Ep. 115 Stranded in the Maze Chapter Two (C2)

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C2 Ep. 115 Stranded in the Maze Chapter Two

—Erys

After Daask is handled, the mysterious person with the unique weapon introduces himself as Cassian. He says he's from a different timeline, where he works at the Lighthouse Consortium, with different versions of everyone except Reynard. He was on a job to prevent the assassination of King Boranel, but something went wrong and his device that lets him jump to different timelines was damaged. There's a massive dragonshard under Sharn that he can use to recharge it, and he wants to hire them to help him.

## Synopsis

The battle in the streets with Daask continues. Erys watches the stranger with the unique weapon. The gnoll that Milo set on fire from the inside drops dead.

Hob rips the three people off Sana, throwing them through the windows of the Four Sails. Milo waves his wand at a gnoll, causing a shadow to come out and punch them. Erys gives up on fixing her fletcher and uses the dart launcher on the wrist of her gauntlet. The explosions hit the gnoll, the mysterious person blocks the residual heat with their forearm and says, *Nice shot, Erys.* Erys aims at him. He takes his helmet off and introduces himself as Cassian. Hob goes inside to get food and check on the people he threw in there. Ulfen is sweeping the glass.

Erys examines the fletchers used by Daask, and thinks they're just poor copies of Milhatch products. She takes it inside and begins disassembling it.

Cassian says he's with the Lighthouse Consortium, and his means of getting home has been dispelled. He's from a different timeline, where he works with all of them except Reynard.

Cassian was on an job to prevent the assassination of King Boranel and keep the timeline going. It was an assassin he's dealt with before. Milo wonders if this Kylie might be the one talking in his head, to which Cassian is uncertain but says it's a possibility.

There's a dragonshard underneath Sharn that can recharge his device that will help him get to his timeline. There's a few spots in the city that Xoriat is coterminous, so he needs to get to one of those spots and he can hop through. He has a few days until the manifest zone isn't coterminous. He offers them 20 gold each, but is willing to go up to 30.

Milo starts leaving; he has the Jason job to do. Erys has made something that will eat him alive if they can get him trapped in a small space. They lean towards taking the job, and Milo is very interested when Cassian says that once he gets his communicator going he can contact people from his timeline that they know. The fact that this other Kylie wouldn't be his does not deter him. He says, seemingly to no one, that *"the stars can come out tonight."*

They go to Cassian's safehouse.

## Quotes

"He *should* stop, drop, and roll, is what he should do."
"He's going to stop and drop, but all he's going to do because he died from his internal organs being set afire."
"He stopped, dropped, and writhed."
*—Randy, Eric, and Philip*

"That's what happens when you interrupt brunch."
*—Reynard*

"Do you want, like, a drink?"
"Yes, please."
"Alright, they're at the bar."
*—Hob and Ace*

## Trivia

* Erys gets the Hamstrung crit.
* Milo gets the compromised crit.