S: Werewolf Plot

## Session 19

Eloise is quiet for a moment. "Every day is another day who knows how many people are sold into slavery or killed by monsters. How can I weigh my family against my entire town? What kind of person does that make me?"

[10:39 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "if you're willing to take that risk, saving over 300 lives instead of 2, we will support you in any decision"

[10:39 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak grumbles a bit

[10:42 PM] DM: She sighs. "Let me speak to him, please."

[10:42 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: She pulls poni out of her bag again

[10:43 PM] DM: Eloise: "How many more of these components are there and how long will it take to fix this problem?"

[10:45 PM] DM: Poni: "Don't you stuff me in that bag again, you cabbage." He blusters for a moment, then says, "The pieces are different sizes. Could be four, could be forty. I can't tell. We've gotten six so far, over the last four days."(edited)

[10:46 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Some are easier to grab than others" Urrak offers

[10:49 PM] DM: Eloise sighs and stands, then walks to her desk. She grabs the box of potions and sets them on the table, and picks up the lantern to set it closer to you all as well. "If I can help you in any way to finish this, I will. Help yourselves to anything you need from the smithy or the general store and I will see them reimbursed. I'll send word to Riverrun for assistance immediately. Just... please let me see them once so I know I'm making the right decision."

[10:51 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "If we are already opening up the portal to see them, what's the harm in finding just two more people before finding the component? We sure went through a lot of trouble bringing back Lin's boyfriend"

[10:54 PM] DM: Eloise: "My wife is strong and my daughter... she's smart, and an adult. There are actual children in this town. Unless they are in immediate danger, I can't... I couldn't look Walther and Gilles in the eye and tell them Alysan died so I could save Misha... or little Luce or Bailey. I couldn't live with myself."

[10:57 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "That's what makes you such a strong leader, and I'm sure your people will be grateful for this selfless act"

## Session 20

[8:43 PM] DM: Eloise sighs. "One to my sister and the other to Qarius at the mage's college. Hopefully they'll be able to help fix this mess." She straightens. "Are we ready then? I have items of my wife and daughter's and Mr. Ningel has explained everything to me... thoroughly."

[8:58 PM] DM: Poni: "Are we off to find a component then? Gods I wish I could sleep so I wouldn't have to listen to all that prattle."

[8:58 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Be nice. We have just one more task but then we will go find the next component"

[8:59 PM] DM: Poni: "Another? What?"

[9:00 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "We need to find the whereabouts of Eloise's wife and daughter, and then we will find the next component"

[9:00 PM] DM: Poni gives an exaggerated groan.

[9:01 PM] DM: Gunnloda follows Seirixori closely, offering support even though she knows she won't talk.

[9:01 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori rolls her eyes and takes Poni and chucks him in the direction of the basement, watching where he lands so she can grab him when they get closer.

[9:01 PM] DM: Poni: wilhelm screams

[9:11 PM] DM: Eloise edges past toward Urrak and the portal while Gunnloda hangs back with Seirixori.

[9:17 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Are we ready to see how your wife and daughter are doing, Eloise?"

[9:17 PM] DM: Eloise nods. "Please."

[9:17 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Go ahead and give Urrak their belongings and she will do the rest"(edited)

[9:17 PM] DM: She stops chewing on a fingernail and reaches into a pouch, pulling out a hairclip and an elven bracelet.

[9:19 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Urrak, care to do the honors?"

[9:20 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Aye, let's go find the Moonstreams." Urrak takes the hairclip and bracelet into her hand. With the other, she flips the cover off Poni's button. "Everybody get ready to poof"

[9:21 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine reaches out her hands to Eloise

[9:21 PM] DM: Eloise: "I thought we were just going to look. To make sure they aren't hurt."

[9:22 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "And if ye don't like what ye see? If they're in danger?"

[9:22 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine nods

[9:23 PM] DM: Eloise frowns. "Then I'll make the decision I would if it were any of my people in danger."

[9:24 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak hums  a bit "Alright Poni, can ye show us where Mrs. Moonstream and their daughter are?"

[9:43 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "At least we know she is in no imminent physical harm. Shall we see your wife now?"

[9:44 PM] DM: Eloise nods, almost absently, still staring at her daughter.

[9:44 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine puts the bracelet near the sensor and pushes the button again

[9:47 PM] DM: The image changes, this time to an elven woman with short hair. Her clothes are a bit dirty and tattered, but she's sitting high in a tree, a homemade bow across her lap as she rests.

[9:49 PM] DM: Eloise: "Cae! She's... she's ok. She'll be ok. She has a weapon and a forest. She... she knows how to survive."

[9:49 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "She looks a little worse for wear..."

