Session+41


 * 3-8-14** **The Drow and Magmadon's treachery resurface at the Reclaiming of the Stolen Moonblades and the Play at the Elven Pavilian**

Posy wakes up to streaming sunlight coming in the window of the Hawkwinter Estate healed. She found a vase of black roses with a card from Shade, "Thank you for the great time, though I regret that you were unconcious for part of it. I will be ready to leave on your noble quest at your convenience." She tossed the card into her room and set the vase of roses up on one of the Hawkwinter's tables in the other room.

Yuki wakes up in Amynta's lingerie with an arm around her waist... rolling over, she opens her eyes to see Amynta's bosom and gasping awake with a shriek, she wakes Amynta who also screams! Yuki points at her friend's chest accusingly, "You got bigger! How did you... what do I need to do to do this?!" Yuki thumped her with a pillow. Amynta threw her arms up defensively and giggled, "You need to eat better!" Woken by all the girly screaming, Thorn investigates through the peephole to see Yuki reaching around Amynta to squish her breasts in her hands, "This is not fair!" Amynta screams and blushes, wrapping her arms around her chest! "Dominic's been touching you hasn't he?! They say they grow bigger if they're touched a lot! He's doing that, isn't he?" Yuki accused her in woes. The marble Thorn got from Rosche rolled into the room, unnoticed by the girls. "I want to be touched a lot too!" Yuki continued, "You've gone up a whole cup size! I want these too!"

Erevin wakes feeling Shri's side of the bed still warm. He rolls over to see her sitting cross-legged on the floor in prayer... a little unusual since she normally does her prayers at night under the moonlight. She opened her eyes to smile at him, hearing his waking motions. "Good morning! How did your scouting go last night?" She gracefully returned to his side, inquiring about the moonblade rescue mission. Erevin assured her the plan was in motion for the evening and that they would only be taking a few members of the group. Nodding, Shri placed a kiss on his lips, "Would my lord like to take his breakfast in bed this morning?" "I do," he grinned up at her, pulling her back into bed.

Mali wakes up in the gryphon nest with a magnificent silken cloak wrapped around her, keeping her warm. The symbol of Harte's family crest was embroidered on the cloak. Some of the gryphons are already out flying and she smiles, looking them over to see that they are all very well taken care of. She dropped off Harte's cloak to one of the riders, Sergeant Grayson, who informed her that Harte Wavesilver was out on patrol this morning but left a message for her thanking her for the wonderful time together and hoped to see her again.

Everyone gathered at the Hawkwinter breakfast table. Yuki nudged extra dishes in front of Posy who ate with renewed vigor. We plan a tentative leave of Waterdeep for the following morning "depending on how tonight goes." "What's going on tonight?" Amynta inquired only to be met with a quick response of "Nothing!" from both Erevin and Thorn. Wren raised an eyebrow, but Tyrian was distracted watching Yuki tuck her hair behind her ear. Erevin casually suggested that Tyrian spend the day with Yuki. Tyrian smiled at her, "I would like to see Waterdeep before we go... and since this is your hometown..." Yuki blushed, "Uh... o-okay." She glanced over to Axton who was slicing his food a little more precise and aggressively. "Excellent!" Tyrian nodded to her, ignoring the priest on her other side, "I'm sure you know all of the best places here in town. We shall walk together under the moonlight." "M-moonlight? R-right..." Yuki nodded. Mali nudged her and nodded, "I bet you wouldn't look green." Yuki nodded to her, "I'd look way more than fine... okay, sure... why not?" She nodded again, still a little uncertainly, and glanced at Erevin with a stern 'we're going to talk about this later' look.

