Session 27

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This session was played on October 24, 2017. It lasted seven hours, 17 minutes.

## Synopsis

The group goes back to the basement with a quick stop for Ryleigh to threaten Cyan when her charm wears off. They check on Cae then jump in the portal where they find themselves in a vampire’s party trying not to make waves as they look for the component. The vampires seem a bit flirty and make everyone uncomfortable, then they finally get the component and come back to find Cyan has disappeared.

Rav uses Seir’s bow and finds a new person in the portal, this time a dark haired, pale skinned human woman.

The group drops items that should be able to be used to find them at the teleporter and Rav tries to sneakily get something from Cae and Misha so they can be rescued while Eloise isn’t paying attention, but she finally gives in and gives her implied permission anyway saying she’s tired of fighting them and maybe they’ll be able to focus better once it’s done.

The group quickly jumps into the portal after Cae. Once inside, they find a forest and hear wolves. Cae is being chased by something and they manage to convince her to stop running and bring her back to Bellbury where she’s reunited with Eloise happily— until they realize she’s been bitten by a werewolf.

Urrak, Rav, and Nolanos go to the temple and have a run-in with Tor, the Knight of the Cleansing Flame, while Seir tries to ask Takara for help. Feeling frustrated and useless, she looks for Cyan or Gunnloda or anyone who has seen them or items to find Gunnloda at home and goes to seek comfort with Stool. Stool has a secret though- a metallic crest Gunnloda left for Seir to find in an emergency.

She uses the crest and finds Gunnloda at her temple in Forsa, Vatru, but also meets Kendall, the halfling from Gunnloda’s past. Gunnloda asks Kendall to come help Cae, Kendall teases Gunnloda and Seir for making kissy faces, and Seir pockets a component so she can control when the arch is completed, giving her enough time to say goodbye.

## Trivia

* Cyan’s charm wore off as they were walking out of the Cask. Ryleigh’s brief conversation with her amounted to “if you ever do that again, I’ll kill you."
* The component was in a pool at a frat house in our world at a costume party. The frat guys were all dressed as vampires and most of the women were in animal ears and tails in skimpy clothes.
* This is now the longest session at seven hours, 17 minutes.
* Tor would absolutely have killed Cae, or at least attempted to.

## Transcript

[5:42 PM] DM: DAY 7 9 AM BELLBURY TIME- Dordan, 11th of Jaqmont 3Y20

You're in the Cracked Cask. Gunnloda poofed. Cyan's there. Eloise came in, but seeing all the tension, she chose to wait for you all in Poni's basement. Urrak stood abruptly to leave, and Seirixori vanished. Aaaaaand.... action!

[5:46 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I seem t' have everythin'--" Urrak quickly pats her swordbelt and bandoleer and turns to start walking outside

[5:52 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Urrak, wait. Let me walk with you" Rav says as she also gets her bearings together to head over to wherever Urrak is headed

[5:54 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "We'll be waitin' outside!" Urrak yells back as she exits the Cask(edited)

[5:54 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Out of earshot she asks "why does that elf always get you so antsy all the time" with a slight chuckle(edited)

[5:56 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "It's...complicated." Urrak whispers back. Once they reach the streets outside, she goes to stand by the horse tie down bars

[5:57 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: She nods without wanting to push further. ((are there any horses around and can I mount one))

[5:57 PM] DM: There are a couple, but they belong to the guards that came in with the caravan the day before.

[5:58 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Rav pets a horse

[6:00 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: But before she forgets, she grabs poni from the cask and waves for cyan, ryleigh, and nolanos to come over(edited)

[6:01 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos gathers his things and comes over.When he sees Rav petting the horses, he joins in, because why not. Horses are soft.

[6:02 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh gets up, "well shall we?" she gestures for Cyan to  walk with her.

[6:03 PM] DM: Cyan follows. "I should probably warn you, I'm not quite as useful as Gunnloda probably is."

[6:06 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): "I'm sure you'll contribute to our band of misfits."

[6:06 PM] DM: Cyan: "Are we headed to the teleporter?"

[6:07 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Rav says bye to the horse and joins the rest of the group. "I've got Poni, let's head back to the teleporter"

[6:10 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos just sort of... blinks for a second. "what the hell..." he mutters to himself. He glances briefly at Cyan and, grinding his jaw slightly, follows Rav.

[6:09 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh clears her throat, "Cyan, could I have a word?" She smiles and quirks an eyebrow, "alone?"

[6:10 PM] DM: Cyan: "Sure? Uh... we'll catch up." And she will step aside with Ryleigh.

[6:12 PM] DM: What you guys see is Ryleigh step in close to Cyan and whisper something in her ear. Cyan's face flushes and Ryleigh winks at her before Ryleigh returns to you guys. Cyan takes an extra second or two to catch up, but she follows behind.

[6:13 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "What in the nine hells is she grinnin' about...?" Urrak whispers to Ravaphine(edited)

[6:14 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: She shrugs. "I'm never too sure. Also what's gotten into you too Mr. Grumpy Gills?" she asks Nolanos

[6:15 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Huh? Oh, uh. Nothing. I've been feeling off since Bleakmourne I think."(edited)

[6:16 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Well that feelin's mutual, friend. We understand."

[6:17 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: She hugs Nolanos. "It's been a little rough since Bleakmourne. But we're away from that town now and can forget about that darn Kraken."

[6:18 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos hugs her back. "Thanks, Rav."

[6:20 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: She hesitates before letting go and clearing her throat. "Anyways, we should head over to the portal. got some people to save!" She skips over to Ryleigh and Cyan

[6:21 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh approaches, meeting Ravaphine in the middle, "I see I've missed the feelings exchange."

[6:21 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "I could say the same" she winks

[6:21 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "She's been real huggy as of late. I'm sure you'll get yer turn."

[6:22 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "You two have a nice chat?" Urrak asks Ryleigh(edited)

[6:25 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh looks bemused by Ravaphine's comment but turns to Urrak and answers, "Yes, we did" while raising her eyebrow in question.(edited)

[6:26 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Excellent." Urrak starts to walk towards Poin's "Let's go then, eh?"

[6:26 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Rav follows

[6:27 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh follows too!

[6:27 PM] DM: Cyan follows at the back of the pack.

[6:27 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos also follows, subtly keeping his distance from Cyan.(edited)

[6:28 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak clambers down the steps of Poni's basement(edited)

[6:29 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Alright who's got the stick man?"(edited)

[6:29 PM] DM: Eloise is there. She stiffens a little when she sees Urrak first.

[6:29 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Ah, uh, hello."

[6:29 PM] DM: Eloise: "Hello. Is... everything ok? It looked a bit tense in the Cask."

[6:31 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Aye, things should be okay...Listen, I--" Urraks words catch a bit in her throat

[6:34 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: She scratches the back of her head and places a hand on her hip. Stammers a little. Eventually she decides the silence has gotten too big to get out from under and so she walks to the other end of the lab, pretending to inspect a bit of metal scraps.(edited)

[6:35 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine heads downstairs and says hello to Eloise

[6:36 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh watches the exchange, "Urrak, if you want to apologize we will wait."

[6:36 PM] DM: Eloise: "It's not necessary. I appreciate the concern."

[6:37 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak stops her fake investigating, dropping a bit of metal she was turning about in her hand, her body ram-rod straight(edited)

[6:37 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos steps up to Eloise with a hand out. "Hi! I don't think I've introduced myself. I'm Nolanos. Who are you?" Slightly awkward interactions are the way to fill an even more awkward interaction, right?(edited)

[6:38 PM] DM: She takes your hand gently. "Eloise Moonstream. Baroness of Bellbury. Are you part of the group trying to fix Mr. Ningel's mess?"

[6:40 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Yes, I am. It's really nice to meet you."(edited)

[6:40 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Y'see? Not necessary..." Urrak says quietly and mostly to herself. She goes back to playing with the chunk of metal(edited)

[6:42 PM] DM: Urrak clicks the trinket she picked up and it sparks into a flame.

[6:43 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Holy Gods!" She drops the flaming bits

[6:44 PM] DM: It stops burning.

[6:43 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine notices the sparks, "How cool! What do you have there?"(edited)

[6:44 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: She turns to look at Ravaphine "I uh...I'm not sure."

[6:44 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine picks up the metal chunks

[6:46 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos moves over to where the fire is happening and takes a look too

[6:48 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((if I pocket these, can I roll investigation to see if they won't explode in my bag))

[6:48 PM] DM: Roll Arcana.

[6:48 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((21))

[6:49 PM] DM: It's weird. It looks like it's a combination of arcane and science, making it unstable. In fact, that's kind of Poni's hallmark. Trying to reduce the magic cost of items by using science.... but he can't quite get it right.

[6:49 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Ah well, Seirixiori was hopin' to go and find some more components so I suppose we might as well...do that."(edited)

[6:48 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh walks over to Urrak and pats her shoulder, "so where are we going?"

[6:50 PM] DM: Poni: "Push the button and I'll show you the next one."(edited)

[6:51 PM] DM: Eloise: "If you don't mind... just a quick peek to see my wife before you go?"

[6:52 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "This is Poni's fire starter." She holds up the metal chunk and puts it back on the table and turns to Eloise, "Yes, ma'am. Do you have an artifact of hers?"

[6:54 PM] DM: She holds out the bracelet.(edited)

[6:54 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine puts it against the sensor and pushes the button

[6:56 PM] DM: The portal fizzes to life and you see Cae again. She's up in a tree still, her bow in her hand, looking out into the forest below.

[6:59 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: She puts her hand on Eloise's shoulder. "Are you sure we can't go and help her?"

[7:00 PM] DM: Eloise looks at Ravaphine with this almost pleading look. "Every time you ask, it gets harder to say no."

[7:01 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh steps in, "let her be, do not make her feel more guilty."

[7:01 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((history check to try and find out where she is?))

[7:01 PM] DM: Cae?

[7:01 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((yeah))

[7:01 PM] DM: Nature.

[7:01 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((20))

[7:02 PM] DM: Looks like a tree. You don't recognize the type, really... the leaves aren't like any of the trees in Rodoza.

[7:03 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: She pushes the button

[7:04 PM] DM: For the component?

[7:04 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((just to shut it off, but it can be for the component too))

[7:07 PM] DM: Poni wants to show the component, so with the button press, the image changes. You see part of the arch. It's hard to tell exactly where it is though. It doesn't look like anything you've seen. The ground is smooth, but there's a blue tint, like it's underwater. Only... there's a faint glow to the water. Maybe magical? The ground isn't dirt or sand or rock. It's just... smooth and possibly white?

[7:08 PM] DM: Seirixori comes down the stairs to the basement.

