#Relni Chapter 41

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Mistletoe: Mistletoe's gonna sling his arm over Rymer's shoulder and is like, "You're here with friends."

Rymer: Mm.

Hunt: We didn't start out like that though. We made a horrible first impression.

Tark: Yeah.

Marigold: I didn't.

Rymer: No Marigold, you're a gem and we're happy to have you here.

Hunt: Marigold came to us much later. But with the rest of us and Rymer... Ugh, not good.

Rymer: I did try to rob you.

Hunt: That is true and we were tasked to stop you.

Tark: That was not all that went down.

Rymer: That was a wild overreaction to that.

Tark: Yeah.

Hunt: Yeah.

Tark: Yeah, our bad. Our bad, man.

Marigold: Robbing someone's not bad.

Rymer: Right, especially if they had something that you desperately need.

Marigold: Yeah.

Rymer: Because it's dangerous.

Mistletoe: What was it that you needed?

Rymer ...Anyways it's getting lighter which is good.

Mistletoe: Mistletoe's gonna look at Hunt. "So what was it he was trying to rob off of you?"

Tark: Tea.

Hunt: Hunt is legitimately--- Does Tark actually say that? 'Cause Hunt legitimately pauses trying to think back on what they were supposedly carrying and what he was going after.

Tark: Mm-hmm.

Hunt: Oh right! Right the bird tea.

Rymer: Right.

Mistletoe: Bird tea?

Hunt: Avemwyrt tea.

Tark: Bird tea.

Mistletoe: That must've been some really good tea. Made out of birds?

Hunt: No.

Rymer: No, it turns you into a bird if you drink it.

Tark: no no

Mistletoe: Why did you need to become a bird?

Rymer: I didn't need to, oh my god.

-laughter-

Rymer: I wasn't trying to turn into a bird, I was trying to stop other people from being turned into birds.

Mistletoe: Ohhh!

Rymer: Because I was robbed and the Avemwyrt that I was supplying got taken from me. So I was trying to get it back.

Mistletoe: Well you all should've let him rob you then.

Hunt: We didn't know.

Tark: We didn't know!

Rymer: They didn't have the tea.

Hunt: We didn't know. All we were told is that someone was doing highway robberies and we were tasked to stop that.

Mistletoe: Well it sounds to me like you all just need to talk to each other more.

Tark: Oh boy! Uncomfortable laugh.

Rymer: It's fine, I guess. I'm back in the Feywild at least, so at least something came out of it.

Marigold: Are you going to stay here?

Rymer: Haven't decided. I suppose it depends on what happens when we reach the Court. If we're done talking about my life story, we should pep in our step it looks like your dad's quite a ways ahead.

Mistletoe: Oh yeah, we should catch up.

DM: Very long strides.

#D&D mischief #Relni campaign #Relni Recap #Relni Chapter 41 #we didn't have anything to rob #our crates were empty #they were the lure

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DM: I hoped so. He (LoH) is terrifying like there is this 'I take care of my own'

Hunt (OOC): Mm-hmm.

DM: But if you're not his own, he's fucking terrifying and I wanted that to come across.

Hunt (OOC): Yep.

DM: Jeremiah had a reason to be scared.

Hunt (OOC): Oh yeah.

DM: It was not unfounded. His information might have been wrong, but his fear was very much correct and justified. And the Summer Court wanting him gone had to make sense, so he has to be terrifying.

Hunt (OOC): Yeah.

Tark (OOC): You know, fuck the Summer Court.

Hunt (OOC): Yeah!

DM: Mm-hmm.

Ethan: That's sounds like a pretty rash thing to say. Why would you say something like that?

DM: Because they're dicks.

Tark (OOC): Yeah, fuck the Summer Court!

Hunt (OOC): Because they're assholes!

DM: 'Cause they, it's very much as he was saying, they're very proud. The vibes between the Summer Court and the Winter Court, the Winter Court won't disguise when they're being fucked up. Where the Summer Court will try to justify it, 'Well it's because of this and, you know, blah blah blah'. 'Cause they're the 'nice' ones, they're the ones in Summer, it's beautiful.

Tark (OOC): 'It's for the greater good.'

DM: Right, we're having, we're lounging in the sun eating figs and having people fight to the death and it's all pleasure and joy and yadda yadda. Where in the Winter Court it's like, 'Nah, I'll fucking stab you in the eye if you come too close to me 'cause I need to protect what I have.' But they're also like, 'You're not a threat, I don't have the time and energy to spend on you.' which kind of allows for a little more freedom in Winter 'cause if you're not actually an active problem, 'I have to devote my time and energy into defending what I have because there's scarcity. So if you're just loud and not actually dangerous, I'm not going to worry about you.'

Hunt (OOC): *laughing* Which is what the Sugarplum Seditionists are.

DM: Yeah, exactly. Which is why they're being left alone, they're just so stupid. They're not actually a problem so we don't have to worry about them. It's good to keep an eye on them, but we don't have to actually do anything.

#D&D mischief #Relni campaign #Relni Recap #Relni Chapter 41

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Tark (OOC): Tark's like, "mmm, mark me down as scared AND horny." and now he's just horny.

