Session 17
The group meets back at Neverspire. Aydriann tries to hide his transformation from everyone but Ember is able to tell he is different with his demeanor and words. She also notices an essence around both Aydriann and Victor. With Victor there are two essences that seemed to be clashing. Aydriann drops his disguise for everyone to see his transformation and tries to describe what he saw. Ember notices her friend, Aydriann, is hiding the fact that he is emotionally fragile and about to break. Victor talks about his troubles at home and mentions Noite’s domain. Aydriann recalls Noite’s domain is the Oblivion Lake. Enoki tries hard to recognize what a winter herald is but nothing comes to mind.
Ember walks out to stare at the starry sky, and remembers that when the two moons are at full, it messes with creatures with lycanthropy. Searching for other answers to today’s events, nothing comes to her mind when Korabosch shows up and has small talk with her before heading to bed.
Back to the present, with Ember walking with Rain they see all sorts of dormant spirits around as they hover through the streets of Volaris. An unusual door, as if it doesn’t belong, is located in an alleyway as Rain turns to face Ember. They ask if she really wants to go, to which Ember replies yes. Rain opens the large wooden door with metal brackets and extends their hand to Ember. Ember grabs their hand and a transparent sphere surrounds them. Sounds muffled as Rain lets go of Ember’s hand and falls back into a backwards swan dive into the space behind the door. Ember is pulled towards the door with the inability to resist.
At the edge of the door, an infinite space before Ember with multi-colored clouds below. At a great distance she is able to see what looks to be water as light reflects off its ripples. A sense of vertigo overcame her. She feels herself fall forward into this space.
Rain and the spirit are in a diving posture with their hands at their sides. The spirit seems to be smiling and having too much fun as it looks at Ember.
Rain seems to be guiding Ember and the spirit as Rain performs a half loop towards the opposite direction you left from the door. Ember approaches the water at terminal velocity as Rain arcs the path to be just above an endless sea.
Roosters form behind Ember as she glides above the water. Just as things are stable, Ember feels herself gain speed at an exhilarating rate. A speed unimaginable, Ember glides towards a light source off in the distance like a sun on the horizon.
Rain in Ember’s mind tells her that time moves slow here. A large creature shoots up from the water. One eye and long body with giant crab arms but no legs. Rain quickly maneuvers everyone to avoid it. The size of the creature is the size of a large building as they glide below it.
What seems to be large airships, floating in the clouds, fire off cannons at each other. They are much bigger than what you’ve seen in your lifetime and don’t seem normal.
What seems to be hours of travel, Ember finally sees land structure up ahead. Giant trees that glow of white stretch towards the sky. White cap mountain ranges come into view as Ember reaches a shore line.
Ember comes to a stop, just short of land as Rain explains that they and Ember can’t go into Halonia. They explain the spirit must travel the rest of the way. Rain explains the spirit was a mother of five raising them all by herself. Exhaustion overtook her unselfish life. She stayed to see them grow but a spirit left on the material sphere can lead to dark spirits. Rain explains they had to walk her.
There is some time as they wait for the spirit to cross over so Ember asks questions about the spirit walk. Rain answers the questions and tells her that they have the ability to read minds but hasn’t used it on her before. Rain wants to be honest and tells Ember that they aren’t actually an orphan. Rain knows their parents and knows where they are but can’t see them. Also explains that one is being hurt. Rain asks if Ember found the book she was looking for and to her reply she says yes. Rain is quick to then reveal that Rain isn’t their real name but can’t say as others will get hurt if their name is told.
Around this time, the spirit crosses into Halonia. Rain and Ember head back with Ember liking the experience and saying that this was meant to be.
An elf of humble stature comes in and likes Enoki’s wood art piece that displays an abstract representation of enoki mushrooms. He doesn’t have much to offer but Enoki decides to sell it to him for the cheap price which pays off as now Enoki has renown his art pieces.
Victor finds a weapon maker that can transform his warpick in one of silver
Aydriann tries to find out more about Jaz but doesn’t get too far into his research. He does discover though there isn’t any clergy for Jaz.
Ember researches with Melina Brimstone about the Spirit realm. She finds out that it connects all the Gods domains together
The group now plans to break out Cathryne if she is in Dark Waters.