Three Devils: One Night in Ishgard
After the sealing of the Void Portal forming in the Astral Agents home, Xere’to was knocked out by the very tome he sought from Saelsria. After a few days in the medical wards, the Miqo’te visitor to the Astral Agents met with several members of the more aethericly inclined to discuss the actual nature of Voidsent.
Through those discussions the Onyx Order Miqo’te decided the next step was to track down the past of the Elezen host, Lady Aravyl. After a short meeting with Sarij Rahzersyn Xere’to was given permission to lead a trip to Ishgard. Much to the Miqo’te’s relief nearly a dozen agents were willing to assist him.
The assembled team met in Ishgard just before night fell, the reason for such a time Xere’to omitted from the briefing. Sterrbhar, Bee, and Orren join Xere’to in visiting Athenaeum Astrologicum, given access to the library by Sergei’s contact. Svar, Sergei, Balthius, Nocturne, Vkitor, Emileaux, and Mikha made their way to the Forgotten Knight to see what the mouths of drunks and brumelings would offer.
Xere’to and his team were quick to start looking for some sort of text that held the records of the time Lady Arayl was alive. Neither Sterr nor Xere’to had much luck aside from discovering the books were /missing/. Orren stumbled across an order to remove books regarding the era the Agents were investigating. The order bore an unfortunately familiar crest and colors, House Reif. Bee’s luck was with her the entire evening, she stumbled into a man by the name of Samuel who offered to give her the book should she steal a key from one of the students for him. She, in typical Bee fashion, went up and alerted the mark of Samuel’s plan. The hyur yielded the book to Orren regardless.Though out of spite, Samuel made no attempt to hide the hand off, an action carefully watched by a scarlet clad Raen who made the least graceful entrance to the building possible.
Sterrbhar noticed the Raen’s interest and approached the man directly. The ninja responded by attacking the Roegadyn with a pair of knives. One dug into Sterrbhar’s back and the other slashed his arm. Xere’to called for a retreat, and after Bee knocked the attacker out with a Star Globe to the head, they bolted to the nearest Aetheryte shard. The Pillars’ team was pursued by several other scarlet clad Raen but were able to escape through an emergency teleport back to the house. Half the team lost their dinner onto the lawn.
The second team met their own difficulties in the investigation. Much of the overflowing tavern was unhelpful when prodded, but a few children forced the truth into the air with a dark rhyme.
“So late at night, stay far from sight. She take your eyes, She take your eyes.Look away, run away! Your head will hang from her hook, your name will be in her book.”
The Agents were given their answers and quickly made for the Brume where many attacks matching the Voidsent’s trademark were reported. They had barely entered the dead alleyways when six headless men rose to attack the group. Thankfully, the team was mostly prepared for combat and took down five of the six in quick succession. The final headless did not engage the agents.
After the short melee, Inquisitor Skyfang encountered the Agents and began to interrogate them on what they knew about the new heresy; despite the fact there was a growing darkness creeping toward the team. Lady Aravyl suddenly appeared draped over the remaining headless.
“Tell me my little thief, how are their eyes?”
Wisely, none of agents met her gaze, but both Svar and Sergei attempted to engage. Neither were able to harm the Voidsent, only the remaining headless man. After delivering an oddly warm message to Sergei and being unharmed by all attempts to slay her, Lady Aravyl and the remains of the headless men vanished. Brume was once more lit up with torches. Inqusitor Skyfang took her own leave quite quickly. The only thing that remained was a whisper.
“I must visit my imperfects…”
Back at the house, Xere’to attempted to take the book from Orren his team acquired in Ishgard, only to be once more sent flying back to meet a wall. This time the Miqo’te was left conscious. Bee ended up taking the book for safekeeping.
((Thank-you for attending all of you!))
