Rick gently prods his middle to make sure she is still there while turning to shield her a bit from Breldo.
"Rick knows people don't have wings! Lower horse bodies like Rick's friend Khond, yes, wings like naked invisible butterfly lady, no. Though, Rick also knew people couldn't turn invisible like naked invisible butterfly lady does, so Rick could be convinced Rick supposes."
Rick then considers the next part of her comment,
"Rick is great with deals! Who is naked invisible butterfly lady's boss and how can naked invisible butterfly lady's boss make people invisible?"
He then pauses, brow furrowing and asks,
"Where would naked invisible butterfly lady go if Rick let naked invisible butterfly lady go? Is this place full of naked invisible butterfly ladies?"
Oren watches everything with a slight frown. "Not as bad as what could have happened, but not exactly great." he says to himself or the party? He then continues to Ms Wings, "I'm glad that you can talk. I am Oren. We are just a bit confused as we have never seen anyone like you, or anyone with wings."
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Asimi likewise watches the whole debacle play out. While the mention of a lord gets her interest, Rick's subsequent list of questions prevents her from needing to ask herself.
With the others seemingly already keeping their intruder detained in place, Asimi's attention instead turns to the surrounding area with the intent of scanning for anything else strange that might be around.
Sylvera looks at the repetrified elf with a hint of sadness in her eyes. ...there went her only source of information, and perhaps a life too. She sighs, then frowns upon noticing what's going on with the rest of the group?
"What. Is that.?"She says, frowning at their newfound prisoner. "Why is she so small and..." her eyes go wide when the small woman disappears. "Magic..." She moves closer, eyeing Rick and saying, "We've got to get her better cloths. And... what are you called? ...Small one..."She frowns at the naked lady. "Who is this lord you mentioned?"
At going invisible, likely to the contrary of what the butterfly girl wants, she's showered in attention first. She's invisible so it's hard to tell, but her head must be spinning through all of it.
"Yeah! Make a deal with my boss and he can give you magic! He's much easier to deal with than some of the other ones! Rather than selling your soul or be forced to do all kinds of annoying tasks, he just wants you to be funny!"
There is some squirming as she clearly doesn't like being tied like this.
"Look, I promise to not run away if you let me go, okay? As long as you don't start threatening me again or anything at least," she says, and then turns to Oren as he introduces himself. Or presumably looks at him. Still invisible.
"... I'm Sylvia. And come on, maybe you've not seen fae before but surely you've seen dragons, or angels, or demons, or..."
To Sylvera she reintroduces herself as Sylvia.
"My lord is the arch fey of course! I'd happily put in a good word if you let me go! Erm... Though I'll be honest that I'm not sure where I am, so it might be a bit hard to find them... But, hey, if you point me in the right direction all the more credit to you!"
Breldo asks his question next, as she seems to think for a moment. She sounds earnest enough, but it's hard to tell.
"Sac? Erm... I think so, yeah. I'm really not sure what happened. It's like..."
Her voice tears up slightly as she continues. She sounds scared.
"It's like... I woke up from a long dream, but it was so, so dark. I couldn't see anything. And there were so many voices, screaming, rambling, incoherent - so, so I screamed to be quiet, and..."
"I think they left, then. I just remember waking up down there later. Some place I don't recognize, with all these creepy statues, and the air is all yucky..."
"...But I think there might have been some kind of thing like that, yes. I'm not sure."
Asimi takes the time to watch out for anything else happening while everyone else is distracted, but nothing seems up.
Khond has been trying very hard to control himself, but finally loses it, prancing in place as he speaks at a pace one may expect to bite their tongue at. "I can't believe it, she can't actually talk, I mean I can believe it of course, I was expecting that to be the case, but I couldn't get my hopes up too much. What are you? Where are you from? No, WHEN are you from? Is that magic? What does it feel like to use magic? How are you still able to use it? Comedy said there was almost no magic left. Oh, what about this Archfey, you said you use magic from a contract, does that mean they're still around, or is the magic just yours now because of the contract?"
