The Show Must Go On

An adventure starring Demyan Belov, Maeve Dera Flame, and Nugh the Silent.
== Setting ==
The Leroux Theatre, Niqamui
== Short Episode Description ==
Embark on a thrilling journey with Demyan, Nugh, and Maeve in a Dicing with Death adventure! Watch as they cast roles, conquer fate, and spice up the stage to save the play!
== Non-Player Characters ==
* Dai Lapetus
* Bartok DuBrov
* Sandy the Sand Golem
* Echo Woodwhite
* Sundew Goldleaf
* Professor Madeline Spark
* Mysterious Hooded Figure
* Nulisag
== Plot Summary ==
The adventure begins in the guild hall. Nugh and Demyan are playing some music and Maeve joins in on spoons. Soon they hear Nulisag talking to dwarf woman who seems to be his friend. The woman introduces herself as Dai Lapetus and says she is puttting on a play at The Leroux Theatre in Niqamui. The problem is, all her actors seem to be getting injured/having bad life accidents. She wonders if the guild members can help her find new actors to take the stage (or if they themselves are willing). Our intrepid explorers are more than willing and they follow Nugh to the science convention scenter to Meet Professor Spark. 
On the way, they run into a run away barrel. Meave reacts and doesn't save the barrel. It blows up in her face literally. 
At the convention center, the party finds Professor Spark hocking a immortality machine with her golem Sandy. But she needs some help putting pieces back into place. Demyan immediately gets to work and easily puts her machine back together. (He is a mechanic you know.) Meanwhile, Nugh gives Sandy a book of poems about autonomy hoping they will choose to leave the professor. Based on the professor's comments, Maeve is barely holding it together to not punch the woman. After the machine is fixed, Demyan volunteers to test it out. Turns out, it makes you "immortal" but the cost is damage to Sandy. (Again, Maeve is righteously angry.) After getting assurances the professor will act, they head to the Fae realm to recruit Maeve's previous employers. 
In order to get there, they have to find a portal. They find it, but with fairies who they do not bribe to open the portal. They bargain. Then they are in the fair real where they find the two kings doing what they love best, arguing. Maeve interrupts them and smoozes them (and their massive egos) and they agree. On one and a half conditions 1. Meave helps them stop the fairies that are letting in people willy nilly. .5 Maeve doesn't come back. (She was fired you know.) They leave and warn the fairies to get out of dodge before they are arrested. The fairies change their colors and leave, but not before giving Demyan a gold paperweight. 
Once having everyone agree to act, the party makes their way back to theatre to investigate. Turns out there has been someone tampering with the trap door. Maeve and Nugh try it out after Demyan fixes it. They also learn the author of the play will be in the audience watching the play go on. The part decides that Demyan is going to be on the lights, Nugh in the orchestra pit with their ukelele, and Maeve backstage helping the actors. 
Everything goes awry when one of the actors is darted and starts to faint off the stage. Maeve improves until she can see the person who shot the dart. Then she goes to chase after him. Demyan also discovers someone has re-messed with the trap door. Nugh takes care of the fallen king. Turns out Bartok, the author of the play, does not want the play to go on because it is a tragic retelling of him losing his lover to a gang war crime. And if the other family finds out, he could be killed. 
A new hooded figure appears on stage and is fighting King Echo with real and not prop swords. Meave and Demyan quickly ride the chandelier down. Nugh follows behind via the stairs. They fight the new hooded figure and discover it is the very same enemy that the author was talking about. He does end up escaping, leaving a body suit behind. 
The play is given a standing ovation. The party is paid, everyone takes their bow and goes home. 
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