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IlliamElro: /* Epilogue */

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	Emme is still here. ELLO is still here, I don't know how good of a thing that was. But he was kind enough to answer our questions... Who all remained, and who left. I suppose I can't return Rovindil's horn now, which... Gave me a pang of guilt.		Emme is still here. ELLO is still here, I don't know how good of a thing that was. But he was kind enough to answer our questions... Who all remained, and who left. I suppose I can't return Rovindil's horn now, which... Gave me a pang of guilt.
	What we're seeing, was apparently the Original Velborough. Lady Maria and Ramiel remember it this way, anyhow. Mother Crow is doing a good job tending to Velborough, bringing it back to its apparent True State.		What we're seeing, was apparently the Original Velborough. Lady Maria and Ramiel remember it this way, anyhow. Mother Crow is doing a good job tending to Velborough, bringing it back to its apparent True State. He ushered us out to continue to learn more, but was happy to hear that I'll try to return any time I can.

	~~The~~ Temple is guarded by ~~Worg~~, large and matted of fur, noticing us immediately. After.. A gentle talk? With the beast, it... Tattled on us to its mom, so we simply approached.		We went on, and the Temple is guarded by a blind Warg, large and matted of fur, noticing us immediately. After.. A gentle talk? With the beast, it... Tattled on us to its mom, so we simply approached.
	On the inside, it was... Beautiful. Lady Maria was...		On the inside, it was... Beautiful. Lady Maria was...
	Less than pleased. We had apparently taken a beautiful dream from her, one where her family was alive and well... She wasn't appreciating the realization that it was something of a construct. Everything built to tailor to a life that wasn't... Around anymore. Tried as I did to tell her that these experiences __did__ mean something, she was insistent on going to the statehouse for help to wake her.		Less than pleased. We had apparently taken a beautiful dream from her, one where her family was alive and well... She wasn't appreciating the realization that it was something of a construct. Everything built to tailor to a life that wasn't... Around anymore. Tried as I did to tell her that these experiences __did__ mean something, she was insistent on going to the statehouse for help to wake her.

	There was a strange humming coming from the Statehouse. The building's layout hadn't changed, the doors weren't locked, and the humming was coming from the second floor. Looking out to the grounds, the poor ~~blind Worg~~ was curled up for a nap, meaning Lady Maria wasn't far. Up a twirling staircase, we meet a door where the humming is coming from. Maria had already arrived, and waited to open the door for us. Seemed like she wanted to hang back a bit. A small bedroom, toys everywhere, typical child's room. A stool, where a woman clad in a white tunic sat in the corner with a candle nearby. Humming a lullaby as her blonde hair partially obscures a young boy, no older than 6.		There was a strange humming coming from the Statehouse. The building's layout hadn't changed, the doors weren't locked, and the humming was coming from the second floor. Looking out to the grounds, the poor sightless Warg was curled up for a nap, meaning Lady Maria wasn't far. Up a twirling staircase, we meet a door where the humming is coming from. Maria had already arrived, and waited to open the door for us. Seemed like she wanted to hang back a bit. A small bedroom, toys everywhere, typical child's room. A stool, where a woman clad in a white tunic sat in the corner with a candle nearby. Humming a lullaby as her blonde hair partially obscures a young boy, no older than 6.
	She looks familiar. Elle, from the bakery. She looks up at us, still humming and smiling brilliantly. Her whole right side, tunic and skin, stained red. Puncture holes coating the area. Lady Maria is understandably shaken and upset, as she exits the room to talk to us. The more we spoke, the more it became clear that... She wasn't aware of what was happening around her. Despite it having been a downpour for weeks, she insists it was sunny the day before.		She looks familiar. Elle, from the bakery. She looks up at us, still humming and smiling brilliantly. Her whole right side, tunic and skin, stained red. Puncture holes coating the area. Lady Maria is understandably shaken and upset, as she exits the room to talk to us. The more we spoke, the more it became clear that... She wasn't aware of what was happening around her. Despite it having been a downpour for weeks, she insists it was sunny the day before.
	For some reason she started screaming her head off, I was in such a panic that I flew up and busted the door off its hinges with my flying pole! Elle was crying, so was Lady Maria, who was also the one yelling at the top of her lungs that Elle wasn't alive. We tried to gather what-all was happening, but before we could de-escalate, Maria hyper-escalated to BLOWING THE DAMN WALL OFF THE BUILDING AND JUMPING TO THE GROUND FROM THE SECOND FLOOR WITH HER BROTHER IN-TOW.		For some reason she started screaming her head off, I was in such a panic that I flew up and busted the door off its hinges with my flying pole! Elle was crying, so was Lady Maria, who was also the one yelling at the top of her lungs that Elle wasn't alive. We tried to gather what-all was happening, but before we could de-escalate, Maria hyper-escalated to BLOWING THE DAMN WALL OFF THE BUILDING AND JUMPING TO THE GROUND FROM THE SECOND FLOOR WITH HER BROTHER IN-TOW.

