Location: The Underdark
Party runs for who knows how long from Demogorgon until someone spots a cave to hide in
- incapacitated members begin returning to their senses
- everyone notices additional person: Hemeth
Derendil fills Dibrael in on what happened, who feels tremendously guilty for fainting
Dibrael checks on Ront and notices a nasty scar on his back; he doesn't mention it
- Ront insists he is fine, Dibrael admits that he himself is not and offers to share a snack with him
- Ront hesitantly admits that he's not fine and demands more food
Mylz carries Junior around and checks on Skjorn, who admits he's doing poorly
- they talk about how she's never experienced something like Demogorgon, and how Skjorn's never experienced much of anything
Dibrael checks on Zaz, noting that the genasi's hair changes color when stressed
- Dibrael explains the different types of aasimar and how his sister can fly but he can't
- Zaz offers to help Dibrael experience flying someday
- Dibrael strips and shows off his spectral bone wings to Zaz, who thoroughly inspects them
Mylz sees the wings of a fallen aasimar and internally freaks out; typically, fallen aasimar are those who have turned to evil
- Mylz yells for Dibrael to assist her with setting up alarms outside the cave
- Zaz attempts to eavesdrop
Mylz confronts Dibrael about why he's fallen when the rest of his family aren't
- she reveals to him that she's also an aasimar to gain his trust and discourage him from lying
- Dibrael insists he was born this way and is desperate not to share the details of what he calls his "curse"
- Mylz questions him about when he was born and about his father's "accident" (it's not explained what this is)
- she reveals her full name and Dibrael is inclined to be honest: his father is secretly also fallen and his punishment from the gods was to curse his first-born
- Mylz questions him about when he was born and about his father's "accident" (it's not explained what this is)
- Mylz apologizes to Dibrael for having conflicting feelings about him and they head back inside
- Zaz heard it all but denies it
Skjorn seeks out company in Sarith, but the drow isn't very responsive
- Jimjar joins them and updates Skjorn about the homoerotic events of Dibrael and Zaz
- Dibrael and Zaz approach, asking how everyone is doing
- they all have a casual conversation, during which Dibrael unintentionally flirts with Zaz
Shuushar calls for everyone's attention and reveals that he intends to travel back to Sloobludop
- Zaz wishes him well, while Skjorn (quietly) and Dibrael (openly) express their concern
- Mylz questions Shuushar about whether he's sure and if he'll be safe; he says he must go tend to any survivors and help rebuild