#drusten

[workingonit-currently]

We'll Astral Sea

Waking up after being drunk

desert

pirate ship

marina is a statue, frozen with an expression of love

backing away only to meet the Raven Queen's eyes

black purple sludge comes from the Raven Queen's mouth.

Courage runs away- she is a coward.

The sludge is following her

Runs back towards Marina

Marina is reaching out to Courage- Courage is terrified

80ft drop from the ship to the ground - 1d6 per 10ft fallen so..

Goes to leap off the ship- aptly called a "leap of cowardice" by our DM

The ground opens up into a crack as Courage falls and falls.

Back to Silas and Raven. (Raven- Rian's new character.)

Raven is a rogue, nonbinary, they/them, dark hair:

Silas and Raven trying to find Aleris who has run off in mourning. whoop

Both see a rift opening that looks like a sea of stars- probably Katarine trying to get them back.

Debating if they should go through.

Silas' awkward talking makes Raven suspicious and they make a note to look into Katarine's background.

Drusten says he'd be willing to die a second time for Silas. -oddly romantic actually and tragic.

Silas still doesn't trust Raven.- for SOME reason which I- Courage's player who missed a session- do not know.

Heading up to Courage's room

Courage wakes up with a horrible headache that might be from the ground or might be from the alcohol.

Bright blue light apparently knocked me out and Aleris really disappeared into thin air.

Loredump as Courage is not aware of anything.

Introduction to Raven and Courage instantly "no's" out.

Raven has children so they are us to temper tantrums

Raven relays farming problems with coyotes and weirdness.

Silas explains it takes time to build trust

Heading towards a portal in a forest- Courage is great at walking

Peaceful fingernail size fish

Courage sure is wandering- not the right way

Actually heading the right way to the portal

quick recap: Last time we talked she said she'd call us back when we were needed and sent us to be on our way

Raven tries to pick up some water for their wife. -Fails a con save as the water burns them.

The water around us in the astral boardwalk begins to glow with blue flashes of light.

Furious shouting in the astral plane

Drusten is technically undead so MIGHT be a threat to Katarine

Katarine is undead racist.

Raven sneaks behind and disarms Katarine of her god-blade thing

Treats this demi-god as one of their kids

Silas looks one step away from getting a migraine

Silas putting the kettle on

Opps, Drusten and Raven don't really know we signed up to make Katarine a god

Tea

Raven stealing

We already killed the people she wants us to kill. -Are we nothing more than mercenaries?

Head to Dargenstand and try and get information from the cult directly.

This is just information gathering and not directly stopping the cult- we kinda want them to start their ritual.

Contacts name is: Zacharias Dariel

We get a Sending Stone

Leaving the Astral zone with our new mission to Granderlock and then Dragenstand.

[dreamhot]

feeling like that sad cat in pink satin dress and wizard hat. yknow that one. drlog... any drontent... i need drustenance...

i only have this sad cat on hand but it's still accurate

[moreaugriffins]

Drusten: penny for your thoughts? Silas: you,, really want to know? Drusten: of course. Silas: I,, was just thinking,, about what we might do when we’re older,, all fantasy, of course, it’ll never happen but,, maybe we have a cottage in a forest, our own little garden to tend to, and animals we can feed and look after, the scenery both awe inspiring and peaceful, where we can just relax next to the fire, enjoying the peace and quiet. Drusten: that sounds nice- Silas: Courage would of course be there. Drusten: courage??? Silas: with her own partner, of course.  Drusten: Ok??

[thegreatwhodini]

@good-lord-no

friendly fucking reminder that a curved sword has greater cutting power because the force of the swing is distributed across a smaller impact area. a straight sword is better for thrusting

[khadorek]

Another Life

(For thisprompt, I decided to do something perhaps a little different, which I think youwill all enjoy. When I saw this pop up in my feed, I had a simple thought; whylimit myself to one series? If I can make a version of Khad in D&D, whycan’t I do it in elsewhere? So that is what I’m going to do, at least for thisinstance of the prompt, and depending on the general reaction, I may continueto do this too. Perhaps this alternate may encounter versions of yourcharacters as well during these snippets, who knows? Let’s begin by taking lookat perhaps a more… sinister version of the character, depending on how you viewthe groups in this universe. Bonus points if you can guess what it is, though it might be a smidgen obvious. Anyway,here we go, enjoy!)