Erevin and Thorn make their plan to take Mali hidden in Erevin's pocket, Shri, and Dominic. With Eliath participating in a play at the elven embassy, Erevin arranges for private box tickets for Yuki and Tyrian and tickets for Wren, Kale, and Posy as well to keep them all out of trouble for the evening. Yuki whispered her protests to Erevin about the box being dark, "Practically anything could happen!" but he laughed to himself watching her excitedly plan her outfit. "You're welcome," Erevin smiled at Tyrian later. "You're a good man," he nodded, "I've heard it's a romantic play." Erevin nodded, "For the people." He arranged for a carriage to take them from the docks to the ending of the play to blend in with the crowd as though they had been there the whole time.

Wren and Posy headed off to go shopping at the alchemist shop.

Yuki, dripping in diamonds and gold jewelry and wearing a thin, silky, and red sunite-styled gown met Tyrian dressed handsomely in black and gold as he helped her into the carriage. "The goddess of passion herself has graced my presence this evening," he bowed to her charmingly and placed his hands on her waist to gently place her into the carriage as she blushed, "You look so handsome..." She smiled at him a little dreamily. He told her that he enjoyed their tour of the city and couldn't wait to show her the crystal falls of his lands as the two made delightful conversation.

Wren and Kale climbed into their own carriage, drawing the curtains.

A smaller magical black carriage was drawn with phantasmal steeds, black horses that faded into mist. No driver, it just pulled up and ethereal-like stairs formed down from the door in front of Posy. She was dressed in her armor. Shade opened the door, meeting her halfway, and extended his hand to help her in, "Mi'lady... your carriage has arrived." Black opals lined his fine black coat. She smiled, "Thank you for the roses." "You're welcome," he smiled at her and snapped his fingers, a single black rose appearing in his hand, "May I?" She nodded, a little skeptically, "Okay." He placed it into her hair as they sat down, "Drive, my carriage."

Mali changed into a hummingbird, traveling with Erevin and the others dressed in black and stealthing their way through the dark alleyways and over rooftops of the docks. The streets were still busy, even at night. Boisterous shanty atmosphere of sailors getting drunk, whoring, and gambling. Thorn glanced at the very nice brothel with beautiful women of various races dressing in the windows. Erevin dropped a gold coin into the hand of a beggar while Thorn admired the windows thinking surely they had time to stop... but they continued on to their scouted out warehouse location. Faint glimmers of light came from some of the windows.

Drawing the arrow over the diamond on his glove, Erevin fired a rope across from building to building. All of them made their way over, Erevin and Shri poised on the edge of the window-sill making out while Thorn got the window open. Mali tours the area carefully with Thorn's marble finding lots of crates and cat-walks, and a dim light coming from the lower level. Two voices came from below. The wooden cat-walks creak ominously as everyone moves out. Four hooded figures below, mildly cult-like, among a couple of warehouse guards and some sort of manager. They move in closer to hear them speaking elvish. The human manager is speaking broken elven with one of the hooded figures, "My apologies, my lord, for calling you here early. Lord Magmadon said that two elven princes are in town and we fear that they may be on to us." The cloaked figure speaks elven with a drow accent, "Elven princes? What do you mean?" "Prince Tyrian and Erevin." "Erevin?" the hooded voice was a little surprised and then darkened, "How did he get here?" "Lord Magmadon wishes members of their group eliminated... it was just by chance that we found out they were accompanying them." "Huh... we were worried more about The Serpent, but apparently this Lionspaw is going to be a problem. I should have heeded Z'ress's warning. I assume you and your lord are dealing with it then?" "Yes, we have information that they are attending a play this evening and we have plans to take care of them there." Erevin recognizes the name of Z'ress as the drow woman who wielded the black-bladed moonblade break, Eclipse, on Destiny in the future world... with a deep obsessive hate for Erevin for destroying her brother/lover.

Across the city in the black carriage, Shade tapped Posy's armor, "You know it's a play... it's not that dangerous." She smiled and nodded, "I've learned my lesson... it's not 'you', honestly." He blinked at her. "You'll see... something will happen," She nodded, "Trust me."

