General Summary
Fortifier checks up on the elemental.
The elemental hasn’t noticed anything unusual underground, but can tell that there is a lot of essence-users upstairs.
The elemental is wary that there’s a scent of Vitriol and the frisson of the Primordials.
Fortifier explains that might just be Stelsor or some of our other acquaintances.
Fortifier goes upstairs to meet folks.
Scene: House of Golden Laurels > upstairs
There’s roughly 300 people present across 3 floors.
Stelsor talks to Combative Mattresses about some projects.
Stelsor is looking for help to summon many-handed demon forgemasters.
Combative Mattresses pulls Stelsor to a side room to discuss a mutual acquaintance.
Rohen notices Prital is with Dreamflower and a person who looks like they’re made of diamonds.
Rohen decides to talk to Windblown Snow and brings his whole Forever Young Events entourage with him.
Ahuntsic Rinara
Rohen Velen, aka Echo
Malka Stormstep
Galla "Great forker" Djahili
Agent Prital Tarawi, "Solid" Eressanada Purrio
Prital seems guarded about her views of the Tang-Zen Crime Syndicate.
Eressanada has greatly polished his diamond skin.
He’s looking for Fortifier to speak with him about the great cog
Dreamflower listens across the busy room and finds Fortifier is on the first floor exchanging pleasantries with Flora Gesatti.
Rohen introduces Rinara to the group as his date and Djahili as Malka’s date.
Rinara is new to Dreamflower. Ranara’s goal is to one day be as excellent at organizing events as Prital was before she stepped back from that work.
Dreamflower suggests Rinara introduce herself to Essence of Spice Trade, Architect of Nexus, since the City's Architect is often involved with events, and beckons Spice Trade over from his gambling.
Eressanada excuses himself from the group and he steps off the balcony on the third floor. He lands on the first floor with no damage to himself or the floor.
Fortfier notices this impressive display and greets him. Fortifier asks if Eressanada has been by to view the great cog that Sees-your-soul sent.
Eressanada hasn’t been to see it at Nightnail, but knew it well when it was in Great Forks.
Fortifier suggests they collaborate on making a suitable replacement to send back to Sees-Your-Soul and Eressanada is all for helping with that.
Flora remarks in amazement on Eressanada’s flashy entrance from the third floor.
Eressanada obliquely references that it’s a trick he learned while on capers.
The conversation on the 3rd floor is joined by Levitating Turquoise of Confidence, merchant of Gem (this is a Resplendent Destiny of Flying Eiderdown aka Seline, chosen of Jupiter)
After chatting a while, she goes to get something to eat and stops by Stelsor to ask if he is hungry, which he always is.
Stelsor tries to talk to the Ambassador couple (Ambassador Karal Kallias and Ambassador Wisdom’s Shining Promise). When he asks them about Lookshy’s flying ships, Karal Kallius, Ambassador from Lookshy, faints and falls over.
Fortifier rushes over to examine him.
Even with Flawless Diagnosis Technique, Fortifier doesn’t recognize this (it may be an obscure or ancient ailment.)
There’s a strange darkness is cast over his features, like they’re always in shadow.
Karal Kallius’s wife has a similar darkness, but hasn’t collapsed.
Fortifier’s Injury-Scanning Touch suggests that someone Fortifier is familiar with is the cause and that this is likely the lingering effects of the spells we observed with the
We were right next to the hors d'oeuvres when this happens and it’s worrying the other guests, so we carry Karal Kallius to the basement and his wife follows.
Scene: basement
Dreamflower examines it with All-Encompassing Sorcerous Sight and confirms this is a spell from The Lover Clad in the Raiment of Tears.
Fortifier attempts to sorcerously burn away the affliction with Flames of Unyielding Purity.
It doesn’t hurt, but alas, it doesn’t exactly help.
The working we are attempting to unravel is particularly potent and requires Celestial Circle Sorcery. Dreamflower will lead the working while Stelsor, Fortifier and Rohen assist.
Fortifier asks the earth elemental if it is able to supply a useful mineral for the working.
The elemental produces a large, clear amethyst and mentions this will count for 1 day off the duration of its binding. Fortifier agrees to this condition.
Stelsor knows this indicates the Lover is trying to mess with Lookshy’s flying ships as well.
Dreamflower figures out why only one of the two are reacting differently to a similar spell.
First off, Karal Kallius being Dragon-blooded and Wisdom’s Shining Promise being God-blooded is having an effect.
Secondly, Dreamflower discerns Karal Kallius was part of the casting that targeted Wyldstone, while she was part of the casting that targeted Wyldwind.
As we complete the working to remove the spell from both of them, we can all hear the distant laughter of the Lover herself. Laughter like long nails on a blackboard.
Karal Kallius is recovering though he still has a headache. They have had this spell hanging over them for at least a year.
Fortifier asks if Karal Kallius recalls visiting the Undaunted-class Flying Ship Wyldstone in Prasad. Kallius can now tell that was an implanted memory from the spell.
Dreamflower discerns that the Lover’s goal is to gain new agents who know how to operate flying ships and then position those agents to control the ships.
The Fortress of Crimson Ice is within flying distance of the Haslanti League, the most avid users of flying ships in Creation and they have been using this capability to stall her efforts to spread Shadowlands.
This is a circuitous plan and something suggests that Karal Kallius wasn’t pulled into this randomly.
Scene: Laurels > back upstairs
Stelsor remembers he wanted to speak to Combative Mattress’s daughters.
Rohen wants to talk to Rinara
Djahili is arguing with Rinara that the TZ are a net positive force in Nexus and Rinara doesn’t believe him.
Rinara is getting annoyed, but then she sees Rohen and Malka.
She mentions that she saw someone faint and what was that about.
Rohen attributes it to unusual weather and Rinara doesn’t believe this for a minute, she’s seen Karal Kallius around and he’s far from sickly.
Rohen discerns that Rinara is very interested in people who travel to exotic places and Rohen suggests she should come along on one of his adventures.
Stelsor asks Navarone Zahre to dance
Navarone is somewhat bothered by this voice in her head. Stelsor, being an Infernal himself, says that’s probably her Unwoven Coadjudicator, the tiny demon soul tied to their Infernal exaltation.
Hers seems to think it’s part of Kimbery, The Sea That Marched Against the Flame. For a long time, it was relatively silent, but lately, ever since the daughters travelled through Malfeas, the Unwoven Coadjudicator has been telling her things like “Surround and Destroy”
Dealing with all these demonic things makes Navarone nervous. Meanwhile, Stelsor is pretty nonchalant about the weird voice and expresses sympathy for the lower circle demons because they get kicked around a lot.
The other sisters are loitering in the area behind, with their bodyguards.
1 major, 1 minor, 1 exalt, 1 personal
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