Hella Confidence

an adventure starring Pearl, Errol, and Chico.
==Setting==
Hell Casino
==Short Episode Description==
Join Pearl, Errol, and Chico as they have a hell of a good time saving a birthday and Hell Casino. Hella Confidence is a oneshot actual play podcast of the Monster of the Week roleplaying game. 
==Non Player Characters==
* Bruce Dalton
* Opie Whitespore
* Punnett Squared
* Ruby Hemorage
* Pardoor Mysol
* Lucky Lawson
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==Plot Summary==
Pearl, Chico, and Errol are spending time in the Firebreathing Kittens guild hall, chatting and getting to know each other, when Errol pulls a small card from the job board. A burst of mushroom confetti erupts from the card, which invites the Kittens to a birthday party for Opie Whitespore at Hell Casino. Errol lies and claims that he’s been there before and fakes his way into leading them there. At the train station, the Kittens find tons of fliers for a Masquerade taking place at Hell Casino, apparently led by Punnett Squared. They take the flier and get on the train. 
They arrive without issue (oddly enough) at Hell Casino. Pearl “encourages” Errol to lead the way to the Masquerade since he said he’s been there before, but Errol ends up being caught in his lie after getting them lost and having an awkward encounter with customer service. Pearl is quite entertained by the whole thing and Chico is unflappable, having complete faith in Errol’s capabilities. Eventually, they are directed to signs that lead to the Masquerade theater and enter it to find Bruce Dalton and Ruby Hemorage comforting a sobbing Opie Whitestone. Errol surprises Opie with a crystal as a birthday gift, Chico presents him with a straw bunny doll, and Pearl sings “Happy Birthday”. These gifts cheer Opie up, and soon he’s laughing and smiling. But then he remembers that Punnett Squared, who runs the masquerade, was supposed to be at his birthday party to perform for him. Pearl promises that they will find her, but before the Kittens can head off, a staggering figure enters the theater. 
The figure is Lucky Lawson, drunk and mumbling about the shadows making him lose. Ruby dismisses him but the Kittens take his words seriously. They investigate the main gambling hall of Hell Casino and do see shadows rising from the slot machines and card tables, wrapping around the gamblers. There are impossible hands and infinite jackpots, and when Chico excitedly plays cards (with Pearl’s help), they both see two screens appear in front of them while time pauses around them. One screen shows how Chico can win, and the other shows how someone else wins. Pearl feels cold and tired, as though their energy has been drained, and the Chico follows what he saw and wins the game. Errol, meanwhile, had seen two shadows grasp Chico and Pearl’s ankles. The crew reconvenes and shares information, debating what could be going on. They test the shadows by gambling on a boulder-parchment-shears game and find that the shadows don’t touch them, though they do appear. 
While the Kittens consider what this means, someone barrels through the casino. Chico tries to stop them with a wall of corn but only succeeds in knocking a letter from their person. Errol continues to give chase and ends up falling through a wood panel in the wall and riding a slide down into a child’s mushroom themed bedroom. There, he finds a monocle that shows him different realities, and he decides to “borrow” it. Meanwhile, Chico and Pearl read the letter and are intrigued by the riddle written on it. It mentions relics and time and shadows, and Chico looks for Errol to ask his opinion while Pearl uses her Ghost Shades to ask the spirits around her about what they know. One ghost, who decides to be called Pardor, accompanies Pearl. He exchanges information with Pearl and in return, Pearl promises to free his soul from Hell Casino by talking to management. Chico finds the wall panel that Errol disappeared through and excitedly slides down, with Pearl and the invisible Pardor behind him. There, they easily find Errol and exchange information. 
Pardor tells Pearl that there’s an eye piece, a scepter, and an amulet that people were after, and the dots get connected quickly. He also tells her that the scepter is backstage, and Errol had heard someone singing further down the hall, so they head there. They end up in a sea of sequined dresses and right in front of Ruby Hemorrhage. Errol notices a piece of parchment with three dots on it, which he discovers is used to track the Kittens. He tries to distract Ruby with a summoned imp, but it turns out to be an old friend of Ruby’s and doesn’t provide the distraction he wanted. Pearl urges Errol and Chico to head backstage and find the scepter while she deals with the parchment. As they leave, Pearl tries to sneak over and grab it but is seen, so they eat the parchment to ensure it’s destruction, then delivers a mic drop to a stunned Ruby and friend and goes to join her friends. 
Errol and Chico easily find the scepter and Errol grabs it. He immediately sees himself 5 seconds in the past and can even interact with himself, giving himself new, odd memories. He’s able to turn the effect off and Pearl learns from Pardor that the amulet was last seen with Punnett Squared in the basement. They take the Hellivator there and find her moving awkwardly and struggling to talk in front of a big, blue portal. The Kittens immediately jump into action. Errol knocks down Punnett Square, flinging off the amulet. Pearl grabs the amulet and suddenly finds everything around them moving much faster. Her personally time has sped up and she is moving much faster. Chico observes the portal through the monocle and finds that every timeline he sees, the portal is there and the relics are being thrown into the portal. Errol calms and supports Punnett and tries to figure out what to do. Chico and Pearl give him their artifacts to support him and Errol immediately hears a voice in his head. It tempts him to keep the powerful relics and let the voice support him in exchange for freeing it, but Errol rejects the voice and, after some uncertain debate with Chico and Pearl, the Kittens embrace confidence and throw the relics into the portal. 
A bright flash of light engulfs them, then the find themselves at a table with Opie and his friends celebrating his birthday. Errol finally admits to Pearl that he’s never been to Hell Casino, and the enjoy the rest of the party.
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