The Cereal Box:Log/Session 4

Session 4

The motley prepared by eating dinner, and Sarah arrived to drive them to their meeting. After it was determined that she'd been drinking, they decided that she should stay with Aaron and Freddie. They were pulled over en route, and almost caught with an open container, but quick talking managed to avert this. They arrived at the meeting place, which was a middle school where there was an arch in the middle of nowhere and a bunch of creepy child faces on pillars.

Roper opened the gate and brought them in, guiding them through the dense fog of the Hedge to the Autumn Court's meeting place. There, they encountered the Pumpkin King, who expressed his dismay that they had turned over his mad courtier to the Summer Court (and that they hadn't even brought him a gift "as is customary"). They learned that the Pumpkin King had once been the champion of the Autumn Court and saved the Freehold from Solomon Bynes, the late King of Winter, who had enslaved the changelings of the freehold. A great purge had followed and numerous changelings loyal to Winter (and/or the True Fae) had been hanged. They offered to help the Autumn King in vague terms, but did not Pledge in any way. The Pumpkin King also incidentally mentioned that he hated Cincinnati.

The oracle, Holly LeClerc, announced that the reason that the courtier had gone rogue was that she had pledged herself to a Huntsman, a fetch-like being created from the shadows and reflection of the True Fae. It was revealed that Holly was letting the motley know because they're "the main characters." She revealed that the Huntsmen could be killed, but that this would not suffice to eliminate them permanently. Furthermore, that those who cooperated with the Huntsmen in bringing changelings back to the True Fae would be rewarded.

As they left the Hedge, Roper revealed that the Pumpkin King had lost his wife after the war, and that Holly LeClerc knew where she was buried. The Pumpkin King's great power came with the frailty that anyone who knew the location of her grave would hold power over him, and that Holly knew where she was buried and was, essentially, the shadow Queen of Autumn.

They return to find Sarah and Aaron cuddly together.

Friday, March 13th, 2010

Work happened. Alexander Smith, King of Summer, called about a meeting. Before the meeting, the motley hit up Salvation Army for stuff.

They arrived at the meeting at C.O. Brown Stadium, and were taken there by way of a utility hallway. The meeting was something of a formal meet and greet with the King, who expressed his desire to have a Freehold that works for everyone. Also present were Strong, a woman made out of leeches with a giant spider mount, an incredibly old, wizened changeling named "Granny" Lovett, a skinny wizened named Patrick Greer who seemed skeptical of the Summer King's goodwill. Smith offered a significant home to Granny, and something in the changeling ghetto to Greer. Smith stated that Lovett was one of the most powerful changelings in her previous freehold.

When asked what was done with Darlene, Smith stated that he would meet with the Autumn King. Strong carried on about what a great guy Smith was, and Granny offered everyone Werther's Originals, which only Nikolai accepted.