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When Nuria finally wakes up, she is completely confused at why everyone seems to have gathered around Rick. Did he do something to himself? Well that wouldn't be surprising. Then she hears an unfamiliar voice. There's someone new?
Slowly, she approaches the group, only managing to get a slight glimpse of the butterfly lady. Her eyes widen when she realizes that that little person was probably the thing inside the sac, and they widen farther when the naked, now invisible butterfly lady confirms it.
"D-dragons?"She stutters, not even managing to repeat angel's and demons before her mouth goes dry. Her mouth opens and closes a few times with no words leaving her lips. Clearly this archfey is that comedy guy. She can't imagine a demon willing to make a pact for anything but a soul, and the fact that she said her master only wants her to be funny...well that's all the answer she needs. She looks at Khond when the centaur starts bombarding the poor naked lady with questions.
Nuria seems to feel bad for the girl, but also seems equally terrified of her.
"He just wants you to be funny,"Sylvera says bluntly. "He doesn't go by the name Comedy does he?" She sounds extremely un-thrilled about this possible revelation. "If so, I am afraid he is no longer around, at least... I don't think he is. We had a brief conversation with what apparently was just a puppet, and also just a remnant of him." She looks to Asimi, who she apparently assumes is the local Comedy expert.
Swinging her attention back to the group, Asimi listens to the fairy explain herself, drawing the same conclusions that the others have in the meanwhile.
"We found something in the basement," She began to explain the sac, spider, and broken machinery to the others, "We ultimately decided to just let it be and move on... I figured the spider would have gotten her." Though, given her ability to turn invisible, it probably wasn't too hard to get away from it.
She didn't miss the look Sylvera was giving her either, which she returned with a nod of her head before looking back at Sylvia, "If her master is Comedy as well, then we're on the same side. She may be able to aid us," She suggested, waiting for the barrage of questions to end before possibly asking her own.
'Or she's abandoned too...' Asimi thought bitterly to herself.
Breldo no longer has his crossbow pointed at Rick and his new friend, but circles the greasy feline, looking for and muttering about the mirrors she must be employing to make herself appear to vanish. "Busker with... box.... coin.... mirrors..."
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Seeing that the immediate threat of being shot is gone, Sylvia hesitantly seems to turn visible again. Which allows everyone to see her rather distressed, overwhelmed visage at so many people asking so many questions, all at once.
"I can't believe it, she can't actually talk, I mean I can believe it of course, I was expecting that to be the case, but I couldn't get my hopes up too much. What are you? Where are you from? No, WHEN are you from? Is that magic? What does it feel like to use magic? How are you still able to use it? Comedy said there was almost no magic left. Oh, what about this Archfey, you said you use magic from a contract, does that mean they're still around, or is the magic just yours now because of the contract?"
"Wha... What are some of these questions even?! You're not making sense! I'm just a sprite, I come from the glade, but what do you mean... What do you mean when? What do you mean there's no magic left? Is that why the air is like all... Dull and weird? Everyone can use magic right? I mean, you might need some practice, or some help, but-"
She glances at Nuria when the girl seems to give a rather distressed reaction at the mention of the word dragon, but is quickly taken aback with more questioning, and postulating.
"He just wants you to be funny,"Sylvera says bluntly. "He doesn't go by the name Comedy does he?"
"Oh, that is one of the masks he uses, yeah! You saw him? He must have liked you! Otherwise, you'd probably look all funny, or even get turned into a musical instrument or something silly! Or is one of you missing your name..? I can help get it back you know-"
(Are you Asimi?)
As Sylvia says those words, you are hit with a vivid flash of memory, though it is one that does not fit in her other memories, completely alien in both space and time to what she knows. A memory of her frustrated self, grabbing a mandolin from a pedestal, and smashing it.
"If so, I am afraid he is no longer around, at least... I don't think he is. We had a brief conversation with what apparently was just a puppet, and also just a remnant of him."
