Session 32 - The Frog Races

Immediately following the battle

* Fremia is crying in Betheros's arms
* Melian gathers Kivi and Ozera and they leave
	+ Physto and Pleufan go with them
* Betheros asks Fremia what's wrong
	+ He recalls that she seemed really emphatic when Fyri had initially asked about reincarnation that she seemed extremely enthused
	+ He appears to have a seizure when trying to talk to her - he says he knows that this isn't ideal but at least she's here
		- She leads him up to her room to tell a story
		- She asks how many tieflings he's seen in his world travels - he says none
		- Tieflings get left on the steps of churches - this happened to Fremia - had a note pinned to her chest and didn't give her a name and couldn't do what she thought needed to be done
			* The temple leaders didn't want to kill her - they thought they could get the demon out (attempted exorcism)
			* Then tried to cut off her horns and burning the stubs
			* Tried to burn the demon out
			* Finally decided she was beyond help before the ascendant primogen said that Doxos would not condone the murder of a child
				+ wanted to make her an example to tieflings (had to be perfect)
		- She realizes that people didn't look at her the same, but the Primogen died and passed the title. She finally got respect
			* people say that it's her fault, death threats to the church for her head
			* She thought it would be easier to not be this
	+ Betheros gives his most heartfelt condolences - he apologizes for not asking before
		- He though she felt more how he felt when he didn't want to be a half-elf
		- which is why he didn't think as much of it
	+ Fremia says that this allowed her movement from Moraxellon to Catarrahalia
		- says she wouldn't have met Betheros had that not happened
	+ Betheros says that she has been the most beautiful and amazing person that he's seen in his entire life
		- says she's amazing despite what other people say of her. She is the "best person he's ever met"
		- And that he'll go beat up the other people for her
		- He says he's kidding because he's not strong
	+ She wanted to look like him when she came back
		- She didn't like that Betheros got weird looks for it
		- He says he's really happy that she came back as her
	+ Fremia doesn't think she'll ever like this
	+ They go to bed
* Tadashi carries Fyri home
	+ Sets her down and says that they really have to talk about this
		- Fyri says that she doesn't have a good excuse for this one
		- She says she didn't realize hell was gonna be the situation when she started
		- Tadashi says that she shouldn't have risked her own life too
		- Fyri says she'd already promised and it was hard to look at her soul and not do it
			* He says she didn't think about how terrifying it would be if she came back corrupted
			* She says it would be and she's experienced it almost a few times, and she's scared but she couldn't not go
		- He asks her to please not do that again
		- She says she will do her best to avoid demons and hell next time
	+ He cares too deeply to watch her die and doesn't want to watch her run headfirst into it
		- She would not have done that for anyone in any situation, but they owe that much to Betheros and Fremia
		- Says it could very easily have been them had Inops noticed them instead - hoped Fremia and Betheros would do the same
	+ He says she's right (which she is) and he says she must be exhausted
	+ She says she hopes he understands she's not trying to get into these situations. He's concerned about the spread of the demonic corruption
		- He doesn't have many cares in the mortal realm, Fyri and the natural realm - he felt like he was losing both things at once
	+ They go to bed - Tadashi says that they'll pay them
* Melian, Ozera, Physto, Kivi and co leave with them
	+ Physto asks how long Astrid will be able to walk
		- He says maybe they could talk to Minge to extend the time when she tells him that in 24hrs she won't be able to walk
		- Doesn't know that she's meant to walk - lost her legs to remind her to confuse her fate with his
			* He says that's pretty harsh - but tamsulodin deals in harsh realities
		- Physto says that he needs to talk to Mars
			* Says he saw her exchange words with his parents - says that it seems that his father thinks she must give her life in protecting his
			* He says that she shouldn't die just defending him - she says that it was originally supposed to be her and Astrid and then it fell just to her
				+ His father said that he should have teh best sword available (originally sword of Phystostenes Kima), and Mars joined when they were children
			* He wants to keep her safe the same way she wants to keep him safe
			* Astrid says maybe they should stop and wait until they get back to the temple
	+ They get back to the temple
		- Astrid gets out of her armor - talks alone with Physto
			* She says she thinks Physto should lay off of Mars
			* Says that Astrid and Mars were trained by dad - in harsh weather and seasons
			* He first began dueling with metal when they were 8, physto in his early teens
				+ The point was that every time they stepped into the world, anyone could be killed and they had to get used to the pain
				+ Astrid had their mother
				+ Mars's family thought that the only reason they had a say in the temple was because she was chosen to protect Physto
					- Couldn't wait for Physto to come home after Astrid got hurt - not saying she doesn't love Physto, but she isn't sure that if Physto asks her any more that she would break
				+ Astrid would worry about what their father said to her when she got there (to Tamsulodin heaven)
				+ Astrid tells her to be careful
		- Physto wants to go to the observatory to look at the history of the Phystostenes
			* Looks at the armor - plate mail humming with magic, made to replace lost limbs (not complex artificer work)
			* Physto prays to Tamsulodin - it is an okay prayer
			* Go to observatory
				+ Astrid asks how many Phystosteneses he wants to go back - he defers to her judgement
				+ She asks for his dagger - says it holds the memories of the people who used it to fight demons
				+ Opens the observatory and the sky "goes backwards" to a generation ago
					- Dad's Physto (not ever called "Physto")
					- appears that back then they were fighting similar entities (these current ones are from deeper levels of hell)
				+ Ends in the span of a month - caught it early and stomped it out quickly
					- Seems to center around the mountains, wilderness to the north is full of demons
					- Only the poor little mute guy who had to revive everyone survived the mountain fight
				+ Puts up his constellation - puts up her constellation (east and west constellations)
					- eastern represents the beginning of life, west is the end of life (warrior -> sage for astrid)
					- There is only one central constellation with the Phystostenes marking
						* never before has this been seen - even those with the moniker "starborn" had 2 constellations
					- She warns him to be cautious
				+ Do they know the names of the demons?
					- Perhaps they can look tomorrow
					- She asks if he's been keeping journals
						* He says they have and he will give them to her
						* She gives him a little book - it appears in another journal she produced
	+ Pleufan and Melian are going back to the inn
		- He is grumbling but he asks her what she wants for a prize
		- She asks what he wants, and he says there's no point in picking a prize when he lost (anything that she wants)
		- He asks for his sword back
			* She asks if he needs it
			* He says not right now
			* She says not now - he asks if it's like the shirt thing
	+ Betheros goes to see Tadashi
		- Fyri is unaware of this - she's taking a bath
		- He's at his drafting table
			* Cathilda knocks and Fyri hears that Betheros is at the door
		- Betheros wonders if they could talk privately
			* Tadashi agrees and apologizes for his anger earlier in the day
			* Betheros asks him to swear to secrecy, it would be between the two of them - Betheros puts on his pin and Tadashi agrees to talk
				+ He asks Tadshi what he knows of Fremia - says he knows she caused a scene/uproar as Primogen
				+ Her name was decided upon by the last ascendant Primogen (Sera Marosi)
				+ Just a church leader with a stroke of bad luck that she was born the way she was
				+ Betheros says that he's sure Tadashi noticed that Fyri did not go initially to hell
					- Betheros is looking for a way to exorcise the demon without causing further trauma and pain
					- Can they find a way to do this?
					- Tadashi's eyes flash with light - he has someone he could talk to (secretly)
						* Makes Betheros swear to secrecy
						* He takes off his circlet and drops a "disguise self" spell - ties a band of cloth around his eyes
							+ He doesn't look like an elf - taller & more ethereal
						* Feels bad to have deceived Betheros - Betheros asks if he's an angel (he's born of angels - scourge Aasimar)
							+ His eyes are considered weapons
						* He'll talk to his patron angel (but they like riddles)
						* Everyone has 1/2 souls - mom and dad (usually in harmony bc from same plane)
							+ Doesn't know himself how to reconcile that - guess is that it would require her father
							+ Fremia prolly doesn't know who her father is
					- He switches back to non-celestial
					- Says that Fyri said that Betheros would make the same decision if the situation was reversed
* Kivi goes to the Tamsulodin temple for the evening
	+ Reads the letter she received from her father in the middle of the battle

