Morning came, and found the leavings of the night.
A Builder-stone well was found where the hermaphrodite deer revealed it to Caerdwyn. A brass plug, imbued with the Science of Letters, plugged the opening of the well. Abandoning the legacy of the past to the past, the company turned their attention to Bayeo’s discomfort and the absence of Evayn.
Bayeo confessed to a visitation from a Vulfen woman in the night, so imbued with sexuality there was no reason, no humanity in him, only sweat and grunt. He shuddered with mingled terror and titilation.
Tracking ensued, finding trace of Evayn’s blood in a circle of moss-covered granite stones under a massive oak tree. Caerdwyn fled the area, the air itself throbbing with power.
They discovered Evayn by a waterfall, naked. They cleaned her up, and she confirmed the handsome man who had taken her to the rocks and relieved her of the burden of her virginity. On her way back to camp, she said, “I think I am with child.”
Lingering by the water, Caerdwyn and, surprisingly, Guaer talked over what was going on, and of the ways of Magic. Caerdwyn discovered Guaer was possessed both of a fierce intellect and a sense of humor regarding himself. Perhaps the time of the P’ntri’s posturing was at an end.
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So here is where Caerdwyn, already suspicious of the gods and their motives, and already feeling uncomfortable around Evayn, was finally driven to his limit break that now has culminated in his giant middle finger to them all.
So here’s the allergic reaction I had to Evayn: Given that I was already looking at her through abused-child goggles, having her quite literally raped before us was too much. It not only make Caerdwyn the character uncomfortable, it made Greg the player feel the same way. Yeah, you could say that she was a willing participant, but she only seemed willing in the way of a brain-washed Stockholm-syndrome victim.
So I suppose if Caerdwyn were more the hero (or Greg more able to stomach it) he could have tried to ‘cure’ her or ‘help her’ – but it seemed a futile effort… And seemed like it would take a huge amount of effort to do so, further taking us away from the mainline quest.
So… instead, Caerdwyn decided to suddenly mirror more of Greg’s personality and adopt his staunch atheistic, anti-religion views, which would prove more difficult in the light that the gods really existed. Still worth the fight, though, dammit!
So if this scene was any indication of where Evayn was headed, all I wanted to do was get rid of her. ASAP.
The whole scene in fact upset me enough that it kind of took away from everything else in this session, like the stopped-up Builder well.
I wouldn’t say this one depressed me like Dun Crys, but it did “get” to me, actually making me feel angry when it was over… And then even more angry that I was getting so worked up about a storytelling game and fictional characters. SO I guess it was a success on that count!