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==Session 50==

===Monday, May 31st===

A Strange Day...

Ernie and Nikolai obtained goods at Menard's and Hobby Lobby to obtain equipment to make an awesome sword for Firestarter and get binoculars and video equipment to surveil Chalkos' compound. (Int+Crafts=8(!))

April wanted to present her findings to the monarchs, but the motley suggested that they could not trust Jeremiah, Lyrissa OR Billy with this sensitive information. Smith is uhhhhh... maybe not as well.

Lunchtime

It's not lunchtime

That won't happen until 12 PM

Smith has just informed me

I need to raise my per diem

I charged $20 for consulting

Smith said, "That's so low it's insulting"

So I'm gonna' double

All my lawyering fees

There is no pay freeze

I'm gonna' make that bank!

Jack showed up - having left the woods early (thus missing the final night of the Strange Days) - Saturday: Is this our first date? They discussed the broken mirror and whether they could simply destory it, and Jack said that as long as Smith was ok with it, he didn't see why not (as Smith was the one who left it there).

Sephie and Alana attempted a Wits + Animal Ken. Alana (7) and Sephie (1) trained the cats. Sephie wanted to bring them on the stakeout with them and gathered goblin fruit to keep them healthy.

The motley staked out Chalkos' storage facility. Regina decided to join the motley because Chalkos is Smith's enemy. They parked the vehicle some distance away and Ernie searched for a position to stake out. It's the middle of the day. Ernie found what he thought was a good stakeout place, and that getting there would presumably be difficult. Ernie was able to find a path that would bring the rest of the motley there. They were able to get to the point with only Alana making considerable noise.

They scoped out, spotting 2 changelings (an ogre of some variety and a tasmanian devil woman). Suspicious looking gresy / oil-stained box that was put in a different unit. They observed a pizza delivery, where the main entrance security guard dropped pizza off to all of the other ones present (leaving a sign indicating he would return).

They waited until dark so they could leave under the cover of night. They draw a map together - April doodled the Tasmanian Devil Woman and the Ogre Man eating pizza together vaguely erotically.

Night falls and they rest. As they were putting back the cats, Tony managed to signal to Alana and Sephie that they had been spotted during the whole thing. Nikolai had the idea that he would use a trojan horse to bring his motley in. Regina mentioned that she could change her face (she did her best Hestia impression, much to Hestia's dismay).

Tuesday, June 1st

Nikolai visited the Enchanted Attic and discussed secret societies in Battle Creek. She mentioned werewolf packs (by way of gangs), the mage Orpheus (who used to have a considerable number of followers), The Rock Four Square Church ("full of pagans who believe in fairy tales"); he showed her the symbol of the secret society he had seen at the cemetary. She found one that was related to the Golden Dawn, but not the same. She makes a phone call and looks into the symbolism, determining that it's part of a secret society "The Golden Sunset," concerned with guiding their souls AFTER death. The Bardo Thodol (also known as the Tibetan Book of the Dead). The Psychadelic Experience - Timothy Leary and Ralph Metzner. Nikolai surmized that he believed the individual on the phone was Phlox. Motorcycle Clubs - The Hell's Angels, The Iron Coffins, The Omegas. Nikolai purchased a bottle of holy water "blessed by a high priestess, steeped in rosemary, sage and jasmine."

Taking food to the Pumpkin King's wife with April. Jeremiah tried to block them out, but could not. Roper was hanging out as well. They ate, and Hestia insisted on watching Victoria some day soon so that the Pumpkin King and his wife can go on a date, and he hastily insisted that Friday would work best for him.

Training Smith (3 total successes) to avoid a 1 v 1. Smith implored Alana to explain to him how he was going to cheat. She said they would think of something.

Ernie is making the blade (done on Wednesday 25 x 7 x 9)

==Session 51==

The motley decided to hear out the Man with the Badge regarding his proposition for Alana, but first needed to locate him. Nikolai had the clever thought to use blood in the hedge to attract the Man with the Badge. They stopped at the donut mill to pick up what they need. The proceeded to friendship park and left the donuts in a gate through the rearview mirror. A few minutes later, an old police car showed up with the Man with the Badge in it, accompanied by three oversized fire ants.

