S56 Recap: Gay Culture

General Summary

For once the DM thinks “Hey we'll just have a chill, kinda filler session this week” and then we did! > #ShockerThat #FirstTimeForEverything > (Also no the GARGANTUAN Purple SCARY Chthonian Bull Worm!!! is not coming with us to the crowded capitol city so everybody say goodbye to Miette) > #GoodbyeMiette!!WeLoveYou!!! > There are way too many people to fit in the cart so everybody's walking with the exception of the Erekeri fam who are parenting, plotting, and playing up the good child angle respectively > #GroundedGlitterGremlins > Back on the ground we jump between conversations for a while > Serenas speculates on birthday present deliveries and Romad asks before mirroring Zaotl's stature to aid in slowing down the pace of the 6'2” gay who's been powerwalking this whole time > #NoMicroAggressionsToday #ImitationIsThePurestFormOfFlatteryAfterAll #GaysDoBePowerwalking > (also we learn a bit more about illithids/mindflayers and how Zaotl ended up Aona's godparent) > Meanwhile “Heidi” makes a show of returning the arrows he'd previously lifted from Serenas' quiver but in a way that only Kirin can see and once he's made his way back to Kirin's side they break into some mild banter about the magical items of the party > “Heidi” apparently has a connection to the maker of the gloamveil, definitely has some theories on the sword Romad carries, and makes an “offer” to share a cut of the winnings he gets betting on the tournament. > Kirin: “I really don't think I should accept that, nor do I really want to...” | Heidi: “Oh don't worry lass, you don't have to accept anything! It'll just find it's way in to your bags at some point.” > #KirinWasAfraidOfThat > Kirin: “Also you could just, ask about the sword.” | “Heidi”: “Nae dearie, where's the fun in that? Wouldn't be very good at my job if I needed to ask these things.” > #ThrillOfDiscovery > Kirin, never one for making her life more complicated for fun: “Hey Romad where'd you get your sword and is there anything special about it?” > It was at this moment the entire party realized they'd been carrying a very powerful, incredibly famous weapon, and while Romad knew about all about the legendary bard “The Prismatic Lady” who wielded Mythcarver before him (Nat20 History, #CritCount1), it is only now processing the full reality of what it means for him (who isn't even a bard anymore really) to be the one wielding it now > #AttemptedTeenageRebellion #TurnsOutItWasAPhaseMom #AndThat'sOk #It'sHardToRebelWhenYourParentsAreAlreadyEccentricGoths > Someone: “So are you gonna give it to someone else or?” | Romad: “Fuck No.” > #It'sMineAndI'mKeepingIt #FuckThePepperPonce > Kirin is left behind in this conversation as she comes to terms with the fact that a legendary vestige has just been chilling in unuse this entire time and how this is almost certainly going to draw even more attention to them in the coming weeks > #NoMoreAnonymityForYouMissAecasi #YourPeacefulDaysAreOverNow > SMASH CUT > Corayas: “So Serenas said you were checking me out? What does that mean?” > Nova: 0_o #Nat1WisdomSave #Nova.exeHasStoppedWorking #CritCount2 > Luckily for Nova (or not depending on who you ask), Corayas takes a little bit to notice they've stopped and he has to skate back over, giving Nova enough time to devise the perfect lie > Nova: “Oh sorry, I saw a cool rock is all. Here you can have it.” > #Nat20Deception #WhimsOfFate #That'sGayCultureRightThereBTW #WhatIsFlirtingEvenIfNotGiftingYourCrushCoolRocks? (Sorry, there was unfortunately no way to word that in under 32 characters) > Also basically everybody has stopped what they're doing to covertly watch this unfold and/or play matchmaker > Romad floats another cool rock over to Corayas, momentarily forgets Common Sign Language in favour of playing charades, shoots two thumbs up, and then face palms when Corayas passes the rock to Nova while saying “I think Romad wanted you to have this!” > #SoClose #AlsoCasey'sMasteryOfSevenWisdomIsGodTier #Chef'sKiss > We take this as a teaching moment to learn the reason there are so many cool rocks is because we reached the part of Lowkeep that use to be a huge ass mountain where Atlas held up the sky before said Titan dipped and the sky crushed the fuck out of this place > Hey wouldn't it be wild if Lin was around here? > Immediate string of search checks commences > “You see someone kinda similar who you think is Lin at first but nupz. You do recognize a dwarf bard named Randal Polamo who you'd all met at the Marquis' party on the Night of the Badger's Feast though > #Shame #DaysWithoutMentioningLin:0 #NPCsNobodyRemembersFor300 > Ok this recap has gone on longer than I thought it would so we're gonna speedrun the last little bit; Romad voices the urge to poke ward arrays again, You don't need to find “Heidi”, he'll will find you, Also hey would you look at that! We're not that out of place for once! (for now), shopping plans are made, letter plans are made, Kirin gets a nice letter from her mother which is much less heartwrenching than the one Serenas received, and to cap it all off Kirin crit fails on a check to connect the dots between Zaotl's ice blue cat eyes and her own ranger shit > #YouDidn'tConnectShit #CritCount4 #FinalCritCount > And That's Where Well Pick Up Next Week For The Final Main Campaign Session Of The Summer!