Session 9: A Veil of Secrets

Once more, our group of chaos adventurers has finished another session! Let’s take a look back on what happened in Session 9.

* We start with breakfast, whereby Chartreuse gives Voldi a call on her crystal
	+ Not realising she was accompanied by anyone, he was in soft, comfy clothes and with a face mask on
	+ He sounds almost normal when talking with her and eeps when he realises he has been vulnerable in front of the party
	+ He disappears from view and our heroes learn that he was connecting with a call from Empress Daelynn
* The Empress speaks with the party to check how they are going, whether they’ve been hurt etc
	+ It is quite obvious that she detests Ecath
	+ And calls Marcus’ father an imbecile
	+ She takes notice of Allegra and is oddly soft with her, calling her Leggy as requested
	+ She warns the party to get out of Sunminster soon. It is fairly obvious they are planning an attack soon
	+ Upon hanging up, Chartreuse reappears in his normal clothes with his flirtatious persona on
* Allegra asks Chartreuse about the scars under his breasts
	+ He tries his best to tenderly explain about being born in the wrong body, and wanting to change things about themselves so they are who they want to be
	+ Allegra doesn’t fully understand, says that she thinks he’s pretty either way but as long as he’s happy, she’s happy
	+ They both compliment each others skin colour
	+ Chartreuse hangs up after telling Voldi that he’ll talk to her later, he loves her etc
* The party, having some time before the very first Bunch of Inversia, decide to go and get a job done, taking the Hill Billy “Get the possum outta my roof” job
	+ Upon arriving at his little southern treehouse, they meet a Kobold with big bug eyes and looking near insane
	+ He leads them up the top while Tato disguises self as a possum
	+ They get to the roof and discover it is, in fact, a Dire Possum, incredibly spooked, preparing to attack
	+ Tato, as an assist to Allegra, ends up helping the child get a Nat 20 on an animal handling check, somehow gaining a Dire Possum steed that she rides off with in total glee
	+ Hill Billy, bemused, tries to pay with shiny rocks (two of which are rubies valued at 100 gp each) but a quick threat from Marcus earns them all 75gp each
* Returning to town, our group see a bunch of strange uniformed guards, black with silver trimming and the symbol of the sun boarded by two crescent moons
	+ Guards from the Northern Fortress, lead by an older Lizardfolk woman named Thresh
	+ Morgan, recognising her, successfully stealths
	+ Tato smacks Pogo (the possum’s) backside and sends him bolting to cause a direction
	+ Taking the opportunity, Tato calls Voldi to warn her that the guards are here for her and she takes off
* Running back to parliament, everyone somehow ends up meeting right outside of Ecath’s office (what a coincidence!)
	+ Tato casts invisibility on Voldi as she frantically barrels down the hall to catch the slowly emerging Entari from Ecath’s shadow
	+ Thresh spots Morgan, Morgan spins away with a finger to his lips
	+ There’s a huge possum with a crossbow bolt in its pelt
	+ This was pure chaos
* An invisible Voldi, Entari and Tato all escape for a bit
	+ Tato promises to distract them for a bit but they both have to get out
	+ They leave and Tato drops a bunch of cards and begins picking them up as an excuse for why no one can come down that hallway
* Ecath invites the guards to join for Bunch as he hasn’t seen Voldi, she’s probably already done a runner
	+ Thresh excuses herself to go and find a ‘missing’ dagger, Marcus volunteers to accompany her since he knew she was lying
	+ Allegra, Pogo, Ramzi, Ecath and the other guards go for an awkward Bunch
* Thresh finds Morgan, she curses him out
	+ While Marcus seemingly goes to give them some space, he listens in and finds out that:
		- Morgan is not his real name,
		- He is from the prison
		- He has a connection with Thia Nailo, having sent money to help with her treatment
		- And that he was somehow involved in the incident that made Voldi be sent away
	+ Thresh ends up tugging on his ear but hugs him, it’s kinda sweet
	+ Morgan promises to speak with Voldi about coming back to the prison willingly so they’ll stop chasing her
* Returning to the very awkward Bunch, Tato welcomes everyone and they dig in
* Going out into the city afterwards, our party split up AGAIN
	+ Tato does some busking and earns 170 gp
	+ Allegra and Ramzi put Pogo in the stables for the night and go play with the fountain water
	+ Marcus and Morgan discover the Black Market entrance and go exploring
		- Marcus gets a new shield
		- Morgan finds a goblin and manages to get info out of them that Voldi and Entari are in the mansion at the end of the market
	+ Going to meet with them, Marcus and Morgan managed to persuade Voldi to at least come to the prison for 10 minutes so long as the party come with her
	+ Chartreuse and Entari also agree to come
* Upon reconnecting and informing Thresh’s group that Voldi has agreed to come in the morning, the group retire to their room, whereby they have a discussion about the secrets Morgan has been keeping from them

Unable to glean much, our heroes spent the rest of their day doing their own devices and we ended our session there. Our next session takes place December 8th, 2021!