S155 Recap: Seven Words | Ep98: Closure & Grief

General Summary

We pick up where we left off with Kirin and the rest of the #YellWell crew heading back to the Evesdaughter campus. #LionTales split off to have a lunch date while Kirin goes to pick up Isati from the temple of Aphrodite and to have a conversation about the future Isati saw > Unfortunately these two are far too clear and direct to make any jokes about their conversation so just know that Isati doesn't want to lock Kirin into a fate she felt dutybound to carry out and that Kirin was understanding if a bit antsy about not getting to know the full truth > #TheOnlyLustKirinExperiencesIsHerLustForTheTruth >Angstyways, with the temple runs and #HealthyCommunication out of the way the gang all converge back on the Aecasi estate where an expertly hidden Gwyf bombards all who enter the property with an onslaught of #SoulSlungSnowballs > #FuckYourNat20Perception #28StealthVs27Perception #CritCount1, #GoodCrits1, #BadCrits0, #FinalCritCount > Kirin however, resorts to her own magical nonsense by attacking her girlfriend to precisely detect her future brother in law lmao > #TotallyNotCheating > She also manages to not trigger the Special™ extra effect that comes with casting unseen claw through her gloamveil >:3 > #Don'tWorryAboutIt > I've also just now as I'm writing this recap realized that this was also entirely unnecessary as Isati literally could've just used the #GwyfPositioningSystem to find him lmao > Anywinter–wonderland, we're now in much too much of a #SillyGoofyMood to go have the Marsden conversation quite yet so we decide to put that off till tomorrow and talk to Liatris instead > Kirin: “Liatris, do you have a minute?” > Liatris: “Yeah sure thing” *chucks a vial of powdered time crystals at kirin*> #AhhhARealWiseGuyEhh? > K: “I... What??” > L: “Oh they're the crystals used in gnomish time pieces lol— what did you actually need?” > K: “I was wondering if you couldn't help me with acquiring a custom bag of holding” > L: “Oh yeah for sure I've got just the thing— GWYF!! I NEED A STAIRCASE; THREE TIMES THE USUAL PRICE” > G: “Deal!” > #ThatSureWasAThingThatJustHappened #TheEverGrowingBusinessEmpireOfThe9y/o > Liatris then proceeds to struggle pulling a single crate of magical patches out of the attic space despite having a Strength score of 23 > #GlynranTrappedItLol > Kirin (Having teleported behind the box): “There seems to be quite the contraption preventing it from moving any further.” > Liatris: *Gives up and punches a hole in the crate, takes what she needs, and then mends the box back together* > #MechanicalIssuesRequirePercussiveSolutions > We then take our time going over the ins and outs of the patches Liatris has available while I lean as hard as I possibly can into the Liatris mindset lmao (we also go over why making a magic item trying to circumvent The Burden™ would be a #BadIdea lol) > #JustStickToARingOfProtection > “So what would happen if Scribius tried to attune to a magic item?” > ……… > what would happen???? > #Let'sFindOut > after determining which of the available options was the lowest risk what we discover is that Scrib can attune to items about as fast as they can attune themself to other people but it results in almost immediate wild magic surges > #TheMoreYouKnow #SurgeForTheSurgeGods > Also I'm going on the record here and now that Scribius eats magic so even if he did stay attuned for an extended period of time with out constant explosions, the enchantment on the item would eventually lose all functionality anyways. > #Everyone'sFavouriteMagiaphage > OKAY NOW IS EVERYBODY READY TO BE IN PAIN? CUZ THIS SHIT ABOUT TO #HURT > #It'sTheNextDayNowBtw > The amount I want to somehow make a Boulevard of Broken Dreams joke about Kirin walking a lonely road (to the Talmirin estate) is so much but also I can't think of a smoother way to do that so this is all you get lmao > Also in a #ConfirmedBirdWatchingMoment we see the curtains to Aravin's bedroom window slammed shut by a mage hand as Kirin walks past her house > #Glad(?)ToSeeYouMadeItBackSafe #MostlyAnyways > Talmirin Keep is a fortress built into a hill with a long history for both the family itself and for Kirin personaly. Though it has been many years since she last stepped foot in these halls, she can still see identify which of the thousands of scratches in the natural stone floors are her own, can still recall all the times she ran through and hid amongst these cavernous arches made with the grand clearance needed for full grown direbeasts. Kirin was lead to a well insulated inner room with a roaring hearthfire working hard to keep Cheimon's brutal chill from the old bones of Sir Talmirin. > So anywolfs, Marsden seeing the sword immediately starts to cry. I'm talking like bawling like a baby. You ever watched an old women cry? You ever MADE an old woman cry? Huh?! Have You?! You monster. > #KirinHatesOldWomen #SheWantsToSeeThemInDistress #TrueFacts > okay I'm done being an ass about this now > #HadToGetItOutOfMySystem #NoNotThatKindaSystemYouDorks > Anywidows, Kirin & Marsdin have a big ol cry sesh for the better part of the morning before Marsden finally works up the courage to hear her only child's final words: “I Love You Mom, I'm So Sorry” > #SevenWordsIsAllThereWas (#AlsoThisIsWhereTheRecordingGotCutOff) > With more tears shed, Marsden and Kirin digress into thank yous and comforting words as well as the mournful truth that Marsden isn't long for this mortal realm and very well might be within the beak of Apochlorias before Kirin's next homecoming. > ﾟ( ﾟஇ‸இﾟ)ﾟ > We then follow Kirin on her walk home– drained from the events of her morning but healed from the closure it provided. As she returns home, the rest of her travelling companions have nearly finished up the preparations to depart— for even as this chapter of her life finally receives closure after a decade of painful uncertainty and self doubt, still more of her life, and yes our journey too, is left to come.

S155 Crit Count: Serenas Nat20 Perception