Session 102

The party takes a long period to rest after defeating Nox before they moved on to Sunholme. 
== Summary ==
The party spent a week in the Platinum Disc, recovering from the battle with Nox and the usage of the Tears and Blood of Bahamut. Esteem kept himself busy through sparring and reading the Manual of Bodily Health. Belle contemplated the stars and did other clericy things. 
Teer spent his time practicing his modified magic. He also convinced Akaros to wear clothes that weren't just house robes. When Kiono went to Mudwall to visit Vidh Zadh, he went along with her. They visited during his office hours, finding him feeding his lunch of spaghetti to a large, gecko-like lizard with disproportionately small bird-like wings. His enclosure was labeled as "Scott." They requested that he examine the curse on Teer's hand. He did so, using a many-lensed monocle to inspect the mark. He explained that it was an incredibly powerful spell that, upon activating, would cause Teer to bodily take Kiono to a specific location, where he would then turn into a sphere of annihilation. The curse would take effect if the agreed upon conditions were not met (taking Kiono to the village within the month), but would otherwise expire and not take effect if they were. The curse itself was cast using legendary magic, a powerful kind of magic that existed beyond the normal capabilities of mages. Vidh Zadh himself could use his own legendary magic to dispel it, and indeed he would be willing to do this favor for them, though the caster of the spell would know that it had been broken. Kiono and Teer decide to wait on that for a time, though they would attempt to perform the requested errand for him in case they did want his assistance later, retrieving a finger bone that had been taken from him by a nemesis of his years prior. The bone was being kept in a vault within the Gathering Light's vaults. 
Kiono then asked if he had any help to offer in creating the magical item to contain a powerful energy source. Vidh Zadh explained that there was a place in the Inner called the God Forge which would suit her needs. The Inner, literally the inside of the planet, which was hollow, was a dangerous location where magic as they knew it acted funny. She would need to take the materials to the forge and either create the item in its entirety, including the power source, or she can form the item without the power source and complete it later by adding the power. The former was the more stable option. She would need a vessel for the energy and the materials for the actual object to be made of a quality matching her desired object. He provided Kiono the sigil sequence nearest the God Forge, as well as the information that the Inner could be accessed via a flight of stairs below the catacombs of Crow Peak. He also recommended they obtain some sort of eye protection from bright lights. Their task completed, they returned to the Platinum Disc. 
Ephemera obtained three tuning forks for Plane Shift. One of these was tuned to the material plane, and two she had tuned to her own plane. She offered one of each to Belle, explaining that she would need them to Plane Shift them to safety, and that was the safest place she knew. They decided to test the forks, and Belle Plane Shifted them to her plane. As before, they arrived on a stone dais bearing Ephemera's symbol, a set of rising or setting sun and moon. Spokes radiated out of the center leading to thirteen symbols Belle did not recognize. The "sky" above was a gray, purple, and black void, not much resembling any sort of real sky. The place had a lonely and depressing feeling to it. The two discussed what it would take for Ephemera to be able to spruce things up, whether it was power atrophy or simply the lack of power. Ephemera attempted to update Lysaro's symbol, succeeding after much effort and a near failure. 
Teer asked Akaros if he was actually okay without a body. Akaros affirmed that he was, and even if he changed his mind, he had no concern that they wouldn't be able to find a way to do it. Teer then gave Akaros the pinecone charm from Evelynn, explaining that it was intended to help with the smell of his apartment.
Later, Ephemera gathered up Esteem, Belle, Teer, and Akaros to inform them that she realized that Kiono's birthday was coming in the next two weeks. As Kiono had never celebrated a birthday before, Ephy thought it best to attempt to do so now. They discussed the best way to celebrate it, ultimately deciding on obtaining a cake and ice cream from Life is Pain and soup from the elderly woman in Oceanside put into a wide bowl so they could float candles in it. They would attempt to be in Wolis on that day so Izora could potentially be there, as well as possibly inviting Concludion, Kitano, and Dort, the people Kiono seemed closest to. 
They then discussed how to actually reach their next destination, Sunholme. They decided that they would first find out if there was some sort of public teleportation circle which they could obtain the sigil sequence for. Barring that, they would teleport to Wolis and take an airship from there. 