Next Day

* They harvest from the dragons
	+ Physto harvests fire dragon leather
	+ Melian harvests fire dragon eyes
	+ Betheros harvests weakness dragon horns
	+ Ozera harvests weakness dragon breath pouch
	+ Fyri harvests death dragon fang
	+ Kivi loots space dragon as human - rope of entanglement

* Tadashi says he has rewards for the people - 10,000 gold (Pleufan wants to send all the money away)
	+ Tadashi wants to give him the money and Pleufan says he needs to send it away
		- Tadashi gives him a bag key
			* Take this
			* No! -Pleufan, Tadshi looks at him "Ok" Pleu
		- They will call that his reward - Pleufan stalks back
		- He asks what the key is for
			* It is to a small house
			* They try to convince him that he shouldn't give it back
			* They offer for Kivi and Ozera to stay
		- Melian tries to pay Pleufan back but he doesn't want it
			* His payments for her are a token of affection
	+ Physto asks if Pleufan won the contest
		- He contests that Melian did not do anything as cool as him
		- He gives him his workout book
		- Melian tries to put coins in his pocket - he notices
			* gives the coins back to Betheros
	+ Kivi gets a message - you need to come home and stay home what's best needed for them is to come home
	+ She is not happy and she tells them she needs to go home
	+ She tries to sneak away to talk to Tadashi - Melian follows
		- She appeals to Tadashi to try to get him to write two letters
			* He will write to both of the people that she wants - her father allows her to stay until the conflict is resolved
	+ Melian pops out - she has a question
		- All the vampires died - but they made a deal that Melian and the Phystostenes would go fight demons
		- Tadashi says that he'll send Krak out - they talk in druidic and Krak can't go
		- Tadashi grabs Melian's wrist - she's cold and hasn't got a HB
			* He asks her how she knows about these vampires
			* She says it's a long story and he asks her to summarize
				+ She tells him that she is a vampire
			* He says don't go to the demons - the problem seems to have solved itself
			* He'll take the vampires if they survive the demons
* There is a man putting up posters
	+ 600th annual celebration of freedoms - Festival celebrating Moraxellon's freedom
	+ Freedom of religion celebration
		- all the places have booths (in true neutral)
* Physto goes to the leather shop to make armor
* Betheros gets his horn worked
	+ Went to the temple - approaches Orlanna
		- He tells her that she better not be putting up an anti-dragon booth
	+ Fremia and Melian come by
		- Orlanna is looking at Fremia with disdain

