Episode 2 - A TAD TOO TART

*The royal chef of Queen's Keep humbly requests the help of the Representatives in defeating a pesky nuisance that plagues the kitchens of Helle…*

## Players

* Rylan as Riven
* Jamie as Alessandra
* Lupo as Lorne
* Emma as Astrophel
* Lyd as Elora
* Lucy as Torai

## Plot

It has been a week since the death of the Queen. The party is congregated in the dining hall, along with the council members. Both Alessa and Astrophel notice a scaly claw peaking out from Lorne's scarf, wherein he feeds the claw bits of bacon. Astrophel and Alessa meet, while Elora and Torai go to sit with a lone Elshu. Torai and Riven incidentally embarrass Elshu, where the latter flees the main hall after Elora accosts him for being cruel to Torai, and Riven introduces himself to them all.

Then, the Head Chef enlists the party to deal with a "rat" problem. Locked in the basement cellar, Alessa threatens Lorne to give her what she wants (meanwhile, her Abyssal book burns whenever she is near Lorne). In a private room, the book speaks to Alessa through real-time writing, saying "One of my own is with you" before correcting itself and saying "Two of my own are with you."

Elora and Torai discover the rat hole, where the Drow from Session 1 resides with a rat costume. Torai fetches wine for Astrophel and he joins the party. Lorne secretly sends his dragon down the hole, and the Drow comes to the surface. Torai almost kills her, remembering his order to "take care of the rats," but Elora prevents this.

Astrophel uses Detect Thoughts to deduce her reasons for being there, hearing in her brain, *Father will be so disappointed in me* and *I want to go home*. He kindly offers to bring her home if she tells them her reasons for being here, and when she refuses, he uses Alter Self to turn into her father, Lord Baron Tierney, revealing her to be Princess Leia Tierney. Leia gives Torai a hug and says that he isn't supposed to be here, but Torai says "she" sent him there, and offers Leia to stay in his room.

Astrophel then mocks Leia, still as her father, and she punches him. Elora and Lorne defend her, and Torai defuses the situation. Astrophel goes to leave, claiming how fun the endeavor was, before Elora forces him to fall with a blow to his knees. Lorne then locks him in the cellar.

In the darkness, he sees a pair of golden eyes looking back at him in a cabinet window's reflection. A voice in his head starts to laugh before remarking, *"I thought they'd never leave*." Astrophel replies, *"*How I value our time alone together," and the voice replies, *"You flatter me, trophy*," and opens the door for him. A figure in the darkness appears through black mist, holding a goblet. Astrophel pours himself and the figure a glass of wine, the figure toasting *"To the nuisances and to those that will be ours*," and Astrophel toasts "To it being just like last time."

**END SESSION**

## Important Events

* Alessa and Astrophel discover Lorne has a scaly little friend
* Alessa threatens Lorne, who rebukes her
* Alessa speaks to the book
* The party discovers the "rat" is Princess Leia Tierney
* Astrophel is accosted by the party for his cruel actions
* Lorne locks Astrophel in the cellar, and he is saved by a voice in his head that turns into a figure that toasts wine with him