Episode 7: Outsides and Insides

**Episode 7: Outsides and Insides** (1x07)- This weeks episode is all about wandering around outside and trying to get inside. The Nearlies find a very interesting looking tree that a wizard is probably living in, that they would also very much like to get into for reasons of curiosity *(and possible larceny, Val we are looking at you.)* But to get there, having burned some bridges with the line of aspiring heroes, they find themselves needing to cross through a second line of heroes… each a lone wolf, each wearing black, each with a long, tragic, and kind of self indulgent, but undeniably badass back story that they would love to tell you all about. Gwendylyn Evangaline Cloot might become Gothdylyn of the Black Parade, take a listen and see if we can get her back.

## Cast

### Nearlies

Josh | Xenator Brisbane
Kathy | Lavaleen Crest
Andy | Martin Sirque
Amanda | Gwendylyn Cloot
 Robbie | The Speaker
 Aaron |  Production & Sound

### NPCs

APPEARING
 Sarah
Todd
 Clementine
 Izarizal

## Summary

The Nearlies check out a Wizard's Tree and meet Izarazel the Fair. Told to come back tomorrow, they then go to check out the alternate entrance that Lavaleen. After some mishaps when cutting through the lines, Martin meets Clementine, another Shifter. She gives him her diaries to help teach him his

## Synopsis

### Prologue

Izarizal the Fair is getting ready for the day.  She thinks back to a meeting, where she questions what they’re going to do after the loss of the heroes.  She has a thought about a sapling and rushes to a book in her library.  The greatest heroes had fallen, but what about the least?  She was determined to help these Nearlies that were being recruited, but is interrupted by a knock on her door.

### Episode

The Nearlies are heading towards the back of the Inn.  They notice that nobody has come out of the Purple Dragon Inn, except Lavaleen. There is a large, strange tree. Xenator knows that it is a Wizard’s tree, created by planting a surgically removed piece of a wizard’s brain. The tree is covered with leaflets that had been dipped in blood.  Ahead is a statue garden of heroes, but the statues have all been damaged, defaced, so you can no longer know who this was supposed to represent.

Sarah takes Dodderfell while the Nearlies go to check out the Wizard’s tree.  To get to the tree the Nearlies have to cut through the Edgelord line.  Gwen gets sucked into Edgelords, and becomes Goth Gwen. The group decides that an easy problem she can solve would help with teambuilding and bring Gwen back, so Martin tangles up his fingers and tells her he needs help.  She is not fooled by this performance.  After some discussion, Martin starts to address Gwen, talking about friendship and self-improvement.  This is enough to help Gwen break from the hold of the Edgelords.

The Group finally makes it to the Wizard’s Tree, and sees that it is covered with starter quests for adventurers.  They knock on the door.  The door cracks opens, revealing Izarizal. The leaflets are the first adventures for brand new Heroes, and they failed and died.  They are remembrances.  The Group explain to her that they are Nearlies.  She tells the group to come back for tea the next day.

The group decides to cut through the regular Posers, avoiding the Edgelords.  Martin doesn’t quite make it, and runs into someone.  The warrior is angry that Martin caused his stuff to be set on fire. He lifts Martin by the neck. Martin immediately solidifies, and he is dropped onto the Warrior’s foot, breaking it.  A smoke bomb goes off, a voice says, “Come with me”. Martin disappears, and the rest of the group is unable to find him.  They decide to wait for him to turn up.

Meanwhile, Martin is in a small woman’s burrow, Clementine.  She states that she wasn’t expecting other shapeshifters.  She is surprised at Martin’s lack of abilities, so she provides Martin with her old diaries to help him.  Martin thanks him and pops back to the group.

### Epilogue

Clementine is washing her face at a river, while thinking about other shifters her encounter with Martin. She smelled him coming, identifying him as an Eld Changer, a mythical shifter.  The journals she had given him was a ‘lie-ary’.  Some truths that could be helpful, and some lies that didn’t really matter.  A female elf approached to get some water, and they chat briefly.

“He wasn’t what I was expecting, and he left me feeling hollow.  But you’ll know what that’s like in a few moments.”  Then she stabs the elf, siphons the blood, and drinks her.

## Notables

Episode 7

 Objects Acquired

 Spells Used

 Metamorph Attempts

## Quotables

Xen:  “I don’t want to Pied Piper this entire line of freaks into the inn.”

Martin: Hey Gwendylyn, there’s a hug waiting for you on the other side of this line.”

Gwen: Good thing you’re still jelly, I killed my mom that way.

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