Faces On Parade part 1

## Premise

### Session Pitch

The group meets up at a teleportation station and hop from the toon continent of Einquell to the realkind land of Firuuma, specifically Ibrído, to attend a masquerade ball. Nuggets are obtained, people are met and secrets start to unravel as the night goes on.

## Plot Summary

Lutin Remi, Shorts Kid, Larry Samuel, and Rhode Is-And have all received invitations to the highly esteemed masquerade in Ibrído, a city on the far side of Firuuma. The group congregates at the teleportation station located in Toontown, and meet Blink Lightly and Xan Adieu (who introduces himself as Ru Skedge) arriving from Senama.

After their teleportation and gondola ride through the canals of Ibrído, the group makes their way to the Manor of Lady Konba, the host of the event. A cloaked figure named Scion asks for their invitations and has the group select masks to wear for the ball--they are required to wear the provided masks, as it serves as an indication of which rooms a guest is allowed into. “Ru” is given a mask indicating he is a returning guest, and allowed to visit the private rooms. As a result, Xan splits from the group to investigate on his own, leaving Blink to join the group.

Shorts Kid beelines for the refreshments. While the food is delicious, both Larry and Blink soon realize that the beverages have been mixed with a diluted sleeping potion, which explains why some of the partiers seem so drunk. After flagging down servants to warn them about the drinks and have them replaced, the group hits the dance floor. Unfortunately, Shorts Kid’s enthusiastic krumping bumps into an especially irate and drunken partygoer, who tries to pick a fight until he is paralyzed by Hold Person and taken to a private room to sleep it off. The commotion draws the attention of Lady Konba herself, who thanks the group for their help. Upon recognizing some of the group as being from Dodo Studios, she expresses her hope that this event can act as a way to forge more positive Real- and Toonkind relations.

The group then moves out to the balcony to get some fresh air and do a little stargazing. However, they’re distracted from the moment of reprieve as the masks they were provided with suddenly fuse to their faces, impossible to take off. Blink receives a psychic message from Xan telling him where to meet, and the rest of the group confronts Blink on his behavior and his suspicious friend who had supposedly been here before. Blink admits “Ru” is not who he says he is and they came to investigate something, and asks them to join him in meeting Xan. Upon finding somewhere private, Xan admits his true identity and motives: the real Ru Skedge, who had transformed and enslaved him, was in contact with someone at this party called Noir, and they had planned to meet here. He had at first thought it was one bad actor, but it now seems clear that the entire event is a front for darker deeds.

The group comes to the conclusion that Lady Konba is the only one with the influence to orchestrate events on this scale, but they cannot hope to stop her without proper evidence. With this, Xan reveals the fruits of his private investigation; he’s located a secret passage in the walls of the manor.

## Cast

* Yuni as the DM
	+ Larry Samuel and Xan Adieu are here as NPC
* Snailcomics playing Lutin Remi
* Owldart playing Shorts Kid
* Launchqueen playing Rhode Is-And
* Mocksalad playing Blink Lightly

## External links

Link the video here: https://youtu.be/q9amsa2n2Fw