Hunt (OOC): And Hunt's even resorted to, "Tark please, please just look at the picture! I can't--"

DM: "Look at the picture of Carver."

Hunt (OOC): "I can't be forced to explain to my cousin why we lost you to the Feywild!"

Ethan: Yeah.

Tark (OOC): Yeah and as soon as you're like, "He tried to fuck the Lord of the Hunt." Carver would be like, 'Yeah. Yeah.'

DM: 'That's...' 'No, look at him.' 'Well...okay'

Tark (OOC): Like 9 feet guys, come on!

DM: Before the antlers.

Ethan: 'How does he walk around with... Oh.'

DM: Oh my god.

Tark (OOC): Before the antlers.

DM: Before the antlers.

Hunt (OOC): How tall is he without the antlers? Wait, wasn't it 7ft?

DM: No, without the antlers he's 9ft tall. With the antlers, probably like 12ft.

Tark (OOC): 12?

Hunt (OOC): Okay, 9 without, 12 with.

DM: Yeah.

Ethan: Fuck dude.

DM: He's like a moose. Fucking megafauna out here.

Ethan: And he's gonna get hunted down by a frog and an army.

DM: Good luck.

Hunt (OOC): Good luck.

Nathaniel (OOC): An army of what?

Tark (OOC): He's gonna get hunted down by *cuts out*

DM: By a gay fucking cleric.

Tark (OOC): By a horny elf is what's gonna happen. "So how you doin'?"

DM: He does not speak Common either so he's just gonna be like, 'What is happening?'

Tark (OOC): 'Is--' *cuts out* 'for, you know, dispel magicing your summoning circle? Is there a... Is there any..'

DM/Lord of the Hunt: 'What is he saying?!'

#D&D mischief #Relni campaign #Relni Recap #Relni Chapter 41 #Didn't peg Carver as being a gay disaster #how adorable that Jeremiah thinks he can take down the child of the Wild Hunt and Endless Hunger

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Ethan: So ya'll met the Lord of the Hunt and he's coming with you to the Twilight Court.

Hunt (OOC): Yep.

Nathaniel (OOC): Yes.

DM: They picked him up like, 'Come on.'

Marigold (OOC): Road trip! Road trip!

Ethan: Come on dad, we're going to court.

DM: I mean, he's worked with the Flickering Knave, so there's a little bit of--

Ethan: Who is very dead.

DM: Yeah well, they don't know that yet.

Ethan: I mean, they might find him, face down in a puddle somewhere.

Hunt (OOC): In Summer.

Ethan: Frogs poking at him.

Marigold (OOC): Aw.

#D&D mischief #Relni campaign #Relni Recap #Relni Chapter 41 #when it's revealed that the Flickering Knave is dead #how quickly should we reveal that it was because of a certain frog? #and who would be the first to reveal they know the identity of the murderer

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-Ethan coming in right as the session ended-

Ethan: So what happened?

Hunt (OOC): There was a touching reunion.

Nathaniel (OOC): We met the Lord of the Hunt and he's really nice actually.

Hunt (OOC): Yeah.

Ethan: Doubt, but okay.

Hunt (OOC): No, he's really lovely.

Nathaniel (OOC): He doesn't catch and release beast-folk. That was an outright lie.

Hunt (OOC): Yeah.

Nathaniel (OOC): That we learned.

Marigold (OOC): Doesn't necessarily mean he doesn't hunt beast-folk.

DM: He definitely does hunt them down and kill them, but...

Marigold (OOC): Not in a catch and release way.

DM: Yeah 'cause that's boring.

Marigold (OOC): So if that makes you feel better or worse.

Ethan: No. Why would I feel better?

DM: Well he doesn't know, this might make you feel better, he doesn't know that the Flickering Knave is dead.

Tark (OOC): Yet.

DM: So...

Ethan: I mean, who would?

Nathaniel (OOC): He's coming with us on this walk.

Ethan: What?

Hunt (OOC): Yeah.

Ethan: I'm sorry?

Hunt (OOC): He's with us.

DM: Yeah, he's coming with the [something]

Nathaniel (OOC): He's traveling with us.

Hunt (OOC): Dad's on the road trip!

Nathaniel (OOC): We're going to the Twilight Court.

Ethan: Mm yeah, ya'll gonna die. He gonna kill you.

Hunt (OOC): No.

DM: It's totally fine.

Hunt (OOC): No because we're friends--

Mistletoe (OOC): He gave us presents.

DM: He gave them presents for bringing his son back.

Hunt (OOC): Yeah, we were rewarded with bringing him his son and we're Mary's friends.

DM: Yeah, Mary straight up was like, 'So these are my friends' saved so much trouble 'cause he would've fucking came and hunted Tark down.

-laughter-

DM: He was gonna be like, "You son of a bitch!" but instead it was, 'these are my friends and they brought me back.' that he's like, 'Alright, you know what, fine.'

Tark (OOC): Sorry.

DM: 'That was what I was trying to have happen, so...'

Ethan: 'Alright, I can see there was a misunderstanding.'

