Shenanigans: Episode 024

__NOTOC__
==Recap==
===Heatwave===
There is a unseasonal heatwave occurring inside Shenanigans today. Everyone is dressing lightly, with Desmond not seemingly reacting to the heat. Friar Morton Bixby casts Iron Vigil on himself to avoid the effects of the heat. 
Desmond shows the party the Portal to the Elemental Plane of Fire that is outside in the street of Bergshire that is the cause of the heatwave. The Portal is oval shaped portal glowing red. Desmond says he, Lizzy and Borch Thunderbowls will go investigate inside the portal and find out what happened. He leaves the party in charge of Shenanigans.
Both Lizzy & Desmond are wearing matching magical rings to resist the heat. Borch is wearing a loin cloth. Lizzy tells the party that her Mother is coming into town today, but she and Desmond promised her that they wouldn't adventure anymore, so to make sure to keep her mother in the dark. The party agree, then Desmond, Lizzy & Borch leave.
Glib Glob offers to be the Chef. The party is against it except Friar Morton Bixby, who allows it. Josofat Farseer helps Glib Glob in the kitchen. Naina Thermon & Friar Morton Bixby works as a waiters. Kourie Silvertongue works behind the bar.
Layla then comes into Shenanigans and asks to talk to the party in private in the Back Yard. Layla thinks she summoned a Monster from the Plane of Fire and it is inside her. Last night Layla tried to contact Demons from the other Planes. Layla at first thought the summoning didn't work, but she had a nightmare where an older woman was chanting "One of Us" before turning into Ash. When Layla woke up there was a portal open and blood on her bed and she was aching all over. Layla goes back to her house, along with Naina & Morton.
===Kobold Hostile Takeover===
Inside Shenanigans Krewbarb is directing over 30 Kobolds to rearrange all the furniture, replacing Human sized furniture with Kobold-sized furniture. Krewbard says they are turning Shenanigans into a Casino. The party try to reason with the Kobold, but Krewbarb is adamant about taking over Shenanigans. Kourie then lures the Kobolds out to the stables with the promise of free wine. They end up pouring the barrel of wine into the water trough.
Layla, Naina, & Morton arrive at Desmond & Lizzy's House. It is a sizeable cottage that is well crafted, with some party appearing to be crafted with Elven methods of shaping trees. Layla shows the pair her bed covered in blood. Morton is overjoyed and says it is time for Layla's Moon Party. Morton then tells Layla that that a demon will be inside her once a month and cause her to bleed. Layla is horrified and runs out of the room. Naina tries to explain things more accurately while Morton cleans the sheets.
Back at Shenanigans, Josofat Farseer has given some of his "Herbal" Wine to the Kobolds in the stables. Krewbarb is ripping up a floorboard and finds a Magic Orb. Krewbarb pokes the Orb and is frozen by being covered in ice crystals. Kourie tries to drag Krewbarb away and is also covered in ice. Josofat goes looking for the rest of the party.
Josofat gets to Desmond's House and tells them the situation. The party head back to Shenanigans while Layla says home.
===Frozen in the Heat===
Back at Shenanigans is an elderly woman wearing a floral dress and holding a bag. Lizzy's Mother is being harassed by the Kobolds. Morton intercedes and escorts the outraged Lizzy's Mother out of Shenanigans and to Desmond's House.
Josofat pours the pot of soup that Glib Glob had made on Krewbarb & Kourie, trying to get him free, but it isn't enough. Naina then suggests they lasso the 2 and drag them towards the fire portal to thaw them. Glib Glob storms off, upset they wasted his soup.
At Desmond's House, Morton brings Lizzy's Mother inside then gives her a leg massage per her request, until she passes out. Layla hides in the backyard. Morton returns to Shenanigans.
Krewbarb & Kourie are thawing outside the portal, away from the Orb. Eventually the ice crystals covering the two of them break off. Kourie tells Krewbarb to get some help from "The Back Door". The party then head inside Shenanigans to find 2o Frozen Kobolds, with one at the Orb, then a conga line from there. Non-Frozen Kobolds are behind the bar helping themselves.
Morton & Josofat fight of the Kobolds grabbing the drinks. Naina starts kicking Kobolds at the frozen Kobolds so they'll freeze as well. The other Kobolds attack the party other than Kourie. The Kobolds are defeated or high or drunk. All of them end up frozen. Kourie heads over to Desmond's house.
===The Sheriff===
Sheriff Rutgard comes over to Shenanigans investigate the commotion. The party explain the situation. The Sheriff helps the party use a rope to drag the Kobolds out of Bergshire and into the woods. 
Kourie arrives at Desmond's house to find Lizzy's Mother is awake and greets Kourie as Morton and invites him inside for tea. Lizzy's Mother can't find her glasses so has mistaken Kourie for Morton. Lizzy's Mother doesn't seem to be affected at all by the heat. She then gifts Kourie a woolly sweater sized for the large Morton. Kourie puts on the sweater to be polite.