The Man with the Badge offered to erase Alana's criminal record in return for something he wanted - Chalkos. They discussed this at length, considering several possible plans involving double-crossing Chalkos, the Man with the Badge and/or the Red-Eyed Woodsman. April got confirmation that, as informants, they would be kept in the strictest possible confidence. The Huntsman informed them that it would be until the turn of the season and gave them a whistle that would bring him there. "Upon receiving him, my deal will be done." Alana made the pledge with the Huntsman.

Ernie called Johnny Starlight to arrange a meeting with Lyrissa to discuss the Huntsmen. She agreed, by way of Johnny Starlight outside the Old Toys 'R' Us. They promised Jack a burrito to be on standby (under a pledge). Lyrissa is in a "sporty" formal dress and Johnny in a fitty suit. They put all their cards on the table and went inside with Lyrissa while Johnny remained outside.

They eventually gave Lyrissa the feels, which resulted in her breaking down and admitting that she had killed a changeling named Stephen Martin to prevent the Huntsman from taking him after she accidentally marked him on her behalf.

They had a taco party with Jack and discussed his furniture (primarily milk crates).

The motley went back home to get sleep.

===Wednesday, June 2===

Nikolai, Alana and Ernest spent a total of about 8 hours foraging for promise leaves and were finally able to find 3.

Sephie checked on her goblin fruit and determined that they were not spoiled, but wasn't certain if they WOULD spoil. She WANTS to teach them to patrol their home and disguise themselves as mundane beasts. They also wanted to create a hedge key to let them go in and out.

Hestia was cooking and bringing the food to the Pumpkin King and his wife and checking on her restaurant. She socialized with them briefly (making a fairly good impression) before heading to work.

Ernie was able to create a permenantly enhanced +2 knife (4L and +2 to non damage actions with it). He also kept up on his support network.

Alana contacted Smith to let him know about April's presentation. He agreed to hear them out that night. Smith explained that this isn't new information, but that it does confirm what he needs to do - rebuild the Freehold to include the casino. Alana told him that she thinks that they need to make a deal with Chalkos and Smith agreed, but told her that the only possible deal he could think of was to oust Jack as the Enforcer and give it to Chalkos to start his war with Faerie, and "this is really all Jack has" and on top of that, Jack is unwaveringly loyal, whereas Chalkos could never be trusted. They finished stretching and headed home.

Dahlia called them and told them to come to the Arboretum to meet, as she was concerned about Billy. They arrived and Dahlia explained that she was liberated by one of her close friends in the Cereal Box, but that she didn't want to admit who could break into his penthouse unnoticed. She explained that Billy has lost his mind and that Ivey was talking to him through the hand mirror they recovered for him. Nikolai determined that she had higher Clarity than him. The connection from the mirror to Billy might not be severed by destroying it, but MIGHT if the mirror is destroyed by cold iron at the meeting ground. She gave them the mirror and Nikolai opened a gate straight to the center of the meeting ground. They smashed the mirror and heard a voice on the wind, "No, no no no no NO NO NO NO! YOU WILL NOT RELEASE MY HOLD ON MY KINGDOM!"

==Session 52==

The plants in the clearing wilted and started to wilt away from the clearing. The hedge maze began to melt away and the noise of the infuriated centataurs in the distance. The motley escaped back to the Freehold through the gate they came through. Nikolai went back through the portal. As Nikolai is about to leave, the plant life attempted to grab Nikolai, who managed to shake his way free of the thorny vines that lash around his leg. The motley returned to tha Arboretum.

The motley boarded their vehicle and returned hom to sleep.

Nikolai dreamed of a sapling, which he stomped, sending tendrils of roots digging through the soil and awakening him with a start.

===Thursday, June 3===

Ernie mentioned to Hestia that he was prepared to hook Firestarter up with the trade item they prepared for him to exchange for the club. She called Songbird and she said they could meet tomorrow after class (2 PM) and would talk to Firestarter about where to meet up.

Ernie, Nikolai and Sephie went out to hunt glamour. Sephie went out to hunt at the soup kitchen (3). Nikolai goes to spook some day drunks (3+1). Ernie went and played with the neighborhood kids (4).

