General Summary
He seems stressed. He’s been very concerned that there’s an Underworld creature in his basement.
Dreamflower senses that the whale’s Underworld essence has become more entangled with Willow Specter.
Fortifier notices that he has a strong new intimacy about the Status Quo.
An attendant reminds Willow Specter that the Exigent heard moans in the night.
Between midnight and sunrise, there’s a low moan coming from where the whale is
When they put a guard in the room with the whale, they didn’t notice it coming from there.
Fortifier asks if Willow has had any dealings with people in black armor or funerary clothes.
Willow Specter does, of course, manage a casino open to the public and some of the patrons are from Liveeasy.
Cutting back to Stelsor with Director Norma Jean
Norma Jean finishes her massage and she sends Stelsor away.
As Stelsor leaves, he sees Miribadi arrive and decides to stealth back into the room.
Norma Jean and Miribadi are discussing a sale.
They bring up Soulsteel a few times. 10 ingots of it.
Stelsor rejoins Fortifier and Dreamflower
Stelsor tells them about Miribadi and Norma Jean having this talk about Soulsteel.
Fortifier realizes this Soulsteel might be one of the unidentified ingredients in the Black Sunshine.
Stelsor didn’t catch when the deal is happening, but knows it will likely happen within a few days and will be going through Miribadi’s shop.
We encourage Willow Specter to go play some dice to get back in touch with himself.
Scene: Whale skeleton
The place is dry but we can hear water moving, not unlike the sounds inside the water manse.
Who benefits most from the action being investigated?
The Platinum Lady, who sent the whale into the harbor.
Where is the Person?
She isn’t in Creation right now.
Dreamflower casts Shadows of the Forgotten Past
3 people visited a while ago, Long-robes, possibly undead. Miribadi, Platinum Lady and a 3rd person. The 3rd person seems to be Creon Flecktar Blood-spatter.
They seem to have used the whale corpse to open a connection to the Underworld.
Turns out the basement is at a confluence of dragonlines.
We have closed the connection to the Underworld.
If we leave the whale corpse, they might open it again.
The whale is also the namesake of the casino.
We hear a scream from up above in the area that Norma Jean was.
Miribadi seems to have been the one who screamed.
We check back up on Willow Specter.
He is in much better condition, winning at a game.
We explain the whale to Willow.
He asks for us to save a rib from the whale as a trophy, but apparently the corpse isn’t
Willow mentioned that the whale crushing the ship was long ago and the whale carcass appeared later.
Dreamflower will task some artisans to deconstruct the whale
Dreamflower broaches the subject of dealing with Miribadi in a more lasting fashion.
We find a letter from Auctioneer Sigurvin Buss and Auctioneer's assistant Ling-Li Buss Li
She has decided to quit her job at city hall to work for use full time.
We set about searching for the Earth Manse
We get the impression it is in the vicinity of Sentinel Hill.
Scene: Earth Manse
Stelsor finds the manse and it has a few Malfean touches already.
Mohl, a strange being (a third circle Demon and indulgent soul of Cecelynne)
Mohl tests Stelsor, paralysing Dreamflower and Fortifier for this.
Stelsor must identify which image of the women in his life has been altered by Cecelyne
Inside the manse is a giant gyroscope.
Some of the white jade mechanisms have turned to Malfean brass.
There’s a green, unholy glow to the whole thing as it spins.
This was a device that used to help protect Hollow from earthquakes.
If anything were to unbalance or stop the gyroscope, Nexus would lose this protection.
Manse has infernal repairs and/or corruption.
Entry for WorldEmber 2024
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