#Chapter 430 – Arrival

The Land of Darkness hums in peaceful silence beneath its trio of moons. A dark weasel sets his little rump on the ground and sighs contentedly, raising his nose to the sky, sniffing in the cool night air. Or day air. It doesn’t really know – it’s all the same here. It begins to wonder if there’s any wild cabbage growing close by – WHAM. The weasel screeches and turns on its tail, dashing away from the twenty-four people that suddenly appeared from absolutely nowhere, each with their arms full of a piece of yurt or a treasured possession. “Are they all here?” Midnight gasps, dropping Jesse’s hand and running around to check, her favorite little stuffed penguin still clutched to her chest. “Um,” Elias says, standing on his toes and using his superior height to look around at all the ambassadors. “Yes, I’m counting twenty, and then all of us – I think we all made it –“ “Not all the people – I don’t care about them –“ Midnight snaps, glaring at Elias. “I’m talking about all th