AWR Session 15

-Lucian wakes up first, Mei and Lucian have a quick chat. Mei lays out options, Lucian goes to check on Eclipsa. Rakesh and Harry are next

-Lucian is making it rain rations

-Mei gives Lucian permission to use her likeness to get into town

-Harry checks on not-Rumbles. Turns out he is Rumbles. And he's sad. Plane of fire, caramel colored man with cracks in his skin says "It's OK buddy, you can try again". Something fell off Rumbles in the temple. GUESS WE'RE GOING BACK IMMEDIATELY

-Mei convinces Rakesh and Harry to both leave the tree and go with the group into town

-3 women, one with leis, one with powder, one with a book. "Welcome to Bloom"

-Rakesh is feeling up the elf, has brands of moons and stars and swirls on her temples

-Eclipsa declines a lei, says she's pretty enough without it

-Rakesh and Harry get a mark in powder, Lucian looking like Mei changes his face to seem like he already had a mark. When they ask where his/her lei went, Lucian/Mei says that he lost it in an attack.

"We are trying to move forward. We want to show that not all people should be shunned."

-Eclipsa contacts Mei, who tells her a trade works to accept gifts, and that they're falling back on old customs after there was a murder in the court. Eclipsa basically forces the elves to take a copper, after they tell her where she can give her donation.

-They give her bad sad mark

-Elves call Lucian Mei-Lin. She's never used that name in the Feywild. This is bad news bears

-Rakesh is trying to convince them he more blind than he actually is, signs X in the book. Harry signs Harry. Eclipsa signs Night. Lucian contacts Mei who tells him to stop lying. He signs Moonshadow

-Rakesh says he's looking for a place to retire and they need a place to stay for now

-Give a tour of the area, show them tents. Three marks: Bloom, Blossom, Wilt. Can only stay where mark lets you stay. Get your mark by "Weighing your heart against a feather"

-Woman asks if they are seeking accommodations for four, thought they saw a fifth. Who the FUCK IS FOLLOWING THEM

-Rakesh says he is going back to Soil, Woman says Solair didn't allow last person through. Rakesh says he has connections.

-Really want Rakesh to choose to retire in the fey instead so let him see for a second. Purple eyes, smug Lucien smirk (Lucien changes back into himself), and Harry's orange goggles. Say they have to take it back when Rakesh says he still has a mission. Give him a bracelet with three pink/green charms and one clear charm.

-Rakesh gets the mark of the bloom.

-Lucian gets invited to dinner at court that night. Mind links Mei to ask if he should. Mei is upset, tries to coach him through redeeming himself, he sorta does when he tells the truth, they ask him to return in three days there's a meeting of the Seasons to mark the Season rotation and want Lucian and friends to go as guests of the Summer Court.

"Not all Fey are what we seem"

-Rakesh asks for accommodations for everyone, says everyone is under his reputation. Any friend of Rakesh is a friend of ours!

-MEANWHILE Xander and Mei have another chat. This one doesn't go well. Big angry. Mei gets kicked out, bamfs Callus with her

-Lucian mind links to come get Callus, Mei says she needs help. Elf woman uses key charm from bracelet and unlocks door that goes straight to Mei and Callus. They help her get Callus through

-Tardis tent is tricked out, say they're going to get Life Tree Water to help Callus. Get him into a room

-Sophie the cat shows up, very heavy bottls on a tray, is super sweet. Gets to take off levels of exhaustion but NOT FUCKIGN ENOUGH aaa

-Rakesh sense Sophie away, then Sophie is sad, then Rakesh tells Sophie to come back. She is chatty. Brought Life Tree Water all the way from Autumn, that's her job. Eclipsa and Lucian try to remove themselves from tiny cat person

-Smumbles communicates with Harry again, warmth, scared and confused, lonely, and now pain and abandonment. It falls asleep

-Cat leaves, is sad, says Rakesh isn't her friend anymore

-Rakesh and Lucian chat lovers. Shar is not Lucian's wife. Rakesh says he can get her. Shares name of his ex - Aurora Cassilla. Is a name from a book? What book?

"Was too strong, she had a bigger ambition"

-Lucian gets right in the kitchen. Dinner and bed again

-Oh shit Callus is up

-Mei and Callus chat

-Callus and the Traveler chat

-A watch is smashed into green powder. 24 hours to decide, guess that's decision made?

-Mei lore dumps on the party, everyone tries to catch Callus up on what's been happening. Mei pays Callus' 100GP debt

-Go back to the elves in their welcome tent to check out, say we don't have to because of Rakesh and we can come back any time we want. Callus/Mei discuss that this is very worrisome

-To get to Moon Trough, Shade Gallow > climb past well > Follow creek down. Mei asks where to get climbing equipment. They just give her some. Mei is again dubious. Again, any friend of Rakesh is a friend of theirs. This might be problematic.

-Shade grove is big black tree with black leaves and glows a cosmic blue. Usually only grows in shadowfell

-Sheer mountainside, 125 feet up. Lucian gets up without trouble, leaves pitons and rope for us. No one falls off the cliff, follow the brook and get to Moon Trough

-Mei takes Harry to go to introduce themselves. Caverns have been different since a charming blue man came through and left some "sticky" things in there. Over the pools is dangerous too, things that want to eat them in the water. Won't give us an escort

-Find out there's a portal in Vividen, Mei asks to bring next weapon drop there, is pissed.

-Harry asks if they've ever seen one of his kind. Tells him to go to Pondstone. Also will provide information on weapons to Harry when they come back to do the drop

-Underground it is!