Hestia, Regina, Alana and April all went to the Hestaurant with varying plans to work. Regina wore headphones.

Helen and Lydia came to the restaurant and advised the motley that Billy was not waking up that morning. They said that they put him in the back of the Range Rover. April realized that the power over Billy was, in fact, magic. Alana contacted the rest of the Motley who agreed to convene at Billy's Penthouse. Helen and Lydia explained that Billy had dealt with Lyrissa and that they had a back and forth where it was a "you know I know you know I know" situation; Billy asked to be left alone with Lyrissa and Helen and Lydia went to bed together, and became too distracted to eavesdrop.

Nikolai considered what sort of magic might cause sleep; sleeping beauty, snow white, and other stories where a curse triggered eternal sleep; he considered Rip Van Winkle et al.

Hestia asked Lydia and Helen to leave the room so they could try to enter Billy's dreams. Sephie: 16, Hestia 9, Ernie 15, April 13, Regina 12, Nikolai 17, meaning all but Hestia made it into the dream.

The dream is a watercolor rendering of the old Spring meeting ground. Nikolai called out to Billy and followed the response of "polo"; oragami birds followed them; the landscape became more solid and realistic and the ground is covered in kudzu. Billy was there in full faun form, trying to assemble a mirror. Billy was agitated and erratic, but every member of the motley managed to convince him that he should wake up. Billy was remorseful of everything, but could not figure out how to wake up.

Sephie gets a text from her daughter about where to meet with her tomorrow about potentially exchanging the item that Ernie had made for Firestarter for the club that nominally belongs to Billy.

Nikolai wakes up from the dream and contacts Phlox, who teleports there.

Sephie would meet with Firestarter and Songbird tomorrow during evening twilight at Sojourner Truth monument. Nikolai takes Phlox home.

Regina confronted Ernie about telling Billy what was good for him.

==Session 53==

Nikolai took Phlox home, more or less wordlessly.

Ernie explained to Regina why he felt that he coulld convince Billy not to do what he wanted, and Regina seemed to accept that.

Billy explained that they needed to help him select a new King, and eventually settled on Freddie (who arrived with Aaron and two guys in tow) and Billy quickly initiated a power exchange, giving

Phlox 'I'm sure you plucky little guys'll pull through just fine." "Don't be a stranger, be a customer!"

Nikolai owes Phlox a minor favor.

What now? Let's try to break the spell. Billy had finished with Lyrissa and fell into slumber, where he found Ivey and started to draw close to her. He talked to her like he was there with her, and the experience was more vivid.

The motley mostly returned home to have dinner, with Nikolai buying him Popov, Jack and (lol) Fireball.

"Jack will get you off!"

===Friday, June 4th===

Things on the schedule:

* Meeting with Songbird

* Spa day and mani-pedis with Tasha

* Jer and Tasha seeing The New Daughter

Ernie headed to Menard's to get a large amount of Roudup and souping up the backpacks (extended Craft).

Hestia picked up Tasha for a spa day. "We'll do them better the next time around... oh wait" "They blind you with vegetables, they cover you with mud and hot wax, and they step on you... and you pay them?" "Yes." "What is safe word?" Left the Cereal Box and went to Red Robin, despite how inadvisable that is, but ended up with delicious burgers and road rage issues.

Training Smith. Asked about why Freddie is in charge (convinced him everything was fine, thinking successfully).

Sephie was meeting with Firestarters and Songbird along with Nikolai and Ernie about the exchanges and debts they needed to square up. He traded the club for the sword and Nikolai gave him three bottles of liquor. Songbird asked her mother what was going on, and offered to help her in any way she could. Nikolai explained that he craved violence and, not knowing what to say, Firestarter said he was "a man after his own heart," unsteadily.

The motley planned to contact Chalkos.

Nikolai went to the Enchanted Attic. Purchased a large handmade dream catcher and a small pendant dream-catcher. The large one was made by an Oran Guadalupe-Twogoats "Thinks Like a Mountain." When asked, Nikolai said that "I have a church I attend." Barb mentioned a book club that met every other Tuesday. Barb recorded Nikolai's name in a book regarding to the book club. Barb threw in lavender incense.

