The Grove Part 3

## Episode 37 - The FeyWild West

In the Grove, Seline is talking to Scote about their children. They're discussing how the children travel with them and how Jareth gets to school in Airpike. Talia thinking about how Jareth and Adrienne are now visiting Master Talden, realizes that Adrienne didn't come into the Mansion through Talden's door and should not be able to visit them. With the 3 Doors to the Argent-Grey mansion, you can only exit the one you came in. So if Adrienne try to leave she should have only come out Talia and Seline's door. Talia and Seline wait until the kids return. They find out that Adrienne just followed Jareth out and Jareth came back and left a note. After experimenting they determined it's not a glitch in the doors but that Adrienne can leave either door she wants. When everybody goes to sleep, Talia sits in the hallway keeping an eye out. Seline comes out to the hallway and talks to Talia about it, reminding her that aside from star whales and gods it's unlikely they'll be attacked in their interdimensional pocket. Seline convinces Talia to go to bed. Talia wakes up seeing a familiar red light. She gets up the check on the kids and finds a shadow holding Jareth by the throat. Unable to summon Death's Whisper, Talia shifts. She charges forward straining to reach and protect her child for the hallway stretches. She watches Retribution's silvery gleam as the shadow draws it, aims at Jareth and pulls the trigger. Talia wakes up screaming. Seline comforts Talia and stays awake with her until they both fall back asleep. After a shower and breakfast in the morning, Talia and Seline find Chief Elder Franya in the clearing where the feast was held. Unfortunately Talia is late. Franya instructs Talia to sit next to her and breathe. Having spent many years in the woods, Talia sits and enjoys the feel of nature around her. For an hour, Seline wait with her, but then she decided to explore. The buildings of the village have no doors privacy curtains but no doors. The Grove's community is composed of many different races whose children are running around and playing in the area. Seline tries to find sick or injured and learns druids are also healers. One of The druids direct her to Mother Neela who's time is short when, Burnham see Seline is a cleric of the Harvester (Undertaker). Mother Neela is a very old golden dragonborn laying on the bed surrounded by several others. Marianna (Mother Neela's adoptive half elf granddaughter) is attending Mother Neela. Mother Neela was happy to see Seline as the last time there was a stranger in the Grove was 200 years ago. Talia sits until sundown. Franya tells Talia it was to see if she could sit still and and do nothing. Talia really doesn't understand what they're supposed to be doing. She finds Seline at Grandma Neela's side and they leave to talk about their day. Deciding to run off some of their extra energy, they race one chasing the other. Later, Talia dreams that she's in the woods outside of the Grove, the red light all around her. Realizing it's a dream, she tries to wake up but can hear the echoes all of Jareth crying out for her. She is suddenly outside the estate hearing Jareth's cries from within. Racing upstairs to Jareth's room, she sees Brown standing over Jareth's sleeping form. Talia says it's not real. Brown draws a silver knife. With the Broker's voice, he says, "just another one to put down." She tries to summon Death's Whisper but her hand fills with Retribution. Defiantly she says you're not real before lifting Retribution to her own head and pulling trigger.

## Characters

### Players

* Seline Argent-Grey
* Talia Argent-Grey

### NPCs

* Chief Elder Franya
* Mother Neela
* Leroy Brown