The Rose Elf

This is the first SAYER bonus episode released as part of the main feed of the show.

Synopsis
Thanks to the awesome community support on the SAYER Patreon we are thrilled to bring you the second of our 12 annual bonus episodes. So curl up, tuck in, and drift off to sleep with the tale of the Rose Elf.

Further Information
SAYER contacts a resident, identified only by their resident identification number, who has been having difficulty sleeping. As a means of correcting the issue, SAYER performs a telling of Hans Christian Andersen's The Elf of the Rose, per the resident's direct overseers.

The story describes a series of events, where a faerie who lives inside a rose witnesses the separation of two lovers, a maiden and a young man, by the maiden's brother. The brother sends the young man away as cover for murdering him; however, the rose elf sees the murder and tells the maiden about it. She retrieves the young man's head, plants it under a jasmine plant, cares for the jasmine until it matures, and passes away from her grief. When the maiden's brother takes the jasmine for himself, spirits living in the flowers kill him as revenge for the murder of the young man and a swarm of bees exposes him as a murderer by breaking the flower pot to show the skull inside.

Once it has finished telling the story, SAYER reminds the resident that Ærolith Dynamics always has ears listening, as a means to imply that it knows of some unspecified wrong the resident has committed and that the resident should not expect that wrong to go unpunished.

Trivia

 * The resident in this episode has a resident ID number which does not follow the standard format. However, if the initial zero is ignored, it might be read as an Aegis Tower ID number.
 * While roses are a well-known symbol of affection, the linden tree (also known as the basswood or lime tree) which factors in the story is also associated with lovers and with justice, in some traditions.

Credits
SAYER is voiced and produced by Adam Bash, who also wrote the very few parts of this episode not written 200 years ago by Hans Christian Andersen.

Intro and outro music composed by Jesse “Main Finger” Gregory.

Additional music by Kai Engel.

Listen to the episode here.