Set Sail

*Set Sail* is the title of the first episode of the first season of The Numen Swell and is the first session of the entire game.

This Session was played on September 3rd, 2017

## Set Sail

### Writer

Jonny Christie, Matt Christie, Matt Finger, Richie Maynard, Kyle Muller

## Plot

The Armadillo sets sail and the crew realizes they're severely out matched at Rewara Keep.

## Synopsis

*We open to the Octobear sailing away from Abasho'Kobezi. A very Young Sonney has just joined the crew as a powder monkey. Captain Ursa Armocta gives a brief speech about beating the storm and they head towards Gali. A young swabbie starts up a conversation with Sonney, who isn't interested in making friends. A few hours pass and the ship is T-boned hard by an incredibly fast ship with a large metal spike at it's bow. The Octobear is boarded and the crew is decimated. Those that survive are tied up and held on the deck of the other ship as the Captain comes out and interrogates each one, Killing Armocta and anyone else who doesn't answer him. The swabbie points out to Sonney that The Swell is starting to grow. He introduces himself as Benny and the two make a daring escape as the enemy crew prepares to escape the storm. The two young bloods jump off the ship, break their restraints and swim through magma guizers to escape the area and from Benny's prespective it goes dark as he loses consciousness.*

 Eight Summits Later, Sonney bursts out of Classy Lassies on Ora Tatou having just stolen something from some ruffians. He vanishes into the crowd at Toke port where ships are recruiting. He jumps onto a line where Gregory is pleading his case to Balthazar about his ship helming capabilities. Balthazar attempts to shoot him in the face but the man dodges. He recruits him and Sonney half-heartedly signs up to be a rigger and is sent to the Armadillo to prepare tp leave. He hides out on the ship and an Aventi man comes up and sits right next to him in his hiding spot, curious about what he's doing. He introduces himself as Bennsyn and they share a brief scene before they witness Balthazar shoot a man and board the ship with the Captain, kind of forcing what little crew there is to prep for the sea. The Captain comes face to face with Sonney. It's Benny from the Octobear. They briefly reconnect as the ship leaves and heads towards Whenua port on the Isle de Puca. Bennsyn shows Sonney around the ship and introduces him to Guru Dumu, The Chef, who is in a heated argument with his pet owl, Jicho. Dumu agrees to make them food if they catch Jicho for him. They succeed. OWL IN A BUCKET. They find Dumu trying to wake up Balthazar and not doing well. The Quartermaster eventually gets up and reveals they didn't pick up any supplies at Toke so they won't be eating until they reach the next port. They arrive at Whenua. An albino Darfellan is there watching this ragtag crew arrive and is very intrigued. They go around buying supplies and getting drunk as Balthazar is approached by the albino. It spots Jicho and attempts to kill him but Tecnic stops it. Dumu goes back to the ship and the crew gets acquainted wit the albino, named Kifo. Apparently Kifo takes this as an invitation to join the crew and he joins them on their voyage, unprovoked.

Bennsyn tries to convince Kifo to kill Balthazar and Gregory jumps in on the plan but they push it to the side because Dumu interjects and has a conversation in darfellan with Kifo about each other's reason for being on the ship. Tecnic decides he can be the master gunner and it's slowly becoming very clear that Kifo is not a fan of animals as he goes overboard in killing a rat. The crew democratically decides to head towards Talamh port to recruit more and stop at other ports on the way for supplies and such. Kifo explains to the group why he looks the way he does involving a nature spirit and a cursed tree. It's hilarious to Sonney but the others find it tragic. It is very clear that Guru Dumu wants nothing to do with the abomination. Balthazar leads the ship into open water and they decide to drop anchor for the night since they are now half a day off course. The next morning Bennsyn manages to get the ship back on course. They arrive at Honua port and Tecnic decides to leave Dumu and Gregory at the ship while the rest make an Inland trip to Rewara Keep. While traveling through the jungle, Kifo is losing his shit over the numerous animal calls all around them. On their first night, Sonney kills a crab attacking Kifo. This bothers the albino. Tecnic thanks them all for being apart of his new crew and they camp for the night.

During Bennsyn's watch a group of ruffians suuround the camp and attempt to steal from the crew. Bennsyn, Balthazar, and Kifo all go down but luckily Sonney and Tecnic kill the remaining attackers and patch up their crew. A few hours pass before everyone recuperates and all agree they need to better prepare before camping from now on. They continue towards the keep and eventually make it there.

The entrance to the keep is covered in mud, despite the recent weather not allowing that to be the case. Bennsyn and Kifo walk right in but Bennsyn immediately gets pulled under the mud and a Mud Mephit emerges so everyone, save for Sonney, attack it. Bennsyn is freed but poisoned along with the rest of the crew in the blast radius. Balthazar runs but Kifo and Tecnic still attempt to save Bennsyn as a second Mephit appears. Tecnic gets dropped which causes Balthazar to come back but he is then dropped, however safely away from the action. Benny and... Benny are in the mud as Kifo kills the second Mephit. He stabilizes Tecnic, then Bennsyn and they get tf out of there, knowing they're outmatched. They make the long trek back to the Armadillo and make it with little to no resistance. Kifo did kill a flying snake and Balthazar did kill an adorable little otter, thinking it was a bear in his drunken stupor. When they arrive and board their ship, Gregory is a little confused about where they've been but Guru Dumu is not impressed. They leave the port and head towards the next one, continuing their adventure.

## Cast

### Main

* Benjamin Tecnic
* Balthazar Koegel
* Bennsyn
* Kifo Pomboo
* Sonney Griffin-Thorne
* Darwin Vulcan

### Supporting

* Gregory
* Guru Dumu
* Jicho the Owl

## Trivia

* This session almost resulted in a FTW but was saved by the dice.