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I really come to realize doing this series
that most of, or all of my D&D sessions I've been in
consists of...
Chaos,
Panic,
and Screaming.
But I think that's just a side effect of playing D&D.
So last time we kind of had some...
chaos, panic, and screaming. Yeah
As Sips went a bit bonkers,
doing some murder and fighting Gothi.
The group avoided some consequences,
while Arina...
still keeps forgetful Sips in the dark about what happened.
Gothy: Why are you like this?
Dingo:  you know, due to the fear of being MURDERD
oh and uh
Mr. Wizardly is now Mrs. Wizardly
[glass shatters and Mr.Wizardly screams ]
That is my [sigh]
That is my favorite thing.
So now the group looks on to a beaten and bloodied unconscious Sneeze
Just lying in the trash
Sips: That's it, I'm murdering someone
[Arina screams]
Naturally.
So we load him up with a healing potion to get him back on his feet and ask what happened.
Okay so...
Through the entire campaign.
We always joke that Sips knew exactly what Sneeze was saying
even though he had no tongue.
I mean, alright but I don't know where you're gonna find that many illegal fighting turtles.
Dingo: And Sips does
But me the player,
does not.
As in, how do you question a creature that doesn't talk?
F**k
Together we play an intense game of charades
like idiots
til someone remembers pen and paper
exist.
I.
Never said I was a smart player.
Reading, we found out that last night
before the whole berry incident
Sneeze left the party to hit up the local casino
since he cleared out Mr. Wizardly and was looking to win more cash
And win cash, he  did.
A LOT of it.
till the casino head honcho and our next NPC
Vashinco
pretty much the mob boss
Challenged him to a poker game.
Which, Vashinco lost
Naturally.
Accused sneeze of cheating
roughed him up
stole all his cash
and threw him out in the alley
You know how it goes
Gothi: Were are you cheating?
Nice
Okay. Well, so we just gotta go and find...
Hey!  Where are you going?
What do you think!
*sings* Gonna go murder a guy
Arina: Wait!
God, Arina, what?!
Well uh,
We should be a bit more tactical than just straight up murder
right?
Sure
First I'll go in there.
Find him
Break all his bones
Then, I'll murder him.
boom
Tactical.
uh
oh! And I'll burn down his casino
Gothi: He is trying
Good, good effort?
But why don't we try my plan?
So we discussed around the table about Arina's plan.
That does NOT involve...
setting a casino on fire
so 7 out of 10 plan
But it DOES involve...
us getting into fancy clothes.
I just
Got out of these.
Are you just stalling for time knowing that eventually
you're gonna have to tell sips everything
and get potentially murdered
hmm
This better work
or I WILL
light the casino on fire
*high pitch* Let's get going...
Gothi: Thought so.
Following Arina's lead, we make our way through the casino.
seeing that it is not only occupied by lowlifes
but also...
Vampires.
I still vote fire
Shush
Through the guards we get a meeting with Vashinco
and enter his office to see him up close and personal
And yeah
Evil Vampire Lord
Neat.
*accent* What do you want?
Oh, it's that the accent you're going for?
Yes. I'm going for kind of an
Eastern European thing
I... what do you want?!
Well, Mr. Vampire...
I uh- wha-
I Am NOT vampire.
Why, why would you think that?
umm
Must have read it somewhere
Now I know how the Baron wouldn't be super stoked there's a vampire Lord in the city
but that's not why I'm here...
I'm here to offer you a deal as we'd love to work with you
Really?
Cuz your monkey does not look too enthused
hrmm
Oh that's just his face
Yeah, he always looks like that
-Now
about that deal
So Arina's plan goes like this...
We offer Vashinco to purchase the giant mech dragon outside the city
for like 2 million gold pieces
Luring him away from the city and essentially
rob and kill him?
To be honest
I don't remember a lot.
But all I know is I'm on the
Revenge
Train
So with some Hype and Bluff roles,
we convince Vashinco to head to the dragon
I mean, we're like D&D car salesmen at this point.
Now you may be asking
or not at all
About how can we take a vampire out in broad daylight?
Well Felix has some homebrew rules
that vampires can go in the sunlight
But only if they drink blood on a regular basis
as long as they're fed, they're fine
So just wanted to make that clear.
Don't @me. @Felix
[Felix]: What?!
anyway...
We travel with Jawbone
cuz you know,
he's a good murder machine if need be.
