WIL Episode 9: The Price of Freedom

## The Price of Freedom

Gladios

Zakai

Dandelion

* Brittany backs away from the table while listening to the Miss Fortune conversation (2:43:08)
* Myles has to take a walk while Rachel decides on which sword to take (4:06:20)

### Speak Up!

* Liv yells at Alan and Dylan for talking too quiet and not allowing the rest to hear their secrets (3:29:30)

## Scenes

* The crew reconvenes at a table in the tavern
	+ A half-orc woman comes in and signs to the mute fortune teller; they leave together after swapping pleasantries
	+ Hamlet asks the crew what their name would be if they were to fight in the tournament
		- Evelyn stays suspicious of Hamlet bringing it up
		- Hamlet suggests “The Seekers”, Pit adds on suggesting “Fate’s Seekers”
	+ Tealo asks for a private conversation with Evelyn
	+ Evelyn suggests Pit and Tealo find better clothes to meet the emperor; Hamich excitedly volunteers to help them
	+ Evelyn reluctantly allows him to use her funds to make outfits for Pit, Tealo, and Evelyn
	+ Hamlet goes to take care of Ophelia and ready her to ride to the tournament
	+ Anya, Pit, Atten, and Hamich go to shopping for clothes
	+ Evelyn approaches two people in the tavern, an earth genasi and a human variant
		- She asks about *The Scorcher* and *The Raven*, Omnan pirate ships that were destroyed by Miss Fortune’s mysterious bounty hunter
		- They suggest she forget about piracy, that it’s all “over”
	+ Tealo waited for Evelyn to return to the table but she goes to leave the tavern, he joins her out
* While walking with her towards the ship, Tealo admits to her that Miss Fortune will be in the box next to Pit and He
	+ She warns him that she will take action against him if her crew is harmed in any way
	+ They argue the consequences of Pit being recognized
	+ Tealo ask her to trust him, she reluctantly acquiesces
	+ Tealo pulls Evelyn into an ally to swear a blood allegiance
* From the shadows, a figure takes Evelyn into a portal
	+ Evelyn finds herself in a cellar
	+ She speaks with a masked figure who she learns is Jairon, leader of the Order of Secret. He uses her real name.
	+ Jairon strikes a deal with Evelyn to have her give him the Sword of Lumis and he will agree not to destroy *The Bounty Hunter* and Graves with a graviturgical cannon
	+ Tealo locates where the portal took Evelyn and makes his way there
	+ Jairon talks of how the Fortune Ships Trading Company and he have done business for ages. But Miss Fortune means nothing to him.
	+ Jairon also agrees to put Miss Fortune in the right place for Evelyn to strike
	+ Jairon asks if she knows anything about the Jailer and a chest
	+ He shows her how he can change his face and mask
	+ She asks if he was on her ship, he says yes and “that he needed to decipher a few things”
* Tealo rushes in the room and yells to the shadows at the top of his lung in anger
	+ Evelyn leaves the room to give him a moment alone
	+ Tealo screams with rage and punches the wall, cracking it
* Hamich takes Atten, Anya, and Pit to a fine clothes shop
	+ While requesting clothes, the shop keep treats them with a bit of derision
	+ Hamich pulls a *Legally Blonde* and reads this bitch for filth
	+ Hamich says he’ll get materials and will make the clothes with the crew
* Triss approaches Hamlet while he’s taking care of Ophelia to thank him for saving her
	+ She notices his sword is missing and offers him a temporary sword
* The rest of the crew returns
	+ Evelyn grabs Triss and takes her to the Captain’s Quarters
	+ Tealo attempts to get in before it’s closed; Anya tries to hold Tealo back
	+ Tealo manages to get into the door
* Pit, Hamlet, and Anya trade looks
	+ Pit goes to help Hamich with the clothes
	+ Hamlet panics about not having their new sword and Anya does her best to calm them down
* Tealo checks the room and finds marks on Evelyn’s wrists, he removes them with the sword
	+ Evelyn explains what happened in full
	+ Evelyn gives Tealo 300 gold to make the replica sword so they can give it to Jairon
