Time that has passed: Week 2, Day 7 EARLY MORNING BEFORE DAWN
Saryn’s light is still active the group enjoys the warmth.
Vikta lets Saryn in on her patron, tells the party that Sass has...competition? Bone Daddy, Lich Daddy, Sweet Bone Dust--mmmm. The new presence is warm--and a lingering feeling settles on Vikta’s neck.
Ember investigates. Everyone is concerned, Yozsu and Ember the most concerned. They’re inspecting Vikta--perhaps its the blood loss? Ember feels the presence that is festering on Vikta’s neck--and it makes Ember/Cynder uncomfy and feeling challenged.
For a moment--Yozsu thinks this might be her patron?
Vikta has a speal with Saryn about how she belongs with them--so long as she’s friend and part of the group--she’s one of them. Vikta is a good friend, and tries to help Saryn come to terms with the battle.
Saryn reaches out for Vikta trying to take in what they are saying.
Vikta as long as you don’t leave one of us for dead when there’s a chance of survival, or call us a monster… queue “We barbequed him.” moment from the team as they recall that Redband that called Vikta a monster.
Ember gives Saryn a ribbon…
Kenji is shaken by that battle due to the one taking his wife’s face.
Vikta’s hands are icy cold--threatening to take Ember/Cynders flame.
Vikta assumes and blames Sass Tam for the corruption--not even warming up from Ember helps. Its gone--taken… Vikta is mostly non-chalant.
Ember/Cynder hopes Vitka won’t mind them “helping themselves” to Sass Tam.
Vikta is first, she explains the situation of her near death--and how Sass is using the event to haunt her/punish her.
We limp at high speeds.
Vikta gets some Tree Blight wood as does Ember. Gnarly looking walking sticks.
We get back to the wagon and Ismark/Irena are dealing with Zombies.
Vikta moves closer, jumping through the mists to aid the pair.
“Kids are gonna see what mommy looks like--without her makeup on.”
Zombies fall to the ground, Ismark and Irena are shocked at Vikta’s appearance--as Vik forgot to retake a mask. They are unsure as Vikta is wearing Vic’s clothing but looking like their true form--which is so alarming.
The party makes super quick work of the Zombies and then Vikta has to explain *again* about them being a changeling.
Yozsu and Ember vouch for Vikta. Lmao
Most of the people I shift into are usually dead, but not by my own hand.-Vikta
Kenji is getting drunk, and Vikta tells the kiddos about her “secret”
We move to continue to meet up with Stanimir and the crew. We find Leo--except his mind is falling to madness. He’s really losing it, the party worries over him.
We meet up with the Vestani and start letting Stanimir know what happened and why we were delayed--then Ember insights him and all fuckign hell goes to shit. HE WAS GONNA FEED US TO STRAHD.
We told him about Valaki being attacked, Meeting Strahd, and the look on his face hearing over half of Valaki is dead.
Ember starts to flame her fists.
The party inquires who the Vestani “Prince” is--its Strahd.
The party gets really really angry--being used is not okay--we hate being used.
“Find me guests. Find me a group of guests. I ask you to go there and bring me guests. A new flavor--from the common faces of Barovia.”
WE”RE FUCKING FOOD.
Vikta--pulls *THE MOMENT OF THE GAME*
Cory loses his shit over Vitka’s plan--causing the party to panic.
“OH SHIT.”
“High or low”
Vikta turns to her patron and the other force. Sass creeps in, she asks if he knew… “Not entirely.” Which means he knew part of it at least. “WEll then, you’re not the one I wanna talk to then.”
Vikta reaches for the other power. Fed up with Sass.
Its painful and burns and burrows into her mind. The changeling is gripping their face painfully.
Vikta catches one word, “Hello.” -New Patron??
“I have a deal with someone, but I felt your presence. I didn’t get to state terms with the other one--not really.” -Vikta
“You find them unsatisfactory?” The voice is clearer than Sass. It sounds like a feminine tone.New Patron ??
“What do you want from me?” -Vikta
“Become mine. Offer yourself to me as my vessel. Seek powerful magical artifacts. Claim the souls of your victims, release them into the cesspool of dark. And I will bestow upon you my great wonders. Does it sound tempting? Sweet child?“
“I have terms.”-Vitka
“What are your terms?”-New Patron??
“Not my family, not my friends,and not those I vouch to protect (kids). Anyone else and it won’t matter.”-Vikta
They seem pleased and amused at Vik’s moxie.
“Actually if I could add one more--no children. Had a rough childhood as you can probably see, or felt--I have a soft spot for children.”-Vikta
“They are the future.Very well.” --New Patron
In front of Vikta the ground withers and parts beneath Vikta’s feet--she steps back. A dark tendril--like a root spirals up and grows and stretches up and splays into a pedestal or music stand.
A blood drop appears and bubbles and swells into a contract-- the one from Sass Tam.
“Burn it. Abandon your patron. And offer your soul to me.”
Vikta hand a flame and puts it to the contract. The contract burns--the smell of fetid odor of burning flesh.Sass Tam hisses and screeches--and goes silent fading away.
Then a new contract forms. A thorn appears.
Vikta signs the contract. Please with having made a switch.
Everyone has witnessed this: Ground opened up. Bleeding and signing a new contract in the air and embers.
Vitka dropped her form, her eyes change into all black with green fire irises--burning venom green.
Meet, Your Majesty. She needs to earn a first name.
In pain a golf ball sized bulge appears on Vikta’s hands it burns and stings, its red as blood. Her flesh rips to allow this new orb nestle itself in their hands.
Vikta gets intimidated and the party starts to square up.
Yozsu, realizes that Vikta has lumped herself with the Abyss.