"I... Oh, you're just confused, he always uses puppets! I don't think many people have ever seen the real him!"
Swinging her attention back to the group, Asimi listens to the fairy explain herself, drawing the same conclusions that the others have in the meanwhile.
"We found something in the basement," She began to explain the sac, spider, and broken machinery to the others, "We ultimately decided to just let it be and move on... I figured the spider would have gotten her." Though, given her ability to turn invisible, it probably wasn't too hard to get away from it.
She didn't miss the look Sylvera was giving her either, which she returned with a nod of her head before looking back at Sylvia, "If her master is Comedy as well, then we're on the same side. She may be able to aid us," She suggested, waiting for the barrage of questions to end before possibly asking her own.
'Or she's abandoned too...' Asimi thought bitterly to herself.
She listens attentively as Asimi provides at least some feedback as to what happened, but gets a somewhat worried expression near the end of her statements.
"Well, lord more than master, but... Look, I'm not sure how I ended up here, I was just..."
There's a pause, and the sprite turns slightly pale, then she continues.
"I... I'm pretty sure all of you know more of what's going on than me. I'll answer questions and help or whatever, but can you just let me out of this wrap already? I'm getting all greasy-"
Rick confides. When mentions she's getting greasy,
"Sylvia is welcome! Rick can add some more to Sylvia? Also Rick thinks Sylvia is nice, but Rick also thinks Sylvia will disappear the second Rick let's Sylvia go."
"You did? Oh, he must have really liked you, then."
"And where would I even go? I admit I was hesitant at first to stick around at first, but you don't seem like... Bad, folk. Just ones that ask weird and annoying questions..."
When there is a lull in the conversation Oren says, "We ask weird questions, because, until a few days ago, none of us had seen magic. Now we have seen loads of it. Magic green Goo that heals, Magic ships and music, Magic gods called Comedy, Flying magic small ladies, People turning into stone and then back to flesh and then stone again." After saying all that he just puts his hands up in wonder.
"So, magic seems to have been a thing of a long time ago. Is it now something that is coming back?"
Breldo throws his arms up in disgust. Have they all gone mad? One charlatan and Rick forgetting his name, and now they're all believing in ✨ magic✨ ...
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"Rick is very likeable friend Sylvia! Also, friend Sylvia is not doing a good job convincing Rick that Sylvia won't just disappear once Rick released Sylvia."
He will gently rub oil into her hair as he talks and she responds to Oren.
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Rick gently prods his middle to make sure she is still there while turning to shield her a bit from Breldo.
"Rick knows people don't have wings! Lower horse bodies like Rick's friend Khond, yes, wings like naked invisible butterfly lady, no. Though, Rick also knew people couldn't turn invisible like naked invisible butterfly lady does, so Rick could be convinced Rick supposes."
Rick then considers the next part of her comment,
"Rick is great with deals! Who is naked invisible butterfly lady's boss and how can naked invisible butterfly lady's boss make people invisible?"
He then pauses, brow furrowing and asks,
"Where would naked invisible butterfly lady go if Rick let naked invisible butterfly lady go? Is this place full of naked invisible butterfly ladies?"
Oren watches everything with a slight frown. "Not as bad as what could have happened, but not exactly great." he says to himself or the party? He then continues to Ms Wings, "I'm glad that you can talk. I am Oren. We are just a bit confused as we have never seen anyone like you, or anyone with wings."
Asimi likewise watches the whole debacle play out. While the mention of a lord gets her interest, Rick's subsequent list of questions prevents her from needing to ask herself.
With the others seemingly already keeping their intruder detained in place, Asimi's attention instead turns to the surrounding area with the intent of scanning for anything else strange that might be around.
Perception: 19
Sylvera looks at the repetrified elf with a hint of sadness in her eyes. ...there went her only source of information, and perhaps a life too. She sighs, then frowns upon noticing what's going on with the rest of the group?