[9:50 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "It's your call, Eloise"

[9:51 PM] DM: Eloise: "She wasn't exactly dressed for hiking and climbing, and it's been days, but..." she shakes her head. "She knows the woods and she's made herself a weapon. She'll be ok. What of all the people who can't protect themselves?"

[9:52 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "We elves are very resourceful" she gives Eloise a small smile

[9:52 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "She's your wife.  Are ye really so detached from yer emotions?"

[9:55 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "I think she has a lot of emotions, and feelings about her people, which is why she's making this difficult decision"

[9:56 PM] DM: Eloise: "She's my wife and of course I want to rescue her, but I trust her too. There are children in my town who can't make a bow or climb a tree. Who's going to save them if not us?"

[9:58 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak looks down, drawing her lips into a thin line. She says nothing for a moment, her eyes moving slightly to the left and right as she's momentarily lost in thought. "It's your decision."

[9:59 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "If we save your wife, would she be able to help us find the other components? But ultimately, it is your decision"

[9:59 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine looks confused and upset about the conflict

[10:01 PM] DM: Eloise sort of half-laughs under her breath. "If you think I'd let her out of my sight after pulling her out of there, you're mad."

[10:02 PM] DM: Poni: "Blah blah blah we're wasting time."

[10:02 PM] DM: Eloise: "He's right." She stares at the image of her wife in a trance like she's committing it to memory.

[10:03 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "I'm sorry that there is no easy solution to all of this. Shall we fetch the others and go look for the components?"(edited)

## Session 27

[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)

[6:49 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: "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."

[7:02 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 pushes the button

## Session 27

[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 tieflings 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)

[10:55 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."

[10:57 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: Eloise: "I'm not leaving this room."

[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.

[11:11 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.

[11:13 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..."

[11:15 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

[11:20 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

[11:21 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.

[11:29 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] 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

[11:38 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

[11:40 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] 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?"

[11:54 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: "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] Alex - Nolanos: "I thought they were just a myth..."(edited)

[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] Alex - Nolanos: "Does he?"

[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?"

[12:28 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] 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!"

[12:44 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.

[12:14 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: 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] 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.

## Session 27s

[12:34 PM] DM: She's not back yet, but Eloise and Cae meet you at the ground level.

Eloise: "Seirixori asked us to make sure nobody comes down while she looks for help."

[12:36 PM] Urrak D'Akshi - Half-Orc Fighter: "Ah, I-I see. So she's in then? Hopefully she finds her..." Urraks eyes trail to the wound on Cae's arm "Feelin' alright so far?"

[12:37 PM] DM: Cae: "More or less. It's not so much the injury as what it might mean. This... person your friend is going to find... are they trustworthy? I'd rather word not get out about this."

[12:38 PM] Urrak D'Akshi - Half-Orc Fighter: "Aye, Gunnloda is probably the purest soul I've ever met."(edited)

[12:38 PM] Urrak D'Akshi - Half-Orc Fighter: "She'd never do anythin t' put ye in danger."

[12:39 PM] DM: Eloise nods. "I'm sorry, by the way. I should have listened sooner. I just... didn't think something like this would happen."

[12:43 PM] Urrak D'Akshi - Half-Orc Fighter: "Please ye...Yer the last person who should be  apologizin'. I basically tormented ye for days over yer decision, it wasn't my place." she fiddles again with the empty loop of leather. "Ryleigh's right when she says I'm more heart than 'ead. It gets me inta more trouble than ye can imagine..." She sighs a bit, working up the courage to say the words she'd been unable to earlier "I've been terrible t' ye and I'm more than sorry for that. You've got more on your plate than I can imagine. I hope ye can forgive me, and know we're tryin' our damnedest t' find a cure for yer wife."(edited)

[12:45 PM] DM: Eloise smiles. "There's nothing to forgive. And thank you, for pulling her out of there and for what you're doing now."

[12:47 PM] DM: Cae: "Maybe a giant wolf wasn't the best idea, though."

## Session 27

[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 component 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.

[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.

## Session 28

[8:16 PM] DM: So you are all reconvening after a short bit apart. Eloise, Cae, Gunnloda, and a halfling in white robes with blue and gold trim and the same stylized H on her chest as Gunnloda's tabard are all standing in what was once Poni's basement. She's older, maybe in her 60s in human years, but she's still pretty spry and has golden curly hair. Ryleigh's coming up from the slums area of town across the main street, Rav is coming from the town square, and Seirixori is coming up the stairs from the basement.

[8:22 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori walks up to them and places a hand on Gunnloda's shoulder, "Thanks," she whispers, chewing on her lip and fidgets with her cloak.

[8:23 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "It's no trouble, dear."

[8:24 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine head's to Poni's approaches and notices the robes so she bows in respect to the stranger

[8:25 PM] DM: Kendall kind of just chuckles. "I'm not that special, dear."

