Last Time
After defeating Blockhead 3.0, traveled up to Cinder Mtn Hot Springs, to find Anders, the enjoy the spas.
Monkeys have stolen our stuff!
Sara - raccoon treats and special comb!
TBs - where is my waistcoat! and pocketwatch!
Mizzle - Gotchapon prizes!
We chase them!
Bad Monkeys!
Round 1
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Mizzle - Acorn Pixie tries to slow the monkey down with Entanglement. They do Swift & Sneaky to break out … fail.
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Snow Monkey A - Hinder, throwing stuff in our way. The Acorn Pixie is slowed.
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Sara - Having recently chased sister, so will use Bunny Hop (Hyperspeed).
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SM B - Throwing garbage at me … they do not!
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TBs - Objective: Shoot a gap in the woods that keeps them from running that direction. 3 Cornered clock ticks!
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SMs untick the Cornered clock.
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Run past someone standing at the edge of the woods, complaining about the noise. It’s Anders!
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Another monkey swings down, festooned in garbage – the Snow Monkey Hoarder! Anders offers to help (Deft Assistance).
Round 2
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Saraid - Targets the Hoarder with a tackle - DEX+MIG … 3 more Cornered ticks!
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SM A - Pilfer attack on Mizzle. Succeeds! Damage + 1 IP.
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TBs - shoots a Barrage of bolts, hiwwing Hoarder and SM B.
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SM B - Attacks TBs, pilfers an IP.
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Mizzle - Arcanum of the Storm Crow. Affinity to Air Damage on SM A? Normal. Bolt damage on Hoarder. Hoarder is down! More damage to A.
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Anders helps - Saraid! Or … actually not.
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SMs … drop down the Cornered Clock.
Round 3
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TBs - barrage at the SMs … sympathy for Mizzle … hit!
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SM A - hindering Mizzle. Nope.
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Sara - Fire attack! Almost take down SM A.
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SM B - hindering TBs? Nope.
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Mizzle - AP needle on SM B.
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Anders - Helping the TBs? Yes!
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SMs - drop down Cornered !
Round 4
- TBs - Shoot down SM A, and most of SM B.
- SM B - Tries to pilfer from TBs, but fails.
- Sara - Misses.
- Mizzle - Needle! - defeats SM B!
We win!
2 Tool Bags - consumable for 3 IP! → one to Mizzle, one to TBs.
Recover what the others had stolen from. And why stealing?
“Zenit Eyes will be so angry at us!” “They used to be just like us!” “I heard he ate something.”
They live in a cave, suborned to Zenit Eyes who demands tribute. Or else he’ll eat them (!!)
Will help us if they can if we ask.
He is covered with molten gold from zenits. Controlling, decadent, greedy, spiteful.
We offer up some things for them to bring back with them so that ZE doesn’t eat them.
Anders … “whuh? Is this what’s part of being an envoy?” He just wants a smoke.
Yes, we’re envoys, but also adventurers, heroes.
We go back to the spa to rest
We rest!
CUTSCENE
Monkeys in a cave. Glittering piles of gold and shiny debris.
One SM brings up the ball of yarn from the TBs …
ZE reaches down, grabs it, chucks away.
Can tell it wasn’t “dear” …
/CUTSCENE
Has anyone here seen someone who looks like Saraid? (Rose? Jenny?)
A traveling merchant starts at S’s appearance. “Hey, did you hold me up at knife point?” Tarot Gang, a major crossroads. Near “Jenny”. (Jenny Tarot and the Tarot Gang)
Okay, this is what I found when searching for “bandit tarot,” which immediately made me think of the TBs’ clank, so there’s a potential interesting plot point. Source
Bonds:
- Mizzle - affection toward TBs - are still sticking around after having found a relocation candidate.
- Saraid - bond (admiration) toward Anders
- TBs - affection toward Mizzle, because he was affectionate toward their loyalty.
Overnight at the spa – next MP spends are halved!
To Zenit Eyes!
We follow the directions, find the cave … creep along …
We are attacked – ZE (bad tempered, gilded, wave of greed) is an elite (2x turns), and a villain!
He has a Sneak Thief and Hoarder (threatening!)
Round 1
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ZE - Hinder to shove someone prone. Saraid is Shaken!
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Mizzle - Study ZE! Success! VU earth, light; RS poison, fire, cold, dark
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Hoarder - Junk toss at Mizzle.
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TBs - Zap zap! ZE and Hoarder (vuln!).
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ZE - Wild Swipe at Mizzle. Misses.
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Saraid - switches weapons.
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SN - Hindering the TBs. Fail!
Round 2
- ZE - Hindering Mizzle. Bullying! Shaken.
- Mizzle - Attacks Hoader with the Storm Crow. Sneak Thief is normal to Bolt Damage. 20 Bolt to Hoarder … defeated! 20 Air to Sneak Thief.
- ZE - Zenit Scepter! vs Sara! Earth Damage. Sara smacks back … hits ZE!
- TBs - Rifle Swap for Earth (vs ZE), and Barrage ZE and ST. Boom boom!
- ST - Pilfer the TBs!
- Saraid - Hitting the Sneak Thief. Prayer Wraps on Light - hits.
Round 3
- ZE - Shattered Gold! Targeting Saraid.
- TBs - Boom boom! Sneak Thief down! ZE hit badly! In Crisis for the first time. Wave of Greed! We are shaken … except Mizzle who is GILDED.
Trimaldis: Gelded..? 
Saraid: GILDED
- ZE - Wild Swipe vs Saraid and Mizzle. Physical Damage … so Saraid, counter with Prayer Wraps. Crit! Big damage, and Advantage (+4).
- Saraid - Attacks ZE - does damage!
- Mizzle - Acorn Pixie - Sharp Needle!
Round 4
- ZE - Hinder … Acorn Pixie! Intimidate - gilded!
- TBs - Attack! Defeat!
Aftermath!
ZE is vomiting up gold. Shrinking. Then spits out a black mass, dissipating into a mist.
Mizzle studies! A fraction of a larger demon! And it seems very unhappy about wherever it’s going.
Mizzle clears Shaken with some help.
Sara and TBs provide help to the ritual - Arcanism …
Neko Monarch comes in … you wanna help that guy? that’s nice – why you’re the boss. Shuffle off where he belongs … picks up the nodule of blackness … be back soon …
No one deserves to be lonely.
Critical success on the Ritual … Opportunity! So maybe the demon might have been fleeing to where the Quiet Knight’s Wizard resides? Information? “Stream of Souls” – life forces – (what are demons?) –
– when spirits return to it, all of their negative baggage is stripped away … by demons! Powerful MUs can create a personal demesne in the Stream … so maybe that’s where the QK Wizard is …
In summary:
- There’s a river of souls
- Demons harvest negative baggage from the departed as they enter the river of souls
- Strong magicians can also create “houseboats” on the river, forming private domains
Snow monkeys are hooting and running around in relief.
We got the Zenit scepter … which might be usable by Saraid, or as a Quality (ch-ching!) for the TBs.
Zenit barf – recovering things for owners, but also a few things unaccounted for.
- ZE’s club (Sara or TBs)
- Zenit – 650z total … a large clump of gold …
… springing from the clump of gold. Cute little creature … “Me” (Prisma)
Sara let’s him curl up around her wrist … and turns into a solid ring.