"What. Is that.?" She says, frowning at their newfound prisoner. "Why is she so small and..." her eyes go wide when the small woman disappears. "Magic..." She moves closer, eyeing Rick and saying, "We've got to get her better cloths. And... what are you called? ...Small one..." She frowns at the naked lady. "Who is this lord you mentioned?"
Breldo is trying to gauge the words of the naked butterfly lady, having lowered his crossbow when she disappeared... mirrors or lenses or something?
Insight: 8
"Were you the being inside the sac in the basement of the mausoleum full of stone elves?"
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
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At going invisible, likely to the contrary of what the butterfly girl wants, she's showered in attention first. She's invisible so it's hard to tell, but her head must be spinning through all of it.
"Yeah! Make a deal with my boss and he can give you magic! He's much easier to deal with than some of the other ones! Rather than selling your soul or be forced to do all kinds of annoying tasks, he just wants you to be funny!"
There is some squirming as she clearly doesn't like being tied like this.
"Look, I promise to not run away if you let me go, okay? As long as you don't start threatening me again or anything at least," she says, and then turns to Oren as he introduces himself. Or presumably looks at him. Still invisible.
"... I'm Sylvia. And come on, maybe you've not seen fae before but surely you've seen dragons, or angels, or demons, or..."
To Sylvera she reintroduces herself as Sylvia.
"My lord is the arch fey of course! I'd happily put in a good word if you let me go! Erm... Though I'll be honest that I'm not sure where I am, so it might be a bit hard to find them... But, hey, if you point me in the right direction all the more credit to you!"
Breldo asks his question next, as she seems to think for a moment. She sounds earnest enough, but it's hard to tell.
"Sac? Erm... I think so, yeah. I'm really not sure what happened. It's like..."
Her voice tears up slightly as she continues. She sounds scared.
"It's like... I woke up from a long dream, but it was so, so dark. I couldn't see anything. And there were so many voices, screaming, rambling, incoherent - so, so I screamed to be quiet, and..."
"I think they left, then. I just remember waking up down there later. Some place I don't recognize, with all these creepy statues, and the air is all yucky..."
"...But I think there might have been some kind of thing like that, yes. I'm not sure."
Asimi takes the time to watch out for anything else happening while everyone else is distracted, but nothing seems up.
Khond has been trying very hard to control himself, but finally loses it, prancing in place as he speaks at a pace one may expect to bite their tongue at. "I can't believe it, she can't actually talk, I mean I can believe it of course, I was expecting that to be the case, but I couldn't get my hopes up too much. What are you? Where are you from? No, WHEN are you from? Is that magic? What does it feel like to use magic? How are you still able to use it? Comedy said there was almost no magic left. Oh, what about this Archfey, you said you use magic from a contract, does that mean they're still around, or is the magic just yours now because of the contract?"
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When Nuria finally wakes up, she is completely confused at why everyone seems to have gathered around Rick. Did he do something to himself? Well that wouldn't be surprising. Then she hears an unfamiliar voice. There's someone new?
Slowly, she approaches the group, only managing to get a slight glimpse of the butterfly lady. Her eyes widen when she realizes that that little person was probably the thing inside the sac, and they widen farther when the naked, now invisible butterfly lady confirms it.
"D-dragons?" She stutters, not even managing to repeat angel's and demons before her mouth goes dry. Her mouth opens and closes a few times with no words leaving her lips. Clearly this archfey is that comedy guy. She can't imagine a demon willing to make a pact for anything but a soul, and the fact that she said her master only wants her to be funny...well that's all the answer she needs. She looks at Khond when the centaur starts bombarding the poor naked lady with questions.
Nuria seems to feel bad for the girl, but also seems equally terrified of her.
"He just wants you to be funny," Sylvera says bluntly. "He doesn't go by the name Comedy does he?" She sounds extremely un-thrilled about this possible revelation. "If so, I am afraid he is no longer around, at least... I don't think he is. We had a brief conversation with what apparently was just a puppet, and also just a remnant of him." She looks to Asimi, who she apparently assumes is the local Comedy expert.
