Summertime

The Acolytes in Sexy Tights continue having a ball with the Sylvan Court Archfey.

## Major Plot Points

#### Party Time

* Clows Kufas had to leave the ball because he accidentally ate turtle soup. Dikarus Bottombane secretly picked the jabberwocky egg from his shell, thinking it was better to keep it with the larger group.
* The Fairy Codmother returned to the Acolytes to remind them of the rules of etiquette and how to sway the Archfey into their favor.
* Muchomucho M Amor discovered new magic within him thanks to Una. She also secretly gifted him a unicorn pendant.
* Sybil Ringwell and Dewey Thundersnatch went out onto the patio and found Duke Glow, the Archfey of Camp, trying to leave the party. The pegesai that fly his chariot were turned to glass. Dewey found a run painted on the back of their hooves. Once Glow erased it, the flying steeds returned to normal. He took his leave and gave them both hard wild magic candies. Sybil started growing mushrooms where she stepped. Dewey saw a vision of his own death. He also took poison damage from eating the mushrooms.
* Aryan Grande continued performing on stage to an enthusiastic crowd. Her talent even impressed Queen Titania. Bromo spoke to the queen, and she encouraged him to get her son, Prince Keeryn, onto the dance floor. The barbarian coaxed the reclusive prince out of his private booth. The prince shared he wished his parents didn't sign the treaty with the Grim Court. He wanted them to keep fighting to avenge his fallen sister, Princess Keira. He disclosed that the royal family were using taboo magic to revive Keira despite any form of necromancy being illegal in the Sylvan Court.
* Baba Yaga sent the royal family Keira's foot as proof of capture and death. The Grim and Sylvan Courts are actively negotiating an exchange of the drider prisoner and Keira's remains.
* Barbara Duke, Dikarus, Sybil, and Dewey found Ambassador Lyra, a water nymph, in an atrium. She took a quick liking to Dewey and enjoyed a massage from a water elemental Sybil summoned. Lyra explained to Barb that she was feeling ill being separated from her home for so long. She was communing with the water through the atrium's fountains. Lyra's home, a region of the Feywild called Morning Tide, resides on the back of an island turtle called Duke Atlas. He is the Archfey of Water. Despite not being able to attend himself, Duke Atlas sent Lyra as his representative. Duchess Celestia, the Archfey of Dreams who lords over the Feywild moon, never attends and is often ostracized for it.
* Muchomucho and Aryan went into the kitchen and discovered a giant plant was out of control. Aryan successfully defended the royal ball cake from the plant's vines. Muchomucho called out to Bromo for help who destroyed the plant with his new axe.
* Dewey and Sybil went to see a magic show. The drow magician took Sybil as his volunteer and made her disappear after a few attempts. In reality, Sybil was kind enough to create a hole in the ground and fell to the castle's dungeon. Unfortunately for her, she fell into a cell that housed a drider. The half woman, half spider tried to bite Sybil. The wizard was able to instill a magical sense of fear into the drider and bought herself some time. Dewey reshaped the stones to help Sybil climb out.
* The Acolytes all reconvened in the ballroom before going to Duke Darling's den of pleasure. Darling asked the Acolytes to bring him olive oil and wine from the queen's private stash. Muchomucho was able to make olive oil with Una. Prince Keeryn tried asking his mom for the wine, but the two ended up getting into an argument.

#### Jabberwocky

* Prince Keeryn escorted the Acolytes into the off limits area of the palace to fetch the wine. It was then a jabberwocky crashed through the palace walls and attacked our heroes. Barb fired a crossbolt into its hide. Bromo became enraged and hacked it with his Deadwood Axe. Dikarus slashed at it with his soul blade. The jabberwocky hit Bromo with its claws and tail. Sybil cast finger of death. Dewey summoned a bolt of lightning.
* The injured creature let out a confounding burble. Muchomucho and Bromo became too stunned to fight. Dikarus had to attack randomly. Aryan powered through and unleashed bolts from her giant slayer crossbow. The jabberwocky flew away from Dikarus and Bromo, who both hit with opportunity attacks, and focused its attention on the spell casters. It destroyed the shrine to Princess Keira in the process. It clawed and swiped its tail at Dewey and Barb. The pair unleashed counter attacks by casting wrath of the storm and hellish rebuke. Sybil fled from the burble. Dewey hit the monster with a destructive wave. Muchomucho fired meteors at the green beast. Barb cast finger of death on it. Bromo was compelled to flee by the burble. The jabberwocky continued to punish Sybil, Barb, Dewey, and Mucho with its tail and claws. Bromo finally ended the fight by slamming his axe into the winged monster's skull. Before dying, it let out the word, "egg."
* The group realized the jabberwocky attacked because they had its egg. Aryan asked Dewey and Barb to revive her so they can give the egg back. They refused fearing to lose something so valuable that could help buy their way home. Aryan pleaded the group show mercy. Bromo and Muchomucho sided with Aryan. Sybil sided with Barb and Dewey. Barb cast speak with dead to try to reason with the jabberwocky and to see if it could get them home. The beast's simple intellect made her strictly focused on retrieving her egg. Prince Keeryn ended the debate by reviving the jabberwocky himself and ordering the Acolytes to forfeit the egg. The jabberwocky took her egg and flew away.
* Prince Keeryn awarded Aryan, Bromo, and Muchomucho with Prince Pendants for their compassion. He chastised the rest of group and gave them intel on how to kill Baba Yaga. He said their aptitude for violence would have to get them home as he wouldn't continue assisting with their Fey Gate search.

### How to Kill Baba Yaga

* As long as her hut is mobile, her heart will beat. You’ll need to restrain her hut by putting the **Glass Sippers** on its chicken feet. The Glass Slippers are owned by Vintara, the Archfey of Winter and Pessimism, a member of the Grim Court.
* Even if her heart stopped, she could regenerate 24 hours later due to the Archfey’s connection to the Feywild. Striking her with the **Crescent Scythe** will sever her ties to the realm. Celestia, Archfey of Dreams, wields this weapon.
* Baba Yaga’s last contingency plan is possessing one of her **daughters**. Each member of her coven enters a blood pact with her. In the event of her true death, her spirit will possess one of them. They all need to either die before her or renounce their pact.
	+ Tasha Nightshade - Deceased.
	+ Evelyn Moongrave - Missing. Last reported sighting was in Cloud City, but it was destroyed in the War of the Courts. It's Archfey lord is dead.
	+ Phylis Croax - Lives in the swamplands surrounding the Grim Court city of Upfall.
	+ Skabatha Eveningveil - Owns a toyshop in the Grim Court city called Firefly.
	+ Perdita LaDonna - The newest and most mysterious daughter. Little is known about her, but she seems to be traveling a lot.