Curse of Strahd dnd campaign

[siobhancan99]

Quinn hmmms as she sees the eye glow again "um, babe. your eye is doing this thing where it flashes silver" she bites her lip "I uh. i didnt like, break any vows of yours uh. bringing you um. back. i mean you worship a death god i... probably should have asked if you have some sort of prohibition against that." she brushes her hand through her hair and looks uncomfortable a moment "we know there are prisoners too yeah. we gotta find that little psychopath from Vallaki at least"

 

[SubPhil91]

Lucan raises an eyebrow, "Flashes of silver? Weird.. I mean, I wasn't dead long.. Probably wasn't the best thing to come back, but I'm sure it'll be alright. I've still been able to use my magic, so I think everything's okay for now. Its something to worry about later. Right now we need to focus on everything else." He leans over and kisses Quinn's cheek. "Do you need some more time to heal up? I can try wrapping up some of your wounds if you need it. From all the blood I'm guessing I should huh?" He doesn't even wait for a response before he starts wrapping bandages around Quinn. "Wow, I forgot about that little kid from Vallaki.."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn nods "maybe ill use the wish from the sword to wish for no negative repercussions from my raising the dead. should be a nice coverall" she winces as lucan starts binding her wounds "ow. god. we need a second cleric for more healing" she jokes, in part a little loopy from blood loss. she can feel tired, achingly tired. all the adrenaline she's been running on gone from strahd's death "cant.... god i ... why cant we just camp" she groans "i hate this. isn't the death of the big bad supposed to cause sponatenous joyful and exhuberant rioting from a liberated populace? where's the damn cavalry of torch wielding peasants? have bards been lying to me my whole life?"

 

[SubPhil91]

Lucan laughs as he finishes bandaging Quinn. "I mean, sometimes that happens. But since we didn't really tell anyone we were coming here today to kill him, no one knows. Kind of hard to get an angry mob here that way. Trying to put me out of a job by getting a better cleric?" He smiles and stands up to stretch. "I mean, we could just hide off in the cottage and let you rest up a bit. I'm sure everyone else can use it, and I doubt anyone in this castle is going anywhere any time soon. Otherwise we should keep pressing on."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn facepalms "yeah. fuck. the door" she laughs and shakes her head "how many times cna i forget we have a magical retreat?" she shakes her head "lets get a good night's sleep. if there are other spawn in the castle we should be prepared to find them down here in the morning, if the sun is out. if. hopefully."

 

[SubPhil91]

Lucan laughs and nods, "We were just there, I don't know how you forgot already." Quinn takes out the doorknob shapped like a dragon and presses it to the wall. She turns it and unlocks the door to the cottage. Everyone has inside and Ireena starts to cook some food for everyone since she's not injured. "You all actually did it, hes gone.. The sun will actually shine again in this land, not that I plan on staying long to see it here! Still though, hundreds of years of him ruling.. You all finally defeated him, the people of this land are in debt to you. There will be bards shouting Mighty Quinn from the rooftops when they find out what you've done." She smiles as she cooks off some rabbit and vegetables. Erlen takes a seat in a chair by the fire and Lucan heads over to check out his arm. Marius and Ezmerelda take a seat on the couch and relax. Lucan turns to Quinn, "You know, he would still be tormenting people for years.. If not longer if it weren't for you. You're the one that started all of this, its thanks to you this place is free."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn groans. The Mighty Quinn thing seems a lot less funny now that its true and not just a big laugh. she rests her head on her hand, her normal ginger paleness more an unhealthy pallor of blood loss and exhaustion. she runs her fingers through her hair "Marius got us started. I just... helped. you're all very kind" she smiles at them, looking over at Lucan and then at Ireena. she hopes for the girl's sake that the sun is coming back, and that the vampire referenced in the book of Strahd isn't just going to take his place or some shit. Still at least that guy won't be obsessed with ireena so... small victories. and at least they can see the sun in here. "you were all necessary. missing even one of us and we couldn't have done it. this is a team job. even if later i will claim all the credit."