Rick basks in the second hand attention.
Swinging her attention back to the group, Asimi listens to the fairy explain herself, drawing the same conclusions that the others have in the meanwhile.
"We found something in the basement," She began to explain the sac, spider, and broken machinery to the others, "We ultimately decided to just let it be and move on... I figured the spider would have gotten her." Though, given her ability to turn invisible, it probably wasn't too hard to get away from it.
She didn't miss the look Sylvera was giving her either, which she returned with a nod of her head before looking back at Sylvia, "If her master is Comedy as well, then we're on the same side. She may be able to aid us," She suggested, waiting for the barrage of questions to end before possibly asking her own.
'Or she's abandoned too...' Asimi thought bitterly to herself.
Breldo no longer has his crossbow pointed at Rick and his new friend, but circles the greasy feline, looking for and muttering about the mirrors she must be employing to make herself appear to vanish. "Busker with... box.... coin.... mirrors..."
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Rick watches Breldo's breakdown with polite curiosity.
His eyes are barely visible under furrowed bushy eyebrows, and he's muttering like a street corner madman.
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Seeing that the immediate threat of being shot is gone, Sylvia hesitantly seems to turn visible again. Which allows everyone to see her rather distressed, overwhelmed visage at so many people asking so many questions, all at once.
"Wha... What are some of these questions even?! You're not making sense! I'm just a sprite, I come from the glade, but what do you mean... What do you mean when? What do you mean there's no magic left? Is that why the air is like all... Dull and weird? Everyone can use magic right? I mean, you might need some practice, or some help, but-"
She glances at Nuria when the girl seems to give a rather distressed reaction at the mention of the word dragon, but is quickly taken aback with more questioning, and postulating.
"Oh, that is one of the masks he uses, yeah! You saw him? He must have liked you! Otherwise, you'd probably look all funny, or even get turned into a musical instrument or something silly! Or is one of you missing your name..? I can help get it back you know-"
(Are you Asimi?)
As Sylvia says those words, you are hit with a vivid flash of memory, though it is one that does not fit in her other memories, completely alien in both space and time to what she knows. A memory of her frustrated self, grabbing a mandolin from a pedestal, and smashing it.
"I... Oh, you're just confused, he always uses puppets! I don't think many people have ever seen the real him!"
She listens attentively as Asimi provides at least some feedback as to what happened, but gets a somewhat worried expression near the end of her statements.
"Well, lord more than master, but... Look, I'm not sure how I ended up here, I was just..."
There's a pause, and the sprite turns slightly pale, then she continues.
"I... I'm pretty sure all of you know more of what's going on than me. I'll answer questions and help or whatever, but can you just let me out of this wrap already? I'm getting all greasy-"
"Comedy took Rick's name, but Rick got it back."
Rick confides. When mentions she's getting greasy,
"Sylvia is welcome! Rick can add some more to Sylvia? Also Rick thinks Sylvia is nice, but Rick also thinks Sylvia will disappear the second Rick let's Sylvia go."
"You did? Oh, he must have really liked you, then."
"And where would I even go? I admit I was hesitant at first to stick around at first, but you don't seem like... Bad, folk. Just ones that ask weird and annoying questions..."
When there is a lull in the conversation Oren says, "We ask weird questions, because, until a few days ago, none of us had seen magic. Now we have seen loads of it. Magic green Goo that heals, Magic ships and music, Magic gods called Comedy, Flying magic small ladies, People turning into stone and then back to flesh and then stone again." After saying all that he just puts his hands up in wonder.
"So, magic seems to have been a thing of a long time ago. Is it now something that is coming back?"
Breldo throws his arms up in disgust. Have they all gone mad? One charlatan and Rick forgetting his name, and now they're all believing in ✨ magic✨ ...
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
"Rick is very likeable friend Sylvia! Also, friend Sylvia is not doing a good job convincing Rick that Sylvia won't just disappear once Rick released Sylvia."
He will gently rub oil into her hair as he talks and she responds to Oren.