2025-04-18 Preparing the Golden Laurels
General Summary
Stelsor spoke to Willow Specter, Chosen of the Dice
Willow Specter is making a VIP room up for the casino opening day
We have 2 days to get ready for the casino opening
Rohen was contacted by Forever Young Events
Fortifier went to check the unopened casino’s salt lines.
There’s a small break in the salt lines and a draft.
It seems that the basement of the casino might be connected to the tunnels down to the ruins of Hollow.
Summoning Venture: Fortifier summons an earth elemental
Fortifier prepares the ritual space with Old Realm and mathematical sigils.
Stelsor brings magical carnelians from his Earth manse as an appropriate offering to beckon it.
Fortifier researches how to define the proper kind of elemental we’ll need. A jokun seems appropriate. (Found in Exalted 2e - Books of Sorcery, Vol. 4 - Roll of Glorious Divinity p. 106)
Fortifier prepares the terms in Old Realm
The creature will be bound for 2 weeks.
It must protect this basement from other spirits.
When it encounters other spirits, it is to sound an alarm that will be sensed above in the casino.
Once summoned, the elemental mentions it remembers Fortifier. Says it saw Fortifier when Autochthon summoned them.
Scene: Rarida goes to meet with his crew and a special guest
Leviston is sharpening a sword
Met by Lady V'neef Aspen, who is flanked by two professional soldiers.
Aspen has been having trouble monitoring her business in Nexus and Grayfalls. She would like to employ Rarida to keep her informed.
She’s asking for Rarida to send report about every month and is willing to pay 4 talents every 2 weeks (which is a lot of money, but she’s a dynast).
Rarida doesn’t agree right away, but promises to consider the offer.
Scene: Rohen and Malka go to the back alleys of Nexus District
Each alley leads to important residences with beautiful materials in the doors and fence gates and the like.
There’s a large bouncer guards the door and demands a password. Rohen gives the the name of who he’s supposed to meet and that seems to be enough.
There’s a musical trio playing.
Rohen is meeting with the proprietor of Forever Young Events, Ahuntsic Rinara.
The musicians, Raju the bouncer,
There’s a event in 2 days that Forever Young will be entertaining at.
Rohen agrees to attend.
It’s a meeting of the rich and famous of Nexus. She expects some Guild Directors to be there.
Possibly kind of a send-off for Prital.
Scene: Rohen meets back up with the group working to ready the Golden Laurels casino
Fortifier has just finished tasking the elemental to keep away spirits as Rohen arrives.
Rohen seem surprised we’d expect Ghosts to be such a common problem.
This casino is built inside of the Liveeasy shadowland, so troublesome ghosts are kind of an expected hazard.
Plentimon is speaking to Stelsor and we introduce Rohen.
Plentimon invites the Rohen to the grand opening of the casino. Alas, this directly conflicts with the event Forever Young is running.
Stelsor suggests Plentimon invite Forever Young to hold the event at the Golden Laurels. The god says he just might and then disappears.
Scene: hunting for business space
Rohen scouts out where to establish a shipping station in Nexus, ideally with a roof that riding hawks can land on.
Rohen meets with an old woman who owns 9.8% of the real estate in Nexus(Merchant Lady Grimwolde), likely the most owned by someone who isn’t on the Council of Entities, the city itself or the City Father.
Flora mentions that the old woman has been prone to “episodes” where she is not herself.
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