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Meanwhile

Finding themselves near an institute, yet also holding a box of hatching bugs they could bury, the Worst Party was torn. To visit an institute or to bury a box?

Many of us would choose one or the other, but much like the guy who sworded the Gordian Knot, the Worst Party broke out of the Choice Box and did both.

Worst Party Fragment Count: 2

Makalbly Jane and Jeumes headed south toward the docks with the box. As Jeumes dug, they met Isodore, an elf with many theories about radiation and the way the world works.

Charmed by Makalbly Jane and Jeumes' burying ways, he invited to come join him at his bunker. He apparently was not getting along with his bunkermates.

They declined, and for the first time, Makalbly Jane did not invite a stranger to hear the Good Word about the Goat.

Meanwhile, Big Mama told an inspiring story about institutes to embolden the rest of the party, as they walked to the Gnomonics Institute.

As they approached, they saw Ovis leave for her lunch break, giving them a chance to explore undisturbed.

Descending through the Institute, they came across large, discarded machines, and eventually, a circle made of strange symbols and an unassuming pool of acid.

Meanwhile, Makalbly Jane and Jeumes walked to the northeast corner of Aljibo to check out Isodore's bunker. Despite his exhortations, they did not go in.

While ascending again to take a break outside and maybe go back to the fortifed inn, they ran into Ovis, back from her break. And with her was Dr. Frackenstein.

Dr. Frackenstein was unhappy with the PCs' unauthorized visit. Big Mama cast Suggestion to suggest that it was actually OK and that the doctor should spill everything she knows.

It worked on Ovis, but Dr. Frackenstein responded by summoning a tiger and lion.

Eunice didn't like her chances, so she moved silently past the big cats and out the door and went south to find Makalbly Jane.

Worst Party Fragment Count: 3

Awnzo, Beffa, Oika, and Big Mama were blocked from the exit by the big cats, and the doctor didn't seem to be buying their offers of research funding. Shortly, she cast a spell that made Beffa and Oika terrified of her. They bolted down the stairs, back into the depths of the Institute.

Worst Party Fragment Count: 4

Meanwhile, Jeumes, coming down from the excitement of becoming a new cleric of the Goat, asked uncomfortable theological questions. Makalbly Jane did her best, but she was unaccustomed to views of the Goat that weren't either her own absolute faith or everyone else's complete dismissal.

Meanwhile, Eunice wasn't finding Makalbly Jane and Jeumes down at the docks. Instead, she found ghouls. She slipped on her Hat of Disguise, which made her look like a ghoul.

The ghouls groaned at her. She groaned back.

After a little back and forth, they gestured north and began shambling. Eunice shambled after them, at a rate just slow enough that they lost her after a few rounds.

Meanwhile, Oika and Beffa ran for their lives down a floor, then down another floor, down several twists, then into a closet.

Meanwhile, Big Mama and Awnzo tried to work the situation with the doctor, Ovis, the tiger, and the lion. They got Ovis fired, then bailed. Big Mama put a Flaming Sphere up to block their retreat as she and Awnzo went down the stairs after the other two.

Meanwhile, Makalbly and Jeumes came back to the Institute to find a tiger at the door. They climbed onto the roof to think about what to do is safety.

Meanwhile, a gnome cleric and her human companions came upon Eunice. They took up arms, and the cleric began bringing the power of the Good Moon upon Eunice.

Eunice took off her hat. They had a nice conversation about local business, excessive government interference, and local happening involving the mayor, Item Mart, and the Body by Bodymaster School of Massage.

Meanwhile, Big Mama and Awnzo found Oika and Beffa and convinced them that moving out of the closet would move them no closer to the doctor. They picked up some shells and wicks from the closet and headed out.

Worst Party Fragment Count: 3

Meanwhile, Makalbly Jane and Jeumes came down from the roof to try to get past the tiger. Makalbly Jane noticed there was something odd about the tiger. She bolo'd it anyway, trapping two of the tiger's legs. She moved past it into the Institute. Jeumes tried to follow but was caught by the tiger's free claws and went down for the count.

Soon after, Eunice came upon the scene and promptly climbed to the roof for safety, where a troop of flying suits of armor found her. She played dead, but one of them threw a spear at her anyway. She climbed down.

Worst Party Fragment Count: 2

The rest of the party came upon a locked door. The party fished through the various devices in the junk to try to get it open. They seemed too much to bother with, though so Beffa just forced it open.

At the other end of this small room was a shelf with a sword, bottle, jug, and a flask. Beffa went for it and promptly fell though the floor, which turned out to not be real. She landed on spikes, which hurt quite a bit but didn't kill her.

Oika kicked into standard Worst Party procedure and lowered a rope through the illusory floor to bring Beffa back up. Big Mama climbed the wall over to the shelf and grabbed the items.

Beffa was disappointed to learn that the sword was a short sword.

It was time to move on, but Oika and Beffa were still filled with fear of Dr. Frackenstein and refused to go up the stairs which would up them closer to her. So, Awnzo created an illusion of Dr. Frackenstein, which chased them all up the stairs.

Eunice ran past the tiger to join Makalbly Jane, and Oika, Beffa, Big Mama, and Awnzo came up the stairs.

Worst Party Reunited!

And then, they heard the clanking suits of armor on the other side of the door, demanding Dr. Frankenstein. Big Mama cast Alter Self to create the third version of Dr. Frackenstein this adventure and opened the door.

The troop of floating suits of armor demanded that Dr. Frackenstein repay Baron von Blodbaron an emerald. Who would have an emerald on them?

Awnzo, of course. Or at least a fake emerald. He palmed it off to “Dr. Frackenstein”, who gave it to the animate armors. They left with their payment.

Then, the PCs ransacked an office and went down to the circle in the basement, near which they found a secret door.

XP

For all of their animate armor-tricking, ghoul tricking, fellow party member tricking, trapped item getting, and religious apologetics, the PCs earned 22,775 XP!

Current XP totals

Oika Makalbly Jane Awnzo Beffa Eunice Bret Nettie Jeumes 53774 54830 55211 54237 53262 43739 53308 949

Next Time

See you tomorrow!

Excelsior! Jim

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