Session 9: Ghostly Dealings Part 2

 July 12th, 2013 

The group started with some initial research into ghosts—avoiding the Parchment Pact for now at Eric's request and instead going with an occult bookstore—then looked into Rose's ex. He'd apparently been a successful real estate agent up until recently, and when asked Rose admitted that he'd gotten distant about a year ago.

Finally, the group decided to check up on Rose's old apartment, which was now occupied by a pair of frat boys currently hosting a loud party. The group walked in after picking up some cheap beer at a convenient convenience store, and asked Rose if she could remember anything. She couldn't concentrate past the loud music, so Eric sabotaged the party via the breakers while Tia located a Hedge gate in one of the two bedrooms, which turned out to be Rose's old room. Chiara encouraged the party to move to the roof to give the group some privacy, and after Tia failed to evict a make-out pair in the bedroom Francois intimidated them out by threatening to turn their tongues into sandwiches.

The group popped through the Hedge, and Rose noticed a crumbling lighthouse in the distance that was also there in the park area. The group looked around—finding amaranthine and taking some cuttings—then decided to head to their Hollow first before trying to find the way to the lighthouse. Rose disappeared on the walk, but the group got to their Hollow and dropped off the amaranthine. Eric and Chiara disagreed on what to do with them; Eric planted the cuttings while Chiara tried grafting them. They then tried to head to the lighthouse.

After an hour of wandering they realized they couldn't locate it, so they headed for the frat house and found it in short order. They found the party resumed in the main room, with Rose waiting in the bedroom. The group headed into the Hedge once more, seeing the lighthouse again, and decided to aim for that. They stepped off the path and into the Thorns, but when Rose tried to follow a thorn took a big chunk out of her hand, so she retreated and said she'd wait at the bar.

The group trudged through the Thorns for just over an hour, burning their way through thanks to Eric, before reaching the lighthouse, which they began to explore. Eric found an old cracked mirror and Tia found a cache of goblin fruits, while Chiara tripped and stumbled back into the Thorns for a bit (receiving a nasty scratch). Then Tia felt a Hedge gate nearby. They searched for it but couldn't locate it, and it was getting late, so the group decided to retreat. They found a gate a short jaunt out into the Thorns, which they initially thought was the one Tia sensed, though this one was in the wrong direction. There was a hidden gate somewhere else.

The group went to IHOP for pancakes before parting for the night (at which point Eric went back to the Dive in a borrowed face to antagonize Jake some more), then regrouped in the morning. They went to the library to get Okiku's contact info from Goatskin, called her up, and met her at the Spring Court's park. She gave them some basic information on ghosts—resolve unfinished business or destroy physical anchors, not all Changelings can see them usually—and suggested they continue their investigation and call her again if they needed more tips or got stuck or needed some strings pulled. She also pointed out that Rose sounded a lot more lucid (and visible) than most ghosts Okiku dealt with.

With that, the group parted ways again for the evening, with the plan to check out Max the following day and possibly try to dig deeper into the mystery of the lighthouse.

NPCs Met
Okiku

Enemies
None

Other Stuff
Eric's version

Session 8: Ghostly Dealings (Part 1)

Session 10: Ghostly Dealings (Part 3)