[7:08 PM] Seirixori: "Why is it more water?"

[7:12 PM] DM: Urrak and Nolanos wearing the new armor?

[7:12 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((yes))

[7:13 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak nervously puts on her new Mariner's Armor

[7:14 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Rav puts on the cloak and does a little spin

[7:14 PM] Seirixori: Seir slips on the ring and hordes the potions for when she'll need them.

[7:16 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos puts on the new leather armor and slips on cap of waterbreathing "Neat."(edited)

[7:16 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh puts on the ring of water walking, "at least we're prepared this time."

[7:17 PM] DM: Cyan: "Is this where we're going?"

[7:18 PM] Seirixori: "Oh, want a potion just in case?"

[7:19 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh walks over to Cyan and hands her a ring of swimming, "would you like this too?"

[7:19 PM] DM: Cyan takes it from Ryleigh and slips it onto her finger with an odd look. "Thank you. If I need the potion, I'll let you know. I don't really have anywhere to store it right now."

[7:20 PM] Seirixori: "That's... a good point."

[7:21 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh whispers to Cyan, "don't be like that" and grins mischievously at her.

[7:24 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak eyes the two a moment, unconsciously digging her nails into her palms. "Alright..." She walks over to Ravaphine and places a hand on her shoulder. "Well, let's get on with it I suppose."

[7:24 PM] DM: Cyan: "Maybe I should just skip this one."

[7:26 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh shrugs, "your loss, but I can understand wanting to avoid all of that" and motions to Urrak.(edited)

[7:26 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "You sure you don't want to come with us?" she asks Cyan with a pout

[7:28 PM] DM: Cyan's eyes flick from Ryleigh to Urrak and back to Rav. "I don't want to cause any problems in there. It might be better for everyone if I wasn't around."

[7:29 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Problems? What problems could ye possibly cause? We're all...great." Urrak eyes Ryleigh

[7:31 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh raises an eyebrow at Urrak's look, then comprehension hits her - she laughs.

[7:33 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak knits her brows at the sounds of Ryleigh's laughter and after a moment turns towards the commotion

[7:31 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Rav's eyes widen, and she nods to Cyan. "I would love for you to come with us, but if you would like to stay back here, we understand" she says sadly

[7:31 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "You should come if you want to"

[7:31 PM] Seirixori: "I don't know, I wouldn't mind the company or the help keeping these guys up. Cuz Gunnloda poofed and we don't have anything to check on her and I want to but no, we're here, finding more components. Or I could just shove everyone into the portal? Cool, okay."

[7:32 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori tries to push Rav into the portal.

[7:32 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos catches her, or tries to, at least(edited)

[7:34 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Rav stumbles into the portal

[7:34 PM] DM: Ravaphine, Seirixori, and Nolanos find themselves in a room, not underwater. The image changes as well, showing the three stumbling into a wall.

[7:33 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh strolls over to Urrak and says, "it isn't what you think."

[7:34 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I'm sure I don't know what yer talkin' about."

[7:34 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Oh good. They lived."

[7:34 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "what the what?"

[7:34 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh shrugs and walks over to the portal.

[7:34 PM] Seirixori: "Oh look, a wall."

[7:34 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak follows(edited)

[7:35 PM] DM: It’s a room in some kind of building. There’s a glass pane window to the outside where you see other buildings of strange make. It’s nighttime here, which you can tell from the dark sky outside. Inside, the walls aren’t the exposed wood most of you are accustomed to. It’s like… smoothed stone that’s been colored. The floors have what you can only describe as strange rugs that cover from wall to wall. There are brightly colored robes piled in corners and hanging from furniture. On the walls, there are triangular pieces of fabric with strange runes on them. There’s a sort of dull pumping, thumping noise coming from somewhere nearby and voices speaking words you don’t quite understand coming from the other side of the door.

[7:35 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: ((History to figure out the runes?))

[7:36 PM] DM: Arcana.

[7:36 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((can i determine the language?))(edited)

[7:36 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: ((18 arcana))(edited)

[7:36 PM] DM: It's muffled and there's too much talking over each other to figure out.

[7:37 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos also checks the runes

[7:37 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((14 arcana))

[7:37 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((9))

[7:37 PM] DM: It's weird. They almost look... Dwarven maybe? But they're not.

[7:38 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((is there any writing in dwarven?))

[7:38 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh walks over to the window and looks out of it.

[7:39 PM] DM: You see buildings. They're all lined up one after the other. You are on the second floor. There's a wall around the building, and judging by the length of the wall, the building you're in is probably pretty big.

[7:40 PM] DM: You don't see any actual Dwarven.

[7:41 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh looks for a way to open the window ((5))

[7:41 PM] DM: Yeah, no... there's just no way to open it.

[7:42 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): "Maybe we should crack the door and see what's out there."

[7:43 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "I'm on it."

[7:43 PM] Seirixori: "I can... be something small and maybe fit under the door, or that?"

[7:44 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((26 stealth))

[7:45 PM] DM: Ok! You crack it open?

[7:46 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((veeery slightly, just enough to see out of))

[7:46 PM] DM: You don't see any people in the hall. It's a hallway lined with tapestries and portraits of humans in strange black and white robes.

[7:47 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((do the robes resemble the robes inside the room?))

[7:47 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((also, do i recognize anything about this place?))

[7:48 PM] DM: No, the ones inside the room are colorful, some are striped, but most are darker or muted colors. You don't recognize it.(edited)

[7:49 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((and there's no one in the hallway or any indication of where the sound may be coming from?))(edited)

[7:50 PM] DM: The sound out here is louder. It's accompanied by a lot of noise that sounds like it's coming from below you and down the hall. Voices raised in chants, you notice the thumping sound is rhythmic and there’s something of a strange garbled music, maybe. The notes are weird and the instruments that they must be using are unlike anything you’ve heard.

[7:52 PM] Alex - Nolanos: He motions to the group to wait just a minute while he checks things out and leaves Reyes with the group just in case.(edited)

[7:53 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh moves to the door and peeks out to watch Nolanos move down the hallway, in case she needs to help.

[7:53 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Can y' see anythin'?"

[7:54 PM] DM: Once you move out into the hall, you see it goes pretty far. The floor's still covered with fabric, the walls are the same stone-like texture. Along the walls, you see both portraits and doors that look like the one you're coming out of. Down the hall, you see a gap in the wall that probably leads to a staircase.

[7:55 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "There seems to be a group chanting down the hall," he whispers. "I can check it out and leave Reyes here and she can give the signal to follow?"

[7:57 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh nods and whispers back, "just be careful."

[7:58 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "I always am, friend"

[7:58 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): She then turns to the rest of the group, "Nolanos is going to go ahead, but it looks like a hallway is just outside. It's covered in old portraits."

[7:58 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Sounds...unnerving."

[7:59 PM] DM: It's probably worth noting that the portraits are all of men, and all likely in their early 20s.

[8:00 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos carefully continues forward, keeping an eye out for anything suspicious.

[8:02 PM] DM: You creep down the hall. The fabric is very much muffling your footsteps, but you don't think it would matter much with as much noise as there is downstairs.

[8:04 PM] Alex - Nolanos: He continues on.

[8:05 PM] DM: There's stairs about mid-way down the hall, and at the bottom, you can more clearly hear the music and talking. You can also see movement at the bottom. Perception check?

[8:10 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((20, not nat))

[8:12 PM] DM: You can see bits of people downstairs. You can see one woman with what looks like cat's ears and a tail and another with rabbit ears. There's also what looks like a skeleton wearing a cloak pushing through the people.(edited)

[8:14 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Reyes hops on the floor to get everyone's attention an d hops down the hall

[8:15 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh follows the construct bird.(edited)

[8:15 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Rav follows behind

[8:16 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak follows as well, hand on the handle of her dagger

[8:16 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori trails after, slight pout on her face.

[8:17 PM] DM: Stealth checks?

[8:18 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: ((13))

[8:18 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): ((20))

[8:18 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((6))

[8:18 PM] Seirixori: ((2))

[8:19 PM] DM: You walk through the hall. Seirixori catches a horn on the door jamb on the way out and yelps a little.

[8:19 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh turns around and gives a "WTF" look followed by a "Sshhhhhh"

[8:20 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak whips around at the sound, motioning to Seir "You ok?"

[8:20 PM] DM: You can all get to the top of the stairs where Nolanos is.

[8:20 PM] DM: There are a lot of people down there, you can hear. Also loud chanting and thumping music. People who aren't chanting along seem to be shouting to each other to be heard.

[8:20 PM] Seirixori: "Sorry, these doors must be... smaller." She mumbles. "Yeah, no worries."

[8:21 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "This some kinda...kinky party?" Urrak whispers to Ryleigh(edited)

[8:22 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Sh no kink naming"

[8:22 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh frowns, "I hope not" and shivers.

[8:23 PM] Seirixori: "Hey maybe they want that headdress I stole from the spider sex dungeon."

[8:24 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh whispers, "we might want to find another way out."

[8:25 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos nods in agreement

[8:27 PM] DM: Perception checks?

[8:27 PM] Seirixori: ((8))

[8:27 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((8))

[8:27 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: ((5))

[8:28 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((crit 1))

[8:28 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): ((1))

[8:29 PM] DM: A door opens behind you and a man in a dark cloak and black and red robes, pale face and fangs steps out into the hallway.(edited)

[8:30 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Uh oh."

[8:30 PM] Seirixori: "...hi?"

[8:31 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((religion check?))

[8:31 PM] DM: Vampire: "Hello. Are you lost?"

[8:31 PM] Seirixori: "Are you?"

[8:32 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh steps forward, "we ended up here by chance, so in a manner of speaking, yes we are lost."

[8:33 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "We're the entertainment..?" Urrak offers

[8:33 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "seems like a fun party you have here"

[8:33 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh audibly sighs.

[8:34 PM] DM: He smiles at Seir. "No, no I'm not.... and thank you." He looks at Ryleigh with an appraising look. "I like your armor."

[8:36 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh quirks an eyebrow and replies, "its one of a kind, like me" and she flashes a smile.

[8:37 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori waves awkwardly and steps back.

[8:37 PM] DM: He grins, baring his teeth a little more. "Would you like a personal tour of the house?"

[8:38 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "That sounds lovely. The uh. The architecture is very interesting."

[8:39 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "We would love a tour!"

[8:39 PM] DM: He pulls his eyes from Ryleigh and seems to really look at the rest of you for the first time. "A devil, a dragon, an elf, and an orc. Quite the group you have."

[8:39 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "We like diversity."

[8:40 PM] DM: He laughs.

