Session 2: 11/21/12

[BURNING AVARINE]: Crow's Awesome 60th Birthday Party!

CROW COLOR: Crow sends out invites to his birthday bash, including a special one to Maris saying that he hopes she'll come despite the bad blood between them.
MARIS BUILDING (1): Maris tries to convince Locke that the Archcotare has been hulled (hey, Locke did it!).  He knows she's lying about having seen the scar and brushes her off.  Maris misinterprets this as being Indifferent (to the Vaylen threat) and walks out of his comfy captain's quarters.
YVENNE COLOR: Last time, Crow invited slaves.  So Yvenne talks to Thalia to make sure that her Bois (male prostitutes) come, all wearing loincloths.  Only loincloths.  Glass bead loincloths.
MARIS COLOR: A scantily-clad Maris raises Delphia's blood pressure and then gives her a handgun and a dress for the party.
MARIS BUILDING (2+3): Maris tries and fails to intimidate Yvenne into helping her outfit the batallion with heavy weapons so that she won't reveal her relationship with Kestrel (wait... how does Maris know?).  Yvenne agrees to help for her own reasons, revealing that she wants the relationship to be public, and would like Maris' help in buying a peerage.  Maris' awesome chain-sword becomes lethally real.
CROW INTERSTITIAL: At the first evening reception, Crow approaches Maris.  She first sneers at him as a blasphemer, then apologizes, but neither really knows what to say to the other.
KESTREL COLOR: On the main day of the party, Kestrel announces her arrival with a blast of downdraft from her Hammer cruiser.
YVENNE BUILDING: When Yvenne arrives, she does so in a stunning glass dress.  Kestrel pointedly introduces her as her "friend."  But there is much buzz about this stunning merchant and her connection to Kestrel.
KESTREL CONFLICT: Kestrel makes a toast to Crow, and oh by the way announces that she will be taking her rightful place as Forged Lord.  Crow tries to impress on the crowd that more is needed in a Forged Lord than military acumen, but Kestrel seems to be winning the nobles over with her confidence and poise.  But then, in a stunning upset, Crow pointedly reminds everyone that it was Kaduka's warlike ways that brought Avarine to its current state, and the nobles are split.  Several Hammer Lords rap their service rings in support of Kestrel, including the elderly Lord whose ship she captains.  Other nobles quietly shun her, turning to back up Crow.

MANEUVER ROLL: Flak (50/50) vs. Take Action.  Take Action gets 6 successes to 1 defense on Flak!  Niiiiiiiice.  The Flak offense gets nothing!

NEXT TIME: We won't be so lucky.