Drink to Remember

*Drink to Remember* is the title of the second episode of the second season of The Numen Swell and the fourteenth session of the entire game.

This session was played on May 20th, 2018

## Drink to Remember

### Writer

Jonny Christie, Matt Christie, Graeme McEneany, Kyle Muller

## Synopsis

Jicho is dead. Guru Dumu breaks into a rage and it’s revealed the hunter is the Warden, Jack Burrows. He leaves to get a drink and has his men take Dumu to a new cell made of wood. He sees his new cell mate, the Ghost of Benki, Kifo. He is in a complete different place mentally. They talk about Jicho and how he got here. They cannot get out of this remarkably sturdy cell, no matter how strong they are. The Coral arrives at Ere port. Mint and Sonney step off the ship to meet with Warden Burrows. Sonney goes to “take a piss” while Burrows and Mint discuss why the VA is at the prison. Sonney heads into the prison to find his friends. He passes by numerous familiar faces including Loyal, Gregory, and Hawklight until he finds Kifo and Dumu. He tells them he’s going to get everyone out of here, hopefully, and tells them to stay alive. He heads to the bottom floor to find Tecnic but only finds “Fancy” Anansi, Mad Monty, and Black Scalp.

There’s a brief conversation between Sonney and Black Scalp before he leaves to find Mint. The Vice Admiral has just finished telling Burrows what the Admiral wants so the warden shoots him in the leg and tells him to tell Cockrell to come tell him himself if he wants that. Sonney returns as Mint is brought back to the ship. Sonney is also “escorted” back to the Coral. Mint sends Sonney to speak with the Admiral about coming to the prison and he obliges. Two guards return to Kifo’s cell to retrieve Dumu. They say he “made Bail” and take him to the top floor for his “release”. He is thrown in the center of the courtyard and given a weapon as Loyal is also brought out and given a weapon. They are to fight to the death for the enjoyment of the Navy. Despite his obvious advantage, Dumu is too focused on Burrows and attempts to throw his spear at the Warden but Loyal stabs him hard and the Darfellan is defeated and presumably killed.

Sonney arrives in the big city. He heads to the Navy headquarters to meet with the Admiral. He arrives at the office to find Cockrell balls deep in some broad. He sends the prostitute away and begins to speak, not putting on any clothes. Sonney relays his message then gets the fuck out of there. Feeling Different. Dumu has not returned to the cell. Kifo is concerned but also accepts that he is not coming back. A very happy-go-lucky prisoner down a way is too positive for Kifo but they have a conversation. He introduces himself as Janoo Rood and Kifo is not a fan. Burrows is going over who can fight next and he gets to Kifo. He contemplates building some sort of special stage to allow the ghost to fight the “regular” folk. He sends a message to the navy engineer to come build such an arena. Sonney returns to the prison and tells Mint the Admiral is on his way and then tells Burrows. Gus arrives and prepares the cage for the fights. Burrows goes back to his list of potential fighters and decides to put a second fighter in against Kifo to “even the odds”.

Sonney continues to map out the prison as Mint enters his quarters. They discuss the Admiral and whether or not he was actually him. Speaking of, Cockrell arrives and meets with Burrows who stubbornly disagrees with the Admiral. Cockrell attempts a few times to leave before deciding to allow Burrows one individual to do his bidding with so they can move on. The warden agrees, eventually. The Admiral visits the Coral just to say hi and tell them he’ll be back in a few days. He takes Gus back with him as he departs. Sonney goes to the Warden’s office per his request and is asked about his “project” around the prison. Before the monkey can defend himself though, he’s interrupted as the fighters are brought out. Loyal is brought out first. Followed by Kifo. And finally the third fighter, Bennsyn.

## Cast

### Main

* Sonney Griffin-Thorne
* Bennsyn
* Kifo Pomboo
* Quincy Mint

### Supporting

* Nigel
* Guru Dumu
* Garland
* Ross Grimm
* Loyal Tragold
* Gregory
* Vic Hawklight
* Alexander "Mad Monty" Montgomery
* Ikko "Black Scalp" Wotan
* Ulysses Cockrell
* Janoo Rood

## Trivia

* This session introduces Warden Jack Burrows portrayed by Graeme McEneany.
* Burrows was created by Rob Christie and was intended to be played by him but due to his departure from Athantopia he was replaced with McEneany.
* Both Matt Finger and Richie Maynard did not attend this session.
* Corey Sexton make a temporary appearance in this episode as Bennsyn with the now infamous line "*I was told there'd be bitches*".