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 ===== Debrief =====
-Pending
+The village chief tells them that he was kidnapped about a month ago and that the creatures seemed intent on replacing him, but can offer no explanations as to why. The party are particularly perplexed by the fact that it seems to have been the fake village chief that arranged for them to be hired, as opposed to the real one. They figure that maybe they were trying to get adventurers to come and replace them instead, but can't really come up with a decent possible motive for wanting to do this.
-{{tag>"an unlikely story" adventure}}
+They return to the village, where they find the handyman wearing a blindfold. He mentions that this is because the conspiracy theorist seemed to have been right and that people who could see the creature's lights could be tricked by them into seeing other things, and with some discussion the party come to the conclusion that the creatures must have been using some sort of trick involving light to make people see illusions, which didn't work on Joshua because he sees through some other means. Still with many questions left unanswered, they return to Acryn, with the handyman accompanying them since he says it's time for him to move on and he doesn't have a Wayfinder.
+Back in Acryn the party go to the Adventurer's Guild and report in, explaining what happened and the limited extent of what they understand was going on. Elias tells them that since there have been no more attacks on the village by the creatures, they seem to have done a satisfactory job, and gives them the promised 30 Riel each. They remain perplexed, but take it, as well as providing the Guild with their contact details so that they may be notified of adventures which may be of interest to them. Most of them then leave, except for Krodd who has fallen asleep.
+Octavian contacts the East Empire Company, telling of his experiences and asking if anybody in the company has any explanation as to what could have been going on, especially with the more irregular aspects of the situation. One of the more experienced Wayfinders in the company responds, telling him that his description of the sense of a patch of distance Consensus seeming to move around was consistent with something they'd experienced before, where it had turned out to be because somebody had destabilised the edge of that patch of Consensus, causing the apparent edge to move further away. Octavian reports this to Joshua, Katrina and Christian, who agree that it lends some credibility to the theory that the creatures were the work of a rogue Wayfinder.
+Still somewhat dissatisfied, Octavian takes them to Hugh Branch's East Empire Company office, where he is currently having some sort of meeting with a woman none of them recognise. Octavian talks about what happened and Hugh suggests that it sounds like it could be the work of the "Octothreat" (the Pivot of the World). The woman introduces herself as Mina Hatcher, saying that she has some interest in Wayfinding matters, though she is with neither the Company or the Guild. They discuss the Octothreat, and pointedly mention that someone one day will emerge to deal with the problem. The party members leave.
+Outside, the conversation continues and Octavian discusses the Octothreat, saying pointedly to Joshua that if he ever encouters the Octothreat that he should just run, and that he absolutely shouldn't try to be a hero. Joshua agrees, and they carry on their way. Shortly afterwards, Octavian falls down a manhole which he was quite sure wasn't there before. It doesn't even seem to go anywhere. It's quite embarrassing, and he picks himself up, climbs out and is left wondering where it came from. They continue to discuss what happened and their confusion, though none of them have any leads to follow any more.
+They go their separate ways. Katrina returns to her temple and informs them of what has happened. Octavian tries to investigate what was up with the manhole, only to find no records of any work being done there, and no manhole when he next looks. Joshua, meanwhile, returns to find his home empty. There is no immediate sign of violence or any kind of struggle, and so he just assumes they must be out. He waits, but they do not return. Eventually he gets concerned, and asks at his wife's church, who say that they haven't seen her since the day before the party returned, which was the last time they were expecting to. Joshua goes to the Watch. The desk officers seem somewhat dismissive as it's only been a couple of days, saying that a trip to the zoo could take that long to see everything, since they apparently have a lion now. They are confused by the 14 children the couple have, since Joshua does not point out that they are orphans, and assume that it must be a religious thing. They say they'll look into the matter, but Joshua isn't convinced.
+He seeks out other party members for help, and goes with Octavian to see Hugh again. Hugh expresses some concern over the fact that Joshua's family has gone missing, and says that he'll get people to investigate. He tells Octavian that he has no idea about the manhole, but suggests that the Pivot of the World could have been responsible, since this is just the sort of silly rewriting of reality that he might do.
+The party members leave, and Hugh returns to his ship's brig, where a disguised Tabitha Terrec and a hitherto unseen woman are waiting. The Tender priest and her children in the brig are getting somewhat agitated and unruly, and Tabitha is frantically running around trying to come up with ways to calm them down and making plans to perform miracles and rituals to keep things under control. It's for the good of the city, after all.
+The mysterious woman seems somewhat annoyed, and says that this isn't quite what she had in mind and that this is not quite what Plan B was supposed to be. She says that she thinks they should have been more open and got them on board instead of just blatantly kidnapping them, but that she has done her part, sewn the seeds and created the possibilities, and that the rest of the matter is in their hands now, before promptly disappearing into a wall.
+Meanwhile, back in the city, Joshua stalks the streets at night, a masked vigilante, beating up anybody who looks even slightly dodgy and asking them where his family is. Octavian remains confused about a sudden manhole that appeared from nowhere. Katrina goes back to life at the temple. The words "Serve the Forest" lingering in his mind, Christian mulls over the idea of moving somewhere more rural. And in a small office somewhere in the Adventurer's Guild, Krodd is prodded awake. He asks if they'll inform him of any more adventures which may allow him to encounter "great shaman". The clerk tells him that the Guild are always happy to try to make arrangements for adventurers, but asks him to leave as he can't stay there. When Krodd slides a pile of money over and asks "Now?", they rearrange their meeting for another room, and arrange for some files and books to be laid out into a makeshift bed and leave him to get on with his business.
+===== Consequences =====
+==== All party members ====
+  * 30 Riel
+==== Joshua ====
+  * Wife and children kidnapped, currently being held on the Crimson Mother in the brig by Hugh Branch and Tabitha Terrec (though they may have managed to misplace one of the children somehow...)
+==== Christian ====
+  * Has fallen under the touch of Tuireann. Each adventure on which he plays, the GM should randomly pick a number between 1 and 20. For the encounter with that number, Christian is possessed by Tuireann and will be driven to fulfill the Dragon's goals where possible (see the Servant of Tuireann epic tree for a list of things which are in line with its goals). If there are less encounters in the adventure than the number selected, then he is safe from possession for that adventure.
+{{tag>"an unlikely story" adventure octavian_caecilius christian_hansson krodd adventurers_guild tuireann riverbreeze}}

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