Continued Session Notes 44-45

SESSION 44

Ramirez is up at the controls talking with Muller. The largest and only sea serpent the group has ever seen breaks the water 100 yards from the boat. The size is easily enough to eat the boat. The boat rises on the wave and Myrddin says “NO” as the group is hurled off the boat. A sword appears in Myrddin’s hand as the boat is consumed with him. The group hits water and come up sputtering in time to see a second wave to smash into them. Daniel saw that Connel’s body was flung upwards. Sheri sees a tentacled white form coming after her. Sheri whips out a survival knife and slashes, but misses. One of the tendrils tries to grab on to her foot and she dodges it easily.

Daniel channels some essence and looks for Connel, but doesn’t see him. Rhapsody shifts into her hybrid form and sees Daniel, then swims towards him. Sheri feels a hand grab her clothes from behind and tugs her up towards the surface. Rhapsody doesn’t see the thing as it grabs hold of her and yanks her downwards. Ramirez has Sheri and is flying up with his telekinesis. Daniel swims up to the surface and he sees a huge coil of the serpent roll through the water and he levitates, asking where anyone else is.

Muller breaks the surface, coughing and sputtering. An amorphous shape below her is heading for her. Ramirez says he can’t lift more than Sheri and will take her to shore to return to the others. Rhapsody claws off the tentacle holding her and swims for the surface. Sheri hears a couple shots as she flies away with Ramirez. Daniel sees Connel floating face down. He channels and heads towards the unconscious cop.

Two more squid like things head towards Rhapsody and then two more shapes dart though the water. Daniel sees a shape jump over the top of Connel’s body and sees that it’s a seal. Rhapsody sees there are two and the seals move to her and she takes hold of the two and they zip her away. The water grows dark as the serpent breaks , spiraling Muller out of the way from the force of the wave. Daniel fall floats to the side as it shoots up past him. It leans like a giant tree and slams into the water, sending a huge wave.

Ramirez drops off Sheri to swim to the shore as they are close. Daniel sees Muller wrestle with a tentacle and he casts levitate on her. The spell grabs hold, there is a tug-o-Muller game at hand. She fires a few shots and the levitate pulls her up out of the water after she fires a few shots and it lets go. The seals with Rhapsody have surfaced so she can get air and they keep going.

Daniel goes towards shore with Muller. He catches up with the others, the seal that latched on to Connel deposits him on the shore. Muller does CPR. It’s not working and can’t revive him. Daniel tries magic to see if that works, but it does not. There is silence, but for the lapping of the waves. Rhapsody sees if the seals are selkies, but they just bark at her. Though one is Eric, one of the selkies they had met and he gives them direction to the park.

Ramirez calls for help and they wait for an hour before a government sedan shows up. They get to the hospital and Connel is wheeled away. Muller gets clothes for Rhapsody. They then drive to the Underground headquarters. They get to a room to rest and Daniel calls Ashley and gets her caught up on events. Rhapsody checks messages on the borrowed phone and finds a voice mail from Amy. Amy says Jenny’s freaking out. Rhapsody assures them that they will go. Rhapsody drops the bomb on the pregnancy thing.

After initial silence, then some discussion as to the pieces of the puzzle they have, but wondering who or what they are missing. They get to the park and have Ramirez put Connel away so that Chereshe doesn’t get him. At the cave, they see Jenny wailing and keening. Once she notices the group, she goes to Daniel and takes him towards the pool. Daniel channels essence in case he needs air, and she does pull him into the water and whispers “Geyaharu is coming, the father is dead …. The spire will rise, heed the mother, arm the son… A messenger is coming…” They head back to the car.

They get to FBI headquarters and Ramirez goes check on the body, and Connel never made it there. They go to the hospital to talk to the mortician. Daniel gets a message that Ashley is coming into town and will call. Rhapsody calls Roland and not much has developed other than the Ferals are reorganizing under a feral tiger. Rhapsody cursed and walked from the phone, thinking it’s Loknath. Daniel asks if he knows the name Voliss. He remembers the name mentioned in Europe, in Istanbul. A powerful practitioner. He offers to get more information, but has not heard of the name ‘Chalmers’.

They catch up to Ramirez, Rhapsody goes to track Connel’s scent. She finds faint traces but did not find anything solid. They talk about perhaps Rhapsody calling out Loknath and if he is defeated, she takes over the Ferals. They get to a safe house and Roland calls back, informing Rhapsody that Voliss is in Venice, Italy. Muller finds something on Chalmers. It happens to be the Chalmers Davidson Trench, which is a hundred miles long, a perfect place for an Balial lord to set up an HQ.

They get sleep and wake up to a phone call. Ashley has a flight ready for the three; Sheri, Rhapsody and Daniel. Daniel works on hiding the weapons, Rhapsody checks in the sword she got from Loknath and they are off to London.
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Session 45

Daniel bypasses security with the bag of guns as Rhapsody checks in her sword. Rhapsody gets a few books to read as the group waits for the flight.