Friday night, Roper sat in the walkway and read "Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman." "I am large, I contain multitudes." "He always gets this way when he eats a whole rack of ribs."

Tasha asked Hestia to be Victoria's godmother. Hestia accepted, Jer went inside infuriated.

Before going to bed, Nikolai hung the dream-catchers.

===Saturday, June 5th===

Nikolai contemplated creating an antimagic token. He believes it might be able to prevent magic from outside the Changeling realms, but hard to say. He decided to research.

Ernie, Alana and April were discussing the possibility of finding the specific locations for the new meeting grounds. The general consensus in the motley was that the casino would be best suited as the neutral grounds.

Ernie continued to take care of his support network. Through several shell companies, he created fly-by-night construction / refurbishing company that would employ changelings. With 3 successes, he was able to organize the actual workplaces and hierarchies.

The motley discussed how to convince Chalkos to help.

The motley was able to get Chalkos' email from Firestarter (c.chalkos@us.gov) and sent an email asking Chalkos for assistance in the matter of killing the Huntsman. Within 30 minutes, Chalkos responded asking for a number. On the phone, they could hear cars. They admitted to making a deal with the Huntsman, and convinced Chalkos to work with them. He agreed to do it before the fight, but admitted and insisted that he recognized this could be an ambush. He didn't want to fight in the Cereal Box or Hedge if he could avoid it. Chalkos stated that he had some farmland in Belleview that he could mow part of a cornfield for. Chalkos wanted to examine the token and that he would only agree to it if only one member of the Motley went. Nikolai agreed because Ernie couldn't drive. 10 o'clock tonight was the agreed upon meeting time.

Nikolai will be sent to the Meijer parking lot.

Hestia was still going to go on the date with her fiancee.

10:30 AM - Alana receives a call on her phone. Granny Lovett called to inquire regarding Billy's current sleep habits. She said a little bird had told her something. Lovett asked what Alana thought Smith's odds were against Chalkos. She explained that she had the long-term stability of the freehold weighing heavily on her.

