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
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | -5 | +/- 0 |
| 240 | 160 | 000 |
NPC's
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.