Hunt (OOC): Then Tark went from being scared and horny to now straight horny for the Lord of the Hunt.

Marigold (OOC): Gay horny.

Mistletoe (OOC): There's no 'straight' about that.

#D&D mischief #Relni campaign #Relni Recap #Relni Chapter 41

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Mistletoe: Mistletoe is gonna grab Marigold's hand and just kind of pull him forward after the Lord of the Hunt.

Marigold: I'm fine with that.

DM: Rymer shrugs off his discomfort the best he can, now lost in thought about other times and places and people. You guys head, the light is breaking again the snow turning almost pink and purple underfoot as you enter closer into Dusk and head in the direction of both Autumn and Twilight.

#D&D mischief #Relni campaign #Relni Recap #Relni Chapter 41

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Mistletoe: At some point during this travel, Mistletoe's gonna look at Rymer and be like, "So, what's your family like Your Prince-ness?"

DM: Oh boy.

Tark (OOC): Oh no.

Hunt (OOC): Oh boy.

Rymer: That is a very generalized question.

Mistletoe: Mistletoe just stares at him.

DM: He keeps walking.

Mistletoe: Like are they chill, are they uptight? Are they funny? What's the general vibe?

Rymer: They're chill, I guess? Yeah.

Mistletoe: Alright alright.

Rymer: It's Twilight. It's unbecoming and becoming. I don't know it's transient, it changes. That's the whole point of Twilight and liminality.

Mistletoe: I don't know what that means.

Rymer: Yeah well...

-laughter-

DM: He says it in Sylvan which has more of that emotional meaning and that you get the sense that liminality is the closest we have in English to what it is in Sylvan. 'Cause it is that active transforming, it's a verb in a way, it's not a still concept but it's the place between two concepts like it is the act of one thing becoming another.

Mistletoe (OOC): Fey linguistics is so cool.

DM: It's so weird. But he says that word to you which is his title, he is the lord of that.

Mistletoe: So, what's a Lord of Liminality doing hanging out with a bunch of pebbles anyway?

Rymer: That is a long story?

Mistletoe: Well we got time while we're traveling.

-laughter-

Hunt (OOC): How much of this is in Common?

Tark (OOC): Yeah, I was about to ask that.

DM: It is in Common for sure.

Mistletoe: This is in Common.

Tark: Oh god, so everybody's like; Tark's looking at the ground. Tark's like 'This is awkward.'

Mistletoe: I wanted to roll and see how actually aware Mistletoe is of Rymer's discomfort with all of this. I rolled a Nat20.

DM: Oh god.

Mistletoe: So yeah, I can tell he's uncomfortable.

DM: You can tell with a Nat20 that he's uncomfortable on a lot of levels. There's the short-term, 'cause you can see him debating 'I can tell you why I'm with these people which is also a fucking shitshow. Or I can go back to the beginning and tell you about how I ended up on the Material Plane and that a fucking shitshow.' And you can just, there are so many levels of 'I really don't want to talk about things that have happened to me. Hunt, please help.' As he's like looking at her.

Mistletoe: Mistletoe starts making wild guesses.

DM: Oh great.

Mistletoe: Did you step into an enchanted puddle? Did you stumble between an archway made of stone on one side and a cherry tree on the other?

Rymer: Not really.

Mistletoe: Did you cast a spell that went really really wrong.

Rymer: Kind of.

Mistletoe: That makes Mistletoe pause 'cause he was about to launch into another guess immediately. Something about sheep. "Kind of? Mm-hmm. And what spell were you trying to cast?"

Rymer: It wasn't a spell, but yes there were plenty of archways, plenty that went wrong and there were deals that were revoked, there was, there's a lot, there were several arrangements that were revoked and--

Mistletoe: Well that's shitty.

Rymer: Yeah fucking tell me about it and now I'm here with ice in my boots with the Lord of the Hunt.

#D&D mischief #Relni campaign #Relni Recap #Relni Chapter 41 #Sorry Rymer #Hunt may've zoned out/disassociated for a second #she's gone over a week without her focus drink

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DM: You guys make your way out of the fissure, the Lord of the Hunt leads the way confidently which allows most of the wind to break against him and keeps you guys from being caught in that wind tunnel.

Hunt (OOC): Yay.

Marigold (OOC): Yay.

DM: Kind of like you know when birds fly in a pattern and it's like, 'Okay great, whoever's at the front is doing the work.'

Tark: [in chat] Tark's looking to see if he got a fat ass

DM: Jesus Christ.

Hunt: Tark please, look at the picture! I don't think I can--

DM: Hunt be like, "I never wanted you to fuck my cousin more than I do in this moment 'cause at least it's not this man!"

Nathaniel (OOC): Just close your eyes and let Nathaniel drag you along.

DM: I'm not gonna answer that. I'll let that be theater of the mind.

Tark (OOC): No, but...

DM: You can make that decision within your own heart.

Nathaniel (OOC): You're welcome.

Marigold (OOC): Hmm?

Nathaniel (OOC): I have a thought, but I'm not saying it.

Tark (OOC): Say it. Say it.

Nathaniel (OOC): No.

Tark (OOC): Say it.

