Episode 15 - Grandma's House

## Summary

The students enter the hyper-saturated Plane of Isathil with their mentor, Artis Artisian. After arriving in the small clearing of Pitter, they met Algot, the banished root smasher, a sleeping Bee, and Seltie, a blue skinned Grandma-esque planar mechant. After eating some snacks and haggling for some magic goodies, Winsler asked about her scale.

## Detailed Recap

The students find themselves overwhelmed upon entering the Plane of Isathil, with everything about the environment being unnaturally bright, taking some adjusting. Artis tells the students he must go pay respects to the Second Eldest, allowing them to explore on their own and encounter some of the people - or, err, creatures of the plane, though warned them there were some shady sorts present during the previous trip.

The party encounter a strange orange rock that appears to have a face, and Integrity begins speaking to it. It turns out to be some sort of earth elemental, who's held the profession of Root Smasher for at least 3000 years, who was responsible for dealing with the clearing, telling the students it had taken him several months due to the aggressive nature of their growth. He recalls of how he used to be in the employ of Patter, but was fired and subsequently exiled (which Mira remarked was extremely harsh) due to being replaced by the more efficient Salamanders who took his place. They are told about some of the other Denizens of the realm, including The First Eldest, who takes up residence in the sky, apparently providing the plane with its luminance in place of a sun.

Upon Algot returning to sleep, the party accidentally awakes a large Bee who seems quite upset with them, and wants to get back to sleep with their family. The party begin to feel like they're imposing, and also are informed that it is currently night time in the plane, and it looks no different during the day.

They decide to check out a wobbly house in the distance, apparently belonging to some old lady, and make their way across some sort of water after being unable to read the Sylvan sign relaying some sort of notice or instruction. They enter the house of Seltie, who is three foot tall, blue skinned with white hair, an interdimensional saleswoman who picks up various nicknacks from across the multiverse - including an odd yellow raincoat decorated in yellow rat tails and swan feathers (apparently the height of fashion), Moon Honey (healing moon energy implanted in honey stolen from the Bees), a case of Gold termites, and a pair of Chuck Taylors.

She insists upon the party that they eat, telling them they'll starve and die if they don't. There are many coloured cookies, pastries, and others that have the taste of things such as sawdust, meat (despite not containing meat), and some perfectly normally lemon custard. Serinepth is initially resistant to eating, but eventually has a stick of cinnamon forced upon her and a green cookie to take away the taste, while Winsler samples a bit of everything.

Unable to afford any of the interesting magical knickknacks outright, Seltie lets on that items tied with some sort of strong emotional (or traumatic) resonance have value to her, so they attempt to trade items that have a story attached with them - such as the dagger Integrity left behind when trapped in the book. She presents a magic scale upon which items are measured against the items in terms of some form of value.

Serinepth ends up trading jewellery associated with an arranged marriage and close friend for a truth serum (blue, smells like fresh cut grass) and magic size changing fork, Mira the Yellow Raincoat for a scrunchie and her Horn, and Integrity the Moon Honey for her dagger. Upon recalling the story of the dagger, she leads Seltie to believe she was purchasing blood magic and makes her recall her own dark past.

After refusing a comforting hug, Seltie turns to Winsler who inquires about the scale itself.