Rocky Mountains Complex, NorthWestern American Seaboard Blue Zone, 2052

The assaultwas already well underway by the time they arrived; the warrior-priests of theBlack Hand and apparently the Prophet’s own personal army had been grindingaway at the arrogant and faithless lapdogs of the Global Defense Initiative forhours upon end, and despite grievous losses on both sides, the Khadorek’sbrothers and sisters were slowly pulling through. Indeed, the last of theglowing energy barriers that protected the complex were falling away just asthey were arriving, but there were still plenty of GDI soldiers standingbetween them and the Tacitus. Their briefing was simple; take out the last ofthe powerplants powering the base’s static defenses and escort the saboteur tothe Tactius Containment Facility while the other detachments dealt with themain GDI forces. Even so, it would be a long and bloody struggle, one thatalmost certainly would cost him his life, and that was just the way he likedit.

His fellowmilitants were already funneling out of the door of the Hand of Nod in droves,accompanied by several elusive shadow teams, taking to the air on poweredgliders as they faded from sight. What few fanatics they had with them hadalready thundered out the door, frothing at the lips and ready to die for thecause, as was to be expected for people who took up such a fast paced and“explosive” role. He strapped on the last of his TW2 combat armor and thenreaching into his personal containment capsule with the same practiced reverence.What lay within was his pride and joy, a weapon that was equally dangerous asit was rare, or perhaps even sacred depending on the viewpoint. If he had acredit for every time someone asked him how in Kane’s name he’d not onlyobtained an inert Scrin buzzer but shaped it into a blade and affixed it to aknife hilt, he could’ve retired young and wealthy. He never told them, ofcourse, else they’d try it for themselves, and then where’s the fun in havingsuch a rare “toy?” No, he only told them it was difficult, but beyond worth it,as they went rigid on death, while still retaining many of the curiousproperties of the crystal that both the visitors and the Brotherhood sorevered, and the monomolecular edge the alien worm possessed held true evennow, and the look of utter confusion upon the face of any GDI soldier as whatthey thought was a mere combat knife went through flesh and armor like butterwas a satisfaction he’d never give up for the world. Leaning over to grab his “borrowed”GD2 rifle, he notices Tali, his regiment’s local commando walking by. Absorbedin priming her laser pistol, she lets out a high, accented yelp when she feelsthe pinch. Looking back, she can’t help but smirk at the devilish look on theface of the militant on the bench behind her.

“You know… wemay not come back from this one… one more for the road?” Khad suggests slyly. Thatline almost always worked. She chuckled and shook her head, platinum blonde hairswinging lazily in turn.

“If lastnight is any indication, the fight would be long over by the time we getoutside. I’d like to show those GDI fascists the price what happens when they crossthe Brotherhood, don’t you?” She purrs in that exotic accent of hers. He can’thelp but smirk as well at her words.

“How rightyou are, looks like we’ll have to try extra hard to make it back, won’t we?” Hereplies, standing up and slinging his rifle over his shoulder, and once more foregoinghis helmet.

“Maybe YOUwill…” She teased, turning and walking to the door. “See you on the other side.”Khad chuckles as he follows behind her even as her stealth generator comes tolife and she fades from sight, winking one last time before she was gone. Khad,for his part, broke into a jog and moves out into the cold mountain air, evennow filled with the sounds of combat and the roars of his brothers and sisters,rapidly stirred into a frenzy by Confessor Drusten, the sole Black Hand Confessorattached to the regiment. Approaching his fellows, he noticed the doors of theshrine slide open, and several people with lab coats and equipment and makingtheir way towards the group. Khad just sighs to himself, wondering what the eggheadscould want now, and what in Kane’s name that weird smoke was coming out of thetop of the shrine…

To Be Continued…

AU versions of characters included: @this-lion-guy and @leavenohoofprints))

[workingonit-currently]

Interactive Theatre.

Surface timeeee!

Summoning the warhorse Joey.

Silas is given the option to ride Link since Aleris is coming with Courage

Instead he looks for a travelling horse merchant that always seems to be conveniently around.

Drusten's favourite terrain is grassland

Riding a goat.

Silas is our map reader

Le' go

Should be fine as long as we 'keep the water to the right'.

Naming the goat Billy

Crest a hill and see an overturned cart -similar to our early days of adventuring

Might be a performance, Silas gets excited.

Silas is le excited about DRAMA!

