Rough Morning

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## Summary

Simon has another dream about the sea monster in the waters. The shadowy shape from back then approaches Simon with the half elf sorceror taking a bold step and swims towards it. The creature appears to swim around him studying him. Simon asks what the creature it but he doesn't understand the creature when it speaks at first. He does hear a few words before he wakes up in the torn up cottage.

He wakes up next to Eira who's surrounded by illusory butterflies. Simon tries to get around her without waking her but fails when he steps on a creaky floorboard. Eira blushes as she wakes up unsure of how she got there. He hears Panne in the next room scrubbing the floor as Eira notes the the words 'big boy pants' embroidered on Simon's pants. Simon storms outside asking who stitched his pants. Iris is concerned as Simon turns beet red. He rejoins the party with a forced smile.

Ronan asks for pants like Simon's as Uttu approaches him without hostility. Simon asks where Fenix is and Iris comments that he's in the cult hideout as she retracts the thorns in her arm. Hyacinth complements her on a job well done. Simon walks back to bed to try the morning again.

Meanwhile Fenix and Layrun gather all the surviving books in the hideout. Fenix hopes to reverse the ritual Acharn used to return the magic to the fey wilds. As they look over the books, they notice burning books near lava pit. Fenix reaches for the books and actually uses frost magic to put out the fire. He screams internally as Layrun suggests they go upstairs.

As they return, Simon comes back up doing his morning over again. He tries to have a normal morning salutation with everyone when his eye twitches because Fenix was acting weird. Simon gives the idea that Fenix wasn't a fey so Fenix shows what he can do now. He's shocked as everyone else is while Hyacinth hears a weird voice. It comes from Fenix's new rapier and both of them put two and two together. Fenix throws the new sword away but Eira picks it up. The whispers only happen when Fenix is near the sword so Simon discerns that it's attracted to him. Iris and Erina figure out that the sword is alive and that's it's meant to be with him. Fenix takes the sword back and the whispers stop.

Panne then asks where Ray is. Uttu points to a tree behind the house. Bata lifts Fenix and Hoopla up into the tree where Ray is thinking. He mentions that he's been to the town before and is saddened by it's state. Hoopla tries to help but Fenix shuts her up before she makes things worse. Fenix suggests rebuilding the town of Aldcoast and not blaming himself for the town's destruction. Ray admits that he blames Acharn but hears that there are other people in pain. Fenix and Hoopla tell him to put that anger to use helping people instead of sulking in a tree before leaping back down.

Layrun, Saya, Iris and Eira offer to stay in Aldcoast and help the people there. Iris then pulls Simon aside wondering what they'll do next. Simon thinks about getting a ship and Eira mentions that there are some beat up ones in the harbor. Iris promises to work on a ship to cross the ocean while Simon is out traveling. Simon then asks about his dreams before remembering Iris has a crush on him. Iris just falls over laughing.

## Notable events

* Aramau was unable to make it to this session so Eliyora played as her
* Fenix uses ice magic for the first time