[8:25 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Hello and welcome to Bellbury. I am ravaphine" she says with slight sadness in her voice, "Seir, is everything okay?"

[8:26 PM] Seirixori: "It's fine just... personal." Seir clears her throat and forces herself to stop fidgeting.

[8:27 PM] DM: Kendall: "So. Are we ready then? Who's bit?"

[8:27 PM] DM: Cae stands from where she and Eloise were leaning against a wall and Eloise follows, taking her hand.

[8:28 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "are you...can you fix it? Do you know the reversal spell?"

[8:29 PM] DM: Kendall: "We'll see. It depends on what kind of problem we're looking at."

[8:30 PM] DM: She looks up at Cae, almost twice as tall as she is. "Do you think you could sit, dear? Might make this a little easier."

[8:30 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine pulls out a chair for Cae

[8:30 PM] DM: Cae smiles a thanks at Ravaphine, but sits right on the floor.

[8:32 PM] DM: Kendall takes her arm and starts a bit of an examination, poking and squeezing here and there. The wounds heal at her touch.

[8:33 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh walks into poni's and sees the group. She raises an eyebrow at all the new faces, but doesn't comment on it. Ryleigh can tell that something important is happening, so she silently joins the others.

[8:33 PM] DM: She puts her hand on Cae's forehead, speaks some incantation, and there's a flash of light under her palm, but it stops.

[8:34 PM] DM: She frowns, and tries something else. She says the incantation, and there's a soft glow that stops at her hand.

[8:35 PM] DM: Kendall: "Well...."

[8:37 PM] DM: Eloise's voice wavers. "It's not working?"

Kendall: "I hate to ask... I can try one more thing, but the components are expensive."

Eloise: "It doesn't matter. Cost doesn't matter. Please."

[8:39 PM] DM: Kendall roots around in her pouch at her hip and pulls out a smaller bag. She sprinkles diamond dust into Cae's hair and puts her hand over her. She speaks the command again, and the glow is brighter, more forceful. It extends from her hand, like a bubble around Cae... but when it contracts around her, it dissipates.

[8:39 PM] DM: Kendall takes a deep breath. "I'm sorry."

[8:41 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine is trying not to cry while sitting on the ground closest to the stairs(edited)

[8:41 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "We... we could ask the Host. You could ask Olladra."

[8:42 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh moves to sit next to Ravaphine and places a comforting hand on her shoulder.

[8:44 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori sighs and sits down.

[8:44 PM] DM: Kendall puts her hand out for Gunnloda. Gunnloda steps forward and takes both of Kendall's hands in hers, around Cae.

[8:44 PM] DM: Kendall: "Does anyone else serve the Host?"

[8:45 PM] Seirixori: "I doubt it."

[8:46 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): "The host?"

[8:46 PM] DM: Kendall: "Or.. worship them at all?"

Gunnloda shakes her head. "Not likely. Cyan might know them. Has anyone seen her?"

[8:46 PM] Seirixori: "She wasn't around before I went to find you."

[8:46 PM] DM: Eloise: "Urrak came looking for her, but I haven't seen either since."

[8:48 PM] DM: Gunnloda and Kendall turn back to each other. Gunnloda bows her head and Kendall starts a prayer.

[8:50 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Rav closes her eyes and lowers her head

[8:50 PM] DM: Kendall: "I call for the aid of the Sovereign Host. Arawai, Aureon, Balinor, Boldrei, Dol Arrah, Dol Dorn, Kol Korran, Olladra, Onatar... hear our plea. Please, help me heal this woman. Let me cure her so she can continue doing good things in this world and not succumb to the blood of the beast. Heal her."

[8:51 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh watches the prayer with interest and at the mention of 'the blood of the beast' she audibly gasps.

[8:51 PM] DM: Nothing happens.

[8:54 PM] DM: Their hands drop and everyone just looks at Kendall with the question on their faces.

[8:54 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): "She's infected? but how? They don't exist anymore."(edited)

[8:55 PM] DM: Eloise: "Not here in Vyon, no."

[8:56 PM] DM: She kneels next to Cae and hugs her from the side, crying on her shoulder. Cae just holds her, refusing to shed more tears.

[8:57 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh stands, "where were you when you were bitten? What realm, country, or continent?"

[8:57 PM] DM: Cae: "I don't know. It had fruit I've never seen. It wasn't Vyon or Ascus."

[8:59 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): "We should send her back, or she should leave. We don't know what she can do."

[8:59 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine stands up and pulls Ryleigh back to ease up on Cae. "Please...give her some respect"

[9:01 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori stands up, moving in front of them. "Not yet."

