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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 6230730" data-attributes="member: 79141">Session 95f - Torches & PichforksAt dawn on the 11th, the B-Team met Brakken at the Beran consulate, picked up a dignitary from each side, and set out for the Cloudwood on another bid to create some unity between the two groups. Today’s  outing involved Kian Doherty, Risuri Minister of Agriculture, a well-groomed 40-something who valued Risur's druidic traditions and appeared to hate being in Flint.  His mood improved as they left the city behind and headed into the rural splendour of the Cloudwood. The Danoran side was represented by a rare Danoran half-elf named Pierre  Requier, who had heavy spectacles and messy hair.  His conversations with Ludo revealed him to be weak-willed and obsequious, and not all  that interested in magic, other than a few bits of trivia he had obviously rehearsed.While the group enjoyed a mid-morning snack in a lovely restaurant beside a creek, with hummingbirds flitting about the tables and monkeys snagging their scraps, a young girl ran into view from between the buildings on the other side of the creek. She hopped across, scampered past Brakken and the B-Team, and started yelling for people to help. A  few seconds behind her, a woman in a sun dress holding a rolling pin ran to the creek, then stopped when she saw the girl calling for help.  After a moment’s panic she turned and ran.Within a minute, the young girl had a dozen people to come out and meet her in the street, where she explained that she was chased, and she thought the woman was going to kill her. The crowd started getting makeshift weapons from their houses and shops. Niniel and Kian Doherty went to see what was happening.  The  crowd were muttering about 'child killers' and said that the body of a boy had been found in the woods a few days ago, daubed in strange sigils, throat cut, fingers and toes chewed.  They thought the woman, Relle, was a witch (although it turned out all she had done was chase the young girl away from her house).  When Kian Doherty tried to calm the crowd, they began to push and abuse him.  They seemed overwrought and irrational, as did the young girl and her pursuer.  Then Brajham put on a great fiery show of magic and encouraged them all to disperse, which they did.  Throughout this whole incident Theren had kept his eye on a young hooded boy who stood in the creek clutching a bundle.  He approached the youth to talk to him, but he immediately darted from the stream and disappeared into the  undergrowth.  Theren gave chase, but was not fast enough.  The 'boy' was too swift and subtle to be human, that much was clear.Brakken was keen to move on.  His bridge-building exercise was not going well.  They toured the region for the rest of the morning and heard a variety of disturbing reports.  A few other small mobs attacked people during  the day, though none of this was witnessed by the group. One albino cow was lynched.  (Can't take any credit for this.  Most of it is verbatim from the adventure text (with apologies to the writers), as it made the largely narrative account quicker to write.  We got through a lot this week.  Just one more update to come!)</blockquote>

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