Diamonds Are Forever

The Acolytes in Sexy Tights meet the Harlot Witch and investigate a robbery at the Temple of Tranquility.

## Major Plot Points

#### Meeting the Harlot Witch

* Upon defeating BJ Growling, the Acolytes were sent back to Waterdeep. Despite spending 36 hours in the Snotterverse, they arrived where Laeral Silverhand was originally teleporting them about 90 minutes after she and Dikarus Bottombane arrived.
* The party found themselves in a warehouse where hundreds of people were being held in some kind of catatonic state. Magen, blue-skinned humanoids created by mages, were taking care of the comatose people. Dikarus spent the time waiting for his friends rearranging the sleeping people into hilarious positions and picking their pockets.
* Gnomy Watts left immediately to go to the library and see how the party's actions affected her favorite book series.
* Laeral explained that her teleportation spell sent them to the Silent Council, the secret rulers of Waterdeep. The five members were all victims of this mass coma.
* Dead Amy tried talking to the Magen who said their assignment was to care for the comatose by washing them and feeding them good berries. The paladin used her command spell to force them to name their creator. When they went to utter the name, the Magen melted into a blue goo.
* Sybil Ringwell used her magic to read the thoughts of Lilian Viaten, the CFO of the Silent Council. There were no surface level thoughts. When she probed deeper, she heard two female voices. One she assumed belonged to Lilian and the other was unknown. She was unable to make out the words they were saying, but one of them sounded oddly comforting.Sybil read the thoughts of a male Silent Council member and she heard the same comforting feminine voice.
* Sybil then sent her soul into Lilian's body. Muchomucho M Amor was tasked to cast dispel magic in 1 minute just to ensure Sybil's safe return. Sybil discovered Lilian was dreaming of being Waterdeep's sole sovereign who ruled with an iron fist. She also saw a cloaked woman standing behind Lilian's throne who felt real like Lilian and Sybil. Muchomucho then pulled Sybil out.
* Dead Amy spent this time fondling the people in a coma and getting the front door open.
* Sybil then banished Lilian and Muchomucho to a demiplane to see if that would wake her up. When she was separated from Waterdeep, Lilian came to her senses. Muchomucho questioned Lilian and discovered her dream reflected her personality and wants. Upon their return, Lilian didn't succumb to the Reverie again and she tried to flee. Dewey Thundersnatch cast Stone Shape and successfully stopped her escape attempt.
* Juxxtina cast zone of truth on Laeral. The Lady of Waterdeep convinced the Acolytes she wasn't the Harlot Witch or working with her. She did propose they free the city from the Reverie and that they could kill the Silent Council. Laeral could rule as a true leader. In exchange, she would make the Acolytes her new Silent Council or appoint them to positions of power. She then killed Lilian with her magic hair.
* Michelle Massage Miraj, a woman made of magical smoke, appeared. She said she was the mouthpiece for the Harlot Witch. After finding her answers unsatisfactory, the Harlot Witch herself appeared. She was still cloaked and her face and body were completely covered. The Harlot Witch shared that she created the Reverie to create the perfect world for good people while keeping bad people in stasis. Though it's happening slowly, she is expanding the red dome until it covers the whole world. When asked, she refused to say what her desire was outside of rewarding the good and punishing the bad. She also refused the say where her magic came from.
* She also offered the Acolytes a deal. She would let them live any life they want if they stopped meddling with her plans. The big caveat was that Muchomucho would have to live in the sewer or outside the dome due to his ability to awaken people. When Toril is fully taken by the Reverie, the Harlot Witch said Muchomucho would have to live on another world. The party has two days to decide.
* Before she left, the Harlot Witch cured the lingering effects of Dead Amy's feeblemindedness. Doing so infused Dead Amy with some chaos magic. When Dead Amy casts a spell, there's now a chance for a random magical effect to happen.
* Dewey found this unacceptable as the Reverie's dome was hurting the coastal ecosystem. Muchomucho protested the idea of living in the sewer or moving off world. The other major drawback was she would create a world without freewill.

#### Diamond Heist

* The next day, the party was walking around Waterdeep and came across Doc's Temple of Tranquility. Someone stole his vision diamond. The mystical diamond acted as a therapy tool to help people manifest their wants, reenact memories, and visualize potential futures based on the user's decisions. Dewey's investigation showed the case where the diamond was stored was expertly picked. Dikarus emptied his pants of holding to prove he didn't take it. Dewey deduced that the thief could've been the same man he saw steal from Laeral's castle during her Pride Party.
* Dead Amy discovered a set of watery footprints that led from the case to the sauna. She found Ruvange in there enjoying the steam. Ruvange said no one had entered the sauna since she'd been in there. After she insulted Dead Amy, the zombie paladin cursed the older's woman's intellect. Ruvange proved weirdly resistant to magic but still succumbed to the curse. Dead Amy's chaos magic caused her to grow 10 inches in height. This inspired Aryan Grande to title her next album Tallerant.
* The Acolytes went down the sauna's drain into Waterdeep's sewer system. Dead Amy brought the stupefied Ruvange with the group. Muchomucho, Dead Amy, and Ruvange all got stuck in quicksludge. Ruvange shouted, "I'm so stupid," and then dunked head first into the sluge. Clows Kufas used his time magic to slow the sludge. Aryan swung from a gross stalactite and saved Muchomucho. Her unseen servant then pulled Dead Amy free. Dewey controlled the water to prevent Ruvange from drowning. Dead Amy then told Ruvange to go home as she was a liability.
* A wave of crushing sludge water came down the tunnel and washed Sybil, Aryan, and Muchomucho away. Sybil was carried over the cliff of a waterfall and landed in a large pool of murky water. She felt tentacles against her legs as she swam to stay afloat. A voice spoke in their heads that they should return to the surface and rejoin the Reverie. Dead Amy jumped into the pool great sword first and struck Abatha the Aboleth. Aryan summoned giant spiders to rescue Sybil and Dead Amy from the water. Sybil was able to heavily damage Abatha with blight before being knocked out by a tentacle. Dikarus shot an arrow into Abatha's body. Dewey finished Abatha off with a swing of his mace. Dead Amy used her magic to heal Sybil.
* The Acolytes then found a camp of sewer dwellers who were being harassed by Abatha. Dead Amy spoke at length to a ghost girl named Claire Leigh who owned the High Spirits Tavern. Claire told the party about how Arcane Brotherhood members were in the sewers and bothering some folks. When asked about a drow thief passing by, she said Axle Obscuros often steals food, medicine, and supplies from the surface and brings them to the Waterdeepian refugees in the sewer.
* Since Claire liked Dead Amy so much, she offered to have a seance to contact Abatha's spirit so they could get more info from her. Abatha communicated through spectral ink messages. She said Bedlam, the Demon Prince, was already in Waterdeep. Bedlam was imprisoned by his mother, Chaotica, for not settling down and giving her demon grandkids. Only a woman worthy enough could free him - The Harlot Witch. According to Abatha, Bedlam was pissed at the Harlot Witch as she was exploiting the magic bestowed upon her and not marrying him.
* The group called out to the Harlot Witch again, confronting her about the rise of demonic creatures and her ties to Bedlam. She seemed confident she could handle Bedlam and his demon army.