Silas jumps off the goat to barrel down the hill, we just speed past him because he a fool, thinking he can run faster than a horse or goat.

Try and do a dramatic rear and fall off: that's instant karma

Asking what's the situation with the cart

It was a set-up and Aleris is now a bear

Initiative rolls

Silas still thinks they're actors and corrects them on their sword-holding.

One of them is called Theo, so that cool

Aleris asks Link to intimidate them

Silas takes out his sword and casts hallucinatory terrain.

Persuade them they don't want to do this.

Joey KNOWS the terrain isn't real and jumps the gap to the kids, stopping 2 inches from the leader.

Silas walks up and talks to the kids.

They just wanted some money.

They theatre group

Silas tells them to join a union

Silas apparently has a book of contacts. -Mr Social over here.

Silas feels bad for them so feeds them

Silas gives them his Falconmail

Aleris is giving out rocks from her travels - A mountain dwarf really likes her.

Shaking nervous boy is interested in Courage's armour.

Courage doesn't know how to interact with kids.

Stonkin' is the head of their theatre group. (big stonks.)

'Admit one' piece of paper

Silas and Drusten being mushy - I can't remember for what reason

Treating Joey because he best boy.

Off we go again

Silas fails at lifting Aleris onto Joey. (he noodle boy.)

Nose-lift Aleris on and we goooooo

Since Aleris is now in the front of Joey she has full control. (though not really, Courage has a psychic link to Joey so...can control him at any time.)

Aleris puts Joey in full throttle.

Silas has the be 'the responsible one'. - He doesn't. He could have had fun but he very serious.

Approaching fortress where our person is

Aleris sees Wyverns and bolts Joey again

Ringing the bell outside until someone comes

Spiked armour person comes out and we see a glimpse of wyvern, Aleris squeals

Silas explains who we are and why we're here.

Wyvern is let out and petted by Aleris

Adorable wyvern petting

We're let in and the place is filled with wyverns

Aleris.exe has stopped functioning. Too much petting to do!

Wyverns staring or going stiff means back off.

Courage's armour also means they might be more hostile to her

Getting into sleeping quarters with Joey

Silas is the one asked if the other two are animal people. - he explains the situation

Nassiris when they were a kid was apparently like Aleris

She liked explosions and bombs.

Aleris can't actually sleep in a wyvern pile because of their sleep-wildshaping. - might get eaten.

Drusten get out of our room!

Aleris is petting so many wyverns

Aleris comes into our room and a wyvern stares at her through the window- they want more snuggles

Aleris booping the wyvern through the window

Courage is fine Silas but he is sweet for asking.

Aleris and this wyvern are sadly separated by a window

Sleepy time to end session.

As always, feel free to add things I forgot and well one on the amazing session everyone! Can't wait for the next.

[workingonit-currently]

Morander? Mooander? Moander?

Early beginning talk of governments as we set up.

First note of the game: Aleris- no touching the gloop/goop

"The 3 of you out-..the four of you out..." - Starting out strong by forgetting Drusten instantly despite our talk on not forgetting him.

*The Talk* (Silas and Courage make up.)

Drusten eats spicy mushroom and must chug that milk.

Getting in that caravan for an explanation on what the gloop is all about.

Gloop is kinda the avatar of the God of rot and decay: Morander. (AND NOT A FUTURE FRIEND ALERIS!)

Morander is also called "Dark-Bringer" so totally not intimidating.

Happens every 2,000 years, the 'shaking up'.

There were sacrifices of whole armies to him and still he sent a plague.

Mertin Island might be able to help so maybe head there?

In 5 years he will tear the world apart if we do not appeal to him.

He reanimates the dead through dark ickor.

Courage says they need to sleep on it but to Silas it's black and white, he argues they don't need to sleep on it.

Silas remains behind as the others leave, asking if the god has allies.

He doesn't so much have allies as gods he drags into the situation who might be amused by it.

Silas gets the Falconmail of Taask.

Courage and Aleris set up calm as they ruminate before Silas comes back.

They both don't think they can do this, there's a bad feeling in the air.

Silas comes back as Courage makes the mistake of asking Aleris about her family because she though the woman was Aleris' gran.

Aleris doesn't know who she is. (Thanks to this whole adopted thing and blood family and so on.)

Trying to tell Aleris who she is.

Silas is definitely better at comforting than Courage.

The actual discussion of where to go from here.

