S173 Recap: SKODEN! | Ep116: Run, Nova!

General Summary

Take Drugs Solve Problems. > #TheCovakirinAecasiMethodology > Also happy level 12 everybody! > Romad having nightmares about never ending waves enemies coming to harm the ones he love? They're exactly as likely and common as you'd think. > #PictureOfMentalHealth! > Luckily Kirin is here to take drugs save the day night! Once she's done navigating her own dreamscape and hopping her way over to Romad's she immediately starts bending it to her will so instead of Romad turning around to see the corpses of all his loved ones floating dead in the river Cocytus covered in wounds inflicted by his very own infernal arms he instead gets to stop himself (#GoodCrit Lucid Insight) and have his fear devoured from his mind, leaving #TeamSass&TheCity to vibe in Romad's fully–furnished–yet–unused–for–8–months house back in Gévaudan! > Also Serenas is singing upstairs as a further call back to the first time Kirin nommed a Romad nightmare :3 > #TheOnlyHorseSerenasWillLetKirinEat (Ignore the fact that Serenas would probably eat horse meat with minimal qualms, nightmare or otherwise) > We first learn about what the fuck The Long Night™ actually is (Romad #Nat1 doesn't know shit but Nova #Nat20 knows many shit) and then spend a few in–game days worth of narration on the coasts of Chasla; rife as they are with the ruins of vestigial lighthouses and coastal communities that fell to monsters & kindred in equal measure. Also a ruined underwater wizard city and a not–ruined above water slaver city that has an On Sight™ policy with The Cosmonaught because they are in fact pseudo pirate smugglers who rescue slaves and thus are on the shitlist of both Chasla and Crest Lao > #NobodyIsSurprisedByThisFact #WeRunAwayLmao > And Then We Arrive In Chasla. > Nova leading up to this point had been hiding from the long night's sunless days and the heavy memories they dragged along with them but with each passing moment, they become more and more restless until by the time we are pulling into Port Skoden they are standing on the prow of the boat anxiously awaiting whatever it is that has their heart in a vice grip to call out to them. And call it does. In a roar that two hundred and ninety-six days ago was unfamiliar and easily mistaken for that of some other Beast but that is now unmistakeably of their mother's sacred brood. Hearing this lion's roar and feeling in the core of their being that if they don't answer that call now they'll regret it for the rest of their life, Nova channels divine might and leaps from the ship before the anchor has even dropped. > #FirstThoughtBestThoughtMoments #LottaCallBacksThisSessionLol > The Rest Of The Party: “WAIT FUCK NOVA WHERE ARE YOU GOING!!!” > #SkodenSoLet'sSkoden!! >:3 > We then begin a fun little chase scene through the streets of this new country we just landed in and we have NOT gone through border security yet lol > #It'sFiiiinnneee > So as #TeamCinnamonSmol takes care of talking to the paladin order, the rest of the party chases Nova through the streets while Nova chases the real actual lion that did in fact exist this time and that is scaring the hoes fine citizens of this here port town. Kirin is just booking it on her footsies (after teleporting through Daedalus twice lmao) but Serenas summons Horse-Faelyn to carry him and Romad at horse speeds :3 > #GoodCritHorseRiding > Also in the middle of this chase Kirin telepathically bonds to everybody???? > #SheCanDoThat‽‽‽‽ #AforementionedGalaxyBrainPerks > Kirin however is immediately assaulted by the ever flowing diatribe on being summoned into the cold and dark and has to really try to stay on track > #HonseThotsTooPowerful > Nevertheless, Nova keeps a steady lead on the others so when finally the edge of the city approaches and the lion darts for a gateway through the city wall, it is only the demigod who sees as the lion is stopped in its tracks and pinned by a tall paladin clad in half plate and thick clothing. But it is as that paladin's hand is raised palm to impending runner, and a deep, hearty voice commands Nova to a halt that Nova's entire being freezes. Frozen not by the cold, or magic, or even the meaning of the words and gesture directed their way. No. It was the Voice itself. That Voice More Than Anything Was One That Nova Could Never Forget As It Had Been Everpresent In Their Life Until The Day It Wasn't. And Even Then, It Had Haunted Their Mind Without Reprieve Most Days. And So When The Next Words That Voice Speaks Break The Silence Of A Cold Winter's Day— “…Nova?!” > And Once More Those Blessed Words Bestowed By Aphrodite Ring True:

When You Return Home, An Old Love Awaits. Do Not Hide.

… > HOOOLLLLLLLYYYYYY SHIIIITTTTT > HOLY SHIT! HOLY FUCKING SHIT HOLD UP A FUCKING SECOND HOLD ON JUST ONE FUCKING SECOND!!!! > One Fucking Second: *Is Held* > Okay so #Holding completed we now return to Nova's Dad! He Live! ｡^‿^｡!!! He also pick up Nova and shake them around like Jake Gyllenhal with that fucking ferret :D > #ThisIsNovaEnrichmentFYI > Nova: “Sorry about your name being shattered…” > Dadva: “Wait you fucking know what happened to my name???” > #Oops > Also Dadva (But Your Tears Won't Be From Laughing This Time): “That's okay, I never needed a name other than dad.” > #Awwwﾟ( ﾟஇ‸இﾟ)ﾟ#DrowningInHurtComfort > Anyweepys, the others have rolled up at this point just in time for everyone to see Sir Timor flinging his 22 year old child around like a ragdoll and thaumaturgically announcing his cub's praises to the entire city. Also Romad is supremely comforted by his #Goodcrit insight on Sir Timor revealing him to be a Dad™ in ways Romad aspires to that none of the other dads encountered on this journey had. Also also he takes this as inspiration to finally multiclass into paladin. At Level Twelve. A Thing I (The DM) Thought He Was Going To Do, AT LEVEL TWO!! > #xDDDD #ItReallyDoBeLikeThisSometimesXD > Also #CritCount5, #GoodCrits4, #BadCrits1, #FinalCritCount > Yeah but anywaffling, the paladins have also shown up, one deftly avoids committing #MicroAggressions by asking the first jaguar rianan he meets if she's the same jaguar rianan his boss talks about sometimes (Spoilers: She Is Lmao) > And so with our newfound dad giving their full grown child a ride on his shoulders, we leave this session off with one last reveal— > Dadva: “DID YOU JUST SAY NOVA'S MOTHER IS RHEA???” > #That'sAllFolks!!!

S173 Crit Count: Romad Nat20 Lucid Insight, Romad Nat1 Religion, Nova Nat20 Religion, Serenas Nat20 Horse Riding, Romad Nat20 Insight

POST SCRIPT: ALSO NOVA PERMANENTLY HAS LION PAWS AND A LION TAIL NOW!! IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA WEAR SHOES THAN YOUR MOM IS GONNA PROTECT YOUR FEET FROM THE COLD SOME OTHER WAY

Rewards Granted

Dad.