Pahhu: Shifting Sands of Time 10: Rest & Recovery

Pahhu reaches level 13, taking her 10th level in Stone Sorcerer. She learns to control the Arrow of Time (Chill Touch), directing the entropic force unleashed from the temporal energy plane. When targeted at a foe it rapidly ages them dealing necrotic damage and preventing them from rebounding to a previous state. She also learns Time Flies (Fly) after witness Theodore’s manipulation of gravity, and considering how it could be combined with temporal magic. She loses the Greased Lightning (Lightning Bolt) spell and gains Seize the Moment (Hold Monster) as her focus on control has lead her to develop her time abilities over raw power. Finally she learns to cast with Perfect Timing (Heightened Spell) maximizing the effects of her time control spells.
 
Pahhu reaches level 14, taking her 11th level in Stone Sorcerer. Pahhu’s recent outburst of Ravages of Time (Magic Missiles) has taught her a way to unleash a cannon-like blast of force damage. This huge release of entropic energy reduces the target to dust, rendering it as it would be in the End Times (Disintegrate.) Additionally her protection of allies and efforts to protect them from harm have sharpened her Nick of Time (Stone Aegis Counter) improving its effectiveness.
 
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DAY 15 CONTINUED
 
A robe was offered to Ed as he sat up with a start, gasping for air. Quinton had returned him to life shortly after the group had returned to Hyssop Home, thankful for their stockpile of diamonds and Lerwick’s increased trade standing making it easier to purchase what else was needed with donations from Ilaren, Duran and Theodore. Ed was filled in on what had happened with the Beholder, and the party quickly regrouped and decided to quickly get the mirror somewhere safe.
 
Pahhu suggested taking it to Charva, but the party decided that the mirror shouldn’t be shown to the Stubborn One, just yet anyway. Unsure of who they could trust Pahhu offered hiding it in her special place in Hyssop Home, in the gear-room of the clock tower where normally only she went. It was a cramped place, and as everyone squeezed in they had to flatten themselves against walls to avoid the whirring gears as they pushed into the far corner of the room. Thankfully the mirror arrived without incident, and was soon set up in the corner.
Pahhu was at home in the clock tower, but as she crawled over and through some of the gears she soon caught one and the clock began stuttering. Taking her tools out she began to tinker with fixing it, as the others tried to figure out how to operate the mirror. Marinette thought to reproduce the vision in the book, and hefting Nyx like a child held her in front of the mirror. As nothing happened, Pahhu realized perhaps they needed a real baby and after restarting the clock ran down to retrieve the nearest baby in Hyssop Home, Nacyr’s child.
 
One dangerous chase later the Pahhu arrived with the baby, Nacyr right behind her giving chase, just as Marinette lost patience and began to rub Nyx against the mirror. Nyx huffed and yowled at Marinette and asked why she was shoving her against the mirror, and it was then that the mirror began to shift. “I knew we needed a baby!” Pahhu held aloft Nacyr’s child, and then turned to give her back to the tiefling who took her with a huff!
 
<<(Marinette’s Scene Occurs Here)>>
 
The mirror had shown Marinette’s past. By touching it and looking into it while thinking of a name it had shown quite a bit of the ‘Firetouched’ woman’s history. Marinette herself had stumped into a sitting position and seemed devastated by visions, and although the mirror had returned to simple reflection she stared at the surface as if haunted. The magic seemed to be exhausted for now though, as was the party. It was just about dinner time at Hyssop Home, and with Pahhu throwing a greasy canvas cloth over the mirror, many the troubled woman to go get something to eat in the mess hall.
 
Barnaby, Jorah and Marinette remained in the tower though. They spoke of what had been seen, and discussed Marinette’s past with her…
 
 
<<Marinette, Barnaby and Jorah Scene Occurs Here, if they choose to share it>>
 
Pahhu made a mess of dinner, selecting biscuits, watermelon slices, a whole red pepper, and some kind of bologna and spinach casserole as dinner. She carried on with Theodore as they discussed the amazing food called gum that you could eat and eat and it didn’t go away. Pahhu spoke about how some folks even sling gum around, she’d heard about them in Lerwick. Gumslingers they were called.
 
Before long the exhaustion of the day caught up to the group and they retired to their respective rooms for the night.
 
DAY 16
 
Pahhu woke up with urgency. She felt an incredible sense of pressure and knew she had to hurry as fast as her feet could carry her, and thankfully that was really fast! Tear through the hallway she rounded the corner and pushed through a few doors before making it to the bathroom.
 
Meanwhile Zug Zugger had decided to haze the newcomers to the home, and had begun to set up a bucket of cooking oil over Theodore’s door. Marinette came into the hallway and caught him, and doing the obvious thing she joined him in his caper. Unfortunately the two fumbled the setup, and with a crash the bucket of cooking oil slammed came tumbling down and soaked Marinette just in time for a disturbed and improperly dressed Theodore to come to the door to discover the source of the ruckus. Zug, realizing the jig was up ran away leaving the two awkwardly facing off, one soaked to her skin in oil, the indecent.
 
As people tended to their morning rituals, some well earned baths and a home-cooked breakfast the group began to regather in Hyssop Home’s square. Pahhu was noticeably absent from the group, but a keen eye among them saw sunlight and shadows bouncing around in the clock tower above the square. They all headed up and found Pahhu staring thoughtfully at the mirror. After a brief discussion they decided to indulge Pahhu, and with a name: “Abaka Felfarrin” the mirror activated.
 
The mirror flitted from scene to scene:

Blinding sunlight over a desert encampment

Running and playing children amongst the dunes

A bloody desperate hunt, a young man holding a spear in both hands, facing off against a boar

The majestic sight of a pool of water, an otherworldly beauty bathing in it, and then a a young man looking from behind a tree and crying in surprise

Darkness, blurred vision, peering through trees

An elven woman, seen through less blurry vision

The two returning back to a tribe

A marriage ceremony, lead by a younger Habib

A great migration, the tribe walking and riding north

The young man clutching a blanket, riding hard through a light rain

A rainy night, quiet city street, the blanketed bundle left at a doorstep

The young man riding in the cold alone

As the mirror faded to a placid reflection, the party looked to Pahhu who continued staring. “But, why did it stop? It isn’t over! It isn’t done right?” The mirror showed nothing more. Did this mean that Abaka’s history had ended soon after Pahhu was abandoned? Or did something prevent the mirror from showing more? What they had seen gave them little new information, and certainly nothing to go on for finding Pahhu’s parents.