The Saddest Day Ever

**"The Saddest Day Ever"** is the 24th session of Campaign 2.0.

## Summary

* Ah, yes. We've won. ...But at what cost? Sulelia scoops Angeal into her arms and carries her out of the sewers - any beef she had with her tossed to the wayside. Bryna lifts the veil from her face, and she looks sallow. We continue to march our way back up to the surface.
* The beach looks fine! It's active again instead of laying completely still, so that's good. It smells like saltwater again instead of acid... and there's also not a giant raging red thunderstorm looming above Nir Dorrun. Things seem better!
* We message Landen and meet him back at Nir Dorrun. There's, like, a lot of dead bodies lying alongside the street, and they're all in the process of being accounted for. It's pretty gnarly.
* We arrive at Helm's Bastion! Landen is seen directing and ordering other paladins, and he gives us a nod of recognition. Sulelia announces our entrance with *"WOW, LANDEN. YOU ALMOST LOOK COOL!"* He kinda begins scolding us, but then backs off and expresses that he's actually very, very grateful. We're owed a great deal for what we did here.
* We tell him about everything we saw down there, including the deets about the evil jelly man Juiblex. After we show him the runes we transcribed from the summoning pillar and explain that the goop was, like, talking and casting spells and stuff, he realizes that this goop business is deeper than anyone thinks.
* Goodbye Landen! Bryna promises she'll gift him a mug next time we see him. Sulelia tells him she loves him! He doesn't respond. Bryna rolls a natural 20 trying to pelt him in the back of the head with a gold piece. He flips us off.
* So... now that the goop's gone, everyone afflicted with the disease is getting a lot better! People are beginning to actually recover from it instead of just *dying*, so Gareth and Angeal are expected to get better.
* We finally get back to Bryna's lab, and are so, so tired. Bryna tries to make soup for everyone but it fucking *sucks*. She tries to find meat for it, but then just gives up and falls asleep on the kitchen floor.
* Sulelia tries to fix it by adding a bunch of paprika she borrowed from Bryna's neighbor, but it's just super spicy. The soup tasting doesn't go well for anyone except Thomal, who thinks it's delicious! Bryna spills hers all over herself and is dragged through the mess and thrown in the shower by Sulelia.
* The next day we all take nice showers and set our game plan. We'll stop by the Novell Estate to see Lilith, go to Runewatch and shop with all our newfound money, and from there hopefully pick up spell components for the spell Scrying so that we can track Runya.
* Bryna asks Thomal is he's okay. He's doing good. She asks if Egdac is still as much of his son as he was before he, well, *knew*. He replies that he's as much his son as Lilith is the party's daughter.
* Thomal also takes the time to message his wife, Thayli. He briefly updates her on his adventure, asks how Egdac is doing, and asks her to send his regards to the tribe. She offers a super brief reply: *"Hello. Egdac is fine. Will do."*
* Sulelia sees Daisy! She's getting a lot better, and the two share a nice little moment. Sulelia apologizes for being away all the time, but Daisy understands.
* ORKRUSH IS GONE! He's nowhere to be found, and the head cleric of the Temple of Pelor is missing, too. Apparently he's on some kind of mission?
* We visit Angeal's grandpa, Halsey, who seems to be faring fine. We finally figure out what the fuck bodacks are: they're what's left of the students here who've died from necromancy magic. There's not really much that can be done about them. Oh well!
* Ah, yes. Good ol' library times. Thomal reads up on military attack formations, Gareth on archery, and the three girls scour the place for any information on Juiblex. We don't learn much beyond the things we already knew...
* Sulelia researches summoning magic, and Bryna reads up on devilkind, trying to deduce what the being that enslaved her wife might be. She narrows it down to the possibility of it being an arch demon who signed a contract with her.