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	All that was left behind was a snowglobe on a pitch black stand. I took it, to never forget Velborough and what we had done.		All that was left behind was a snowglobe on a pitch black stand. I took it, to never forget Velborough and what we had done.

			{{Infobox expedition log
			\| title = Velborough Goes
			\| date = 12/05/23
			\| storyteller = Indi
			\| tier_of_play = N/A
			\| player_characters = [[Raijin]], [[Illiam Elro]], [[Aleth]], [[Kasumi]]
			\| rewards = The Heart of Velborough, 350xp
			\| result = Success
			\| author = Illiam Elro
			}}

			== Epilogue ==

			I've managed to find a way into Velborough again. I've alerted those who may care, and got a surprisingly modest turnout.

			I say surprisingly, but things were awful there. I don't blame those who don't wanna go back.
			It required a sleepover, so I decided to make it as comfortable as I could. Dinner, tea, and comfortable pajamas for all, before a rest that forced me to pull our dreamscapes together and guide them into the globe of Velborough.

			The landscape went from vibrant plains town, to... A cityscape. The pathway matches to the Statehouse, but... The scenery and landscape are completely different. But there's no way this wasn't Velborough.
			The Statehouse was still there. Or at least, something that resembles it. Everything's so disorienting, the rain was distracting until... I hear a piano. I want to follow it, but something in my head is telling me it'll hurt.

			So I listen to my heart instead, and follow on. A larger road to the valley leftward, leading to a Belltower...
			This is still definitely Velborough.
			To the right, marble peaks. To a temple, where the music was coming from. Onward as we looked, everything was unique. Each building was its own, not a single soul regardless as the sun began to set into a brilliant orange.
			Kasumi had been suddenly startled, what she expected to be nothing turned out to be a strange white cat with green eyes. A black cat with orange eyes, swiftly joined them. I'm sure this is Emme, in some form. Alleyways and roads, clearings and intersections, until we get to... A modest bakery.

			I didn't have the strength to face it myself, asking Raijin to do the honors. I was terrified to see what... Who might not be there.

			Emme is still here. ELLO is still here, I don't know how good of a thing that was. But he was kind enough to answer our questions... Who all remained, and who left. I suppose I can't return Rovindil's horn now, which... Gave me a pang of guilt.
			What we're seeing, was apparently the Original Velborough. Lady Maria and Ramiel remember it this way, anyhow. Mother Crow is doing a good job tending to Velborough, bringing it back to its apparent True State.

			The Temple is guarded by Worg, large and matted of fur, noticing us immediately. After.. A gentle talk? With the beast, it... Tattled on us to its mom, so we simply approached.
			On the inside, it was... Beautiful. Lady Maria was...
			Less than pleased. We had apparently taken a beautiful dream from her, one where her family was alive and well... She wasn't appreciating the realization that it was something of a construct. Everything built to tailor to a life that wasn't... Around anymore. Tried as I did to tell her that these experiences __did__ mean something, she was insistent on going to the statehouse for help to wake her.

			There was a strange humming coming from the Statehouse. The building's layout hadn't changed, the doors weren't locked, and the humming was coming from the second floor. Looking out to the grounds, the poor blind Worg was curled up for a nap, meaning Lady Maria wasn't far. Up a twirling staircase, we meet a door where the humming is coming from. Maria had already arrived, and waited to open the door for us. Seemed like she wanted to hang back a bit. A small bedroom, toys everywhere, typical child's room. A stool, where a woman clad in a white tunic sat in the corner with a candle nearby. Humming a lullaby as her blonde hair partially obscures a young boy, no older than 6.
			She looks familiar. Elle, from the bakery. She looks up at us, still humming and smiling brilliantly. Her whole right side, tunic and skin, stained red. Puncture holes coating the area. Lady Maria is understandably shaken and upset, as she exits the room to talk to us. The more we spoke, the more it became clear that... She wasn't aware of what was happening around her. Despite it having been a downpour for weeks, she insists it was sunny the day before.
			For some reason she started screaming her head off, I was in such a panic that I flew up and busted the door off its hinges with my flying pole! Elle was crying, so was Lady Maria, who was also the one yelling at the top of her lungs that Elle wasn't alive. We tried to gather what-all was happening, but before we could de-escalate, Maria hyper-escalated to BLOWING THE DAMN WALL OFF THE BUILDING AND JUMPING TO THE GROUND FROM THE SECOND FLOOR WITH HER BROTHER IN-TOW.