Nathaniel (OOC): I'm within striking distance.

DM: Fair.

Nathaniel (OOC): bivaxual can smother me with a pillow if they so choose.

DM: Then don't tell us.

Nathaniel (OOC): I'll wait till bivaxual is on the plane.

#D&D mischief #Relni campaign #Relni Recap #Relni Chapter 41 #I hope Carver's not attached to Tark #'cause that boy's gonna get himself in trouble that we can't get him out of

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DM: You guys are able to yeah, there's eating, return through the ice caverns, and back out into that blizzard.

Nathaniel (OOC): Do we know where we're going?

DM: Do you, yeah that's a good question. Do you guys talk it over breakfast, do you know where you're going?

Marigold: My vote after a little thought is Twilight for the reasons of we'll get Hunt away from the cold

Hunt: Yes.

Marigold: And also, I mean this kindly, Prince is sort of higher up.

DM: That's one for Twilight. Nathaniel?

Nathaniel: I don't think Nathaniel has much of a preference but out of character Crow's already seen Winter Court and wants to see Twilight Court.

DM: I'll count that. Hunt?

Hunt: I'm choosing Twilight because I want to get out of Winter, out of the cold.

DM: Fair. Tark?

Tark: You know, Tark doesn't really care. He doesn't have a preference he hasn't seen any of them. As long as Daddy's coming along.

Nathaniel (OOC): Don't call him that. I think don't call him that.

DM: I think that's illegal actually.

Hunt: Look at your picture, please.

Marigold: Hey dad I change my mind, this one's not a friend.

DM/Lord of the Hunt: Great.

Marigold (OOC): He's fair game.

Nathaniel (OOC): I think considering what happened last time they met, I think the Lord of the Hunt might actually kill Tark.

Marigold (OOC): Mm-hmm.

Tark (OOC): Oh? He's gonna eat me?

Marigold (OOC): Oh good, Hunt's into v... Not Hunt.

Tark: Makes him so uncomfortable he doesn't want ot kill him like, 'I just need him to leave.'

Nathaniel (OOC): Death is a sort of leaving.

DM: Yeah, it's a pretty permanent goodbye.

Nathaniel (OOC): [something] the most permanent leave taking (?)

Marigold (OOC): Especially considering you're the cleric so.

-various 'yeahs'-

Nathaniel (OOC): Well, Hunt also has a few levels in Cleric.

Hunt (OOC): I only have 1 level in Cleric.

Tark (OOC): [something] and his name is T'ark and he has a mustache.

Hunt: The best I can do for you Tark is give you funeral rites, that's the best I can do.

Marigold (OOC): Rest in peace.

Nathaniel (OOC): Do funeral rites and [something] back to Carver.

DM: Tark's in horny jail. Eternal horny jail.

Nathaniel (OOC): *laughing* The eternal horny jail [something]

Marigold (OOC): It's actually a new circle of hell that [something] introduced.

Nathaniel (OOC): Is it because of the Tieflings?

Marigold (OOC): .... It wasn't originally.

DM: Alright, Twilight Court it is.

#D&D mischief #Relni campaign #Relni Recap #Relni Chapter 41 #we were laughing so much at this

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DM: So you're able to rest, the fire is kept lit throughout the night. You're able to take your long rest so you can heal up, get your spell slots back, anyone with a level of exhaustion loses one.

Nathaniel (OOC): *low* I should get my lucky points back too.

DM: You should get your luck points back.

Nathaniel (OOC): Yay!

DM: If you have anything you regain on a short or long rest is regained.

Hunt (OOC): Yep.

DM: And then in the morning you kind of all end up waking, as the night has gone on it's become less of like fear that you're prey of the Lord of the Hunt and more like you are protected by him. The sense has sort of shifted, like 'Okay, we're not actually in danger here.'

-various 'aww's-

Nathaniel (OOC): If we were in any danger, we'd already be dead.

Hunt (OOC): Yeah.

Tark: That's not good for Tark, 'cause now Tark's like...

DM: Oh god. Stay strong.

Nathaniel: Tark, no.

Hunt: Tark, look at your picture. Look at the pretty picture.

DM: [something] Carver.

Nathaniel: Do I need to hold your hand again?

Tark: Staring intently [something]

DM: The Lord of the Hunt is currently roasting a deer for you guys and he keeps looking over at Tark like...

Tark: 'Cause now he's not 'Mark me down as scared AND horny' He's just horny.

DM: Unreadable expression but is still kind of glowering at you 'cause you're staring at him. And he knows you fucked up his last attempt to find Marigold.

Tark: Sorry.

Mistletoe: Can I try and insight check to see if I understand what's going on with Tark?

DM: Mistletoe can, yeah.

Mistletoe: *rolls* That's a Nat20!

Tark (OOC): No!

DM: Oh yeah, you can tell. It is all over that boy's face. It's if it was like a cartoon you know where the eyes like...

Mistletoe: Mistletoe is gonna go over to Marigold and just kind of elbow him a little bit and then do the pointing with his chin towards Tark.

Marigold: Nope, I don't want to think about it.

-laughter-

Tark (OOC): Mary, I could be your stepdad.

