Same Face Different Name (Session Summary)

**Same Face Different Name** details the events of the July 26, 2020 session where the party uncovers the truth behind the twin Idaxis, and comes face-to-face with a new god.

## Session Notes

* Simon, Aedryan, and their group board their carriages and make haste to Idaxis’ estate, encountering their share of obstacles along the way. Luckily, Enneuli manages to get them into the event to find their compatriots.

* Meanwhile, Cecily has noticed her doppelganger, arguing in favor of fun over Talos’s suggested surveillance, but instead they attempt to approach.

* Not-Cecily approaches Clara at the tables, and advises a theft of Idaxis’ champagne stores, but Clara seems unconvinced.

* Aedan makes an escape from Not-Idaxis by making up another absurd medical story, this time about a supposed infection she’s treating Clara for, before attempting to join Victoria and Anastasios on the dance floor. She interrupts their talk of fae magic to ask if they know what’s going on.

* The real Lord Idaxis leads the remaining party members inside, Aedryan offering Simon consolations about the earlier conversation with Lilla. The quintet finally takes note of the doubles and rejoin the group to try and get to the bottom of this very peculiar party.

* As Anastasios renders Sorni entirely embarrassed with a casual compliment on her appearance, Talos stabs the Not-Cecily. Well, tries to. His blow has no effect and reveals no blood either, so he follows it with a punch that promptly causes the double to disappear. At the same time, a large number of the party’s attendees, including the double of Idaxis, freeze in place.

* Idaxis and a few others attempt to rouse the guests, causing some to disappear while others just don’t respond. No one can seem to come up with a suitable explanation for the strange events, and Talos’ observations don’t lend any more insight either.

* Aedan informs the others that Not-Idaxis had asked questions about Aedryan’s history while they danced, and with no other leads, they seek him out. What they find is the double moving in odd and inhuman ways, offering only that a “simulation” was disrupted.

* When he doesn’t attack, the group considers simply leaving to avoid another confrontation, but the fake lord asks them to stay, citing a need for answers. Despite Sorni’s warning, Victoria asks him who he is, and the “man” informs them he is an artificial intelligence named TIO-4 — also called Ti-Yo.

* This of course spawns an exchange of confused questions on both sides. Ti-Yo attempts to ask the party why they chose to become Fateless, most citing a simple disinterest in the futures offered them (or more selfless reasons in Simon’s case). In turn, the party presses for answers about the system, learning of the existence of several “Doctors” — Fisher, Sullivan, and Gutierrez.

* They learn that it was Doctor Fisher in particular, a historian of technological advancement, who proposed the induction of the famine from Simon’s Vision of his and Trafarna’s future. Supposedly, it was meant to be the catalyst of an industrial revolution, now effectively prevented by Simon’s becoming rejection of his Fate.

* Talos presses Ti-Yo, asking what they planned to do if Fisher’s hypothesis about the revolution was wrong, and the intelligence offers that they would have simply repeated the experiment again in the future.

* Ti-Yo also explains that in order for Trafarna and the other nations of their world to be “reintegrated” into human society, they must “consent to the program,” i.e. become Fated. The party once again present their arguments in defense of being Fateless, and protest that if they do not wish to be part of the whole grand scheme, they should be left alone. Ti-Yo seems to dodge the notion, reiterating its need for information.

* The group is left at an impasse with the entity, but for one interesting nugget: could it perhaps be convinced to reach a mutual (and perhaps not deadly) accord with them, unlike the other Gods?