Session 18: The Corridor

NPC's
Ivy

Location
The Royal Sanctum

Summary
Alastor begs Cryllos to check Aster's vitals; He has no pulse, and flowers are growing out of his wounds. Cryllos makes one last prayer for Aster, who is promptly kicked by Alastor, then tries to pet Oleander. Oleander is losing their memory and control while in rat form. They stand in the doorway, blocking the others from entering. Garoon drugged one. Cryllos is unsuccessful in making Ole remember them. The Silver Man tells Cryllos that the only hope for them to return back is to remove their mask. Alastor and Cryllos fail to do so, aggravating Oleander. While fighting, Cryllos performs a Horatio-only Hamlet as a distraction, letting Alastor steal the mask. Once they transform back, everyone can see that the tree arm is covering 80% of their body, which now has a tail.

Oleander and Alastor hear whispers; one, notably Ivy's, is chanting “Mother… mother…” Ivy is walking down the corridor, with Maribelle under her arm. Cryllos tries and fails to lure her to the others, by disguising as Aster. She simply says, “I’d hope he’d be useful before I discarded him,” before attacking him. Vines writhe under her skin and grows out of her eyes and nails. She turns around, being pulled towards the heart. The others try to fight her, but walls of vines get in their way.

Garoon manages to hit Ivy’s hand, freeing Maribelle. Ivy angrily calls him “vermin,” lashing at him. Oleander distances Maribelle from Ivy, while the others attack. After a long fight, Alastor gains control over Arbora's vines over Ivy. They notice light streaming from her dribbled blood. Ivy mutters, “You need to be purged,” before summoning a wall of vines from her blood. Garoon, hurt, shoves old lemon candy into his mouth, barely keeping him alive, before slicing into Ivy. She grabs the hilt and lashes her vines at him. They both fall at the same time.