Time that has passed: Week 2, Day 4 Currently Evening
The church is alight with a glow as the bones are returned. Everyone is awed or creeped out a bit by this action.
((just steph here wondering if the alter has a weight mechanism that makes this happen or not? Or is it the bones?))
Dunal feels his connection to his patron god strengthen. ((guess its real. Damn I was hopin for a conspiracy. -steph))
Irena enters the church, shocked to see us. Vikta mentions we should speak in private. Vikta intends to speak about the dolls and the creepiness of the head guard wanting Irena’s likness in doll form…
Irena is horrified and alarmed at this. She promises to take her brother and the news to the Baron.
Riktavio has a run down wagon with some kind of growling inside? The party tries to figure out where to rest for the night.
Party: Jokes about various members burning in the church
Saryn, “Bad things happen when I’m around churches”
Party: o.O’ whaaaaaaat? You don’t say? Story?
Ember: when you think about it a corpse is just a blanket.
Party: Uh-No-no its not.
Party decides to stay in the church/graveyard.
Vikta feels her patron’s voice calling out for power. She feels a gnawing biting feeling. Leaving fog and static.
Saryn is told about the signals the group uses.
Dunal, Kenji = sleepin in church
Yozsu, Vik, Saryn, Ember = outside
Dunal and Kenji run into a woman with ashy skin and elf features wears commoner clothing with familiar looking colored ribbons. Velakian perhaps?
Remember we’re meeting the boy and his siblings in the morning.
The church certainly has seen better days that's for sure. Dunal and Kenji get set up for the night in the safety of the church.
The party outside sets up, Ember in a tree--Vikta leaning bundled up in her things and Ember’s cloak against the same tree. THe mysterious woman gives Kenji sleep herbs--and he pops it in his mouth chewing it and swallowing in one go.
Kenji is very drugged. Dear lord my dude. Rest well. Dunal is wary of the drug.
The disconnect between Vikta and her patron changes slightly as warmth spreads across her skin like being touched by the sun. Vikta passes out mid conversation.
Ember hears a raven in the distance, its not leo but a raven is a raven. Ember holds a hand out for him. Then there are 2 ravens. The first eventually flies over and watches Ember.
Proper gent raven is curious about the town. He’s been seen around the party before--at the blue water inn. oh boy we're gonna have a quest via ravens??? The raven asks if we like getting rid of the cultists. He asks for Ember’s arm and wants to speak face to face. Dear lord he is quite charming.
Ravens really want the cultists gone. Strahd is the enemy of the ravens. Erwin knows more. Cook of Blue Water Inn. Yozsu and Saryn watched Ember have this talk with the Ravens.
Saryn has a “curse” of sorts, her eyes flash purple as she talks of it. Nothing will stop her from her goals. Saryn is morally grey--I love that she’s gonna fit so well into our party of mayhem. Watch out Cory! ;)
Saryn meets a black cat with cool white/grey markings and purple eyes. The cat has an earring.
Her name is Stella. Wow just the coincidence… is crazy!
She says mother gave the earring to her. Who is mother? Stella is quite friendly. A man is in the distance, approaching in the darkness wrapped in a deep purple cloak. Calling for the cat to return to him.
He’s following Stella.
Time that has passed: Week 2, Day 5 Currently Morning
Someone put sheets over Kenji and Dunal in the night. We wake to joyous music in the distance. A rich smell fills the air.
Vikta volunteers to stay and wait for the kid and his siblings to arrive.
Saryn and Ember go to Blue Water Inn. They catch the sight of the Burgomaster/Baron, lighting the sun as the clouds let a downpour in. All will be well he continues to say. Demanding the festival goes on.
Saryn and Ember make it to the Inn a couple figures run through Saryn’s legs by children.
**Steph please add more to session 22 notes***