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+==Session 50==
+===Monday, May 31st===
+A Strange Day...
+Ernie and Nikolai obtained goods at Menard's and Hobby Lobby to obtain equipment to make an awesome sword for Firestarter and get binoculars and video equipment to surveil Chalkos' compound. (Int+Crafts=8(!))
+April wanted to present her findings to the monarchs, but the motley suggested that they could not trust Jeremiah, Lyrissa OR Billy with this sensitive information. Smith is uhhhhh... maybe not as well.
+Lunchtime
+It's not lunchtime
+That won't happen until 12 PM
+Smith has just informed me
+I need to raise my per diem
+I charged $20 for consulting
+Smith said, "That's so low it's insulting"
+So I'm gonna' double
+All my lawyering fees
+There is no pay freeze
+I'm gonna' make that bank!
+Jack showed up - having left the woods early (thus missing the final night of the Strange Days) - Saturday: Is this our first date? They discussed the broken mirror and whether they could simply destory it, and Jack said that as long as Smith was ok with it, he didn't see why not (as Smith was the one who left it there).
+Sephie and Alana attempted a Wits + Animal Ken. Alana (7) and Sephie (1) trained the cats. Sephie wanted to bring them on the stakeout with them and gathered goblin fruit to keep them healthy.
+The motley staked out Chalkos' storage facility. Regina decided to join the motley because Chalkos is Smith's enemy. They parked the vehicle some distance away and Ernie searched for a position to stake out. It's the middle of the day. Ernie found what he thought was a good stakeout place, and that getting there would presumably be difficult. Ernie was able to find a path that would bring the rest of the motley there. They were able to get to the point with only Alana making considerable noise.
+They scoped out, spotting 2 changelings (an ogre of some variety and a tasmanian devil woman). Suspicious looking gresy / oil-stained box that was put in a different unit. They observed a pizza delivery, where the main entrance security guard dropped pizza off to all of the other ones present (leaving a sign indicating he would return).
+They waited until dark so they could leave under the cover of night. They draw a map together - April doodled the Tasmanian Devil Woman and the Ogre Man eating pizza together vaguely erotically.
+Night falls and they rest. As they were putting back the cats, Tony managed to signal to Alana and Sephie that they had been spotted during the whole thing. Nikolai had the idea that he would use a trojan horse to bring his motley in. Regina mentioned that she could change her face (she did her best Hestia impression, much to Hestia's dismay).
+Tuesday, June 1st
+Nikolai visited the Enchanted Attic and discussed secret societies in Battle Creek. She mentioned werewolf packs (by way of gangs), the mage Orpheus (who used to have a considerable number of followers), The Rock Four Square Church ("full of pagans who believe in fairy tales"); he showed her the symbol of the secret society he had seen at the cemetary. She found one that was related to the Golden Dawn, but not the same. She makes a phone call and looks into the symbolism, determining that it's part of a secret society "The Golden Sunset," concerned with guiding their souls AFTER death. The Bardo Thodol (also known as the Tibetan Book of the Dead). The Psychadelic Experience - Timothy Leary and Ralph Metzner. Nikolai surmized that he believed the individual on the phone was Phlox. Motorcycle Clubs - The Hell's Angels, The Iron Coffins, The Omegas. Nikolai purchased a bottle of holy water "blessed by a high priestess, steeped in rosemary, sage and jasmine."
+Taking food to the Pumpkin King's wife with April. Jeremiah tried to block them out, but could not. Roper was hanging out as well. They ate, and Hestia insisted on watching Victoria some day soon so that the Pumpkin King and his wife can go on a date, and he hastily insisted that Friday would work best for him.
+Training Smith (3 total successes) to avoid a 1 v 1. Smith implored Alana to explain to him how he was going to cheat. She said they would think of something.
+Ernie is making the blade (done on Wednesday 25 x 7 x 9)
+==Session 51==
+The motley decided to hear out the Man with the Badge regarding his proposition for Alana, but first needed to locate him. Nikolai had the clever thought to use blood in the hedge to attract the Man with the Badge. They stopped at the donut mill to pick up what they need. The proceeded to friendship park and left the donuts in a gate through the rearview mirror. A few minutes later, an old police car showed up with the Man with the Badge in it, accompanied by three oversized fire ants.
+The Man with the Badge offered to erase Alana's criminal record in return for something he wanted - Chalkos. They discussed this at length, considering several possible plans involving double-crossing Chalkos, the Man with the Badge and/or the Red-Eyed Woodsman. April got confirmation that, as informants, they would be kept in the strictest possible confidence. The Huntsman informed them that it would be until the turn of the season and gave them a whistle that would bring him there. "Upon receiving him, my deal will be done." Alana made the pledge with the Huntsman.
