Episode 247 - Shit Stroll

## Intro

**Episode description:**
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**Opening Quote:**
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**Player introduction:**
**Sean**: Hello and welcome to another episode of the Tabletop Champions podcast, I'm Sean your dungeon master and with me tonight we have Stephanie who plays Kuviana...
**Stephanie**: Ahoy-hoy.
**Sean**: Lauren who plays Ophelia...
**Lauren**: Undead wizards are sewing themselves back together. Don't tell anyone, liches get stitches.
**Matt**: Booooooo.
**Sean**: Matt who plays Wrath...
**Matt** ***(in Wrath's voice)***: For glory!
**Sean**: Ben who plays Balinor...
**Ben *(in Balinor's voice)***: Hello.
**Sean**: And Kyle who plays Barry Dingle!
**Kyle *(in Barry's voice)***: \*seltzer can opening\* Grip it and rip it!
**Sean**: Oh, that's a good voice. Hey guys!
**Stephanie**: Hi Sean!
**Ben**: Hellooo.
**Matt**: Hey.
**Kyle**: Hiii!
**Sean**: I assume everyone's having a good night tonight, you guys sound happy.
**Matt**: Eh.
**Ben**: I mean it's D&D night.
**Sean**: Debatable.
**Kyle**: It was a good night and we've got no technical difficulties, so.
**Sean**: Right?
**Matt**: Yeah everything was going smoothly.
**Kyle**: Yup.

## Episode Summary

Early in the morning, Wrath wakes up before everyone else and wakes up Welsh, who was sleeping under his desk. Disappointed in how Welsh was unable to fight the Twinkletoes Gang, he starts teaching Welsh how to fight. Afterwards, Welsh goes to get breakfast and finds a note by the door. It has a drawing of a gem, the symbol of the Twinkletoes Gang. It reads,

Balinor,

Old Town sewers, Yew Way, 10am, bring your group.

TT

Wrath goes and wakes up Balinor, despite it being 6am. Balinor goes back to sleep for another hour, saying he'll still get up with time to plan.

The group debates whether to ally with the Twinkletoes gang; obviously they're not good people, but they have a lot of influence and have been making trouble for the Bureau. They decide to propose a truce, expecting a trap at the meeting. Assuming things go well, Balinor, Ophelia, and Kuviana will do the talking. Welsh suggests wearing their hats. Ophelia wears her hat. Kuviana wears hers until they get outside, then removes it.

They cut through a park on their way to the sewers, and Kuviana finds a dead body in the bushes. It appears to be a townsperson who was stabbed. Short on time, they leave the body and continue.

In the sewer, they meet Timmy Twinkletoes, a well-dressed halfling who walks on top of the mucky water rather than sinking into it. He tells them his gang didn't kidnap Joaquin, but they are keeping him as leverage against the Bureau. He proposes a deal: he will give them the boy and help them increase their standing with the town, and in return he wants them to acquire something for him. Evelyn Dibblebeck has a sapphire ring, which she only takes off when she is attending a fancy event. A masquerade is coming up, and Timmy wants them to steal the ring while he is in attendance, thereby having a perfect alibi. Barry wants proof that Joaquin is okay. Timmy gives instructions on how to view Joaquin from a distance after they leave the sewer, and says they won't meet again until they have the ring. The day after the event, they are to return here with the ring, and he will bring the boy. They agree, and Ophelia warns Timmy that they found a body near the meeting place. As he walks away, they see that he leaves no ripples on the water, and doesn't make footsteps. He also has many rings on his toes.

They go through the city on the way back, and Barry purchases multiple churros from a cart. They hear cries for help from an ally, and find some boys beating up another boy. Wrath intimidatingly asks what's going on, and the bullies scatter. Barry gives the boy a churro. The boy was on his way from the orphanage to get food for his sister, who is sick. She also needs medicine, but it's too expensive. The boy, Charlie, asks for directions to Smuckers' old place for a poultice. Ophelia asks what medicine his sister needs, and he says something magical. She was cursed a long time ago and is slowly getting worse. She was dreaming one night when she was little, and woke up with stark white hair. The clerics said she had been cursed by some sort of creature that had invaded her dreams. They didn't know a cure, and said she would slowly get worse over time. Charlie remembers reading about Colin getting medicine to help Ren with a curse, but doesn't know how to find something similar. Balinor, whose father was Elyron, remembers that it wasn't medicine.133 Charlie says his sister's hair turned white overnight, her skin is turning paler and paler blue, and her eyes are turning black. Kuviana thinks it sounds like a corruption of her body, and asks if she's aging. Charlie says she is, though staying the same size. Kuviana remembers a story of a Dawn, a little girl who turned into a hag. It's been four years since the girl, named Agatha, was cursed, and she and Charlie are turning 10 soon. Ophelia gives him a gold piece and promises a visit later. Barry gives him another churro for Agatha, and Wrath gives him directions to Smuckers'.

Kuviana reprimands Ophelia for giving him a gold piece, which he will give to Smuckers, who she calls a crook.

### New Information

* Balinor likes to sleep in at least til 9:30.
* Barry has a machine that helps automate his morning routine.
* The Dibblebecks are an extremely wealthy couple. Evelyn Dibblebeck comes from old money, and they've invested a lot of money in Haven, and are partly responsible for making Westgate so wealthy. They also do a lot of philanthropy and are known for lavish fundraiser parties. They don't seem to be involved in anything criminal, but people don't get that kind of money without getting their hands dirty.
* Smuckers' is in the shopping district, just south of Timber Grove, near the town hall.

## Memorable Quotes

**Kyle**: I feel like I'm a bigger fan of Balinor now just based on his sleep schedule though.
**Lauren**: Right?
**Kyle**: Like I'm endeared to him just because he's like "Fuck you I can get another two hours of sleep."

**Stephanie**: You can get a churro later Kyle. I need to get Twinkletoes.
**Kyle**: Don't tease me Stephanie, I wish I could get a fuckin churro.
**Matt**: I could go for a churro right now, god.
**Kyle**: Jesus.
**Stephanie**: If I could send you a doordash churro, I would send it right fuckin now.
**Kyle**: I would murder someone for a churro right now.
**Stephanie**: Same.

**Stephanie**: Agatha the Hagatha

**Stephanie**: We were supposed to get out of the sewers and look up but you know what, we just agreed, Ben, we moved on. We already agreed to the deal without seeing Joaquin, okay? We moved on.

## Trivia

* They gained one renown point for giving Charlie a gold piece.
* After the Charlie scene, Ben remembered that they never looked to see Joaquin.
* Charlie was introduced this episode.
* This is the first episode mentioning Evelyn Dibblebeck or Agatha.

### Stats

(DM)
(Balinor)
(Wrath)
(Ophelia)
(Kuviana)
 **Nat 20s** | 0
 **Nat 1s** | 0