			I flew down in a panic, while everyone else had simply jumped or climbed down, so we could corner Maria and ask what the FUCK she was doing. Once she had stopped, we saw that her brother Ramiel had latched into her neck bigtime. It took some convincing, but she allowed me to put her brother to sleep so he wouldn't suck her dry. She insisted that we needed to go to Ashava's Temple again in order to help her, and hells, I wasn't about to argue. None of them asked for the situation they were forced into, much less for it to collapse. She hopped my ride, and we flew off in that direction.

			The others weren't far behind when we... Learned what needed to be done.

			We had to stake the kid. I think Maria realizes what that does to a vampire, but not what it would do to his being physically, as we pinned him down and... Put him to sleep for a while. I don't think she wanted to admit it, so I had people play along as best we could to make it easier on her.

			The twelfth chime rang, and we were back at my house, waking up to the sound of singing birds and daylight cracking through my bedroom window.

			Hopefully, Maria and Ramiel reawakened in their true plane, just as we had. I pray there were no severe ramifications for what was essentially staking her brother's mind. That... Seems like it wouldn't end well.

Illiam Elro at 18:16, 9 September 2023

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	Illiam's perspective on The Velborough Sessions.		Illiam's perspective on The Velborough Sessions.
			(Each session is 3 days. We never spend the night.)
	== Part 1: Velborough Woes ==		== Part 1: Velborough Woes ==
	After a day's travel, we approached the settlement of Velborough and spoke to Liandra about the temple of [[Gorum]] in her dimly lit manor.		After a day's travel, we approached the settlement of Velborough and spoke to Liandra about the temple of [[Gorum]] in her dimly lit manor.

Illiam Elro at 00:50, 9 September 2023

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	\| tier_of_play = Expert		\| tier_of_play = Expert
	\| player_characters = [[Raijin\|Raijin's Spirit]], [[Illiam Elro]], [[Aleth]], [[Damian Brooks]], [[Kali]], [[Maki]]		\| player_characters = [[Raijin\|Raijin's Spirit]], [[Illiam Elro]], [[Aleth]], [[Damian Brooks]], [[Kali]], [[Maki]]
	\| rewards = 550xp (jointed Missions)		\| rewards = 550xp (jointed Missions), Velborough Snowglobe, (List incomplete atm)
	\| result = Success... We think.		\| result = Success... We think.
	\| author = Illiam Elro		\| author = Illiam Elro

Illiam Elro: /* Velborough Finale: Part 2 */

2023-09-09T00:34:52Z

Velborough Finale: Part 2

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	==Velborough Finale: Part 2==		==Velborough Finale: Part 2==

	Raijin appeared before us. I got to hug him. For real, this time.		Raijin appeared before us, in a flash of lightning. I got to hug him. For real, this time.
	I don't know if that means he got my Dream Message at this point, but I don't care. He's insisting we fucked up, ''insisting'' upon it. That the people here were hiding from the Serene-like folks.		I don't know if that means he got my Dream Message at this point, but I don't care. He's insisting we fucked up, ''insisting'' upon it. That the people here were hiding from the Serene-like folks.

Illiam Elro at 00:31, 9 September 2023

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	{{Infobox expedition log		{{Infobox expedition log
	\| title = Velborough Knows and No's		\| title = Velborough Finale: Knows and No's
	\| date = 8/6/23 - 8/8/23		\| date = 8/6/23 - 8/8/23
	\| storyteller = Indi		\| storyteller = Indi

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	As we recuperated and readied for escape, we saw some... Creatures that looked like Serene fighting off the storm. I hope they're friends of hers.		As we recuperated and readied for escape, we saw some... Creatures that looked like Serene fighting off the storm. I hope they're friends of hers.

			{{Infobox expedition log
			\| title = Velborough Knows and No's
			\| date = 8/6/23 - 8/8/23
			\| storyteller = Indi
			\| tier_of_play = Expert
			\| player_characters = [[Raijin\|Raijin's Spirit]], [[Illiam Elro]], [[Aleth]], [[Damian Brooks]], [[Kali]], [[Maki]]
			\| rewards = 550xp (jointed Missions)
			\| result = Success... We think.
			\| author = Illiam Elro
			}}

			==Velborough Finale==

			Short turnout today. I don't feel good about this, but last time I said that, we turned out doing better than I expected.
			Arriving is Hell. The weather is miserable, and practically a wall of hail and winds. It pelts us, particularly Maki, pretty hard. Storm clouds are domed around a particular area, and as we breach the dome, we see the battle. The Serene-like lookin folks, fighting on as if we had never left. Some of them almost taking a swing at us, on accident.

