ToA: Session 20

Botanical Adventures
After last times major reveal by Kwayothe, the party decided to continue their charm offensive elsewhere. Deciding Jesamie is next on the list, her manor is the next stop. Although calling it a manor might be a bit of an overstatement, as it was basically a big plant nursery. It is however an open secret that more then just plants are sold there. Trying to convince the workers Sanji and Fuma that we need to see Jesamie goes less than smoothly, since they are addament that she is not to be disturbed. Sanji gets Fuma to show us the plants, and when he gets annoyed by us describing the black lotus, Bucket loses his cool. He threatens the poor man obstacle, saying his mistress will want to he what we have to say. He quickly scurries off, but after a while it becomes apparent that instead of getting his mistress, he chose to hide in fear out back. So D-Squad decide to take matters into their own hands, making their way to the back of the nursery.

Going past the somewhat obvious boundary into the private space, the squad reach a secluded bench in front of a towering hedge. Deciding that a hedge is to mighty a foe to face, they forgo the usual habit of burning everything to the ground, and instead send Neb up top to take a look. Beyond the impenetrable hedge lies a vast area of overgrowth, with a small overgrown house at the end. While these may be illusions, the house, and presumably Jesamie, seem unapproachable. Before Making his way down, Neb spots trouble brewing. Turns out Fuma told Sanji of our little scuffle, who in turn called the guards. D-Squad, being rational people, immediately scattered, and attempted to sneak past the coming guards. All but Daedalus make it, and he now has to confront them. Luckily, it turns out the guard captain is Aran, whom we helped yesterday. Sanji starts tearing into Daedalus, and Aran counters that Daedalus is a good man, and surely this is all a big misunderstanding. Daedalus promptly denies any wrong had happened, and while he is not thrown in prison, he comes off as a major asshole. Having succesfully escaped the unnecessarily uncomfortable situation, Daedalus makes his way make to a rather smug party.