Your Daughter Calls Me Daddy, Too (Session Summary)

**"Your Daughter Calls Me Daddy, Too"** details the events of the March 28, 2021 session where the party arrives in Halcythorn, and attends a ball to commemorate King Simon's engagement.

## Session Notes

* The barge drops Sorni, Anastasios, and Cecily off near their estate, while Lady Allendale leaves the rest of the party as she transfers to a faster mode of transportation to Halcythorn.
* Simon orders everyone on the barge, except for Aedryan, into the lounge. He assures her that Halcythorn is sure to be more welcoming than Astrapolis, as the city has always belonged to the queen.
* As the barge enters the city, Simon and Aedryan are greeted by people cheering and throwing flowers as they pass. Despite the sudden and overwhelmingly positive reception surprising Aedryan, Simon encourages her confidence.
* Meanwhile, in the lounge, Chae and Talos discuss the fallout from his earlier incident with Cecily: he asked Anastasios to give his approval for their courtship, but was denied. Chae tells Talos to pursue Cecily if she will make him happy.
* Talos asks Chae how she’s doing in the wake of her recent surgery. Despite being exhausted and hungry, she seems to be holding up well!
* The barge arrives at Somberlock Palace, and palace staff usher everyone inside to prepare them for everything Lady Allendale has planned: a formal ball in honor of Simon and Aedryan’s engagement that evening, followed by a three-day festival of events.
* Theo and Chae discuss their plans for attending the ball, and Chae gives him permission to introduce her to the court as his girlfriend.
* In the hour between the group’s arrival and the ball, the group splits off to explore and enjoy different conversations:
	+ Aedryan and Chae visit the nursery to view childhood portraits of their paramours, and eventually have a conversation with the head nurse who tended to Simon and Theo as children.
		- The nurse reveals that the boys were troublesome growing up: Simon was always conducting experiments that resulted in fires, while Theo ‘never met a tutor that he liked.’
		- The girls also learn that a nearby room contains many of Simon’s inventions and Theo’s “terrible” poetry. Chae immediately takes off to gather as much evidence as she can before the girls are whisked away to the ball.
	+ Simon and Talos discuss Anastasios’ dismissal of Talos’ as a suitor for Cecily:
		- Talos inquires about becoming a general so that he can prove himself worthy to Anastasios — and allow Mbeni to achieve her life-long dream of becoming an admiral.
		- Simon balks: replacing his general in the early days of a war isn’t the best tactical decision. Instead, he proposes that Talos become his spymaster. Talos agrees to consider it.
* Once the ball starts, nearly everyone is present with the exception of Cecily and Sorni, who are en route. In the carriage, Cecily admits to Sorni that her goal for the evening is to make Talos jealous by spending time with Lord Hendry.
* Simon informs Anastasios that a mother-daughter dancing group known as the “Moonbrights" wish to speak with him. The duo turns out to be Sorni’s mother and sister, Aleya and Veera, who are unaware of Anastasios’ relationship with Sorni.
* Upon Sorni’s arrival, she immediately spots her family speaking to Anastasios and inserts herself into their conversation, finding that her mother is trying to endear Anastasios to the painfully unworthy Veera.
* Upon learning that Anastasios and Sorni are together, Aleya’s poker face falls and Veera begins insulting Sorni, suggesting that she is one of Anastasios’ many hook-ups and must have fallen pregnant.
* Anastasios counters by telling the women that Sorni has a talented tongue, and knows when to use it.
* As the couple pokes fun at Aleya and Veera, the two women end up making asses of themselves by committing several stunning faux pas. Anastasios and Sorni leave, making their way to the buffet tables with Chae and Theo to discuss Lady Allendale’s penchant for showing off her wealth.
* Meanwhile, Talos spots Cecily and asks her to dance, but she is non-committal and informs him that she will be spending time with Lord Hendry in the gardens.
* Talos tells Simon, who suggests that watching Lord Hendry would be the right thing for a spymaster to do — prompting Talos to sneak into the gardens to spy on Hendry.
* Suddenly, Lord Hendry begins fussing over Cecily, and Talos jumps into action to make sure nothing is amiss. Unfortunately, he finds a bloodied Cecily slumped over in Hendry’s arms, and bolts inside to find Anastasios for help and to send for a physician. Chae immediately leaves to find one, while Anastasios, Sorni, and Talos go back to the gardens.
* As Talos and Anastasios arrive back on the scene, they find Hendry laying in a pool of blood and Cecily hiding in a nearby bush.
* Talos takes Cecily to her room, taking care to avoid being seen at the ball, while Anastasios tells Sorni they need to tell people that Hendry was caught manhandling Cecily and was killed to protect her honor. He removes a silver dagger from Hendry’s chest and replaces it with a knife given to him by Talos.
* Chae and the Physician arrive, and Anastasios explains the situation he concocted. Although the physician believes the story and offers to send word to the king, Chae is able to use her newly-implemented ability to discover that the corpse before them is *not*, Lord Hendry.

## Additional Information

This session references events that occurred during downtime RP between sessions where Hendry offers Cecily his hand in marriage, which she agrees to consider but sends for Talos to discuss his recent disastrous decision to kiss her in public. While this is happening, Talos is speaking to Anastasios about getting permission to marry her, and he says no, citing Talos's status as a soldier indicating he's unable to provide her. Talos goes to speak with Cecily, who informs him that she needs space.

The title comes from Anastasios's interactions with Sorni's family.