[9:01 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): "I'm sorry, I really am, but we shouldn't risk the innocents living here. We all know the stories." she lets herself be pulled back(edited)

[9:01 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "There has to be something else that we can do. Something we can all help with"

[9:02 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Were you there? During the original breakout?" she asks Ryleigh

Ryleigh turns to Rav, "No, it happened over 100 years ago. But they were vanquished for a reason."

[9:03 PM] Seirixori: "We won't, at least not for long." Seirixori sighs, "I refuse to send her away or otherwise until we bring back their daughter. They deserve a goodbye."

[9:04 PM] DM: Cae: "We'll figure something out. And if we don't... I'll do what's needed."

Eloise: "Cae, no."

[9:04 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "NO nobody will be saying goodbye. Nobody will be leaving. We are not giving up without a fight" she says with her voice louder than usual and on the edge of tears

[9:05 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): She then says to Seirixori, "then we need to make haste, we don't know how long she has before the transformation."(edited)

[9:06 PM] DM: Cae turns to Eloise and takes her face in her hands. "Ellie... you know she's right. You love this town as much as you love me and Misha. We'll do what we can, but this... might not be enough."

[9:06 PM] Seirixori: "Let us get your daughter, first, please." Seirixori says to Cae with tears in her eyes, "I... please."

[9:06 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "They didn't try hard enough"

[9:06 PM] DM: Kendall frowns at Rav, but doesn't say anything.

[9:08 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh moves closer to Ravaphine, opening herself up but she doesn't try to touch her, "Ravaphine, take a deep breath, they've tried their best and this time - it wasn't good enough. Some things can't be fixed, but I think a goodbye is a doable final wish."(edited)

[9:08 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori laughs, "The gods only have so much power, and just as useless." she mutters. She goes to Kendall, "thank you for trying."

[9:10 PM] DM: Kendall nods. "I'm sorry."

[9:11 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine approaches Kendall to hug her with tears in her eyes. "Thank you so much for helping in such a short notice"

[9:12 PM] DM: She's a bit overwhelmed by your height, but she takes it in stride.

[9:12 PM] DM: Kendall: "I wish I could do more."

[9:14 PM] DM: Cae stands and pulls Eloise to her feet. "Just... please, if I could ask one favor. I don't want this news to get out. I don't want it to hurt Ellie more than it already will and we don't need another extermination scare or hunt."

[9:15 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Please let us know how you want us to proceed. I still want to try to fight this. But we will respect your wishes"

[9:17 PM] DM: Cae: "I know a place. An old ruin. If we can't find a solution by the time the moon rises, there's a place inside where I can be locked away safely. At least as a short-term solution."

[9:18 PM] Seirixori: "We should go get Misha, quickly."

[9:20 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh gives Cae a sympathetic look, "you're making a hard but necessary choice."(edited)

[9:20 PM] DM: Cae: "Where is she?"

[9:21 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia strolls in.

[9:22 PM] Seirixori: "We're not really sure, but she doesn't look in too much trouble." Seirixori groans as she sees Brimeia walk in.(edited)

[9:23 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine notices the familiar face stroll in. "Brimeia, it has been a while my friend"

[9:24 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh looks at the person who just walked in and says, "so many new faces today."

[9:24 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Miss me?" Brimeia grins

[9:24 PM] Seirixori: "No."

[9:29 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Good to see you too, Seirixori," Brimeia flashes her a wink.

[9:29 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "So what are we punching today?"

[9:31 PM] Seirixori: "You." Seirixori grumbles, "Hopefully no one."

[9:25 PM] DM: You see a lot of new faces in addition to Seir and Rav. There's a half elf and an elf, Gunnloda, a halfling, and a human in heavy, black, plate armor.(edited)

[9:27 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "My mother...my mother is a wizard. She specializes in conjuration and I'm not sure if she will know how to help reverse the curse, but I'm sure she will understand the situation. I need to pay her a visit soon anyway. Would any of you like to visit home with me? or should we go find Misha?" she asks the group

Seirixori: "We need to go find their daughter."

[9:31 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine tries not to look upset for not being able to visit her mom but she nods to Seir. "Yes. we should find misha"

You all touch and the button is pressed and you are back in Poni's basement where Gunnloda's waiting.

[11:03 PM] DM: Misha pulls away from Ryleigh's grasp. "Why-- where are we?"

[11:04 PM] Ravaphine: "Misha, do you know where Bellbury is?"

[11:04 PM] Ryleigh: "Please, Misha, calm down. We're back in Bellbury."

[11:04 PM] DM: She gives you that dumb teenage stare. "Of course I do. It's where I live."

[11:05 PM] DM: Cae and Eloise are both coming down the stairs at the sound of Misha's voice. Eloise practically pushes you all aside to hug her.

[11:06 PM] DM: They all take a moment to hug in a big group hug, with Misha looking very confused in the center of it. "Yeah. Hi. What?"

