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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7549555" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 210, Part One - Entering Ursalina</strong></p><p></p><p>Eventually, they did receive a reply from Vlendham Heid. He apologised and said he had been asleep when they contacted him (apparently the founder of the Heid Eschatol was sanguine in the face of doom) and went on to say that he was glad his box had reached them and that the situation in Bhad Ryzhavdut had not changed, urging them to hurry nontheless.</p><p></p><p>Still no word from Uru and company, who had gone ahead to Ursalina. But Leon returned from his latest bit of business and was employed to help speed up their eventual travel from Ursalina to north-east Drakr: Some of Rumdoom’s retinue used a sending scroll to contact their brethren in Trekhom, to see if they could reopen the teleportation portal in their old meeting house (assuming it had been closed by the authorities after Rumdoom last went through). They said they would try and five hours later, confirmed that it was done. </p><p></p><p>Leon teleported through, alone and wary, but the place was abandoned, save for the Rumshcatologists who were honoured to meet him, as a close associate of their cult leader. Leon thanked them, then summoned a phantom steed, and rode all night, as far as he could, while the Coaltongue went the rest of the way to Ursalina. That way, when they wanted to get to Bhad Ryzhavdut, Leon could teleport back to the point he had reached, bringing the rest of the unit with him. (Okay, so they would be minus their airship, but better to get there in time, than too late but with air support!) An anxious Uriel pestered him with repeated sendings, keen to ensure that another comrade didn’t vanish.</p><p></p><p>As a side-note, during his brief time in Trekhom, Leon had a strange sense of déjà vu, and thought of Lavanya. Had she been here recently? Would he meet her here in the future? He did not know, and did not have time to investigate further.</p><p></p><p>Still no news from Uru. Uriel adopted his godhand incarnation, Babatunde, for close-quarters combat. Without Uru, Rumdoom and Quratulain they would be short-handed indeed.</p><p></p><p>In the distance, still many hours away, they could see the lights of Ursalina and smaller towns along the coast. To their surprise, fireworks erupted from the city and blazed into the night sky for about half an hour before they ceased.</p><p></p><p>In conversation with Korrigan, Glaucia confirmed that she did not have the ear of the Bruse just now: the Ob had got to him, and he had chosen, as always, to side with the ascendant power. But she hoped to return to court with a bombshell, once they had got to the bottom of the situation in Ursalina. Uriel pointed out that this was a poor turn of phrase – things had not gone well for the Bruse, the last time a bomb went off in his court!</p><p></p><p>Once they were close enough, cruising a thousand feet up, Gupta tried to use the Third Sword of Srasma to locate Quratulain. Worringly, there was no result! Korrigan – who had been developing his mental link with his team, practising techniques he had learned from the gith, expanded with Ottavia’s circlet, and honed since the Great Eclipse – then tried to connect with Rumdoom’s hammer. No dice! Uriel tried one last sending to no avail. Then Gupta used her sword to try to find Hildegaard and located her, somewhere down in the city. </p><p></p><p>Using another one of his new abilities, Korrigan focused and opened an ‘eye’ down at street level – somewhere dark, which turned out to be a quiet street in the Troughs. He had never tried to use this ability at such a long range. Brakken said the area is ‘rich is psychic energies’. Leon used feather fall to lower himself invisibly to street level (accompanied by Uriel in the form of an owl). Then he teleported the others down to him: Glaucia, Brakken, Gupta and Korrigan (with he and Korrigan under an illusory disguise).</p><p></p><p>There were signs of a recent celebration – streamers and banners, blowing along the streets – but everything was quiet now. Brakken scanned the area for anything like hiveminds, but he couldn’t sense anything specific – just a strange resonance.</p><p></p><p>Following Gupta’s sword, they made their way in the direction of Hildegaard. Gupta casually erased the memories of anyone they passed, just in case. The problem was, Hildegaard kept moving – frequently, and often very rapidly!</p><p></p><p>It had been several hours since the fireworks and now there came signs of a city waking up: clocks rang throughout the streets. Shops began to open up, though the shopkeepers were evidently tired, and crowds of shoppers began to build. They were passing the stall of Innwung, a goblin pickle vendor, who sat grumpily atop his barrel of pickles, glaring out at the crowd when a pair of orc police officers walked up and ordered him to open up for business. Innwung mumbled that he wasn’t going to play along anymore. The police asked him to repeat that, and the goblin yelled out, “I’m not pretending everything is normal anymore! You should be looking for the people who are missing, not bothering me. No one gets any pickles until you fix this city!” The orcs laughed, slugged the goblin unconscious, and carried him away, leaving his barrel of pickles behind.</p><p></p><p>Leon took the form of a gnoll and pursued the officers. He asked them what he should do – he really wanted a pickle. The orcs laughed and said, “Have a pickle, then. Where he’s going, a bit of theft will be the least of his worries.” Glaucia checked a local signpost. There she found a variety of notices, from an ordnance imposing a curfew, to a warning about the threat of hiveminds. Various public buildings had been closed too. Brakken scanned the inhabitants and registered an absence of deep thought, and an underlying sense of fear.</p><p></p><p>They resumed their hunt for Hildegaard, who was now some distance away, but appeared to have stopped moving since the streets busied up. On the way, Leon tried to engage passers-by. Despite being overtly cheerful, all were reluctant to talk. Leon was reminded that this was not news – that the report of Executores Nieves described this exact phenomenon. This in turn put him in mind of the merchant Flida, who Nieves described as an exception. When he asked after her shop, it turned out to be not too far back the way they came.