Hmm, so Goldman remained undeterred by Nightshade's revelation? Feels to me like the slow-moving spying part of the plot may be approaching its conclusion... What do you say, Sabri- I mean, Piper? Medium, rare or ashes to ashes?

Oh no! They have Piper! :O

Quite effective power Wurn has.
I give it 8/10 from what we have seen so far.

If Piper cant use her magic without touching her staff its over for her.

But is the Wurm fireproof?

it seems Wurm has been leaving a bunch of worms all over the place, even going so far as to attempt to go through the fourth wall. Neorice, you must really love foreshadowing with minor background details and decorations

You'd think his spies wouldn't be as brightly coloured.

I wonder whether the Diplomatic Height Extenders will stay in place given this sudden movement.
And are Goldman and his group actually involved in the artificial magic user thing, or just a bit of a dodgy casino business that they'd rather the Heroland top executives didn't pay attention to?

Ok, I've been loving the daily updates, but don't burn through too much of the buffer in celebration of having a buffer!

I normally wouldn't pit worms against fire. As far as powers go, they are sort of tinder-shaped...

I think Wurm will assume that Piper has no powers (least of all a power that requires holding something), and will thus allow Piper to arm herself.

Piper isn't in too bad a situation, she just needs to bide her time and attack when able.