S102 Recap: Shifting Sands |Ep.45

General Summary

“Oh we're coping with the sudden & slightly terrifying mystery we found in front of us at the end of the last session? I (Romad) think this is the best possible time to spend an hour binding a familiar while all my friends panic!” > Serenas: “Y'know what, my fiance's got it right! I'm gonna go hunting by myself while my friends figure out what this potential threat is!” > #AlwaysSplitTheParty #SharedLackOfBraincells > So Kirin's over here trying to remember what the hell this could all be, casting detect magic & shit until Gwyf rocks up like “Oh yeah, I can touch souls now. These bitches alive & these bitches not.” > #YouCanWHAT‽‽‽ > “Also my hand is stuck cuz I touched it.” > #GodsDammitGwyf #CritCount1 #BadCrits1 #FinalCritCount > Meanwhile Serenas tracked & shot a jackrabbit but it survived despite the arrow definitely piercing the jugular. > #IAin'tMessingWithYou > Anyfuckery, the party is now in full #FuckThisI'mShitI'mOut mode & are hurriedly packing all their shit up while Kirin stands watch. And hoo boi does she watch as buildings on the edge of town & her periphery fucking move. > Everybody: “Thanks, I Hate It!” > ☻ > Romad has a hawk named Ambrose now btw. We'm love him! > #BirdCount3 #BalancedAsAllThingsShouldBe > During this time Isati stops one of the few residents to ask a few questions. The resident doesn't know anything of help but does apologize before heading off to work. No need to insight her or anything tho. Oh also she smelled of sulfur. > #SheWhatNow?? > Kirin & Serenas both do their best to remember what that could possibly mean. Kirin falls short with only vague correlation to her mother's lessons while Serenas, on brand as always, rolls a 24+ arcana. > #ThroughFaelynAllThingsArePossible > So yeah that's a tell tale sign of an oblex which are fucked up oozes that eat peoples memories allowing them to take on those identities! > We're Leaving We're Leaving We're Leaving We're Leaving > The Cheerful Voice In Everybody's Head: “Leaving so soon?” > Everybody; “Thanks, I Hate It!” > The crew *hurriedly* piles into the cart to get the fuck outta dodge only to realize they're instead getting fuck all nowhere. > #Fuck. > Isati: “One sec I'll fly up to check” > The town has walled itself off… There is no exit… The buildings are physically moving themselves… > #FUCK. > Isati flies down to tell her dad to fly away with Gwyf, leaving the rest of them behind. She does not comprehend how this behaviour could be misconstrued as heroic or in anyway not normal. Irati can not bring himself to abandon his children. > #OUGH > But before that can develop, the party is now putting all of the pieces together & realizing they are surrounded by a fucking colony of giant mimics > KCGreene'sThisIsFine.jpg > The Cheerful Voice In Everybody's Head: “Ding Ding Ding! Correct! :D” > The party, 100% too fucking tired for this bullshit: “Hey talk to us face to face or not at all thanks” > #LongDay #NotEvenTwoHoursIn > So anywobble, two people(?) do in fact just walk around the corner and start chatting up the party! Turns out there's a toll to pay for passing through town (racket), the punks didn't pay the toll so the town had to come visit them again (extortion), Glynran tried to pay for them too but didn't have enough (Rude), because the price is memories!! :D > Half the party: “NOVA YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PAY!!!!!” > #NovaProtectionSquad > Isati starts asking clarifying questions about the nature of the transaction, setting a good example for Romad. > #AlwaysAskQuestions #ReadTheFinePrint > So a bunch of misunderstandings, lore dumps about the Gelatinous Convocation, & one (literally) clarified ooze person later, we land on being able to pay for the entire party with one memory that will be collected upon death & that may or may not come back should the dead be revived. > #CoolCoolCoolTightTightTight > That outta the way Isati once again back on her #NotAnAdventurer bullshit, offers up her own memory of the first inverse step > #KindaSusNgl > With some strong persuasion from Romad & a lil #StealTheShow from Diva, we convince Shifting Sands to accept the payment as enough for the whole party > #Nyice > The town turns back into their true gelatinous forms, Isati #GlitterGremlins one of the oblex much to its enjoyment, & the party finally departs the town > #ThatWasWeird > We end the night with a group therapy session about all the shit that went down in the last ten hours & also Gwyf lore dumps. Cuz yeah he had a funky dream too that totally wasn't packed full of hints about whatever the fuck is going on with him. > #Nupz #IWouldNever > That's All Folks! See Y'all Next Week!
S102 Crit Count: Gwyf Nat 1 Strength Check