Team Les Mis, Part II: Otherworldly Telenovela (Session Summary)

**Team Les Mis, Part II: Otherworldly Telenovela** details the events of the March 8, 2022 session where the party starts to become settled into the Ebrian Isles, meeting new team members along the way.

## Session Notes

* Anticipating Chae and Prince Theo’s arrival, Resistance Headquarters has been inordinately busy cleaning and getting everything in order and Adeline, the Resistance’s quartermaster, has been keeping Aletris on their toes with seemingly endless tasks.

* After spending some time shoveling snow, Al treats himself to a hard-earned rest by hiding and can’t help but feel unsettled by the full moon casting a bright glow on everything.

* While Al is resting, Thea notices Theo and what seems like the entire Trafarnese army making their way to HQ. She decides to rush to the main building to inform everyone of the impending arrival and runs into Al in their hidey-hole.

* As Chae and Theo arrive. Chae teases him about preparing for Adeline’s intensity and the possibility of shoveling snow – an idea that almost delights him, having had *People For That* all his life. While they chat, the two nearly fail to notice everyone noticing them cuddled up and close, until Chae catches a few glances and returns them with a scowl of her own.

* Puck decides to branch off from the group’s arrival, announcing that he’s going to scout and secure the perimeter to make sure that neither the Gods nor Titania try to surprise them.

* Approaching the main building, Adeline intercepts the couple to welcome Chae and her soldier boyfriend home – inquiring after Theo’s whereabouts and whether he’s attractive and single, to everyone’s amusement. Aldara tries to soften the impending blow by encouraging everyone to talk it over inside.

* Theo confesses that he is head over heels in love with someone, but Adeline hopes that it won’t last as she’s hoping to catch his eye, and presses him about when the prince is expected to arrive. To her embarrassment, Theo confirms that he’s already done so.

* Meanwhile, Al and Thea hear the commotion and make their way to the main building and excitedly greet Chae and Aldara. As soon as Chae spots Al, she experiences a range of emotions as the knowledge afforded by her connection to Avalon washes over her.

* Aldara encourages everyone to go inside and everyone does so, as Adeline insists on Chae helping her in the kitchen. Once inside, Theo whispers into Chae’s ear and he immediately seems irritated when she answers.

* Thea asks about catching up with her well-traveled friends, and Theo insists that it be done over dinner as everyone is hungry – insisting all the while that people refer to him by name, rather than by title. As everyone gathers to plate up their dinners, Aldara reminds Al to take something with them to eat while they work. Al promises to bring food back to the table.

* Thea and Aldara exchange excited greetings, prompting Chae to joke about the two of them having gone mere days without seeing each other and Theo to note that some people thrive on physical affection, citing Gideon likely thriving on it with Aldara later that evening. Thea, picking up on Theo’s innuendo, asks Aldara for additional details.

* While everyone is chatting or eating, Chae and Elina hear footsteps on the steps outside. Though Elina offers to investigate, there’s no need as Puck graces everyone with his presence, having been lured by the siren’s song of free food. When he sees Al, he is similarly overcome with the range of emotions that Chae experienced upon seeing him.

* Thea asks if Puck is another friend and, though he was incredibly helpful with the logs during the group’s travels, the general feeling is that he’s more of an acquaintance than a friend. Chae encourages everyone to sit down for a serious conversation.

* Starting off her conversation, Chae introduces Puck and wastes no time telling everyone that he is one of the Fae, working with Oberon, to help them. Although Thea is quick to offer him a cheerful greeting, Al seems less than enthusiastic.

* Rather than focus on Puck’s offer of proof, Al instead chooses to ask Puck why he keeps staring so intently at them. Puck says he wasn’t aware that he had any kids, to everyone’s shock and to Al’s disbelief.

* When pressed for confirmation, Chae says that she can see Al’s profile through her connection to Avalon. Puck tries to provide a simple explanation to spare everyone needless confusion: *Avalon* is the home of the Fae and, as Puck’s kid, Al is Half-Fae, though he admits he doesn’t know who Al’s mother could be.

* Al says that Puck bailed on their mother after their encounter, angering Puck. As the two wind up to begin arguing, Chae tries to shut it down by reminding them that Puck is there to help the Resistance.

* Picking up from where Puck left off, Chae explains that *Avalon* is a database with information on everyone living in the world, and that she is a registered user. Aldara asks if it’s like a big library, which Chae mostly confirms. This seems to spark a realization within Al, who mentions that he sometimes seems to just know things without knowing why they know those things.

* Chae asks Al to clarify: what do they know and how do they know? Al says that they have to ask a question out loud while having a general understanding of the topic being asked, and the answers just come to him. But the difference for him is that his knowledge is directly related to machines, not people. Puck notes that Avalon will supply a person to reinforce their natural talents.

* Al asks what else Avalon can do for a person – if Avalon can take control of a person and make them do things without their knowledge. Puck confirms that it can, explaining that it’s easier to explain everything away as being Fae, rather than go over the history of the planet.

***Note:** Puck and Al’s conversation continued in downtime RP — A brief summary is as follows:*

* Al confirms that they sometimes find themselves waking up in bed, freshly showered, and wearing clean clothes, but they don’t remember doing any of that. Puck confirms that Avalon will do what it feels necessary to protect people, with some even learning to control it.
* Puck and Chae offer to help Al learn to control it, and they agree.
* Theo asks Al for assistance assembling housing for the soldiers, and they enthusiastically pepper the prince with questions about the project while noting their excitement to have further conversations with Puck.