As Ephemera and Belle went to another room to brainstorm gift ideas, Teer checked on Esteem, who seemed to be in the middle of having a crisis of some sort. Esteem, it turned out, was so out of the loop about Ephemera's existence as a god that references she made during the previous conversations had confused him immensely. Teer explained to him who Ephemera was, and then further explained the situation with the asteroid, as her status as a halberd was immediately tied to that. Their putting her together would hopefully restore her godhood, or at least her ability to regain it. Teer then asked why Esteem was intending to go to Sunholme. Encouraged by the sharing of information with him, Esteem explained that he had beef with the Purifiers and someone who had supported them, who had betrayed him. He showed Teer his neck, which had a line running across it, and explained further that he had encountered Lysaro before and was given a second chance. They discussed the concern of the Purifiers in Sunholme recognizing Esteem as undead, but he was unsure whether or not he technically counted as undead. They retrieved Belle, who was able to cast Detect Evil and Good on him. He did register as weird, but not specifically as undead. This was not entirely encouraging, so they retrieved Don't Worry About It from Kiono for him to wear while they were there. 
Intending to question him about Esteem's situation, Ephemera asked Lysaro for a moment of his time. She then immediately got distracted by her own questions and forgot to ask about Esteem. She requested he return the Death Gate to her, but he outright refused, telling her to make her own. She questioned him about his description of the party being his champions, which he admitted was just to work within the rules while also bending them a bit. She asked if he might be willing to talk to Kiono, to give her some guidance as his description of them as his champions had piqued her curiosity. Again he refused, saying that he would welcome her if she came to him, but would not directly reach out to her. 
Kiono sought out Esteem to talk. She called him foolish for having attacked Enooto, granting that he didn't know how dangerous she was. She then thanked him for his efforts. Esteem suggested that she perhaps speak to her party about whether or not they wished to go with her to the village, as taking the decision away from them would be rude. Kiono did not seem particularly inclined to agree, but was at least somewhat willing to think about it. 
Teer went out in search of someone who might be able to repair the skybike after it was damaged in the fight against Anghadym. He was directed to the airship docks, where he found a man who seemed to have a wide array of projects. The man agreed to help repair it for 5gp per hit point. Teer found this reasonable, and left the man with the skybike and ten extra gold pieces. 
Kiono told Teer that she needed to relieve some stress and was going to Oceanside to do so. She gave him the Crystal Ball and told him she was not wearing any of the location-blocking rings, so if she was not back within a few hours, something had gone wrong. He was worried about her safety, as the last time she had done whatever she was doing, it had resulted in an angry mob searching for her. She promised not to get too hurt and departed for Oceanside. She went to Soup Lady's house, where she had frequently posted up during her previous stays. A man emerged from the roof door as she arrived, wearing a fine suit, white gloves, and a wide-brimmed hat. He explained that Kiono had caused them a lot of trouble, but he had managed to convince his superiors to use her rather than outright destroy her. One of his lackeys had sensitive information, but had been arrested because of her. He was nearly well enough to provide that information to the authorities, so he wanted her to either break the man out of the Black Citadel or kill him. If she did not agree, he would have the Soup Lady killed. Kiono promised to begin working on the situation, and left to call Teer on her Rockie Talkie. Teer gathered the rest of the party and also teleported to Kiono's condo with the intention of meeting up with her at the beach. While waiting, Kiono cast Invisibility on her familiar and used it to scope out the house. She was able to locate the old woman, and told Teer that she thought she could get her out safely and quickly. The party proceeded toward the house, to be near in case of emergency.
== NPCs ==
=== Introduced ===
*Scott - Vidh Zadh's pet winged lizard
*Alarius - skybike repair! - the guy we stole the gattling gun from in C1
*Hat Guy
=== Returning ===
*Vidh Zadh
*Lysaro
*Soup Lady (this poor woman will one day have her name given)
=== Mentioned ===
*Enooto
*Evelynn
*Xelbari
*Belxari
*Concludion
*Kitano
*Izora Burnett
*Dort
*Yumia
*Meyrin
*Quraura
== Items ==
*Tuning Forks (3; two tuned to Ephemera's plane, one tuned to the material plane)
*Guide to Enchanting (given to Kiono by Vidh Zadh)