30 - Chaos in Halloween Town
Previous session: 29 - Welcome to Halloween town
As the big Jack O'Lantern has their vines finishing to grow, the Mayor Roba fully finishes to remove his vampire costume, revealing a Warlock costume.
Furthermore, 6 werewolves, 4 Ghosts and 2 Cyclops gets in our way.
Persy is casting [Haste] to prepare for the confrontation.
Roba hits the ground while still being charged with electricity, sparkling around him. His body starts glowing and it surges towards the dark skies in a form of a light blue pillar of pure electricity. The humming increases from the gallows, and a white light emanates from the witches, and we're all blinded.
Suddenly, we're all standing in the Town Square, all our the backs turn to the pumpkin.
We're all standing in some kind of set of a Theater. And the witches hop down from the gallows, and Sophie approaches us.
Coming from behind the lights, a young man comes to us.
And we realize it's Sprigg reaching us.
We head back to our ship as Sprigg pressures us without losing time, and we're travelling back into crystal space. When we're in outer space, we notice there's a single planet now.
Now that we're back on the Astral Sea, we don't really have an idea where to head. Naus mentions that there is a Waypoint not too far from here, and it could be an idea to settle down and look for work.
We all agree to go there, as it could be the occasion to learn more about this whole new world.
It takes around 8 hours to reach this place.
When we arrive, we see this engulfing bubble of air with something inside. As we approach, we notice it's the station, shaped like an inverted pyramid with stairs.
From the information we get, the Waypoint Sinesteesa is quite popular among smugglers, and it contains many black markets and traders. It's far outside of the Federal Council of Astronauts reach, so there's not really much law enforcement in this sector.
We dock down, and are showing our (false) custom papers.
We see various creatures from different universes and undead, revealing a cosmopolite place. Due to the information we got before, Nesvalyn suggests that if we split, we should be at least a duo.
Persy goes to the library to learn more about the lore to refresh his knowledge, followed by Azzy and Balnorin.
Nesvalyn looks for information about Paildreo, and is accompanied by "Reylynn". On the way, he plans to leave notes in Draconic, in case he's the first one of the couple landing here.
Once the party is split, Nesvalyn is looking for his fiancé, helped by "Reylynn".
[Investigation - Pass ✔] The people he asks doesn't seem to care or to have seen them.
However, when they both pass a kiosk, Nesvalyn immediately recognizes the voice of Paildreo, appearing on an animated image. They seem to be facing in front them, with the following speech:
Nesvalyn couldn't believe that. Seeing his fiancé alive and well, he was holding his tears, but the simple mention of the Minero Morphosis tied a knot in his stomach.
Paildreo then proceeds to explain more about it, starting to mention that the virus is a parasitic species. The Minero is the name of the species, aka Minero Spores infects its host, and once the conversion is done, the host becomes a Minero. It's a colonizing parasite.
Nesvalyn can't listen more to it, and can't help to cry and sob. He overhears "Reylynn" and sees her speaking, but zones out again for a few seconds.
He wipes his tears with his arm, takes many deep breathes to try to calm down, which works more or less, and proposes to rejoin the group.
During that time, the rest of the party (Azzy, Balnorin and Persy) searches for a Library. After a couple of hours looking for it, they finally find a Library (if not the only one according to Persy).
They are welcomed by an anthropomorphic Tiger Librarian.
The test is fairly simple: she shows a card with 6 different colors, and asking us to name them. It's really trivial to pass with the party intelligence.
The trio gets in the library, joined a bit later by the other duo, who also passes the test without any trouble. Almost everybody looks for information:
Nesvalyn upon reading this information and learning more, can't help remembering what he just heard from Paildreo, and breaks down and can't hold his tears anymore.
Azzy passes by, finds a mentaly broken Nesvalyn.
Nesvalyn stands up, and sweeps his tears as best as he can.
And here starts the new adventure of the group to find a place to rest for the evening. On the way, we find a noodle stall, exulting an exquisite parfume, which seems perfect to begin the evening, with all the five seats available. We all sit down.
When the chef turns around, we all see this familiar shape.
In front of us, stands Ludwig.
Next session: 31 - A Plasmoid, a Cleric and a Goose enter in a bar...