Thanks, It Has Pockets (Session Summary)

**Thanks, It Has Pockets** details the events of the November 7, 2021 session, where the party deals with last-minute issues the morning of the royal wedding.

## Session Notes

* It’s the morning of the wedding and Aedryan is awakened by her maids to help her get ready for the big day and to inform her that King Simon has delivered a gift to her room: the tiara that prior queens and princesses of Trafarna have worn at their weddings.
* At the Raven estate, Talos is having coffee while Cecily shouts for Anastasios and Sorni to wake up — they must leave for the palace in ten minutes.
* Sorni wakes up and, despite her best efforts, can’t seem to convince Anastasios to get out of bed (or dress his star-fished nude body). It isn’t until Talos shouts about sharing a carriage alone with Cecily that the man budges.
* While Sorni and Anastasios get dressed, Talos notices Cecily’s demeanor is somewhat dampened and, though he attempts to prod her for information, the only thing she reveals to him is that she had a nightmare depicting chaos. Talos consoles her and promises her a dance at the wedding.
* Anastasios and Sorni join them and discuss the plans for the day: Talos is to prioritize Aedryan’s security while Sorni, Chae, and Cecily will travel to the cathedral with Aedryan and her siblings.
* As a footman enters to whisk the group away to the palace, Anastasios asks Talos to stay behind so they can have a serious conversation: Anastasios demands to know why Talos is planning to run away with Cecily after he and Sorni depart for their tour of the country.
* Talos denies it but Anastasios insists he knows the Truth™, and he takes this time to tell Talos that there is another man vying for Cecily’s heart — and is such a serious contender, that she’s been practicing signing her potential new name, Cecily *Vasari*, at home.
* Though Talos is amused, he’s grateful for Anastasios’s (misguided) heads up, and takes the opportunity to warn about Cecily’s dream before they depart for the palace.
* Back at the palace, Sorni, Chae, and Cecily arrive in Aedryan’s room, and it’s immediately clear that Cecily is doing her best to pretend like everything is fine.
* After being pressed, she reveals that her nightmares depicted her mother disrupting the wedding on behalf of the gods.
* Sorni laments the inability to join the fray should a fight break out due to wearing a formal dress, but Aedryan announces that the dresses have pockets — perfect for hiding the plethora of knives that Cecily has appropriated from Talos.
* When the subject turns to getting ready for the wedding, the maids reveal that no one has heard from the seamstress despite repeatedly sending for her.
* Talos arrives just in time for the worrying news and offers to check in on the seamstress. After some back and forth debate on whether Cecily will go alone or stay behind while Talos and Sorni look into it, it’s eventually decided that Talos and Cecily will be the ones investigating.
* As they leave, they run into Simon who asks to see Aedryan. After ~~Mom~~ Cecily tells him no, he asks ~~Dad~~ Talos, who also tells him no. Simon decides to send another gift instead.
* Back in Aedryan’s room, another gift is quick to arrive. On top is a note from Simon about how much he misses her and how anxious he is for the wedding — it’s enough for Aedryan to forget about the gift, but Sorni reminds her to open it.
* The gift is *a lot* of jewelry — nearly every piece of jewelry that Aedryan has seen in paintings of past queens. Though she can’t help but notice some notable pieces are missing, she is almost relieved that it’s not *everything*. Aedryan decides to write Simon back.
* Meanwhile, Talos and Cecily have made their way to the seamstress’s studio and find that, despite the light being on, no one answers.
* Talos picks the lock and the two make their way inside toward the lit room to find the bloodied and broken corpse of the seamstress, and the dresses soaked in her blood.