+Ernie called Johnny Starlight to arrange a meeting with Lyrissa to discuss the Huntsmen. She agreed, by way of Johnny Starlight outside the Old Toys 'R' Us. They promised Jack a burrito to be on standby (under a pledge). Lyrissa is in a "sporty" formal dress and Johnny in a fitty suit. They put all their cards on the table and went inside with Lyrissa while Johnny remained outside.
+They eventually gave Lyrissa the feels, which resulted in her breaking down and admitting that she had killed a changeling named Stephen Martin to prevent the Huntsman from taking him after she accidentally marked him on her behalf.
+They had a taco party with Jack and discussed his furniture (primarily milk crates).
+The motley went back home to get sleep.
+===Wednesday, June 2===
+Nikolai, Alana and Ernest spent a total of about 8 hours foraging for promise leaves and were finally able to find 3.
+Sephie checked on her goblin fruit and determined that they were not spoiled, but wasn't certain if they WOULD spoil. She WANTS to teach them to patrol their home and disguise themselves as mundane beasts. They also wanted to create a hedge key to let them go in and out.
+Hestia was cooking and bringing the food to the Pumpkin King and his wife and checking on her restaurant. She socialized with them briefly (making a fairly good impression) before heading to work.
+Ernie was able to create a permenantly enhanced +2 knife (4L and +2 to non damage actions with it). He also kept up on his support network.
+Alana contacted Smith to let him know about April's presentation. He agreed to hear them out that night. Smith explained that this isn't new information, but that it does confirm what he needs to do - rebuild the Freehold to include the casino. Alana told him that she thinks that they need to make a deal with Chalkos and Smith agreed, but told her that the only possible deal he could think of was to oust Jack as the Enforcer and give it to Chalkos to start his war with Faerie, and "this is really all Jack has" and on top of that, Jack is unwaveringly loyal, whereas Chalkos could never be trusted. They finished stretching and headed home.
+Dahlia called them and told them to come to the Arboretum to meet, as she was concerned about Billy. They arrived and Dahlia explained that she was liberated by one of her close friends in the Cereal Box, but that she didn't want to admit who could break into his penthouse unnoticed. She explained that Billy has lost his mind and that Ivey was talking to him through the hand mirror they recovered for him. Nikolai determined that she had higher Clarity than him. The connection from the mirror to Billy might not be severed by destroying it, but MIGHT if the mirror is destroyed by cold iron at the meeting ground. She gave them the mirror and Nikolai opened a gate straight to the center of the meeting ground. They smashed the mirror and heard a voice on the wind, "No, no no no no NO NO NO NO! YOU WILL NOT RELEASE MY HOLD ON MY KINGDOM!"
+==Session 52==
+The plants in the clearing wilted and started to wilt away from the clearing. The hedge maze began to melt away and the noise of the infuriated centataurs in the distance. The motley escaped back to the Freehold through the gate they came through. Nikolai went back through the portal. As Nikolai is about to leave, the plant life attempted to grab Nikolai, who managed to shake his way free of the thorny vines that lash around his leg. The motley returned to tha Arboretum.
+The motley boarded their vehicle and returned hom to sleep.
+Nikolai dreamed of a sapling, which he stomped, sending tendrils of roots digging through the soil and awakening him with a start.
+===Thursday, June 3===
+Ernie mentioned to Hestia that he was prepared to hook Firestarter up with the trade item they prepared for him to exchange for the club. She called Songbird and she said they could meet tomorrow after class (2 PM) and would talk to Firestarter about where to meet up.
+Ernie, Nikolai and Sephie went out to hunt glamour. Sephie went out to hunt at the soup kitchen (3). Nikolai goes to spook some day drunks (3+1). Ernie went and played with the neighborhood kids (4).
+Hestia, Regina, Alana and April all went to the Hestaurant with varying plans to work. Regina wore headphones.
+Helen and Lydia came to the restaurant and advised the motley that Billy was not waking up that morning. They said that they put him in the back of the Range Rover. April realized that the power over Billy was, in fact, magic. Alana contacted the rest of the Motley who agreed to convene at Billy's Penthouse. Helen and Lydia explained that Billy had dealt with Lyrissa and that they had a back and forth where it was a "you know I know you know I know" situation; Billy asked to be left alone with Lyrissa and Helen and Lydia went to bed together, and became too distracted to eavesdrop.
+Nikolai considered what sort of magic might cause sleep; sleeping beauty, snow white, and other stories where a curse triggered eternal sleep; he considered Rip Van Winkle et al.
+Hestia asked Lydia and Helen to leave the room so they could try to enter Billy's dreams. Sephie: 16, Hestia 9, Ernie 15, April 13, Regina 12, Nikolai 17, meaning all but Hestia made it into the dream.
+The dream is a watercolor rendering of the old Spring meeting ground. Nikolai called out to Billy and followed the response of "polo"; oragami birds followed them; the landscape became more solid and realistic and the ground is covered in kudzu. Billy was there in full faun form, trying to assemble a mirror. Billy was agitated and erratic, but every member of the motley managed to convince him that he should wake up. Billy was remorseful of everything, but could not figure out how to wake up.
