Siege of Squirrel Town

*Squirrel Town is under attack and one group of adventurers decide to fight back with their arsenal of hidden weapons, magical pacifiers and baked goods. Can they hold back the tide?*

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## Siege of Squirrel Town

###### ***Characters:***

Metros Fadelight, Aurelia Thorn*,* Grimstone and Tom Nachos

###### ***Locations:***

Squirrel Town (Eternity), Tom Nachos Bakery (Squirrel Town)

###### ***Encounters / Enemies:***

Windscreechers, Great Pumpkin (Squashstache), Muffin Men

###### ***Notable Moments:***

Grimstone's crying beard, "How do you like being carved?" Crafting the shield, Looting Tom's Bakery, Tomachos

###### ***Episode Synopsis:***

The episode opens with Metros practicing his act behind a building, while Aurelia is attempting to help the fruit vendor stack the watermelons. All of a sudden, a huge boom by the city gates is heard. The town baker, Tom Nachos, pokes his head out from the bakery to see what caused it. Metros wonders if he caused the boom himself, perhaps with a spell gone awry. Aurelia and the rest of the town folk start to head towards the sound, trying to determine the cause. She hears a screech from above, and sees large, bird-like creatures with jagged teeth. It's the Windscreechers, but they're attacking the city instead of the usual farms. Grimstone the Dwarf comes running up, trying to hide the baby noises under his amazing dwarf beard. Suddenly another large boom is heard, and the birds from the trees beyond the walls all take to the wing at the same time. Something large and loud has startled them. In the distance on the south side of town, flames erupt...but other adventurers are dealing with that. These folks will deal with the attack on the north side. Tom Nachos grabs his trusty dusty rolling pin and readies himself, and they hear calls for help coming from the north gate. The crowd of townsfolk start making their way towards the noise, and they see a large tree-like creature battering down the North Gate. With one final swing, it sends the gate flying into the town...and a swarm of monsters rush into Squirrel Town, scattering into the many streets and alleys. The tree creature now starts slamming defenders of the city. What will our adventurers do? Metros looks for a quick exit, but Grimstone, pulling a pacifier from beneath his beard, waves it in a circle, and launches a fireball at the tree's "face." It blinks, looks back at him, groans, and Grimstone quickly points to someone else. "It was him!" as he quickly blows out the small flame left on the pacifier, and sticks it back under his beard. A small babe who had just started crying, ceased for some reason. As the tree creature stomps forward, other townsfolk corral and fight him, but our adventurers notice small multi-headed chickens and 3 to 4 foot high sentient muffins running at them. Denis comes running up, asking them to help protect the town, beating back the monsters.

Aurelia hears a large crash across the street...from the bakery. She points it out to Tom Nachos, who can now see flames coming from one of the ovens...and large green vines flopping all over. Tom Nachos flings open the door, and is just missed by a large glass tray that was flung at this head. He is faced with a large pumpkin creature, its vines flinging things around, with a menacing grin carved into its grotesque face...and a mustache. He swings at it with his rolling pin, and dents in one eye. Grimstone flings another fireball, and direct hit! Some of the vines fall off, but the remaining ones encircle Tom Nachos and start gnawing on his leg. Metros flings a fireball, but only singes a single vine. Aurelia jumps through the broken window and flings two daggers at the Great Pumpkin, which causes goop to start to drip and the Pumpkin to howl. "How do you like being carved?!?" taunts Tom Nachos. He once again takes his rolling pin, spinning it behind, then driving it down through the top of the gourd. It splits apart into pieces, and dies. He hurriedly checks the ovens to see if his bread can be saved...the Pumpkin had turned up the gas, causing the flames, but what about the bread? The loaves are...gone. They have perished in the heat of battle. "NOOOOO!!" wails Tom Nachos, as passerbys imagine him grieving a fallen friend. Tom Nachos decides to honor the sacrifice, and uses the rock-hard loaves and vines, plus Grimstone's magic, to craft a shield. Metros grabs a bag of frosting and pipes on the face of Hardy, with Angry Eyebrows, so Tom Nachos will be even more of a formidable sight going into battle. Tom's bakery is secured. At least, until Grimstone starts filling his bag full of of goodies. He also finds all of the pumpkin seeds, to plant or roast later. He snags some of the utensils, too...you never know what you may need later. They realize the "N" has fallen off during battle, so now the bakery's name appears to be "Tomachos." The name change sticks.

Aurelia is on alert for more danger, and spots the sentient Muffin Men down the road. As she carefully but methodically closes the distance, and then finishes with a sprint, the other members of the party follow. Grimstone sees that one has a maraschino cherry on top, and shoots a fireball at it. It catches fire and explodes, causing one to yell, and the other two (which appear to be to be holding something) agree they can't be caught...and run. One Muffin Man grabs a barrel and rolls it at Aurelia, who simply vaults over it like an Olympian. Grimstone uses arcane surge to boost his next spells, and Tomachos, knowing the structure of muffins is not sound, starts whacking the muffin with the flaming top. Crumbs are falling, but he is still on his feet. It tries to punch Tom, but its hand just crumbles. Metros uses his boost ability to shoot two fireballs at it, and it explodes in crumbs and batter. "The only thing burning more than these muffin bits is my rage!" say Tomachos. Aurelia jumps on top of one of the remaining Muffin Men and stabs it right in the top. "My brains!" Blueberry goop starts oozing out, but it's still in the fight. It decides to attack Aurelia back by punching her (as Tomachos is pounding the dead Muffin Man into smaller and smaller crumbs). Metros shoots fireballs at the as-yet undamaged muffin, dealing heavy blows. Grimstone pulls the pacifier out again, and shoots a fireball at the same Muffin Man, dealing a deadly blow. Only the blueberry Muffin Man remains...just barely. Tomachos puts his rolling pin down, walks up to it, puts his hands inside the top, and rips it in two from top to bottom. He is splashed in the head with blueberry goo, but he grimly carries on.

There are monsters to take care....in the next episode....