[11:07 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh moves away from the reunion, silently observing the exchange.

[11:07 PM] DM: Eloise: "Where were you? Were you safe? Are you hurt?"

[11:07 PM] DM: Cae: "And what's with the dress?"

[11:07 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori goes to Ryleigh, "Mind if I take Poni for a bit?"

[11:08 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh hands him over, "he's all yours..and Seir, be careful." Concern painting Ryleigh's face.(edited)

[11:10 PM] DM: Misha: "It's pretty right? You guys should come back with me. It was so beautiful and Prince Caruhm! He's wonderful. And guess what!" She puts her hand out to show a ring with a huge ruby on it. "We're betrothed!"

[11:10 PM] Seirixori: "Yeah." She whispers. She freezes at Misha's words. "Is... This normal?"

[11:11 PM] DM: They both look at her and simultaneously say, "You're what?"

[11:11 PM] Ryleigh (Nicole): Ryleigh turns her attention to the family, "she said betrothed..."(edited)

[11:12 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "That place was very...odd...not sure if it was charmed but it was not normal there."

[11:12 PM] DM: Misha: "We're getting married? It's going to be so wonderful there and I'm going to be the Queen."

Eloise: "No... you're a Moonstream and you'll be Baroness of Bellbury when I'm gone."

[11:14 PM] DM: Misha: "But Mooooom... he's perfect, really. You should be happy for me."

[11:16 PM] DM: Eloise puts her arm around Misha and hugs her close again, kissing her on the head. "We'll deal with that later. We... have something to talk to you about."

[11:18 PM] DM: Eloise: "No need... I'm going to take them home. We'll... please, if you're still here... join us for dinner later in the mansion."

## Session 31

[4:12 PM] DM: Cae's rushing up and when she sees you, she skids to a stop. Her face is flushed, more than it should be from just coming upstairs. "What are you doing? Where's Misha?"

[4:14 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori takes a deep breath and starts talking, very fast, "Ok, ok, this isn't what it looks like. Or maybe... no. I thought something was weird with the ring and then I asked her about the Prince and she doesn't even know what he's a Prince of and then I tried to get her to give me the ring but she wouldn't so I tried to take it and she started screaming and there's something wrong with that ring and...and I don't know what to do."(edited)

[4:18 PM] DM: She just pushes forward into you so she can look in the room, and when she sees her daughter, trapped in a web and crying in near hysterics, she spins around and shoves you back against a wall, pinning you with a forearm across your collarbones.

[4:21 PM] DM: "You come into my house and assault my daughter? You shouldn't even *be* here."

[4:24 PM] Seirixori: "Of course I shouldn't be here! But your wife waited too fucking long to do something about the asshole gnome so I am here and I saved your gods damn wife, and you, and I'm telling you something is wrong with that damn ring on your daughter's finger and it's going to get her killed!" She's breathing hard and it's taking her everything to not get angrier.

[4:30 PM] DM: She slams her hand into the wall next to you and looks down at you, near growling herself. "You don't get to talk about my family like that, tiefling. You don't get to come into my house and put your hands on my daughter--"

About this time, you hear Eloise's voice coming from the stairs. "Cae! What are you doing?"

Cae doesn't take her eyes off you, but she says to Eloise, "Misha's room. Go help her."

[4:35 PM] Seirixori: "You're not listening" Seir shakes her head, she can feel it this time, now that's she concentrating so hard not to lose herself to her anger, "if you don't believe me, you try to take it off! And I'll leave your stupid family alone and never come back here if I'm wrong." she growls.

[4:40 PM] DM: Eloise slips past the two of you into MIsha's room and you can hear her... very vocal reaction to what she sees. There's a brief pause where you can sort of see her trying to free Misha, over Cae's shoulder, and she comes back out, tears in her eyes. "Let her out of there. Now."

[4:43 PM] Seirixori: "Try to take off the ring first," Seir growls, still staring at Cae, "You won't have to see me again if you just try it, just once."

[4:47 PM] DM: Misha: "Please don't. It hurts so much."

**Eloise: "Be careful, Cae. She's... angry and turns into animals."**

**Cae's lip curls a little. "Then we'll have something in common.** I believe my wife, my *gods damn wife* as you said, told you to do something and when the Baroness tells you to do something, you fucking listen. Release her."

[4:52 PM] Seirixori: Seir continues to stare, her breathing more labored, but she isn't angry, she's trying not to cry, "Fine." Her breath hitches and the tears spill down her face in spite of her reluctance to let them, "Fine...fine." She looks to Eloise. "Let-- let your family die then. What do, what do I care." She hiccups and struggles to get out of Cae's grasp.

[4:55 PM] DM: You slip free of her grasp.