 

[SubPhil91]

Ireena laughs as she cooks, "Yes, I was totally essential. I did so much to help in that fight. Strahd's one true weakness, a helpless little white rabbit." She sighs and finishes cooking, bringing everyone some food. Marius shrugs, "I just did what my I was told to do and find some adventurers. I guess I just happened to find the best one to start. I appreciate all you've done. Its not going to be a quick process but things will get better around here. I know it." You all eat a quick meal, too exhausted and sore to really celebrate such a great victory. Lucan looks around at everyone, "We are having a huge party when we are all healed up. We need to celebrate what we have done. We've made enough money to spend a month off just relaxing and then some."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn nods "we should do it at the winery. or that lovely inn in vallaki" she smiles and rests her hand on Ireena's "you kept us all going. we're all in this together" she sighs and eats a little, drained emotionally and physically. feeling like they should be far more exhuberant, and when the sun comes back up and they know for real its over, she knows they will be. for now though, she takes her aching body upstairs to try to sleep. She strips out of her clothes and curls up on the bed, drained, exhausted.

*admit it you have no idea what to do with yourself*

*theres the..*

*cleanup. that's cleanup work quinn. you're never going to top this*

*maybe i don't have to top it*

*how mature of you.*

Quinn looks over at asshat, mulling if that's snark or a compliment, then falls to an uneasy sleep

 

[SubPhil91]

A little while passes before Ireena and Lucan head up to sleep. They both get in bed carefully trying not to wake Quinn. Lucan quietly heals Quinn a little more before trying to get some sleep. Ireena wraps an arm around Quinn before drifting off. Everyone sleeps in the next morning, not wanting to get out of bed. From uneasy sleep to just trying to sleep off injuries from the battle. Finally the sunlight from outside wakes up Ireena and Lucan, but they do their best to keep their voices down to not wake Quinn up.

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn stirs eventually, listening to them talk. she imagines a world where they all live in a cute little cottage and she wakes up like this every morning. For the first time since the battle she feels like maybe this is all real. she keeps her eyes closed, just listening to them for a long time, then opens them "well. you're here" she smiles "i guess we did it." she presses her ass back against Lucan and slips her arm over Ireena "it feels so much more real here, in this artificial sun, than it did last night you know?" she traces her fingers along the girl's side "i mean, we still have to go check and see if the sun is really back, do some cleanup around here. look for his supporters that might be in the castle and i feel like im setting myself up for disappointment but..." she trails off "we fucking did it, we fucking did it. WE FUCKING DID IT!" she shouts, finally allowing herself to really revel in the accomplishment "we fucking saved Ireena, even if we didnt bring the sun back.we fucking did it" she smiles and rolls onto her back "you're fucking free my love. you're fucking free" she looks over to Lucan "and you're still dead sexy so. you know. all around its a pretty good fucking morning" she sighs and brushes her hair back "we should wash up and have breakfast with the others and just take some time to fucking breathe you know? monsters will wait till the afternoon, if they havent slunk off already"

 

[SubPhil91]

Ireena smiles at Quinn's excitement and squeezes her hand. "Of course I'm here, where else would I be? I know we have some cleanup to do, and we should check the castle out to see if anyone else is here. But that can definitely wait until later. For now a are just relaxing, you still need to heal up anyway. We did it, well, really you all did it. But it's over, he's dead!" Ireena turns around to face Quinn before kissing her lightly. She runs her fingers softly over Quinn's body. "I'm free thanks to you. You amazing, beautiful woman, you saved me from that monster. Now I'm free to venture off with you two and see real sights and have fun without worrying about a psychopath taking me."

