2024-10-18 Dicey Discourse

General Summary

Scene: Plentimon's Casino. Invited by Willow Specter

The staff don’t seem to have fully opened it for the day yet.

The interior bears a lot of resemblance to Shining Sails.

Stelsor Bladed Tornado recognizes the doorknob is made of Orichalcum, which is very extravagant.

We’re led to a conference room with a long table.

The casino is called the Rearing whale casino, so named and build atop a whale that landed in this spot

the remains of the whale are below the casino to this day and can be viewed.

(might be a reference to the falling whale in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)

Willow Specter, Chosen of the Dice is concerned that if Plentimon takes over the casino in Liveeasy, how can he be sure that it isn’t full of Guild or Coin double agents.

He’s also concerned it is still a Shadowland.

Stelsor explains some of what the circle is working on to clean up the area.

Willow Specter would like to know the plan by next week.

Willow Specter asks Dreamflower how Nurlissa is doing.

He says Exigents have to look out for one another… except for Combative Mattresses, who Willow Specter dislikes.

Willow Specter excuses himself to go deal with someone who is cheating in the casino.

Fortifier, Dreamflower and Bears-Fangs go to inspect this whale's remains.

The whale is much larger than most natural whales.

The whale's bones are translucent and Dreamflower notices the essence flows suggest the whale is actually undead.

It is as if someone had entangled one of the Underworld rivers with the waters in Creation. There seems to still be a connection to the Underworld sustaining the whale's undeath.

Dreamflower uses a charm to sense who the whale-zombie answers to: Kal Bax .

Q: "what distinctive trait would I notice if I met them?" A: "They are shrouded in the depth of night"

The Circle prepares to leave the casino when Bears-Fangs recognizes Nora and Flora.

Nora and Flora are dressed very well and seem here to distract themselves.

They’ve come from their workplace, which is just across the street.

Bears-Fangs decides not to approach them.

Dreamflower and Fortifier discuss and decide to inform Willow Specter that the whale below the casino is actually undead.

Dreamflower asks Willow Specter if he recognizes the name Kal Bax.

Willow Specter says Plentimon mentioned a story of Kal Bax and Larquen Quen who were powerful Solars, but they went into isolation to avoid a plague they foresaw.

These Solars passed through Hollow (where Nexus is now) to reach an invisible fortress in the far Northeast.

Willow Specter is very grateful for our heads-up.

Willow Specter said there was a great aquatic creature from the underworld was fielded by The Mask of Winters in his siege of Thorns.

On the way back to 12 Carnelian Peaches, one of Bears-Fangs’ employees who informs us that the central axel of the room has broken.

Scene: Circle visits Sunsilk Textiles

Roughly 6 people normally work here but when we arrive there are closer to 14.

The additional people identify themselves as the led by Fridoros who is a Tang Zen protection collector.

This guy didn’t get the memo that this business is one of the Circle's protectorates.

Bears-Fangs scares the gangsters off with Lunar shape shifting.

With the miraculous skill of Dreamflower and Fortifier, the axel is repaired and effectively transformed into magical material.

Scene: Windblown Snow’s shop

Bears-Fangs overhears people in the back room talking about a hideous monster they saw.

Windblown Snow comes out and when we imply we want to get word to Combative Mattresses, Windblown Snow is dismayed.

Windblown Snow assumes Fridoros probably broke something. Bears-Fangs’s employees didn’t explicitly say how the axel broke; Bear-Fangs chooses not to assume it was Fridoros and Windblown Snow commends this as generous.

Scene: back at 12 Carnelian Peaches

Stelsor floats the idea of purchasing Shining Sails to gain an asset but also to help fund Lord Ember’s family.

Scene: aboard Shining Sails

The Circle has Bears-Fangs ask Golden Chrysanthemum (GC) about Tide-of-Man-o-Wars (ToMoW).

GC mentions that The Silver Pact has been trying to reform ToMoW, but it has been very slow going. Ma-Ha-Suchi got enough of ToMoW one time and tried to cut the aquatic Lunar’s face.

GC suspects that ToMoW was altered by the Lover Clad in Raiment of Tears.

Even though territories are mapped, Director Norma Jean wants to know how disputes will be handled in the future as they will no doubt arise.

She points out that the factions at the table aren’t equal in manpower, supernatural ability, funds and seniority. The Guild has more employees and has been here longer than any of the others, yet the other factions have made it clear the

Fortifier speaks with Moradiant Glory

Fortifier tries to use Celestial Overseer Concordat to discover what his purpose is.

Fortifier discerns Moradiant Glory, chosen of Endings’s major virtue is Discipline.

Fortifier tries to size up Alton Sabraël, chosen of Battles.

Fortifier complements Alton’s painting and asks if he knows "Solid" Eressanada Purrio.

Tries to understand how the goals of Mars are served by him being here.

Someone is vigorously rowing toward the galleon.

This person is quite pretty, petite and has a parasol.

Bears-Fangs asks Tide-Tamer if he wants to go meet this person, but Tide-Tamer is dumbstruck by this woman’s beauty.

We welcome this person aboard the ship (one person is unlikely a threat with this many Exalts).

This is Titiana Botticelli, chosen of Serenity, wife of Alton Sabrael and a Chosen of Serenity.

With Titiana’s arrival, Alton is glad, all the mortals are quite smitten and Selene is fuming.

Plentimon and Stelsor discuss how he will defend his casinos.

Plentimon mentions that he would rather be defended by the 12 Carnelian Peaches Circle

Character(s) interacted with

Plentimon of the Dice, God of Gamblers, Patron of Chance and Good Fortune Alton Sabraël, chosen of Battles Moradiant Glory, chosen of Endings Willow Specter, Chosen of the Dice Titiana Botticelli, chosen of Serenity Fridoros

Report Date

18 Oct 2024

Primary Location

Nexus

Secondary Location

Rearing whale casino