+Sephie gets a text from her daughter about where to meet with her tomorrow about potentially exchanging the item that Ernie had made for Firestarter for the club that nominally belongs to Billy.
+Nikolai wakes up from the dream and contacts Phlox, who teleports there.
+Sephie would meet with Firestarter and Songbird tomorrow during evening twilight at Sojourner Truth monument. Nikolai takes Phlox home.
+Regina confronted Ernie about telling Billy what was good for him.
+==Session 53==
+Nikolai took Phlox home, more or less wordlessly.
+Ernie explained to Regina why he felt that he coulld convince Billy not to do what he wanted, and Regina seemed to accept that.
+Billy explained that they needed to help him select a new King, and eventually settled on Freddie (who arrived with Aaron and two guys in tow) and Billy quickly initiated a power exchange, giving
+Phlox 'I'm sure you plucky little guys'll pull through just fine." "Don't be a stranger, be a customer!"
+Nikolai owes Phlox a minor favor.
+What now? Let's try to break the spell. Billy had finished with Lyrissa and fell into slumber, where he found Ivey and started to draw close to her. He talked to her like he was there with her, and the experience was more vivid.
+The motley mostly returned home to have dinner, with Nikolai buying him Popov, Jack and (lol) Fireball.
+"Jack will get you off!"
+===Friday, June 4th===
+Things on the schedule:
+* Meeting with Songbird
+* Spa day and mani-pedis with Tasha
+* Jer and Tasha seeing The New Daughter
+Ernie headed to Menard's to get a large amount of Roudup and souping up the backpacks (extended Craft).
+Hestia picked up Tasha for a spa day. "We'll do them better the next time around... oh wait" "They blind you with vegetables, they cover you with mud and hot wax, and they step on you... and you pay them?" "Yes." "What is safe word?" Left the Cereal Box and went to Red Robin, despite how inadvisable that is, but ended up with delicious burgers and road rage issues.
+Training Smith. Asked about why Freddie is in charge (convinced him everything was fine, thinking successfully).
+Sephie was meeting with Firestarters and Songbird along with Nikolai and Ernie about the exchanges and debts they needed to square up. He traded the club for the sword and Nikolai gave him three bottles of liquor. Songbird asked her mother what was going on, and offered to help her in any way she could. Nikolai explained that he craved violence and, not knowing what to say, Firestarter said he was "a man after his own heart," unsteadily.
+The motley planned to contact Chalkos.
+Nikolai went to the Enchanted Attic. Purchased a large handmade dream catcher and a small pendant dream-catcher. The large one was made by an Oran Guadalupe-Twogoats "Thinks Like a Mountain." When asked, Nikolai said that "I have a church I attend." Barb mentioned a book club that met every other Tuesday. Barb recorded Nikolai's name in a book regarding to the book club. Barb threw in lavender incense.
+Friday night, Roper sat in the walkway and read "Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman." "I am large, I contain multitudes." "He always gets this way when he eats a whole rack of ribs."
+Tasha asked Hestia to be Victoria's godmother. Hestia accepted, Jer went inside infuriated.
+Before going to bed, Nikolai hung the dream-catchers.
+===Saturday, June 5th===
+Nikolai contemplated creating an antimagic token. He believes it might be able to prevent magic from outside the Changeling realms, but hard to say. He decided to research.
+Ernie, Alana and April were discussing the possibility of finding the specific locations for the new meeting grounds. The general consensus in the motley was that the casino would be best suited as the neutral grounds.
+Ernie continued to take care of his support network. Through several shell companies, he created fly-by-night construction / refurbishing company that would employ changelings. With 3 successes, he was able to organize the actual workplaces and hierarchies.
+The motley discussed how to convince Chalkos to help.
+The motley was able to get Chalkos' email from Firestarter (c.chalkos@us.gov) and sent an email asking Chalkos for assistance in the matter of killing the Huntsman. Within 30 minutes, Chalkos responded asking for a number. On the phone, they could hear cars. They admitted to making a deal with the Huntsman, and convinced Chalkos to work with them. He agreed to do it before the fight, but admitted and insisted that he recognized this could be an ambush. He didn't want to fight in the Cereal Box or Hedge if he could avoid it. Chalkos stated that he had some farmland in Belleview that he could mow part of a cornfield for. Chalkos wanted to examine the token and that he would only agree to it if only one member of the Motley went. Nikolai agreed because Ernie couldn't drive. 10 o'clock tonight was the agreed upon meeting time.
+Nikolai will be sent to the Meijer parking lot.
+Hestia was still going to go on the date with her fiancee.
+:30 AM - Alana receives a call on her phone. Granny Lovett called to inquire regarding Billy's current sleep habits. She said a little bird had told her something. Lovett asked what Alana thought Smith's odds were against Chalkos. She explained that she had the long-term stability of the freehold weighing heavily on her.
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