[4:57 PM] Seirixori: "I'm sorry, I was just... I just wanted to help you, shit." Seir mutters, wiping her eyes, "Why do I try?" She runs out of the room.

[4:58 PM] DM: You hear Cae and Eloise both shout after you, "Stop!" and "Get back here!" And you can hear one of them, probably Cae, giving chase down the hall.

## Session 33

[2:52 PM] DM: "Is it related to the sudden appearance of a guard outside the Moonstream place?"

[2:59 PM] Ryleigh: "It is." Ryleigh tries to relax her stance, "There's a group in town, they've been trying to rebuild a magical teleportation archway. That's why all the townspeople essentially vanished, this portal 'poofed' them out of the town. Anyway, one of them, assaulted the Moonstream’s daughter." She sighs deeply, "she did it for the right reasons but went about it the wrong way. The girl, Misha, she was wearing a cursed ring. The tiefling, Seirixori, she's now on probation until the archway is finished. Honestly, I feel the Moonstreams were gracious in their ruling, she's fortunate her punishment was not harsher..." Ryleigh trails off like she's been temporarily distracted by a memory.

[3:01 PM] DM: "Is the girl ok?"

[3:04 PM] Ryleigh: Ryleigh shrugs, "the cleric who came to help, she removed the cursed ring, and said that she's going to be fine, but I don't know anything more than that. I doubt the Moonstreams would acknowledge my concern anyway, because I'm associated with the tiefling."(edited)

[3:07 PM] DM: She stands up from leaning against the wall, a bit of a frown on her face, but after a moment, she looks up at you. "So the guard's there... to keep the group out? Or to protect Misha? Either way. What's your conflict?"

[3:16 PM] Ryleigh: "Probably a little bit of both." Ryleigh runs a hand through her hair, "Eloise seems to care for her people, for her family. She invited us into her home, we rescued her daughter and her wife. But Cae, Eloise's wife, was bitten..." Ryleigh hesitates for a beat, "by a werewolf. The group hasn't said anything to anyone, especially not after I told them the old stories. She's infected. We even had 2 clerics attempt a cleansing." She looks into Safika's eyes, "I'm not sure what I should do? If she transforms while around here, people could die."(edited)

[3:19 PM] DM: You catch the fear and worry in her eyes, but she's not exactly trying to hide it. "How? Where? There aren't any left."

[3:26 PM] Ryleigh: "There aren't any left here. The teleporter transported her somewhere where they still exist and she was bitten before we could pull her out..." Ryleigh is silent for a moments, looking at Safika, "we should tell <redacted>, right?" but then Ryleigh breaks eye contact, "I know she's a threat, but she's also wife and a mother and she's done nothing wrong..." Ryleigh looks back at Safika, uncertainty etched on her face.

[3:27 PM] DM: She's quiet for a moment, thinking. "What's their plan?"

[3:33 PM] Ryleigh: "Find a solution. But if that doesn't happen by the time of the full moon, Cae said she could be locked away." Ryleigh bites her lip unsure if she should say more, then nods decidedly, "she also seemed resigned that she'd need to die if there was no solution found."

[3:35 PM] DM: She thinks for another few seconds. "What's your read on them? Do you think they'd really go through with it if they had to?"

[3:40 PM] Ryleigh: Ryleigh takes a deep breath and closes her eyes, "I don't know Cae well enough to know her disposition, but I do believe Eloise wouldn't allow her people to suffer such a fate. She wouldn't allow the others to rescue her wife or child, she demanded we fetch the components so that we could bring her people back...." She opens her eyes, "Yes, I believe Eloise would."(edited)

[3:45 PM] DM: She nods. "I think so too, from what I've heard." She looks at the sky then back down at you. "The full moon is still days away and there aren't really a lot of people in town right now to be affected. I think... for now, we can let them take the lead on it. If anything changes, we can always adjust and... well, we both know what would have to happen if she..." she shuts her eyes and shakes her head, trailing off.

[3:52 PM] Ryleigh: Ryleigh moves forward and places a hand gently on Safika's shoulder, "I came to you because I needed to speak with someone that I could trust. I wasn't sure...I didn't know....I am trying to make this decision with my head rather than my heart." She looks down, "I hate seeing families break apart, but I know what must be done if..if she transforms."(edited)

[3:55 PM] DM: She just stands there for a minute, letting it all sink in. "Transforms? Wait... if she was infected somewhere else... maybe the curse doesn't mean she'll go feral. Maybe it can still be controlled."

[3:57 PM] Ryleigh: Ryleigh stares at Safika for a moment, "controlled how?"

[4:01 PM] DM: She shrugs. "I don't know... locking her away whenever the moon is full." Her mouth pulls to one side to think. "Maybe there are records of the ones before the curse went out of control." She sighs and drops her hands. "Maybe I'm just fishing."