[8:40 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Unlike the CW. At least from what I've read in books of the past"

[8:41 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori frowns and mutters to herself, "...I'm not..."

[8:41 PM] DM: He gestures down the stairs. "Go and have a drink. Have fun. And you..." he raises an eyebrow towards Ryleigh. "The invitation's open."

[8:43 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Can I ask what the occasion is?"

[8:44 PM] DM: He looks confused for a second. "Maybe you've already had too much to drink."

[8:44 PM] Seirixori: "It's a possibility."

[8:44 PM] DM: Vampire: "Maybe you should come with me to sit down."

[8:45 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh chuckles, "we have! And sir, you flatter me, perhaps I'll take you up on that offer later. But first I must look after my confused friend." Ryleigh pushes the group down the stairs.

[8:45 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Nice t' me ye!" Urrak yells as she's hurried down(edited)

[8:47 PM] DM: Downstairs, the sound is almost oppressive. It's loud enough that it almost hurts your ears. There's tons of bodies pressed together, some of which have a glazed look to their eyes. There are many with animal-like ears or tails as well as more of the undead- zombies, vampires, clothed skeletons.

[8:48 PM] Seirixori: "... there are way too many people here..."

[8:48 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "At least we don't stick out too much..."

[8:49 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: She looks around the room

[8:49 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((perception check to see if the animal bits are really part of their anatomy))

[8:49 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh sticks close to Seir, "we'll get out of her soon" and Ryleigh yells over the noise, "STAY TOGETHER"

[8:49 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: ((19 perception))(edited)

[8:49 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((4))

[8:50 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((24 perc))

[8:50 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh looks for the nearest exit.

[8:51 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori just nods and looks to see if there's a way out.

[8:51 PM] DM: Another vampire comes up to your group and stops in front of Seirixori.

[8:52 PM] Seirixori: ((22 to gtfo AND AWAY NO))

[8:52 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine whispers to Ryleigh "There's a window across the way"

[8:53 PM] DM: Vampire: "What an interesting devil... so... horny."

[8:53 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos tries really hard not to cringe.

[8:53 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak turns around "Did I just hear him correctly?" She walks next to Seirixiori

[8:54 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Hey there, babe. I thought I lost ye!" She puts a hand around Seirixori's waist(edited)

[8:54 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Who's this fellow?" Urrak smiles at the Vampire

[8:55 PM] Seirixori: "Uhh..." Seir looks at Urrak and back to the vampire, "Just wanted some.. .space?"

[8:55 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh steps in front of Serixori, "she's not interested, move along."

[8:56 PM] DM: The vampire smiles. "Just appreciating the view. No need to get hostile."

[8:56 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Trust me, boyo. You'll know when I'm gettin' hostile." she tightens her grip on Seirixori (edited)

[8:57 PM] Seirixori: "I think I might appreciate people ignoring me in Limabey more now," Seirixori whispers.

[8:58 PM] DM: He looks Urrak up and down, sizing her up. "Enjoy your night."

[8:57 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh says over her shoulder to Urrak and Seirixori, "Ravaphine says there's a window over there" and points.(edited)

[8:58 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak watches as he walks away

[8:58 PM] DM: He does.

[8:59 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Whew. That was a close one, eh?" Urrak smiles down at Seiri(edited)

[8:59 PM] Seirixori: "Thanks... that was ... new."

[8:59 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "what a creep. but yes, there is  a window across the way. should we try leaving from there or looking for a door?"

[9:00 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak finally releases Seirixiori and looks over to Ryleigh. "What do ye think?"

[9:02 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): "I think we should try for a door, I don't want us to draw an unwanted attention - moreso than we already have."

[9:02 PM] Alex - Nolanos: (perception check?)

[9:03 PM] DM: Yeah also for other things.

[9:03 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: ((6))

[9:03 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): ((12))

[9:03 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((6))

[9:03 PM] Seirixori: ((na 1- 7))

[9:04 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((15))

[9:06 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "I think the window...might be a door? Also it seems we might be a tad too late with not drawing attention to ourselves" she whispers to the group while eyeing the room(edited)

[9:06 PM] Seirixori: "Great..."

[9:07 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): "Alright well, lets make our way over to the window, door, whatever it is and leave as quickly as possible." Ryleigh moves that direction.(edited)

[9:08 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Y'feelin' alright there, paladin?" Urrak nudges Ryleigh with her elbow

[9:08 PM] DM: Once it's pointed out, you can all see that a lot of the people in the room are looking at you.

[9:08 PM] Seirixori: "No feelings, just leaving."

[9:09 PM] DM: You make your way through the room towards the window and you do see other people passing through part of it. There's a bit of shine from the magical lighting on the glass to one side that's missing on the other like it's just empty space.

[9:10 PM] DM: And outside you see a big glowing pit full of water with lots of the people sitting around it talking. The music's not quite as oppressive out here in the open air.

[9:10 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "This is swanky... Unsettling but swanky," he says with Reyes perched on his head.(edited)

[9:12 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): "Let's head outside, hastily." Ryleigh's eyes bounce from person to person.

[9:12 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Sounds good t' me." Urrak follows Ryleigh

[9:12 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori gladly does that.

[9:12 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Rav follows

[9:12 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos follows behind

[9:13 PM] DM: Ok, you go outside and you can now all see the wall that surrounds the house and the pit of water.

[9:13 PM] Seirixori: "Does this look similar to where the component was?"

[9:14 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos walks over to the water, trying to determine its nature

[9:14 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((10 investigation))

[9:14 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh walks over to the pool of water to see if she can see the component in the depths below.(edited)

[9:15 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Or you could do that."

[9:15 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine kneels near the water to also take a look at it

[9:15 PM] DM: You can see it before you walk onto it, if you don't want to do the whole thing.

[9:15 PM] Seirixori: "I thought... we didn't want to draw attention to ourselves..."

[9:15 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((23))

[9:15 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak follows towards the water, but just stops near it without investigating.(edited)

[9:16 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "So much for a low profile..."

[9:16 PM] DM: There's a strange smell to it, but it looks like water, with the component sitting at the bottom, in the middle. It's kinda glowy.

[9:17 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos sends Reyes in to get the component.(edited)

[9:17 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh walks over to a party goer and strikes up a conversation.

[9:18 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak stands at the side of the pool and crosses her arms. She watches as Ryleigh starts to talk to someone in the crowd

[9:18 PM] DM: Vampire?

[9:19 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): ((whoever looks like they've had a bit to much to drink))

[9:19 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Since Reyes couldn't lift it, Nolanos sticks a finger in the water

[9:19 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "What's yer game..." she mumbles.(edited)

[9:20 PM] DM: There's a very... dazed looking woman sitting next to the pool alone. She's got horns and a forked tail.

[9:20 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine gasps and pulls nolanos's hand out of the water

[9:20 PM] Seirixori: "That is a sizeable chunk, so probably."

[9:20 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "What? It's just water..."(edited)

[9:21 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "What're ye thinkin' stickin' yer hand in there? You mad?"

[9:21 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: She pauses "...Glad you're ok."(edited)

[9:21 PM] Alex - Nolanos: He shrugs. "Have to find out somehow right? And Thanks. I'm happy it worked out well myself/"(edited)

[9:22 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori sighs and shakes her head, taking a seat, not at all helping.

[9:22 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I feel like Ryleigh has a plan. Maybe it's best we wait 'ere."

[9:23 PM] Seirixori: "Yes, like a distraction, so please grab the thing?"

[9:23 PM] DM: Perception? Never mind!(edited)

[9:23 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Here goes, I guess." Nolanos slips into the water(edited)

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[9:22 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): "Why, hello there." Ryleigh smiles charmingly.

[9:23 PM] DM: Woman: "Hiiiiiiiii."

[9:24 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh's posture changes and it becomes more casual, "What brings you here tonight? other than a good time?"

[9:24 PM] DM: She looks past you at the others. "Wow... Did you see that?"

[9:25 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh turns around and slaps her forehead, "idiots! all of them!" and storms back over to the group.

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[9:24 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "That boy has a deathwish!" Urrak stands at the pool's edge and looks down for Nolanos(edited)

[9:24 PM] DM: People around the water stand and gasp in shock, watching Nolanos go under the water.

[9:24 PM] DM: Nothing happens.

[9:25 PM] Seirixori: "That is not... exactly what I meant..." Seir mumbles.

[9:25 PM] DM: Roll Athletics, Nolanos

[9:25 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "So much for a distraction." Urrak looks around at the partygoers, hand resting on her dagger

[9:25 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Well, what did you mean??" he says, treading

[9:25 PM] DM: They're all looking at Nolanos or talking to each other.

[9:26 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((15 athletics))

[9:26 PM] Seirixori: "I didn't say dive in."

[9:26 PM] DM: You can easily swim down to the component and pull it up to the surface.

[9:28 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): "WHAT IN THE HELL? DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED?!" Ryleigh reaches down and grabs Nolanos to pull him out of the pool.

[9:28 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "NO no wait," he says as he climbs out(edited)

[9:30 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Sorry, I just didnt want you to touch me, just in case." he says, shaking off some excess water and standing within arms reach of Rav(edited)

[9:29 PM] DM: Some of the people start making their way towards you.

[9:28 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak looks around frantically "We're all gonna die"(edited)

[9:30 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "We should...probably leave..." Urrak steps back a bit

[9:30 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravpahine has her finger on Poni's trigger just in case

[9:31 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Do you want me to keep that safe? We can put it in my bag" she asks nolanos

[9:32 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh pinches the bridge of her nose, speaking under her breath "morons, absoultely no finesse."(edited)

[9:32 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Ryleigh, put this in your bag please" she points to the component

[9:32 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "here you go," and he puts the component in Ryleigh's bag(edited)

[9:33 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): She steps forward and grabs the component to put into the bag of holding.

[9:30 PM] DM: A vampire is in front of the group walking towards you.

[9:31 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak steps back again, and nearly  falls into the pool behind her

[9:31 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Hey there...buddy..."

[9:31 PM] DM: Vampire: "I can't believe you just did that."

[9:32 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "It was absolutely so...very rude. I agree."

[9:32 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "So we'll be going now..."

[9:32 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori sighs and stands up, inching closer to everyone.

[9:32 PM] DM: He reaches out to touch Nolanos's face.

[9:33 PM] DM: Vampire: "How long did it take to make?"

[9:33 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "how long did what take?"

[9:34 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Oh, my friend's...costume"

[9:34 PM] Seirixori: "A few weeks, give or take."

[9:34 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Glad ye appreciate her craftsmanship"

[9:34 PM] DM: The vampire laughs and shakes his head. "I can't believe you'd just jump in wearing it."

