Dicing with Death: Episode 200

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==Synopsis==
Divan travels back to medusa's lair, chops some wood, and gets hunted by a cockatrice. After the medusa attacks him with a dagger, he decides to return home before dealing with her bringing the previously captured cockatrice. In Nekkraut, he finds 3 random people have been turned to stone. Divan gets Akitos to work on a new update for the cockatrice cage. After some studying, he has an idea to conjure a mirror for the medusa, so he trades some gems and checks up on Vinnie. Divan visits Romulus and informs them of the plan to slay the medusa. He travels to medusa's lair, conjures a mirror from silver, but the lair is empty. He waits in ambush as he tries to convince medusa to let him serve her. Medusa resists her own spell and the fight ensues. After a long, strenuous fight, medusa agrees to leave this place to Divan and heads west, provided Divan doesn't follow. He visits Psynes, Romulus and another village, informing them of the resolution. They give him plentiful rewards, including Adea's spellbook. He returns to Nekkraut and is greeted with arrangements of his marriage, whether he likes it or not. 
==Recap==
===4th October===
Divan finished resting overnight some miles away from the Medusa's lair. He has a captured unconscious cockatrice in a bag with him.
Divan travels back towards the Medusa's Lair. Outside the cave Divan casts to make a copper axe. Divan starts to cut some nearby trees with the axe to collect some firewood. Divan then piles up the wood at the cave mouth. Divan is confident the Medusa won't come out in her injured state.
After half an hour of work a cockatrice emerges from the cave. Divan keeps his stance from the slower cockatrice and slings at it. After 15 minutes Divan loses the cockatrice and then returns to the cave. The pile of firewood has been disturbed. Divan gets to work rebuilding the pile of firewood. From inside the Medusa tries to tempt Divan with promises of spreading fear and a charm that would protect his family and him from the cockatrices. Divan ignores the Medusa.
As Divan resets up the two files of firewood, the Medusa comes out and attacks him with a dagger, interrupting his spell. Divan flees.
===6th October===
Divan arrives back to Nekkraut after force marching. Nekkraut has been attacked by a wild cockatrice and 3 people have turned to stone. None of Divan's family or allies have been turned to stone. The villagers drove off the cockatrice by throwing stones at them.
People are praying before Platos, asking them to turn the 3 people back to stone. Divan drops off the bag with the captured cockatrice at the cage. Divan meets with Akitos and suggests the new version of the cockatrice cage be a pit in the ground with a cage over it. Akitos agrees and gets his children to start work on the pit tomorrow morning.
Divan goes his hut to rest.
==Experience==
3182 exp Quest & Combat Exp (1591 exp to each class)
* 400 exp for fighter (40 exp per hit die defeated)
* ? MP = ? exp to Wizard (10 exp per mana spent) - Done off screen
Fighter & Wizard both level up to level 5
* Max HP from 25 to 32 (+7)
* Max MP from 32 to 45 (+13)
==Recap==
===7th October===
Divan tries to learn over the next 6 days but fails.
===13th October===
Divan learns over the next 5 days.
===18th October===
Divan learns over the next 3 days.
===21st October===
Divan learns over the next 4 days.
===25th October===
Divan needs a mirror for the Hold Person Spell. He hears of a City-State called Hearthome 135 miles away do the North-West, across the swamp and over some mountains. It is at the confluence of many mirrors.
Divan also has an idea to create a mirror out of silver locally as well, using to get the silver.
With the cockatrice pit complete, Divan puts 4 around the cage above it. The qanat has progressed a lot, it as revealed some quartz with flecks of gold and blue as well.
Divan visits with Uncle Vinnie and sees he has, kind of, started working on the Vineyard. As it is October it is too late to start it. He says he will plant in Spring. Divan trades for some silver coins by giving Vinnie a gem, letting him use the rest to hire some workers.
Divan then creates a 5 lbs mirror. Rolls 16 hotness. Divan then heads off back to the Medusa's cave.
===27th October===
Divan arrives on Romulus. Everything is peaceful when Divan arrives. Divan tells the people of what happened to Remus and his soldiers, and that Divan plans to return to fight with the Medusa.
===28th October===
Divan near the cave of the Medusa by the end of the day. It's been almost 3 weeks so the Medusa is likely fully healed. Divan sees the statues outside have been rearranged into new locations. Divan still finds no back entrance.
Divan flanks the side of the cave. Divan conjures a mirror with , using Silver Dust as the component. Divan calls out to the Medusa, but there is no reply. Divan uses his Magical Crown, Sorona's spell and can't locate her. The cave is entirely empty.
Divan searches the cave and finds nothing of value. Remus's statue however is inside the cave. Divan waits for the Medusa, who returns after an hour. The Medusa notices Divan's spell going. Divan claims he has reconsidered the Medusa's offer. The Medusa walks into the chamber, demanding proof of loyalty, the head of anyone from Psynes. Divan hides behind his mirror so he cannot see the Medusa.
The Medusa enters the cave and says he would rather Divan die, but she ends up face-to-face with her own reflection, but she resists turning into stone herself. Divan casts , making the spirits of the Medusa's victims appear around Divan. Spirits of Remus, Alexander, and the other solders appear. Divan keeps his eyes closed and fights with the Medusa, casting a at her.
The Medusa tries to attack Divan without looking in the mirror as Divan fights her with his eyes closed. The fight back and forth for ten minutes without a result. The Medusa concedes, saying she will head to the west across the sea and leave these lands to Divan, but if Divan is foolish enough to follow, he will meet his death.
Divan then rests after the fight in the cave. 
===29th October===
Divan arrives at Psynes. After Divan gives the news of the victory over the Medusa, the Town Elder gifts Divan 4 chunks of gold ore to Divan, 10 lbs each. The ore had been given to the town by the Demigod Seltzer as thanks for hospitality back when she visited some time ago.
Divan rests overnight.
===30th October===
Divan arrives in Romulus and repeats the news here as well. The people of Romulus thank Divan and give him a copy of the Demigod Adea's Spellbooks, carved on Clay Tablets. Divan that night uses the magical crown, Sorona, to information about the demigod. She was a child of Reluna and a Mortal. Adea and her siblings travelled around doing good deeds but came to a bad end.
Divan is also given 50 pieces of silver and 500 pieces of copper by the Romulans. Divan rests in Romulus overnight.
===31th October===
Divan travels through a village upriver from Romulus and tells them of his fight with the Medusa. Divan is gifted 3 goats, 50 silver coins, and 200 copper. 
===1st November===
Divan returns to Nekkraut and again spreads the news of his success against the Medusa.
The elder of the village offers Divan the hand in marriage of one of his older granddaughters, Helen. Divan is anxious over the situation, so the Elder arranges things with Divan's parents.
==Experience==
3722 exp for defeating the Medusa (1861 exp to each class)
* 1000 Quest exp (500 each class)
* 300 exp for fighter (50 exp per hit die defeated)
* 44 MP = 440 exp to Wizard (10 exp per mana spent)
** 600 exp for spells learned (100 exp per spell level learned)
* Total Wizard Exp = 25,166.35
* Total Fighter Exp = 22,026.8
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