Monday, August 28, 2017

Session VII: Star Chronicler's Journey -- Summer 2017

Artifacts the detectives brought for the week:
A Weedy Sea Dragon, a Winter Crown, a Serpent Time Trap,
two Moon Rabbits and a Secret Keeper
The seventh week of the 2017 summer featured an all-ages mystery called "Star Chronicler's Journey." The story led to Huangshan, the Yellow Mountains. This World Heritage Site is an incredible mountain range in Anhui Province of south eastern China.

Huangshan is known for its strange rock formations and cloud seas. It is high on my list of places I hope to visit--and after this adventure, a few of the detectives might just want to visit it as well.

In our minds, we visited Dragon's Daughter Pool, where we met the daughter of a Dragon King. A lady bug told us a secret. Two park guards discovered chickadees doing the strangest things in the night, and then a group of orphans needed rescuing by the wise one who stayed a chickadee.

We exchanged magical freezing spells with Hsigo and shadowy mist beings along the trails leading into the mountains. We talked with Immortal Pointing the Way and Monkey Gazing at the Sea, two of the rock formations found in the mountains.

We made our way to Lotus Peak, where we found a pool and a cave that may not be on the park maps, and from there, Flying Cloud Shoes took us into the heavens.

The Dragon King's Daughter
Trouble came from both chaos and order in this adventure, as the detectives ended up in a celestial prison. Fortunately, they were able to escape with some help from a turtle friend of dragons.

It's rare that a case is solved by stillness--yet that was the case with this mystery, where the forces of order and chaos went to battle on the celestial seas. Holding still wasn't easy, but our team managed to settle the forces. Everyone's happy, except the Empress of Chaos and the Emperor of Order. They are having tea over a nice game of chess.

Our artwork this week was amazing--the group created the whole park on a table. Images of the week's presentation may be found here.

Images of the adventure may be found on the Dragon's Eye FB page, here.