Session 43: The Rest

## Summary

Annora suddenly returns, so Shade and Cryllos catch her up. Selena calls the party for dinner and brings them to a long table with 8 chairs. Skeletal servants carry platters of food. They look good at first glance, but off when closer looked at. There are scales on the roast, the salad has unfamiliar red berries, the cups of pumpkin soup are too viscous, and the mac and cheese have beetles. Selena reassures that the bugs are edible and supplies nutrients. Nonamé, ever curious, sticks a finger into a servant's ribcage, which gives no reaction. As they eat, Selena notes that "she should be arriving just about now," as a window opens and the bird-smoke being enters. Selena introduces her as Minerva, her wife. She gives an icy glare to Alastor. According to a prophecy, Minerva will kill Selena, and Selena firmly believes that she will deserve it. Cryllos express his thoughts about the wish. Selena says, "I feel like this world should be more-" when Minerva clasps her mouth shut. "Indecision is poison; it's good to know exactly what you want is life." Cryllos considers unity and movement, to which Alastor and Shade bring up the idea of making sea monsters friendly and ridable. Minerva is disturbed by that thought. Selena asks where they will go since they can't stay forever due to Minerva's fury. Nonamé, even more curious, tries to remove a skeleton's hand but fails. Selena says that they are as removable as any other hand. Nonamé then asks if they feel pain, to which Selena drags one to a closed balcony, followed by silence, then clattering. She returns and answers, "they can't." More servants bring out parfaits with red "jam." Oliver cautiously asks for Nonamé's knives, to which she dumps his dessert on him. While Cryllos helps clean up, Oliver dramatically wipes his hand for show. It tastes like raspberry? jam and whipped cream. Cryllos asks to have Dichroma and Morgan here, offering to go through the maze again to get them. Selena snaps her fingers, followed by distant shrieking, and a very shaken Dichroma and Morgan arrive on a cloud of mist. Dichroma asks for the whereabouts of the treasure, glancing at the compass. The party enlightens her on Selena's "prank," and she ponders before concluding that friendship was the true treasure all along. She greets Selena but is then confused to be referred to as a cousin.

As it is getting late, Selena allows the party to rest for the night. She has a servant arrange rooms, and the party proposes for everyone to sleep in one room just in case Minerva attempts a murder. They call it a slumber party. The party enters a large room with silk tapestries, a bunch of pillows, bean bags, and blankets. Cryllos gives Nonamé a book he has, which she pours over. Dichroma and Morgan start cuddling, receiving two reactions: Shade doesn't want them to bang, and Annora doesn't mind. Oliver snores in a corner. Dichroma urges everyone to play annoying slumber party games, and she chooses truth or dare. Hearing the prospect of social interaction, Shade goes into the shadow dimension. Oliver says that he doesn't want to do it, but he sounds excited. After a long game, the party goes to sleep.

Fortunately, no one was attacked in the night. They wake up the next day to a partially cloudy sky. They say their goodbyes to Selena, who gifts Alastor a bit of her power called compelling voice. He tries it on Shade by commanding him to do a backflip. Selena brings the carriage, crashing it through several walls. The party inspects the fixed carriage, finding that the minifridge has a parting gift, moonshine made of monster blood.

## Misc.

* Alastor dares Oliver to say, "I, Oliver, am a stinky poor trash boy." Oliver desperately avoids saying it, but he eventually succumbs to peer pressure.
* Oliver truths Shade to answer if he can read. He, in fact, can not, as he was raised by rats.
* Dichroma truths Cryllos to answer if at that time in the airship, are they actually evil spirits. They were not.
* Cryllos truths Nonamé to answer if she was a loner in college. She was, and in addition, she didn't properly do homework, but the work given was accepted.
* Nonamé dares Dichroma to throw her compass out the window. As it flies out, it points southwest.
* Dichroma dares Annora to take out the strangest object from her briefcase. She pulls out a bone replica of Arbora. She took the bones from people she didn't like.
* Annora truths Nonamé to answer if she has dissected someone she knew. She did not, as she only dissected a person who legally gave up their body for science.
* Nonamé truths Alastor for his body count. It is 15.