Tales from the Whitebox, Session 16

 In which the party...

• Is visited by one Tom Hickathift, a fae emissary of Alphame, one of the fae kingdoms adjacent to the Alvanrealm.
• He is the servant of one Queen Mab, and requested audience with the emperor of the Alvanrealm, with no response.
• Hearing that Murder, one of its children, was away, he had come to New Malisha at once to request aid with a task that required - the touch of an elf, as the fae pixies were unable to go and acquire it themselves.
• Murder is initially reluctant, but Lap is happy to help. Thumb manages to convince Murder to go along, and the trio are taken through a strange light filled portal.
• They initially arrive in Alphame, as an island river shimmers in the distance, with an island in the middle and a light across the river leading deeper into the ever shifting fae realms.
• Quickly exit their foray from the fae realms through another portal, as chimes ring out, in Neverland. 
• Tom explains to them they have 12 hours, as the chimes ring once more at 6 PM - and it is now 6 AM - when the portal will reopen. If they don't make it, they are on their own at night in Neverland.
• They quickly head east through thick jungle after their quarry - a strange, magic infused spiral branch that may only be retrieved by an elf in the physical realm, and transferred to fae within Alphame alone.
• The branch was located in the Iron Mines - where the pirates of the Jolly Roger were making camp!
• The part heads through the jungle and run into a strange green horse with algae mane that climbs onto the bank - a kelpie - which they avoid.
• They continue, and encounter a group of Lost Boys chattering with a couple of pixies, laying out pranks in front of the Iron Mines, which they also stay hidden from until they leave.
• Finally, they enter the iron mines - with luck finding no pirates - and discover the spiral branch resting with knick knacks on a table in the entrance, clearly being studied.
• Thumb sneaks in, grabs the branch, and they hightail it back.
• On their way back, they encounter a Fachon - a one eyes, flat creature discussing with gnomes. They are unable to sneak past, but the creatures pay them no mind as they move past them quickly.
• They manage to hide from a strange, black oozing parasite ridden tiger on the banks below the bridge.
• Just as the chimes ring, they arrive at the portal to Alphame, where Tom waits for them.
• Entering the portal, they give the fae creature the branch, as its eyes glint and it thanks them. 
• They are lead back through the ever changing land of Alphame, which now presents strange glowing algae pools, with the golden light yet in the distance.
• Finally, they enter a portal back to New Malisha, with Tom letting them know should more help be needed in Neverland or elsewhere, he may call upon them once more!

Current Characters: Thumb, Lap, Murder