[9:35 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "my... skin?"

[9:35 PM] Seirixori: "That's the 'give or take', he can be a bit reckless, had to prepare for it."

[9:35 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "It's waterproof, too. Fine quality leather."

[9:35 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): "Rav, press the damn button."

[9:36 PM] DM: He reaches out and sticks his finger in the corner of Nolanos's mouth.

[9:36 PM] DM: He gives it a little tug.

[9:36 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "The finest clockwork..."

[9:36 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos jerks his head away "what the hell?"

[9:36 PM] Alex - Nolanos: he grabs Rav's arm

[9:36 PM] Seirixori: "Ooohkay buddy, ask first," Seir tries to push his hand away and grasps onto Nolanos' shoulder.

[9:36 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "QUICK EVERYONE GRAB ONTO EACH OTHER" ravaphine pulls Nolanos out of the vampires way, makes sure everyone is touching each other in some fashion and then pushes the button

[9:36 PM] DM: You're suddenly standing in Poni's basement with Eloise.

[9:36 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Seirixori's handiwork is quite fragile and takes much skill."(edited)

[9:37 PM] DM: And no vampire.

[9:37 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Oh uh...we're back."

[9:37 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Weell that was easy."(edited)

[9:37 PM] Seirixori: "Hey, I make costumes, you guys." She laughs.

[9:37 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "The best in town" Urrak laughs at her own joke(edited)

[9:37 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Are you okay? That vampire was such a freak" Ravaphine asks with Nolanos' face between her hands

[9:38 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "I - uh. Y-yeah. I'm ok" he says, blushing lightly(edited)

[9:39 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): "YOU SERIOUSLY NEED TO LEARN SOME KIND OF TACT! You're going to get all of us killed!" Ryleigh stomps out of the basement in anger.

[9:39 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Wow I don't think I've seen her so angry...."

[9:39 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Without being cursed with apathy a'course"(edited)

[9:40 PM] Seirixori: "So... do you want to go talk to her?"

[9:41 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: She sighs, "I  probably should. She helped me." Urrak follows after Ryleigh, lightly jogging up to her(edited)

[9:43 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos runs after her as well "Ryleigh!"

[9:41 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Ryleigh. Wait."

[9:42 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): She turns around, attempting to collect herself.

[9:42 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Hey, hey, y'alright?" Urrak reaches a hand out

[9:45 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh sighs in frustration, "our party is irresponsible and if we continue on this way, we'll all end up dead. We must think before we act!"

[9:47 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "I'm sorry for causing you distress and for being irresponsible but sometimes, you can't test things to absolute certainty, you just have to take the plunge."

[9:46 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I mean we certainly don't think before we speak sometimes, but we've lived this long" she attempts to joke

[9:50 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): "I have a duty, I took an oath, I made a promise that I must keep and in order to honor my duty, uphold my oath, and make good on the promise I made to my b..." she takes a deep calming breath, "if I perish, who will stand for those who have no voice? I value my life and the lives of those around me. We don't die for our friends, for our loved ones, we LIVE for them - death is easy. I refuse to die yet."

[9:51 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "We won't let ye die that easily." Urrak rests a hand on her pauldron

[9:55 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "I understand and feel the same; living for our loved ones is far more valuable than dying for them. That's why I promise you the decision to go in wasn't taken lightly. As for tact in general, well. I tried my best."

[9:58 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): "When you entered that pool, you thought of only yourself and the immediate goal. What if we couldn't teleport immediately? How would we have escaped Nolanos? What if we had to fight? There were over 100 beings there, we could not have fought them all. You have to use your head, even when you're ruled by your heart." She glances at Urrak to as she finishes the last sentence.

[9:59 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Y'tryin' t' say somethin' about me?" Urrak moves her hand, looking into Ryleigh's eyes intently

[10:01 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh meets Urrak's gaze, "No, I'm saying something about me, but I feel like you may need to hear it too."

[10:05 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak steps a bit closer, her body almost looming over Ryleigh

"I'm fine with the way I am. Even if it ends up killin' me one day. I'm  not wastin' precious moments worryin' about 'what if?'. When someone y'care about is in danger, every second counts."

[10:08 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh doesn't back down and looks up into Urrak's eyes, "I agree, every second does count. And you should never be fine with the way that you are, there is always more to learn and ways to grow." She breaks eye contact and heads back to the others to give them the component.

[10:10 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos sighs lightly and returns to the group as well

[10:10 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Feh, some kid thinks she can lecture me?" Urrak crosses her arms as she watches them leave. Staying behind a beat or two before following.

## Return to basement

[9:43 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori turns to Eloise, "Hey uh, do you have books on myconids by any chance?"

[9:44 PM] DM: Eloise: "Myconids? No, our books are more... local."(edited)

[9:45 PM] Seirixori: "Oh... do you know who would?"

[9:46 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine hears the exchange outside and decides against angering Ryleigh more so she stays with seir and Eloise

[9:46 PM] DM: Eloise: "There's a library in Riverrun. It's only a day to the east, but... I'm not sure that's any help to you until the... thing is fixed."

[9:47 PM] Seirixori: "Well, maybe then." She sighs.(edited)

[9:47 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "That's where Ryleigh came from, so I'm sure she can point us in the right direction when the time comes"

[9:48 PM] DM: Eloise: "It's not hard to find. The glowing light from the Temple of Vydea can be seen from outside town. The library is inside."(edited)

[9:48 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Poor friend deserves  to go back home"

[9:51 PM] DM: Eloise: "Stool? Yes... I'm not sure there are places here for them. They're under the Cask now, you say?"

[9:51 PM] Seirixori: "Yeah, Gunnloda set up a little space for them. They seem ok in there."

[9:53 PM] Seirixori: "Okay, well... what about the citrus grove? I think Takara might be a little... salty and I wanted to maybe make up for it. Later.. a lot later."

[9:54 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Who is takara?"

[9:54 PM] DM: She nods. "I will try to take care of them if you all end up back where you came from. There are a lot of books on citrus and on Takara at her temple and in the bookshelves behind my desk. You've... talked to her?"

[9:55 PM] Seirixori: "The goddess in the grove? Um.. yes? A couple times?"

[9:55 PM] DM: Eloise: "That's... wow. What's she like?"

[9:56 PM] Seirixori: "Annoying." Seirixori huffs. "

[9:56 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "That's disappointing"

[9:56 PM] DM: Eloise chuckles. "That's... unexpected."

[9:57 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori shrugs, "I mean... she's kind of nice too, but don't tell her I said that."

[9:57 PM] DM: Eloise: "I'm sure I'll never get the chance."

[10:00 PM] Seirixori: "I could ask her? Although, she really doesn't like answering questions at all." Seirixori notices her bow and reaches for it, out of habit, but pulls back, "Uh, did you need any help with the town? Cleaning up or anything?"

[10:02 PM] DM: Eloise: "Captain Usan is doing his best to check the town for threats. I'm afraid there's just not much that can be done with our limited manpower. The best we can do is fix this teleporter so we can get my people back home where they belong."

[10:02 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine notices Seir's hesitation with the bow

[10:03 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "We found one more component! One more down...and I'm not quite sure how many more. How many more do you think we need, poni?" she pulls him out of the bag

[10:04 PM] DM: Poni: "I don't know. If they were all as big as that, we'd only need two or three."

[10:05 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Can you show me the next component?" she says but stealthily puts a part of the bow at the sensor and pushes the button

[10:06 PM] Seirixori: "What are you doing?"

[10:06 PM] DM: The portal zaps to life.

[10:07 PM] DM: There's someone in the center of the image, a dark cloak with a hood pulled down so you can't make out any features.

[10:07 PM] DM: They're moving from corner to corner through an empty alley.

[10:07 PM] DM: In the distance, over the hooded figure's shoulder, you can see someone uneasily glancing around as they hurry down the alley, away from the person in the center.

[10:07 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine instantly regrets it. "I'm...I'm so sorry. I didn't know what it was going to show"

[10:08 PM] DM: The hooded figure stops as the fleeing person reaches a dead end.

[10:08 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Do...do you want me to turn it off?"

[10:08 PM] DM: The person taps some bricks in a particular order and the wall opens to let them through.

[10:08 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori grits her teeth, her focus only on the portal, "You could have asked!"

[10:09 PM] DM: The hooded figure watches, then crouches down and pulls a notebook out. You see a pale, feminine hand using the pen.

[10:10 PM] DM: They write down a note about how to open the passage, then dart away down another alley. When they reach a crowded road, they blend in, pulling the hood down to reveal a pale-skinned human woman, slight with short, black hair.

[10:10 PM] DM: She merges with the crowd, though the 'camera' still follows her.

[10:10 PM] Seirixori: "I don't know who that is," she mumbles.

[10:11 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Woah what's happening in here?Another component already?"

[10:11 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine gets startled and pushes the button accidentally

[10:11 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori turns around quickly, "No." and leaves.

[10:11 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Um. Ok?"

[10:12 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh enters the room, pulling the component out. She stops, "What the..."

[10:12 PM] DM: The portal vanishes as Ravaphine pushes the button.

[10:13 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Who was that woman?"

[10:13 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "I'm not sure. I may have upset Seir by scanning her bow without asking"

[10:14 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak sighs

[10:15 PM] DM: Eloise: "Is it somebody she knows?"

[10:15 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "I think it might be her mother"

[10:16 PM] DM: She's holding the hairclip and bracelet of her wife and child.

[10:17 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "It's her mother's bow but...I don't think that was her."

[10:17 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Interesting"

[10:18 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I know teiflings can come outta nowhere, but I didn't see any kinda 'family connection', if y'know what I mean."(edited)

[10:18 PM] DM: Eloise looks at the items in her hand. "Does that mean that it won't always work?"

[10:18 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak looks to Eloise "They getcha...close."(edited)

[10:19 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Hey Poni, can you show us the vampire house again?" she says as she pushes the button

[10:19 PM] DM: Poni: "Don't we have better things to do?"

[10:20 PM] DM: Eloise: "But if it's not showing her mother... could the magic wear off? Could they be lost to me?"

[10:21 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I uh...I don't have the answer t' that I'm afraid...."

[10:21 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "We will get them back as soon as we can"

[10:22 PM] DM: Her eyes water and she bites her lip a little.

[10:23 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Whoa there uh...please don't...cry..." Urrak moves to hug Eloise but stops halfway through(edited)

[10:26 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak looks back to Eloise quickly, trying hard to meet her eyes. "We'll get them back as soon as we can. I promise ye."(edited)

[10:23 PM] Seirixori: "Ravaphine, use the bow."

