The Miss Demeanor Ep. 8

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***Miss Demeanor* Episode 8** was streamed on BrettUltimus' Twitch channel on the 25th of September 2020, and premiered on the World of Io's YouTube channel on 19th of september 2020.

## Summary

*Written by u/Sir\_P1zza, edited by u/PalladiumDrake*

On their way sailing towards Quethos, the crew takes some much needed time off. Captain Armstrong spends most of his free time fishing and enjoying the open seas, Layton helps out with sailing and spends some time trying to teach Alice how to sail and navigate ships, Alice reads the book about ley lines, and Luna learns wood crafting with Wood Gnome. She makes a lovely book stand for Alice, but in the process, Wood Gnome gets varnish in his eyes and is out of commission. While this is happening, Laurence is reading a book about the boom of technology in Asmodia. After a week without much trouble, they arrive at Quethos.

At the location of Gubwater Keep, they find a small, abandoned town with a wooden keep, which Captain Armstrong quickly breaks into. Alice finds no presence of magic. Inside the keep, they find a stone statue of a person. In front of it, they see an empty bottle of wine and a vial with traces of basilisk poison. There’s also a stand in front of the statue with a song written on it.

*Together we fought when no one else would.*

*We stood together, as good people should.*

*We defeated the Div and vanquished the Void.*

*At first I was sad, but now I'm overjoyed;*

*He'll shape the world into far better than before*

*And protect us from evil that dwells in the core.*

*As for me, I will rest in my own form of sleep.*

*The secrets of this world are mine and yours to keep.*

*To the reader of this, I ask you for one final chance:*

*Find a healer of sorts and tell him to give me a glance.*

*Restore me with Greater when you finish this rhyme,*

*So I may see a real crowd just one final time.*

Alice realizes that this statue is a person who petrified himself and suggests finding someone who can cast Greater Restoration to fulfill his last wish. He makes a copy and leaves the original intact. As the crew continues exploring, Alice finds a rather fancy sleeping chamber. Inside, an armor stand holds a set of mithril half plate and a purplish rapier with crystalline edges. It is the rapier of Varri’mathas, a Void Lord of centuries past. Meanwhile, Luna finds a room with four different chests. One contains a pair of gauntlets with the crest of lions adorned over them, which belonged to the famous Hobgoblin warrior Weyzi, who perished in the fight against Void, becoming part of the Fallen Heroes and part of the pantheon. The chest also contains 3895 gold pieces. In the second chest, she finds a set of leather armor inscribed with musical notes. It has tints of green and several openings in suggestive places. It belonged to Theodore the Half-Orc. In the third chest, Luna finds an Amulet of Health, and in the fourth chest she finds a Staff of the Adder, which she gives to Alice. As Alice holds onto it, the adder turns into his sea snake familiar.

The group hands out the rest of the loot, and Layton puts a bottle in front of the petrified statue, paying his respects. When the crew leaves the wooden keep, the ground suddenly begins to shake violently. Dark purplish liquid comes out of the ground, and the earth begins to submerge. A giant pit appears, almost resembling a mouth, and purple fluid and slime oozes out of it. Layton rushes back into the keep, grabs the statue, and runs towards the ship. Alice identifies this phenomenon as a piece of the corpse of the god Void. Although it is not alive, it lingers here, eating away at the world. Alice casts the spell to identify ley lines and realizes his own is being sucked up and erased by the Void maw. The crew runs back towards the Miss Demeanor, taking the strange statue away from Gubwater Keep and away from the gaping maw.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Date is shown on YouTube VOD