2024-11-22 Golden Lion vs Silver Bear
General Summary
Scene: prize fighting continues
After "Solid" Eressanada Purrio won his match with Shun-the-enemies-of-Autochton, Shun went into shock, as in the medical condition.
Luckily, Fortifier was present to treat Shun.
Dreamflower saw Nurlissa in the crowd
Stelsor ran into Vorasha Grimdal, Captain of the River District Watch.
The second fight was called.
The 3rd fight is Rokku against a Full Moon Lunar.
When Rokku tries to lift the Lunar, the Lunar shifts into a large polar bear form. Though unexpected, Rokku laughs mightily, declaring “Fantastic!” and the crowd goes wild.
Rokku blazes his Iconic Anima, a giant golden lion.
Rokku wins the fight to first-blood
The Lunar dispurses into a cloud of bats and flies away.
Rokku shouts “Coward!”
Part of the crowd is angry that the fight ended this way and 4 burly workers move to accost the promoter.
Rokku steps up to them, still blazing with Anima.
Rokku addresses the crowd to denounce his opponent but entice the audience to come next time because he will get to fight tonight’s opponent’s master.
“Is that so?!” shouts a silver-haired woman dressed in furs as she enters.
Stelsor recognizes this new-comer as his cousin.
Stelsor introduces the group to his cousin, Yurumi Maldi
Yurumi says that the Lunar in the fight isn’t exactly her apprentice. He was the apprentice of Falcon Strikes True. She was asked to keep an eye on him.
Fortifier is glad to meet a relative of Stelsor and to know Stelsor still has some family in his life.
Dreamflower, Stelsor and Fortifier discuss how best to have intercept a large amount of Guild-held Black Sunshine that we’ve been asked to dispose of by Fantata.
The catch is we don’t want to jeopardize the peace talks by letting this connect back to us.
Fortifier suggests he could select a handful of the most trustworthy Autochthon Lives cultists and Dreamflower trains them.
Stelsor offers to simply go in disguise to the tip off the authorities.
Fortifier agrees this is a good plan, but is somewhat concerned for mundane mercenaries if they run into demons or other exalts.
Dreamflower points out we would need to establish an alibi for Nurlissa, since the Guild might suspect her, whether her masks are directly involved or not.
We invite Rokku (along with Nurlissa and Combative Mattresses’s daughters) to a congratulatory meal back at our home.
Scene: Stelsor and Dreamflower make a side-trip to inform The Black Arrows
Stelsor is disguised as a concerned citizen.
Dreamflower uses a charm to modify the guard’s memories to remember the tip but forget she was one of the ones supplying it.
Guests: Nora, Nurlissa, Yurumi, Rokku
Stelsor asks what brought Yurumi to Nexus
She is currently a roving funds-raiser for resistance effort against the empire of Prasad.
She mentions that The Lover Clad in the Raiment of Tears is pushing the conflict.
Fortifier asks Rokku where he trained to become such a skilled combatant.
Rokku tells them he grew up on the streets of Firewander and had to learn to fight for his life.
Vajambra comes in and cheers for the Golden Lion, the first time we have heard him speak since we began treating him.
Fortifier’s glad to see such excellent progress in his patient.
Rokku continues to be well-known in Firewander and that seems to be how Vajambra knows him.
Rokku mentions the sewer goblins rising up in Firewander of late.
This is shocking news for Nora.
Stelsor says we may be able to help with the Fair Folk, and Rokku’s usual performed persona lowers for a moment of sincere appreciation.
Scene:
The Combative Mattress daughters are clearly adopted and they bicker with each other.
There was a caravan of nobles fleeing Thorns and his staff found these for him to adopt. All 6 of them were all adopted the same day.
He had told them it wasn’t safe for them to enter Nexus proper, but now that the treaty is going well, he has relaxed this rule.
They mention that their oldest sister loves opera and Stelsor offers to set them up with the opera in Nexus.
Fortifier researches the exact effects of Black Sunshine.
The main effect is that it blocks the feeling of pain and this is what tends to make it addictive.
It has Gethamane mushroom paste in it. These are grown underground in a city in the North, but are otherwise normal mushrooms.
The Munétaré spores are a shrieking truffle from the Underworld.
Ember sand is just sand from the city of Ember.
Black Ash tree ash grows best in a shadowland and must be burned in a shadow land
Darkwyne is an export from the Underworld
Gravegood dust is a currency in several Underworld cities.
Beast of Resplendent Liquid white snow is currently only obtainable from Yu Shan.
Lots of Discussion of agenda
Investigating manses?
Helping Port Sund?
Stelsor had a letter from Anja Silverclaws about arming people to go back and retake Thorns.
Stelsor put it to the group about how to reply.
Dreamflower is concerned this is at least a months-long effort
Scene: Speaking to Norma Jean who is visiting Plentimon’s Casino
We were told that Norma Jean is entertaining upstairs.
We arrive at the casino and there are lots of very well-dress people.
Fortifier compliments someone’s outfit and asks what they are dressed up for.
The first one just brushes him off rudely
The second says that they came from a birthday celebration upstairs.
The birthday was for Apollonia Sophia Mana-V'neef-Grimaldi, Temagen’s wife.
We head up to try to see Norma Jean
A big guard tells us that we’re not on the list of people who are allowed to interrupt the director today.
A voice from inside overrules him.
Norma Jean is apparently having a spa day, getting a deep tissue massage.
We try to work out a deal for the remaining Magical Materials for Little Cloud.
We’ll need 5 more jade talents, so that will be 10 silver talents already.
We’ll need something like 18 silver talents.
We negotiate with her.
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