Id: 1921fe98-05e1-4245-ab89-77c8a1527ad0
SessionDate: 2024-05-05
GameDate:
{
	Day: 32
	Month: Mitu
	Year: 3321
}
Author: Logan
Title: Preparations for a New Journey and a New Year
Text: "On the 29th of Mitu, the party (currently consisting of Dheir, Xedran, Saxon+Kit, Cassian-in-a-Ruby) made their way to Voynich's Manuscripts, hoping the old man running the place may have some solution for their ruby trouble. Unfortunately, while he was able to give them some information on the ruby's existence, there seems to be no real way to break whatever magic currently holds it. He did however mention to Cassian he had a scroll that might hold interest for him. The party thanked him for his time before heading back to Flest's manor. There they put Cassian onto a pedestal in one of Flest's treasure rooms. Leaving Cass to wait out the enchantment, the rest of the group went out and spent some time drinking, Dheir even learned of their next fight opportunity on New Year's Eve, the 32nd of the month. 

Cassian spent the next many hours counting the various treasures in the room, the magic of the gem not allowing him rest and no one else in the room left him no other options of entertainment. Slowly but surely he began to form an attachment to them, as the isolation combined with what felt like an eternity hastened the various social attachment formations that many Sapiens tend to make with their peers, only in this case he made them with the coins he saw. It was during the early hours of the 30th of Mitu that Cassian found himself on the floor of the treasure room, knocking over the pedestal and some of the other treasures. The ruby fell near by and Cassian made sure to give it a wide berth as he left the room and bumped into a concerned Flest. Cassian explained the state of the room before realizing how hungry he was. Flest showed him to the kitchen where Cassian proceeded to eat his fill. They conversed a little about the Destra situation before Cassian bid his farewells and headed outside. The cool crisp air felt so good on his skin he decided to pull a Saxon and sleep outside near the Soul Pond, looking at the reflections of the stars in the still waters. 

In the morning Saxon and Kit find Cass passed out in the grass, they wake him up and together go to R&R's for food. Dheir and Xedran meanwhile went from the Moler's to Flests, who qwuickly informed them of Cass's escape from the Ruby in the early hours. The pair began their search and eventually the party found each other. They took care of their errands for the day, getting the updates to the Ember Sands map from Amondurap and seeing what goods Voynich had earmarked for Cassian (a dwarven star chart that was sadly too expensive for the man to buy, or at least that's what he wanted everyone to think and it definitely isn't related to any unhealthy attachments to coins). Afterwards the party set out to prepare for their trip to Haevan, deciding to leave in the new year so Dheir gets her chance at a fight before they leave. 

They spend the rest of the 30th, all of the 31st, and the majority of the daylight hours on the 32nd doing their own things:
1. Xedran, Saxon, and Kit spent some time doing performances for money, Xed providing the music for Saxon and Kit to preform to.
2. Dheir and Cassian spent the first day hunting for various Ore and Herbs 
3. Dheir would continue to search for ore and refine it
4. Cassian spent the 31st and 32nd brewing some healing potions for the journey ahead.

With the town of Kuridu already into various New Years celebrations the party are in a mixture of relaxed and anxiety, between the large gatherings of people at the celebrations being a potential target for really anything and the upcoming journey across a magically created desert, there were many opportunities for issues to arise. "