Session 9: 3/12/13

[BURNING AVARINE: IT DOES NOT END]

[PHOENIX INTERSTITIAL] Kestrel is called to Phoenix' bedside. She brings Yvenne. Raven is there. Raven tells them that the doctors had to take Phoenix' eye, and collapses into Kestrel's arms (Yvenne joins the hugs). Phoenix wants assurances that she will be the surrogate, but Kestrel walks away as she yells after her, plaintively.
[CROW COLOR] Crow is making an intricate glass sculpture of a butterfly from glass. He sees a slight imperfection, and smashes it, with the others.
[MARIS INTERSTITIAL] Kestrel and Yvenne confront Maris at the Sodalis base. She says she struck Kestrel because of the dispute over surrogacy, and that Kestrel should simply tell her father that his sin did not condemn her and that Phoenix should know her place on the wheel, and that Kestrel should act decisively, like Forged Lord. Kestrel does, banishing Maris from the family.
[KESTREL INTERSTITIAL] Kestrel meets with Crow, and they discuss Maris. Crow is somewhat sympathetic to Maris, actually.
[MARIS BUILDER (1-2)] Maris confronts Quinn on Isla Sedus and demands to know where Locke is. Quinn tells her to stand down, but Maris drags her with her into the car, and realizes she is Vaylen. She promises to make her hurt before she says where Locke is.
[TORRENT INTERSTITIAL] Frost invites Zabad to a feast on the beach with Torrent. They discuss how Zabad is increasingly at loose ends now that Yvenne is neglecting the Brotherhood for her relationship with Kestrel. Torrent invites Zabad to join the revolution. Zabad says he's in.
[YVENNE INTERSTITIAL] Yvenne and Zabad chat about Zabad's chat. Yvenne reassures him that, whatever happens, she will not forget her roots, and side with the nobles against the slaves.
[MARIS COLOR] Maris slams the door on Quinn in a cell, leaving her in darkness.
[TORRENT COLOR] Slaves learn a way into the Battalion's holding cells and release many of their fellows, including Quinn in the confusion. She flees into the crowds.
[PHOENIX COLOR] Phoneix removes her facial bandages and looks in the mirror, the worm bulging behind his ruined eyes.
[YVENNE COLOR] The wedding! Maris is not invited but watches in impotent rage from behind Kestrel's eyes. They walk through a magnificient glass walkway to a New Horizon church. Myers, Kestrel, and Yvenne are all beautiful, but Kestrel is the resplendent centerpiece, sparkling in glass. Yvenne is in a non-sparkly white sheath dress. They exchange vows, and Yvenne's perfect purple rings. Phoenix is there with her decorative glass eyepatch. They all leave for a fabulous off-world honeymoon.
[CROW INTERSTITIAL] Myers and Kestrel chat on board the Leviathan, heading off-world. He reveals that he has crushed on her since he was a boy. Kestrel disabuses him of the notion that they'll be sleeping together (let alone all three of them) any time soon, as Yvenne goes pale. But Kestrel says that they will certainly spend some time "getting to know each other." After a few more drinks, though, Yvenne suggests that, in fact they DO all have sex together, and drags them into a stateroom. It's awkward.
[TORRENT CONFLICT] Alix invites a bereaved and tired Maris for a picnic on the beach. They discuss the fate of the world, and how their respective faiths brought them out of their darkest moments. Maris is about to try to compromise with Alix when he breaks open her mind, assaulting her with images of his childhood. She leaves with new sympathy for the slaves, but horrified and disappointed that Alix would do such a thing to her. She also caught a glimpse of Locke's lifeless body in a tank in Alix' mind, and knows the Worm is no longer in him, but not where it has gone.
[KESTREL COLOR] The coronation. Kestrel accepts the Forged Lord's crown in the Glass Palace. Maris arrives at the head of Sodalis-Sisters in Iron, as does a separate delegation from the Church. They stare each other down. Yvenne introduces herself graciously to all. Kestrel makes a stirring speech to the nobles, that is met with acclaim.

MANEUVER ROLL: Human Take Action vs. Vaylen [hesitate]. The humans do not close the deal! The Vaylen hang on by a thread and gather their strength, as the people celebrate Kestrel's coronation in the streets.

Thanks, +Rachel E.S. Walton , +Sara Williamson , +Rachael Storey Burke!