The three carriages drop off the play-goers at the Pavilion. There are flowers and ivy growing everywhere. Elves dressed in fine clothes walk under the moonlight, heading in to see the play. Tyrian escorts Yuki to their private box with comfortably cushioned seats where she looks out to the rest of the amphitheater of stone benches and sees Posy with Shade and Wren with Kale across the theater. Posy accepts a set of goggles from Shade, a little confused, and she looks around to see that several others have them and are using them to view the stage. Yuki notices all too familiar red hair peeking out of a hood in the seats below her... //Axton?!//

Eliath played the part of the disapproving father of the daughter in the love story in the play. Sherry, the young elf who spent most of the Hawkwinter Dance with Thorn, played the daughter in love. She has a beautiful voice and shined on stage in her low-cut revealing dress.

Back at the warehouse the others prepare an ambush! Shri and Thorn snuck in close while Erevin and Dominic took positions in the cat-walk while Mali flew a flash bomb behind the group on the lower floor. As they moved in to play, the drow who was talking paused and looked around, "Moonblade..." The flashbang went off on the floor as Erevin let loose double arrows to sink into the speaking drow male.His hood fell back, revealing for certain the dark-skinned drow skin. Thorn stepped in at the same time, stabbing a guard in the back as Shri teamed up with him, stabbing the same guard in the chest with her long blades, cutting him down! Dominic dropped his alchemy bombs to complete their surprise ambush!

The drow male reeled back, pointing up to the cat-walk, "A moonblade wielder! Ignore the others. Kill HIM!" He drew the black-bladed Eclipse from his sheath. For an older drow, he moves fast! He sliced through one of the support beams of the cat-walk, causing it to creak and sway. Erevin stepped forward, the cat-walk collapsing behind him as he launched another heavy-hitting double arrows into another of the drow... pinning his head to the floor! Mali shifted out of her hummingbird form and started gathering the inactive stolen moonblades into her bag. Thorn and Shri moved in unison, in a graceful display of teamwork to dispatch the second guard. Blood was splashed all over the floor and surrounding cases in mere moments as foe after foe fell to the ground! The "manager" stepped back in shock, "What the...?!" His voice deepened into a more bestial growl and his uniform shredded around him as claws grow out of his hands and wings sprout out of his back! His skin splits, molten lava running through the open tears and sprays out from him! Thorn and Shri managed to dodge out of the way, but a small part of it managed to burn Shri's skin anyway.

Two drow charged up the cat-walk up to Erevin, the elder drow calling up, "I don't know how you found out about this, Lionspaw... but you're too late! The ceremony will occur! ...and your precious little Myth Coramanth will burn!" He spoke a few magic words and vanished! "Want to see the moonblade, do you?" Erevin drew both of his blades, slashing into one of the charging drow. Mali, having obtained all 4 of the moonblades, shifted back into hummingbird form and took them to the roof to wait for the others.

Shri danced gracefully through the beams of moonlight to slash into the magma dragon-winged man, Thorn moving in with her, slightly distracted by her form. The music from the play across the city almost in perfect time to their battle... The partial magma-dragon clawed and bit into the halfling's shoulder, causing Thorn to scream out from the burning pain! ...and yet still thinking about how cool the scar was going to look! The drow taunted Erevin above in elven as they moved in on either side with their blades, "We'll be sure to tell your mother... how we killed you!" Erevin looked at them darkly, speaking in drow, "No... you wont." As the music of the play built into a crescendo, Erevin sliced through one of the drow, toppling the head into the air with his moonblade! Blood drops splash to the ground around him.

