Shadows and Silence Part 2

## Episode 2 - The FeyWild West

After some discussion and despite Seline's protests, Talia convinces Seline to open the door to the feywild. Outside of the cave in what used to be Lord Longfellow’s Realm, Seline is surrounded by gray-green grass under a twilight sky. Seline feels her awareness of the realm return. Using her awareness, she finds Reginald. She decrees that nothing shall harm Reginald from this realm or beyond and feels it as her words become law. She's also acutely aware of the passage of time while here. Thinking about it further she realizes that she can also change the flow of time, speeding or slowing it at her whim. Seline cast *speak with animals* and talks to Reginald about being a fey lord. At Reginald’s suggestion, Seline asks several trees to move. Before continuing, Seline decides to get Talia. Before returning to the feywild with Talia, Adrienne doesn't want them to go. After assuring her that they will return, they go to the Realm of Shadows. Realizing that Talia can't talk to Reginald, Seline wills Reginald the ability to speak and shows Talia that she can get the trees to move back. At Talia's suggestion, Seline wills a cottage to appear. She also decrees that the spider-folk not harm Talia before returning to her mansion where Adrienne is waiting. After seeing they are back, Adrienne goes to her art studio. Adrienne is painting the long dark tunnel with white strands everywhere and deep in the dark tiny red dots. She doesn't want Seline or Talia to return to the feywild. Her arms still bear the scars of her treatment in Lord Longfellow’s service. They explained to Adrienne, Seline is trying to connect with the part of herself that is fey in the feywild. Adrienne is worried that Seline going to the Realm of Shadows may bring Lord Longfellow back especially since there is a part of him inside her. They reassure her Longfellow is not coming back. Talia and Seline discuss having another child. Talia wants to wait until after Brown is dealt with Seline does not. At 4, Jareth returns with Talden and Ernest. they explained the vices to Jareth and point out Jareth’s recent obsession with his appearance. Jareth tries to rationalize his actions until they remind him that he redid his makeup 17 times the day before and that his grades have started to slip. Each of them has similar issues that they deal with in their own way and they're willing to help Jareth manage his. After Jareth goes to his room, Seline asked Talden about things that fail or should be able to do with their realms. Ernest needs to go back home to work on some things while Seline Talia and Talden go to Seline's Realm Of Shadows. Seline tries to get the color of the land to change from a grey-green to a gray-violet-lilac-blue, the trees turn white, and the spider-folk take on more of a silvery shade. Colors spread out from Seline through the land. The ground turns a dark purple and the grass turns a white violet. The trees also turn white and a light purple mist rises from the ground. The sky is a stormy gray. Seline's Cottage is also now made of white wood. Although Talden is awed at their friend who is the fey lord, they also take their leave and return home. Seline’s realm is about 5 miles in diameter. She could make it seem bigger but it wouldn't take up any more room. At the edge of her realm, the trees transition back to the neutral color they were. Seline grants Talia the ability to speak in wolf form. One of the bordering realms is full of wheat ready to be harvested but has the same cloudy midday sky as Seline's realm. After the mention of Talia's title Iron Reaper, Reginald points out that Seline could give Talia a title. Seline makes Reginald’s position as royal advisor official. If the Moonlit King is the Full Moon and the Queen of Night and Magic is the New Moon, Seline decides that she will be the Crescent Moon. Seline also renames her realm the realm of Pale Shadows. Back in the mansion, the Argent-Grey's check in on Jareth. Jareth is concerned that people are looking at him in school because his makeup is not perfect. They suggest to him that instead of being concerned about it to strut and be confident. Adrienne is busy painting in her room. She's painting a purple and white forest and a polka-dotted bunny. The bunny is standing on its hind legs wearing a decorated military officer's uniform and a monocle. Later, Seline dreams that she is in the Glade. At first, she tries to wake up but decides to change to her realm with a crescent moon instead. It resists at first but Seline presses her will and her dream changes.

## Characters

### Players

* Seline Argent-Grey
* Talia Argent-Grey

### NPCs

* Jareth Argent-Grey
* Adrienne Argent-Grey
* Talden
* Ernest Felson
* Reginald