Curse of Strahd dnd campaign

[SubPhil91]

Lucan and Ireena nod, you all head off and start to search the castle for Victor. After about an hour and a half you all finally find him. He's sitting out on a balcony overlooking the village of Barovia. As you approach he doesn't move, he doesn't speak, you can barely even see him taking breaths every few moments. A faint green aura surrounds him as you get closer. Ireena looks at Quinn for a moment before turning back to Victor. "What should we do?"

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn hmmms "we could ask lucan to dispell it, maybe tomorrow... or we could just leave him like that till we figure out what to do with him which might be a better option. we have to take emil home and deal with the spawn in your home town... maybe we ask marius to just keep an eye on him for now"

 

[SubPhil91]

Ireena shrugs, "Sounds good to me. If he's not moving it'll be easy to keep watch over him. We do need to deal with the spawn in Barovia.. Hopefully it still hasn't gotten out yet. That would be shitty to walk home to. Even if I am leaving soon enough. And then we can take Emil home and we can take it from there." Lucan looks over at Victor, thinking for a moment. "Yeah, I could dispel that whenever we need to."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn nods "leave the little creep go. it's a bargaining chip in case we get into trouble on our way around vallaki" she shifts a bit and brushes her hand through her hair "how many days ride back to where we started? till we get to the spawn eh?"

 

[SubPhil91]

Ireena looks out over the view from the castle. "Well.. If we could fly, a few hours. But, since we can't, at least not that I'm aware of, a day and a half? Maybe two.." ireena stretches and turns back toward the castle. "If this place was kept up better it really wouldn't be that bad. At least Marius will have somewhere decent to stay, not some old rundown house like we grew up in."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn slips her arms around Ireena and holds her for a minute "well. you know. it was run down for a lot of reasons but. I for one am kinda glad for that run down house. it gave me you didn't it?" she kisses Ireena's neck, then along to her ear. she traces her tongue along the ridges "i mean we should probably fuck in the bed you grew up in. just sayin. since we will be there and all. i mean, unless you have other plans."

 

[SubPhil91]

Ireena closes her eyes and moans quietly feeling Quinn's kiss and tongue. She runs her hand over Quinn's arm and shakes her head. "You know damn well I have no plans, and even if I did, you would be my priority. Even if it was for something other than fucking in my old bed." She turns around to face Quinn, kissing along her neck up to her lips. "But we both know I'm not going to say no to that. One last memory in that surprisingly comfy bed." She kisses Quinn gently on the lips. "Marius leaving and finding you have you me, not the house silly. We did meet there but I didn't talk much when we were there."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn grins "and i was concerned you were Strahd's secret puppet" she laughs "i'm glad we got over that" she presses her forehead to Ireena's a moment, keeping her held close against her "well why don't we gather up everyone who's coming, and go deal with that spawn eh?" she turns and puts her hand on Lucan's arm "we can drop emil off after that, make sure the wolves aren't a threat then decide what to do about Vallaki... then head out to see the world. and yes buy a magic item. even if they aren't cost effective."

 

[SubPhil91]

Ireena smiles and pulls back slowly from Quinn. "Strahd's secret puppet huh? That would have been awful, I never would have stood a chance." She laughs and turns back to the castle, "Back home, one last time. And we are definitely getting more than one magic item woman!" She heads off back into the castle to find Emil. Lucan watches off after Ireena before turning back to Quinn. "I don't think the werewolves are really a threat, we haven't even seen them since we've been here.. Maybe they just keep to themselves, hell they might even be gone now that everyone can leave this place. But we will be there anyway so might as well check on them." You both head inside and find Emil eating in the dining hall. He eats anything and everything he can get his hands on, as if he hasn't eaten in days. He looks up as you all enter. "Oh, we leaving already then?" Ireena nods before looking around. "Should we check on Marius before we go too? Make sure he's okay before heading off. Who knows if we will see him again before we go." She tries to hide her sad tone, but even though she's excited about leaving she still will miss her brother.

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn leans into Lucan a little "maybe, but i'd hate to come back to find the place is under a permanent moon with a werewolf warlord" she laughs "marius on a leash. probably best to put things in order as best we can. nothing in half measures. " she shrug and runs her fingers along his jaw then les her hand drop. she heads into the dining hall and nods to Ireena "babe we can spend a little time with him, and i kinda figured we'd come back and spend time here with him between adventures. what are we gonna do, find my mom in some run down shack in Absalom? please"

 

[SubPhil91]

Ireena shrugs, "I kind of figured we would find our own place for between adventures honestly. I wouldn't mind visiting but definitely never moving back. You joke about finding her, but you know it's possible. If you ever really wanted to find her." She looks toward the door as Marius enters. "Well, everything seems to be in better order than I expected. Shouldn't take too long to get things running properly as long as the towns follow suit well enough."