[10:24 PM] DM: You hear the voice coming from upstairs.

[10:24 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak looks up towards the noise

[10:25 PM] Seirixori: Seir peeks over the hole in the floor, "Ravaphine."

[10:26 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "are you sure?"

[10:27 PM] Seirixori: "No." She pulls back and makes her way back down. "But do it anyway."

[10:28 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine nods to Seir. "Okay." She scans the bow and pushes the button

[10:28 PM] DM: The portal flashes to life again with the woman in the center.

[10:29 PM] DM: She ducks into another alley.

[10:30 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "What do you want to do, Seir?"

[10:31 PM] DM: She's looking over her shoulder constantly, making sure she isn't being followed as she hops fences and ducks around corners to lose any tails.

[10:32 PM] Seirixori: ((18 perc))(edited)

[10:33 PM] DM: There is something familiar to how she's moving... but sneaks are sneaks. There's not really anything unique about it.

[10:35 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori growls a little and takes the bow from Ravaphine, "Let's just focus on the components."

[10:36 PM] DM: She ducks into a doorway.

[10:36 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine jumps a little

[10:36 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: She pushes the button to turn it off

[10:46 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "You know, this makes me realize something... If we get separated or something, we have no way of finding each other."

[10:47 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Yer right, Nolanos..." Urrak thinks a moment "Poni says it's somethin'...close to ye right? Somethin' personal?"

[10:48 PM] DM: Poni: "Yes, finally something gets through that thick orc skull."

[10:48 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I almost forgot y'talked..."

[10:48 PM] Seirixori: "I will break you when we're done."

[10:48 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak places her dagger on the table near Eloise. Once it's off her bandolier, you can see it's much to small for her to actually  use in combat.(edited)

[10:49 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "There, that should do..."

[10:50 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori pulls out a mishapen wooden figure and places it next to Urrak's dagger, "We couldn't have thought of this before Gunnloda left," she mutters.

[10:51 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine goes into her pack and takes out a book of lore. She places it on the table

[10:52 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos digs through his bag and pulls out his tinkering tools. From the kit, he pulls out a small screwdriver that looks a lot older than the rest of the tools in the kit, a lot more worn. He places it on the table and returns the kit to his pack.

[10:53 PM] DM: Eloise: "It does seem prudent."

[10:55 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Would we also be able to have a token of yours, Cae's, and your daughter's, Eloise? Just in case we get separated again"

[10:55 PM] DM: Eloise: "Why would you need something of mine? I'm not going in the portal."

[10:56 PM] Seirixori: "You could get teleported again. We do from time to time, as you've seen."(edited)

[10:56 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "I'm just always worried with us getting poofed unwillingly"

[10:56 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "You've already been transported by it, it would mostly be a precaution."

[10:56 PM] Seirixori: ((9))

[10:57 PM] DM: Eloise: "None of the other people who have been returned have disappeared."

[10:58 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "You have a fair point. I apologize for overstepping"(edited)

[11:00 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Ravaphine...what are ye...?" she trails off, and places hands on her hips

[11:02 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "We just want to be as prepared as possible, given the circumstances"

[11:02 PM] DM: Eloise sighs. "I know what you're trying to do."

[11:02 PM] Seirixori: "We aren't exactly subtle... at anything."

[11:02 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine sighs

[11:03 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "You two...seriously?"

[11:03 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "You tried,"Nolanos mutters, lightly patting Ravaphine's back

[11:03 PM] DM: She looks at the things in her hands then sets them on the counter. "I can't stop you from doing what you will and... maybe you'll be able to focus better once it's done."

[11:04 PM] Seirixori: "Better than dealing with this," Seirixori says while placing the bow behind something.

[11:04 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine hugs Eloise

[11:05 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak puffs some air through her nose and looks down at the objects

[11:06 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine hands poni to Urrak

[11:06 PM] DM: Poni grumbles.

[11:08 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "...Thanks..." She flits her eyes to Eloise. She takes a breath and bites her lip "Sorry about this." Quickly she rushes forward, grabs the bracelet, presses the button,  and jumps head first into the portal(edited)

[11:08 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "We'll be safe! Bye Eloise!" Ravaphine also jumps in

[11:08 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "U-Urrak!!" Nolanos runs after her

[11:09 PM] Seirixori: "This is probably the stupidest idea. Like they all are." Seirixori sighs. "Are you sure you want to watch this?"

[11:09 PM] DM: Just before you put Poni through, you did notice that the scene had changed. She was on the move and quickly. As you go through, the image changes to a forest.

[11:09 PM] DM: Eloise: "I'm not leaving this room."

[11:11 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori hesitates, goes to grab her bow, "I think I might be grateful my mother sent me away..." and finally goes in.

[11:11 PM] DM: You see forest.

[11:12 PM] DM: Perception?

[11:12 PM] Seirixori: ((18))

[11:12 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((14))

[11:12 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: ((17))(edited)

[11:13 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((7))

[11:13 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Guys...I hear what I'm pretty sure are...well...wolves."

[11:14 PM] Seirixori: "She was running right? I'm betting that's who they're chasing."

[11:14 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Please be regular wolves..."

[11:14 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: ((survival for tracks?))

[11:15 PM] DM: Yeah.

[11:15 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: ((6))

[11:15 PM] DM: But... they're at a distance, so the likelihood that you're standing on the trail is... yeah. No. lol

[11:15 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: ((I meant like people tracks))

[11:15 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((any idea which way she went?))

[11:15 PM] Seirixori: "I think I have a better idea." Seirixori says and shifts into a dire wolf.

[11:16 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "You are one smart cookie, Seir"

[11:16 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak places the bracelet in front of Seirixiori's nose

[11:16 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori sniffs at it.

[11:18 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori hesitates and whines a little, but takes off semi-slowly towards the sound.

[11:18 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine follows the wolf

[11:18 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak follows her, drawing her greatsword as she walks(edited)

[11:19 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos follows as well, trying to stealth as he follows

[11:19 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((12))

[11:20 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori stops.

[11:20 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Is she in the brush near here?"

[11:20 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Rav hides behind a tree

[11:20 PM] DM: Stealth and Perception if you want it

[11:21 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((23 perc))(edited)

[11:21 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: ((13 perc)

[11:21 PM] Seirixori: ((21 perc))(edited)

[11:21 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((11 perc))

[11:21 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: ((21 stealth))

[11:21 PM] DM: Rav and Seir both hear something moving swiftly through the underbrush towards you.

[11:23 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori turns towards the sound quickly and waits.

[11:24 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak sees Seirixiori turn around from her hiding place behind a tree and tightky grips her sword

[11:24 PM] DM: An elf, Cae from what you can tell, bursts through some of the undergrowth, comes face to face with the wolf, and takes a quick turn to the side.

[11:24 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "That was her!" Urrak jumps out of the brush

[11:25 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "CAE! WAIT!"

[11:25 PM] Alex - Nolanos: he follows her

[11:25 PM] DM: You also hear a lot more noise coming from behind where she was.

[11:25 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I don't think she's alone, gang!" Urrak yells back as she follows Cae(edited)

[11:26 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Quick let's run and follow her but stay close. She might mistake us for the enemy" Rav says and also runs after Cae

[11:27 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori drops the wolf form and grabs her staff, making a motion to the ground where Cae came from "Time for some spikes... I think." and casts Spike growth on the ground. before following the rest.

[11:28 PM] DM: Ok!

[11:29 PM] DM: Cae takes another turn around a tree, trying to lose all the new followers.

[11:31 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "CAE! We're here to help!! Please trust us!"

[11:31 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((11))

[11:31 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine shouts in Elvish "Cae! We are trying to help you and Eloise. We want to bring you home and mean no harm"

[11:32 PM] DM: Cae: "If you are friendly, you should run faster. You don't want to meet them!"

[11:32 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: She continues while running, "We come from Bellbury"

[11:32 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: The thought that she hadn't heard elvish in years comes and goes through Urrak's head as she continues to follow Cae(edited)

[11:32 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori also casts entangle on the ground behind them when she gets the chance.

[11:33 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Aye! We're employed by Eloise!"

[11:34 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine casts web anchored between the trees to try to trap the others

[11:34 PM] Seirixori: "Uh by the way, they aren't normal wolves!"

[11:34 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "OH GOOD."

[11:34 PM] DM: Cae leaps over a bush and you hear a yelp and falling stones.(edited)

[11:36 PM] Seirixori: "Damn it," pushes forward to see if she can see what happened.

[11:36 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Cae!" Urrak follows close, looking to see what happened

[11:36 PM] DM: On the other side of the bush is a steep embankment that Cae tumbled down.

[11:37 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Hold on!" Urrak tucks and rolls down the hill

[11:37 PM] DM: You can try to run down with an Athletics check.

[11:37 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: ((nat 1 = 6))

[11:38 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos quickly pulls out a rope and a piton and anchors the rope to the ground

[11:38 PM] Seirixori: "Please tell her not to be scared of a giant spider ok, great!" And shifts into a giant spider making her way down the embankment.

[11:38 PM] DM: Urrak only takes 2 points of damage from the fall, but she's at the bottom. Cae's looking like she's about to get up and run again.

[11:38 PM] DM: Seir can climb down with no problem.

[11:38 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Cae, wait." Urrak struggles to get up in her new armor

[11:38 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Once it's secure, he goes down to get the fallen friends

[11:38 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: She holds out the bracelet, breath heavy

[11:38 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Eloise...She's lookin' for ye..."

[11:39 PM] DM: Cae looks back up frantically. "It doesn't matter where you come from. If they catch us, we're dead."

[11:39 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Cae please slow down! We will get home instananeously if you just slow down"

[11:39 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Like the elf said, we have a way t' get out quickly"(edited)

[11:39 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine uses the rope to also get down

[11:39 PM] DM: Both of you Athletics with advantage.

[11:39 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((14 ath))

[11:40 PM] Alex - Nolanos: ((15))

[11:40 PM] DM: It takes you several anxiety-inducing seconds, but you manage to get down without issue.

[11:40 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Quickly, everyone! Touch!" Urrak holds a hand out to Cae "Please trust us..."

[11:41 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine grabs onto Urrak's shoulder and reaches out for Nolanos(edited)

[11:41 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos reaches for Serixori's leg(?) and Rav's hand(edited)

[11:41 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori shifts back and puts her hand on Urrak's shoulder.

[11:42 PM] DM: You hear a howl from above and Cae looks like she's about to run for it again, but she takes Urrak's hand.

[11:42 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak presses the button

[11:42 PM] DM: You all appear in Poni's basement.

[11:42 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Holy shit..."