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7549555, member: 79141"] [b]Session 210, Part One - Entering Ursalina[/b] Eventually, they did receive a reply from Vlendham Heid. He apologised and said he had been asleep when they contacted him (apparently the founder of the Heid Eschatol was sanguine in the face of doom) and went on to say that he was glad his box had reached them and that the situation in Bhad Ryzhavdut had not changed, urging them to hurry nontheless. Still no word from Uru and company, who had gone ahead to Ursalina. But Leon returned from his latest bit of business and was employed to help speed up their eventual travel from Ursalina to north-east Drakr: Some of Rumdoom’s retinue used a sending scroll to contact their brethren in Trekhom, to see if they could reopen the teleportation portal in their old meeting house (assuming it had been closed by the authorities after Rumdoom last went through). They said they would try and five hours later, confirmed that it was done. Leon teleported through, alone and wary, but the place was abandoned, save for the Rumshcatologists who were honoured to meet him, as a close associate of their cult leader. Leon thanked them, then summoned a phantom steed, and rode all night, as far as he could, while the Coaltongue went the rest of the way to Ursalina. That way, when they wanted to get to Bhad Ryzhavdut, Leon could teleport back to the point he had reached, bringing the rest of the unit with him. (Okay, so they would be minus their airship, but better to get there in time, than too late but with air support!) An anxious Uriel pestered him with repeated sendings, keen to ensure that another comrade didn’t vanish. As a side-note, during his brief time in Trekhom, Leon had a strange sense of déjà vu, and thought of Lavanya. Had she been here recently? Would he meet her here in the future? He did not know, and did not have time to investigate further. Still no news from Uru. Uriel adopted his godhand incarnation, Babatunde, for close-quarters combat. Without Uru, Rumdoom and Quratulain they would be short-handed indeed. In the distance, still many hours away, they could see the lights of Ursalina and smaller towns along the coast. To their surprise, fireworks erupted from the city and blazed into the night sky for about half an hour before they ceased. In conversation with Korrigan, Glaucia confirmed that she did not have the ear of the Bruse just now: the Ob had got to him, and he had chosen, as always, to side with the ascendant power. But she hoped to return to court with a bombshell, once they had got to the bottom of the situation in Ursalina. Uriel pointed out that this was a poor turn of phrase – things had not gone well for the Bruse, the last time a bomb went off in his court! Once they were close enough, cruising a thousand feet up, Gupta tried to use the Third Sword of Srasma to locate Quratulain. Worringly, there was no result! Korrigan – who had been developing his mental link with his team, practising techniques he had learned from the gith, expanded with Ottavia’s circlet, and honed since the Great Eclipse – then tried to connect with Rumdoom’s hammer. No dice! Uriel tried one last sending to no avail. Then Gupta used her sword to try to find Hildegaard and located her, somewhere down in the city. Using another one of his new abilities, Korrigan focused and opened an ‘eye’ down at street level – somewhere dark, which turned out to be a quiet street in the Troughs. He had never tried to use this ability at such a long range. Brakken said the area is ‘rich is psychic energies’. Leon used feather fall to lower himself invisibly to street level (accompanied by Uriel in the form of an owl). Then he teleported the others down to him: Glaucia, Brakken, Gupta and Korrigan (with he and Korrigan under an illusory disguise). There were signs of a recent celebration – streamers and banners, blowing along the streets – but everything was quiet now. Brakken scanned the area for anything like hiveminds, but he couldn’t sense anything specific – just a strange resonance. Following Gupta’s sword, they made their way in the direction of Hildegaard. Gupta casually erased the memories of anyone they passed, just in case. The problem was, Hildegaard kept moving – frequently, and often very rapidly! It had been several hours since the fireworks and now there came signs of a city waking up: clocks rang throughout the streets. Shops began to open up, though the shopkeepers were evidently tired, and crowds of shoppers began to build. They were passing the stall of Innwung, a goblin pickle vendor, who sat grumpily atop his barrel of pickles, glaring out at the crowd when a pair of orc police officers walked up and ordered him to open up for business. Innwung mumbled that he wasn’t going to play along anymore. The police asked him to repeat that, and the goblin yelled out, “I’m not pretending everything is normal anymore! You should be looking for the people who are missing, not bothering me. No one gets any pickles until you fix this city!” The orcs laughed, slugged the goblin unconscious, and carried him away, leaving his barrel of pickles behind. Leon took the form of a gnoll and pursued the officers. He asked them what he should do – he really wanted a pickle. The orcs laughed and said, “Have a pickle, then. Where he’s going, a bit of theft will be the least of his worries.” Glaucia checked a local signpost. There she found a variety of notices, from an ordnance imposing a curfew, to a warning about the threat of hiveminds. Various public buildings had been closed too. Brakken scanned the inhabitants and registered an absence of deep thought, and an underlying sense of fear. They resumed their hunt for Hildegaard, who was now some distance away, but appeared to have stopped moving since the streets busied up. On the way, Leon tried to engage passers-by. Despite being overtly cheerful, all were reluctant to talk. Leon was reminded that this was not news – that the report of Executores Nieves described this exact phenomenon. This in turn put him in mind of the merchant Flida, who Nieves described as an exception. When he asked after her shop, it turned out to be not too far back the way they came. [/QUOTE]
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