[4:06 PM] Ryleigh: "You mean there could be the possibility that she won't stay transformed?" Ryleigh's eyes light up with hope, "it's worth a try, right? We could lock her up and then after the moon cycle we check to see if she transformed back?"

[4:08 PM] DM: "Maybe. I don't know that much about it. It was so long ago, all I know was what my father told me about them, and even that was still after the curse had gotten worse. It can't hurt to try to do some research about it though."

[4:12 PM] Ryleigh: Ryleigh purses her lips in thought, "I'm not the smartest, but I'm sure someone in the group, the one that I've been helping in, could research it. But do you think we could find information that old and where would even look?"(edited)

[4:15 PM] DM: "That's tricky... you'd have to try to do the research without anyone figuring out why. Well... there's the library in Riverrun. That's closest, at the temple of Vydea. That... that might actually be your best bet. Moon goddess and all. If not... the mage's college down south. Maybe one of the... group has connections. If I end up going back before you update me again, I'll see what I can find."

[4:19 PM] Ryleigh: Ryleigh nods along with the suggestions, then stops, "Are you planning on going back soon?"

[4:24 PM] DM: She takes a breath and lets it out slowly. "I don't know. I think my investigation is at a dead end unless the town comes back or I talk to Eloise... but I'm not sure I can do that. Especially now. I might be more help to the people here trying to find out more about Cae's condition. I saw a couple horses taking off for the east shortly after you arrived, so I'm guessing word's being spread through official channels about what's happening here. I'm sure Berolt's gotten the information from somewhere. I just... don't know what else I can do here."

[4:35 PM] Ryleigh: "We're close to finishing the archway and once that's done the townspeople should return. However, I suppose we must go where we're needed most." Ryleigh gives her a genuine smile, "Thank you. I wouldn't have thought about Cae's affliction possibly being different from our stories. I wouldn't know where to tell the others to search for information. And it's likely that I would've had to turn my blade on her.." Ryleigh's smile drops a little and there's a honest grief in her eyes, "I may still have to, but at least I'd know that we exhausted every avenue."

[4:37 PM] DM: "I hope you don't have to. Think you can meet me here tomorrow night? See what your people come up with and I'll decide whether to leave or not then."

[5:22 PM] Ryleigh: "Ravaphine, I was wondering if I could speak with you real quick...alone?"

[5:23 PM] Ravaphine: Ravaphine looks at her other friends before nodding and getting up. "Sure"

[5:23 PM] Ryleigh: Ryleigh gets up and leads Rav away from the others.

[5:26 PM] Ravaphine: "Is everything alright?"

[5:27 PM] Ryleigh: Ryleigh switches from common to elvish as a precaution "It's about Cae."

[5:28 PM] Ravaphine: Ravaphine's eyes widen like saucers and her mouth drops. "You speak elvish??" she whispers, also in the same language

[5:31 PM] Ravaphine: “What...what about Cae”

[5:32 PM] Ryleigh: Ryleigh smiles, "I do. I just don't want to be overheard, especially now. I spoke with my....with someone and it didn't occur to me that we may not be able to rid Cae of the virus but she may not turn feral. See, here we had a werewolf problem because they didn't transform back into themselves, but because Cae was bitten somewhere else...maybe...well, we may be able to research what werewolves were like before everything happened."

[5:35 PM] Ravaphine: “Like she has a different strain, like she’s a carrier but doesn’t show any symptoms” Rav nods. “Do you want to try to find a cure?”

[5:37 PM] Ryleigh: "I don't think a cure is possible and I think she'll still transform at the full moon, but I believe because she might have a different strain, she'll change back once the moon isn't an issue. Which means...she wouldn't have to die to protect her people. She'd just have to be locked up every full moon. Misha could still have both her parents and Eloise could keep her wife."

[5:40 PM] Ravaphine: “We’ll need lots of evidence for even The Moonstreams to believe, but we need to act fast before the next full moon”

[5:43 PM] Ryleigh: "The next cycle is in a few days. I want you to come with me to Riverrun so we can research this, but we have to wait until we fetch the next component. Since Seir's mishap, I'm positive we're being watched and I don't want them to think we're leaving without helping. We also need to keep this between us, just for the time being...I don't want to get anyone's hopes up and I don't want the others to abandon their search for the components."

[5:47 PM] Ravaphine: “I understand. But I’m not very good at lying so if anybody asks, we need to be honest with our team. There are far too many secrets kept already,” she says as she makes direct eye contact with Ryleigh

[5:50 PM] Ryleigh: "If that's your only condition then I'll agree, but only if they directly ask you Rav. Otherwise, we just had a conversation about the Moonstreams."

