Livin' La Vida Loca

The Acolytes in Sexy Tights find themselves hungover in a strange new town.

## Major Plot Points

#### Where Are We?

* The Acolytes woke up in the street of a random town with no memory of how they got there. Barbara Duke found a tourist guide who said the group partied pretty hard at the local tavern the night before. He shared a bunch of brochures that explained the town's philosophy of, "Be You. Be True. Be Gewd."
* Bromo received word from Prince Keeryn that he shared feelings for the fairy barbarian as well. Bromo went off to answer this bootycall.
* The party returned to the tavern and found its clientele were alls black cats and voodoo dolls. A rattle snake yuan-ti bard performed for the crowd while the Martini family worked the floor.
* The tavern's barkeep, Ricki Martini, recognized the Acolytes from the previous night. He said Barb sang a sea shanty and really bared her soul. She tried saying it was another woman wearing too much blush. When Dikarus Bottombane tried to order a drink, Ricki asked him about his mom. Dikarus froze due to his difficulty being sincere. Ricki seemed disappointed the group regressed in their ways. Muchomucho M Amor couldn't tell if the drinks were enchanted or cursed.
* Sybil Ringwell attempted to break into Ricki's apartment upstairs, but she was caught when the last step creaked too loudly.
* After Dikarus failed to convince a cat to become his companion, Muchomucho used his genie pipe to charm a cat into being Dikarus'. The rogue elf then turned invisible with his psychic veil and tried to finish what Sybil started. Unfortunately, there wasn't anything of interest in the Martini apartment.
* Barb stuffed one of the voodoo dolls into her purse and brought it into the bathroom. She choked it, threatened it, and read its mind for information. It confirmed that the Martini Family and Shaky Ira created the bar to help people fully realize themselves so all the cats and dolls were sentient and being rehabilitated. Barb apologized for the misunderstanding.
* The group left the bar and then headed for the town's cemetery. They found Duffy the Trampire hanging out on a mausoleum roof with her vampire spawn. Dikarus approached Duffy and the two bonded over their shared vampirism. Duffy said she wanted to replace Xanthoria, the Archfey of Autumn and Decay, because she was clearly the better avatar for death. Dikarus rejoined the group and realized his new cat was missing. When he went looking, he saw Duffy eating him. Dikarus swore revenge.
* In Xanthoria's temple, the Acolytes found a large mushroom surrounded by a bunch of other smaller fungi. Sybil walked into the mushroom field and inhaled its spores. She started seeing and speaking to Xanthoria. The rest of the Acolytes only heard Sybil speak gibberish and couldn't see who she was talking to. Dikarus poked at a mushroom with his psychic blade and while wearing a bandana over his face. He still couldn't understand Sybil but he could see Xanthoria. Dewey Thundersnatch intentionally inhaled spores and had the same experience as Dikarus.
* Xanthoria shared that she believes in the natural life cycle of all things: birth, life, death, and decay. This makes her detest those who unnaturally elongate their life or disrupt this process. She asked the Acolytes to destroy the Fountain of Youth for this very reason. She allowed them to keep a vial of its water strictly to awaken the Raven Queen - for her stasis was an abomination to the circle of life. Dikarus left the temple out of fear she'd learn he was a dhampir. Barb was also expelled from the temple. Xanthoria promised poison immunity to the others if they accomplished her task.

#### Reflections

* The Acolytes then went to a creepy mansion in town that was said to house the Fountain of Youth. By being polite to the golem guardian Man Ore, they gained access to the grounds. A naked man swam in the property's lake. Dewey and Dikarus went for a swim with him, but he was only attracted to Barb. They shared a passionate moment in the water.
* The Acolytes gained access into the mansion after touching a stone circle that surrounded a fountain and by answering personal questions.
	+ Dewey shared his greatest regret was not killing a giant octopus soon enough.
	+ Sybil's regret was losing her friends in her head.
	+ Barb's biggest fear is the IRS.
	+ Juxxtina's ambition is to have more babies.
	+ Dikarus' greatest love is thievery.
	+ Muchomucho's greatest sadness came from Dead Amy's betrayal.
* Once inside, the party found a series of mirrors that showed them their multiversal variants. These doppelgängers were their complete emotional and physical opposites. The Alternate Acolytes were in search of the Fountain of Death. When they tried to touch (or attack) each other through the mirror, they swapped universes and appearances.
* The Acolytes discovered the fountain on this side was made of fire. After making Gas Light believe they were their doppelgängers, Barb took a torch from the fountain and they went through the mirror again. Both sets of Acolytes reunited in the Ethereal Plane. The Alternate Acolytes had a piece of ice with them gathered from the prime universe's fountain. Barb and Mary Plain Jane touched brought fire and ice together to create the youthful water they needed. The Acolytes then destroyed their fountain for Xanthoria so no one could ever use it again.