Session 35 - Under Investigation

Roster

Atudark,Cyinth Agora,Lyra Everlight,Redrnic Udertaken,Suraax Smith

Session Overview

Session Status: Occurred

In Game Date: 16th Tarsakh - 10th Mirtul 1509

Group Cup Points

NPC's

Taiva Loreweaver,Arcturus Vell,Boyan,Senestrine Darou

Session Handouts

Summary

In the aftermath of Ricard Ruanad’s death, Neverwood Academy is thrown into controlled chaos. A partial lockdown is enforced, and an official investigation begins under the watch of Taiva Loreweaver and Investigator Vell. Over the following tenday, the party is questioned, each offering their own perspective on the events within The Pub That Crawls. As truths, half-truths, and omissions surface, tensions linger — both within the group and across the Academy.
Even as exams proceed, the weight of recent events takes its toll. When strange drinks appear unbidden at a campus Whalebucks, the party is once again drawn toward something unnatural — something that may still be watching them.

Academy Lockdown

• Following Suraax returning Ricard Ruanad’s body to the Academy:
  • A partial lockdown is enacted.
  • Students are ordered back to their dormitories.
• The following morning:
  • An announcement confirms classes and exams will continue as normal.
  • An official investigation into Ruanad’s death is underway.
• Taiva Loreweaver and Investigator Vell spend the next tenday:
  • Interviewing students and staff.
  • Reconstructing the events surrounding the crawl.

Testimonies

Suraax

• Recounts the pub crawl and final confrontation.
• Explains:
  • Ruanad’s interference triggered the pub’s deadly mechanism.
  • She knocked him unconscious to protect those inside.
  • Cyinth then killed him while he was defenceless.

Lyra

• Supports the account but reframes Cyinth’s actions:
  • Claims it was self-defence and defence of others.
• Reveals:
  • Boyan’s projected memories.
  • Ruanad’s destruction of The Lucid Dreamer and The Rambling Toad.
  • His plans to exploit the pub’s planar abilities.
• Offers to take Investigator Vell to The Pub That Crawls.

Redrnic

• States he was not present at the moment of death.
• Admits initial disapproval of Cyinth’s actions.
• Concedes that, given Ruanad’s actions, they may have been justified.

Atudark

• Claims to have been too drunk to remember anything.
• Provides no useful testimony.

Return to The Pub That Crawls

• Redrnic summons The Pub That Crawls to Central Campus.
  • The pub staggers into Archway Commons and settles.
• Redrnic, Lyra, and Investigator Vell enter.
• Inside:
  • Cyinth greets them calmly with tea.
  • She warns Vell not to drink anything else present.
• Cyinth’s account:
  • Ruanad had sent another professor (unnamed) to follow them.
  • His ignorance of the pub’s rules would have led to everyone being killed.
• Boyan confirms her version of events.
  • Provides a vial containing a glowing silver thread:
    • Extracted memories from Ruanad prior to his death.
• Investigator Vell thanks them and departs, stating he may return with further questions.
• The party remains briefly before returning the pub to the Detention Bog.

Exams and Aftermath

• End-of-term exams proceed:
  • Several students perform poorly due to recent stress and events.
• Afterwards, Professor Senestrine Darou confronts the party:
  • Demands to know what they told the investigator.
• The party reassures her:
  • They did not reveal her involvement.
• Darou, conflicted, asks if she should come forward:
  • The party suggests it likely won’t matter — the memories may already expose her.
• She decides to speak with the investigator regardless.

The Whalebucks Incident

• The party regroups at a campus Whalebucks.
• During conversation:
  • Drinks mysteriously appear at their table.
• No one claims responsibility.
• Cyinth drinks first:
  • Experiences a vivid flashback of killing Ruanad.
• She then drinks Lyra’s:
  • Hears overlapping voices — testimonies from students and staff.
• Redrnic drinks:
  • Feels an overwhelming presence.
  • Briefly glimpses something watching the pub.
• Suraax:
  • Overwhelmed, crushes her cup in her hand, spilling the drink.

Something Watching

• Concerned, Red insists they check on The Pub That Crawls.
• The party travels to the Detention Bog:
• Red remains on high alert.
• On arrival:
  • Cyinth enters the pub.
  • Red scans the treeline, sensing something.
• Lyra takes flight:
  • Spots Investigator Vell concealed among the trees.
  • Acknowledges him silently.
  • Tells Red there is nothing there.
• Red, unconvinced:
  • Charges a nearby tree — only to realise his mistake.
• The party regroups inside the pub.

Closing Moments

• Within The Pub That Crawls, the party:
  • Talks.
  • Drinks.
  • Begins to process recent events.
• Plans for the future are cautiously discussed.
• The investigation continues in the background.
• Whatever is tied to the pub… may not be finished with them yet.

Ongoing Threads

• The Investigation – Investigator Vell now holds testimonies and extracted memories.
• Cyinth’s Actions – Justified or not, the consequences are still unfolding.
• Professor Senestrine Darou – Has chosen to come forward — outcome unknown.
• The Whalebucks Drinks – Unexplained, powerful, and deeply personal in effect.
• Something Watching – Red’s vision suggests an external force observing the pub.
• The Pub That Crawls – Still active, still mysterious, and possibly still a target.
• Fractured Trust – The party remains together… but not united.