Emo Shenanigans

Scene: meeting Samyan.

Character perspective: (1,2= mary-lou, 3,4=artemis, 5,6=samyan)

Samyan!

Your name is Samyan Amola. You are a mage and chronically ill. you have prepared your cantrips and two spells: charm person and magic missile. You have studied magic for years, but it is only now that you will be given an adventuring party.

Your mood today:

DQ: helplessly lame

You are feeling bored and useless. Your illness has been keeping you in bed and you are sick of it. You want to change the world and be a famous hero, not be stuck inside the house all day.

You’ve been hearing voices from the living room for a while, like your sister is having visitors over. You get dressed and walk over there just to check. “What’s all this commotion?”

You are introduced. Auphrey you already know, they’re a bootlicker cop who thinks they’re soooo important for the town. You don’t know why they keep coming over and asking about your health. You brush them off and focus on the newcomers: Artemis and Mary-Lou. They look out of place in a way you can’t quite pinpoint, but that feels somehow familiar to you. They’re clearly not from Mawtop, but it seems like wherever they came from, they stick out the same way there. Just something about the way they carry themselves. And: they are adventurers.

“Adventurers! So what’s your quest? Where are you going?” “err, well..” the short one says (that’s Artemis). “We’re looking for a place to stay and then we’ll see”, said Mary-Lou.

“You are SOO boring!” you shout. “You have the possibility to do anything, but you’re just lazing around!” “Samyan!” your sister tries to stop you. In vain! “If I could be an adventurer I would be killing dragons at least once a week! The whole world is open to you and you waste it!”

“Why can’t you be an adventurer?” Artemis asks. You blush angrily. (You tend to get warm when having strong emotions. It’s a symptom.) “Because I’m ill! I studied magic at the academy but I can’t even join a guild because I can’t walk and stand long enough for the practical exam!” “Well, maybe-” “No! No it’s not a magical illness nor a curse; no, no one knows what it is; no, no cures have worked, yes i am serious.” You sit on the floor. “Any more questions?”

Artemis seems to think for a while. “What about magic?” “It’s not a magical illness so magic can’t fix it, did you listen-” “Not to fix it. Okay.” He takes a deep breath and looks nervously at all the people in the room. “It’s just-”

FQ: are the others paying attention to them? NO

Saya and Auphrey are talking amongst themselves, and Mary-Lou is staring off into space.

He joins you on the floor and speaks more quietly. “There’s more than just fixing. So I have- I have this friend who is mute. He can’t speak, at all. But he knows a type of sign language and his friends learn it too and they can talk with it. And he has a-” he frowns. “a magical device that he can write on and it will speak the words out loud. For the people who don’t know sign language. And my friend-” he points at the taller… elf? “He has a skin disease that doesn’t go away. Don’t worry it’s not contagious. Anyway, he has a special ointment that helps reduce the itchiness. It doesn’t fix it, but makes it more endurable. And I-” he seems to hesitate. “I have uh. You know what, nevermind. My point is. If magic can’t fix it, maybe it can make it easier for you to live with.”

You bite your lip as your brain scrambles to categorize the new information and ideas. It’s kind of an addictive feeling, it reminds you of studying new types of magic. “So you’re saying-”, he starts “If you can’t walk-”, the idea comes to you both at the same time “flying magic!” “Just a moment!” you say and run back to your room and (you regret the effort and pant once you) return with your notes on various spells. The younger elf seems to know nothing about magic, but follows your explanations interestedly. After some modifications, you are ready. You cast “Strong Unseen Servant”:

2d6 +2 = 10. Success!

The invisible manaform manifests before you. You can’t exactly see them, but you can feel that they are of humanoid shape, as tall a dwarf and holding out their hands questioningly. “Lift me up!” you say. They do. Bridal Style. You are floating 1 meter above the ground. All eyes turn on you as you grin. “Saya! I’m going to be an adventurer!”

