Zensiro responds to Dmitri with a skeptical tone.  "Amelia's right.  If Titania waged war on the Gloaming Court, quicklings would suffer tremendously.  Also, I can't recall any time when Titania has been goaded into war by her sister directly, let alone by a saboteur such as you.  What makes you think your effort will be any more successful?"

Dmitri seems at a loss for words and pauses to consider.

Snapdragon says,

 Parsnip rolls his eyes, and Dmitri turns to the princess, anger glittering in his countenance.  "You... 'insist'?" he says in Common, "Really? You spoiled brat, you represent everything I detest about the Seelie.  So self-centered and self-righteous.  I no longer require your help!"  With this, he casts a dagger at the pixie, and disappears in a blur of movement toward the end of the branch.

Parsnip, having sensed something about to happen when the quickling began to speak, had already leaped to place himself between Dmitri and his target, and the dagger strikes him instead, full in the chest, and he groans and falls over the side of the branch, toward the ground.  Snapdragon shrieks in terror.

What do you do?

If he is practically able to, Zensiro will attempt to leap forward and grab Parsnip.  (If not, maybe he'll cast goodberry and throw one expertly into Parsnip's mouth as he plummets, hoping it will revive him and allow him to fly prior to crashing into the ground, which would surely kill him.  ;-)

Acrobatics 19

(Seriously though, if Parsnip can't possibly be caught before falling, Zensiro will use his longbow to attack Dmitri with a fury rarely seen from the elf.)

Longbow - attack vs. Dmitri: 12, damage (piercing): 12 w/Favored Foe

 If Malichi has the opportunity as he sees parsnip hit he'll try to use the grappling hook to snag him as he starts to fall

Slight of Hand: 10 (OOC seems a long shot but it's all he's got)

For a millisecond, everyone has the quickling perspective, as things seem to be happening in slow motion.  Zensiro lunges for Parsnip, but can't quite reach him.  Malichi tosses a rope (with a large iron hook attached) in the direction of the falling sprite, but it sails past his limp hands. Parsnip slowly disappears from sight over the edge of the branch. Snapdragon's mouth is frozen in an "O" shape as she screams, her eyes wide with fright.

(Will give Cerlinde, Amelia and anyone else another 12 hours or so to chip in before we continue).

Cerlinde attempts to throw one end of her rope at the falling sprite.. 18 to hit

Cerlinde, having slightly better aim than the tiefling, manages to hit Parsnip in the nose with her rope, however he is too distracted to catch it, so it only adds insult to his injury.

The frozen moment thaws, and things begin to happen very quickly.  Snapdragon snaps out of her stupor and leaps over the side, head down, plummeting after the sprite, screaming his name.  Zensiro fires a retaliatory arrow at the rapidly receding quickling, but the shot sails wide.  Your sense is that the creature is going to try to flee with the chrysalis.  You have noticed, however that he does not have wings.

(Everyone make an Insight check)

Insight: 15

Insight: 14

Amelia has the tactical realization come to her, that if AGGE were parked crosswise across the branch, the quickling would have his escape route cut off.

Zensiro calls out, "We must protect the chrysalis!  Dmitri mustn't get away!", and starts to dash wherever his insight or his more insightful party members lead him.  He will have his fey step prepared to close the distance to Dmitri or the chrysalis if necessary.

Insight 16

Cerlinde insight 12 

Cerlinde Hexes the quickling (disadvantage DEX). and tries to shoot it with a firebolt.

17 to hit

3 fire plus 5 hex damage if hit.

 The quickling is already 240 feet away at the far end of the branch, out of range of almost every spell.  Zensiro comes to the same conclusion as Amelia, and rushes back to AGGE to try to maneuver it to cut off Dmitri's escape route.

Zensiro looks at Amelia and, recognizing that they are having similar thoughts, nods silently and dashes toward the AGGE.  "If we can just make it to the AGGE in time, we should be able to block that speedy little devil!", he thinks to himself.  Again, Zensiro is ready to fey step if he perceives that Dmitri will overtake them.  (So Zensiro can move up to 90 ft. this round.)

Passive WIS (Perception) 20

Malichi is going to put himself between Dmitri and Zensiro, Amelia and Aggie and try to catch his gaze, give him the "dead black eyes"

Intimidation: 24 

and he shakes it off

Zensiro is able to make it back to the vehicle without using his fey step, and fires up the propulsion.  Malichi glowers at the distant quickling, who fails to notice.

Zensiro steers the AGGE into place, blocking passage over the branch, puts it in park, engages the emergency brake, removes the key, steps out, closes and locks the door, securely stashes the key in his pouch, and draws his bow menacingly.

No sooner does Zensiro exit the vehicle than Dmitri reappears once more, skidding to a halt in front of the elf.  He looks around in confusion as he notices he is surrounded.  He is holding the chrysalis in his arms, a 6-foot tall pure white cylindrical object that glitters when the sunlight touches it, and positions it as a shield against possible projectiles.  He moves closer to the edge of the branch, saying, "Let me by or I'll toss it over the side".

Zensiro thinks to himself, "It sure would be nice to have a spellcaster's help in this situation, or maybe someone incredibly charismatic to persuade him to hand over the chrysalis!"  ;-)

“Give it to us, and no harm will come to you,  just lie down there and rest a bit” Cerlinde says.   She casts sleep (2nd level) on the quickling-  for 37 hit points affected.