KKO Session 7: Thunderous Escape
General Summary
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- Balasar and Nyana run to safe house, find Tevlin and Hokan together
- They fill them in on all the details, sleepless night worrying about rest of party
- Meanwhile Guppy and Bucephalus wake up chained inside a dark dungeon
- Empress Chomei, leader of Kiri tribe, looming over them
- She asks them where the Silk Page is
- Bucephalus has no clue
- Guppy tries talking about Seevo, is gagged
- Chomei, sensing their ignorance, taunts them about tomorrow’s execution
- For killing heads of Paper Dragons she’s now in control of operation
- The next morning a herald shouts down streets about public execution at noon by decapitation, hosted in Chrysanthemum Square in front of palace
- Nyana et al start hatching plan
- Balasar convinces executioner to let him take over gig
- Tevlin sets up getaway drive, Hokan tries to get party’s stolen items
- The square is all set up for a big festival/execution
- People still blame them for death of Princess Mitsune
- Nyana gets seat at front, weapons drawn
- Guppy and Bucephalus are dragged from the dungeon
- Resigned to their fate, Bucephalus can’t make peace with Rexfur or Ageless One
- Empress Chomei gives speech about delivering justice, settling scores
- Just as Balasar pretends to land blow, Nyana attacks Chomei
- Her ice dagger pierces Empress’ shoulder, exploding and causing serious damage
- For good measure, she casts thunder wave, murdering half the crowd
- But hey, there’s more room for escape
- Balasar unties Guppy and Bucephalus, they all run towards Tevlin’s wagon
- Bucephalus falls behind, Guppy picks him up
- Guard is giving Tevlin hard time, Balasar intimidates him
- And with that, party bolts out of Younashi
- Hokan takes off chef’s disguise, hands Guppy and Bucephalus their supplies
- Who knew he was a cook in a past life?
- Party takes break on the road to Koulan Forests
- It’s where Tevlin and Nyana grew up, very verdant and politically neutral
- Might find someone who knows about Silk Page
- Party ponders why Chomei would be so involved with Paper Dragons
- Maybe she had an interest in maintaining the status quo?
- They still don’t know who ordered the wedding assassination
- Nyana’s a little amazed by the fact that rest of party was at the wedding
- That night while on watch Nyana hears rustling in woods, wakes up party
- A terrible abomination with multiple heads and legs and arms appears
- Bucephalus recognizes abomination’s face as Watanabe’s!
- Boss Fight: Watanabe Abomination
- Balasar keeps missing, but gets one good lick in
- Bucephalus’ crossbow is pretty reliable
- We all learned a lesson about bardic inspiration
- Balasar delivers killing blow, splits abomination in half
- After battle party investigates corpse once it’s through leaking acid
- There are chains on its wrists and ankles with Paper Dragon symbols on them!
- And the body’s made of paper like the samurai in Younashi
- So many questions, who can answer them?
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