[11:42 PM] Seirixori: "That was the most stressful five minutes."

[11:42 PM] DM: Cae looks around. "What... happened?"

[11:42 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine sits on the ground, out of breath

[11:43 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Literally. Oh my god."(edited)

[11:43 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "We have a way t' teleport, it's a long story, but...We're back in Bellbury. You're safe."

[11:43 PM] DM: Eloise pushes forward past Nolanos. "Cae?"

[11:44 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak smiles as she tries to catch her breath

[11:44 PM] Seirixori: "Ryleigh is going to yell at us again."

[11:44 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Right. I'll just... Bye."

[11:44 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "It'll be worth it"

[11:44 PM] DM: Cae moves towards her and goes to throw her arms up around Eloise, but she hisses in pain when she lifts her arm. You see now that one of her arms has a tear in her shirt and blood seeping through the cloth.

[11:46 PM] DM: Cae looks down at her arm in confusion, then in fear. Her eyes widen and her face goes pale. "No....Ellie... I-- I'm so sorry."

[11:45 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "She can take it up with me." Urraks smile breaks as she sees the wound. "S-Seir, can you help 'er?"

[11:45 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos backs to the exit and waits for the others to come with him once everything is settled.(edited)

[11:46 PM] Seirixori: "Oh! Hey, uh..." Seirixori walks up to Cae and goes to place her hand on the wound, "Um, can I?"

[11:47 PM] DM: Cae: She nods toward Seir, but she looks like she's on the verge of tears.

[11:48 PM] Seirixori: ((9 cure wounds))

[11:48 PM] DM: Eloise steps up and kisses Cae. "Don't apologize. You're home."

[11:48 PM] Seirixori: "What's wrong?"

[11:49 PM] DM: Cae: "It... it must've got me."(edited)

[11:50 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Seir...y'said that those wolves weren't ordinary. What did ye mean exactly?"

[11:51 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "they weren't werewolves, were they?"(edited)

[11:53 PM] DM: Cae's only looking at Eloise, her tears finally falling.

Eloise: "Werewolves?"

Cae nods.

Eloise: "Can any of you fix it? Isn't there something that can be done?"

[11:53 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((do I know anything about werewolves?))

[11:54 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "We know a healer. We'll find her an-an-an help me fix all of this..." Urrak starts to sweat a bit

[11:54 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((12 medicine))

[11:54 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "There's got to be a fix to this"

[11:55 PM] DM: Medicine- you can see she's still hurt from her fall, and though the wound has stopped bleeding, you can see where there was a definite bite on her arm.

[11:55 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "We need t' find Gunnloda."

[11:55 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Seirixori, you said you spoke to Takara, right? What is she the goddess of? Maybe she can help?

[11:55 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori huffs, "I'll be back." and takes off.

[11:56 PM] DM: Eloise: "I'm so sorry, Cae. I should've let them come after you sooner."

[11:56 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Did ye just say Takara?"

[11:57 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Yeah, she mentioned it earlier, I figure it could be a big lead"(edited)

[11:58 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Ain't that some kinda goddess or somethin'? You sayin' she talks to gods on the regular?"

[11:58 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Apparently"

[11:59 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Well then..."

[12:00 AM] Alex - Nolanos: "Right?"

[12:01 AM] DM: Eloise and Cae are just crying on each other over to the side of the room.

[12:01 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I feel like we should leave them be fer now..."(edited)

[12:02 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Rav looks across the room and nods in agreement

[12:02 AM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos is already by the exit so he quietly heads upstairs

[12:03 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine looks to the couple and the  heads upstairs too

[12:02 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "I just wish I knew about werewolves..." she says with so much resentment in her voice. "How have I never studied them"

[12:04 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I've never come a'cross 'em before so I don't blame ye."(edited)

[12:04 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((can I go to the temple and look them up?))

[12:04 AM] Alex - Nolanos: "I thought they were just a myth..."(edited)

[12:05 AM] DM: You can try.

[12:05 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "I'm going to go to the temple and try to find any books on them. Would you both like to come?"(edited)

[12:06 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I guess Seirixiori has this as covered as it can be..."

[12:07 AM] Alex - Nolanos: "Theres no other place I can think to be."

[12:07 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Let me borrow Poni for a moment"

[12:07 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak hands him over

[12:07 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Rav takes Poni from Urrak. "Poni, can you think of anything to help cure a werewolf bite or scratch?"(edited)

[12:09 AM] DM: Poni: "There were cases of it cured with a curse removal spell.... Not always."

[12:10 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Do ye know it? Rav here's good with spells."

[12:10 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Where can I learn them? Do you have any spell scrolls or books in your basement?"

[12:11 AM] DM: Poni: "Don't throw me, remember I only have the one crystal left, but the best option here would probably be to kill her and be done with it."

[12:11 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Poni, y' rat bastard, come on!"(edited)

[12:11 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine holds in a scream

[12:12 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Please, poni. From one spellcaster to another" she pleads with desperation in her voice(edited)

[12:13 AM] DM: Poni: "The werepeople we had here... they became too powerful for the curse removal. There was a country-wide eradication. They were all killed. Every last one. You think things've changed since then?"

[12:14 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "There's gotta be somethin', Poni!"(edited)

[12:14 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: She drops to her knees, feeling completely useless in this situation. "We need to find a spell scroll"

[12:15 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "There might be some in that temple we saw when we first poofed here."

[12:15 AM] DM: Poni: "It's not one I knew. It's not one I had. The best you could do is send word for a wizard to the college."

[12:15 AM] DM: Poni: "I'm -- I was a conjurer, not an abjurer."

[12:16 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Let's go to the temple first and then find a wizard college"

[12:16 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine starts sprinting to the temple

[12:16 AM] DM: Poni: "The College is days of travel away."

[12:17 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "H-hold on, Rav" Urrak follows her

[12:20 AM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos follows as well. As he runs, he remembers, "The college I went to in Ardabeh was close to a magical college. If there's a way we can teleport there, we might be able to get help."

[12:21 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "We'd need something there to home in on. Like how Poni locks on the the components. I don't think it works that way."(edited)

[12:22 AM] DM: As you guys rush towards the temple, you see the other steel-clad person that had showed up in the caravan leaving it.

[12:23 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine enters the temple

[12:24 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "That guy looks familiar, eh Nolanos?"

[12:25 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: She attemps to look through the books to find anything on werewolves

[12:25 AM] DM: Investigation.

[12:25 AM] Alex - Nolanos: "Does he?"

[12:25 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((23 investigation))

[12:26 AM] DM: You find a lot of books on agriculture and Takara and a couple of the basics of other Vyonese gods, but no, there's nothing about werewolves here.

[12:26 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Yeah he looks like one of the blokes Ryleigh came in with."

[12:27 AM] Alex - Nolanos: "Maaybe he can help us send word to the College?"

[12:27 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((anything about spells of any sorts? Lock boxes?))

[12:28 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "It'll take days, Poni said. I dunno if she has days."

[12:28 AM] DM: You get the feeling, looking through here, that the priests aren't really spellcasters. They're acolytes. There aren't any spell-related tomes or scrolls.

[12:28 AM] Alex - Nolanos: ((Is there another library-type building?))

[12:28 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine sighs, defeated. And goes back outside with her companions. "No such luck here"

[12:29 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Nothin at all? Gods..."

[12:29 AM] DM: Just the books in Eloise's collection.

[12:29 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak runs over to the man in steel plate

[12:29 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Excuse me, sir."

[12:29 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Nothing. Just religious texts and agriculture"

[12:30 AM] DM: The armor's fully encasing the person, including a face-plate and helmet, but the voice sounds young and feminine. "Do you need assistance of some kind?"

[12:31 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Oh uh...so sorry, excuse me ma'am"

[12:31 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I require great assistance."

[12:31 AM] DM: She reaches for her sword. "How so?"

[12:32 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "A friend of our has been stricken with a terrible illness, and we need t' get word to the nearest wizard college."

[12:32 AM] DM: Woman: "Sick? That doesn't call for wizards. Take me to them. I'll see what I can do."(edited)

[12:34 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Ah she's quite contagious, I'd much rather you just send word somehow. We feel that a strong wizard can heal her...from afar."

[12:34 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "It's almost like a...curse? Figuratively speakin' a'course."(edited)

[12:35 AM] DM: You're pretty certain you can see the deadpan glare through the steel of her face-plate. "I can cure diseases." Her stance changes slightly when you say curse though. "Curses are different."

[12:37 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I'm not sure about this whole magic business, never really dove into m'self. Sometimes y'piss off some old lady and well wouldn't y'know it she's a witch so these things just..happen, y'kow? Are ye vomiting blood from some torn up lungs or has a witch made all your blood come out yer mouth? Who knows in the heat o' things."

[12:37 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "So about that corresspondance..."

[12:37 AM] DM: Woman: "Mhm. So what kind of curse did this one catch? If it is a disease, I can help myself."

[12:38 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "It's been makin' her very...irritable. And wild...almost like...an...animal..."

[12:39 AM] DM: Woman: "Why don't you take me to her and I'll see what needs to be done."

[12:39 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Y-Y've twisted my arm you have. Sure let's take you...over to her..."

[12:40 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak widens her eyes at the group as she walks back with the soldier(edited)

[12:40 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine screams bloody murder and falls to the ground, rolling andd thrashing about(edited)

[12:41 AM] Alex - Nolanos: "RAV!! PLeASE BE OKAY!!!!" NOlanos cries, playing along

[12:41 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Oh uh....here she is!"

[12:41 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: ((10 performance))

[12:44 AM] DM: She turns on Urrak. "Waste someone else's time." She leaves in a huff.

[12:44 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Rav just lays there

[12:44 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak scowls at Ravaphine "What...the fuck...was that?"

[12:45 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "I had to find a way to distract! acting was never one of my stronger suits"(edited)

[12:45 AM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos is kneeling at this point, having held Rav in his "despair" and now is trying his hardest not to laugh hysterically.(edited)

[12:46 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Nine hells, y' really should work on that..."

## Seir's panic

[11:57 PM] DM: You get to the grove. It's empty.

[11:57 PM] Seirixori: "Takara?" Seirixori shouts.

[11:57 PM] DM: There's no answer.

[11:58 PM] Seirixori: "Ok, you said..." Seir grabs her staff and smacks a tree with it.

[11:58 PM] DM: There's no answer.

[11:59 PM] Seirixori: "Why are you all so useless?!" She shouts, she can feel herself involuntarily shifting.

[12:00 AM] DM: "We are necessarily limited, not useless, child."

