Simian Welcome Committee

*Simian Welcome Committee* is the title of the tenth episode of the first season of The Numen Swell and the tenth session of the entire game.

This session was played on February 25th, 2018

## Simian Welcome Committee

### Writer

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

## Plot

The Wailing Warden arrives at the Black Scalp Fort while the Daronna Rose returns to Rewera Keep.

## Synopsis

Kifo is holding his breath, realizing his mistake. Luckily Black Scalp does not notice and prepares for the docking. He leaves and Yakazi questions Kifo’s motives. They insult each other as they head up to the deck to see the island of Or. Bennsyn is infatuated with his new figure head. Loyal is concerned but ignores it. Bennsyn decides to go catch up to Mikey and Meshi at the shipyard. Mikey meets with Ardyn who ends up not quite being what the young boy expected. He is currently building a “Party Ship” and reveals that he only builds ship for Profit and doesn’t care if they sink or swim which Mikey does not agree with. He storms off insulted by the gall. The Wailing Warden docks and everyone begins to exit the ship. Kifo asks Yakazi if any of the navy knows where they are and discovers they do not. The two part ways as Kifo enters the mountain to find a gorgeous cavern city hidden beneath. Meanwhile Sonney is in the treasure room figuring out a way to escape the ship unseen. He scoops up a decent amount of loot before deciding to launch himself from a cannon towards the peak of the mountain. He hits the ground hard but is otherwise unscathed. Kifo heads to the Shaman hut and is relieved to see Kurudi Amenkufa is the house shaman.

Bennsyn and Mikey head back to the Daronna Rose and head towards… Somewhere. They definitely want to pass by Abasho’Kobezi to see why Sonney is so against going back. Sonney spends the rest of the day being as inconspicuous as possible. Traveling from tree to tree and keeping out of sight. Kifo and Kurudi discuss his curse. He spills out his whole story and doesn’t realize that Yakazi overhears the entire thing. Kurudi also tells him that there is something unholy in him keeping him alive. The shaman spots the ring on Kifo’s hand and reveals it’s a ring of three wishes. He does not believe him so he asks him to bring him a person and wishes that he can bring people back to life sans ritual. Kifo returns with Yakazi and Kurudi kills him. Without a second to breathe he tells him to get back up and Yakazi is alive once more. He returns the ring and offers him the change to wish himself free but use it wisely since he only has two wishes left. Back on the water, The Daronna Rose is passing by Abasho’Kobezi and spears come flying at them. Bennsyn gets hit so he decides it’s time to gtfo and they start to get as far away as possible but they are getting chased so Ephukile kills a red shirt and tosses it back to them. Sonney gets this sudden feral urge to kill and goes around taking bodies Rambo style. The Daronna Rose escapes and they make it to Dunia port. Bennsyn decides to head back to Rewera keep with his entire crew. Loyal thinks it’s better that a few of them stay at the ship so the group that heads to the keep consists of Bennsyn, Mikey, Meshi, Ephukile, and seven red shirts.

Meshi and Bennsyn spend the first night in the woods teaching Mikey how to read. It’s a unique experience. Kifo decides on his first wish. He convinces every darfellan on the island that he is a deity. They begin to worship him undyingly. Only Black Scalp seems less enthused. Sonney manages to get caught by Kurudi and hides in his tent. He asks the Shaman where Kifo is and he points him towards the Carved Skull that looms above the city. He grabs a staff of charming from the knick-knacks and heads in that direction. He charms a few darfellan on the way but runs out of charges once he gets to the skull so he kills the guards and enters the room to come face-to-face with Black Scalp. Luckily, Kifo was on his way back and stops them from killing each other. Black Scalp wants him locked up but Kifo denies it so he offers him a counter. Exile him from the island. The Captain reluctantly agrees. Yakazi enters and Kifo mentions he doesn’t need him anymore so he wants his men to wipe his face but Yakazi jumps from the skull’s eye down into the caverns. He yells at them to find the traitor.

The Keep crew arrive at Rewera. They enter unafraid and immediately become afraid. Three giant spiders attack them and they lose four men in the fight. Meshi, in a panic, runs deeper into the keep so they trudge on after him. Kifo retrieves his Anchor finally and joins the search for Yakazi. He brings his anchor to Kurudi to be enchanted. Sonney is exiled. Bennsyn and his men catch up to Meshi who is cornered by a Plesiosaurus. Kifo brings his ring back to Kurudi for safe keeping and gains his new earth-enchanted anchor. They leave the hut and Yakazi sneaks in from the back curtain. He places the ring on and wishes for the Navy to arrive at Or. Soon.

## Cast

### Main

* Benjamin Tecnic
* Bennsyn
* Kifo Pomboo
* Sonney Griffin-Thorne

### Supporting

* Loyal Tragold
* Ikko "Black Scalp" Wotan
* Kurudi Amenkufa
* Mikey
* Meshi
* Quincy Mint/Wafan Yakazi
* Ephukile
* Ardyn

## Trivia

* This session marks the first time we see the true danger of Abasho'Kobezi.