"Are we really a good fit to do this?-We're kinda a bunch of screw-up's" - Aleris hits it right on the head

Silas and Courage argue. (turns out their friendship is just arguing.)

Aleris communes with Moanda (the god because I can't actually tell his name) and sees him, she will never sleep again because of that.

Courage goes to sleep while Aleris and Silas stay up.

Courage wakes up in a room with stone wall, sorta like a prison and sees the Raven Queen.

She offers 2 choices: Lose powers OR do whatever the Raven Queen wishes whenever she wishes.

Courage has until they get their info from the island to decide

Morning arrives and they decide to go to the island. (As a group they will do it because despite what Silas thinks, Courage isn't so selfish as to hold them back.)

Wyverns and Taask will take them to the island so we only have to find them.

Being given bark-bags with food.

Aleris takes mushrooms for the road.

Aleris and Nasarus' hug gets turned into a group hug.

Silas needs a private chat with the gran.

Silas vents to parental figure as he has doubts about their ability to do it too but didn't want to say since he is the glue holding the other two to point, if he faulters they won't do it.

The others might let the world burn -Silas believes and is right. It's just a pity.

Nasarus reassures him that the group is capable, she's seen many adventurers and they rarely have what we have, the ability to throw ourselves into the task. They just need to rely on each other and have faith. They can do it.

End of session.

There's probably more but feel free to add it. Good luck guys!

@moreaugriffins @hyrule-rian @thegreatwhodini

[workingonit-currently]

Making very good wine veg stew

Ladies notes to harness the wild magic in this desert and summon something

Forgot we were following a ghost village thing

Town of ghosts was seemingly a separate event than what's going on here.

Silas shouting that they finished their job and actually summons the person or their portal technically

Portal to the ethereal plane

Refusing to accept the portal

Silas' sword is talking to him again~ (Insane.)

Aleris hugs! ("Let all of your negative emotions go.")

We go through the portal

Gentle jaunt through the ethereal plane

Encounters a dragonborne paladin and everyone APPARENTLY loves Egbert

Dates are weird. (The date's August 19th 1479 DR)

That dragonborne has probably been here 20+ years and lost his job

The plane messes with us, pulling at our minds or magic

seeing a vision of Silas playing very well in a bar and Drustan looking on sweetly while every patron loves the bard. -It's pulled away swiftly though.

Courage goes through a raven feathered portal because I gtg.

(Bits I missed)

-We made it through the astral plane alive and well

-The lady was grumpy. i woke her up from her sleep. oops

-We give her the info and the name of the lady - nina. she wished we kept nina alive but hey ho

-In the meantime, aleris and silas have freetime

-Silas asks if she could check on his parents. see how they're doing. she says she could summon his parents to the house but it takes a few days. silas is excited by this

-Aleris asks to go to her parents. to chat to them. about her grandma, and kidnapping

-We go to aleris’ village, and aleris goes to see her old mentor

-He’s now very old. has a pet owl

-Aleris has a long talk with him. telling the whoel campaign so far

-She checks her oldest bro isnt here (he isnt)

-She also explains that she’s talk to her parents about her whole kidnapped/adopted situation

-She and he have a touching moment where her mentor comforts her

-She decides to go to the forest to find spiders

-Silas is just kinda here for support

-Silas is also petting Squeeks (the owl) and Mat doesn't like the owl

-He goes to the tavern (to perform) when Aleris goes off to the forest

Good to see I mention Drusten more than the player who has him as a boyfriend! /lh

[workingonit-currently]

Temple talk

In a random town or forest. -Listen, I had to leave the end of last session

Aleris' magic might not have been working but oh well

Silas mentions the Raven Queen and Courage is suddenly SUPER into following Aleris to their food hunt

Encounter moon goddess guards but a lot of other god armour too -they dead

Silas is setting up camp and hears large twig thing breaking

It's probably just a giant red panda -Silas says

Burning wool? Fur?

DRUSTEN PULLS OUT A PAINTING?

What is going on? -Listen, I am just...confused. -_-

Flaming red fur bear thing as tall as some trees.

Mentally intrusive big bear? Panda?

Camp explanation of the big red panda

Courage eats dog food -confirmed

Apparently we're doing watches. -Silas in first watch, Aleris in second watch and Courage in secret third watch.

Silas' watch

For a perceptive character Silas is not perceptive tonight. +9 still equals 11 bro.