Stanimir’s people try to defend him but the entire party is just like not having it.
Vikta starts to giggle maddly.
Sanji and Sheva win the parties hearts--especially when Sanji beats the shit outta Stanimir’s face.
Kenji walks over while Yozsu and everyone else with gods gets pissed off at Stanimir belittling our patrons for being “invisible”
“I don’t need to see her--I have her eyes” -Vikta
Kenji walks up drunk as hell. Our deal was fake? You mess up with Kenji you’re fucked. He smacks money outta Stan’s hand.
“What can your god offer me now?”
“I think I’m tired of being human, this has served me nothing.” Kenji says he wants to be a vampire, or something else.
Yozsu is like I can fix that. Yozsu says she can fix the humanity of Kenji--and the party tries to convince him not to be a vampire.
Kenji then turns to Vikta and says, “If your new god--goddess, would have me I would pledge my life to her if she would have me.”
Vikta reaches within, to alert Her Majesty to the new possibility.
“Yes?” -Her majesty
“Is there a way that you might--take my friend and make him my brother? He wishes to serve. Same terms as me--possibly slightly different--basically the same.” Vikta
We’ve just met my dear and already you bring me a new soul.
Vikta feels a hand run through her hair.
“Such a good girl.”
“Mommy?”--the entire party started by Ryder’s comment we lose our shit.
“Very Well.”
Vikta holds her hand out to Kenji, Kenji takes it. When he grabs it both have to make saves, Kenji Con, Vikta Wisdom. Vikta’s orbs on her hand glow.
As soon as their hands touch, Dark Tendrils pierce out of Vikta’s skin--feeling natural. Like fingers--they wrap into his arm and then dig into his skin--his veins bulge and corruption goes up his arm. His arm goes numb with cold--like it was stuck into ice water. It stings and sears, radiates and pulses it goes deep bone deep.
Looking down on his wrist is a black band of the corruption that Vikta had. Like a Wrist band or a fucking uber cool tattoo.
Kenji is shocked as shit. Then it starts to hurt again. He hears Her Majesty laugh. Kenji’s eyes go a bit pink-red as his muscles stretch and flex. All the symptoms go away.
On the back of his hand--smaller than Vikta’s is a purple bead.
Her majesty chuckles in Vikta’s mind, “Enjoy your new follower. Do keep him in line for me--ciao.”
WE LOVE HER ALREADY. We should hate this--but we are enjoying it. Ember can never join--unfortunately.
SirUrdnotMacho — 09/16/2021
Kenji gonna dick slapp the shit outta these guys and break the sound barrier with the cheek clappin.
Kenji tells Stanimir that he fucked up.
Vikta uses Festering Eye on Stanimir. A necrotic patch appears on his cheek and then a Hell Spider--a darkling bursts from his cheek causing a shit ton of pain.
((Cory cut out for a moment))
Stan was actually wanting to get in on the Patron Pact--he was planning to go with the original patron of Vikta--but then Vitka swapped.
Anyway, Vikta aims for his cheek as a necrotic patch appears on his cheek. 10dmg. Stanimir screams in anguish and thrashing as this necrotic erosion gangreen skin it stretches and the skin tears and green puss leaks out and from the hole thin barbbed spider like legs reach out and a Darling glowing red eyes crawls out. It has a dark screaming skull on its abdomen. Crawling over Stanimir and crawling away.
Vikta warns him that he should have done differently by the party--that is a reminder of our ire.
Meanwhile Saryn goes to Madam Ava while this is all occurring. Incense and candles reach her nose. Ava is sitting with her cards and crystal ball. She awaits Saryn, calm and content.
Saryn’s Question: Saryn wants answers.
Saryn’s Reading: You are searching for answers regarding something you’ve lost. No--not something but someone. Weeping child in front of two trees that seem to be an entrance to a long dark forest.
You’re looking for the reason they went missing. This card is an image of a female adventurer with a torch scanning walls with runes and hieroglyphics.
What is it you truly want? Saryn wants to know what happened that night. She needs to know if it was her fault. She wants to know if she killed them or if it was another.
Saryn is making the party cry in the background for sorrow for her OOC.
The woman takes Saryn’s hands.
Saryn’s Truth:
Saryn sees in the crystal ball the fog transfixes her and making her watch.
She sees flashes visions. A dark castle a tower that reaches high into the clouds far above the grasp of man kind, soil, or see. She sees through the eyes of a malicious person. Cutting down guards--winged guards with a dark blade unlike any other she’s seen.
Floor by floor making their way up into Saryn’s parents room they are sleeping. But for her in this moment it doesn’t matter. You don’t have time to do it silently.
The being attacks corruption spreads into her father killing the man he was. The queen tries to fight against the corrupted father. She falls to him being corrupted.
The assailant leaves heading to Saryn’s room where she is sleeping. Placing a finger on her chest the dark violet sigil glows on her chest--protecting her?
The assailant flees backing away they make their way dashing away crashing through the window. A large arcane power and a frantic scream. Some remaining guards are blown back by it as well.
Her wings have felt different, her eyes, it has always felt strange but different than the celestials of Parediso? (sp?)
Now her power feels even more different.
Saryn now knows it wasn’t her. She isn’t guilty.
Her home was destroyed she thought it was her who destroyed it all.
Relief and guilt wash over her, more relief by the sounds of it. Saryn was framed. What will she do now?
Seek Vengence?
I’ll find him, bring honor back to my family, to my name, and I will make him suffer!
She tells Sheva to call her Alana.
PT 2:
Vikta and Ember try and fail to catch and tame the Darkling Spider. Being blinded for their efforts. Vikta is disappointed. It was quite hilarious.