Dust Busters

an adventure starring Stella, Sinclair, and Kosmos. Companion episode: Dusty Deeds

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In a journey filled with revenants and revelations, will our Firebreathing Kittens unearth what they are looking for or become lost in the darkness? Join Stella, Sinclair and Kosmos in Mishui to find out!

Setting: Mishui

Non Player Characters:

* Barry Rawlings
* Trevor Horbiger
* Felionis Ganbold
* Slickdraw Buchel

Plot Summary:

We join Stella, Sinclair, and Kosmos making idle chat as they make their way to the town of Mishui. Suddenly, the sounds of screams prompt our heroes into action as two figures are seen fleeing what turns out to be a small hoard of strangely shimmering zombies. Battle ensues in which Kosmos is covered in glittery dust as well as bitten by one of the undead, but our heroes prevail and defeat their foes while the two figures escape into the night.

After healing their wounds and rereading the directions a few times over, the group arrives at the house of artificer, Barry Rawlings, the person who summoned the Firebreathing Kittens to Mishui to investigate the disappearance of a young child by the name of Trevor. The artificer does take interest, however, in the dust that covers Kosmos and uses a device to remove this dust from him and Stella, who’d encountered this same substance on a previous adventure. In that moment, Stella experiences a vision, remembering moments of that encounter she had previously forgotten. Barry, known for crafting items from the parts of monsters, takes interest in this dust which sings when collected and offers the group 500gp each for more of this dust to be collected for him while out on their investigation.

With a number of potential leads, our heroes elect to investigate the cemetery first, finding that only the most recently dug graves contained traces of the dust. An informal experiment occurs with Stella infecting herself with the dust once more and having it extracted which resulted in further visions of a moth woman named Maylorian. They then moved on to the local playground and, after monkeying about on the swing set for a prolonged amount of time, discovered more of this dust by the benches, but still no sign of Trevor.

Returning to Barry with a shoebox full of dust, Stella recalls seeing this dust being spread in a circle around a portal she had seen before. The party decided to run another experiment, spreading the dust in a circle and harmonizing their voices, a similar portal opens in front of them. They step forward into the portal and find themselves in a black void. Each time the party thinks of a different place and steps further into the void, they arrive exactly where they imagine themselves being.

Each party member then agrees to think of the description of Trevor and step forward, finding themselves in a room with the boy in a chair wearing a strange box on his head next to a strange, dead elephant/dog. The group tries, unsuccessfully, to convince Trevor to come back with them through the portal which leads to a group huddle back in the void before trying once more to convince the child to follow. It’s at this moment, Kosmos is knocked unconscious by the now up and moving elephant/dog. A race ensues as Sinclair and Stella fight valiantly to get Trevor and Kosmos back through the portal to safety. They arrive back in the home of Barry and disrupt the dust circle, causing the portal to close before the monster could get through. The adventure ends with Trevor and our heroes safe, albeit a lot more sore than when they began.

Memorable Quotes:

* "You haven't lived until you've wrestled a bear." -Kosmos