The Trouble With Boredom

Session Date: February 4, 2022

After recuperating in Greb's Hollow for a few days to make sure everything was resolved regarding the death of Mayor Travaris, you made your way back to Spur Harbor, ready for some lighthearted shenanigans after the unpleasant number of freaky cavern monsters, mutated owlbears, and other violent psychotics you had to deal with to obtain the dominion pearl.

Upon your return to Spur Harbor, you were sorely disappointed. Mulberry and the Gnashers are away from the harbor, the Laughing Arsenal just finished a big sale and is low on inventory, and the thieves' guild is still mostly playing it straight while the city is recovering. Xandria spends some time talking to Al, who gets a bit experimental. More on that later.

After a few days of boredom, you start checking with your contacts to look for work while you wait for Xandria and Al's experiment to wrap up, but even in that, Spur Harbor lets you down! It seems Mulberry took the last interesting job while you were away; everyone else seems to be focused on rebuilding.

Finally, after almost a week, Xandria and Al request your presence in Al's rebuilt sanctum. As you head downstairs, you see four chairs, each connected to a strange object made of crystal and wire, almost like a crystal-studded crown on a swivel arm. Each chair/crown/arm contraption appears to be connected to one another in a rough square by thicker cables that terminate into an arcane device that dominates the back wall of the room.

The room radiates such intense and strange magic that you have trouble holding on to your thoughts. The things that make you who you are begin to shift and wobble. Al gestures to the three available seats, a wild and excited look on his face. Xandria is already seated, and by the time you stop to think about it, you are as well. You might be more worried, but Xandria seems none the worse for wear. You hear a call, almost a compulsion, from someone you trust implicitly – yourself, maybe? You close your eyes as you pull down the crystal crown before opening them in another place and another time…