Hare Raising Wedding

an adventure starring Errol, Lothario, and Chico.
==Setting==
Goldberry Farm
==Tweet-Length Episode Description==
A mysterious message arrives, a divined adventure begins, & a wedding invitation catches up with Chico. Join Chico, Errol, & Lothario in their adventure based on the mechanics of the New Edo system. Hare Raising Wedding is an actual play podcast of the New Edo tabletop rpg system. 
==Non Player Characters==
*Caelemon Dorael
*Shasta Freemont
*Aunt Arlie Barrett
*Uncle Gene Barrett
*George E. Porgey
*Coraline Barrett
*Bakti Kuznetsova
*Cole Bromley
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==Plot Summary==
Lothario, Errol, and Chico begin their days normally, making their way to the FBK Guildhall. Errol receives a letter from his friend, Caelmon Dorael, detailing the names of Chico and Lothario, and the address of Lothario’s current living arrangement. He warns of a terrible ordeal that would begin to play out, and that he should bring the other two with him to the address where everything would fall into place. After meeting with the other two guild members, Errol and the others make their way to the address.
When they arrive at the gate of the cozy cottage, they find the front door smashed apart! Inside, they find instruments smashed to pieces across the floor and hear water running in the kitchen. After investigating the sink, Errol finds a bouquet of white roses in a vase filling up with the running faucet, and a letter on the counter addressed to Chico. Inside is a letter inviting him to Goldberry Farm to attend his own wedding with his cousin Coraline, along with two gold rings. Lothario realizes that his friend Shasta Freemont is missing, and whoever trashed the place must’ve kidnapped Shasta as ransom, or to use her music skills at the wedding. Chico deduces that the break in and possible kidnapping was performed by Coraline’s hired goon, George E. Porgey. After a heated discussion between the three, they decide to head to Chico’s home to find Shasta and prevent Chico’s marriage arrangement. Before heading out, Errol borrows a trenchcoat and shoes to disguise himself and Chico when they arrive.
The three arrive at Goldberry Farm by train. The farm appears empty of all life, but Chico warns that his family is a clan of ninjas that have eyes everywhere, and the abandoned buildings are just for show. The real living quarters are underground, and Chico leads them to the secret entrance deep in the middle of a cornfield.
As they begin making their way down into the warrens, Chico stumbles and flips forward with Errol on his shoulders, landing perfectly on his feet, but revealing himself to his Aunt Arlie and Uncle Gene, Coraline’s parents. Aunt Arlie is impressed by Chico’s feat, but guilt trips him for leaving Coraline on their wedding day. As Chico seizes up and bends to Arlie’s demands, Errol and Lothario begin to demand answers, all while Arlie deflects and invites them to cake taste testing, a Barrett Clan wedding tradition. They all begrudgingly agree and get led through the twisting underground corridors that those unfamiliar would surely get lost.
They all arrive at a dining room with many flavors of cupcakes on display. As Arlie hands Chico cupcakes to taste, Lothario raises a storm demanding to know where Shasta is, only to be called rude and offered a cupcake to taste, to which Lothario throws against a wall in retaliation. Errol and Lothario do their best to reassure Chico that things will turn out fine, however Chico seems to be psychologically manipulated by Arlie to be unquestionably obedient. While Arlie is distracted, Errol takes a chance to slip away and search for Shasta and investigate the nature of the wedding.
Errol winds up hopelessly lost in the warrens, but runs into a translucent coyote that leads him to a hallway that ends with a set of gauges and valves with numbers. He finds a note on the ground detailing the remaining gallons of snow melt and aquifer water supply, which has math that corresponds to the numbers listed on the gauges. After taking the note, Errol begins finding his way through the  warrens and stumbles across a party with a bunch of rabbit-folk and George E. Porgey in attendance. He attempts to sneak by, but gets caught. He successfully fools the rabbit-folk into believing that he was the one who brought Chico back and is waiting on a reward, however George E. Porgey knows he’s lying and attempts to get him drunk and vulnerable. Errol ends up drinking way too much champagne and gets pulled aside by George E. Porgey.
Back to Chico and Lothario: In an attempt to smooth things over, Lothario apologizes to Arlie for his rudeness and begins tasting cupcakes as well. Chico begins to get sick of all the sugary sweets and stops giving thoughtful reviews, while Lothario suggests Arlie not use so much frosting next time, or perhaps balance the sweet out with salt. Arlie presents the last cupcake, carrot cake flavored. Chico announces his fondness for the farm’s renowned crops and laments that this classic was saved for last after everything else. He then realizes that despite all the delicious flavors presented, Aunt Arlie forgot to make Coraline’s favorite flavor, strawberry. Chico berates his aunt for going through the trouble of baking so many flavor cakes and forgetting her own daughter’s specialty crop! Chico demands that she bake a strawberry flavored cake for the wedding, to which she agrees. Before rushing away to get it ready, she directs Chico to make his way to the wreck room for his bachelor party. When Chico and Lothario are left alone, they come together with a plan to reunite with Errol, find Shasta, and confront Coraline.
Chico and Lothario make their way through the warrens to the wreck room and find George E. Porgey punching Errol outside the party room. They intervene to rescue Errol, but the party goers hear the commotion and cheer upon seeing Chico. They question him if he’s ready for his wedding, to which Chico reluctantly says yes to keep his relatives happy. They then carry him and the other three into the room and begin to celebrate with drinks. Chico realizes that there’s no food at this party, so he conjures up a bountiful feast for everyone. While everyone else is distracted with the feast, Chico pulls Errol and Lothario to the side to discuss what they’ve uncovered. Errol pulls out the note about the water supply and questions Chico about it. He responds by explaining that the note could indicate his family believes the water will run out if the wedding doesn’t take place, but dismisses it due to his family’s ever changing superstitions. Before they can discuss any further, Chico is hauled away to the wedding with Errol and Lothario following close behind.
Once the three arrive at the wedding ceremony, they find Shasta safe and sound, contently playing the organ with the promise of good pay. Lothario notices a mink person he’d seen at the beginning of the day on his way to the Guildhall standing near the altar. He asks who he is, to which the mink replies Bakti Kuznetsova. He was hired by Coraline to find Chico and lure him to the wedding. Lothario notices that Bakti has a tattoo of the Deep Ooze, but doesn’t have time to inquire more. As Chico is being led up to the altar, Lothario objects and demands Coraline’s hand in marriage, which distracts everyone enough for Chico to take to the podium and speak out against his arranged marriage, pleading Coraline to stop pursuing him and meditate on her time outside the farm, hoping she’d be inspired to look for true love. As his Aunt Arlie objects, Chico rushes to the wedding cake she presented and quickly folds an origami figure of Lothario to replace himself on the cake. After all this upset, Caelemon Dorael reveals himself in the pews, announcing to Coraline that she isn’t destined to marry Chico or Lothario, but someone named Cole Bromley. With this revelation, the wedding is canceled. Chico is saved from marrying his cousin, Bakti is able to slip away without being caught, and the entire Barrett Clan welcomes a new era of family members that will leave the farm to pursue their dreams. Coraline ponders who this Cole Bromley is, while Chico celebrates his freedom.
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