Suihkulahde: Session Five

So Andy and Lena had been handed an odd situation: they had been returned to right before Session One of the campaign. Fingar and Thungal were alive, as was Fish, who didn't have his wound.

Anneli

Beliefs

The world is ending; I will create a prophecy to fulfill.

I don't know why I've returned to this moment, but this time, it will not end in blood and hatred.

It's not safe to trust Nomi with the events to come; dai can only know as much as is necessary.

Instincts

Never show uncertainty.

Always take command.

Always give Nomi a space to speak.

Traits

Call of the Island

Righteous

Mortally Wounded in the Head | Shaky Hands | Slightly Clumsy

Haunted

Commanding Aura

Driven (Pilot)

Nomi

Beliefs

Confusion is an opportunity to turn the situation more to my advantage.

Anneli cannot be trusted to be forthcoming with information yet seems to know more than just our shared memory; focusing on her tells and actions may help me work out the situation.

Grieving just prevents you from taking actions to get things done.

Instincts:

Always bend the truth for personal advantage

When in trouble always try to talk my way out first

Always disregard others’ personal feelings

Traits:

Educated

Call of the Sea

Spite

Deceptive

Compulsive Liar

Callous

Charismatic

Memory’s Influence

Bitter

Guarded

 I asked Andy what Anneli would do. Andy told me Anneli was going to try to play off the sudden shock so that Nomi wouldn't know that dai knew. They rolled it and Lena chuckled; Nomi had won by a landslide. So now Nomi knew that Anneli was lying. 

Anneli noticed Fingar and Thungal standing off to the side, scheming. Once they were done and had split up Anneli struck up a conversation with Fingar they discussed Nomi being on the Felicitas. Anneli could see there was a confusion deep within Fingar about how Nomi managed to wind up on the boat with them. Anneli tried to lie, telling Fingar that Marian had sent Nomi to them, back before they left. Didn't he remember? Nomi stepped in, agreeing with Anneli's lie, even showing Sydanelma as proof. 

But Fingar resisted, eyes glazing and staring, far away. So Lena decided to use the skill song Twisted Tongue, which allowed her to open-end a social skill. Given Nomi's gray Will and history with lying, Lena rolled to open-end Falsehood. Nomi sang the song softly, giving Anneli the shivers and causing Fingar to completely phase out for a moment. Nomi wove Anneli's lie far more skillfully, forcing Fingar to accept what Anneli had been trying to say. Fingar walked away, trying to rectify everything. Anneli let slip that this wasn't like before. Nomi didn't press the point, but hung back.

When the Felicitas got to the island the cultists came out to greet them, just like before. Anneli stepped forward to deal with the elder two cultists. Nomi was excited to see that Aloysio was there, and had no memory of seeing them. So Nomi immediately to work, making nice with Aloysio, who was quite happy that a beautiful elven lady was hanging on his every word! Aloysio began to tell Nomi about the island, how Dal the Builder, an elven mason and architect, was responsible for a string of these elven structures acrost the sea. The timeline didn't add up to Nomi, who had been alive before the Ring of Tears had formed in the atmosphere: no elf was in this ocean at the point Aloysio was talking about. But dai played along, being as charming as dai could. Anneli and Nomi both noticed that Aloysio's explanation elicited derision and sarcasm from his elder compatriots. Brutus came up to Anneli and quietly told dai about how the sun should have been up a half hour ago. Anneli made a remark about how dai expected that, which confused Brutus.

And then Anneli saw Thungal staring at Nomi making nice with Aloysio. Thungal began to get that same look on dai's face, same as Fingar. Anneli took Thungal aside and tried to get dai to focus on the moment, that Anneli didn't like that Nomi was being all nice to Aloysio either, but they were here and-

Oh you just know Andy failed the Soothing Platitudes roll!

Thungal's eyes went blank. Literally blank. 

They came back bloodshot.

Thungal's screech could be heard all the way down the beach. Anneli began pleading the cultists for help, that Thungal was clearly not well. Nomi made a "concerned" comment about how Thungal was having trouble again to Aloysio, which caused everyone to bust out laughing. Thungal went quietly suddenly, and then told Anneli that dai remembered everything. And that Anneli was a monster for sparing Nomi. Anneli said that Thungal could complain all dai liked, but dai was alive. And that was more than enough. As the cultists picked dai up Thungal remarked dai wasn't so sure.

Brutus confirmed to Anneli that the sun really wasn't coming up. Desperate, Anneli went over to Nomi... and told her everything, in Elvish, so that Aloysio couldn't understand. This was a moldbreaker moment, as Anneli spilled dai's guts about everything that had happened before: how the sun hadn't come up, how that caused a panic on the island, and how the cultists had tried to kill Anneli to fulfill their prophecy about how the sun was coming back. The sisters needed to band together.

 When they got to the castle Aloysio took Anneli and Nomi aside. he said that he trusted Nomi and felt this odd connection to Anneli. But Aloysio knew he was odd. He'd had a vision from drinking from the fountain in the courtyard (which was heartbreakingly beautiful elven make). As far as the Redoubt Cult was concerned they were the only facility Dal the Builder has constructed. But Aloysio's vision showed this not to be the case: Dal the builder had made a whole string of complexes acrost the seas. He'd been blackmarked by the rest of the cult for having these views. And Aloysio needed to see if his vision was correct. He needed to leave, and he somehow knew, felt, that his destiny was with Anneli and Nomi. The two sisters looked at each other a moment. Nomi couldn't help dailself. Neither could Anneli. Anneli told Aloysio to get familiar with the rest of the crew. They had a prophecy to go make up.

Anneli stood next to the fountain and shouted to get everyone's attention. Anneli told them the stars had vanished. But that they could, would, had to fix it. The crowd muttered blasphemy. So Nomi drew Sydanelma and dai Anneli up. Nomi declared a new time had come, the time Dal the Builder had built this structure for in the first place. But they would need help to return the light.

They were met with wild applause