Marigold (OOC): Oh, when you put it like that, no.

Tark (OOC): *laughing*

Nathaniel (OOC): Now I'm having impure thoughts [something]

#D&D mischief #Relni campaign #Relni Recap #Relni Chapter 41 #Hunt would rather have Tark thirsting for Carver than the Lord of the Hunt #mostly because she doesn't want to explain to Carver how they lost Tark in the Feywild

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DM: I assume, correct me if I'm wrong, you'll rest here take a long rest and head out towards the sun so that you can return to the twilight hours and then head towards Autumn.

Hunt (OOC): Yeah.

Marigold: Are we going to Twilight or Winter?

DM: Yeah, which Court did you guys want to seek out? It's up to ya'll.

Marigold: Is there any reason the Lord of the Hunt wouldn't be able to go to either one of those.

DM: The Winter Court is a little more put together it sounds like. The Twilight Court might be a little more reactive to his presence, but he can walk wherever he wants to go--

Marigold: That's fine.

DM: You know he's got friends in the Winter Court, you know at least the Knight, who is Mistletoe's father, they've been in contact and they, he's taken his kid as a ward so like... It would probably take some persuading but you could probably get him at least outside the palace.

Hunt (OOC): Wasn't the Lord of the Hunt working with the Twilight Court for a time?

DM: That's true, he was working with the

Hunt (OOC): Flickering Knave.

DM: So he's got friends

Nathaniel (OOC): Oh, did you tell him (LoH) about the Knave?

DM: Yeah, did you?

Marigold (OOC): *shakes head*

Hunt (OOC): Uh oh

Lord of the Hunt: [Sylvan] I have friends in each Court so I can go where you wish if you wish me to join you.

Marigold: [Sylvan] I mean I would very much. [Common?] I don't know what people's preferences are. Could flip a coin?

-during break-

Tark: [in chat] Tark's down for leaving it up to chance/luck and flipping a coin.

Mistletoe: [in chat] In character, Mistletoe wants to visit the Winter court, out of character, I'm mostly neutral but slightly leaning towards Twilight

#D&D mischief #Relni campaign #Relni Recap #Relni Chapter 41

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Tark (OOC): And we also still don't know what the candles do?

Hunt (OOC) & DM: Right.

DM: Nobody's identified them yet.

Tark (OOC): Sombitch.

Hunt (OOC): I don't think we can identify them.

Nathaniel (OOC): I don't have Identify anymore.

Tark (OOC): I mean, I would have to do it right before I go to bed, but Tark can do one thing.

DM: Okay yeah, if you want to rest here for the night, so there's three candles, the arachnid ring, the eye in the liquid and the whistle.

Tark (OOC): Hold on, I have to make sure I have it. I think I do. *looks through sheet*

Marigold: [Sylvan] If we go to one of the Courts would you be able to come with us?

Lord of the Hunt: [Sylvan] Maybe.

Mistletoe: [Sylvan] Family road trip!

Tark (OOC): Oh my god, we're gonna bring dad.

DM: I love the image of all of ya'll then just the fuckin' Lord of the Hunt in the back.

Hunt (OOC): And any archfey just thinking about fucking with the party they see the Lord of the Hunt and is like, 'Nope! Nevermind!'

DM: 'Actually, thank you but no. Have a nice day. Understood.'

Tark (OOC): Actually, I think I only have Detect Magic. I don't think I have...

Marigold (OOC): You can detect them.

DM: Does Detect Magic tell you what school?

Hunt (OOC): Yeah.

DM: 'Cause that's something.

Tark (OOC): Yes, it does.

DM: You can always do that and kind of get an idea. So do you wanna try that?

Tark: Yeah sure, why not?

Nathaniel (OOC): Which one are we doing?

Marigold (OOC) & DM: Detect Magic.

DM: So let me see what would ping as what. Oh okay. *laughs* So the whistle is a mix of, oh my god what the fuck would that be? I think that's, oh my god, that's conjuration technically.

Nathaniel (OOC): I have a theory about the whistle.

Hunt (OOC): Yeah.

Tark (OOC): Oh my god, is it the fucking [something] whistle? Does anybody know what that is?

Hunt (OOC): I'm assuming it's a goose whistle.

Tark (OOC): No, it's the one that the little kid blows and it makes one of the digimon evolves so technically summoning a higher strength monster.

Hunt (OOC): Oh.

Marigold (OOC): Oh my god.

DM: No wait, I think this would actually be enchantment. I'm reading it again and this is an enchantment whistle. I think the ring is as well. The little vial with the eye suspended in it is divination and so is the candle you (Tark) were given and I think candle Hunt was given would count as that. And then Nathaniel's candle is evocation.

Tark: Oh.

Nathaniel (OOC): *laughs*

Hunt (OOC): Oh no.

Nathaniel (OOC): All I heard is that you gave Nathaniel something that will explode.

DM: Nathaniel's candle is evocation.

Nathaniel (OOC): My favorite school of magic.

DM: So at least you get the schools so you can kind of figure out roughly what things do. Or start to. Could also just light them.

