The Loop

Between the Beachhouse and the lighthouse; exact location unrecorded

Current Status (as of session 10): Unresolved. On the way to the lighthouse the party was caught in some sort of loop, and getting out of it meant spoiling secrets — each of them giving up something true, spoken into a stone. What the loop was, who set it, and what ended it is unrecorded; the party did reach the lighthouse afterwards.

Overview

A loop the party got caught in while travelling. The only recorded way out was telling secrets. The secrets were spoken into a stone rather than to each other, which is what allowed Percival to leave an unseen servant behind to hear what he otherwise would not have.

What Was Given Up

• Percival — that he actually likes Gia, in a friendly sense. Whispered into the stone. Said the same day he destroyed her sandcastle for not being focused enough on solving anything.
• Liora — spoke before Gia's turn. What she said is unrecorded. Percival helped keep it secret, and appeared to already know it.
• Onyx — not given to the stone in front of the others as far as is recorded, but caught by Percival's unseen servant: blue light over his hand, spreading over his body, and Onyx saying he shouldn't be able to do this.
• Gia — whether she gave one up is unrecorded.
• Nessa — "I killed them all."

History

• Session 10 — the loop, the stone, the secrets, and the servant. See sessions/session 10.md.

Open

• What the loop was and what set it. Whether the door and the room that lies, earlier the same session, are part of the same thing.
• Whether the loop actually broke, or the party simply came out the other side of it.
• Where the secrets go once the stone has them, and whether anything now holds them.
• Whether the stone left with the party. See items/the-stone/the-stone.md.
• What Liora spoiled, and how Percival already knew it.