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Episode 92: Broken Roads
Bell's Hells, after making contact with The Volition, agreed to aid them in a number of their current simultaneous goals against the dark leaders of Kreviris, in hopes of gaining information and aiding the revolution against the Ruidian tyrants. Upon these missions, much information was gained, some
dangerous circumstances occurred,
and yet you survived and endured
and began to flee the city as chaos began to erupt from within.
During this time, after calling towards your mother and sending her into a personal crisis about what's right and who to align with, she scattered off into the dark shadows of the caverns. As you fled towards the surface through some of these winding rock tunnels, you were hunted by Otohan Thul, the Legend of the Peaks.
During this fight (in which your terrifying foe unleashed her true capabilities) many of you fell and barely scraped back from the edge, but one of you did not, Fresh Cut Grass. A friend and ally who had recently come to truly realize his worth sacrificed himself to save the rest of you and to fell for good the foe that had long hunted you. In that fugue numbness of realization, you grabbed what you could, what remained of him (and what you could from what remained of Otohan Thull) continued to flee to the surface where you emerged.
There amongst the red Ruidian landscape, the distant storms roiling, Liliana descended from above, and seeing the hurt on your face (on all of your faces), realized what had likely transpired. It was here, still not truly grasping or processing what has happened and what is next, you stare upon the alien landscape and partially obscured horizon.
Glancing around as best you can, and it's fairly clear in the area you are now, the dust storms currently sit at least a number of miles off, though you're uncertain how fast they're moving at a quick glance, you do not see any other figures immediately present. Where you've pushed out from here, one of these side caverns, you took a look behind you and you can see the base of the mountain range that encircles Kreviris and continues past it. So you are just outside the city itself. You do not see any immediate outposts, but you figure if you were to leave a little further out, you would be essentially out in the open, visible from many of the outposts that encircle the crown-like mountainscape that surrounds the valley at the top of the city. You can very easily see the Bloody Bridge, the single red beam of energy that sits in a direction which helps you orient yourself and your location right now from where you came. If you get really close to the base of the mountain, there's probably some little alcoves that you can pull in to stay out of any immediate sight. Any larger dips or cracks in the ground where you could hide from sight are a good 500 or more feet out and would probably put you out in the open before you reach them.
Ashton says, "I'm gonna see what's below us." and inhales deeply.
You grind through the ground and vanish below. While you're currently looking, Liliana is still gliding about a foot off the ground, her hair drifting. You can feel, almost taste the energy that sparks in the air around her. She's still just locked in on you (Imogen), her face still sad. You can see the streaks of (not sure if they're of sadness or anger) tears that have since dried and smeared what dirt was along her face and as she looks towards you for guidance before she looks away.
"I don't know what's going on Imogen. I don't know what to do."
"I don't either."
"Well, y'all can't stay here. Going to have to...you cant stay here."
"Are you staying?"
"If I go, they'll know. What's more useful? If I leave they'll...I mean the rest of them already have been tough enough to get them to trust me. Am I more useful here to what you're doing, or am I more useful leaving it behind?"
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Other Previous Episode EXU: Kymal Part II
Aabria:"You get a giant hot dog that looks like a pussy. We haven't forgotten that."
Matt:"I'll never forget it..."
Erica:"Wow, it's so big." (callback to Kymal)
Anjali:"There it is! Everybody drink!"
Aimee:"There's an ash hole right next to it."
Aabria:"No!"
Aabria:"It really popped off."
casts Bardic Inspirationon Fy'raOpal/SQ:"She doesn't know."
Dorian:"Who's she? You're she."
Opal/SQ:"Am I?"
Dorian:"Are you?"
Opal/SQ:"Are you?
Matt:"If I had a nickel..."
There's a word, Aevilux, a splinter group. She tells a story, looking at you with shining eyes, mismatched color. A long time ago, a group of people found something called a beacon. They learned from it some great entity or god, a concept that sought to know itself, to understand via experience in the world of Exandria, it split itself apart. This one found far away. These people that worshiped the Luxon, found, created magics within themselves to split their own souls apart so that they could learn who they were via observation. As a child, town in two, you observe yourself, you learn who you are, what you like, what you want, what you need, your purpose, and then rejoin, find unity once more.
Your mother was one of these people. So, Ted, Opal, Georgina, are you. You and Ted found each other again, reunited to something stronger than your wholes. (hehe) You understand yourself because you understand Ted. Ted wants to protect you because she is protecting herself. She's not lost to you, she is you. You are something rare and magical in the world of Exandria, and the memory of that is gone forever, in the moment of knowing it.
rolls a 7on a performance check for the "handie". Aimee then does a happy rodeo dance.Erica:"The candles were so wet!" (giggety)
Fy'ra:"That's what I said!...Bossy Genasi is apparently my name now."
Matt:"She tends to rub off on ya."
Ted:"You're literally talking about me."
Opal:"(okay) shut up"
Matt:"...I know because I've had people Dimension Door into dragons before."