Session 22: Mirror Stage

General Summary

Triandra “wakes up” to a melancholy dream, where she finds herself with a husband and kids. Josh Smith, her frowny-faced husband lay beside her. He greets her good morning before going downstairs to cook them breakfast, whilst Triandra decides to climb out the second-floor window. Down on the ground, she creeps on her frowny family through another window. In her own reflection, she finds her Longing. They talk; her Longing pondering if maybe life would be better if only she’d settle to live a lie. Longing back to stability, routine, safety – but most of all, a time she was loved. Triandra says she needs whatever is real, not a lie. Eventually, she convinces her Longing to reunite with her.

The night goes by calmly. On the last watch, Florian gets accompanied by Rakish. They speak about family bonds, current events and the new group. They share their thoughts regarding its different members. Rakish seems especially concerned with Alkaline, due to her almost positive attitude regarding the dragonborn, and tells Florian that it’s important he keeps his big heart and moral compass. Florian brings up concerns for Navëd and the Warden, and is told that some deals can be mutually beneficial. That it’s really a case-by-case thing. [em]But remember kids, don’t do deals with devils or demons! [/em]

Morning arrives. Whilst people gather, Triandra slips away to a lone room. There she cries. Her sobs echo through the catacomb, alerting the rest of the party. Teel goes to check on her. The two share a heart-to-heart, as Teel both affirms Triandra’s current emotions and opens up about some of his own. They’re both glad to have found support in eachother. Abruptly, a seizure seems to hit Triandra. She “wakes up” in her garden of memories. She finds a disgruntled Pale Gardener by a patch of wrecked flowers, telling her that her Longing is looking for memories of her wife. Triandra goes and finds her Longing, and stops her from digging up any more flowers. She embraces her and talks her down.

Triandra wakes up to the group standing over her, Alkaline ready to stab her with a big needle. Triandra gets up, and seems physically fine whilst people examine her one-by-one. She does her best to explain what happened. Alkaline repeatedly voices worry for what an issue a seizure may be in future scenarios. Rakish gets angry with the tiefling, accusing her of doing nothing more than guilt the poor woman over something out of her control, and to shut up about it if she hasn’t got a solution. Alkaline is taken aback and leaves the room. Triandra follows shortly, and finds Alkaline working on her gizmos. Triandra tells her that she didn’t take it the way Rakish did, and believes Alkaline simply has her own way of showing concern for others. Triandra then shows interest in Alkaline's work, and listens as the tiefling explains her process.
[em]Oh shoot! Florian let the hashbrowns burn![/em]
Later on, Rakish approaches Alkaline and apologizes. The gnome admits how they might’ve had a brewing issue with Alkaline’s attitude from the day before, and advises her on how to avoid sounding pro-dragonborn in the future. The two then work together for a bit, Alkaline quietly nodding along.

Alkaline spends a few hours making bullets with Teel, meanwhile Navëd seeks out Florian for swords practice. Triandra sits and watches them all <3
They ready up to leave for Tony’s.