Marigold (OOC): Yeah guys, just light 'em.

Nathaniel (OOC): Sure.

Mistletoe: Mistletoe has been looking at this whistle like he wants to try it out and see what happens.

DM: You're in an ice cave, there's some echoes.

Mistletoe: I think that's the only reason he hasn't done it already.

DM: Yeah, that's fair.

#D&D mischief #Relni campaign #Relni Recap #Relni Chapter 41 #Lord of the Hunt being an archfey deterrent #I know Tark's domain is a bit different #but I do know his domain doesn't normally have the Identify spell #Knowledge and Forge domains have Identify as a domain spell #other than that Clerics don't get Identify

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Lord of the Hunt: [Sylvan] Mistletoe, to where do they wander next?

Mistletoe: [Sylvan] Well... That's a good question. Goldilocks?

Marigold: [Sylvan] Hmm?

Mistletoe: [Sylvan] You're planning to go... back? Or or youo could spend more time here?

Nathaniel (OOC): Is this conversation also in Sylvan bewteen you two or...?

Mistletoe (OOC): Probably, I don't think Mistletoe would think it was...

DM: Well the Lord of the Hunt does not speak Common.

Nathaniel (OOC): I know that, I'm asking if Mistletoe--

DM: [something] to Mistletoe, so yeah you talking to Marigold in--

Marigold: I think Mary maybe replies in Common. Just 'cause I feel like I don't know [something] difficult or something.

Mistletoe: Mistletoe, I think Mistletoe will switch to Common if Marigold does with a sort of half-apologetic glance toward the Lord of the Hunt and just be like, "You could stay around here for a little while and catch up and show all your friends the sights or we could go and find somebody to help your friend? There are all sorts of fun things we could do around here.

Rymer: Not to mention memories when we go back need to be preserved. I did think we were going to the Twilight Court.

Hunt: Yeah.

Nathaniel: Will they be able to help Eudora?

Rymer: I think so. My m- the queen is very skilled in magic.

Mistletoe: I'm going to say in Sylvan, "Well they don't seem very decided, but it sounds like they're talking about going to the Twlight Court."

Lord of the Hunt: [Sylvan] Not far from here, that is in Autumn?

DM: He looks at Rymer who just like shrinks.

Rymer: [Sylvan] Yes, in the lands of Autumn and they moved.

Mistletoe (OOC): Did Mistletoe hear who Rymer is? I don't think so.

DM: I don't think so.

Hunt (OOC): I don't think so unless Mary told him.

DM: Unless Mary said it now in the recap that--

Marigold (OOC): I mean, probably 'cause yeah.

Mistletoe (OOC): *chuckling* Okay.

DM: You found out--

Marigold (OOC): Marigold's favorite people are two changelings so like...

DM: Yeah, so you found out now who he is. So you have just learned that you're in the presence of a prince.

Mistletoe: Does not change Mistletoe's attitude at all.

DM: Perfect.

Mistletoe: So was that the plan?

Marigold: What's everyone else's thoughts?

Nathaniel: About that? Yeah.

Tark: I mean, I think if we can get Eudora back to normal. (OOC): Speaking as myself, but do we think that Rymer's parents can, not only, but are willing to get Eudora back to normal and get us back to the Material Plane with our memories in tact and on the same timeline?

DM: That's right, the timelines are important too.

Hunt: Yeah, that is a lot to ask.

Nathaniel: I mean Rymer suggested it so if he's...

Marigold: If they can help Eudora, Eudora is also owed.

Rymer: A favor.

Hunt: Yeah.

Rymer: They can help with at least some of it. There's also the Winter Court nearby if we wanted to try our luck there, but no guarantees.

Mistletoe: That's true and Her Majesty did kind of check in on us.

Marigold: You do have friends in the Winter Court.

#D&D mischief #Relni campaign #Relni Recap #Relni Chapter 41 #I think we're gonna have to lose some things because we're asking for a lot #not only are we asking for memories to be preserved #a way home #keeping time from warping #AND undoing the spell on Eudora #things may have to be given up in order to get what we need and want #and it would also depend on how good of a relationship Rymer has with his fey folks #while everyone else knows he hasn't been back in the Feywild for some time #Hunt knows that he hasn't seen and spoken to his father and his family for some time since #there are a lot of factors in play #though for the way home we could ask Rymer to open a door again like he did on the Material Plane #it would just take some time and we would have to make sure he has what he needs for it

[soraavalon]

DM: So you all manage to get around this fire that is burning. The Lord of the Hunt will occasionally reach over and put an extra log to keep it warm for everyone in the cavern. He'll look to Mistletoe after having this conversation with Mary.

Lord of the Hunt: [Sylvan] You have done as I asked. You and this... group of pebbles.

Mistletoe: [Sylvan] Of course, had to get Mary back.

Lord of the Hunt: [Sylvan] I appreciate it.

DM: He reaches into a satchel of mismatched leather and pulls out in one hand these three different candles and a wooden whistle and offers them to you first Mistletoe.

Lord of the Hunt: [Sylvan] Take your pick.

DM: And he's holding out a small bamboo whistle, a red round candle with gold flecks in it, a yellow candle, and a long beeswax paper.