Lucan looks over at Quinn and laughs quest. "To go from a vampire ruling to werewolves would be pretty terrible. No constant full moons when they just got their sunlight back for the first time in hundreds of years. First real sunlight in over a month and we've been in in castle the whole time."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn offers both arms to her companions "well then lets go sit in a carriage instead" she winks and laughs "and we can be out and about. we can deal with the spawn then take emil home then.... sky is the klimit i suppose"

 

[SubPhil91]

Ireena leans into Quinn. "Who's driving this time? We lost our full time driver. It'll be nice to finally leave here and get to see where you're from. Probably gonna take another week though.." She sighs dramatically before kissing Quinn's cheek. Lucan shakes his head, "Depends on who wants to be in the sun. I'm sure Erlen wouldn't mind, but any of us could be up top really. I suppose that's up to our Mighty Quinn huh?" He bumps his elbow into Quinn lightly and smiles.

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn chuckles "well im not sure the mighty quinn needs to assign seating. Why don't you drive Lucan and Ireena can sit up there with you, so she can see her country in the sun for the first time?"

 

[SubPhil91]

They both nod and you all grab some extra food for the road before heading out. Erlen and Emil jump in the carriage with Quinn as Ireena and Lucan get up front. The carriage starts to move and you head off down the path to travel back to the village of Barovia. Erlen looks over at Quinn after a little while. "I'm surprised you didn't have me up front so you can have one of those two in here with you. It's odd not being up there to keep an eye out, but it's kind of nice. Hopefully those two actually pay attention up there though.."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn shrugs "im not so needy i need them to be up my ass all the time" she grins at Erlan "she's never seen the country in the sun. She should be up there.YOu never get a break, you should be in here." she runs her hand through her hair and looks out the window for a moment "So is there anybody still there for you if we go back to Absalom?"

 

[SubPhil91]

He chuckles quietly. "There is, unfortunately she wasn't there when we left. She knows I go on long quests without saying anything, but we try to not let that happen. I didn't expect a two month trip when we leff.. None of us did though, how could we have known we'd get trapped here?" He closes his eyes and smiles, "With any luck she will be there when we get back. What about you? Friends or anything you're excited to see when you get back?" Outside the sun is shining brightly, everything already seems to be effected by the sun. The grass is already looking greener, the trees seem to be budding, and the weather feels much warmer than it has this entire trip.

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn shakes her head "no. i mean i left... a long time ago. everyone i knew was a street kid. they're either dead or thieves or something probably by now. i havent seen my mom in a decade and i don't miss my stepfather at all. Absalom is just a place at this point you know?"

 

[SubPhil91]

He nods and is quiet before speaking again. "Well, that just means you can go wherever you want. Settle down wherever and not be tied down to one place like a lot of people are. Though some of the places in Absalom are amazing.. I wouldn't mind owning a place in the Ivy district. Maybe one day. That's unfortunate that it's just a place to you when you grew up there. I get it, but that's still sad, ya know?"

 

[siobhancan99]

QUinn nods "i broke into a house there when I was a kid. they had amazing stuff everywhere. stuff that would have fed us for a month, but i just stole some coins out of the strongbox and took off. i caught a whooping for that" she pulls her knee up under her chin and rests her head against it "I dunno. Town might look a lot different with coin in my pocket and food in my belly."

 

[SubPhil91]

"I guess we will see soon enough huh? I hope it seems better to you now that things are different. But if not there is always another city, another country, another continent to see. Breaking into houses as a kid, naughty naughty. I guess some times you gotta do what you gotta do though. I don't blame you, especially for how you grew up." The sun starts to set as you get closer to Barovia. Ireena looks back into the carriage. "We will be there early tomorrow, but we should pack in for the night. There are still wolves and stuff out here at night."

 

[siobhancan99]

QUinn nods "its how we ate. that and my mother working nights so to speak. Jaroslav would push me through the windows and i'd rummage around hte house" she looks up at Ireena "well now that we actually are using our safe house stopping seems like a good idea"

 

[SubPhil91]

"Well, at least you don't have to do that anymore. Making all this money fighting off a vampire lord." She nods and turns back to look at the road. You all travel for about another hour before stopping at pulling out the handle to head into the cottage. Ireena cooks dinner for everyone making some food she took from the castle. "I know it's not the freshest food ever, but it's what we got until we get to the village."

 

[siobhancan99]

Quinn smiles "you made it for me so... its gonna be ggreat" she digs in, eating with relish, looking over at the foursome "its delicious babe. im glad we're all here... oh and you too emil" she nods to the man "welcome aboard. for now at least"

 

[SubPhil91]

Emil looks around the cottage in amazement, trying to figure out how this is even here. He hears Quinn and nods, "Yes, I'm glad to be here for now. Once I find my wife I shall be going my separate way though." He picks at his food and Ireena sits down to eat. Lucan talks to Erlen over by the fireplace as they eat. Ireena looks at Quinn as she takes a bite. "I'm glad we are all here too, relaxing a bit more since Strahd is defeated but.. This is not that delicious. New land, new foods.. Maybe once we leave here I can find something to make a great meal. One more week.. Hopefully. You still have your wish to use, right? You can do that one of these days."