Daniel sees a shabbily dressed individual who looks like a hobo who just pulled what he could off a clothesline. He realizes after a few moments, it's Connel who seems to be dozing off. Daniel pokes Rhapsody and she stands to walk past to catch his scent, and it is Connel. "Where the hell have you been?" He blinks awake and looks up, remembering her and says, "I have no fucking clue."

Ashley blinks and has Connel go with her to the women's bathroom, having a few women leave who are a bit scandalized as she shoves Connel into a stall. Rhapsody goes with them and guards the door. Ashely has Connel strip and does a very thorough exam of him and comes back to report to Rhapsody that Connel doesn't have any marks of the Balial or Chereshe.

There is a crashing sound, and Connel is going after Ashley, triggered by the words 'Balial' and 'Cheresche'. Rhapsody tries to trip up Connel as she changes, but he leaps over her and grabs Ashely around the neck, starting to throttle her. Ashley tries to break free but can't. Rhapsody finishes changing and breaks Connel's grip and shoves him back. It takes a moment, Ashley is trying to breathe through a damaged windpipe and Connel regains his senses, moving towards the elven woman. "She need oxygen." "Don't let that bastard near me,"

Ashley gasps out. Rhapsody has shoved Connel back and is between the two. "Daniel, get your ass over here!" she bellows. Daniel and Sheri go running to the bathrooms. They see some women talking to a security officer. Daniel does some healing on Ashely and then does a hideaway on himself and Connel. The boys go to the men's restroom and try to figure out what is going on. The girls assure the cop that everything fine and nothing of note happened.

They finally decide to keep Connel with them and figure out what's going on. Connel calls Ashley 'bitch' a few times when referring to her and is confused as is everyone as to where this anger is stemming from. "I thought men liked the 'C' word." Everyone looks at Sheri and laugh. They get onto the plane and sit the first class lounge. Rhapsody calls Roland to try and help figure out anything undead that would look and be alive to everything else, but have phenomenal strength and agility, and prone to rage that was not a vampire. Roland will look into it. As there is no trust with Connel yet, as he cannot prove one way or another, he has Rhapsody call his mother, not that provides any conclusive proof.

He does say he had a vision of the plane leaving after he got out of the morgue, which is why he was at the airport. They also call Rameriz who wigs out and Rhapsody also sends him to find something on wrathful dead. They get off on Gadwick International Airport. They take the tube to London proper. They get to a townhouse, go to the basement, go through a tunnel to another townhouse, into a garage and into an SUV At a cottage, they set the gear down.

A fairly short and scruffy man approaches and nods at Ashley. He takes the SUV keys, heads out and leaves. They rest and relax for the night. Connel, in the morning, realize that the breakfast he eats, provides no real sustenance nor joy for the eating. Not even bacon After more trains and ferries, they get to a youth hostel in Shannon Island and up the stairs to a study where a man is. He is short, bald and dour looking. He introduces himself as Mr. Madden. There is a little girl with dark hair, about 6 years old, looking out the window. She is gifted. Rhapsody sees that she is more than a child and is really a lithe little creature with wings sprouting from her back.

The girl is introduced as Kaylee. The girl goes up and takes Connel's hand. "Well you're a strange one aren't you?" She then returns to the window. "Ms Walsh says you have a bit of temper. We don't know how we can trust you. She's given me all the information, so far. Is there anything you'd like to say in your own defense." "Only that if something happens, I have no control." Kaylee says, "He can be trusted." Door opens and there is a really good looking man in a sport jacket, jeans and hiking boots.

Connel recognizes him as an authority figure who is introduced as Detective Frasier. Madden has folks sit or stand as they like asks if they know why they are gathered. "Waiting to give exposition?" is Rhapsody's glib reply Madden explains that they are here to see the Danaan Mother, who is the last Altalal lord. Shannon and the major cities are ruled by the seelies. The wild areas are where the unseelie rule.

There are some of the descendants of the Atlalal who have sided with the unseeilie. In order to keep the Mother hidden from the unseelie, they need to take every precaution, thus the multiple modes of transport. They want the group to lay low till they can verify nothing has followed from Northport, especially since Connel had blurted London to Rameriz. The Detective will give them fake ids and set them up in a bed and breakfast.

They are to play the tourist group and not cause any trouble or call attention to themselves. Rhapsody is Katrina Williamson. They get a rental car and head to the bed and breakfast and meet Miss McFarlan who shows them to their rooms and gives them sandwiches to eat. The group decide to head down to the town, realize their funds are trackable and call Frasier who has some cash sent to a bank for them to withdraw.

Getting some new clothes, they head to the Conch, which is the public house. Miss McFarlan is serving and says that she does own the place and it was in the family for a few generations. The group appear to relax and settle in for vacationing, though the tranquil area and it's quaintness still keep them on edge.

They head up to the house and see a bonfire up on one of the hills. The following morning, Miss McFarlan says she has no knowledge of why there would be such, other than perhaps the local kids having one for a party. The group heads out to the standing stones, still acting all touristy.