Magma-dragon guy howls out in pain as Thorn drives his daggers deep, Shri countering with her blades from the other side! Using his wings, the partial dragon leapt up and flew through the glass ceiling, shattering his way out as drops of his magma blood fell from his wounds and burned the ground below. Thorn looked up after the escape and shrugged, raising his hand to Shri, "High five! We won!" "You scare the shit out of me, little man..." Shri looked down at the halfling, burnt and bloodied before her, but smiling and cheerful about their victory. Erevin turned to the last drow standing, "Will you fight to the last breath or die on your knees?" "I'll take you with me!" the drow slashed him with his sword. Erevin stepped forward and buried the moonblade into him deeply, kicking his body over the railing as he drew back his sword.

Across the city at the elven pavilion, Yuki watches the romance of the play through her glasses, bringing them down for Eliath's part... to see the hooded red-haired figure below watching their box... and in the reflection of the lowered glasses she sees something from above. Looking up to the sky, she can see a winged figure flying overhead, dropping something that grows quickly as it falls toward them! Yuki whipped out her ribbon quickly, "Heart! Power! Make-up! Shield of Sune!" A bright pink light forming a shield over her and Tyrian in the box as she held onto it with all of her might, projecting it with love while throwing her other arm back protectively over Tyrian! Drawing the attention of Wren, Kale, and Posy below... Posy tapped Shade and nodded up to the box, "Told ya." 10 feet tall, a massive black clawed bug-like creature dropped on top of Yuki's shield, skittering over it as Yuki screamed beneath it, still holding striving to keep the shield up! Posy drew her axe and as she ran along the backs of chairs and people, heading in, Shade stood up and cast over her... sprouting large black feathered wings off of her back! "Yuki!" Wren screamed up toward the box and wrapped her arms around Kale, brushing her hand over his new ring to make him lighter. "Why aren't you wearing your armor?!" she asked him accusingly as she flew them across the theater to the private box. "It was a play... we can't get attacked every time we do something social. There was the Hawkwinter dance... we didn't get attacked there... well we got poisoned... but we didn't get attacked!" he argued with her as they flew. "Oh... because being poisoned makes it all okay!" She dropped him into the shield to land beside Yuki and she glided around the bug to slip in beside them.

The bug creature made horrible clacking noises from it's mandible, reverberating through the crowd, causing people to fall to the ground glassy-eyed! The four of them protected by the noise inside Yuki's shield. "What is that thing?!" Yuki yelled. "Some kind of demon," Tyrian nodded to her looking up at the clattering beast above them. Below them, withstanding the horrible noise, Axton threw off his hooded cloak and sent out a bright light, smiting into the demon above them! Yuki continued to pour love through her ribbon, holding the shield in place, drawing on the love between the witch and warrior beside her to help.

Posy could feel the cacophony of clicking noises eating at her soul as her mind went feeble! Still raging toward the demon like a child in a tantrum only able to focus on one thing. Wren raised her wand, casting up a lightning bolt to send through the shield into the demon above. Yuki trembling slightly from the ozone around her, "W-Wren... what are you doing?" Fighting through the magic resistance of the demon to wound him with her bolt of electricity, Wren nodded to the priestess reassuringly as she cast, "You can do this, Yuki! Trust me!"

3 swarms of dark insects erupted out of the demon! One of the swarms fought to get into Yuki's shield while the other two went out to devour the crowd, Axton quickly dispelling one of them! Tyrian laid a soft hand on Yuki's shoulder and nodded to her, "Keep yourself safe!" He leaped up through her shield to slash into the demon with his blade, spilling it's maggoty black ichor outward! "What?! T-Tyrian!" Yuki blinked up after him. Posy ignored the bugs biting her in her rage against the beast, and cleaved her axe into the demon's thick hide. Kale drew his own blade and leapt out to slash into the demon as Wren sent out her own swarm to counter the demon's swarm in the crowd. Yuki closed her eyes to the bugs coming out of her witchy friend, concentrating on holding the shield.