* Evelyn confronts Pit about keeping information away from her about Miss Fortune in the box
	+ In a tense and confrontational moment, they discuss the Miss Fortune situation
	+ Pit gives the Captain a sending stone so she can listen to the box conversation and offers to help her reach out to someone in the next day
	+ He asks her if she’s going to join the tournament, she admits reticence at this moment
* Hamich completes the outfits for Evelyn, Pit, and Tealo
	+ Tealo isn’t there to try on his outfit so they promise Hamich he will model it on the ship later
* Tealo got some Lumis items and items for a party
* The crew goes to the tournament; Pit and Tealo to Galio’s box, the others in the free stands
	+ A  round of battle royal; three teams survive:
		- The Gladiators: Home team of Omna, well loved
		- The Rhinos: Rivian team, mixed cheering
		- Coin Chasers: This year’s Fortune Ships sponsored team; all skilled masked mercenaries, probably Order of Secret members
	+ Gladios, Thacreus address the crowd; Dandelion, a champion of the poor, fights to show her worth.
	+ Pit, before leaving for Galio’s box, hands Evelyn the sending stone to listen in on Pit’s side of the conversation
	+ Tealo and Pit talk with Galio, Azadea, and Miss Fortune during Half-Time in the Royal Box Seat
		- Azadea discusses the nature of the time anomaly and Leviathan and agrees to let Pit examine it underneath the palace during the night of the Gala
		- Tealo discusses truth with Azadea; He talks with Miss Fortune, who opens up about her desire for freedom and how she has lost her higher position in the company. Her family owns the company and largely controls her actions.
	+ The others watch the fights and analyze the fighters
		- Gladios defeats Thacreus; Dandelion defeats Zakai
	+ Hamlet purchases a pin of Thacreus to show the dwarf blacksmith
		- Hamlet accidentally pricks their finger and watches a drop of their blood floating into the air, showing a vision of themself, but fearless. They feel a brief flame and the drop falls. They pay 1 gold for the pin and run away.
	+ Tealo asks Galio to a lunch at the tavern the next day
	+ The crew meets back up and talks about what happened while they were separated; they plan to stay at the tavern across the street from the Order
* At the tavern, Hamlet approaches Triss to discuss something in private
	+ Hamlet asks about the Captain being a red tiefling and learns about her being a descendant of those from the infernal hell plane
	+ Hamlet confides in Triss about having a “dream” that they have lost their powers and encounter a tower with a fiery beast; Tris interprets it as Hamlet needing to find worth within themself
	+ Hamlet takes this as their needing to show their worth to Thane in someway, completely missing the point
* Anya leaves and finds a tree to drunkenly practice her aim
	+ Pit finds her and discusses their frustration
	+ She opens up about her isolation as a Kurcozan in Faulton; her fear in returning to Kurcoza and the possibility of failing those around her
	+ Pit encourages her not to let failure stop her from trying, and that they’ve made a family together
	+ They express interest in druidic magics
	+ Anya warns about how magic is treated in Kurcoza
	+ When they return, Tealo reveals he has a test-surprise party for the crew; he gives 198 gold back to Evelyn
* Evelyn takes the fake Sword of Lumis to her meeting with Jairon at the statue
	+ By all appearances, the trade goes successful
	+ Evelyn uses the candle to speak with Graves to let him know the raven was intercepted and to stay away from Nagura.
	+ Graves wonders if Bloodweaver was right to consider a pirate army.
	+ Graves says he will head toward Kurcoza and Vulton
* Within the fake sword, Tealo had left the note “I told you to be patient. For once in your miserable life Jairon, keep your word. -Tealo"
* The next morning, someone rushes in to let others know someone is trying to bring a new god into the pantheon...