Curse of Strahd dnd campaign

[SubPhil91]

Lucan laughs quietly, "There's no way I'm forgetting this place. No more sleeping in tents if we don't absolutely need to." He presses closer to Ireena and closes his eyes. Ireena doesn't respond, she starts snoring quietly as Quinn lays on her shoulder. Lucan smiles, "I wonder what those skulls were trying so hard to get her to agree to earlier.. They were talking to her for a while.i was getting a bit nervous that she'd end up accepting whatever it was."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn nods "yeah. I was worried about it too. i sent her an image of her chastising me for putting myself at risk for the group and her asking me how you'd all live with yourself if something bad happened to me. i think that snapped her out of it."

 

[SubPhil91]

"At least you were able to snap her out of it before she did anything. You made me worry enough when you took one of the gifts. I understand why you did it, I do. But it still makes me nervous. Having negative energy in you, bringing people back from death.. It can take its toll on you. Just be careful when you use the powers. Hopefully you won't have to use them, but then we'd need to find some way to get the energy out of you."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn nods "I'll be careful. if we don't lose anyone to strahd then that can be our next quest. trying to figure out a way to siphon it off" she keeps her fingers tangled in his, taking some comfort just from the presence of him. "you and I, at least, have decades to figure it out."

 

[SubPhil91]

He smiles and squeezes her hand gently. "We will definitely figure it out. Even if it takes a while. Maybe a high level wizard can take care of it. That might cost a bit, but its an option." He sighs and looks at Ireena already fast sleep. "Its always sad thinking about how she doesn't have nearly as much time as either of us.."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn nods "its a concern of mine as well. soon enough she will be old and we will be young... and soon enough I will be old and you will be young. she will be a moment in your life and i will be a year of it" she cups his cheek and looks into his eyes for a moment "i hope you remember us fondly, in the centuries to come."

 

[SubPhil91]

He frowns and sighs and runs his hand over hers before squeezing it gently. "I know I will. It'll be sad when you're both gone, but at least I'll get more time with you. But I'll definitely remember both of you. And this crazy ass journey we've all been on. The craziness that started in a tavern a month ago. Still not the longest quest I've been on, but its not over yet. Its definitely probably my favorite quest I've been on though. You two have made it much better."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn smiles at that "well im glad" she leans in and kisses his cheek, then settles in next to Ireena. she rests her head against her shoulder, then closes her eyes and drifts off

 

[SubPhil91]

Lucan smiles and drifts off shortly after Quinn. The night is quiet, though Erlen keeps watch part of the night just in case. In the morning sunlight shines through the window and Ireena wakes up covering her eyes. She smiles and stretches before turning toward Quinn. Her hand runs over Quinn's back while she lightly kisses over her face. She tries to hold in her excitement seeing the sun, "Quinn, wake up. Come on wake up beautiful, the sun is out!"

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn can't help but smile at her enthusiasm, even if the sun isn't Ireena's sun, its a sun. she kisses her temple "let's go stand by the window so you can feel it" she keeps her voice low so they don't wake Lucan, but slips out of bed and moves over towards the window, holding out her arm for Ireena to come "come here. you can see it and ... perhaps in a few days we will all see it. every day that its not raining or snowing"

 

[SubPhil91]

Ireena smiles and is much less graceful getting out of bed. Lucan stirs but doesn't wake. She moves over to Quinn and takes her hand before standing in front of the window. She leans against Quinn and takes in the sunlight. She smiles as she looks outside and squints her eyes at the brightness. "Is it always so bright? Its almost blinding." She laughs quietly as the warm sunlight shines over both of the girls. Ireena closes her eyes just enjoying the moment standing next to Quinn in sunlight.

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn grins "depends on the time of year. in the Summer the sun is higher and it shines more brightly. in the winter its lower to the horizon and the light is more diffuse" she slips behind Ireena to hold her, and slides her arms around her under her chest. she rests her chin on her shoulder "you'll get used to it. eventually. its nice and warm though and it makes you feel good to be out in it, especially in the spring. less in the summer."

 

[SubPhil91]

Ireena runs her hands over Quinn's arms and leans back into her. "Hmm, well hopefully it won't take too long to get use to. And hopefully it won't burn me.. Last thing I need is my skin burning and not in a good way." She leans her head back on Quinn's shoulder. "If its winter there when we get back I'm gonna cry.. I swear. You will see tears."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn keeps herself wrapped in tight against Ireena for a few minutes, letting ehr soak in the sun "i won't let the mean old sun burn you" she is pretty fair skinned herself, being a ginger, so she's careful about too much sun. she kisses her girlfriend's temple, then sighs "much as I want to stay here forever...."

