Pan's Handlers

an adventure starring Stella, Skirmish, and Lucien
Tweet Length Description: FBK goes uptown! Join Stella, Lucien, and Skirmish as they attend a most elegant gala. But will they be able keep their cover AND accomplish their secret mission? Gifts are given! Proposals are made! Hearts are won! 
NPCs: 
* Pan, the Reveler
* Maelaurian
* Arinelle Fantine, Queen of the Ekenblim
* Robby Ribcage
* Lenny Brandybuck
*Taylor Stitches
*Barr Starr, Owner and Bartender of 'Barr Starr's Shining Star Mobile Bar'
Settings
* Random Graveyard
* Yosekai (aka the Yo'kai)
* Ekenblim Hive-Palace
Plot Summary
Our adventure begins with our Kittens tossing some undead cultists into a mass grave, hoping to dispose of all the bodies in a clean enough way. Stella, Lucien, and Skirmish seem to spot one outlier, a zombie covered in glam and gold, with some nifty sunglass, watching them from a distance. Stella wanted these sick shades, and eventually a deal was made to exchange with one of her designer pairs. The party then learned that this zombie, named Rodney Ribcage, was actually here to make a deal with a very special someone, who was revealed to be Pan, the god of revelry himself! Making an appropriate entrance with fanfare and spotlights, he invited the group on a special mission, to invade an otherwise drab party and inspire them with some good nature chaos and fun. 
For this, he offered a few special tools from his own collection of artifacts, which could be kept by the party as payment, along with an appropriate sum of gold. The artifacts included 2 bottles, one of a powerful love perfume, and the other a fizzy bitters which would cause burps that could create winds comparable to a Gust spell, both of which Lucien, being an alchemist, accepted. Pan also provided Stella with a tin of candies, which could make anyone spill their secrets uncontrollably, and a flask she enthusiastically added to her hoard, which would get one immensely drunk but with no ill side effects. Skirmish took a handkerchief covered in star dust, which could make anyone sneeze uncontrollably, as well as a piece of paper containing the worlds funniest joke, which he did in fact read, leading to a 2 hour exhaustive fit of bellowing highland laughter. 
With these new items in tow, and their god-given quest from Pan, the party returned to the Guild Hall to rest for the adventure tomorrow. It was then that Skirmish and Stella experimented and discovered what these gifts actually do, much to the annoyance of everyone in the Guild Hall and surrounding city block. Come morning, Lucien distributed some items he had artificed overnight, and the group went their separate ways to prepare their outfits for the party. Lucien simply used his hat of disguise, in this case an elven circlet, to transform his outfit into a much more elegant form, as well as touch up his appearance and prosthetic to match. Skirmish went to the Argentine Estate and commissioned the family tailor, Taylor Stitches, a 13-piece periwinkle and pinstripe suit, complete with multiple accessories and hats. He completed the outfit with the magic boots Lucien provided and got a duster to match Lucien's look. Stella ventured into town to find the tailor who made Kosmos' mask, and paid many thousand gold for an opulent starry blue layered dress, complete with subtle jewelry and a new hair style to match. The entire outfit embodied the majesty of a starry night. 
Now certain to catch the attention of everyone at the party, the Kittens created their portal using Ekenblim dust and teleported into what quickly appeared to be a Yosekai palace, colossal in terms of size and ornateness. The structure resembled a towering hive. Though every inch of the building was covered in perfectly made art of all kinds, little of it really seemed to have much passion within, as if the creators were simply making them with no real drive or inspiration behind it. They soon got their bearings, and through their investigations discovered a lower level with a dance floor, a hidden undead arena below that, 2 sitting rooms full of guests, and a massively ornate orb of light at the very top of the tower. Most importantly, Skirmish found the bar, which was really a troll with a minibar carried atop its back being serviced by a goblin with bug-like features. While ordering a fantastic magical whiskey, Skirmish happened to mention the party's divine benefactor, which caused the entire building to gasp and stare in shock. It would turn out Pan was the banished king of this palace, and the allusion to his return seemed to greatly concern the current occupants. Skirmish, of course, smooth talked his way out of the situation, and the party regrouped to share the whiskey and the information they gathered.
Stella, at this time, had spotted something magnificent up by the regal chandelier of light adorning the ceiling of the tower and was almost uncontrollably attracted to it, like a moth to a bright light. Seeing how badly their comrade wished to see what was at the top, Lucien enchanted Skirmish's tie to let him fly, and using his own winged boots, the group all flew up towards the top of the tower. Stella, rushing ahead, was met face to face with the Queen of the Ekenblim and the court she would be entertaining. The magnificent that really caught Stella's eye was the Ekenblim princess Maelaurian, daughter of Pan and the Queen. She swooned upon realizing the woman of her dreams was before her, thankfully being caught by Skirmish before she could plummet hundreds of feet to the ground. As the queen and her court stared at the party, it became painfully clear that word of Skirmish's little slip had reached these people, and an anxious silence filled the room. Stella and Skirmish did the smooth talking required to keep the Queen and her forces in check while Lucien slipped into the background, waiting for just the right moment to down a transformation potion and turn himself into an Ekenblim comprised of various features of the ones already around the room, most notably taking the Queen's wings. Stella eventually Misty Stepped into the arms of the long desired Maelaurian. Just as all the puzzle pieces were fitting together, Maelaurian teleported away with Stella, leaving Skirmish as the only non-Ekenblim in the room.
The Queen's forces immediately began a Scooby Doo like chase throughout the temple, with Skirmish flying for his life, and Lucien using his disguise to enchant the doors, creating mass confusion. Meanwhile, Stella and Maelaurian had a heartfelt conversation long overdue where they professed their feelings for each other, along with the truth about Maelaurian's mysterious father. With Pan's relics screaming to be unleashed to create his perfect entrance, Lucien and Skirmish combined the powers of the love perfume and the fizzy bitters to unleash an aerosolized wave of love potion across the entire palace, neutralizing everyone to various degrees of effect. This even affected the queen, who stole Skirmish away to her chambers - much in the same way that Maelaurian teleported with Stella. Lucien, still appearing to be some sort of royal Ekenblim, took the throne and enjoyed his short power trip with all the enthralled Ekenblim for the rest of the party. Skirmish had his constitution tested for the rest of the evening, and all rumors seemed to imply the highlander was certainly better for more than swinging hammers. 
In a beautiful romantic scene, Stella and Maelaurian continued their heart felt meeting, with Stella taking a Candy of Truth and spilling all her dark secrets and Mae sharing it with her. When she offered Pan's flask to Mae, the princess took it and promptly, unromantically began vomiting to the point where her own father, Pan, came out of her. He promptly explained himself, as much as someone like Pan really can, and then set off to slaughter all his political enemies within the palace, to which he would certainly succeed.
Come the end of the night, Stella and Maelaurian's bond had been sealed - as lovers and as warlock and patron. The latter left to put her father back together after all his wounds from his political exploits. A starry-eyed Stella and an exhausted Skirmish met up with a still enthroned Lucien, and the group agreed to call it a rather unexpected, yet certainly successful night. 
Memorable quotes:
* Skirmish: "May I please be excused? Nature calls."
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