Session 33: The Devil You Know

Key Plot Developments
Misu, surrounded by vultures and choking on ice cream in her dream-scape, is mocked by Nicholas Ice Cream, who transforms into a facsimile of her. Then--she dies. The whole experience occurred as she was making death saves during the fight with Anna.

Misu's soul is sent to hell. After an interminable amount of time in line (the devils, of course, inspired the DMV), she meets Ix'Thor, the secretary-devil of GARAKH’NURR. Ix'Thor claims he's reviewed Misu's file and is unimpressed; in his view, she's done a lot of good deeds and needs to step up her evil. She meekly self-advocates but is overruled. Then, Trix revives her.

Back in Anna's palace, the group reels at the devastation caused by Glyn's crystals. Skriss pops in and offers to teleport everyone back to an alcove in the Darklake where they were attempting to see Glyn. As Trix brings Misu back to life, Glyn crawls towards Anna's remains and begs him to bring back Misu. Grazilaxx is open about how poorly his plan went; Giggles is dead, so Dawnbringer is useless to him. Misu begins acting more evil and lawful towards the rest of the group, demanding rental fees for the use of her equipment.

Glyn cries on the ground. He sees Sloopidoop, who killed Anna, and weakly beats at his armor; he has no more paladin abilities. Sloopidoop mercifully knocks him unconscious. Slagathor, quite confused, accepts Trix's offer to leave the grove behind (it's substandard real estate for hospitality now, what with all of the death).

The group teleports back to the Darklake, encountering Nomi. She passes out goodberries. Pix's dress and Bogtooth's whip--both drow-made--are now useless. They realize Dawnbringer's light destroyed the drowcraft weapons.

Tremble and Trix fish together. Trix contemplates opening up to his brother; he briefly discusses how he enjoyed being a potted plant. Lemon worries about Glyn.

Misu, less manic than before, gives her circlet to Grazilaxx. He ponders what to do, now that Giggles is dead. Grazilaxx apologies for his mistake to everyone. He worries Anna might use the crystals to return; Slagathor will join him in destroying the remaining crystals in the grove and Gracklstugh, preventing someone else from becoming corrupted like Giggles.

Shuushar shares an emotional moment with Trix: having finally encountered his long-lost mentor, and since Sloopidoop helped Grazilaxx with his project, the two of them will return to their destroyed hometown of Sloobludop. Trix gives Shuushar the returning javelin of lightning. Shuushar uses it on the Darklake, electrocuting a number of fish (dinner!). He thanks Trix for his friendship and kindness.

Skriss smokes some weed.

Trix goes to tie Misu up so Glyn will be more comforted upon awakening. He uses his now-disgusting five foot of silken rope, which Tremble (now an artificer) converts into a 60-foot rope of climbing. Nomi leaves some goodberries for Glyn and agrees to return to Blingdenstone to gather some earth elementals to destroy Anna's crystals (though, without Entemoch's Boon, her efforts will be diminished). The ragtag group disperses. Misu, Lemon, and the goblins are left alone.

Glyn finally wakes up. He's shocked. He cries for his lost friends. Glyn resists his clan's attempts to explain Nicholas Ice Cream's plot. He reveals his connection to Drigglezub, including his love for her; Trix is privately shocked. Glyn blames Misu for everything--how she tried to convince the duergar to sell their souls, how the deaths were her fault.

Trix casts Zone of Truth to guide the conversation. He confesses that Misu might help him get his soul back--and that Misu isn't even that evil. Misu begins to cry. With the Zone of Truth, her fake accent slips--she's not really a devil. The Zone reveals her belief that Nicholas Ice Cream is a demon, she's spoken with him, and she thinks Glyn has done the same.

Glyn wavers on his connection to his family. Does he believe his Dark Prince? Does he believe Trix and Misu? After an extended internal debate, his clan forces Misu's intelligence-enhancing circlet on his head, making him remember all of the abuse he suffered in those visions--gaslighting, grooming, mutilation. He also realizes that the "Dark Prince" had asked him about prophecies NOT because he was testing Glyn, but because he actually didn't know them, indicating that the prophecies either came from Anna directly or from the REAL Dark Prince.

Lemon asks to eat the circlet (he is, of course, denied). Glyn finally acknowledges the truth: he was used and abused by a demon lord. Now, he's with his family again--they're all he has, and they need to stay together.

New NPCs

 * 1) Ix'Thor, devil secretary of GARAKH’NURR

Memorable Quotations
Pix: This isn’t Blingdenstone...this isn’t ‘we killed the bad thing and everything is better.' Something’s wrong.

Ix'Thor: Misupheles, I’m gonna give it to ya straight. I'm not seeing Nine Hells material here. You’ve been going around with a group of gobin children helping them to find their family? If you’re gonna go to hell, I need a lot more law and a lot more evil.

Ix'Thor: We have a transfer program--you know, start off in the Bleak Waste of Gehnna...


