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Session 16: Fast Friends

Prompt:  After the Fight


How do you respond to the stress of battle after a fight?


·         Searos doesn’t care for battle.  After a fight, he becomes moody and lies low, taking the time to recuperate and rest.


·         Valon becomes hyper-focused during battle.  He carries on in this state for some time after the fight has ended.  Valon finds it difficult to ramp down from this heightened state.  In the past he would have self-medicated, but he senses his habits might be changing.


·         Violence doesn’t bother Harvey so much, but after the conclusion of his private business with former “associates”, he sees things differently.  He’s become more mindful of the consequences of battle after watching Hatchath grapple with the losses to her community and the future of her town.


·         Paws’s post-battle routine is methodical:  she gives her party a quick physical once-over before centering herself with a post-battle meditation.  She might have a little nibble of whatever she just defeated.  Paws then checks in on everyone’s emotional state, including bystanders, offering her open and calming presence for those who need to talk.  Kas is always her priority.


·         Kas has a complicated relationship with death and battle.  Before her Event, she would have coped with the stress of battle by signing and brewing fresh beer.  After her Event, she tends to hide in magical darkness, mimicking the physical act of breathing she doesn’t require to sustain herself.  In close-call fights, she becomes particularly watchful.


 


The Journey So Far…


·         Following the werefolk raid on Llorkh, Valon collects himself as he cools down with a walk.  In his elevated state, he is reminded of the silent presence of the Raven Queen.  Her shadowy form glimpsed in broken glass, her will felt through a tight band of silver.


·         The Llorkhians tend to their dead and grapple with the loss to their crumbling community.  Still, there is a sense of hope.  As the party circulates among the villagers, who hold vigil for their friends and neighbors, the adventurers are met with deep gratitude.  This marks a new chapter in Llorkh, one which the party is wholly responsible for:  revitalized farmland, a return of their livelihood with the silver mine, and closure to the decades-long tragedy that forever altered life in Llorkh.


·         Hatchath wonders if Llorkh will see reprisals from the Zhentarim once the organization realizes its punishment has been circumvented but draws the line at trying to broker alliances with dragons as Valon suggests.


·         Kas’s charge awakes and introduces himself as Vippi, a hollyphant messenger and native of Elysium.  He too expresses a deep gratitude for Kas’s diligent care, without which he would have surely died.  In thanks, he searches for Tupper’s soul and persuades it to return to her body.  Due to Dillup’s and his acolyte’s diligent care, it was a snap.


·         With a standing invitation to return whenever they have the need or desire, the party moves on from Llorkh to their final stop before Vermeillon:  Maerin.  On the road, Harvey works on perfecting his healing salves and Paws tinkers on her chain for Kentezzamin and goggles for Harvey.  She examines the crystal she pulled from the ruined Tunneller and in the pre-dawn light in the foothills of the Graypeak Mountains, she catches a flash of power that might not have entirely nullified from the automaton.

By Kasiana

does your character have a way that they use to decompress after battle?


If its a bad one like wolves or a be death that sticks with her, attempt at catching her breathing perhaps and hiding in darkness.


If just a normal battle, just watching people and how they react. and the area


sing and make beer!




valon angry at himself and blasts his reflection in the glass. for a spilt second, he sees the raven queen. black feathers.


"so much good you did " first to himself, then to the queen reflection.


the ring on his finger feels cold. ORi circles above. spins the ring, stares at the area. Gathers himself and returns. Valon is putting on a face now. cheery. So excited for the berries that Searos just gave him. (searos is walking on eggshells and backing away slowly)




Paws wants to eat the bacon wereboar. Hatchatt was wwatching that very carefully and then goes back to handling the buriel procession.


vippi. we introduce. trumpet and stretches. almost better. much better. owes it all to you. celestial feeling was familiar. why asks Kas (I can't help you Vippi)


tinkling melodic speech in our heads. everyone in the town sorta has this feeling of listneing in on a conversation.


paws trys to get into orb of darkness. I grab her hands and drags her over to meet Vippi.


Kas would be speking celestial without realizing it in response to vippi's celestial.


Vippi is a messenger who travels everywhere.


I was interrepted while working. Still needs to deliver the message now.


paws and kas question about the last message. blinks as he thinks.