[12:02 AM] Seirixori: Seirixori snorts in her bear form before she shifts back. "That is really disorienting... Ok, sorry but ... do you know anything about werewolves? Or... people being scratched or bit by them?"

[12:03 AM] DM: Takara: "There haven't been any cases of lycanthropy in Vyon in... generations."(edited)

[12:04 AM] Seirixori: "Well, how do you feel about talking to the Moonstreams? Because that stupid ass gnome has turned everything horrible, so now you might have one."(edited)

[12:04 AM] DM: Takara: "Might have... a werewolf?"

[12:05 AM] Seirixori: "Well, I don't know how the whole turning into one happens, so... possibly?'(edited)

[12:07 AM] DM: Takara looks at Seirixori sadly. "I know what you're asking for but I'm sorry... my powers are... limited. We can't act directly on this plane. Only through champions. I can't do anything for her."

[12:08 AM] Seirixori: "What... exactly makes someone a champion? And is... is there something I can do?" Seirixori throws her hands up in frustration, "I don't know, can anything be done? I really fucking hate that gnome."

[12:10 AM] DM: She smiles a little. "Champions are those chosen by the gods to act on our behalf. But I'm sorry. You're not powerful enough. Even my own Moki isn't quite capable."

[12:11 AM] Seirixori: "Of course I'm not! Ugh... th... thanks. I guess. Sorry for the... tree." Seirixori hesitates, like she wants to say more but turns to leave and heads for the Cask.

[12:12 AM] Seirixori: To see if Cyan or Gunnloda are around.

[12:13 AM] DM: Perception

[12:13 AM] Seirixori: ((17))

[12:14 AM] DM: You don't see either of them, but sitting in the back corner is a blonde human man, half in his cups, staring absently at a lyre on the table.

[12:15 AM] Seirixori: "Hey! Uh, have you seen Cyan or Gunnloda? Do you know who I'm talking about?" Seirixori says as she walks up to him.

[12:16 AM] DM: Man: "I-- no... maybe? Why?"

[12:16 AM] Seirixori: "Because I need their help? Unless you know... how to cure curses?"

[12:17 AM] DM: Man: "No... I'm sorry."

[12:18 AM] Seirixori: "Ugh the one time I want to go back to Limabey." Seirixori stomps into the kitchen, "Please tell me Gunnloda left something in here..." She says as she starts trying to see if she can find anything that might belong to her. "I don't even know what to look for, why am I doing this..."

[12:19 AM] DM: Investigation.

[12:19 AM] Seirixori: ((9))

[12:19 AM] DM: You find stuff.

[12:22 AM] Seirixori: Frustrated and upset Seirixori lets out a yell and stalks down to where Stool is, hugs them .(edited)

[12:23 AM] DM: You just walk down hug them and leave? lol

[12:24 AM] Seirixori: ((I mean, with a little sad hello but yes lol))

[12:24 AM] DM: Stool: "Seirixori! Are you sad? Or mad?"

[12:26 AM] Seirixori: "A bit of both, buddy. I'll be ok."

[12:27 AM] DM: Stool: "Did something happen? Is Gunnloda ok?"

[12:28 AM] Seirixori: "She's ok, just back home. Eloise's wife... well, none of us can do anything about werewolves so..."

[12:29 AM] DM: Stool: "I don't know anything about werewolves. ....do you miss her?"

[12:30 AM] Seirixori: Seirixori sniffles a little, "More than I think I was prepared for."

[12:31 AM] DM: Stool: "I have a secret, but I'm only supposed to tell if you really need to know it."

[12:31 AM] Seirixori: "I... well I would like to know it, but I'm not going to make you tell me."

[12:33 AM] DM: Stool: "She said only if you really needed to find her."

[12:35 AM] Seirixori: "... this... this is important and I don't know when she'll be back." Seirixori taps her fingers on the ground, "I don't even know if she can do anything, but she might know someone who does..." Seir sighs, "I don't know what to do."

[12:36 AM] DM: Stool tilts his little cap to the side. "I don't want you to be sad. She left something on the shelf over there and told me to guard it and only give it to you. It's our secret."

[12:38 AM] Seirixori: "You're the best." Seir hugs them again. "Our super secret." Seirixori goes to the shelf to see what's there.(edited)

[12:38 AM] DM: There's a metal disc with a ribbon attached. It's embossed with some kind of seal.

[12:39 AM] Seirixori: Seirixori picks it up and pats Stool, "I will return it soon, ok, thank you." She heads out to find the others, more specifically Poni.

[12:46 AM] Seirixori: Seirixori walks up to the group, "What... what is going on? You know what, I don't want to know, where is Poni?"

[12:46 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Rav has 'im."

[12:46 AM] Seirixori: "I need him."

[12:46 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "here" she hands him to Seir while still on the ground

[12:46 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "So she can get off the floor now..."

[12:46 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "what did you find out?" she says while dusting hersel off

[12:47 AM] Seirixori: "Cool thanks," Seir takes Poni and starts heading off to the basement, "That I'm useless, as always." she says as she keeps walking.(edited)

[12:47 AM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos stands, offering her a hand to get up, but then, realizing she already got to her feet, he awkwardly makes it look like he was going for a high five instead

[12:47 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Well that's not the answer I was expectin'...." Urrak follows Seir(edited)

[12:48 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Hey slow down" rav says while trying to jog to keep up "I know that feeling one hundred percent right now, but we need to stick together"

[12:50 AM] Seirixori: Seirixori doesn't say anything for a few moments, "Honestly, this might... this might be something I need to do by myself."

[12:50 AM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos just sort of lets his hand rub the back of his head when the high five isn't even acknowledged and moves on with the others

[12:50 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Y'think y'can handle that?"

[12:50 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine slows down her jog and stops

[12:51 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak reaches into her pack and pulls out a potion of healing. "It's dangerous t' go alone. Take this."

[12:51 AM] Seirixori: "How... how badly do we need Gunnloda? Or her advice or knowledge or just... I don't know if I should do this."

[12:52 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "She's lookin' like our only option at this point."

[12:52 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "We have no other options" Rav says softly while looking at the ground

[12:52 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Well besides the...not happy one..."

[12:54 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "I could go for a walk or borrow a horse to go to the neighboring wizard's college, but that will be a few days and it's not guaranteed"

[12:54 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "There's a lot a' variables...."

[12:54 AM] Seirixori: "Ok, I just... Stool said..." Seir sighs, "I feel like I'm invading her privacy or something."

[12:54 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "It's fer a greater good."(edited)

[12:55 AM] Alex - Nolanos: "Do you think we should talk to Eloise or should we give her a bit more time? She may have a faster way of contacting the college than we're aware of.I mean, with Poni doing crazy things here, she must have had frequent contact with the college, right?"

[12:56 AM] DM: Poni: "They were not crazy things. You of all people should appreciate the melding of magic and science."

[12:58 AM] Alex - Nolanos: "Sure, but also, staying away from things that could potentially destroy the fabric of time and space also seems like a sound idea to me. It's not exactly my forte."

[12:56 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Well if Seir's set on goin' alone, we can all try something..."

[12:56 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "It seems as though the only correspondence was via post. At least from the letter she was writing before to Poni's old headmaster"

[12:57 AM] DM: Poni: "Qarius that buffoon."

[12:57 AM] Seirixori: "But what if..." She trails off not wanting to finish the thought. "We can ask, I'll... find Gunnloda if she's the very last option. But... could you guys not...stay and watch?"

[12:59 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Either way we're wastin' time. Gunnloda's our strongest lead. Everything else is a 'what if?'"

[12:59 AM] Seirixori: "Yeah ok," Seir mutters, walking down into the basement.

## Seir's Trip to Forsa

[5:26 PM] DM: You head down the stairs! Eloise and Cae are still down there, though the tears have mostly shifted towards conversation.

[5:27 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori hesitates to address them, but she does. "Could I... I'm sorry but could I ask if you'd be willing to make sure no one comes down here?"

[5:28 PM] DM: Eloise's brow furrows. "I don't understand. Why not?"

[5:30 PM] Seirixori: "Because... I'm..." Seirixori twists the metal disk in her hand, "I'm hopefully getting help, but it's also kind of personal. Just not sure to who," she whispers the last part.

[5:32 PM] DM: They look at each other and Cae nods. "We can go upstairs if you like."

[5:34 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori nods, "Please." She doesn't wait to see if they've left. She holds the disk up to Poni's sensor and pushes the button.

[5:37 PM] DM: The portal fizzes to life. You see Gunnloda in a sparsely decorated room with several beds and trunks, similar to the one in the back of Takara's temple. She's going through a chest and when she finds the small box she was looking for, she pops it open, then shuts it and pockets it. She shuts the chest, and when she turns to leave, she's startled by someone standing in the doorway.

[5:40 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori grips Poni tightly, "Please don't hate me for this," she takes a deep breath and lets it out slowly and walks into the portal.

[5:45 PM] DM: The world around you changes. You're in a town that's probably comparable in size to Bellbury. It's much more crowded here though, lots of people, from halflings to half-orcs, humans, elves, and more. You get a look here or there, but not nearly the treatment you've gotten in the past from the people in Ardabeh.

[5:49 PM] Seirixori: Seir doesn't move for several moments, the amount of people making her nervous. Getting her bearings, she looks around in hopes of being able to spot something that looks like a temple. Slightly worried because while Gunnloda had said Vyon lumps their gods into groups, Seir isn't sure that means a singular temple.

[5:52 PM] DM: In this particular area, you don't really see anything that isn't warehouse or storefront. Nothing that really looks like a temple.

[5:52 PM] Seirixori: "Poni, why can't you be a little more accurate?"

[5:53 PM] DM: Poni: "Look, Candy Cane... if the arch was still whole, I could be."

[5:55 PM] Seirixori: "If the arch was still whole none of this..." Seir shakes her head, she doesn't want to think about any of that right now. "I don't want to talk to people." She whines to herself, while heading to one of the storefronts to ask for directions.

[5:56 PM] DM: Closest one to you is a halfling selling housewares. He kind of double-takes when he looks at you, then launches into his spiel. "You look like you could use a new set of dishes. Maybe something to impress that special someone in your life when you cook them your best roast?"

[5:58 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori chokes on a laugh, "Yeah if she wants really bland roast. Actually, um... could you tell me where the temple is?"

[5:59 PM] DM: He puts his chin in his fingers. "Closest one is... well, there's the Host up that way," he points. "Then there's the Silver Flame back that way," he points in the other direction.

[6:04 PM] Seirixori: "...fuck." She mutters trying to remember if Gunnloda mentioned which one. "Thanks." She steps away, finally taking time to look at the metal disk in her hand to see if it might clue her in on something.

