The Cereal Box:Log/Session 59
Session 59 "Summertime"
The duel over, the crowd scatters and Chalkos' men bag him and take him out. The gang went to the Hestaurant and ate and drank. Hestia gave out free food to fulfill her Virtue (given her willpower issues), Nikolai was abrasive at the bar and Ernie pretended to be a mildly abused child to recover glamour. Sephie is checking up Jack, who is now ambulatory.
Hestia contacted Granny Lovett and asked her what could be done about their cheating monarch and how she could assume the throne. Granny told her that there were options, most notably that she could do something great for the Freehold in service of summer.
Ernie contacted Chelsea King to offer her voice acting work and a DJ position on his nascent radio station, and she also recommended 'Do, though with the caveat that it was because he had experience. He also contacted Isaac Oldman and left a voicemail.
Sephie spoke with Songbird about love, sex, school and the evil warlock that keeps sending her menacing messages. She was doing well in classes and thinking of changing her major from astrophysics to engineering. She was sincerely uncertain if the warlock could do anything BUT send threatening messages.
They discussed the Dreamer and how to fix the Cereal Box without killing the Dreamer. April pointed out that the current plan is the best way to get a 50/50 vs a 100% failure. They determined that the signatories might not need to be the monarchs, but it would be helpful to have the Paris contract to compare with. He contacted a changeling in Paris named Jean LeBou (a frog-man) who explained to him that he isn't willing to give more info than that monarchs always HAVE been the signatories, not whether they MUST be.
Tuesday, June 22nd
Ernie is dolling himself up for the coronation and Regina said she wanted a magical dress. Jack dressed up in his finest, as did Alana. Nikolai wears his leaf tuxedo. Sephie wears her nicest scrubs. April wears a high neck open back dress in rainbow hue. While they were getting prepared, Alana get a nail cestus.
The Motley makes their way to the noontime coronation of Alexander Smith, who is wearing a hedgespun military uniform with shifting medals that reflect what he's saying. He announces that it is his intention to unify the Freehold. He expresses that he is sick to death of people saying that he is a milquetoast ruler, and that he is not merely going to unify the Freehold and reforge the cereal box to include the Firekeepers Casino, but set an example for what Summer should represent and carry out a form of Chalkos' desire - to stage a war from the safety of the Freehold and make it a refuge for all.
Phlox and the dealer from the Casino were waiting outside the coronation and Jeremiah wanted to avoid them because he was certain his brother wanted something from him. Jeremiah left, however, and Phlox acknowledged, but did not confront him, which caused him distress and annoyance. It turned out, they were both there to speak with Smith, and were in no hurry.
April asked Alana on a date, admitting that she wasn't actually sure if Alana was into girls at all. Alana admitted that she wasn't sure she was into ANYONE, but agreed to go on the date.