No hitches!

Aleris' watch now

Silas starfishes on Courage to go to sleep. Weird buddies.

Aleris seeing ruins being ingulfed in blue life and ghosts.

GHOST TOWN!

Courage waking up for secret third watch -sees the ghost town

Ruins of the moon temple looks cool

Aleris has wandered off to look for the half-orc kid's parents (kid's name is Istredd)

Aleris is a ghost though she doesn't remember dying

walking towards a blacksmiths

No response to Aleris telling the ghost potential mother she's a friend of her sons

Courage looking at ghost temples

No real hostility between gods here but the Raven Queen does have a small house-sized temple

Courage forgot her backpack so does a little prayer

Back to Aleris, continuing to try and talk to Istredd's mother.

Istredd's mother grins at a moon goddess' guard dude.

She's apparently making a sword for something that's coming -referring to it as "the attack"

That guard is Istredd's dad.

It's almost like they can not see or hear us

Serrina and Oswind. -parents names I think.

Guards all around the temples.

Aleris and Courage pass ways -weird amount of people around a table that seem to be planning something

Aleris wishing to tell the ghost mother her son's not dead

Aleris notices the town's growing a bit agitated -people closing up shop and going home or walking around armed.

Plans to block off access to the town and temples

A sacred weapon housed in a recess of the temple -weapon protected to not let it get in the wrong hands

Sky becomes weird and mounted soldiers come for them.

Istredd gets pulled from the fight by another soldier-maybe his father-to prevent him fighting in this battle, pressing something into Istredd's hand and points to the forest.

Light reaches the town and erases the battle, back into the ruins.

Courage sneaking back to bed

Aleris does not see Courage sneaking back to bed.

Morning time now

Silas seems a little moody

Bickering in the morning with Silas

Moon dagger thing and keeping an eye on Si as we go to the ruins through the forest to find the big cat red thing

Silas is being grumbly because he's stuck with Courage and Aleris who are random and silly.

Aleris leads us through the forest despite the fact she keeps wandering off to find the red panda thing.

Arrive at the ruin

Over the mountains we go

Session after:

Going through caves

encountering an old man, Aleris just destroys the mummies he uses as defences

Entering another cave

Fighting a woman

We get invisible force-fielded.

Kill the woman, mainly thanks to Link- He's such a good boy

They were part of the cult, yay. Guess we don't need to be here anymore then.

The ??? member was named Nina.

[moreaugriffins]

Gotta stop myself from spamming more Daredevil stuff

So

Who wants some drawings of Drusten?

^Si and Drusten being dorks

^tried to see what Drusten would’ve looked like when Si first met him (he doesn’t really need glasses, just for reading or having a closer look at things)

[workingonit-currently]

Two parts to the heart.

Krish, our DM, is doing two parts today. One with the group minus Courage and one with Courage as she rides away. (80 min of aleris, silas and im time!) Let’s see how this goes. (discussion of bard and dragons before session officially starts.)

Start of session we check back in with Im and Aleris, walking to the crone.

Silas and Drusten still not exactly having a romantic walk. 

Im and Aleris time!

passing fields

They eventually get to the crone. She’s drawn a rune circle. She has WAY too much energy

Might be a sacrifice

Don’t touch Link-Noted!

Crone calls Imogen old and I LIVE for it!

Calls Aleris ‘short lady’ (I am happy.)

What is it with short people calling Aleris short

Imogen places the special book in the middle of the circle. 

SHE MIGHT BE SUMMONING SOMETHING!?

She’s grabbing random stuff to put in the circle?

SHE IS SUMMONING SOMETHING!

“It’s time to finally do an Arcana check.”

“Sorry, my hands are a bit stinky” - Thanks for that image Aleris!

Aleris knows the crone’s summoning something from the past or future.

Aleris wants to see where this goes so doesn’t say anything

Crone starts chanting mysterious words

“Hi. What the fuck.” - Imogen

They have summoned a very old man. Long grey beard, Typical wizard’s hat and a giant staff with one gem?

HE IS HARVISH HAVERSHAM?!!!

He gives Im another copy of his book. Im might rage

Haversham and Im are not getting along. Great...

“I’m going back to my own time. You-You were so much more pleasant back then. Now you’re just skin folds.” -Haversham to the crone.

He goes back and now Im has a SIGNED copy of his book of healing. 

