# session 31 (12/03/2023)

- Step Aside Tavern
	- *Quiwynn whisper time :D*
	- next morning
		- listing the loot that was gotten in the cavern
			- Quiwynn makes a stinging comment to Lucy about taking stuff
		- dicussing about what to do when Jamon summons the party
			- Cali proposes to use their dragon form secret as leverage
			- risky and could backlask (seems like blackmail with extra steps)
			- be honnest and "hope for the best"
			- Lucy is starting to write reports and prepare a potential defense (hopefully her previous work experience can help)
		- as last night Figuel and Lucy swapped rooms (becaus of luggage being present in the girls room now)
			- Figuel wants to pay reparation for Lucy's old bed as he sleeps in it and it's broken
			- Lucy breaks some slats in Figuel's old bed during the night
		- Cali joked about buying the hotel
- wild mother shrine
	- desc
		- small humble building
		- overgrown garden
		- pond
		- state of disrepair
		- sweet fragance in the air
		- statue
			- dark stone
			- depiction of the wild mother
	- Quiwynn goes tree hugger mode
	- Figuel leads in the garden
		- flowers around the garden have wiltered
			- look like blown away from the building
		- pond seems stagnant
		- chalk writing around the statue
			> I can't help what I am, why do they hate me ?
			> The more I try to control it, the more it controls me
			> Why can't I be normal like everyone else?
			> I wish I could be free of this curse
			> Please, someone help me
	- entering the temple
		- desc
			- wooden doors ajar
			- faded stained glass
			- roof missing tiles
			- some windows boarded up
			- musty smell
			- rotten wooden pew
			- dust and cobwebs
		- wasn't like that when James was a student
			- overgrown but welll kept
			- old kindly gentleman priest
			- but not to James as he carved his name on trees here
		- burnt down candles
			- recently lit
		- small room bottom right
			- small backroom
			- makeship bed
			- crumbs of bread
			- water in a tin can
			- lump under the pillow
				- teddy bear
		- small footprints seen by Cali
		- middle left
			- pantry room
			- close to nothing left
		- top right room
			- well made bed
			- layers of dust
			- priest room
			- desk
				- old candle
				- journal
					- various thoughts of the priest
					- less and less ppl attending
					- stupid youth
					- he died of old age
					- regrets of not finding a younger apprentice
	- the writing outside are not the same as the priest
		- looking more and more desperate
- to the suncut bazaar
	- stock back up
	- Bone Garden is repaired even more
	- Mystic Pursuit
		- Lucy buys 3 potions
		- Lucy gets her fortune read
			- past: 8 pentacles
				- sign mastery of skill
				- young person labering over their work
				- separating themselves from discration of home
				- dedication to your craft
			- present: three of wands
				- progress you have made
				- opportunties found overseas
				- forsight of the problem ahead
				- upcoming challenges and opportunities
			- Amkazne asks if Luicy wants to also see her future
			- future: the sun, upside down
				- one or two meanings
					- upright positive, success and vitality
					- reversed, inner child feeling a weight upon their soul
				- overly optimistic, mistaken childhood innocence
				- often misplaced trust
				- sign of woe
			- Lucy looks quite shaken
		- Cali gets her fortune read
			- past: seven of swords
				- something you got away with
				- you are proud of
			- present: two of pentacles, upside down
				- upright
					- can manage any problems
				- reversed
				- dissorganized
				- over committed on many fronts
				- refocus on less
			- future: high priestess
				- sacred knowledge
				- place where the dream lives and seek out those casual onlookers
				- be careful you do not become trapped in the realms beyond
	- Quiwynn buys a tourist teddy bear
- back to the shrine at sunset
	- Cali asks students on the way back fort more info
		- haunted
		- only comes out at night
		- ghost
		- pale white figure
		- hair blowing behind
		- floating
		- earie coldness
	- arrived at the shrine
		- Catha glowing high
		- not the sweet scent anymore
		- misty evening
	- entering the garden
		- faint glowing behind the statue
		- faint whimpering in the wind
		- footsteps in the gravel
		- *nat 1 stealth for Lucy*
			- ghostly figure
			> go away !
			- goes ever closer to Lucy
		- *fight script*
			- banshee is an illusion
			- Cali sees a small girl
				- no more than 10 years old
				- doesn't seem to hear Cali
			- Lucy tries to calm the little girl *(apparently speaking in the head of a panicked child isin't a good idea)*
			- Quiwynn tries to slide the new teddy bear towards her
			- little girl's name is Shira
			- Shira is very panicked
				- lost every one
				- parents
				- pet hamster
				- fears that this will happen to the party too
			- party starts calming her a bit
			- Cali water-hugs Shira
			- Figuel becomes a hamster to give her something to snuggle with
				- very bad idea
				- PTSD for Shira
				- she panics even more
			- Living Lightning Spells are spawned
				- thank god for evasion otherwise starting from now Lucy would have died thrice over
			- Cali, Quiwynn and James defend from the Lightning
			- Figuel and Lucy fully focus on calming her
				- Lucy hums a child tune
				- *i don't remember for Figuel sorry :/*
			- slowly but surelys the Lightning disapear from fightning them and calming Shire