becomes part of his identity, while Shnnr indulges in her own priorities, amassing an impressive collection of cheese. Lighthearted on the surface, their actions hint that even small errands in Riverwood ripple outward in unexpected ways.

Solaris’ own path diverges for a reason she couldn’t have understood at the time. Her attention is stolen by a strange orange cat, elusive and almost deliberate in the way it draws her away. What first appears to be a simple distraction becomes a guiding thread, leading Solaris to exactly the right place at exactly the right moment. From a safe distance, she witnesses Silith being stalked by two shadowed figures—hunters with a singular purpose: to remove him from the board entirely.

Solaris listens as the confrontation unfolds. The hunters press their intent, Silith disappears, and the tension sharpens into something far more dangerous. The encounter is abruptly overshadowed when a new entity makes itself known—summoning itself from a grotesque, fleshy wall deep within a dark alley. Its presence is overwhelming, unnatural, and final. The message is clear and chilling: if the hunters fail, their lives are forfeit. Silith is not merely a target—he is a linchpin in a much larger design.

Shaken but resolute, Solaris withdraws without revealing herself, carrying knowledge she was never meant to hear. She reunites with Vero, Jimbo, and Shnnr for one last quiet moment before returning to the church and the Resistance of Fate. Though the group stands together again, Solaris is no longer the same—now burdened with secrets that threaten to unravel everything they thought they understood.

Episode 5 reframes the past, deepens the mystery around Silith, and reminds us that time doesn’t always move forward. Sometimes, it folds—revealing that every distraction, every choice, and every shadowed alley exists for a reason.