Vippi speaks a location of where he is going. the place where the great one roosts.


"i've never been there, is it nice this time of year" It's cold over there.


usually just delivers the message and leaves. courier. been one for a very long time.


Paws wants to check in on everyone. Kas doesn't wanna let go of paws' hand. WE go to introduce vippi.




Vippi meets HArvey. who then goes to searching bodies. finds some items and goes to find valon


middle aged woman say thank you as Havery brings in ____. this was the largest raid. they wouldn't have survived.


candle burning in each house where one was dead.




old man doesn't have family. hatchat watching it. silver coins over his eyes. medallions. lived through so much only to die like this.


noticed where the werewolf bit him, is tighly bound.


livelyhood, son, wife. i hope it's over now.


thanks to you she says to paws.


paws talks about a peaceful reunited view of death.




Paws tries to explain the boar eating thing. "BE careful". people may not understand.


everyone is thankful to us but also mourning the loss they had.




Valon gets an unlit candle and asks hatchatt who they would light it for.


People my family left behind, people we lost along the way. valon apologies in his own way to hatchatt


'we thought we were doing what was best for our people" Valon feels her on the zeterim part. fears the zenterim's


valon mentions a possible ally in the mountainside who also dislikes the zerterim.


dragon caretaker.




vippi is in carrier.


vippi and I are watching.


we are off to teh side from everyone. watching the people, watching the candles.


Vippi doesn't doesn't either. I explain a little bit. 'what do you people do' a celebration, sitting and talking. remembering the person.


the jounrey back home isn't quite so long. we live with the knowldge that we can return when we are ready.


he blinks and looks at the candles. more for everyone else than for the people that left.


spend most of time up in the air.


this is the most time I've spent with someone from our plain.


nin seemed regretful.


we wouldn't been on this journey if not for me.


i don't seem to be the same person they are looking.


i say that i'm not alive. maybe if I remembered myself.


everyoen is mourning but i am here llike this.




glowing toe beans. maybe i can help.


I can find people. call people back.


Call back souls?????? TUpper!!!!!


Can you reunited them??? yes!!


I run to paws.


we can save her.


takes a lot and can't do it very often.


you're my friend and i do a lot for my friends.


as long as their spirit hasn't travelled too far.




I sit next to paws and tell vippi about tupper. All the little things I watched and noticed while i was sitting on the deck.


kas is suddenly tired. snuggles paws (who is too warm)


vippi stays awake for the whole night. every once in a while does a little tour around. I watch him. he watches everyoen.


Valon talks to hachatt about our journey ahead. She offers us the armory.


Valon wakes up paws to tell her about getting new knuckles.


Kas stops valon and tells about vippi and tucker!!!


introduces vippi to valon. good friends. tried to save her.




vippi stretches. alert. hear the little voice.




Thank you for everthing. ill see you soon and dissovles into a mist of stars.


i wave like i did with nin. Why does everyone leave me.


Paws wakes up and gets her zoomies.


Kas will keep the papoushan on in case Vippi returns.




Paws gets new knuckles.


searos a scimitar when we get back.


kas has empty nest syndrome.




villagers exploring the mine.




about halfway through, i feel the weight in the pap. Tupper's alive!!!! Vippi is exhuasted but found tupper and fixed her. the gnomes are taking great care. I offer vippi to sleephere.


After sleep, vippi does need to go back to his job. I hope we can still see each other sometimes.




Up in the distance through the cave systems and mountrains. we see a little light. the same light from ages back up in the mountains.




paws is working on creating a night vision eye google for harvey and a carrying case for the dragon treasure.




Kas is happy to have vippi back but sad that vippi is leaving in the morning. distracted but keeping watch with vippi. last night with vippi.




pets vippi and paw (paws snoring)


Harvey mules friendship


Valon distracted


Searos stokes fire, builds a tower, draws runes.


Paws zoomies. Crystal investigation. faint glow. energy/power within.


the sun rises and dawn. paws sings awake everyone. first in common then in abyssal.


valon tosses a shoe at paws.




AS we get ready to leave for the....


vippi startes to wake himeself up slowly. Gathering his energy,.




The road to marron is happening. next session!!!!