Friends

The Acolytes in Sexy Tights must save Clows Kufas from an old friend turned enemy.

## Major Plot Points

#### A Quick Respite

* The Acolytes setup a quick campsite to enjoy a short rest so they could keep a health distance between them and the Children of Tiamat.
* Dikarus Bottombane and J.E.F.F. offered to take watch. Dikarus noticed that Clows Kufas' body started to fall into cubic pieces while his shell remained intact. The tortle's shell then started flying away. Paws extended out of the shell and collected Clows' pieces. Dikarus jumped on the shell and was able to hold it in place. Clows called out for his friends to enter his shell and the Acolytes jumped in.

#### Into the Shell

* Clows' shell was a chaotic mess inside. Despite Barbara Duke's many drunken nights and hungover mornings spent in the shell, this mess was even beyond her destruction. Up was down, down was up. Right was left, left was right. A rabbitfolk wizard stood on a platform high above the party. He introduced himself as Clows' friend Warren Harrington. He claimed responsibility for the shell's mess. He then left through a floating door.
* J.E.F.F., wanting to save his primary user, attempted to leap to Warren's platform but landed in another area because of the shell's lack of physics. The Acolytes had to solve Mind, Heart, Spirit, and Body puzzles to make it through this area.
* While exploring Clows' shell, the Acolytes found their sleeping chambers. Clows displayed many sentimental items from his time with the Acolytes and his previous adventuring parties. The Acolytes quietly worried that Clows was actually a serial killer who kills his comrades.
* Muchomucho M Amor found a memory of a young Clows with Warren and an Aarakocra named Penelope. The three wizards were celebrating her graduating ceremony by taking a photo together.
* Dewey Thundersnatch spoke "Warren and Penelope" to unlock an enchanted door. Dewey found their diplomas that showed Clows' mastery over gravity magic, Warren's mastery of space magic, and Penelope's mastery of time magic. Dikarus stole Warren's diploma out of spite.
* The group then found a room that reflected Clows' lost faith with a neglected Lunasa statue.
* In the next chamber, the party found a manifestation of young Clows crying. A warlock manifestation of Clows asked the Acolytes' help in making it to the little tortle. Every time he cried, he unleashed a pulse wave. J.E.F.F. was able to lead the party in distracting the young tortle as warlock Clows made it to his younger self. The two merged when they reunited.
* The Acolytes then found Warren and Clows behind a mystic veil being held up by copies of Warren. When Warren past through the veil, it made more copies of him. The Acolytes fought back against Warren and his duplicates by making duplicates of himself. When they defeated the two holding up the veil, everyone was ejected from Clows' shell in the explosion.
* Warren grabbed a dagger and attempted to stab Clows. The tortle's shell protected him and he showed his old friend trinkets from their past to break Dead Amy's spell over him. Upon realizing he had been manipulated, Warren let go of his hatred and turned to ashes. Clows then vowed vengeance for his old friend.