The demon clawed viciously into Axton, color fading quickly from his skin! Wren called out from inside the shield, "Axton!" causing Yuki to open her eyes and gasp out with concern upon seeing him. Dropping the ribbon shield, she jumped out of the box down to him, throwing her arms up with her ribbon and calling out, "Heart! Power! Make-up! Shield!!!" reforming the glowing pink shield between him and the demon! "What are you doing here anyway?" she looked him over concerned. "Making sure you're okay..." he gasped out weakly. "Well it looks like I'm making sure 'you're' okay!" "Not how I planned it..." he shook his head, "Do you have a blessed weapon?" He placed his hand on her wrist, strengthening her shielding ribbon of love before sending out a bright searing light into the demon!

Shade cast over Posy again, speeding up her movements, and she furiously struck into the demon with her new haste, still feeble-minded and raging... she buried her axe into it to topple it over... Kale and Tyrian still laying into it until it stopped twitching. Posy cleaved it's head off... just to be sure! Yuki cast out several heals and restoration. Several minutes later, everyone regained their wits with the clacking gone...

Guards rush in, quickly whisking Tyrian and Yuki out as Erevin and the crew also arrive... Eliath is quickly whisked away with Erevin and the others as well. Eliath is very pleased to get the return of the moonblades. Erevin fills everyone in on the drow's declaration of the ceremony taking place as well as Magmadon working with them in these plots... he also takes Eliath aside privately and tells him about the future that we all saw. Eliath assures him that if he hears anything else about Magmadon or the drow that he would send word on to Myth Coramanth in hope that it would reach him. He has heard of Eclipse, saying not many exist... but there were a few that were powerfully enchanted to destroy moonblades... since moonblades have ended many drow lives. He agreed to do some research to find the family name that holds it.

Eliath smiled at Thorn, "It's a pity you couldn't make it to the play earlier... Sherry was hoping you'd be able to see her perform." Thorn sighed with disappointment, "That is a shame... tell her I'm sorry that I didn't make it." "Perhaps next time that you're in Waterdeep," Eliath nodded. Thorn nodded, "I'll make sure." Eliath paid Thorn an additional 1000 gold in gems at his gentle nudging of the rest of the payment which Thorn split between the group that went. Erevin gave his share to Mali for serving The People.

The following morning Axton and Avidon arrived, guiding a floating disk, carrying Elisabetta... Yuki's mother. Avidon looked at his daughter, "You take good care of your mother." Yuki blinked up at him, "What do you mean? You're coming with us!" "Are you sure I wont be in the way?" "No!" she slipped her arm in his and recruited Erevin's assistance, "He can come, right? Someone has to stay with my mom and he knows lots of languages and tells great stories!" Erevin nodded to her, "Of course he can." Lady Glacia arrives as well. Vivenne gives Wren a bouquet of flowers for Magdalena. Everyone returns to Sanctuary through the portal. Silvermane and Magda are out of the city on buisness, but Wren leaves the flowers with an assistant with a note that Vivenne sends her hello and asks that she visit her.

We board Destiny, greeting everyone who'd been waiting on our return. We head north as Yuki takes her dad on a tour of the ship, introducing him to everyone. A thick pine forest, lined with snow, deep in the north with a glacier line in the distance. A giant bestial claw of blood-red ice carved to look like it was clawing it's way out of the ground. A tower on top of it. It looks like someone froze blood... Uther and Ursus told us that those lands belong to the fallen of Melar, but that ice was not there when they left. We pass over miles of snow toward a pale blue glow with criss-crossing crystals to land near a verdant and warm valley with an enormous tree... buildings built into it and a bright sphere of light emitting warmth was at the top. A river runs through the area with ponds. The only thing standing out that wasn't elven was several brightly colored tents ran along the edge with brightly colored gypsy-esque people. Drawing the attention of many elves with our flying ship, armed guard come to meet us... recognizing Tyrian immediately among us, they lowered their weapons. Tyrian nodded to all of us, with a special nod to Yuki, "Welcome to my kingdom. The northern most land of the elves on this continent. You are all welcome here." Whispers in the crowds sounded of Arabelle's return.