 * Misu: What about spying on the Harpers?
 * Ix'Thor: The Harpers? You did exactly what they asked! Not even basic sabotage.

Shuushar: Misu is dead. Justice has been served.


 * Glyn: Bring her back. PLEASE, Trix. Please, bring her back!
 * Trix: I...I can’t. I can’t restore missing body parts and stuff. She's just ashes. She’s pretty much gone...

Skriss: Lotta folks to teleport. Yo, anyone got any ports left?


 * Misu: Why the F*CK did you do that?!
 * Trix: What? Why did I REVIVE you? 'Cause you died.”
 * Misu: F*ck you!

Lemon: I’m only allowed to have blood if they say it’s okay.


 * Slagathor: Slagathor know when Slagathor not wanted!
 * Trix: Wait, Slagathor! I have RP with you!
 * Slagathor: Hold on, Slagathor. Slagathor stay.

Misu: Give me money for it in exchange. A gold piece a day! That sounds fair!


 * Lemon: Sorry about asking for your name. It's none of my business.
 * Nomi: No, that’s alright! My name is Nomi Pathshutter!
 * Lemon: Hmmmmmm….okay. You can keep it.

Pix: Let's try to be proper around the proper sword, Bog.

Trix: Sometimes it isn’t about being strong. It’s about making the right choice. And sometimes that choice is really hard. But I think we made the right one.


 * Trix: Remember for a second there...I was a plant? I, um…. I really liked being a plant. When I was a plant, I didn’t have to make any decisions or worry about people dying, or worry about anything except something called...chlorophyll. I was safe at home in a little pot. And it was really nice.
 * Tremble: I think everyone wants to feel like a plant sometimes.

Shuushar: Trix, I love you. I love you more than many things in my life. If you were a member of my family, I know you would taste the best! When I die and my soul goes to the briny depths of the Sea Mother, you have first claims on my flesh.

Shuushar: TICKLECORN! [Fish rain down from the sky.] A feast!


 * Shuushar: Misu, I believe our debt has been paid.
 * Misu: The contract is finished.
 * Shuushar: There was never a contract.
 * Misu: Just let me have it....
 * Shuushar: Sigh….the contract is finished. Misu…...If you f*ck with Trix, I’ll kill you.

Dawnbringer: Hey, um, do you consent to me healing your soul? Hot-dang-diggity-dog!

Trix: Glyn, the Dark Prince was evil. He tricked you. He lied to you. And we had to stop him.


 * Glyn: He was going to bring back Drigglezub!
 * Trix: SHE’S DEAD!
 * Glyn: Maybe she is NOW! She’s too good for you! She was always too good for you! You never treated her right when she was alive or even when she was dead! You always thought you were so cool. You were too cool for everyone, even her!
 * Trix: You were in love with her the whole time?
 * Glyn: Of course I was! She was incredible.
 * Trix: ....I know.
 * Glyn: It’s my fault she’s gone!I didn’t DO anything! I let her go. I let them all go and I stayed behind!
 * Trix: Glyn, I loved Drigglezub. I was mean to a lot of people back then. But she was really the only person that I trusted. I need you to believe that. And if there was even a CHANCE that she could come back, I’d be moving heaven and hell to bring her back, but she can’t. She can’t come back.

Lemon: Everyone was yelling and then Glyn-Lemon said 'Make Gracklstugh Great Again' and I guess I got behind that.


 * Trix: Let’s test it. Glyn, try to tell a lie.
 * Tremble: I wanna try! My name is Tremble! Um. I love Bro and Sis! Um. Bogtooth is dumb. Whoa! It really works!”

Trix: Maybe Misu is just not that evil!! [Misu starts crying.] Yeah, Glyn, just look at her.


 * Glyn: WHY are you crying, Misu?
 * Misu: Because I wasn’t bad enough for hell. They wouldn’t take me. I helped you all too much.. I even cried ‘Blood War!’

Grazilaxx: One does not simply walk into Gravenhollow. Gravenhollow finds you.

Pix: Nothing like your mother’s voice coming out of a sword to tell you what to do.


 * Misu: You made a cult?
 * Glyn: I made a city!

Skriss: This is weed. Anyway, I’m a child. We’re all children of the earth.


 * Glyn: He….he took my hands. But he gave me new ones! He used to hurt me when I did things wrong.
 * Misu: Benevolent benefactors don’t mutilate their subjects.
 * Lemon: If I had hands, I’d never lose them.
 * Bogtooth: You're just built different.
 * Lemon: I am. I am an ooze.
 * Misu: What did you do to merit getting your hands cut off?
 * Glyn: ...I…..I forgot.

Glyn: He was so nice to me. It was nice for someone to be nice to me! I wanted to make him happy. We were like family. He said that I was like a son to him.

Glyn: Families stick together.... We’re a family. And we need to save the other members of our family.