Aura Of Mishui

an adventure starring Bartholomew, Fennis, and Sadie.
==Setting==
Mishui
==Short Episode Description==
Bartholomew, Fennis, and Sadie respond to a request for help from Mishui to investigate an epidemic of memory loss. This episode uses the gameplay mechanics from the system Cascade Effect.
==Non Player Characters==
* Wren Hursh
* Barry Rawlings
* Mac Connor
* Tavika Smith
* Kalea Estrada
* Marco Estrada
* Kahono Estrada
* Ashton Tavistock
* Esther Tavistock
* Rufus T. Carbuncle
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==Plot Summary==
The episode begins with the adventurers, Bartholomew Xalvador, Fennis Lightwall, and Sadie Duca in the Firebreathing Kittens Guildhall, where they notice a job posting for the town of Mishui, which has been experiencing strange occurrences leading to memory loss and comas among its inhabitants. Intrigued by the mystery, the group decides to take on the job.
Upon arriving in Mishui, the adventurers encounter a barrier that triggers a dissociative experience, revealing hidden auras around them. Inside the town, they meet Wren Hursh, an old acquaintance of Fennis, who provides some insight into the situation. The town appears to be under a spell causing people to see things, fall unconscious, or wander around in a memory lapse. Taking one of the comatose people far from town, the old man wakes up and explains how they are all trapped in a shared dream, and most don’t seem to want to leave. The team learns from a local, Barry- that a woman named Kahono Estrada recently returned from the big city with an item she acquired from out of town, which coincides with the onset of the town's troubles.
The adventurers decide to investigate Kahono's home, where they meet her parents, who are also affected by the spell. Posing as Kahono, Sadie manages to gain access to her room, where they find evidence of copper scraps and a piece of foreboding filament that might be linked to the spell. As they prepare to leave the house, they hear a scream outside.
Rushing out, they find Wren frightened and Barry collapsed on the ground with his aura gone. Ren describes a cotton candy-like tentacle that attacked Barry, pointing towards the Tavistock Manor as its origin. The team decides to head to the manor to confront the source of the spell, hoping to find answers.
Arriving at the manor the team discovers a rock man in the garden, after some effort they haul him out of town in a wheelbarrow to question him properly.
He identifies himself as Ashton Tavistock, the Marquess of Mishui, and he reveals that shortly before his dream began, he was attacked. He begs the team to go back to the manor and find his wife; Esther, who was not present in the shared dream, and gives them the key to the manor.
As they walk back to the Manor, an aura similar to the filament they had found appeared to enshroud it, and Fennis realized he recognized something about the mysterious aura that covers both of them. He tells the team that the copper artifact they are looking for involves an ancient powerful magic and that it likely originates from the Fomui Dunes.
After entering Tavistock Manor, the adventurers find the source of the strange occurrences in Mishui. They encounter Kahono Estrada, a young woman wielding a scepter that emanates a powerful aura, with Esther at her feet. Through a combination of strategy, skill, and a bottle of acidic chemicals, the team manages to disarm Kahono and destroy the scepter, effectively ending the spell over the town.
Kahono reveals that she acquired the scepter from a pirate in Jishoap, believing it would grant her power. However, the scepter's magic was too much for her to handle, leading to the unintended consequences in Mishui. Bartholomew examines the remnants of the scepter and realizes that it is an ancient artifact, possibly from a shipwreck off the coast of Jishoap that contained treasures from the Fomui dunes.
With the town saved and the mystery solved, the adventurers are rewarded by the Marquis and Marquess of Mishui with a monetary prize and a week-long vacation in the town.
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