Now picture it boy, picture the fuck that deserves the pain!
The session started with the party receiving dreams and visions.
- Mimsi went through a flooded series of memories in which she lacked any autonomy and felt strings carry and manipulates events through her life whilst the identities of any key events changed constantly.
- Anastasia had a nightmare of being chased through a forest from The Feywild and feeling something alien and cold at her back... she ignored the figure and ran forward, diving through a witches cavern but, instead of the nightmare ending as it usually did Anastasia found herself in a place she did not recognise, looking at a cabin surrounding by magma and lava with a single obsidian path leading to it. In the cabin was a woman in bandages that sat amongst a room filled with hourglasses suspended with glowing sand in mid-animation, amongst the glasses, Anastasia spied her own and ran towards it but slammed against the cottage window and watched as the woman within saw Anastasia and ended her dream abruptly.
- Ez had a dream in which he relived the battle of Eastbourne during the final explosive death of his squadmates. Ez watched as a younger version of themselves tried in vain to save their friends but he notices a difference this time as the dead become small coloured beads of light that shoot off. Ez chooses to follow one and watches it land and lance into the body of a newborn; giving them a brief purple glow before disappearing entirely.
- Fen had his long awaited meeting with his patron Drahz Grymhook in which he, with the help of the tortured and penitent blacksmith Golgear Ironbeard the sixth, forged a katana of blood and vengeance to use in the name of Drahz Grymhook and the Lady of Pain.
- Kodo finally had his vision of the large, padlocked door that Thordak, Fen and Anastasia had seen before. He saw the door was horrifyingly ajar; neither open nor closed. The Wanderer spoke to Kodo here and expressed their fear that they are wrong for wanting to be free of the door and that they are still discovering who they are and wish to learn more by wandering with Kodo. The two agreed and combined with Kodo becoming the key of the Wanderer.
The party came to the next morning and, whilst Fen trained with his new pact blade and Ez and Kodo apologised to one another for their words the previous night,
Lyren Killian was contacted and they agreed to be teleported out of
Fallrock and returned to
Blackstone.
The teleport went off without a hitch and the party, in a flash of light, found themselves back in the estate of
Xan Prayerkeep where they were greeted by him stating that, as a reward for their work and as a way to keep tabs on them, he had given them a house called
Dawnmanor in the city that, after the party requested proof in the deed, was theirs legally. He then expressed that he would give the party their next key target in a few days but he then placed on a purple scarf and, strangely, left by asking Lyren to guide the party out.
Ryra who, invisibly, had been filming the whole time, told the party that she did not like Xan Prayerkeep and the party agreed before Lyren escorted them out of his mansion home.
Once outside the party decided, after pulling a VERY elaborate prank on Xan involving many druidcrafted sticks and writing the word dickhead in his garden, the party decided to head to check out their new home but quickly changed their minds and instead went with Anastasia to
Deepest Desire where they reacquainted with
Lord Alastair who agreed to look into the myth of the Entities for them (though he stated that he believed the entities and the problems they pose were a smoke screen being used by
The Elected Crown of Alturis. to deflect the recent successes of
Aist Mages in the ongoing conflict, though he agreed to give the party information that he finds... for a price.
After that, the party then asked Alastair if he knew anything about Dawnmanor and, after laughing at their statement, the party struck a deal in which Anastasia agreed to kill a prison guard by the name of Michael T'olivoe due to him mistreating a friend of Alastair's in Blackstone Jail and so Alastair wishes to see him killed for it in the hope it sends a message.
Anastasia agreed to this and Alastair told her she had the potential to be an excellent member of
The Mirrored in the future. He then explained to the party that Dawn Manor had been owned by Xan for 30 years and he bought it after the manor was revealed to be haunted by ghosts that constantly came back to life. Though he had heard some theories that the ghosts could either be spoken to and reasoned with or, destroying the bones of the ghosts would end the haunting.
The party then said their goodbyes to Alastair after Ez assured him they would meet again with no strings attached. But they otherwise moved on towards the noble district.
In that district, Ez asked the party to join him, before Dawn Manor, to meet his old in-laws which lead him to visit the largest and most impressive home in the noble district; notably ignoring the ominous and haunting shadow of Dawn Manor. On this road,
Persicorum were led to the home of
Ariks Zenkei, baron of Blackstone.
The party went to the door and found it answered by a shocked and INCREDIBLY sheepish
Asharra Zenkei who reluctantly invited the party to come into her home, use her washrooms and to have some tea with her.
Asharra, calling Ez 'Uncle Ez' as they spoke, told the party that she had returned to the family after her ordeal in the
Monastery of Flowers and was the sole heir to their estate and status after her older brother, Ez's partner, died.
The party asked Asharra about her general mindset and she was clearly unhappy with the family but revealed that she was biding her time and figuring out what to do next. The party, especially Anastasia and Ez, advised her to leave the family behind but Asharra was afraid of being disowned like her brother was. Though Ez offered her his old home if she wanted it and Asharra agreed to think about it.
With that, Kodo asked Asharra for some advice on where to find a tailor or clothier as it was clear that the party were in much need of an updating to their weathered and dirty clothing, Asharra gave him four stores and told the party she assumed she would see them later for the
Elementa tournament in Blackstone Rock Centre.
The party took Asharra's recommendations and decided to visit the tailor's store known as
Bercea a space that was disguised by a terraced cottage but was filled with strange blue hive mind style fashionistas who took the party seperately and restyled them according to their wishes; giving Kodo a vibrant, colourful and new gi look that retained the asian influences but gave them a colour palette consisting of purple, green and red. Mimsi asked to be made to feel like she was MORE of her own person and wanted a look that made her stand out and so she gave the Bercea hive mind her clothes (electing to wait naked for the clothes to be finished) and was given an updated blue gi that highlights her ownership of her own identity by removing the sleeves from the shirt and splashing it with shades of emerald and amethyst to reflect the jewels across her body before she was also given tan leggings and a pair of knee high boots with a blue stripe running their length that allowed her to flash with blue shades when she moved fast enough. Fen had his robe altered to become a long black ankle length coat with purple trim and silver buckles across it in order to give him a tighter look of purpose and maturity whilst Anastasia had her armour and cloak coated in a colour changing fabric and Ez had his old coat restored to it's former glory,
With their quest for fashion completed, the party decided that their next stop would be Dawn Manor...
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