The Bone Gnawers of Broad Brook once lived here on Rosemary Street. Back then it was, not "nice," but beautiful in its own way. But perhaps the Garou are not as natural as they imagine themselves to be, and the Bone Gnawers don't "live in harmony" with the human world, so much as shape it to their whims. Because the moment they died and their spiritual energy fled, this place became a wretched slum.
"And the rest of the lands around Broad Brook?" you ask.
Similarly diminished, defiled, overwritten. We were slaughtered and cast out, and whatever is there now doesn't want anyone else getting in. Not spirits—except its own, I assume—not Garou, not even regular people. You can't reach the caern, Huguel. But you can start chipping away at whatever is in there. Seek out other Garou, have them restore the lands around Broad Brook. Until then, I am an exile, and the poison in the caern will slowly spread until it consumes the entire Valley.
Before you can ask another question, I slip back into the Umbra, leaving you to answer Elton's increasingly frantic texts while a stray cat runs for shelter.
After a long delay caused by the bad connection, he responds to you.
BridesheadReloaded So that's our answer, then
BridesheadReloaded No one can reach the caern
BridesheadReloaded Unless Stormcat is right and we can start restoring the nearby lands
BridesheadReloaded I fear that's our only chance
BridesheadReloaded And I am on the other side of town, despite having offered you breakfast in exchange for your excellent work
BridesheadReloaded All I can offer you is Bone Gnawer wisdom from my old friend Patrick: if anyone near you can fairly be described as a "noodle lady," ask her for "something for the Black Dog"
Noodle lady? You look around this wretched slum as it wakes up. A garage door rolls open and you smell hot oil. You're able to follow your nose past a line of Chinese men—all ages but all men—to an elderly woman. She stares at you with irritation, talks to you in Chinese. You try Elton's secret codephrase and her lined face breaks into a smile.
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