Kourie heads into the backyard and finds Layla hiding in the tree. She is avoiding her grandmother because she treats Layla like a child and bad-mouths Desmond. Lizzy's Mother then comes into the backyard. After Kourie says something insulting about the goddess Martha, Lizzy Mother says she will hit "Morton" with a switch. Kourie makes his escape on foot.
Kourie gets back to Shenanigans, gift wraps the sweater and gives it to Morton, and says that Lizzy's Mother really wants to see him again. Sheriff Rutgard then calls out that there are Goblins outside. The party look and see 12 goblins. The goblins say there are here to gamble at Shenanigans.
Kourie leads the goblins away to The Back Door to gamble. The Sheriff then leaves, with the situation now in hand. Morton heads over to Desmond's house, wearing the sweater.
===The Inventor===
Cogwrench Hammerbench arrives at Shenanigans to complain that the Kobolds stole his cart and pulled it apart to make furniture. The Kobolds have also taken his newest invention, a Juicer. The party lead Cogwrench to the frozen Kobolds in the woods to look for his invention. The frozen Kobolds however can't be interrogated.
Cogwrench Hammerbench uses his chisel and cuts one of the Kobolds out of the line, but they are still frozen. The party then decide to throw the Kobold into the portal to the Elemental Plane of Fire, with a rope tied around him.
Morton gets to Desmond's House and ends up hit by a stick by Lizzy's Mother. She then sends Morton on an errand to get her a Whisky from Joey's Bar. Morton goes to Shenanigans to get the whisky.
While waiting outside the portal, Nania & Josofat see a Salamander come out. Nania pulls her rope out the portal and finds the end has burnt off. The Salamander, Joe, says the Kobold they threw into his house burnt up and died. Joe is old friends with Desmond, so gave Desmond something that can open the portal to his house whenever he needs to. The party promise not to throw anything else into the portal, then Joe goes back inside.
Kourie gets to "The Back Door" with the Goblins, who go off to gamble. Kourie then finds Krewbarb eating some food, claiming he was just testing the food before going back to Shenanigans with the Chef. Kourie gathers some workers to come with him back to Shenanigans to make repairs. He also sends over 3 dancers to entertain her, dressed at Butlers. Kourie leaves Seagull the Chef at The Back Door to keep the Goblins fed.
The party continue to search for the Juicer as Kourie & Bixby return to Shenanigans. Kourie sets his employees to work on the repairs and look for the Juicer as they work. Morton says he has to get some whisky for Lizzy's Mother. Kourie insists on getting Lizzy's Mother the best Whisky, which is at Joey's Tavern.
The party deliver the whisky and 3 "butlers" to Lizzy's Mother. The party then get to looking for Cogwrench's Juicer. Cogwrench describes the Juicer as a massive contraction that requires a cart to move.
The party go to where the Juicer was. Naina finds the drag marks and the party follow them to an abandoned hut. Inside the hut is a passed out Kobold with a dead kobold inside the juice, and there is blood everywhere. The party help move the giant Juice back to the cart.
The party return to Desmond's house to find Lizzy's Mother getting intimate with the 3 butlers. Morton passes out at the sight.
The party return to Shenanigans. Josofat goes behind the bar and acts as the bartender. Kourie gets a sword above the Hearth and writes a message in chalk on it, and throws it in to try to lure Lizzy and Desmond out, but they don't fall for any of his tricks. After a few hours Morton heads back to Desmond's house.
Kourie continues to send messages, then resorts to telling the truth, and sends the message: "Layla had her first Moonblood and you weren't there when she needed her mother most". Lizzy and Desmond come out of the portal after only 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, at Desmond's House, Morton comes inside to find the 3 "Butlers" naked and passed out on the floor and Lizzy's Mother awake and fully dressed. Morton wakes the butlers, casts "Entrall", and gives a lecture to everyone. Part way though the lecture Desmond & Lizzy show up and enter the "Entrall" radius and hear the whole rest of the lecture. When the "Enthral" ends Desmond hits Morton in the back of the head. Lizzy's Mother admits to everything smugly & proudly to Desmond.
Later in the day Lizzy and Desmond return to Shenanigans and find everything is in order. Kourie is in hiding and avoids Shenanigans.
==Experience==
1100 exp each
* Kourie Silvertongue levels to level 4
** Max HP from 11 to 15
== Significant NPCs ==
* Desmond - Co-owner of Shenanigans
* Lizzy - Co-owner of Shenanigans
* Layla - Daughter of Desmond & Lizzy, Aged 13
* Borch Thunderbowls - Chef at Shenanigans
* Lizzy's Mother
* Sheriff Rutgard - Sheriff of Bergshire
* Cogwrench Hammerbench - Gnomish Inventor
* Joe - Salamander, Desmon'd Friend from the Elemental Plane of Fire
== Significant Locations ==
*Bergshire - Shenanigans
Category:Shenanigans Episodes