[6:06 PM] DM: It's kind of a crest of sorts. Sharp angles, Squared images. Looks like maybe very stylized hammers or something. Definitely looks Dwarven.

[6:09 PM] Seirixori: "...I really do know nothing." Seirixori rolls her eyes, "Poni do you know anything about dwarves?" She says as she heads towards the direction of the Host.

[6:10 PM] DM: Poni: "What about them? They're bigger than gnomes. Hairy. Tend to live underground. Most of them come from Dhog Lodir."

[6:11 PM] DM: Poni: "Shouldn't you know more about them?"

[6:16 PM] Seirixori: "Probably," she hasn't really encountered too many, and she hasn't really tried to push for more from Gunnloda after their conversation in the Oyster. " Do you know what any of the crests look like?"

[6:18 PM] DM: Poni: "Pointy. I haven't been that far west since I was a child."

[6:19 PM] Seirixori: "Informative." she puts him and the disc in her bag, "guess I'll have to ask her later."

[6:20 PM] DM: It's only about a 10-15 minute walk before you see what's probably the temple the halfling talked about. It has the same stylized blue and yellow "H" on the sign as Gunnloda wears on her tabard.

[6:23 PM] Seirixori: "Hah! I did remember." Seir heads for the doors to enter, "Please still be here."

[6:25 PM] DM: There's a half-orc woman inside in robes with the Host's H emblazoned across her chest.  She approaches you when you step inside. "Do you need the guidance of the Host today, child?"

[6:29 PM] Seirixori: "Um no, I'm looking for someone. Do you know if Gunnloda is here?"

[6:32 PM] DM: She smiles slightly, a quirk of her lips around a protruding tusk. "She has thankfully returned, but she's in council at the moment. Would you like to wait?"

[6:34 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori nods, "I don't have much choice." Council, what? she thinks to herself.

[6:35 PM] DM: She gestures towards some benches that you can sit at if you'd like, then excuses herself.

[6:41 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori sits, briefly, but gets up and starts pacing. She starts talking to herself as she paces the floor. "Please let this be important enough. It is right? Why didn't I think to ask about this sooner? Ugh!"

[6:41 PM] DM: Very soon after the orc disappears, Gunnloda comes out of the back, looking a little anxious. "Seirixori? What's happened? Are you ok?"

[6:43 PM] Seirixori: "Gunnloda! Hi, I'm sorry to bother you. I'm fine, I swear! Stool said if it was important and I... I mean I guess this is really important? We kind of went after Cae, Eloise's wife." Seirixori fidgets with her hands as she rambles. " well, actually we went to get a componant first and Urrak pretended to be my girlfriend because some Vampire tried to hit on me, and he was gross."

[6:45 PM] DM: She puts her hand on your arm to interrupt. "I want to hear all about it, but... you said it's important?"

[6:49 PM] Seirixori: "Oh! Yes, sorry I just..." Seirixori bites her lip, and looks around, leaning in to whisper to Gunnloda, "Cae got bit by a werewolf and we don't know what to do. I want to help, but I'm not... I can't. And you're our last option, next to killing her and I don't want to do that, and from the sound of things werewolves are not something they like in Vyon. I don't want her to be taken from Eloise" Seirixori can feel the tears burning. "I don't want other people to leave." she whispers softly, quieter than the rest of her words.(edited)

[7:11 PM] DM: Gunnloda frowns and says,  "Come with me. " She heads back to the back where she'd come from and through a door to a room with a table surrounded by chairs. There's another person back there in robes like the orc but much much smaller. A halfling woman with short golden curly hair and the beginnings of wrinkles at her eyes and mouth.  She looks up in surprise when she sees you follow Gunnloda into the room.

[7:14 PM] Seirixori: "Um, Hello..." Seirixori says and waves a little awkwardly.

[7:14 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "This is one of the people I was talking about. I know it's... it doesn't fit into your retirement plans, but I can't help with what they need."

[7:16 PM] DM: Halfling: "And what is it they need, dear?"

Gunnloda glances back briefly.  "Curse removal."

[7:21 PM] DM: The halfling chuckles. "You know I can't remove the curse of Asmodeus, love."

Gunnloda frowns again.  "Not her. Werewolves. Back in Bellbury, where I've been. " She turns to you. "You have Poni right? "

[7:22 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori bites her lip again, looking between the two, she sighs, "Yeah, of course."

[7:29 PM] DM: Gunnloda nods and turns back to the halfling.  "We can teleport there, then we can use your hat to get home. Just a few hours if you have it prepared."

The halfling hops up from her seat with a sigh. "If it's important to you, dear. "

Gunnloda:  "You don't have to pretend you're doing me a favor. I know you don't want anyone to suffer like that."

The halfling grins.  "You're right." She turns to you and holds her hand up to you to shake. At only 3 feet tall, she's about waist high to you.  "Kendall Sammes. What's your name dear?"(edited)

[7:34 PM] Seirixori: "Oh are you..." Seirixori shakes her head, glances at Gunnloda for a second and holds up her hand to introduce herself. "Seirixori. I...I'm sorry for interrupting, but...I... well, thank you."

[7:43 PM] DM: Kendall smiles. "It's no problem, dear. I was just giving her a hard time. I don't do much spellcasting these days, except when it's too hard for the rest of them. If you don't mind, I'd like to take Rimands with us so we can go straight back to Vecbony when we're done."

Gunnloda nods, but she's looking at you, trying to read your expression.

Kendall walks out to go get Rimands.

[7:49 PM] Seirixori: "Is... is that who you mentioned in Bleakmourne?" Seir asks quietly, chewing on her lip and picking at one of her bracers, unable to keep eye contact with Gunnloda.

[7:56 PM] DM: Gunnloda's expression shifts to sudden understanding. "She is. When I disappeared, Karimah sent her a message-- well, anyway, she came to check on me. I've only just started telling her about everything that's happened. I'm sorry if that was... awkward for you."

[8:00 PM] Seirixori: "It's okay. I'm just... conflicted. She... hurt you at one point and I..." she chuckles and shrugs, "she's willing to help though and I can't be mad at her for that."

[8:06 PM] DM: She smiles softly at you. "She has. She's also a very good friend of mine and literally the reason I'm still standing today. I appreciate the sentiment, but I don't need you to be protective. I get enough of that from her." She sighs and puts her hand over yours. "I wish it were under better circumstances, but I'm glad you found my crest. I trust Stool was a very good guard? It only took a couple hours," she laughs.

[8:11 PM] Seirixori: Seir grins sheepishly, taking Gunnloda's hand and places a kiss on her knuckles, "I can only promise to try and not get too protective." She clears her throat, "Stool was the best guard. I almost didn't let them tell me. I didn't want to... um, invade your privacy? Still kind of feel like I am."

[8:15 PM] DM: Before she can answer, you hear a voice from the doorway. "Privacy? What privacy? You two coming or do you need to make more kissy faces?"

Gunnloda blushes, but doesn't let go of your hand. "Kendall..."

Kendall: "I mean, I thought she came for curse removal, but if it's you she's really here for..."

[8:19 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori's skin turns red, "I can't want both?" she pouts.

[8:22 PM] DM: Kendall full-on laughs. "Oh, I like her. A little young for your taste, I'd think, but that's better for you." She turns to you, still chuckling. "Is there really a werewolf?"

[8:25 PM] Seirixori: "Well, we have a friend that got bit by one."

[8:26 PM] DM: Kendall: "Then let's go. Someone owes me the rest of a story." She heads back out the door.

[8:28 PM] Seirixori: "I think you might owe more than one person a story," Seirixori says to Gunnloda, with a grin, "When you're willing to share, of course. Oh and she likes me! That's good, right?"

[8:33 PM] DM: She chuckles. "It's better than bad anyway. And... I will. I'm going to come back with her when we're done with Cae to settle some things, but... I've already told Karimah that I'm planning to leave soon. I have some traveling to do."

[8:41 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori squeezes Gunnloda's hand, "I'll be waiting." She turns towards the door, "Oh! Uh I also have some things for you, uh... maybe later..." She says more to herself, "werewolf first. Right."

[8:45 PM] DM: Gunnloda smiles and follows you out of the temple where Kendall's waiting with Rimands, her riding dog. He's a big shaggy dog with a saddle on his back.

Kendall: "So... teleporting, right?" She puts her hand on Rimands's neck and holds her hand out for Gunnloda who takes it in one hand and yours in the other.

She looks at you and smiles. "Ready when you are."(edited)

[8:48 PM] Seirixori: "That... is a brilliant idea" Seir mutters to herself as she looks at the dog, pulling out Poni and pushing the button.

[9:50 AM] DM: So Rimands, Gunnloda, Kendall, and you all appear in the basement. Kendall's a bit confused, but she rolls with it.

[9:50 AM] DM: Kendall: "So where's this friend of yours?"

[9:52 AM] Seirixori: "They're upstairs, I asked them to wait there." Seirixori steps forward to lead the way, but her eyes land on the components and she frowns. "I'll... catch up in a minute, there's something I need to do." She says as she pulls the bow off her back.

[9:53 AM] DM: Gunnloda puts her hand on your back. "We'll be upstairs if you need us." Then she leads Kendall and Rimands out.

[9:55 AM] Seirixori: Seirixori let's out a shaky breath, "That was easier than I thought. Hey Poni," Seirixori whispers and sets the bow down, "do we need to put the pieces together or will they do that on their own once we find them all?"(edited)

[9:56 AM] DM: Poni: "Well, of course they'd need to be put back together. What good would the wizard scientist be if the pieces just put themselves together?"

[9:56 AM] Seirixori: She shrugs, "You seem to like shortcuts, would make sense. Can I start doing that now or do we have to wait for all of them?"

[9:58 AM] DM: Poni: "How good are you at solving puzzles with only some of the pieces?" He sighs. "I suppose I can do that part. It will be the actual putting them back together that will be the difficult part. I don't have hands anymore. Or spells. Perhaps your wizard friend could help with that."

[10:00 AM] Seirixori: "I just wanted to see if we could tell how many more pieces there would be..." She sighs, picking up the smallest piece. ((would you know how big the smallest piece is? Lol))

[10:01 AM] DM: It's maybe the size of your palm.

[10:01 AM] Seirixori: ((And Poni can see his surroundings?))

[10:02 AM] DM: Yes.

[10:04 AM] Seirixori: ((aaand there's...like books in the room? Lol))

[10:04 AM] DM: Yes.

[10:06 AM] Seirixori: She places the piece down, puts Poni behind some books, grabs the piece again and shoves it in her backpack. "Hopefully this will give me just a little bit of time before..." she sighs sadly, "well before we probably all go back." Then she heads upstairs.

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