The Fellowship Grows, the Journey Continues (OOC)

Go for it.

Cool. Thanks! Gonna have to wait 'til tomorrow, though.

Just FYI - I edited my last post slightly to try to make it clearer that this is a flashback of Theo (from when everyone was still unconscious).

Is Daryl okay, @vagueGM? I assume so?

Also, are we to conclude that the others have been relieved of their venom via the light of Raynor?

Obviously Ezme is now purged of the bee honey that made her sleep, though it occurs to me that she has not necessarily been purged of the shadow venom which she got from Daryl through "osmosis." Maybe that's okay. Maybe the venom's effects only last for a certain amount of time before the immune system overrides it. Or maybe there will be lasting effects for some and/or all of us... I'm curious to find out!

As OK as everyone else. I meant to mention him, but that got missed.

You guys are welcome to use the spare NPCs in your narrations.
Unless we want to say otherwise. I figure there might still be sting marks, but the black stuff around them is gone.
I assumed that was purified out when the urn was untethered from this world.

Disconnecting the urn also probably explains why Ezme suddenly could not breath the air on that shadow-world? :)
I would assume so. But I won't enforce it if we all just want to put it behind us.

There could be psychological after-effects from the experience, and you might need to recover from the toxin that was in your system, but most of all, you might need to recover from the effects of the that other world that was trying to siphon off your flesh (Carnevale).


It is up to you guys how much you want to play this out going forward.

Will you be indicating what those effects are, or do you expect us to determine that?

I imagine that some lingering venom or aftereffects from the dreamworld (such as Albert's inner bear) might also act as a homing beacon for whatever Ezme released from the dreamworld (though I'd rather not face that dude right away!).

Aside from what you have already been doing (general tiredness and weakness, pretty much carrying over what you experienced there in as much as you want to) I don't have anything in mind.

I am always more interested in narrative after-effects than in mechanical ones, so we can see if anything comes up in the story that links back.
Maybe? We will need some way to bring that back into the story so we don't lose it, but I don't know yet how it will come back.
Sure. Let me know when you want to have it come back, and I will also bear it in mind and look for opportunities.

Roald will conveniently arrive when Ezme and Lille's conversation is done to ask if they are able to get back on route.

Sounds good.

What sort of day do we (the players) want the characters to have? Do we want something to happen to them, or do we want a day of introspection and dealing with recovery? Or do we want to skip ahead to near the border?

An uneventful trip would be welcome I guess. Most of us need some rest so we'll be taking it slowly.
I have nothing special in mind for Roald until we reach the border.

Yeah we can get back to the campfire soon, then I’ll narrate one quick thing and be ready to move on. I agree that our characters could use an uneventful day of rest. I’m open to some time in there for role play and introspection, but ok to play that by ear. Lille will be most interesting in a town setting, but it could also be fun to have more of her personality and quirks come out with this group. Mostly we’ve just seen her in action, so adding some unstressed interaction could be fun. That could be around the next camp fire or at the border, or both.

It would be nice to arrive at some kind of small village where we can warm up, eat and rest. Nothing interesting needs to happen.

I agree with all the others!

Sound like you're up.
Let's see Roald finding the ladies (hopefully they don't think he was trying to sneak a peak), then we can do Lille's 'quick thing' and set off.

Given this, we can skip forward with a few days of quiet travel and (sufficient hunting) then arrive at a small town near the border (we don't need to define exactly how near) where you can rest up, maybe restock, and talk and gather gossip.

You can flash back to any important conversations or realization or anything you may have had on the trip.

There is a slightly weird interaction between Theo and Daryl during Albert's conversation [ref], but we can also save that to be hinted at during the trip.

lol! I was quietly laughing to myself about Roald saying he was going to go check on us while we were bathing. 😂

...I assume you will let Roald and Lille have their planned interactions before launching us to the next thing?
Oh, mannn! lol!

Yep, that's the plan.

Was Roald close to where we were bathing when he stepped out?! He sure sounds like he was up to no good! 😂

In my mind Roald didn't know they were bathing and was taken by surprise seeing them 'wet'.
As in: glad he didn't stumble upon them earlier.