Lucan presses back against Quinn as she presses against him. "Of course we fucking did it, I knew we would! We rid this land of that horrible monster, saved Ireena, and ended that bastards stupidly long life. You also saved my ass and Ezmerelda's. This was all thanks to you, even if you had a little help. It was all because of you Quinn." He shakes his head and laughs quietly. "Still not as sexy as you though. It is a nice morning though, we didn't want to wake you up, figured you should sleep in some. We are going to rid the castle of any stragglers, but we won't be disappointed when we leave here. Our lives changed here, that's not a bad thing. Even though it's an artificial sun, it still feels nice, and we will see the real sun soon enough."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn nods "it is amazing. and hopefully we walk out of here and up the steps and through the ruined windows we see clear blue sky. Then we ride down to Vallaki and be all "We did it mother fuckers! yeah!" and we party liek there's no tomorrow. though, there is a tomorrow because we have loot. fat stacks of loot." she runs her fingers through Ireena's hair, then tugs her in for a long kiss before letting her go and turning to kiss Lucan, her hand raking nails along his chest "and yeah. we should get up soon and do some cleanup, because then we can have a parade or some shit. frolic in some wildflowers. whatever. eat some fucking bread."

 

[SubPhil91]

Ireena smiles after the long kiss with Quinn. "And we still have more loot around here to find! I know that wasn't all of it! And I'm sure we will see some bread somewhere in the castle. He did have humans here after all. So we can steal some and then grab some good bread in Vallaki." She cuddles into Quinn and runs her fingers lightly over her stomach. Lucan runs his fingers through Quinn's hair as he kisses her. "A parade huh? Maybe we will get one once we show up in Valladolid and let them know what happened. Maybe that stupid Baron will ditch town when the citizens realize he's no longer a symbol of hope. Even if it was fake hope."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn leans into Lucan's touch and brushes her hand over Ireena's "a parade. and bread. but mostly a parade. hail the conquering heroes and all that. i feel like its the least anyone could do for us." she smiles "then we can start the process of mopping up some of the other problems around here, go out with most of the shit taken care of, top of our game"

 

[SubPhil91]

Ireena nods and squeezes Quinn's hand. "I think Marius plans on staying behind to make sure things go smoothly once we leave. I could be wrong, that's what he's been saying for a while now though. I'm sure Vallaki will throw a parade now that Strahd is dead though. Everyone has been waiting for this moment for so long. All the sweets they are going to give me..." Lucan smiles and keeps his fingers running through Quinn's hair. "I guess we will see once we make it to Vallaki. Hopefully the sun is actually out, otherwise we really have no proof we killed him.."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn shrugs "if it isn't out, we figure it out" she turns and kisses him, tugging on his lower lip and then nestling in against him "not too many sweets though babe. i mean curvy is one thing" she grins and reaches back to tickle Ireena, then pinches her playfully "we should get up. get moving."

 

[SubPhil91]

Ireena swats at Quinn's hand. "Hey I can control myself when it comes to sweets, don't you worry." She laughs and lands over to kiss Quinn's shoulder. Ireena stands up and gathers her stuff to wash up, her illusionary clothes appear on her body as she heads out. "Don't be too long." Lucan pulls Quinn close to him as he kisses her again. "You know we are going to have to cut her off of the sweets. She's not going to want to stop, that or avoid all the good sweet shops in Absalom. She'll never want to stop, we will have to start going on runs every day." He laughs quietly as he runs his hand long Quinns body down to her hip. She can feel his healing magic wash over her. "That battle really did a number on you. Surprised you didn't pass out, definitely a good thing you didn't though. You saved my ass, which I'm grateful for."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn nods "i was a moment away from it. Es and Erlan saved me. Im guessing if marius stays here, Es will too." she curls up a little "as for saving your ass, well i like your ass." she grins and gives it a playful swat "i wanna spank it" she sticks out her tongue to show she's kidding "i like other parts of you too. play your cards right later and maybe ill suck your dick on the battlements or something" she curls in against him, not ready to get up just yet. she gets quiet a minute "I really wanna celebrate but... i mean. I won't really be comfortable if its cloudy. i mean mostly cloudy is ok. but until i see a little bit of blue... you know?"

