Petals

The Acolytes in Sexy Tights attend McSpanky's tea party hosted at the royal palace. They gather the necessary evidence to prove Queen Titania lied about her rebellion and her hypocritical use of necromancy.

## Major Plot Points

#### Party Prep

* The Raven Queen hosted a brunch for the Acolytes and her new allies - Lolth, Una, Celestia, Xanthoria, and Queen Aryan.
* Prince Keeryn sent the Acolytes invitations to McSpanky's tea party being hosted at the royal palace. The Raven Queen saw this as an ample opportunity for the Acolytes to secure more allies and gather the intel needed to dethrone Titania.
* The Fairy Codmother arrived and helped the Acolytes create their own festive tea party hats. She taught them the tea party's known rules: Always slurp your tea loudly. Anyone without a hat will be violently punished. You cannot decline a puff from the peace pipe. And she warned there were secret rules they'd need to discover on their own.

#### The Gardens

* The Acolytes arrived at the palace gates to find hooded heads mounted on pikes. Each wore a sign written in blood that said, "HOODS ARE NOT HATS!" Sybil Ringwell cast Speak With Dead and a head explained their family arrived in a group costume where they all wore animal head hoods. The last thing he remembered was a spectral axe swinging at him when he entered the palace. When asked how he'd like to be laid to rest, he requested the party collect his head and his family members' heads and put them in a basket to leave on an unsuspecting doorstep. Bromo agreed and gathered the heads in a pot.
* The fairy barbarian put the potted heads in front of a nearby tent. He knocked on its flap and the party attempted to hide. Only Dikarus Bottombane was successful. A high priestess of the archfey peered out and screamed at the horror. She and her fellow high priestesses then ran out of the tent. When they investigated the tent, they found a hookah filled with a pink gas. The party smoked from it, but Muchomucho M Amor entered a catatonic state. They decided to take the hookah with them.
* They spotted a mermaid and a tortle speaking with a water genie in a nearby pond. The mermaid sounded like a cigarette and wanted to wish for a beautiful voice. Her tortle friend warned against this. When Clows Kufas approached the fellow tortle, he was shocked to learn he was sponsored by Big Straw. Sybil charmed a couple nearby knights to piss in the pond. Spectral axes then cut off their heads for peeing in the water. Bromo added their heads to the pile.
* At a nearby garden lounge, Bromo offered the peace pipe to a few dryads who all shared their feelings for one another and entered a romantic thrall. Bromo then took a bunch of their loose tea leaves and threw them in the river. A spectral axe decapitated him for spilling the wrong king of tea. Dewey Thundersnatch jumped into action and revived him, giving him a pearl necklace similar to Barb's.
* Xanthoria communed with Sybil and urged her to return Bromo to her. Sybil was able to convince the Archfey of Fall and Decay to let Bromo live for now.
* Throughout their exploration of the queen's gardens, Sybil successfully talked up the Raven Queen and swayed sentiment to her side.

#### The Palace

* The Acolytes stepped onto a patio that was acting as a parking lot for the guests' flying carriages. A goblin named Stickshyft served as the valet. He warned against joy rides as the first valet of the evening lost his head while riding Duke Darling's carriage. The carriage plummeted to the ground. The goblin was too afraid to break the news to the Archfey of Romance. While Stickshyft was distracted, Muchomucho summoned a reindeer that destroyed Duke Glow's carriage.
* Inside the palace's atrium, the party reconnected with Ambassador Lyra. She said Atlas heard the rumors about Queen Titania but needed more evidence before forsaking his queen.
* Dewey found a secret door hidden underneath a rug in the east hall. The door led to Arachnea's dungeon cell. Lolth's lover's condition had severely worsened since Dewey and Sybil last saw her here. Clows carefully fed her a goodberry to restore some of her strength. After Dikarus freed her from her chains, Bromo reduced the drider's size so she could more easily blend in at the party. She weaved herself a silk dress and made it out of the palace.
* Duke Glow admired McSpanky's hat collection, which was displayed on the decapitated heads of guests who broke the rules. The party told him that Queen Titania's valet service allowed a reindeer to wreak havoc on the patio. He quickly left to find his carriage ruined, cementing his support for the Raven Queen.
* In Princess Keira's Shrine, the party found Prince Keeryn praying for his sister's forgiveness for betraying their parents. Bromo shared a touching moment with this upset royal. He advised the party to seek out his mother's magical cache managed by her apprentice Raylor for evidence against her. He warned Raylor would only speak to the most magically gifted Acolytes.
* Raylor was in the magical pantry organizing potions, herbs, and powders with his Bigsby's Hand. Sybil cast mage hand to help, but Raylor's hand slapped it out of existence. Sybil cast Bigby's Hand as well and their two magical hands got into a slap fight. Muchomucho's arcane knowledge earned Raylor's respect. Sybil cast anti-magic field on the supply closet, which made Raylor's Bigsby's Hand disappear, dropping a large amount of potions and powders. Raylor left to fetch a broom. Muchomucho then discovered ingredients necessary for a resurrection ritual. Suspiciously, these items were not part of the collection's written inventory. When Raylor returned, Sybil removed her anti-magic field, returning the spilled substances' magical properties. It then exploded in a fiery mix with Raylor inside.
* Inside a study, a gnome named Conradical was looting anything of value he could find. When the Acolytes confronted him, he said King Oberon was once just his family's apple tree before Queen Titania awakened him and turned him into an Archfey. He wanted payment for his family's loss of income. The party assured him the Raven Queen would repay him when she takes the throne. After he left, the Acolytes found a treaty written in Sylvan. It was a partnership agreement between Baba Yaga and Queen Titania to eliminate the Raven Queen.
* With the proper evidence in hand, the Acolytes convinced Atlas and Duke Darling to turn against the Sylvan Queen.

#### J'Accuse

* Bromo stepped onto a balcony that overlooked the party where Queen Titania danced with her crew Girls' Thyme. The fairy barbarian revealed the evidence of Queen Titania's necromancy and showed her true motivations for dethroning the Raven Queen alongside Baba Yaga. Duke Darling, Ambassador Lyra, Duke Glow, and Prince Keeryn all demanded Titania and Oberon abdicate. They left in exile but not before cursing the names of Keeryn, Bromo, and the Raven Queen.
* Baba Yaga was in attendance and laughed hysterically at Queen Titania's predicament. She confirmed it all to be true before teleporting away.
* The Raven Queen flew in and took back her throne to thunderous applause.