AWR Session 10

-Lucian checks out some armor

-Eclipsa and Mei have a chat, split up, Eclipsa finding a weapon, Mei sending a letter. Mei gets a recommendation for a nice cloth shop. Eclipsa gets her blood sucked by the shopkeeper. Gives her 16 hours to get her fae blood. Satyr village is 15 hours away.

-Eclipsa brings Mei to her home to proposition her for help finding fae blood. Mei does not like this.

-Mei buys a lot of silk

-Callus looks for information on Xander. Doesn't find him, but does get info on someone matching his description in Essendale. Gets roped into going to bleed some satyrs

-Lucian and Mei go back to the armory for the blue armor. No blood is exchanged. Mei downloads with him about Eclipsa and asks if he'd check it out

-Lucian goes in as Eclipsa, is found out basically immediately. Interrogates Theban the Shopkeeper who insists he did nothing and the whole thing was consensual.

-Theban's holy symbol keeps changing. Weird.

MEANWHILE

-Eclipsa and Callus run into an old friend on the road. Rakesh offers to join them.

-a caravan passes. No satyrs

-15 hours pass. No satyrs. But there is a village. All the satyrs are in the church murdered. Symbols are the Traveler, a coin, and a gold nugget.

-five sets of footprints leading northeast. Bodies have been dead for days. Smell of salt water, sense of necromancy magic

-follow for a bit, but don't turn up anything. The group goes back to the village without the blood needed for the shopkeeper.

-Mei and Callus deal with bandages, download about satyr situation, Rakesh is waiting for them outside the inn

-Breakfast buffet! Harry is there, has some info on "Rumbles". Harry finds it too codependent, won't take it, but knows some people who might

-Lucian hits the bank. It's Moonshadow with an M

-Eclipsa gets a dressing down by the creepy shopkeeper, uh oh her bite is blue now

-Get the group at brekkies, talk about satyrs, symbols in the church (Gnarl Glittergold, the Traveller and Kol Korran), 5 footprints leading toward northeast, necromancy magic, smell of salt water

-Rumbles belongs to Eclipsa, provided she doesn't try to burn shit down

-Lucian asks Eclipsa about her experience with the shopkeeper, says he left once he found out it was consensual, describes strange necklace to the party, Harry knows it belongs to the Frost Prince.

-Eclipsa reveals the bite mark, same blue quality as scar on Augusta, Lucian tries to heal it and it grows

-Party levels with the newcomers on the danger they're in. Everyone still wants to go along.

-Harry has a dog. Ferrous. The joke isn't lost on us

-Eclipsa is going to ask about the blue scar and its relevance to our mission, Callus tags along to keep her safe ofc

-Mei mind links with Callus, Lucian, and Harry, fucks with Harry a little, then sneaks to keep an eye on the other two

-Eclipsa tells Callus to wait outside, tells the shopkeeper she wants to know what the mark does. Ray of frost hurts real bad. Callus goes flying in, mind links to Mei what's going on, who is sharing with the party. Shopkeeper isn't impressed by Callus, but likes Eclipsa kneeling.

-Eclipsa asks if he knows Augusta. No hits. Callus asks if he knows Matteo. lol it's his brother. Used to be known as Mattheus a century ago, killed their mother, took her spine from her body and forged a sword from it (Crystal... Spine? I think?), explains the similarities in scars yep

-Callus tells him we met Matteo at a wedding, shopkeeper is unimpressed Matteo is "fraternizing with mortals" yet owns a shop in this dinky-ass town?

-Mei wants them to find out what this thing is so they know what they're dealing with when they get to Matteo. Will only tell them he's a new friend, so Callus goes to the spirit for help. Turns out this is bad. Mei can hear him struggling, goes and grabs him from the shop, rest of the group turn up.

-Lucian calls him a liar for saying he did nothing to Eclipsa when clearly there's some tomfoolery happening with her arm. Mei swaps mind link to Callus, Eclipsa, and the shopkeeper. Asks the shopkeeper if he'll make the mark go away in exchange for blood. He refuses. Mind link dropped

-IDK what led up to it, but door slams, Callus and Mei locked outside, Callus doesn't get the door kicked down because Mei is in the way, everyone inside makes wis throws, Harogash and Eclipsa see a massive expanse filled with gold and artifacts, says this is where he's going to leave us.

-Lucian was Eclipsa, but swaps to Matteo. Confirmed, it's the same person. He was here before Eclipsa showed up and they had mead and caught up together, doesn't want revenge, thinks it's funny to watch us flounder. Confirmed Matteo killed satyrs with his "harem"

-Lucian ushers everyone out. Callus is still having a freak out. Rakesh bonks him on the head but gets no response. Mei gets yeeted. Callus goes to help, everyone is out of the shop when a mf white dragon busts out the top. Caleigh isn't smug at all.

-Eclipsa can still cast, no one lets her leave, make her try it in the street.

-Everything in the shop is fake. Laughter is had. haha our friend is cursed! Hilarious!

-Group decides to stock up to cut them off by going straight through the forest to try to head off Matteo & Co.

-Harry flexes on everyone at the bank. Doggo is servant

-We go shopping... again. Swords and armor are purchased, party funds evaporate immediately

"Why do all of your swords glow??"

-Callus doesn't want to give up his old sword, so Lucian offers to fix it up

-I have a note to make sure Harry has the serpent scale armor still. I think he does?

-Rakesh gets a shiny new quarterstaff, Lucian goes off to find potions. Noodle-blocker is too expensive.

-Callus and Mei go to the post office. Mei gets a letter, Callus sends one, pass Lucian and Harry on the way out who are also sending letters

-Mei and Callus quietly pack up his camp and nothing happens whatsoever