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Game log – 10/24/10

Player Characters

Calypso - daughter of Llewella (Kim)

La Rubio - Alleged Son of Brand (Ken)

Clark - Son of Florimel (Bobby)

Evelyn Fawkes - Daughter of Julian (Allie)

Cyrus Grey - Son of Deidre (Eric)

Gwyneth- Alleged daughter of Caine (Connie)

NPCs

The usual gang, with special concentration on certain elders

Baron(ess) Sancha Hendrake- Longtime friend amd would be enamorata of La Rubio.

Quotes

Bobby – He has character down to his knees.

Ken – Below the knees, not so much.

(re: Jasra)

Fiona – A nightmare incarnate would be an adequate description of her, except a nightmare would be better dressed.

(re: Vialle as an Owl)

Random – It’s Vialle, not Vi-owl.

Ken – Vialle’s in fine feather this evening.

Baron(ess) Sancha – Merlin, the foul pretender? May his heart be eaten by the Serpent.

La Rubio – That seems a bit harsh.

Ken - La Rubio’s sanity is hanging by the merest of threads…and you’re yanking on it!

The Adventure

In the aftermath of losing the duel in the courtyard, Julian leaves in a huff insisting someone make a trump of Evelyn. Cyrus tells her he can help her with her trump problem. Flora comes rushing up in black with a black veil to congratulate La Rubio. She asks him to help her back to her room. He agrees. Two servants come up holding papers for Clark and Cyrus. They announce that Fiona would like to see them for lunch in the arbor. Clark goes to the library, and then goes to meet Fiona. Cyrus sends a note to Fiona.

Llewella introduces Baroness Sancha to Gwenyth. She asks if Gwenyth can take her to castle to meet with La Rubio. Gwenyth agrees. Baroness is very militaristic and very rude.

Clark reads Benedict’s version of history in the library.

Clark and Cyrus arrive for brunch. Fiona offers tea. She tells them that a notorious criminal from Chaos has escaped and needs to be apprehended. She wants them to capture her or kill her. Fi says she thinks the escapee wants to kill La Rubio. Fi shows them a trump sketch of her. Her name is Sancha Hendrake, and she thinks La Rubio has a better claim to the throne of chaos than Merlin does. She says that some of Brand’s old enemies may be trying to do in his children. She says that the recent dinner was not one of the new-comers first time in Amber. Fi says that Caine’s daughter has been acting as his agent for some time, and has been in and out of Amber in various disguises. Caine has had his eye on Kashfa, Kashfa belonged to Brand, so any of Brand’s kids stand to inherit Kashfa. She gives both of them machine gun pistols. Clark tells her of his anesthesia bullets, and questions Fi‘s motives about killing Sancha. Fi says no further study of Sancha is needed and there’s a possibility of contamination. Clark says he’s taken a vow against taking life, and Fi asks for her gun back. They leave and debate philosophy.

Cyrus uses the card and appears on the beacg where Gwenyth and Sancha are coming toward Aber. Cyrus aims his gun and Sancha changes into a sword-armed creature. Cyrus fires, Sancha attacks. Sancha’s face sucks backward to see behind her, breaking off combat. She starts struggling, trying to change to something with gills, and eventually passes out in goo form. Gwenyth convinces Cyrus to go back to the castle to tell La Rubio about Sancha.

La Rubio visits with Flora.

Evelyn gets a note to please come visit the Queen. Still unable to feel anything, she makes her way upstairs. Vialle has a book brought entitled “Naughty Wives of Rebma” and asks Evelyn to start reading at chapter 3. Vialle starts working at her potter’s wheel making a trump of Evelyn.

Cyrus goes to see Fiona. She’s painting a miniature portrait of Bleys. She asks if he’s accomplished his task. He wants a more powerful weapon. She leads him to the Pattern Room. She warns him about stopping, etc., and he begins to walk.

Sancha wakes up and starts eating tree bark for energy. Gwenyth tries to talk her into taking a walk on the beach while they wait for Cyrus’s return. Sancha turns invisible but Gwenyth knows where she is. They start walking to the castle.

Clark is in the library, studying. Bleys arrives and they discuss sorcery and trumps. Bleys gives him a set of trumps. They discuss using sorcery through trumps. They get Vialle’s trump and start thinking about owls.

In Vialle’s rooms, Vialle is feeling Evelyn’s face when she turns into an owl.

Bleys gives Clark a reading list. Clark should finish all the reading in 48 hours, and then they will begin training in earnest. Clark tells him about the morning’s conversation with Fi and the assassin. Bleys says Fiona’s got a plot going on in Chaos, and that La Rubio has caused her some problem.

A servant suggests that Evelyn take the owl to the King’s office.

Cyrus walks the Pattern, and Fiona tells him to have it take him to the assassin. He concentrates on La Rubio instead. La Rubio is in the shower and suddenly Cyrus is there with him. Cyrus tells La Rubio that Sancha is looking for him. La Rubio says he’s glad Sancha is there, and is his friend. La Rubio says Sancha is a man of honor. La Rubio goes to the courtyard, turns into a dragon, and flies toward the road to Rebma to intercept Gwenyth and Sancha.

