Session 21: The Flight

NPC's
Mick, Celia, Lord Gordou

Location
Unnamed airship

Summary
One week after the death of Arbora, Six people sit inside a room on an airship, most of whom don't know each other. Their names are Oliver, Annora, Alastor, Shade, Nonamé, and Cryllos. Alastor is fidgeting out of boredom, Shade is playing Solitaire, Annora is sharpening a knife, Nonamé is dissecting a bug she found, and Cryllos is on the verge of passing out from a fruitless search.

Suddenly, a burly man, Mick, shouts that their room may have stolen goods. Cryllos bitterly allows the man to enter, and Annora roasts him out of nowhere. Shade quickly closes the door behind him when a voice asks if everything is alright. Cryllos slips out and meets Celia, the mediator of the ship. Alastor, as usual, flirts with Celia. Mick finds a hempen cloth sack full of gunpowder, which no one recognizes. Nonamé notices the Demask emblem. Celia brings the party to a room with two leaders, Lord Gordou and a mayor, argue over missing cargo, accusing each other of stealing it. Celia, saying that mediating the argument is useless, brings the party into a cargo hold to investigate. She reveals that she is a Demask and that she is avenging her family name. She climbs into a crane controlling station, brings out her guards, and a fight ensues. After a thorough physical and emotional beating, Celia surrenders and makes a compromise, which the party begrudgingly accepts.

She reveals that she was climbing her way up the social ladder, and the missing cargo was the push she needed to get her to the top. The party was threatening her goal, so that's why she tried to kill them. She then says that her judgment would be better, as she doesn't believe that there wouldn't be any viable places to live outside Arbora. As the party leaves the cargo hold, they hear yells of panic. The crew found land, to which Cryllos remarks, "so, you're wrong."