Swamped

You're cursing yourself for being so thrown by the director's accusations that you let her keep the scroll. You still have the translation, of course, but she's going to cast doubt on it and you'll be right back where you started.

And you didn't get any support from the former guards you brought along. So now you've just started poking around outside the camp in hopes of finding something they don't want visitors stumbling onto. You're going to need some evidence of their heresy to keep this from being a total waste of time.

If only your regular congregation hadn't fallen ill so suddenly, you'd have been better prepared - someone surely would have spoken up when she grabbed the scroll, at the very least. Then you might not be surrounded by lizards. At least there was a weapon here to keep them at bay with.

Not a weapon you're particularly good at wielding, mind. It's too long and heavy for you to do much more than wave it. But it's not all bad - that length does make it easier to keep distance between you and these damned lizards.

Now if only you could figure out how to break this holding pattern you've gotten yourself stuck in.