Session 7: 2/12/13

BURNING AVARINE

[MARIS BUILDER (1-2)] Maris meets with her long-suffering quartermaster and lets her know that they will be receiving guns. Lots of guns. Lydia sighs. Then Maris goes out and gets said guns from some sketchy Kerrn. She lifts a Shevan Guild heavy laser appreciatively from its inertial gel.
[KESTREL BUILDER] Kestrel talks to Crow about setting up a party where she can meet a suitable suitor. She has dinner with a likely (gay) son of House Aruna.
[YVENNE CONFLICT] Yvenne throws a big party. She manages to convince Crow that she should now count as a suitable suitor to Kestrel... Crow accepts as long as there will also be a man in multiple marriage.
[LOCKE BUILDER] Lt. Quinn is angry at Locke for his "save the world" thing. She straps him down and zaps him with a cattle prod until the Naiven leaves him, and burrows through a Foramen Magnum hull into Phoenix Tamar.
[MARIS BUILDER (3)] Flashback: Maris is in bed with Locke and realizes the depth to which she has unsettled his mind.
[KESTREL COLOR] Kestrel sends a personalized invitation to Myers.
[MARIS INTERSTITIAL] Maris has a throughly miscommunicated heart-to-heart with Kestrel and Yvenne. She tries to convince Kestrel that the best way she can lead is by following her nature and heart and letting her place with Yvenne be her place. She tells Kestrel that she will pledge her sword and bear her child, but cannot go to a party where she will select a replacement for Yvenne. (She knows nothing of Yvenne's conversation with Crow.)
[CROW COLOR] Crow cuts the ribbon on a palace expansion and tells the media that he supports Kestrel's party.
[KESTREL BUILDER (3)] Kestrel has her party. It's a big thing! Kestrel wears a gown of exotic iridescent feathers. Maris is in her cell, trying to focus on her devotions but distracted by the sensory information coming to her from Kestrel and Delphia.  Kestrel tries to convince a confused - and somewhat scared - Myers that he is the one that she should take for the alliance. Then Yvenne arrives in a gown of white petals, totally tearing Kestrel away. Yvenne announces that Crow has finally approved her as a suitor (she doesn't mention the poly thing) and dips Kestrel for a deep kiss that stuns the crowd.

MANEUVER ROLL: HUMAN TAKE ACTION vs. VAYLEN CONSERVE. Humans win!  Kestrel is engaged, and +Rachel E.S. Walton complains about our thuggish strategy.

NEXT TIME: BEHEADINGS.