[5:52 PM] Ryleigh: "Also, if it comes to lying once we're in Riverrun, let me do it? Please. If others find out, Cae is dead."(edited)

[5:53 PM] Ravaphine: "Yes. I will not speak. But I do have to ask, who is it exactly that do you work for that brought you to Bellbury? The other night, it was a little upsetting to see you having to escort our friend to jail. Do you work for the Moonstreams?"

[5:57 PM] Ryleigh: "No, I don't work for them. I'm a paladin of Asten, the temple I'm assigned to is based out of Riverrun, Eloise is the sister of the Duchess of Riverrun. The other night wasn't about loyalties, it was about extending courtesy to the Moonstreams."(edited)

[5:59 PM] Ravaphine: "I just don't know who to trust anymore," she looks at the ground. "But I trust your judgement. We should head back to the others before they get suspicious"

[6:01 PM] Ryleigh: "I can understand how the other night looked, but I can promise not to do anything that directly puts any of us in danger." She then nods for Ravaphine to lead the way back to the others.

[2:06 PM] Ryleigh: "Baroness Moonstream, I have an idea.." but before Ryleigh continues she looks around the room to see who's around and possibly listening.

[2:06 PM] DM: Doesn't look like anyone else is in there.

[2:07 PM] Ryleigh: Ryleigh lowers her voice, "it's about Lady Cae's situation."

[2:08 PM] DM: She closes her eyes for a moment then looks at you again. "What about it?"

[2:10 PM] Ryleigh: "I'm sorry, I know you're under a lot of stress. Especially after everything these last few days. But I've been thinking about it and since she wasn't bitten here, perhaps she won't turn feral? Of course, I can't be sure but if you'd allow it - I'd like to take Ravaphine to Riverrun and research what they were like before the feral wars." Ryleigh looks hopeful.

[2:16 PM] DM: Her brow knits together for a moment like she's thinking. "The temple of Vydea. It's not a bad idea. I can get you access, but... I have to ask you to please use discretion. We have enough to deal with without adding a panic to the mix." She pulls a piece of heavy parchment from her desk and starts writing a letter.

Ryleigh's face breaks into a genuine smile, "We'll be discrete, I know how much is riding on this, thank you."

[8:42 PM] DM: Cae: "If you don't mind, I think I'd like to hold on to... Mr. Ningel."

[8:45 PM] Ravaphine: "If it's okay, I would prefer to keep him for now in case of an emergency. We have a contingency plan worked out, and I can assure you I will keep him safe in all my power"

[8:46 PM] DM: Cae: "It's not him I'm thinking of. I don't want anyone to get any... ideas about conveniently forgetting to include me in the leaving."

[8:47 PM] Ravaphine: "It would not be advisable to backtrack and erase our progress. For our and Bellbury's sake, we just want to fix the portal"

[8:48 PM] Ravaphine: "We don't want to hurt Misha, or the baroness more than they have already suffered"

[8:51 PM] Nolanos: "We've had some.... misunderstandings, to say the least, but we do value you as a person and wouldn't leave you behind. What kind of monster would even do that on purpose?" Nolanos says to Cae.

[8:51 PM] DM: "You'd be surprised what people will do when they think they're doing the right thing." Cae puts the hood up on her cloak and follows, silently moving from tree to tree.

## Session 34

[11:05 PM] Ryleigh: Ryleigh smiles and takes a slice of pie. As she eats it she says, "Oh, Ravaphine! I forgot to tell you, Eloise approved our entry into the Riverrun library. So, we can tell the others as soon as we're all together. I just...I wanted you to know because I know it bothers you to have to keep secrets."

[11:06 PM] Ravaphine: Ravaphine takes a slice of pie as well and almost chokes on a bite when Ryleigh mentions keeping secrets. "Right. Yes. Thank you for that. Do you think we'll be able to leave with all the spellguards running around?"

[11:09 PM] Ryleigh: "Of course, we've committed no crime and they can't hold us against our will." Her brow furrows slightly at Ravaphine's reaction.

[11:39 PM] Ravaphine: Ravaphine eyes widen and she clears her throat. "So when were you thinking about going to the library? I wanted to go to the one at the big college by my home but I didn't want to get caught looking up werewolves and needing to explain why"

[11:41 PM] Ryleigh: Ryleigh hums in thought, "Granted that probably would have been safer, considering you aren't from Bellbury or the surrounding area. But, we just need to go before the full moon. So we have a few days."

[11:42 PM] Ravaphine: "What do you think will happen if the spellcasters find out?"

[11:44 PM] Ryleigh: "find out about us leaving or about Cae?"

[11:45 PM] Ravaphine: "About Cae"

[11:46 PM] Ryleigh: Ryleigh purses her lips and looks away from Ravaphine, "it's very likely she'll be killed."