Aleris asks the real questions while Im is grumbling. “Why did you summon him if you hate him?”

Apparently she did not mean to summon him. She wanted to summon someone else.

Im’s book has cool spells now! NICE!

The Crone is done with Imogen and Aleris now

Imogen hears giggling at the back of her head and questions what it is. (Shows she’s not use to having a warlock pact.)

The fey silences as she ALSO is not use to having a warlock.

(hmm, too many ‘new’ gods I’d say. How to fix that...)

Imogen is RUDE! (that might come back to bite her.)

ALERIS IS ON HER WAY BACK TO THE TAVERN TO TELL COURAGE ABOUT THE EVENT! (Wee woo, wee wooo! ALERT! PANIC!)

Wow...the fey queen is so much nicer than the Raven Queen.

They head back to the tavern. (panic mode!-for me)

No one is there. 

Im sits and reads her book. Oooh, fancy.

ALERIS GOES TO HER ROOM! To talk to Courage...

(I am in panic!)

Aleris sees the note

She picks it up and it’s hastily written. It says (SOMETHING! I can’t remember it fully. okay. Panic! What we know is Courage has gone.)

Silas and Drusten time?

Silas and Drusten time.

They just sit, having lunch.

Silas checks if there’s a vet and apparently is getting a gift for Courage because their birthdays are both on April 1st. (what a LOVELY birthday present. Leaving after Silas’ birthday, just as he gets you a present.)

Silas and Drusten find a clinic to check Mat out. (Mat, Silas’ snake.)

Tortle receptionist.

Silas wants to check Mat in.

“My name is Silas Haruki.” -EXCUSE ME! That’s a cute last name Silas!

Tortle tells them to take a seat. They wait for 30min -an hour

They go in. (Drusten offers his hand to walk Silas in.)

The vet inspects Mat and is concerned with his quietness

We still might consume the rich

The doctor/Vet says to give him more time outside the bag and Mat should be fine.

Silas argues that his ‘friends’ wouldn’t like that. (So now, apparently, we’re his FRIENDS!)

Vet hands them a note for a place in Mernin Isle for them to go to, secretly...

“Mat won’t die in the next two days.” -How reassuring Doc!

They might want to go visit the other Vets on the Isle

Silas goes out to search for stores to buy a birthday gift for Courage’s birthday. 

Silas has strong opinions on Gifts and Gift Shops

Silas doesn’t know what Courage would want...he’s growing more distant from her.

Silas mentions the highland cow and the plush highland cow. (Aleris has that.)

Drusten offers to pitch in for the gift but..awkward...Silas refuses and stuff...

“She could start a highland cow plushy collection.” -Yes, thank you Drusten. Spitting some facts!

Apparently Aleris ave the cow to Courage at some point?!

Drusten advises him to get her chocolates

Silas thinks it’s shoddy and rubbish so Drusten says, ‘please let me pitch in to repay you.’

Silas casually talking about killing Aleris’ fiancé.

So they go to a blacksmith to get a weapon. 

THE BLACKSMITH IS IRISH! (I love her!)

And the accent is gone. But it was there!

Shows off her wares. 

Silas looks at the sickles and greataxes. 

Silas picks a greataxe, which is tragic really. As Courage’s player...I KNOW something Silas does not..

(Panic. Panicccc.)

AND HE’S GETTING AN ENGRAVING!

‘A shoeid’ (but with an accent I can not type.)

Drusten and Silas get a fish and chips.

(also: Where is Silas storing this axe? It heavy..)

They head back to the tavern. Surprised by Im’s reading! (Silas didn’t know she could even READ!)

“Our room now?” -EXCUSE ME DRUSTEN!? Oooh, moving fast I see.

Silas just wraps the greataxe and sees where the others are. 

Silas is SOMEHOW not a rogue.

Knocks on Courage’s door and then knocks on Aleris’ door

Aleris is not answering...

Goes to Courage: The P.O.V that is

no on the temple

Courage sees this weird chain tree walking..

veers away from tree and leaves them go, walk to the town

a caravan people ask if she wants to join them, she says no, ‘she’s done with people’. They think she might kill them, she will not. they part ways.

get in the tavern and order a drink, ask around for clues to find the cult/marina reviving people

frighten a few people out of the tavern

Brown cloaked man finally tells Courage goo information.

HE’S cool!

he’s a necromancer

“Come with me-Actually sit down.”

Sits and he explains.

