Ep. 124 Plumb the Pockets Chapter Two (C2)

## Listen

C2 Ep. 124 Plumb the Pockets Chapter Two

—Jeff

The party catches up with Klara and her crew. Erys is angry and starts things off by seizing control of the golem. A fight ensues, with Milo scaring many of the goblins off with an illusory, smoky beholder and Hob wrecking things as he does. The residents of High Walls join in to drive Klara out, with a threat from Milo that if she comes back, she'll be taken out permanently.

Erys befriends the golem, who she had named Iggrik on the way over.

## Synopsis

The party is on the way to High Walls to deal with Klara and her golem. Milo fills the party in on what happened with Verla, and Erys asks them to keep the golem as intact as they can so she can keep it afterwards. Erys calls out Klara, who pretends to act like she doesn't know what she's referring to, until Erys points directly to a rune on a door and says she vandalized her house.

Erys grins viciously at the woman. Her goggles narrow in on the golem, and the ruins change from the electric blue to a vibrant purple. It's eyes glow the same color as the goggles. A look of concern washes over Klara's face. Erys looks at the golem and says, *"Wreck somethin' up."*

Klara throws a lightning spell at Erys, making her Winded. Milo summons a smoky illusion of a beholder, scaring off a good amount of the group. Erys sends the golem on a rampage against Klara. Hob attacks the orc on Milo, and the goblins fail at attacking him. Hob gets hurt by the orc. Some of the neighborhood toughs go after the goblins.

Milo warns Klara that she can leave now without dying, but if she ever comes back, she will. He points his wand at her, and with a flash a little black beam shoots out. Right as it arrives, it coalesces at her legs and attempts to freeze her into place. She manages to get out of it, but slips on the ice and falls, cracking her head on the street and passing out.

Hob leaps into the air and wrecks the orc, punching a tusk entirely out of their mouth. There's a moment of silence, and a brick comes flying through the air and hits one of the orcs on his head. More things are thrown, and a wave of High Walls residents bands together to drive this water threat out of town. One of the orcs snatches Klara and throws her over their shoulder, and they flee town, residents in pursuit.

Erys hauls herself up and leans against her golem. She feels the goggles shorting out, and uses Hob to boost herself onto the golem's back, frantically trying to switch the runes before her control spell fails. The eyes start flickering back into aggressive mode. One of the arms grabs Erys and pulls her off and looks at her face-to-face, right before the adjustments she did kicks in, and the eyes go back to the purple glow. It sets her down.

End of episode.

## Spells

* **Erys**
	+ Augment
* **Milo**
	+ Barrier on Hob, Erys, and himself

## Quotes

"You should not be in this district, and tampering with my friend's…water."
*—Milo*

"Your speech was awesome, and you ended on the right word."
*—Eric*

"Good boy, Iggrik."
"You've already named him?"
"Well, yeah. I named him on the way over here."
*—Erys and Hob*

## Trivia

* Erys gets the Winded crit.
* Milo gets the Distracted crit.
* Hob gets the Discouraging Wound crit.