Will The Cycle Be Broken

## Background

Trample, a fellow market runner is worried for her ally spirit, Fidel, after he was recently disrupted and sent back to the metaplanes... After finding a portal into the planes, she contacts her good friend Dreamer for help, as she knows he's been around more metaplanes then her...

## The Meet

Dreamer and Okami meet up with Trample in the forest in Snohomish, and she explains she is hoping to go find Fidel and wants their help. She offers to pay them, but as a pair of firebringers, the two refuse and just offer to help.

## Legwork

Heading into the portal, they find themselves in darkness, before it fades away to show Trample unconscious of the ground, the Dweller on the Threshold standing over her. He informs them that she has not passed the test and is thus not allowed to leave, but would give them the opportunity to do the test for her, provided they carry her with them. Knowing Trample would die should they refuse, Dreamer and Okami agreed, and were transported, along with Trample, into a beautiful scenic area, surrounded by trees and fields and spirits. The world was protected by a doom, keeping a storm at bay.

Knowing they must make their way to the citadel, Dreamer uses levitate to carry Tramples body and they begin their journey. Along the way they meet a man who explains to them that the problem with the world is that every night the world resets and they must begin the day again, but that he has never seen outsiders return after a reset. Worried the reset will mean their death, the couple hurries along, finding the biggest tree they have ever seen, and a small door in the side of it. Knocking, they are taken to meet a young, doe like woman who tells them the power to fix the world exists but the people of the citadel and the people of the caves refuse to work together.

Setting off to talk to the cave people, the tell the two, using rather colourful language, that the people of the citadel are demanding the spirit formula of everyone else in the world before they will help, saying they will all be trapped as slaves to them if they did that and that the citadel people did not care about helping because they were safe and happy behind their walls.

Time moved quickly in that world, so they rushed to the citadel to try and make a deal. The people of the citadel had a different story, saying they only wanted to protect the other people, saying the formulas would be damaged if left outside the walls during the ritual.

Some smooth negotiating later, everyone agreed to have all formulas of everyone in their world kept safely in the citadel, but watched by a neutral third party. Okami remained to watch over Trample and the formulas while Dreamer set off to help save the world.

## Run

Together with the denizens of the world, Dreamer set up a ritual to help crack through the barrier and free everyone. He was granted great magic through the ritual and blasted the barrier many times, the whole world shaking violently around them, but the drain was becoming too much. A spirit offered him a temporary pact, saying it would take the drain as long as it got to go free after. Dreamer agreed and continued to blast the barrier with bigger and bigger spells, coming within inches of losing his life... Finally it burst and everything went black again, and when he opened his eyes, him and Okami were back at the start with Trample on the ground next to the dweller. The dweller was surprised by told them they passed and they may take Trample back with them to the material plane.

## Aftermath

The people of the metaplane were freed, though the spirit turned out to be a wraith, who is now free... The energy of the storm coursed through Dreamer, resulting in SURGE...

## Rewards

* 10 Karma
* 10 CDP

## Player After-Action Reports

*Okami: I am very glad everyone got out ok, thought I am very worried about Dreamer... ~~Let Trample never forget who saved her life~~*