Raven Queen symbol sets him off, pulling Courage over the table.

Courage rolls to intimidate and it fails, he sits back.

Courage is deluded. 

“A very advanced wizard?”

Courage communes with the raven queen to get her out of the man’s head

“Roll me a d20.” -Words all players want to hear

Courage in her mind: ‘I am going to get in trouble for this. Pain is coming.’

Courage walks him out of the bar and sets him down next to his house, old alley talking

Takes any obvious weapons off him. 

“He has a bag that could be used as a bludgeoning weapon given how full of books it is.”

He heads in and Courage follows. (darn. Should have locked him away.)

He gives Courage some books to look through on the table.

They won’t help and he just explains. IS SUPER NERVOUS.

He says “The Raven Queen is looking to resummon a pretty powerful person. It’s not uncommon. ”

Pulls out a poster with maddened scribbles.

“They’re trying to remake the world.”

The Raven Queen’s been insisting this man to find Courage, caused him pain. 

Wants to destabilize everything. So gods can summon what they want.

(oh god I might be making Courage evil...)

“The raven queen isn’t the only god in the world.”

He refused to help properly so as she leaves Courage cuts his arm and dislocates it, it’s barely hanging on.

(Me and the DM talk about aura of Courage. Also, may I just say: AHHH! Intimidation, being broody, all that junk...AHH! I am not ready for it but Courage has been brainwashed over the years so...Slightly evil Courage.)

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Silas: wow. I really am in love with Drusten. I want date him and kiss him and-

Silas: *now on a date with Drusten*

Silas:

Silas: nope, I can’t date him. I can’t. He can’t get close to me. He’ll be in danger.

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GOOD NEWS THOUGH

I can finally talk about Drusten

And any writing I’ve done with him in it, I can show on here

Finally

[workingonit-currently]

Mangez Moi

Spending a few minutes talking about apples. (Imogen is still missing.)

Back in the town of Lockwood

MORNING WOOD - Silas is not dirty minded, you are.

Staring down a well

Aleris throws a rock

Aleris as a raven (thank you Sandman) flies down and pesters Silas and Courage

Silas ties a rope to climb down

Courage fails to go down, sliding down and breaking her tail.

Silas goes down better

He's so much better

Silas lights a candle in the dark out of habit

Heals tail

Silas is the only drama queen allowed

Secret tunnel!!!

Drusten comes down on a rope

Silas uses the healing potion on his boyfriend

Discussing raven Aleris

Drusten wants to stay behind but through the power of Love he comes with

Aleris is just on Courage, directing her where to go.

Aleris reading the druid runes to direct us.

Aleris says to head towards the mushroom room, Courage distracting Aleris

The ago old Mushrooms or Meat.

Gathering psychedelic mushrooms

Aleris turns back to herself as she's being cradled, Courage shoves her away.

Courage: "Oh no a person!"

Aleris collecting mushrooms

Aleris the Mushroom Druid

Aleris leaves as we are talking about poisoning Drusten and infighting

Mushroom chant

ZE OFFICIAL CHANT!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taOsuVhXqzY

SONG OF THE SESSION!

Going back to where we were meant to go.

Torches but eerie blue mushrooms as lights

Reach a dead end with statues

Asking Aleris what to do

LINK! (the direwolf.)

Aleris turns into a wolf, an owl and a bear. (Because they are the statues.)

Bears eyes light up due to bear Aleris growl

Trying the wolf and howl, works but no bear eyes now

Silas suggest a certain order

Link lights up the wolf statues eyes

Aleris conjures a bear and turns into an owl, hopefully that works

Works and the wall crumbles into dust

Calling the bear Pad, short for Paddington

Political discussion about Paddington

Pad and Link acting like excited dogs

We find ourself in a room with vines on the wall

And a pathetic chasm, only 6 feet deep

Aleris talking to the vines

THE VINES NEED ALERIS TO SIGN IN

Aleris might not be able to read or write

Silas reads it to Aleris

The vines grabs them and the rock rises to fight

Roll for initiative

Stone-thing in breath of the wild is our enemy

SILAS CASTS THUNDER WAVEEEEE!

The stone creature's name is Jimmy

28 damage!

Jimmy the stone talus

Ah the wizard's spell: Hexblade curse

Throwing an axe for 14 damage, really not that good.

Trying to climb up the talus but failing. (NAT 1!)