			Failed to find that old temple, failing to get to the Clocktower... I have no idea how this keeps turning me around, but this hail is awful so we're going into the Statehouse to regroup. Maki said I have 'criminal eyes'. What does she know?!
			Arriving to the statehouse was more simple than I'd like to admit, given the lack of success with our two prior destinations. The fence has been ripped away and thrown to the ditch. Glad I had us tied together.
			Inside is comfortable.
			But is... Shockingly empty. No Serene-people, no mean people, completely barren. I don't like this either, but at least we announced our presence out of courtesy. Time to explore.

			==Velborough Finale: Part 2==

			Raijin appeared before us. I got to hug him. For real, this time.
			I don't know if that means he got my Dream Message at this point, but I don't care. He's insisting we fucked up, ''insisting'' upon it. That the people here were hiding from the Serene-like folks.

			He's coming back with us, after this place is assuredly safe. We have to help him, but we're stuck behind this giant stupid gate. The other paths seemed to be filled with Guard Elementals. I tried to ask them for help after a benign one approached, but Damian got mad that it zapped Lobo, and...
			Proceeded to explode. Like, literally. Folks were going everywhere while I was trying to scream and plead for a council with The Master, but my words were unheard and I was losing track of the team.

			Maki happened upon a... Pocket space, within the building. Kali stepped in, while Damian found a different one that we both entered.
			Everything disappears on either side, depending on where you stand. Might've been right about it being a pocket space, we can't even hear the storm from these rooms.

			The Clergy spoke of a Night Creature, somewhere from Fingerling. They're concerned, but unsure what to do. The woman seeming to 'lead' this sect, or simply rank above the two, was much more calm about things. A Vampir, she finally said, is the job of a group to attain.
			It was illusory. Or an echo. I can't tell, it feels like everyone populates this room when nobody is actually here. Where in the fresh Hells is The Master?!?! He pulled the breath from Damian's lungs and mine when I wanted an audience of courtesy rather than of curt addressing. Did not end in my favor.

			Kali and Aleth were dealing with other echoes, while Maki broke into a third one, unbeknownst to me. While they were accompanied by "Me". Other Me, fully completed and no longer looking like a strange cousin.

			Luckily, Other Me was more than willing to just not fight. They're a lot more like me than I thought, it's kinda nice. Could use a little more cognition on the decision-making front, but overall a cool dude.
			However, the citizens that Kali found were whipped up into a frenzy. Justifiable, since Aleth just shot a guy after I asked everyone not to hurt folks. Managed to convince Other Me to be helpful to the citizens (despite being advised to 'not help us'), in an attempt to calm them down while Kali and I soak up the 'hits'. No idea where Aleth, Maki, and Damian went off to, but hopefully they're off to find The Master.

			Turns out they were entertaining Not-Hiromi. She was healing everyone against their will, which was the tipoff that it was not at all Hiromi, just like Other Me isn't exactly me. Kali wasn't exactly happy about this development, so we began to target Not-Hiromi while Other Me helped us. We followed the chaos towards outside, where we see a winged humanoid with a flaming sword. I pleaded for the fighting to stop, but the chaos reigned on. Raijin came with three... Elemental warriors?! They're fighting these winged creatures!

			Other Me is insisting on helping the giant Wind thing that almost killed me and Raijin, and I wanna help Other Me?!
			And even Raijin doesn't know about this Giant Wind despite it almost killing us the one time?!
			The wind monster tried to run for the door, but... Then it disappeared. So did Raijin's spirit-ey allies.

			Unbeknownst to everyone, Maki has...

			Ended Velborough. Killing a man named Reynold (who Maki calls 'Robert') upon his wish, swiftly.

			Velborough has collapsed. The demiplane had shattered, with that move, and we had to leave. A Deva tried to take Raijin away, but I didn't let that happen. I collected him in my circlet, and all of us made our way out.
			Other Me couldn't join us.

			All that was left behind was a snowglobe on a pitch black stand. I took it, to never forget Velborough and what we had done.

Illiam Elro: /* Part 11: Velborough Throes Redux */

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Part 11: Velborough Throes Redux

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	Some beasts started barking, one jumped through fire and became a fire creature, it was chaos being found out so early in the fight.		Some beasts started barking, one jumped through fire and became a fire creature, it was chaos being found out so early in the fight.

