The Blunder Hunt

*The Blunder Hunt* is the tile of the second episode of the first season of The Numen Swell and the second session of the entire game.

This Session was played on September 24th, 2017

## The Blunder Hunt

### Writer

Jonny Christie, Matt Christie, Matt Finger, Richie Maynard, Kyle Muller

## Plot

Kifo leads the crew on a hunt for Sahuagin.

## Synopsis

The Armadillo is being pursued by a ship and Bennsyn spots that it is The Narwhal. Tecnic comes out and also notices the jolly roger and tells the crew to surrender. Bennsyn decides to abandon ship and be a badass fish while the rest drop anchor and await their fate. Sonney is not cool with what is happening and attempts to hide in the crows nest but a Hadozee appears and leads him down. Sonney head butts him a few times before he's had enough and grabs him and brings him to the rest. Captain Vulcan comes over to purpose a deal to "Captain" Balthazar about joining his fleet and he denies him. Meanwhile Bennsyn is sneaking onto the rival ship. He goes deeper into the ship and runs into the crew deck where they are already celebrating their new ship. Tecnic steps up and swears he will never give this ship to him and shares that he was on the Octobear all those Summits ago. Vulcan tells his crew to kill them and begins to leave. on the Narwhal, no one is aware Bennsyn is not one of them so he basically walks through down to the storage deck and finds a stash of gun powder which he intends to blow a hole in the bottom of the ship. He succeeds and exits the ship through the hole he made. The explosion is heard from the Armadillo so the rest of the crew decide to shoot at Vulcan. a few of them hit and he runs as his men attack. The crew fight back as best as they can until the enemy crew mysteriously start imploding all around them, including the Hadozee that hates Sonney. it's terrifying to the unassuming.

The Narwhal takes off and the crew recuperates from the anomaly they just witnessed. The only person not drenched in blood is Gregory which concerns Balthazar. The only person visibly shaken by what happened is Sonney, but he tries to hide it. The crew all assume it was Kifo Pomboo that caused it because he is weird but he proves it was not him. He blames Jicho. Sonney and Tecnic discuss the odds that Vulcan found them again and they agree their next encounter has to be the last. Tecnic gives all the credit for the win to Kifo, even though he knows it was not him. The crew then continue their voyage towards Talamh. They dock at Lalolagi port for the night. Kifo and Balthazar go to the Brothel to drink and whore. Kifo checks the bounty board and sees a group of Sahuagin. He wants them dead so the attempt to hire anyone in the bar to help them hunt these monsters. Only one person agrees and her name is Krislynn Darkeyes. Balthazar and Krislynn decide to scout ahead while Kifo goes to get the rest of the crew to help out. He spots a Navy ship and doesn't think about it even though no one took down the Armadillo's jolly roger. Tecnic agrees and leave Gregory and Guru Dumu at the ship while they catch up with the first party. Balthazar flirts heavily with Krislynn but she avoids his advances professionally. It's pretty embarrassing for anyone else. The rest of the crew catch up and they split into two groups to cover more ground. The fish find a waterfall but the humans get surrounded by the Sahuagin.

The fight begins and it is rough. They try to hold their own but it is brutal. Balthazar drops and is stabbed mercilessly to death as Kifo and Bennsyn return. They are barely able to win thanks to Bennsyn but that is when they notice that Tecnic has also fallen and stopped breathing. The incredibly damaged crew stand in shock as they realize they lost their Captain and Quartermaster in one fell swoop.

Sonney, having a mental breakdown after losing Tecnic and Balz, shoots Krislynn, blaming her for them being out there. Kifo admits it was all his plan and in order to repent, attempts to revive his comrades since he is doomed anyway. He gives a heartfelt speech about each of them and manages to bring Balthazar back. He gets a little whiter and when he tries it on Tecnic, it fails. They wait for Balz to wake up and mourn Tecnic but Kifo discovers Krislynn was apart of the navy which upsets Sonney even more. The Quartermaster wakes up confused and wonders why Kifo saved him and not the captain. He has no idea what happened and refuses the responsibility of captain. He goes over to Tecnic and puts him over his shoulder to return him to his ship and they all head back, defeated. They get back to the ship and place him in his quarters. Gregory is furiously trying to figure out how to fix this but can't and Dumu promotes Jicho to captain because, you know. They all sit around and contemplate their next move. They decide to hunt the Narwhal and avenge Tecnic. Together.

## Cast

### Main

* Benjamin Tecnic
* Balthazar Koegel
* Bennsyn
* Kifo Pomboo
* Sonney Griffin-Thorne
* Darwin Vulcan

### Supporting

* Gregory
* Guru Dumu
* Jicho the Owl

### Guest

* Lingani
* Krislynn Darkeyes

## Trivia

* Although he now alive, Balthazar Koegel was the first Player character to die.
* Benjamin Tecnic is the first major NPC to die.
* After the events of this session, the entire tone of the series has shifted from Comedy to Tragedy.
* The Death of Tecnic is the spark for a major plot point of the season.
* The Hadozee crew member of the Narwhal is named Lingani but this is never mentioned in the game.