Evelyn arrives with Vialle. They tell her she will have to wait but is shortly shown into the King’s office.

Random trumps someone and asks for the Jewel back. He then trumps Vialle and the owl responds. He tells Evelyn to get a large bird cage. She does, and then returns to Random’s office. She then draws cartoon that describes what happened.

Gwenyth and Sancha are walking when La Rubio arrives. He asks her what happened. She says she was tortured and then dumped into the sea. She says she’s met the one member of his extended family that she may let live when they marry and he takes the throne of Chaos. She says he was designed to be king.

La Rubio wants advice, but doesn’t know who to go to. He finally decides to go see Julian, but Sancha says it’s time to act. Sancha continues to rant about killing Merlin and destroying Amber, and they then decide to go back to La Rubio’s home. La Rubio writes a note to Random taking his leave. They leave.

Gwenyth takes the note to Random’s office where she meets Evelyn carrying a large bird cage. They enter the office and Gwenyth gives Random a brief description of the encounter with Sancha. Random says that Evelyn and Gwenyth should go to Chaos and let Merlin know about the situation. He gives them a special wand to use to get there.

Clark continues his studies. He determines that the cards resonate with something in the basement. He goes down there, but guards stop him. He goes to find Random to get permission.

Cyrus reports to Fiona. She gives him a crossbow, two shiny-tipped bolts, and her ring. One bolt should kill the baroness. The other will stop La Rubio from changing shape, knocking him unconscious. She then asks him to take off his shoes and gives him some slippers. Clicking his heels will take him to a small room behind the throne in Chaos. She also gives him some elven bread to eat while he waits.

After lunch, Llewella takes Calypso to the Pattern. After getting instructions, she begins walking.

Evelyn and Gwenyth use the wand and appear in the Chaosian throne room.

Clark goes to Random’s office, where Random’s trying to catch the owl. Clark uses his sorcery to change her back into a human. Random urges Clark to use discretion. Clark says that someone offered him a contract to assassinate someone. Random calls for the guards, and they take Clark away.

In the Chaosian throne room, Evelyn calls out. Guards rush in and they introduce themselves. The guards tell them to kneel and bow their heads. Cyrus’s feet are spotted. He says he was sent by Fiona. Merlin arrives, and Gwenyth tells her story. Merlin then talks with Cyrus about his assignment to kill Sancha when she arrives. Merlin advises Cyrus not to get involved in plots to kill family members. He sends them back to Amber via Ghostwheel.

Bill Roth goes to visit Clark and take his statement. Clark gives him the story without giving any names. He won’t name names until Bill Roth officially takes his case. Roth takes the case, and takes the whole statement. He says that Clark will be out within the hour. He returns to the library.

Calypso finishes the Pattern. Llewella suggests that she make friends with her male cousins and invite them to Rebma.

Evelyn goes to take a shower. Cyrus goes to his room to stash the crossbow. Gwenyth goes to the library. Cyrus finds a note in his room from Fiona. She invites him to visit at his earliest convenience. She is at the Tower by the Sea. He relaxes for a while.

Gwenyth runs into Clark in the library. They discuss their respective days. Clark makes a one-use trump sketch of her. They discuss walking the Pattern.

La Rubio returns to Arden. He yells out to speak to Julian. He feels like arrows are pointed at him, and the sound of hounds gets louder. Julian arrives. They talk.

Calypso takes a water horse back to the castle. Evelyn goes to see Vialle. Vialle continues making the trump and Evelyn continues reading.

Cyrus goes to the Tower by the Sea to see Fi. He enters and finds her summoning a demon. He reports about his visit to Chaos. She changes the demon to a pit bull as a gift in recognition of his efforts. She asks him to approach Llewella wanting info about the Pattern and find out what other students she has. He is to report by via a card she gives him. If anyone asks, the dog came from Julian.

Calypso arrives at the courtyard just as La Rubio appears. She invites him to visit Llewella in Rebma. He says he has to talk with the King first. Cyrus arrives. Calypso invites him to Rebma, too.

Vialle tells Evelyn to invite all younger family members to dinner. They then bathe.

Calypso goes to find Clark. On the way, a servant invites her to dinner with Vialle. The servant then goes to the library to invite Clark and Gwenyth. Calypso invites Clark to Rebma.

La Rubio goes to see Random. The servant suggests that they talk over dinner.

At dinner, Clark asks about walking the Pattern. La Rubio says he’s talked with Julian. He says that Julian plans to kill Rinaldo. Julian plans to take over Kashfa after Caine’s plan falls through and turn it into a forest. They discuss the possibility that Caine’s alive. Random also talks about a possible curse of Oberon’s on all of the family. Random suggests that La Rubio tell Benedict about Julian’s plan. Random asks Gwenyth if Caine is still alive. They discuss a way to flush him out. Cyrus is to inherit all of Eric’s lands and titles, making all of the other elders jealous. La Rubio agrees to talk to Benedict. He has also been proposed to several times today. Evelyn asks Random to make sure the sky is clear.

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