Arriving at the dragon the group splits.
The guards get it tore down on the ground
While the Vashinco and Sips take a tour on top
Leaving us alone
Hmm yes good.
I like buttons
[choking]
When I cast choke
yes, we're doing this again
Arina and Gothi hearing this
immediately start combat with the guards
Now.. [grunting and screeching]
Now, I'm gonna give you
two options
first option:
you apologize to my friend
the one you nearly killed last night
Annnnnd
you give back his winnings,
but triple it
Or
the second option...
I kill you right here right now
and take ALL your money
Then burn your casino to the ground.
I'm personally hoping you go with option two.
As Sips is staring down. Mr. Vampire.
He suddenly feels something coming over him.
Now do you guys remember anything about vampires?
They got the Sun thing
suckin blood
turning into a bat
and uh...
Oh, oh, yeah
if you stare into their eyes they can...
enthrall you
AKA dominate person.
AKA Mind Control
Yeah, I forgot about that
As Sips fails his  Will Save and becomes...
enthralled.
Yes, we're doing this again
In full vampire mind control, Sips lowers Vashinco to the ground
releasing him
[coughs]
First of all
rude
Second.
Why don't I tell you about all the options
you don't have
As now I have you under my control
Where first I'll make you...
Kill your friends.
then maybe I'll...
wait.
How much money can I get for a pissy monkey?
hrmph
Then suddenly he stops and becomes frozen in place
unable to move. He grits his teeth in pain
snapping sips out of his trance
What?
Did you try to mind-control me?
I always forget they can do that
But Sips gets no reaction as he sees Vashinco
trembling, in fear
I mean you chose option two man.
Then Sips hears a slight mutter of "stop it"
Stop it. Stop it
Whoa, wait, what are you?
Vashinco's body jerks wanting to run but it can't,
like it's being held by an unnatural force
Get out of my head. Get out of my head
GET OUT OF MY HEAD
Look buddy.
I don't know what the hell you're talking -
Sips feel something
Something familiar
The same intense pain in his mind he's felt before.
Then both Vashinco and Sips let out an agonizing scream
as wild magic shoots off of sips his body
while Vashinco violently wretches forward
crumpling to the floor
Falling to his knees Sips looks up to see the vampire lord
dead.
His body slowly turning into ash
then
silence
But only for moment
As Sips, hears a voice
in his head.
Male,
stern,
and precise
simply say,
"interesting"
What?
the f**k?
Arina, Jawbone, and Gothi finish off the two large vampire guards
Where Gothi almost DIED, by the way
[Splat]
Gothi: I'm good.
They were beefy boys
[retches]
With health potions we regroup
Sips tells of what happened not including the strange voice though
He's unsure if it was real.
It was just weird, you know
[hiccup]
Uh
Sips you should look at your hand.
What?
[GASP]
Don't freakout!
Hrrnnnnnn
Arina has something she would like to tell you.
um
well at the party last night,
someone... not naming names
Arina
I...
kind of threw a blood moon berry into your mouth
cuz I thought it would be funny and uh...
Well it kind of brought your curse back
- to fifty percent
- and uh
Then something happened
What happened?
[With remorse] Nothing good.
What happened?
- Arina: you went insane and
Killed a lot of people
But it wasn't your fault.
Yeah. You were bonkers crazy.
I mean you attacked Gothy for God's sakes
What?
You're not helping Arina.
Look, there's obviously something going on with your curse.
-It's more difficult than we thought.
But we'll work together
-Find a solution
-Maybe we go back to alchemists
But Sips wasn't listening anymore
Nah, his mind was somewhere else.
Seeing his curse come back
hearing all this,
it was a lot.
All those emotions that were lost last night came back
The fear, anger, shame,
and something new
sadness
Sadness that just when he thought he had control of his own
goddamn life.
He was back to square one
I know you all want Sips to kill Arina
and as Sips's player I get it
Believe me.
But as much as she's at fault
Sips saw the curse coming back as..
an inevitability.
The berry...
didn't bring back the curse
because the curse never left
if not the berry, something else.
It would come back regardless,
it just needed time.
So...
No, he is not murdering Arina today
Cuz instead,
he starts to walk towards Rascom
uhh
Where are you going?
I'm gonna go burn down a casino
Well... that went better than expected
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[drum roll]
Lightning bolt and
[party toy noise]
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