Session 21 - Beans and Stalks

Roster

Atudark,Guiloip Guhloo,Harry Blackstone,Lyra Everlight,Marionette Moonbeam,Vigilius Palamas

Session Overview

Session Status: Occurred

In Game Date: 11th - 12th Alturiak 1509

Group Cup Points

NPC's

Tivash

Summary

A quiet afternoon of research in the Biblioplex spirals into botanical body horror, campus-wide theft, and yet another escalating crisis involving magic beans. What begins as idle curiosity ends with Glue growing a beanstalk out of his mouth, medical staff wrestling plant matter from a screaming student, and the party ultimately unleashing a second beanstalk that tears through Kollema Hall and carries them screaming into the sky — setting the stage for consequences far beyond Neverwood’s walls.

Research in the Biblioplex

• After classes, the students meet in the Biblioplex to study.
• Lyra continues researching truth spells and magic of candour.
• Harry searches for information on the Star of Remembrance.
• Vigilius checks out a tome on healing magic.
• Glue stacks books into a pile and begins nesting.
• Marionette spends time pickpocketing students across campus and returns with:
  • An all-you-can-eat voucher for Bow's End Tavern
  • Some Coin
  • Three small beans

The First Bean

• Curious, Marionette asks Glue if he knows what the beans are.
• Without looking up from his book, Glue swallows one.
• Almost immediately, Glue feels something rising in his throat.
• As he opens his mouth to speak, the tip of a beanstalk erupts from his mouth.
• Marionette screams, drawing the attention of Professor Tivash.
• Seeing the situation, Tivash orders a nearby Cogwork Archivist to take Glue to the medical bay.
• The automaton scoops Glue up and rushes him to the medical wing of Kollema Hall, with Marionette following.

Medical Horror

• Glue is taken straight into a procedure room as staff attempt to remove the still-growing beanstalk.
• Hearing alarming noises, Marionette rushes inside.
• She witnesses multiple medical staff pulling the beanstalk from Glue’s mouth, his jaw stretched at an inhuman angle — and promptly faints.
• The staff successfully remove the beanstalk and seal it inside a large metal box for disposal.
• Marionette is discharged later that evening.
• Glue remains overnight for observation and is released the following morning.

Regrouping & a Bad Idea

• The next morning, the students regroup in the first-year common room.
• They exchange updates, commiserate with Glue, and debrief the incident.
• Glue expresses curiosity about the remaining beans and suggests planting them in The Cultivarium.
• Harry, Marionette, and Atudark agree to go with him.
• The rest of the party stays behind to study.

Experiments in the Cultivarium

• Upon arriving at The Cultivarium:
  • Glue and Shroom dig a hole.
• Harry asks to examine one of the beans.
  • Marionette hands one over.
  • Harry sits cross-legged in the dirt, chanting as he attempts to Identify it.
• Growing impatient, Glue buries the second bean and waters it with sparkling water from Whalebucks.
• Seconds later, eight frogs crawl out of the soil.
  • Shroom gleefully pokes them.
  • Each frog transforms into a different small creature.
  • One tries to lick Harry mid-spell — Marionette yanks him out of the way.
• Moments later, all the creatures vanish in a puff of pink smoke.
• Harry fails to determine the properties of the third bean and hands it back to Glue.

The Treant

• Glue plants and waters the third bean.
• A Treant erupts from the ground and immediately runs into the main greenhouse.
• The students chase it but quickly lose sight of it among the plant beds.
• Marionette eventually spots the treant and chases it outside.
• She snaps her whip around one of its limbs, tripping it.
• Glue rushes forward, begging Marionette not to hurt his “son.”
• Marionette makes the treant swear:
  • To stay hidden
  • To cause no trouble
• The treant reluctantly agrees and is released.

Back to the Medical Wing

• Marionette and Glue suggest checking whether the original beanstalk is still in the medical bay.
• Needing a reason to return, Marionette feeds Glue a magical plant from the Cultivarium.
• Glue immediately develops orange stripes.
• The group rushes to the medical wing in Kollema Hall.
• The bay is quiet, staffed only by a single automaton.
• The automaton treats Glue, injecting an antidote for the plant toxin.

The Second Beanstalk

• While Glue is treated, Marionette, Harry, and Atudark sneak into the rear procedure room.
• They find a large metal box.
  • Too heavy to move, they remove the lid instead.
• Instantly, a massive still-growing beanstalk erupts from the box.
• The stalk smashes through the ceiling, continuing to grow upward.
• Hearing the crash, Glue and the automaton rush toward the noise.
• Glue sticks out his leg, tripping the medical bot and sending it crashing to the floor.
• In the procedure room:
  • The beanstalk is tearing through the roof.
  • Marionette clings to it, riding it upward.
• She shouts for the others to jump on before they’re caught.
• Glue, Harry, and Atudark leap onto the beanstalk, climbing aboard as it bursts out of the building and carries them high into the sky.

Ongoing Threads

• The Magic Beans – Unstable, unpredictable, and incredibly dangerous. Where did they come from, and are there more?
• The Runaway Treant – A sentient plant-creature now loose in the Cultivarium, bound only by a promise.
• Medical Staff Suspicion – A second beanstalk incident in Kollema Hall is unlikely to go unnoticed.
• Lyra’s Ongoing Research – Her work into truth magic continues in parallel, unresolved and troubling.
• The Rising Beanstalk – The party is now literally leaving Neverwood behind… and no one knows where the beanstalk leads next.