Mistletoe: Can I, do I have any idea of what these do?

DM: You can investigate or make an arcana check or whatever you're looking for.

Mistletoe: Uhh, I'm gonna say right now Mistletoe has no clue. Well... I have arcana actually.

DM: They're candles in the Feywild, you assume they have magic. You can probably try and figure out what sort of magic it might be.

Mistletoe: Okay, let's give this a try. *rolls* Oh actually... That's 21, the dice are being kind to me today.

DM: So you definitely know these are magical objects. They don't seem to be any kind of crazy strong enchantment, but oh god, with a 21, you know that burning the candles will create a different effects, but you're not entirely sure what. The whistle, the way it's shaped it looks like an animal call you use while hunting.

Mistletoe: Mm-hmm. I think he, his attention goes first to the red candle because it's sparkly.

DM: Yeah

Mistletoe: But I think he goes for the whistle instead.

DM: Okay. You take the whistle and it's this small bamboo wooden call. Looks like a duck call and then he looks at the rest of you. Again to Mistletoe.

Lord of the Hunt: [Sylvan] I don't believe I can speak to them, so let them know this is a reward, payment for bringing back my son.

Mistletoe: Mistletoe will shift to look at the rest of the group and he's gonna say, "So His Lordship thinks you're all really cool and wants to show you how cool you are by giving you presents."

Nathaniel: Nathaniel looks a little confused.

Hunt: Yeah.

Mistletoe: 'Cause you were cool enough to bring Goldilocks back, so that deserves some recognition. And also I was cool enough to help, so I got one too.

DM: He's gonna pass the tapered candle to Nathaniel. As you take it, it's kind of cold to the touch weirdly.

Nathaniel: Ooh, okay.

DM: Even though it's been held in his hand and the longer you hold it in yours it also doesn't seem to warm. He's gonna hand Tark the yellow candle and he's going hand Hunt the red and gold candle.

Hunt: Ooh.

Marigold: [Sylvan] What about Eudora and Rymer?

DM/Lord of the Hunt: I don't...

Marigold: [Sylvan] "They deserve gifts too." and I give the Lord of the Hunt big sad eyes.

Nathaniel (OOC): Oh.

Marigold: [Sylvan] They helped.

DM: He sighs and goes back into his bag and starts rooting. It takes a little bit. *looks through list* I think he's gonna pull out this small, it's a wooden ring and it's a dark wood that's shaped into the shape of a spider.

Nathaniel (OOC): Oh, that's neat.

DM: And pass that across to Rymer.

-various 'Ooh's-

DM: And will look through again... Oh god, let's not give that to Eudora right now.

Nathaniel (OOC): We can give it to another member of the party for safe keeping.

DM: Oh no, it's this. He pulls out this small glass vial with blue liquid and you can see this little eye suspended in it.

Nathaniel (OOC) & Marigold (OOC): Ooh.

DM: And he'll pass that to Eudora that's also not a great thing for her to have right now. I think it's sealed with twine and wax, but passes that to her.

Eudora: Eudora kind of holds it up to the light and looks at the eye and just kind of fascinated by the eye for a while.

Marigold: Mary just beams.

DM: [something] be swapped. I feel like that's probably safer with Rymer.

Nathaniel (OOC): Welp.

DM: I have made my bed and I will lie in it. Yeah, I really should've swapped those actually. Well that's alright. Unless you'd rather have the ring for Eudora.

Eudora (OOC): I don't mind swapping. I don't know what either of these are.

DM: 'kay great. He's looking at them, yeah I think he'd probably give the ring to Eudora. He can see the ring on your necklace as well and he's like,'Okay, ring. Yeah, I guess?' So Eudora will have the arachnid ring and Rymer the little vial. But you don't know what they do because you haven't identified them so...

Nathaniel (OOC/IC?): I'm excited to find out what my candle does.

Hunt (OOC): Yeah, same

#D&D mischief #Relni campaign #Relni Recap #Relni Chapter 41 #I found it very funny how Hunt got the red candle with gold flecks #the candle with the Alderfosi colors XD #I swear if LoH gave Eudora something that gives her spider climb #not sure if her current mental stats prevent her from using the item #but imagine if it did give her spider climb and did not need her intelligence to use it #the Roses would have a hell of a time keeping an eye on Eudora XD

[soraavalon]

DM: While this lengthy conversation is happening, what are the rest of you doing?

Marigold (OOC): There ya go. You enjoying the bear?

Nathaniel (OOC): Yeah, it's great.

DM: Apparently bear is quite sweet, it tastes like berries usually or whatever they ate last.

Nathaniel (OOC): Really?

DM: According to Google.

Nathaniel (OOC): Huh. Neat.

Hunt: As I've put in the chat, Hunt's been updating transcribing pretty much what all we've been doing since she's last updated. There's literally a section in the sketchbook that says, 'So much Sylvan! I can't understand a goddamn word!'

DM: *laughs* Ya'll gonna have to take some linguistics lessons.

Nathaniel: I think at some point Nathaniel goes back into the hallway where Eudora and Rymer are. Just kind of help distract Eudora from being freaked out.