Bar Time! - Hero's Scroll

* Everyone goes to the bar (Mars, Fyri, Tadashi, Physto, Betheros, Ozera, Kivi, Palo, Pleufan, Melian, Dragons)
* Erin tells us to sit down
	+ Waiter approaches
		- They order, Pleufan, Mars, and Fremia have already ordered at the bar
			* Fremia lights her drink on fire
			* Melian goes to the bar to get drinks
			* Fyri and Fremia cannot hold their alcohol
				+ Fremia "the new body is lighter than the older one"
			* Freja is making sure that Ozera doesn't overdo it with the alcohol
	+ Tadashi is getting a lot of looks, but trying to blend in
* Valor gets a big drink - his stomach is literally fire
* Tadashi says that Fyri doesn't need another drink
	+ Betheros, Physto are tipsy
	+ Betheros tries to scream to the bar that Melian is undead
* Valor says to Pleufan that he "stole something of his"
	+ Pleufan says he would have stolen 2, almost gets in some sort of fight, Melian objects
		- Betheros arm wrestles Valor
		- Kivi forces Valor into a stalemate
		- Fyri forces Valor into a stalemate
		- Everyone starts arm wrestling
		- Pleufan beats Valor
			* Tells Fyri that it's because he has no sleeves
			* Pleufan tells Betheros that he's losing because he has no sleeves
			* Betheros has Melian rip off his sleeves-he still loses
	+ Fremia is asleep on the table
		- Fremia arm wrestles Valor - she lost pretty bad
		- Betheros says he'll arm wrestle her and she loses again
			* She says he's really strong
	+ Melian is drunk - she says that she's stronger than Betheros, beats him three times in arm wrestling, both sober and drunk
	+ Kivi goes home with Palo
* Pleufan and Tadashi have to walk everyone home
	+ Pleufan doesn't know what temple they're taking them to - Fremia says Doxos
		- Betheros says that they need to stop at the Ritarian temple
			* he goes to Edgar's room and asks for any leftover pudding and tells him not to tell that he was here
			* He puts the pudding in Orlanna's shoes- Melian helps
		- Tells Pleufan that they weren't there
	+ Kivi is sleeping and Palo is in the same room sleeping in a chair
	+ Ozera is in another room
	+ Pleufan sets up guards in the house.

Carnival the following day

* Carnival is in "True Neutral" zone - surrounds the Mikimara manor
	+ 2 Tamsulodin booths
		- Hammer and bell game
		- Astrid offers Tarot and palm reading
	+ Doxos temple is doing missionary work - constellation necklaces
		- Fremia is sitting at the stand and setting everything up
		- Fremia gets out of working to walk the festival with Betheros
			* Betheros gets a Doxos book
* The party goes shopping
	+ Physto is looking for jewelry
	+ he choses to go into the magic jewelry shop
		- Old man and woman couple- not associated with any gods
			* Buys vial of hair (ew)
		- Fyri and Melian lead to a clothing shop (Leukasium - goddess of beauty)
			* Fyri buys a kilt for Pleufan
	+ Dantros god shop (god of war)
		- Dragon pistol for Betheros
	+ Leather worker - Arcane blade bracers for Melian
* Neutral evil tent
	+ Kivi asks about vampires and the lady says that they should play a game first
		- Kivi learns that revivify is a sketchy
		- Perhaps you could unvampire by eating the person who vampired you
		- Resurrection by a holy person is the best method
	+ Physto, Betheros, Fremia, Melian play the game too
* Tamsulodin temple - catch the greased pig
	+ Melian misses the pig then talks to it
	+ She continues to distract it - Kivi grabs it and holds on until Pleufan attacks
	+ Pleufan grabs the pig
	+ Melian gets it away from him - Kivi gets it back
	+ Physto knocks it away - Pleufan picks it up
	+ Fyri almost gets it - Melian gets the pig
	+ Kivi knocks it away- Physto gets the pig
* Three-legged race
	+ Melian and Betheros, Fyri and Kivi, Physto and Pleufan - Melian and Betheros win
		- Betheros gets unbreakable arrow, Melian gets cloak of many things
* Bobbing for apples
	+ Melian wins!
	+ Betheros gets a mind- reading potion

* Frog racing!
	+ Frogs with dragon wings taped to them
	+ Melian wins (12g, potion of animal friendship)! Then Fremia, then Betheros