Session 4: The Fifth

 June 10th, 2013 

The motley still had a week to go before they could check out the Goblin Market from the patchwork girl's dream-vessel, so they decided to check out the address from Simon's dream. With some research, the group determined that it was the address of a Methodist church (St. Rose) in Portsmouth, RI, south of Providence. Inside the church they found a newsflier containing a photo of Simon—or someone who looked very much like him—and talking about a service project Reverend Peter Williams (Simon) and the congregation had participated in three weeks prior. They heard someone approaching, and Simon quickly used his Changeling magic to change his face so as not to startle or confuse the newcomer.

It turned out to be Reverend Williams himself. He talked pleasantly with the motley and seemed like a nice guy, and the group left not knowing whether he was Simon's fetch, clone, or long-lost brother.

On their way back into Providence, the group was approached by a young squirrel-Changeling named Little Nim, who let them know that Goatskin had a new “friend” for them to meet. They went to Hathi's Garden for dinner—Goatskin promised to pay, after all—and met Francois. The group spent time chatting and getting to know each other, learning about Francois' abduction and escape and the fact that he apparently escaped at the same time as everyone else. Not necessarily the exact same moment, but at 3:17 am on the same date, just halfway around the world, and yet still ended up in Providence.

After dinner they headed out to part ways. Eric noticed a shadow with a gaping hole in it, but didn't mention it to the rest of the group. Francois and Tia attempted to harvest some Glamour from a group of homeless guys, and while the guys liked Tia's performance they were not very enamored of Francois' cooking and picked a fight with him. On their way away from the group, Tia noticed one of the homeless guys sitting to the side talking to himself instead of participating in the fight, who had no shadow at all. Francois then went home to the airfield with Tia for the time being, though as a world-traveling hiker he seemed to be a fair hand at being a professional homeless person.

 June 11th, 2013 

The next morning everyone introduced Francois to the Hollow, let him into the dream-Pledge, and explored the last dream-vessel.

 Francois' Dream-Vessel 

Francois hesitated, and Chiara botched an attempt to appear and ended up tied to a table herself. Eric stepped in to change things in order to avoid the inevitable outcome, warping the surroundings to woodlands and turning the demon-chef into a chicken. The dream fought back, with the chef-turned-chicken breathing fire at Eric. Francois intervened, and a fight broke out that involved a giant Colonel Sanders and a deep fryer, culminating in Francois batting the chicken into a roasting pit. The dream faded, but didn't end as all the others did.

 Coda 

The motley was unable to affect this portion of the dream at all, except for when Eric accidentally made one of the worry dolls disappear and was briefly turned into a replacement by the spindly man. Meanwhile the creepy dream-kid was dubbed “Sid” by the group.

Everyone woke up in the Hollow, fairly drained, and agreed to part ways for a bit to rest. They agreed to meet up again in a week to check out the Goblin Market where Hannah, the patchwork girl, was being held. In the meantime, downtime for everyone.

NPCs Met
Reverend Peter Williams - Simon's fetch? Long-lost twin? Evil clone?

Enemies
A giant fire-breathing dream chicken, courtesy of Eric.

Other Stuff
Eric's version

Session 3: Walking the Dreams

Session 5: Patchwork