Pumpkin Ale

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==Blurb (Short Episode Description)==
Nothing a good beer can't fix? Join Ailbh and Ivy on another quest as they search for Todd and a replacement for the addictive LifeBru. Using mechanics from Lost Roads of Lociam, the Firebreathing Kittens survive quite a scare as they cross the Fubi Plains.
==Non Player Characters==
* Fern Green: had told her sister Ivy she was worried Todd had never returned from his "business trip", meaning she still hadn't been able to break up with him. 
* Todd Winston-Sinclair: had left Niqamui and married a wealthy heiress, Christy Martin. Ivy gave Todd donkey ears during the episode Pumpkin Ale. 
* Robin Banks: after hearing that they'd gotten a recipe from the Whisper Song, Robin kickstarted the Firebreathing Kittens $4,000 to create a healing brew to compete with Alexander McJohn's addictive LifeBru. Ailbh and Ivy then set off on an adventure to find more grains, so they could solve the missing ingredient in the Whisper Song's recipe for healing beer. 
* Alexander McJohn: (mentioned) creator of a healing but addictive beer, the LifeBru. 
* Rosa Ampelios: fox college student moving into the communal living residence Todd used to rent as a mansion. She asked Ivy and Ailbh to return some library books for her, and they did. 
* Birger Elroy: cow guy reference librarian at one of the branches of the Library of Niqamui. 
* Christy Martin: Wealthy heiress to the MartDen market fortune. Todd's newly wed and newly abandoned wife. He took all the wedding money and abandoned her in a broken down carriage at the side of the road. Ivy cursed Christy with a spell that makes it hard for Christy to speak during the episode Pumpkin Ale. 
* Hilda Elske: a crow person in a secret hidden village in the Fubi Plains. Her village is hidden by magic and a scary scarecrow security system because the crows were sick of people coming and asking for the exotic fruits, vegetables, and grains they collected. But you absolutely can trade with crows, so when Ailbh offered to trade the custom brewed beers his family at the Stout and Stubby makes, such as guava ale, the crows were very into the trade and Ailbh gained a number of grains to solve the mystery of the missing grain in his Whisper Song healing beer recipe. He gained amaranth, barley, buckwheat, bulgur, corn, durum, einkorn, emmer, farik, khorasan, millet, oats, quinoa, rice, rye, sorghum, spelt, teff, and wheat
* Samuel Martin: mad at Todd for abandoning Christy, Samuel's daughter, and taking all the wedding gift money. 
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==Plot Summary==
Ivy's sister Fern has decided she no longer wishes to be with Todd Winston-Sinclair and wants to break up with him. Unfortunately, he left on a suspicious business trip without telling her where he was going and hasn't come back. Fern asks Ivy to find him so that Fern can break up with him. When Ivy asks Ailbh to go with her, they were interrupted by Robin Banks walking into the FBK guild hall. She has become addicted to Alexander McJohn's LifeBru after being injured at Ivy's birthday party. She wants to kickstart the FBK $4000 to create a non-addictive version of LifeBru. Ailbh now has the recipe for the Whisper Song, but he needs information on a mysterious ingredient. Ailbh and Ivy go to Todd's old house to see if they can find information about where he is at. When they arrive, they discover a frat moving into the house. They meet a fox girl, Rosa, who says that the house has been rented to them by the owner indefinitely, the owner being MegaCorp. She asks them to return her library books, which they agree to since they were headed there anyways. Upon returning it, they meeting Birger Elroy, the cow man librarian who helps them find reference books for the mysterious grain that is missing from the recipe. He imparts secret knowledge to Ailbh about where the grain is located, a secret hidden village where Collectors lived that collected rare items. Ivy and Ailbh head out on a trip to go find the grain that is hidden in a dangerous area. Along the road, they encounter a broken down carriage. Driving the carriage is Todd Winston-Sinclair and a pretty woman, Christy Martin. It turns out that Todd married a wealthy heiress and they're running away with the dowry. Ivy is upset and curses them both to not speak. Ailbh destroys another carriage wheel. Ivy then curses Todd with donkey ears and tells him that Fern is done with him. They continue their journey to some mysterious ruins. Upon leaving the brew cart, they see a creepy figure in the field. It's a pumpkin-headed scarecrow. When they walk past it more into the field, it comes alive and attacks them. They handily destroy it, but then two more appear. They fight their way through the field as more and more scarecrows appear. Finally, after defeating 16 scarecrows at once, the fog in the field lifts and they find they're at a small town of crow people. Hilda Elske is upset that they defeated their security system the town set up to stop people from finding them. They're sick of people just asking for the rare grains and fruits they collect. Ivy suggests they trade. Ailbh gives them as much beer from his cart as he can and the crows love it! They give him amaranth, barley, buckwheat, bulgur, corn, durum, einkorn, emmer, farik, khorasan, millet, oats, quinoa, rice, rye, sorghum, spelt, teff, and wheat. They also promise to order more beer from him. Mission successful, Ivy and Ailbh return towards home, running across the broken carriage where Christy is alone with her father, Samuel, who is berating her because Todd ran off with all of the money.
Category:Episodes Category:Season 2024