	[the writing gets much more quickhanded here]		'''''[the writing gets much more quickhanded here]'''''

	I tried to make Serene faster, she LOVED that. Wanted to make Zeal faster, but he ran ahead too quickly. Must've not needed my fast.		I tried to make Serene faster, she LOVED that. Wanted to make Zeal faster, but he ran ahead too quickly. Must've not needed my fast.

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	In terms of how many were left, t'was only the bear when we decided to flee. I hope Poinsetia will believe us to be working in good faith. As we climbed the peaks around Velborough to avoid The Master's gaze on the way back as we did in, we saw that the storm somehow had gotten worse over the Tower.		In terms of how many were left, t'was only the bear when we decided to flee. I hope Poinsetia will believe us to be working in good faith. As we climbed the peaks around Velborough to avoid The Master's gaze on the way back as we did in, we saw that the storm somehow had gotten worse over the Tower.
	Must be pissed off or something.		Must be pissed off or something.

			{{Infobox expedition log
			\| title = Velborough Throes Redux
			\| date = 7/15/23
			\| storyteller = Indi
			\| tier_of_play = Expert - Difficult
			\| player_characters = [[Raijin]], [[Illiam Elro]], [[Hiromi]], [[Serene Leyvald]], [[Timid Thistle]], [[Zeal]]
			\| rewards = +1 Scale Mail, Rakuyo, Sanguine Fang, Cloak of the Bat, Spellbook, Wand of Haste lvl3, Potion of Moderate Electricity Retaliation(2), Moderate Healing Potion (4), 60gp, 350xp
			\| result = A narrow victory, at a great cost.
			\| author = Illiam Elro
			}}

			==Part 11: Velborough Throes Redux==

			More turnout. Raijin filled us in on what we can expect, including that it takes 20 gotdamn minutes to scale this tower without rest. Gods, gonna have to ration my spells for this.

			We decided to take down the Bear Tree before facing the torrent of storm that was beating down on the nonstop chiming clocktower, which was... Much easier, with more people. Took no time at all.

			The trek to the tower was much more rough, seeing a poor man and what seemed to be his son trapped in the storm. Hiromi, disguised as a fox, pitched them a shield to cover the hole in their tarp as we went along our way.
			As we got closer, we see that the clocktower's rings was actually... Attempting to fend off from the storm, energy waves emanating from each chime was forcing it away. We managed to enter without notice, but Serene charged ahead and apparently drew the ire of a weird noodle of a Basilisk.

			Some beasts started barking, one jumped through fire and became a fire creature, it was chaos being found out so early in the fight.

			[the writing gets much more quickhanded here]

			I tried to make Serene faster, she LOVED that. Wanted to make Zeal faster, but he ran ahead too quickly. Must've not needed my fast.
			OR HE WAS TRYING TO AVOID GETTING LIGHTNING CHAINED
			OW.

			We're getting swarmed fast, I don't like this... That basilisk thing managed to stun Serene and that took a hard hit against us as a whole.
			LARGE DRAGON!?! This thing looked like a celestial abomination on first sight, I swear, but DAMN did it pack a punch! Or rather, electric shot. Lady Maria is NO JOKE. She was also saying something about this all being consensual?! Which makes no sense, given that we've been almost pulled in a number of times. After what I saw with Ello, it all just... Doesn't make sense. The Master's dread was so strong.
			This fight is awful... Zeal and Serene are barely still fighting with all of their strength, I couldn't keep going, Raijin is gone to Velborough's cycle... I feel awful watching them fight while I just sit here, helplessly trying to protect a fallen man's corpse instead of those still fighting to the very end...

			I feel like scum.

			At least the rest of us lived, courtesy of Hiromi and the coins that Timid had made. At an awful cost, but we've managed to take Lady Maria's spirit. I want to try to commune with these spirits in order to get everything straight.

			As we recuperated and readied for escape, we saw some... Creatures that looked like Serene fighting off the storm. I hope they're friends of hers.

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	\| storyteller = Indi		\| storyteller = Indi
	\| tier_of_play = Expert - Easy		\| tier_of_play = Expert - Easy
	\| player_characters = [[~~Femi]], [[Sister Stille]], [[Dar]], [[Kali~~]], [[~~Gewnevere]], [[Raijin~~]]		\| player_characters = [[Raijin]], [[Illiam Elro]]
	\| rewards = 200 exp, 15 gp to split, 2x Oil of Plant's Bane, Sturdy Satchel		\| rewards = 200 exp, 15 gp to split, 2x Oil of Plant's Bane, Sturdy Satchel
	\| result = Mostly a success, we left a single creature-tree.		\| result = Mostly a success, we left a single creature-tree.