Shenanigans: Episode 081

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==Recap==
The party are in Shenanigans. Eliott is an adult who has bodyswapped with his 10-year-old son, Nick, and is trying to order a drink. Glib Glob the kobold accidentally gives Eliott one of Desmond's magical swords instead of a drink. Eliott then arranges for Layla to do his son's homework in exchange for a future favor.
An elderly man, Murray, comes into Shenanigans and asks the party to escort him to Kurshwikk. Murray offers "the greatest treasure in all the land" as a reward. Average Joe accept the mission and leaves with Murray north out of Bergshire.
Along the road the party run into an Ogre. Eliott speaks to Ogre in Orcish and the Ogre just wants directions. Eliott gives the Ogre directions to Bergshire, and the two groups part ways peacefully.
Some hours later the party come across an overturned turnip cart with a farmer on it. Joe helps fix the cart and reload it. The farmer, Jeb, was on his way to Kurshwikk too, so Joe hooks up his donkey to the cart. Jeb, Murray, Elliott and Joe continue north towards Kurshwikk, with Jeb & Murray on the cart.
As night falls, the party are ambushed by Goblins overnight while camping. The party defeat the goblins and go back to resting. 
The next day the party encounter a party of goblins arguing with a bugbear. The bugbear had been in a verbal contract with one of the goblins to set up a date. The bugbear had paid the goblin, but in the end the person didn't want to go on the date and the bugbear wants his money back. The goblin claims that the money was for the attempt, not the date itself. There was no paper contract, just a verbal agreement. Joe arbitrates and says the goblins should refund half the payment. The goblins and bugbear agree. 
The party continue on to Kurshwikk and arrive. The party drop off Murray at a tavern. Marry tries to hire a different party to take him across the bay to Cawksport. Elliott and Joe step in and ask for their payment first. Murray reveals the greatest friendship in the land was friendship, and hugs his new friends. Murray then asks his new friends to help get him to Cawksport. He needs to get to Cawksport for his granddaughter's birthday to deliver a birthday card. The party agree for 10 gold each. Joe says he'll do it for 9 gold and another hug. Murray agrees to give Joe 11 gold and a hug.
The next day the party go to take the boat to Cawksport. Joe spots a thief picking a pocket, and intercepts the thief and gets the thief to give back the stolen wallet. Joe talks with the thief and tries to set him straight. The thief says he always wanted to be a mime, and demonstrates his skills. Joe encourages the thief.
The party take the boat and arrive in Cawksport. The party help Murray up the hill to the cottage at the back end of town. Murray thanks the party and pays them as promised, 10 pieces of gold advice each. Murray then gives Joe the promised hug.
Murray then explains his situation with his daughter, Elinor. That he abandoned his crippled wife and his two children for a wealthy younger woman a long time ago. Murray asks Joe to deliver the card. Joe agrees to deliver the card as Eliott berates Murray for his past sins.
Joe knocks on the front door and delivers the card to Elinor while Eliott prevents Murray from hiding. Elinor thought that Murray was dead and confronts him for abandoning her when she was 5 years old. Elinor pushes Murray off the horse, knocking him out, but Eliott heals up Murray so he can hear more of what Elinor has to say. After half an hour the berating is at an end. Eliott goes off to a toy shop to get some gifts for the granddaughter while Joe hangs out by the injured Murray. Elliot gets 4 wooden ponies, but has cutie marks carved in. Elliot returns to the house and gives the gift to the granddaughter.
Outside of the house Elliot and Joe tell off Murray again for not even trying. Joe says he wishes he could give back the hugs that Murray gave him. Murray sadly walks away from the party.
The party stay in an inn overnight.
The next day Elliot visits a wizard and asks about how to get back to his own body again. The Wizard say it wasn't a fountain, but it was probably the work of someone else. Elliot suspects it was Spteven Speagal or Flanagan. Elliot is worried his son, Nick, is now in danger from Spteven Speagal. Elliot pays the wizard 20 gold and leaves.
Elliot tells Joe that they have to save his son and have to get back to Bergshire. Joe agrees to help.
As the party travel along the road between Kurshwikk they come across a poorly disguised pit trap. The party easily avoid it. The ogre from a few days ago starts to cry his trap failed. The Ogre, Tamera, wasn't allowed to eat people in Bergshire and is very hungry. The party takes Tamera to the docks of Bergshire to try to get him a job there, but they are all union. Elliot then hires the Tamera to help him carry things, even though Tamera doesn't have much HP.
The party go to Shenanigans to find out where Nick has gone on the Speagal quest. Desmond demands his magic weapon back from Elliot. Elliot greedily says he paid for everything he got. Desmond shank Elliot unconscious and takes his sword back. As punishment Desmond gets a permanent magic mouth spell casts on Elliot that announces every morning "I'm a Thief. I'm a Thief. I'm a Thief."
==Experience==
550 experience each
Category:Shenanigans Episodes