 

[SubPhil91]

Ireena sighs and nods, "I know.. We should get moving. We can come back at night, Strahd's castle is gonna take at least a full day to get to from here. We can take one more night to rest up before facing him. Make sure everything is ready before taking him on. We got this." Ireena turns around and kisses Quinn gently on the lips. "Should we wake up sleepy head and get some breakfast before heading out then?"

 

[siobhancan99]

QUinn nods "yeah, especially since we're in no great hurry. he's not gonna come out to face us at this point and we have the luxury of taking another day if we want" she starts getting dressed "lets grab a bite and head on out. the horses are cold even if we arent. getting moving will be good for them for sure."

 

[SubPhil91]

Ireena nods and gets dressed before waking up Lucan. You all get ready and head back into the main room where Erlen already has breakfast made. Some eggs and bacon with a few fruits to go with it. Marius and Ezmerelda come out of their room yawning and sit down to eat. Marius looks around and shakes his head. "Haven't we had this since Argynvostholt? Like.. We could have been staying warm and in comfy beds this whole time?" Ireena turns red and Erlen laughs. "Yeah, but the horses still have to stay out and its not always safe for them. Even if Ezmerelda can just summon another one. Its fine, we just have to make the most use out of it now that we know." You all eat a quick breakfast before heading out.

Quinn grabs the handle after everyone leaves and puts it away before you all head off. Around midday you see a cart on the side of the road carrying barrels of wine from the wizard of wines but no one around and no horses. Lucan looks at it before looking around the area. "That's odd, I wonder where the driver and horses went.."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn nods "i feel like this is a trap but if someone is in danger we should look around. can anyone here follow tracks?" she gets out of the carriage and sends asshat out to fly around and see what he can see

*bitch, its cold and im a lizard*

*wah fuckin wah*

 

[SubPhil91]

Erlen looks for some tracks before nodding and points off to the east. Asshat flies around and can see about three hundred feet east is a small farm with a field of scarecrows. The scarecrows look exactly like the one you ran into on the road before with metal claws for their hands. None of them move even when Asshat flies around. He sees a large, dead horse toward the farm but no sign of a driver anywhere.

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn groans "horse is dead. surrounded by those terrible scarecrow things. can't see the driver anywhere." she sighs "might be holed up at the farm....fuck. i dunno guys. lets get closer and see what we can see but... if theres a ton of those things we should get the fuck out of there"

 

[SubPhil91]

You all move a bit closer to the farm, Erlen leads the way. He follows the footsteps of two humanoids east through some trees. You can see about twenty of the scarecrows from here all spread about about thirty feet apart. Looking into the farms windows you can't see anything out of the ordinary. Lucan looks at Quinn, "Well.. Is twenty a ton of scarecrows to you?"

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn nods "twenty is a fucking ton of scarecrows. are there any tracks in the snow to indicate that anyone made it from the road to the farmhouse? if so maybe we try to figure out a route. if not then I say we move on. We have larger concerns and getting our asses handed to us on the cusp of victory is foolish. I want to save a life if we can save a life but not at the expense of saving everyone."

 

[SubPhil91]

Erlen looks through the snow and nods. "Someone definitely was taken to the farm from the road. But with how the scarecrows are spread out i don't know if there's really a safe way to get there.. And there could be more of them behind the farm, so its risky to get close without at least running around checking. But it's up to you Quinn, we can be careful of course. But we also don't want to do something stupid so close to going after Strahd.."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn swallows and feels a sinking in her chest "fuck" she sighs and looks around "no. you're right. we've come too far." she looks over at the farmhouse with a pang "we can save one person, or every other person. hell, we don't even know for sure that whoever was with that wagon is alive even now." she balls her hands into fists and looks up at the sky a moment, then turns reluctantly "lets get on the road"

 

[SubPhil91]

Erlen starts moving back toward the road without a second thought. Lucan hesitates before nodding and turning back. Ireena stares out over the field and barn and takes a few moments before heading back. You all head back to the carriage and wagon before heading off. You make it to a crossroad, you head east for a few hours before nightfall. Instead of seeing up camp the horses get tied up before getting the handle out and turning it to reveal the door to the cottage. Ireena stands outside looking up at the cloudy sky deep in thought. Lucan looks over raising an eyebrow but let's her have a moment before heading into the door following Marius, Ezmerelda, and Erlen. The moon is shining inside and smoke can be seen rising after Erlen lights a fire in the large fireplace to start dinner.