Bittersweet Departure

> And here we have the end of Season 1!
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## Summary

Adrian Tanlaial finds the rest of the party while thanking Rienhardt for the new tunic. He mentioned that he donated to helping the cemetary and Olwen Edgeworth reminds everyone that they need to donate their winnings. After that they meet up with Princess Abigail and notes that their party needs to split up. Jojo is surprised that this is goodbye so Seven gives him a hug. Jojo gives a speech on how he finally belonged somewhere with the party. He gives Seven a cask of the drink she liked while he gives the rest of the party members a drink. As he passes his flask of friendship around, he gives hope to everyone from Sybl Indrax's fortune with cards, to Adrian hoping to have fun, to Olwen for her heart to remain true, for Flint to keep his sense of humor, and for Hoshimi to continue to inspire others. Hoshimi hopes for the heaven's river to guide his path. Jojo also hopes for Seven to find what she has lost but never lose what she found. He gives a clever knock knock joke. Seven is torn about Jojo leaving but Hoshimi mentions that they'll see him again. Olwen remarks that family is forever no matter where they are and Seven thinks of Sybl at that remark.

Before they leave, the party donates their winnings. Sybl donates to the Bowerstone Orphanage, Seven donates to the Emeraldsong Conservation, Flint donates to the Emeraldsong Conservation as well along with the DeLangue College Fund, and Hoshimi lets Adrian donate her funds to the Foundation for Alasastican Unity. They take thier carraige back to the Abigail Plains with Olwen working on Hoshimi's gift. Hoshimi asks what everyone is going to look for with adrian reminding to look into Heironious, the symbols and the cipher. Hoshimi remembers that Xaillen talked with her about the lower left symbol. She rolls her eyes at Xaillen's lie and mentions that it was a celestial marking and shows the mark in her eye. The party is surprised that she is a descendant of the Aasimar. Olwen notes that the symbols seem to represent something for each of them like how Asmodeus is linked to Adrian's family and Tiamat being linked to Flint being a dragon from Baator. There's also the goddess of destiny and Hextor to be concerned about. Adrian says he's going to talk to his godmother who lives somewhere very warm.

The discussion turns to where Arpolian could be hiding out from the tavern. Talk of a police search surfaces with Olwen having someone to help in mind. She also knows where Hoshimi can look in the seedy underbelly. Adrian mentions that Nicholas Hollyhock is looking to steal credit from him regarding something. Adrian suggests splitting into three groups with Adrian and Seven going to the temple, Olwen and Flint going to the presinct while Sybl and Hoshimi go underground. Hoshimi mentions that Hollyhock has been a customer of hers regarding information gathering during the time she's been away and that she wants to go to the seedy underbelly with only Yuuto. Olwen sighs and gives Sybl to Adrian for his reading abilities.

Everyone begins dozing off with only Seven and Sybl staying awake. Seven admires the view and Sybl asks if she had a view like this earlier in her life. Seven can't remember but Sybl says it's okay as he can't remember much either. They reflect on what's happened since they joined the party. Sybl even apologizes for being distant recently because of what he remembered. He thinks about the creature from his vision and the possibilities of it being forced to do something. Sybl thinks about forgiving the creature while Seven doesn't. Sybl mentions a further difference with Seven not suffering a loss like Sybl did. Sybl is envious that Seven can remain joyful despite all the heartache she went through. Seven hopes Sybl can meet the creature again. A half hour after the rest of the party wakes up, they see Directian on the horizon.

## Notable events

* Jojo leaves for Lefethyr
* The party donates thier winnings to charity
* The party arrives at Directian