Courage's courage keeps slipping

Rock boi hits Courage

Aleris is sending an insect plague on the rock

Revenge friendly fire back to Silas

You can't "Live, laugh, love" your way out of a swarm of insects - The DM

The vines disintegrate

"No Jerry! How could you do this to him1" Are amoung the cries as the vines go

Drusten is very supportive and cool

Healing spirit, heals Silas and Aleris

Silas is flurishing

Silas has so many attacks and is amazing!

He does 33 damage overall!

Destroys him. Amazing!

Wall crumbles down with a shocked face. (Aleris recognizes them.)

THE END!

[workingonit-currently]

Mlm schemes

Waiting to see Imogen

She has not arrived

Silas is with Courage and Daniel-cat boy

Aleris and Mr. Old are facing off.

Aleris goes first in initiative

She runs out and tells us to go out as well, Courage might as well leave if Aleris wants

Courage rolls a con save because of a bottle Old is throwing but shakes it off. Aleris is thrown at as well.

Drusten and Silas turn tail and run as well

We almost escape if not for Daniel who stops us leaving

Aleris calls Link to bite for Daniel so they can get past.

'We do not have any paperwork'

We leave

'Jenna-Wait who's Jenna? Jenna doesn't exist'

Grab unconscious Imogen

Walk around looking for info but people are shy

We head to the tavern to find info

Unlabeled tavern

Aleris goes ham asking about druids. Table to table.

Silas is persuasive

Hooded, knify person knows some people similar to the druids

Aleris will agree to thinks if you tell them what they are.

Silas says that's a low bar. (and it is.)

The druids apparently went down and are now back up.

'So you're telling me we went down here for nothing?!'

We are not going to get out of this city easily. We are not going to be allowed back in.

Daema is the stabby guy.

We are really going to be criminals on the run...

Silas wants the strongest drink. Silasssssss

Silas downs all the strong drinks

Silas can't get food poisoning

Skip to later that night

Move to the prison

The guards are employed by the Old man and are responsible. They're good people so maybe don't kill them

For not attending a meeting the dude we're saving was sentenced to death.

I almost forgot DOG was what we called him. (His initialls are actually DGO.)

Really stressing the loyal part..perhaps the oils brainwash people....

Aleris could make DOG have nightmares!~ (using 'dream', the spell.

But nah, too far away and fifth level spell

squished, possibly underground prison

Grate and imposter talk. Silas is sus.

We're rescuing Lorna, the small gnome man

Making a plan and Aleris wants to be a tiny monkey

Just get in the vent and see what we need

We go in and Courage is struggling

Aleris finds spider friends, she names ever one of them

"Aleris budge up."

Aleris has stopped to name them

"There can't be two Mary or two Lefervget!"

Silas uses mage hand to push Aleris along.

"You sense around 5600 eyes glaring at you Silas."

We come across the prison kitchen

Silas is horrified by it

Aleris ask a spider which way and they chat, practically giving the tour

Spiders commenting on the benefits of a fly diet.

Spider guides us

Silas wants to get out of the vent

Debating the plan and heading to david

sneaky sneaky

We see David, he is massive.

David is a Huntsman spider

David is very calm and Aleris loves him

Oppp, he grumpy

Carry on and see guards under our vent where we need to pop down to

Silas is going to heat metal on the guard's armour.

It works but at what cost?

Just a hurt guard

Silas just straight up kills a guard and Courage tries to make it seem like it's haunted

Silas flickers the lights

Aleris whispers 'boo' and the guard runs away. yeee!

We're fucking legends!

Silas is the only one being cool when coming out of the vent.

Silas drops like a gymnast.

Courage drops out

Aleris is opening the keys and the prisoners run out

We finally get to the gnome wearing a mankini

Aleris opens his cell

He dances out and we might as well leave

Leave a blood message to confirm we are ghosts

'BEWARE - WE THIRST FOR BLOOD' written in blood.

We get out and that's the end. Another amazing session.

(Silas the ink pot is my favourite.)

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5. Five. Tell me all of Silas' secrets.

not sure to be honest.. i don't think he's truly celebrated a holiday with others, since his parents.. maybe his travels with Drusten.. but then i don't think he's ever been technically alone on a holiday, as y'know, taverns and men. if they have a choice during the holiday season, they'd much prefer to spend it with those he cares about (loved ones)? because he loves the company of others.. and it afraid to be alone