Embers of the Wilds: Pearl Flashback Episode

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==Flashback Recap==
===21st July, 3 years after the war===
 exits out the north edge of Trog Canyon, on her way to a hunt. Soon after, she hears large meowing, a bizarre white cat lodged between a rock and a cactus. Lydia approaches the cat and offers it ratios, which the cat accepts. Lydia releases the cat from the entrapment. 10 feet away from them, there is a dip in the sand, which Lydia investigates, notes nothing of import. 
Lydia heads back to town, meets Mr. Wiggens, and asks him about any strange cats. He lets her know the strangest cat he's seen is the one behind her. Lydia heads the cat back to the house with a fish. The cat seems to have opposable thumbs. She feeds her and locks her in a closet while it's preoccupied with food.
Her neighbor, Britt, agrees to inspect the cat at Lydia's request. When they come back, they see a rather large bubble in the room next to the cat. The cat sneezes a new bubble out. Lydia asks Britt to discuss the cat later, Britt doesn't understand her confusion since it's just a cat. Upon finishing the discussion, the cat is on the bed and water is floating around it. When splashed by water, the cat runs out of the house because the door wasn't closed.
They follow the cat which bolted into the mines. Lydia tries to catch the cat after it creates a commotion in the mines, almost lighting it on fire. Anabelle decides to consult the cleric of town, Crofter. They all inspect the cat, it has disposable thumbs and doesn't have cat eyes. Crofter suggests the cat is a spy. Cat levitates the water again. After a brief discussion, Lydia decides to take care of the cat. 
===A year later===
The cat, Pearl, has developed strange physiology, one day she opens the door and walks out on hind legs. They go for a walk, through it, Pearl starts walking on hind legs again. They return home, dead rabbit in tow. The townsfolk are gathering to see the cat walking on hind legs. 
An hour after sundown, there is a knock on Lydia's door. One of the women in town, Damina, drunk, asks her to hand her over the cat. Damina forces her way into the house, tries to take the cat, Peal hisses. Damina hits Lydia, Pearl scorches her face with fire. Damina runs away, screaming. Lydia tells Pearl not to do that again and they eat dinner. 
 visits Lydia, asking about the accident. He informs her the cat might be a problem. Lydia is adamant about keeping the cat, despite Barnaby's warnings.
The next day, Damina throws the rock at the Pearl. Lydia is mad, Damina goes towards them, slips on the water, and smashes her head on the rock. Lydia pulls her out of the water and takes her to the cleric. The cleric is concerned about her behavior, Pearl and Lydia continue with their hunt. 
The town's animosity towards Pearl doesn't subside. A few months later, Lydia comes home from a hunt to find Lady Damina tied to shove Pearl over the bridge and fell herself to her death. Everyone is outside, the cleric explains what happened. The cleric doesn't think anyone blames Pearl but it doesn't help her state in town. 
===Few months pass===
Throughout the next few months, Pearl starts developing talking capabilities. 
Pearl was on the way home, she walks beside a group of 6 kids, and they start taunting Pearl. She tries to sprint by them, one of them grabs her tail. She janks her tail out, another kid janks the meat she was carrying out of her hand. Pearl attacks the kid, misses, but fires a Firebolt from her hand, setting the bridge on fire. The kids run away, Pearl goes to hide while the townsfolk try to put out the fire. 
At some point, the townsfolk give up on trying to save the bridge. One woman approaches Pearl in the tree, gets her off, and hands her the bucket. When the fire is put out, terrified, Pearl runs away and doesn't return home. When everyone is asleep, she returns to Lydia. Some people wanted to imprison Pearl. They have a mild argument.
===Surges===
Some of the friendly kids convince Pearl to show them a magic trick. She agrees to turn some water into ice. In the middle of town, Pearl tries to turn it into ice, which causes a around Pearl instead. The kids start laughing, but their parents get mad. Lydia interferes before it escalates and brings Pearl home.
Pearl is out hunting with Lydia and 4 other hunters, they've cornered a wild boar. Pearl is offered the final blow and casts and causes a rippling wave of darkness, wounding the hunter and a boar, causing the hunters to be shocked and boar to manage to run away. The wounded hunter is taken to the new cleric, , with she concludes this was necromantic magic. Anabelle asks some questions, Pearl doesn't know how she did it. Anabelle tells her about The Planes and Gods. The spiritual plane is made up of life energy, souls, and it's tied to . There is a lot of potential energy there, and if it's bridged with the Prime Material Plane, the spiritual plane will drain the life from it like a vacuum. Healing magic is done by opening the Spiritual Plane to The Ethereal Plane, and then taking the energy from the Ethereal plane and shaping it in the desired manner. 
Peal trip and fell into the river, then tried to dry herself off with magic. It doesn't work, but people around her start complaining about the very strong smell of wet cat. Pearl goes home and dries off.
===Friendly interactions===
Pearl unintentionally sets off in town. Anabelle pulls her aside and offers her a solution to her uncontrollable magic. It is a crystal ball, Arcane Focus, and warns Pearl to never leave it unintended and not to let it be in sunlight. It was a gift from , Peal will have to figure out how to use it on her own. 
Pearl goes to the bathhouse and thanks Cherry. She hurries home to show the item to Lydia. They try to figure out how it works by practice. At the end of the day, Pearl figures out how it works. She's now allowed to use magic in town. In town, she forms Ice Crystals from the river, to the townsfolk amusement. In the evening, a group of children asks her to show them Ice Crystals again. It goes well. 
Through time, Pearl hears about staff and decides to try and use it with her Arcane Focus. She finds a branch and gets the carpenter to fashion it into a staff. 
When she moved out, everyone agreed it would be best if she took a place slightly outside of town, in case her magic gets out of hand again.
Category:Embers of the Wilds Episodes