Session 42: Eye of the Storm
General Summary
Our second is an instantaneous failure. We stand around the armory going over potential ways this could play out which leads to an argument between Amelia and TT. That’s nothing new, but any attempts to silence them get nowhere because they’re ignoring the rest of us. All the noise has attracted the attention of the guards. I warn everyone of their approach and without even looking, TT fires her gun at the door and we all file out of the armory. The guards have us cornered, so the battle’s in their favor. Nearly all of us are taken out in some way, shape, or form; so I tear the emergency card Owk gave me to call for help.
With a disgruntled Julius teleporting to us, the tides turn in our favor. We’re all brought back into the battle despite our injuries and manage to finish off the rest of this patrol. Julius makes his leave and the rest of us pile into the weapon room next. There’s four kegs worth of gunpowder in here, so Amelia suggests that she can go incorporeal to disperse it on the upper floors and set it off. I suggest we put as much of it as we can in a bag of holding so we can place it wherever we like, so we quickly pack the gunpowder away while TT’s shade explores the castle.
It’s found the king’s private quarters, but Leopold is absent. There’s a heavy presence of guards everywhere in these halls and another group is heading our way. Since Amelia has no desire to speak with the king for what would’ve been another failed plan, TT runs out into the hall to tell that incoming guards that we wish to parley. An elegant woman with a sinister air about her rounds the corner and she’s more than happy that we’ve come to that decision. While she’s definitely human, there’s something supernatural about her. Her name is Vashti and she’s the personal archmage of King Leopold.
She leads us to her private office and as we walk, Amelia counts every guard we pass and I keep my eye peeled for any possible exits in case things go south. The office is draped in silk and other expensive fabrics, the sounds of birds and a bubbling creek all around us because of an enchantment. We’re treated to drinks and tell Vashti that Simon was much too suspicious of us and had us poisoned. All we wanted was to work for Leopold, but Vashti isn’t buying it. She asks why we’re truly here and we admit that a blind rakshasa gave us Leopold’s whereabouts because we need a pair of rakshasa eyes.
Leopold is apparently impressed with us as we’ve gotten further than anyone else who’s broken in, so Vashti departs and says he’ll be down to see us soon. TT desperately wants to set up traps around the room and kill the king, but the rest of us think that’s too risky considering our current position. So we’ll wait to hear him out and see if he’s willing to help us acquire rakshasa eyes.
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