DM: I'll say you're comforted enough, I don't think, you could probably peek into the chamber if wanted but...

Nathaniel: I think he's gonna take the pin that Rosaline gave him and cast Light on the ink cartridge to make it shine through the pattern engraved in it.

-various 'aww's-

Nathaniel: And let her hold it and play with it and watch the light and just not think about...

Eudora (OOC): Good distraction.

Nathaniel (OOC): Yes.

Marigold (OOC): It's cute.

DM: To make things easy mostly, Eudora you'll calm down and you'll kind of pick up on everyone else's vibe that even though there's something scary nearby, everyone seems to be like 'It's not an active danger' and you can kind of feed off of everyone else's calm.

Eudora: I think eventually Eudora will kind of peek her head in a little bit more and sort of like slowly creep forward closer to the rest of the group once she loses interest in the pen.

#D&D mischief #Relni campaign #Relni Recap #Relni Chapter 41 #I could not get the episode of Monsters Inside Me out of my head of the dude who got trichinosis from eating bear meat #granted if it had been cooked all the way it's fine #no rare or medium lest you get the trichinella spiralis parasite

[soraavalon]

Marigold: [Sylvan] Why is the Summer Court so bent against you?

Lord of the Hunt: [Sylvan] They wanted to use me once as a hound. When they found that I did not behave as they wished they banished me. And fearing what I am, they hoped to destroy me by driving me out of all the prosperous lands.

Marigold: [Sylvan] Hm...

Mistletoe: I think at some point in the telling that Mistletoe's just like under his breath, "Summer sucks."

DM: You see a smirk for the first time on the Lord's face.

Hunt: [in chat] Because most of the conversation is in Sylvan, Hunt's been updating the journal.

Lord of the Hunt: [Sylvan] They are foolish and selfish as they are overly proud and comfortable. But you are home and they have failed.

Marigold: [Sylvan] This is true.

Lord of the Hunt: [Sylvan] What would you like to do now?

Marigold: [Sylvan] I have no clue. Was kind of just set on getting to the Feywild and set on finding you and... I haven't thought about after.

Lord of the Hunt: [Sylvan] You have this new pack, you continue to hunt.

Marigold: [Sylvan] I mean, I guess? Could you come with us?

Lord of the Hunt: [Sylvan] I will go as far as I am allowed. If it not an unwelcomed presence.

Marigold: [Sylvan] Are you allowed into the Material Plane?

Lord of the Hunt: [Sylvan] If the door is opened.

Nathaniel (OOC): *stares at bivaxual*

DM: *laughing*

Marigold (OOC): There's a big woods.

Nathaniel (OOC): I'm not sure it's big enough.

Marigold (OOC): I can have my cake and eat it. This will be fine. Got my dad and my friends.

Nathaniel (OOC): You're gonna pull the anthropromorphic concept of hunger and hunting to the Prime Material?

Marigold (OOC): It seems like a plan that could not go wrong.

Hunt (OOC): That sounds like--

Nathaniel (OOC): Nathaniel's not part of this conversation he can't speak Sylvan.

Mistletoe: Mistletoe looks really hopeful.

Nathaniel (OOC): You're going to destroy the ecosystem. Great.

Hunt (OOC): The ecosystem is going to be destroyed.

Marigold (OOC): It's gonna be great.

DM: It's like having an outdoor cat that literally just fucks with everything.

Nathaniel (OOC): Ask him why... Oh he was coming to find you, wasn't he?

Marigold & Hunt (OOC): Yeah.

Marigold (OOC): Because he loves me. He should come to the Material Plane.

Nathaniel (OOC): [something] planning and [something]

Lord of the Hunt: [Sylvan] I don't know if that would be wise though, Little Flower.

Nathaniel (OOC): Aww.

Lord of the Hunt: [Sylvan] But---

Marigold: [Sylvan] I don't wanna leave. Not without (?) you.

Lord of the Hunt: [Sylvan] I am with you. You carry my blessings and my magic. Give me your hand.

Marigold: I will do so.

DM: It is dwarfed in his massive long claws, he gently takes your hand and plucks your palm and then his own, and presses the wounds together.

Lord of the Hunt: [Sylvan] I am with you wherever you hunt. I will find you wherever you roam. If you need me, you can call. Simply leave the door cracked.

-one of my many cats meowing-

DM: mrrow

Marigold (OOC): Mood to be honest.

DM: Marigold just like, 'Mrow'

Marigold: Mary's just gonna sort of pout and snuggle in.

Lord of the Hunt: [Sylvan] I'm not going to send you away but I'm also not going to hold you if your new pack calls.

Marigold: I sort of look at everyone else. Mary is so torn.

Lord of the Hunt: [Sylvan] You don't have to decide now.

Marigold: [Sylvan] That's good 'cause I'm not going to. (OOC): Decisions are hard and this one is cruel.

#D&D mischief #Relni campaign #Relni Recap #Relni Chapter 41 #Bringing the Lord of the Hunt to the Material Plane may be like the equivalent of bringing a snake to Hawaii #or the Burmese pythons in the Everglades