Gnome is Where You Make it

*Gnome is Where You Make it* is the title of the third episode of the fourth season of The Numen Swell and the thirty ninth session of the entire game.

This session was played on May 19th, 2019

## Gnome is Where You Make it

### Writer

Jonny Christie, Matt Christie, Dani Morrison, Kyle Muller

## Synopsis

*143 Years Ago. A “Younger” Orville is watching as Jayce Gnash is learning that he is officially the Top ranked Pirate Lord. A ceremony has taken place and the Paladin bows to him in respect. They briefly discuss the extinction of Wavecrests and that the Paladin won’t live forever but he vows to protect the Gnash line for as long as he’s able. 70 Years Ago. A massive battle on the water. The ship known as the “Treant” led by Captain Cain Gnash is being attacked by the Navy. The Paladin attempts to get to the captain as a cannonball lands near him and sends him off the side. 42 Years Ago. The Paladin begins to talk to himself as he builds his store out of pieces of the Treant. 21 Years Ago. Evangeline Gnash is giving birth to the next Gnash baby. Orville has fully taken over the mind of the Paladin. He asks what she’ll name it and she responds with “Mikalis”. She passes out and dies before she can ask where her husband is.*

Sonney is having breakfast as Orville walks in and attempts to sneak up to him. Sonney clearly sees him but responds with “genuine” shock when Orville jump-scares him. Orville continues to drop nonsense about Griffin Thorne but Sonney doesn’t ever appreciate it. They discuss getting a boat to go save his friends and the Gnome reminds him that he already has a ship. It’s hard for the Hybrid to focus so he just gets up and leaves but Orville mentions that Griffin Thornes always “just leave”. This stops him in his tracks. Liza and Chiens are heading inland to find Mikey. As they are walking Dex runs past them to the beach but they don’t cross paths. Dex says something inaudible and Liza catches it so she follows it back to the beach again. Dex heads to the Armadillo and Chiens asks him what he’s doing. He tells the ladies that Booker Dread is coming so they have to leave now. He calls for the others to come out to catch everybody up. He does it in song and slips that Mikey is probably dead since he was taken by ghosts. The group continue to ask for context on a lot of what Dex is saying. He really isn’t the right man to give exposition. They decide to find Tecnic and continue trying to get off this island.

*6 Years Ago. The battle of Toke port. Orville watches on in excitement. He glances over to Old man Toke and sees a Sahuagin leaving his hut with papers. He attempts to go stop it but trips and knocks himself out.*

 Orville continues to drop cryptic information about Sonney’s father. Sonney does not appreciate or believe it at all. Orville drops historic knowledge and it helps his cause and mentions that He works with the Gnash line and even mentions that if he wants to confirm it, he should talk to the one rocking back and forth at the port. Surprise. The cove crew catch up to Tecnic and he doesn’t really even acknowledge them as he keeps treading inland towards the statues. They follow and arrive. Most of the statues are destroyed thanks to Dex but the Booker one still stands. Liza figures out that there is something underneath and pushes the statue over to reveal a staircase. They head down because they have nothing else to lose except well… them. Sonney pieces together that the only Gnash without a confirmed death date is Callum so he heads to Old man Toke’s to confirm his suspicions and Orville’s story. Meanwhile, Orville asks Temer for the reward money for Sonney since he caught him but he wants more since he’s a Pirate Lord now. Sonney refers to Old Man Toke as “Callum” and the rocking stops. He doesn’t know what to say so he nods and leaves. He runs back into Orville who tells him that the best part is the pictures in the hut. Orville then steps up to the Old man and asks him if he can summon the coin in Sonney’s pocket so he can collect the full bounty. He can’t respond. Sonney heads to the library to do some research and follows the line of succession of his coin to determine that he has the first piece of eight in history, which belonged to Callum’s father, Jayce. He also determines that Kifo had Callum’s coin before his decent. He rushes out of the library back towards the hut.

Orville is waiting for Callum to summon a coin. It’s not happening. He hears Sonney running up the hill shouting. Orville, drunk off his ass, starts to slur random tidbits of history. He enters the hut. Sonney tells Callum he isn’t cut out for the pirate lord life so he places his coin on the chair arm and enters the hut after the gnome. He asks Orville to leave so he can study. Orville tells him he is going to go get a crew together and then they’ll head to Booker Dread’s Cove but he needs Sonney’s coin. He doesn’t have it. Orville goes out and grabs the coin, then rolls down the hill like an armadillo. Sonney begins to look for information. Orville receives his reward and goes to look for Ardyn at his home. He mumbles things about different universes as he walks past Gregory who doesn’t acknowledge him. Orville finds Ardyn’s headless body. The Cove crew are entering the crypt. They find hundreds of more statues and plenty of traps. For the most part, they successfully traverse but Liza does fall into a snake pit at one point. Chiens summons Aquamigo to save her and almost loses the water friend in the pit but it escapes, barely. They continue until they find a large ornate door. Carved on it is the jolly roger of the Grimoire. Dex and Onion Kid being to argue over the pronunciation of the ship and Liza gets impatient so she slices Onion Kid’s head off, the blood splashes onto the door and it opens. Dex screams that he’s sick of sacrifices for results but then he sees the treasure within and forgets about the boy. They enter and are awestruck. It is everything you could imagine and more. Chiens finds a beautiful necklace and puts it on, thinking it’s a new friend and accidently transports the group out of the room to… somewhere. The only person that didn’t get transported is Dex who sees everyone vanish.

## Cast

### Main

* Benjamin Tecnic
* Sonney Griffin-Thorne
* Sahge Montgomery
* Dex
* Liza Erd
* Chiens Cascade
* Orville

### Supporting

* Thomas Dawkins
* Ross Grimm
* Madame Temer
* Gregory
* Aquamigo

### Guest

* Jayce Gnash
* Friar Garrick
* Akamu
* Jinbai
* Benjamin "Seadog" Clive
* Lakara Mazo
* Barney Morgan
* John Teach
* Cain Gnash
* Evangeline Gnash
* Onion Kid
* Old Man Toke

## Trivia

* Orville's origin story.
* This session reveals numerous members of the Gnash family tree through the eyes of Orville.
* This session reveals that Old Man Toke is actually Callum Gnash.
* Richie Maynard did not attend this session.