Chaos: 4

decided to remove thread 14 (the bear)

Scene: Our First Quest

Your name is Mary-Lou. You’re a Lâmia and left your homeplanet just one year ago for reasons you don’t like thinking about. You are currently on a trip with your friend Artemis, to get some rest because he has been having a stressful time at home. You’ve been taking care of him. Not yourself though, and that’s why you’re dissociating.

Scene setup: Interrupt

Random Event: NPC Positive

NPC: Auphrey

Event Focus: Deceive Portals

FQ: Does Auphrey know about the other planets? NO

You suddenly realize that guard Captain Auphrey is looking at you critically and expectantly. “Hu-what?” you say. “Where are you two from?” they ask.

FQ: Did Mary-Lou prepare an answer for the question ahead of time? (Unlikely) YES

You had obviously thought of this before going on the trip. You had studied the maps and picked a city in the north, far enough from your destination to be a safe lie but close enough that travel from there was plausible. “We are from Elvern, up North.”

FQ: Ice kinda set them off in a random place where Vicar happened to be. Did they land in the correct range from that place for it to be convincing? (very unlikely) NO

New move: Lie. 2d6+CHA 10+: convincing. 7-9: need proof.

Move: Lie. 2d6+2 = 6: Failure.

Gm Move triggered: d12 = 11 “Put someone in a spot”

Auphrey draws their rapier and points it at you. “You must be lying! No one has been able to cross the white wastes for 20 years! And your accent does not sound northern either.” You try to remember what your Uvaitune map looked like. The white wastes? Sounds like Ice set you down much further South than you’d assumed. Right! Because of that whole debacle with Vicars blackmail you didn’t land at all where you had planned to. You could have hit yourself for forgetting. Auphrey keeps moving the rapier closer to your throat. “Ha! Caught in the lie! And don’t think I don’t know that you freed the bear and caused chaos at the faire! You two are a mighty suspicious pack!” The point of the rapier is touching your throat now and you have to laugh at the threat. “What are you going to do, kill me?”

AQ: What is Auphrey’s plan? Triumph Advice

FQ: Do they arrest them? (very likely) YES

Their eyes narrow. “Not yet. You’re coming with me, both of you. This is an arrest. You are being arrested. I am arresting you.”

You can’t stop laughing. “And if I resist? Then you will kill me?”

FQ: Do they say yes? (unlikely) YES

“Yes.”

FQ: has mary-lou told artemis that he is immortal? (50/50) YES + RANDOM EVENT

Event: Remote Event

Even Focus: Overthrow Anger

Suddenly you can hear distant shouts and explosions. The noise seems to be coming closer. Auphrey seems distracted.

New move: Intimidation. 2d6+CHA 10+: other person gets scared. 7-9: draw their attention instead

Artemis move: Intimidation. 2d6-1 = 7. Partial success.

Artemis pulls his sword at Auphrey and say “Not today.” His hand is shaking. Auphrey glances sideways at the short elf, then points their rapier at him instead. “You are both. Coming with me.”

You sigh. It might be coming to a fight after all.

DQ: How is Saya feeling? Beautifully beautiful.

Saya is making fawny eyes at Auphrey. Samyan sees this, narrows her eyes and raises her hands. She mumbles an incantation and touches Auphrey’s shoulder.

Samyan move: Cast Charm Person. 2d6+2 = 9. Partial Success -> Forget spell

Both Samyan’s and Auphrey’s eyes seem to glow pink for a heartbeat. They lower their weapon. “Pardon. Where were we?”

“There seems to be some kind of commotion outside” you offer helpfully. They stop to listen, the explosions and screams are growing closer still. The nod appreciatively and straighten their posture. “Thank you. You’ll have to forgive me for cutting our meeting short, but duty calls.” With that, they grab their coat and storm out.

Saya looks angrily at Samyan. You don’t listen to them argue, you just sink down.

Chaos factor: 5