23 Jan 2021 14:32
Setting
The group was still trying to set up to play a Heroquest in which Kallyr's guilt could be removed. Taflith Eurmali was a prisoner of the Earth Temple, after trying to break in there.
Plot was largely a continuation of the last week, with twists I added for good fun. Mostly GM fun.
IC Play
Kosa woke up in a comfortable bed, and not on an altar, and therefore worked out that the Maran Gor sect had not taken her prisoner.
The Earth Temple asked the group to persuade Taflith to stop making trouble. They went along, Aria already with a look of defeat on her face. Kosa threatened him, but all he did was make suggestive comments and leer at her.
Inkala attempted to divine things that might go wrong with the Hero quest. Results were inconclusive, with the question probably being valid but too wide.
They set up for the quest.
Inkala headed out to be a traveller from a distant land, and the others began the dances.
Kosa was a member of the bodyguard
Aria was the Host
Varaema was a friend, Chalana Arroy
Androus was Elmal (the bouncer)…
Inkala was tapped by the GM to be the secret traitor, playing Yinkin. Meanwhile, as the play began, Eurmal was very well behaved indeed. Yinkin insulted the other guest quite a lot.
Eurmal did not, but did secretly steal (and hide) a crown. Yinkin's behaviour got worse and worse, and Eurmal was still the soul of courtesy.
Eurmal got grabbed and searched when it turned out that the crown they were after was missing. He had a lot of other crowns, but not the one that was stolen. He then pointed out he had been falsely accused of theft, by the group - the heroes - that did it. This was rather awkward. In the end, Yinkin *nearly* found the Eurmali's trail, and Androus checked the privy for the crown. It was in fact out in the snow, having been thrown there. Ah well. At least there had been a betrayal that involved it, meaning that it was no longer binding Kallyr so hard.
The Eurmali ran off back to Boldhome with the crown, which he picked up out of the snow when he left the party, and he crowned Prince Kallyr; the combination of it being a Satrap's crown and it being marked with betrayal was enough to let her slide out from under the weight of honour, and throw out the Lunar influence that had been invited in.
All was good. Kallyr gave gifts.
Other Things
"Invite everyone to share in a sauna? is that a thing? I'm guessing that it would be super rude to accuse a guest of being a thief?" - Inkala