First Council Quest

Upon returning to the Council, they are obviously annoyed to see the party.

> *"Sigh - look who it is again... and it looks like there are still five of you too. Interesting. You look like you've gotten a little stronger as well, or maybe you've just grown more comfortable in your bodies. Please give us a moment, we must convene privately."*
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The Council then spin their rolly chairs around and huddle in a circle. If the players find some way to eavesdrop, the Council can be heard to say:

> *"I don't think this problem is just going to go away, they seem more resilient than the others."*
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> *"Yes, yes, perhaps we can actually put them to use? At least until they inevitably join the rest"*
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> *"Perhaps. Maybe we can send them out to do a few of our errands,"*
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After, the whole council laughs in unison. They then spin back around and address the party:

> *Travellers! So good to see that you're still eager to help save our Kingdom. Now that you've proven yourselves, we have a very important quest to send you on. Something is amiss, Adventurers. The Nearby Plains are filling up with giant piles of garbage, and despite our best efforts, it keeps falling from the sky faster than we can clean it up. We need you to figure out where it's coming from, and put a stop to it.*
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The Council will continue to answer their questions, doing whatever they can to convince the players to head to the Nearby Plains. To do so, the players will again need to take the Bus.
Upon arriving at the edge of the Nearby Plains, the players see large rolling grass hills very similar to the grasslands they've been driving through. This area seems to be populated though, and also covered with giant pieces of trash. Investigating each piece of trash leads to clues as to where the trash is coming from:

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> * Some Giant Crushed Beer Cans:
> This is, without a doubt, the largest pair of cans you've ever seen. You do *not* want to mess with a guy who can drink this much beer.
> From the way they're crushed, it looks like they were dropped from a pretty great height
> * A Giant Toilet Paper Tube:
> You crawl inside the tube and investigate it. It's like crawling into a regular toilet paper tube, only you actually fit. It doesn't shed much light on the mystery...
> * A Giant Discarded Plastic Fork:
> Seeing this giant fork makes you wonder what the giant fork is going on in this place. It's as if some giants are just randomly dropping garbage out of the sky.
> But no, that can't be possible. Can it?
> * A Giant Rotten Tomato:
> You walk up to the tomato and consider it for a moment. Can you imagine if somebody made a movie about a bunch of giants that lived in a castle in the sky, and could only be reached via, I dunno, some kind of enchanted beanstalk or something?
> That would be the *worst movie ever*.
> * A Giant Fish Carcass:
> You poke the giant fish carcass with a stick. Something's fishy here, all right. There's no way this fish is local.
> * A Giant Wedge of Moldy Cheese:
> You investigate the giant block of moldy cheese. It is, as you suspected, very moldy and very cheesy.
> Speaking of cheesy, what is up with childrens' fairy tales, am I right? I mean, a kid plants a magic bean, and it grows into a beanstalk, and he climbs the beanstalk up to some kind of crazy castle in the sky with giants in it? Seriously? Come up with some better material, people.
> * A Giant Banana Peel:
> You check out the banana peel. It's pretty fresh, but you can't think of any use for it, unless you wanted to make a hilarious short film about a giant. Hmm. A giant...
> * A Giant Pile of Coffee Grounds:
> 	+ *Without an enchanted bean:*You stare at the pile of coffee grounds. Such a waste. Didn't your grandma tell you once that coffee grounds make really good fertilizer? That's probably nonsense. She was crazy, after all. You do notice that the grass around these grounds is incredibly green, and quite a few plants have sprouted here.
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After investigating some of the trash, the players will get a ring from the Hermit. He tells them:

> *"My children, I see that you have arrived in the Nearby Plains, no doubt on a perilous quest from the Council. While you are there, I'll need you to take out one of the nastier creatures that has appeared in the Kingdom. He has been commanding his legions of bats to murder citizens throughout the land. These bats used to be friendly, fun loving bats, but under his tutelage, they have become blood thirsty. Seek him out and destroy him. Beware though, his lair is notoriously stinky and you may be in peril without the proper protection."*
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The players will then hopefully venture into the Bat Hole.

After completing the Bat Hole quest, the players grow the beanstalk and begin climbing.