Session 32
We’re at the base of the crumbled tower. We take a long rest. Lux (WHO IS BLIND BTW) gives Jartha the lantern. We head back the way we came. We head towards to the Temple. More drones around this time.
We talk to the Preistess. Rulership effects of Binary Prime have been lifted! Drones are now free! I am not in a position to reward you. Speak to pentadrone. I am sightless says Lux. That’s a terrible tragedy – we are sorry you have been maimed. We talk about getting eyes for me. Pentradrone that has a big ego. Name is One. Renamed to Juan. He’s at the TechnoDojo. The Dojo is far to the east. Find it past the TimeInn. Tells us to walk from the 4:00 o’clock – use the Lycor Mechanism.
We head to the Administration Building. They give us beers of various shades. There’s some revelry. Pentadrone “my friends! We are free! Binary prime no longer rules over this land”. Kex asks about a reward – you have our unending thanks – we will try to return your populace. We tell them about my blindness. He recommends Priestess, we tell him we talked to her but were directed to Juan. Juan and this pentadrone, named Other Juan, are brothers. Juan is a wizard. Jartha asks about eyeball replacement – sometimes requires repair. Juan runs the TechnoDojo where drones go for repair. We celebrate a bit.
Then we go to the Time Inn. We hear music, don’t see anyone (Lux certainly doesn’t). Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder having a piano duel. Also Ash is there! No sign of Morris. Lady Sasha is like it’s my fave Cat Person. Ash just got faded here. Like us he was in the middle of nowhere. Lady Sasha hasn’t seen Morris in several days. Makes us think maybe Ash is Binary Prime. We ask about Ogelsby – departed from the ship when it arrived at Ash. Thinks he has a room at the NetherCyclone. Jartha gives Cooks the beer cookbook. Cooks says he disappeared from time to time. Strange creature. Doesn’t think he’s from back home like we used to be. Says people like Neves and Morris – not from Fellen like you and I.
Kex and Ash side huddle. Mentions Neves avoiding Ash. Ash says we had dealings a while ago. Private matter between the two of us. Neves is a celestial – from a whole different planet. Ash is from Fellen. Says something about Morris I cant put my finger one. Ash is old Fellen – been around for thousands of years.
We go up to Skyler Reach – says band is a huge hit, can’t keep anyone at the bar. Ash showed up right before Morris Left. Morris had said he needed to speak with his fellow timemaster. Fella called Oglesby. Morris was headed to Ash – wanted to talk with Jahree also. Mentioned mondrones being happy. Jartha tells Skylar that he knocked down the tower. Here crush this egg says skylar.
We head out to see Juan. There’s a line of mondrones, all lined up to get work done. Kex guides Lux to end of the line. At least 50 modrones ahead of us. Kex tells all the mondrones that we gave them your freedom – we need to get to the Juan ASAP to fix our friend’s eyes. They don’t hear us. Kex/Jartha trying to speak over the crowd. Eventually they part the way. We enter into TechnoDojo – there are a number of tables that look like operating tables. A number of quadrones and one pentadrone dressed in a regal white suit.
Kex – you must be the One. Juan is like you must the saviors! Juan says he has no magic here that could help you. We could try to implant eyes, but chance of failure.
Lux: My eye is removed by vacuum it’s painful. We go through the procedure on my left eye – I now have a left eye that’s a robot eye. I can see monochrome. My charisma score is lowered. Apparently I gotta roll each morning.
We talk about our situation. We agree to find a duodrone. Lux says hello we are your saviors. Lux notices its nametag – Suluh. Lux can read modron because of my new eye. Lux describes the portal and asks duodrone to look for it. We go back into the bar. Kex tells us Neves and Ash – they have beef. Jartha thinks they’re lovers. Lux likes the seventh diminished chord Ray Charles plays.
Suluh comes in and is like we found the Portal. We round up Cooks and Nevel. Cooks is all geared up including dragon sausages.
We find the Portal – Suluh says I’ll always be right here. We pop through. There’s Merka! Master I have waited for you. Merka looks a little smarter and stronger. Rel took me under his wing. The area is now like a military city – like 10k troops.
It’s evening time. Most people sleeping, Rel out on patrol. While you gone twins showed up and gave Rel something. We crash. Merka tells us Killius is more or less in charge.
We have weird dreams – trouble balancing. When we wake up – it’s weird, gravity, sun – we’re disoriented today. We wonder if this is normal for travel between planes and/or is something afoot.
Jartha can’t wait to talk to Kllius. But he’s not here yet.
Someone rushes up, it’s Killus he says but it looks like Prophet McCartney.
The Fake Killius is like what was there. We tell him just a void. Rel appears but he looks like JeGarcia. Says this is his miliary compound. We’re still very confused so we go back through the Portal back to the void.
Kex makes a mound by the portal. We have a mound. We talk to Suluh. Jartha makes Lux an eye-patch. We crash out.
We wake up the next morning – no portal, but the mound is there. Sulu shows up. Blue and Yellow find another Portal. We go through the Portal. Cooks is like I’m getting tired of this.
We arrive, Merka’s there. We ask to see Killius – Merka pathetically blows a horn. Out of the shadows comes what looks like the real Killius. He’s like a lot has gone down. Kex teaches Killius about time. You know there was a well dressed dude talking about time, was on his way down to ash.
Kellius tells of war in Millpool is going poorly. Rel and Jarree back in the forest. We guard the Portal and have been awaiting your return since we left. Jartha finally gets to give the sitrep to Killius. Jartha keeps some info from Killius. Killius if you don’t tell me, let’s fight. Merka makes threating gesture at Kex . Fight time. Jartha hits Killius and is like “you’re not even Killius”.
Also during the fight Neves casts Acid Skeet on fake Merka.
We finish up the fight – by killing Merka and Killius. Jartha drags the corpses and will all go through the Portal.
Merka is there. Sees us with the two corpses, screams and runs. Smaller camp but otherwise the same. Jartha leaves the bodies at the Portal. We look around – see a lot of green armbands. We leave the corpses.
Go back through the Portal. Simlar set up – Rel is there. Shit is getting weird – you’re destroying time. You need to find Morris.
We go back into the Portal. Back to the void! There is a robot there with the name Ulus – backwards of Sulu. Lux checks out Lycor Mechanism, running backwards. We ask Ulus to take us to Morris. We go to a rundown version of the Time Inn.
Shallow Gravy is there so is Morris – no patrons. Morris tells us our usage of the portal is creating ripples in time. We ask for help getting home. He says it would come at the cost of all the people who were faded. They seek an exit that you could provide. Says bring us to the Portal. You don’t see us, the Modrones. We are the people you left behind. Why did you leave us behind. Then he says there’s two of us. And Binary Prime fucking appears.