 

[SubPhil91]

Lucan laughs quietly and holds Quinn close. "I know what you mean, hopefully the sun will be shining with hardly any clouds in the sky. We will find out soon enough though. If Marius stays Ezmerelda will too I'm sure, but she's from here so who knows. All I know is there are four of us that will definitely be leaving. I'm glad those two were able to keep you safe though. I guess I should have summoned an angel.. Kind of forgot. Play my cards right huh? I am pretty good at playing cards so better be ready." He smiles and kisses the top of her head. "Oh I know you want to spank my ass, we've been over this before. Not that I mind it really."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn gets up and swats Lucan again, then heads down to the downstairs to eat. Everyone seems tired but in good spirits and Quinn can't help but feel a little buoyed by the positive vibes. she has herself convinced that when they get up top, they will see the sun again. Further, they have that wish in their back pocket and while she'd like to wish away any negative effects of her ressurections, it might be used to restore barovia to the real world and not this hellish pocket of whatever. she feeds asshat a little from their stores, then sits with him cuddled in her lap, listening to the others chatter a bit and not pushing anyone to get moving.

 

[SubPhil91]

Everyone but Ireena is around eating as Quinn comes out of the room. Everyone greets her with a warm welcome as she comes downstairs. Marius looks over at her as he eats, "So.. Ez and I snuck out a bit ago. The sun is definitely back, so his hold on this land is officially over. You probably have people cheering from their rooftops watching the sun rise for the first time. Ever. It was very pretty, we didn't run into anyone, but we did find some bread for you." He passes over a few rolls and a big piece of bread from the table. He turns back toward Ezmerelda and continues eating. After a few minutes Ireena comes back inside from her bath and stretches. "Gods that felt good, definitely needed that." She takes a seat and starts to eat and reaches over to pet Asshat. Lucan comes downstairs and joins in the conversation. He looks over at Marius and Ez, "So, staying behind huh? Hoping to make this a better place now that Strahd is gone?" Marius nods and looks up from his food. "Yeah, not many are suited to run over this land, and I'm not saying I am. But I think I can help steer things in the right direction. Who knows, maybe after I'll come find you all and join your adventures."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn feels such a wave of relief that is palpable and physical. she starts to cry a little, all the accumulated stress, all the fear she didn't let herself feel, all the elation she was holding in check seeking knowledge that the sun was shining, it hits her like a wave. she looks away a minute and sniffs, happy and sad and trembling with all the suppressed emotion bubbling to the surface. she chews on her stale bread, looking into the fire a bit, then finally looks up at Marius "youll be good for the land. and we arent abandoning you right away. there's the vampire spawn, we should look through the castle to see if the little psycho from vallaki is here. there's the werewolf problem. there'sstuff that can keep us busy. though i did promise your sister she'd see the world so i could get into her pants and now i guess i kinda have to show it to her." she grins and nudges Ireena "never thought i'd have to make good"

 

[SubPhil91]

Ireena swats at Quinn playfully. "OH you think you're funny do ya? I'll remember that, smartass!" She laughs and wraps her arm around Quinn before kissing her cheek. She holds Quinn close to her just letting her get out all of her emotions. Marius laughs quietly, "I'm glad you're not all leaving right away. We do have a few things to look into and some partying to do first. But thankfully now we can just take our time, there's no rushing around anymore. If the kid from Vallaki isn't here he might have run back home, but who knows. I guess we will find that out soon enough. We've done a great thing for this land, Baroda will forever be in your debt. And for saving my sister, I'll always be in your debt. So if you ever need anything, all you have to do is ask." Lucan walks over and kisses the top of Quinn's head and rubs her shoulders lightly. "You alright?"

 

[siobhancan99]

QUinn wipes her eyes "yeah yeah im fine. I just couldn't let myself process anything while we were on the road and on the mission and now its like. all in a rush" she worries her lip with her teeth "we should look through the castle, free any prisoners. Nobody has fed them in a bit im guessing' she stands up and Hugs Lucan and Irreena, then gets ready to head out and round up any stragglers.