Session 10: A Game of Cat and Mouse

A rather dramatic end to our session today, setting us up for some very big things to come. Let’s have a look back on what happened in session 10!

* Our session began Wednesday, the 11th of Solune
	+ The night before, Marcus used silver ink to paint a crescent moon upon his shield
	+ Everyone had someone root around in their mind for a bit during their sleep, except for Ramzi who awoke at the sensation
	+ A quick detect magic revealed the remnants of enchantment magic on our heroes
	+ Morgan also had the strange sensation of someone laying their hand on his forehead
	+ Tato awoke to a box and letter upon the end of their bed
* There was quite a bit of chaos this morning
	+ Tato got Allegra a stuffed possum
	+ Pogo had snuck in the previous night
	+ Morgan snuck out to go and ask Thresh to pass on news of his new name before all else
	+ Marcus seemed to have a somewhat decent breakfast
* Our group head down to the training grounds but not before Ramzi insisted Flow go on a holiday and GET OUT OF SUNMINSTER FOR A BIT
	+ We met up with Voldi, Chartreuse and Entari, our favourite three stooges
	+ Voldi opened the portal to the Northern Fortress and our heroes were off on the next part of their adventure
	+ You all meet a human man, Tiberius Lawson, who appears to be Brynjulf’s aid. He guides you all down the hall
* Along the way, Entari starts beginning to look sick and his powers activate without his consent. He falls away to shadows, saying he was being summoned and that he’d be back as soon as he could
* Meeting Brynjulf was a tense affair
	+ He affectionately referred to Morgan as ‘his boy’ and Voldi as ‘his little girl’. Neither of them stepped forward to meet the embrace he was expecting
	+ Voldi tells her father that she doesn’t need him, hasn’t needed anyone since she was 13
	+ There’s a strange look of disapproval from Brynjulf, especially in relation to the mention of Chartreuse and Entari
	+ Brynjulf addresses Marcus and seems more uncomfortable when it becomes apparent that Voldi used to behave ‘exactly like he did’, alluding to the fact that Voldi was also on the spectrum and had been made to mask heavily growing up
* Radian, an incarcerated Tabaxi doctor is called and he and Morgan leave to go talk in private. The others, in the meantime, go and overlook the cafeteria.
	+ During this time, Radian begs Morgan to visit his mother who has only gotten worse since he left. He explains she misses him so terribly
	+ Morgan tries desperately to deflect, the two talking of something I dare not mention
	+ Meanwhile, the others learn from Chartreuse that Thia Nailo, one of the inmates, is the woman that killed one of his predecessors, as well as their entire family. He explains she is notorious and he has always been fascinated by the case, but would not ask to speak with Brynjulf out of respect to Voldi
	+ Morgan heads to see his mother, whereby a very touching, heart-breaking conversation followed
* In the silence that followed, a large explosion rocked the building, followed immediately with the return of everyone’s magic as the prison’s anti-magic field went down.
	+ Simultaneously, Chartreuse passes out, eyes entirely black with sparks of what look like stars in his gaze
	+ Shouts can be heard as some of the prisoners can be heard cackling and shrieking, starting a riot in the chaos
	+ Everyone reconvenes in the hallway outside of the infirmary, discussing whether to stay and help or get out of here while they still could
	+ An explosion in the hallway reveals the tall form of Asmodeus and Entari
* Combat ensues
	+ During which, ‘Asmodeus’ is so thoroughly destroyed by Morgan that the illusion falls away and Sask stands there, untouched and ready to fight
	+ Entari looks terrified and sick but fights anyway, managing to get Morgan a couple of times
	+ Eventually, he yells for Tato to give Morgan the emergency item he had prepared, a gun called ‘Thoughts’
	+ It seemed to be a matching gun for his own, ‘Prayers’. He asks Morgan to shoot him with it and a shriek sounds in his mind as the hit finds purchase
	+ Sask is killed brutally and combat ends
* Running out of time in our session, I described the sight of the infirmary door opening, Radian looking terrified from within. Chartreuse, Voldi, Pogo and Allegra had all vanished. The real Asmodeus stood within, Thia Nailo held in his arms before vanishing with a wide grin and a puff of smoke.

Stay tuned for our next session, 15th of December, 2021!