Fear the Reaper

*Fear the Reaper* is the title of the third episode of the second season of The Numen Swell and the fifteenth session of the entire game.

This session was played on May 27th, 2018

## Fear the Reaper

### Writer

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

## Synopsis

Kifo, Bennsyn, and Loyal are prepared to fight as the music starts and they are told to dance battle. Kifo will not, Bennsyn is confused, and then there’s Loyal. He begins to dance. The crowd goes wild and Kifo attempts the one-armed macarena. Bennsyn then begins to break dance. The battle continues the music begins to fade as we escape Burrows weird mind and the actual fight begins. Mikey awakens in the cell and is released, his time-out over. He seeks out his “Crew” and none of them are really interested in his antics this day. Mwana keeps eyeing Sahge who is doing dolphin tricks next to the boat. His fascination is…. Intense. Mikey talks to Ardyn and Temer about their plan after they drop him off and Temer makes it clear he owes her and she will collect. He attempts to then go chill on the A Mural’s Bone where he feels safe. Sahge gets back on the ship and Mwana just cannot stop looking at the Montgomery. He then suggests that they play some cards and gamble. The entire crew is into it. It eventually narrows down to Mwana, Mikey, and Ardyn. The Shipwright cleans house. The Fight at Ere is starting. Kifo attempts to sway Loyal to his side but His name is LOYAL so he works with Bennsyn to deal with this “ghost of Benki”. Sonney isn’t hiding that he’s uncomfortable and Burrows acknowledges it. Sonney plays it off as a bet and Jack takes it in spades. Sonney wants a promotion and amnesty if he were to defect while Burrows wants his full loyalty. They shake and the fight begins.

Mikey and party arrive at Etoile and Temer takes the A Mural’s Bone as collateral until he can pay her back fully and leaves him and his crew stranded on the rock. Mikey begins shouting at the water for the Elves but remarkably gets no response. Rika and Sahge go down to speak with them. Mwana watches them leave with concern. Bennsyn suggests They don’t have to fight but Kifo is bloodthirsty. Bennsyn fires and misses so Kifo levels him saitama-style. Loyal attacks the Darfellan and does substantial damage but Kifo punches into the man’s chest and rips his heart out with the gauntlet/anchor, killing him.  Rika and Sahge arrive at the underwater city and seek out the pirate lord, Sirene. Rika requests his help and he demands to speak to her captain. She reluctantly leads him to land. He assumes it is Mwana but when it’s revealed to be Mikey he is less than impressed. The boy mentions that Sahge is Mad Monty’s son and the captain agrees to help them,

Sirene returns underwater and Sahge cannot get over that his ship has sunk. He looks over to see Sirene rising out of the water on his ship, the Sous-Marin. He is just a mess of confusion. They get on the boat. Mikey is really concerned since he can’t breathe underwater but luckily, they have an “Oxygen Room” for prisoners. He goes there and they head towards Ere. Kifo has killed Loyal but Bennsyn is still active. The Aventi gets up from his initial obliteration and fires another bolt at Kifo. This one however had a poison tip (Courtesy of Jack Burrows) and hits its mark, it slows him but also awakens the true beast within. Mint arrives to watch the fight with Burrows and Sonney. He’s pretty okay with it. Kifo stalks towards Bennsyn who continues to shoot but misses most of the shots until Kifo slams him into the ground and begins pummeling his face into the sand. He’s dead but Kifo doesn’t think it’s enough. Using a power he didn’t even know was possible, let alone he possessed, he sucks the soul from Bennsyn’s corpse and absorbs it. The guards all retrieve the left-over weapons and bodies and all aim at Kifo, keeping him in that cell. Burrows stands and shoots Mint in the face, promoting Sonney to Commander and leaves. Sonney is startled but snaps out of and heads down into the cells to inform the remaining Daronna Rose crew that they work for him now.

He returns to Burrows office to find any information on Tecnic since he feels it’s time for a reunion but all he finds is a note stating the Admiral will return to take the pirate lords for a public execution in a few days. Literally as he reads that the Admiral’s caravan arrives. Sonney immediately heads down to the Pirate lords floor to break them out. Cockrell and Burrows discuss that he will be taking ALL of the lords for his execution and Burrows retaliates by mentioning he won’t find Tecnic so let him keep him but it doesn’t sit well and he has to comply. They head down as Sonney is heading back up. As soon as he passes them he bolts to go unlock every other cell. The Naval party make it to the bottom floor and immediately over power the lords. Cockrell sends two men after Sonney as Burrows leads them to the dark corridor where Tecnic is being held in a Water Tank. Mint awakens in a closet and As Kifo is leaning on the bars the entire cage collapses. The Revolution has begun.

## Cast

### Main

* Benjamin Tecnic
* Sonney Griffin-Thorne
* Bennsyn
* Kifo Pomboo
* Mikey
* Quincy Mint
* Mwana Pomboo
* Sahge

### Supporting

* Mshi Rika
* Ardyn
* Madame Temer
* Loyal Tragold
* Alexander "Mad Monty" Montgomery
* Ikko "Black Scalp" Wotan
* Ulysses Cockrell
* Sirene

### Guest

* Caius
* Laha
* Rao

## Trivia

* First and only session this season where every member of the main cast is present.
* Final appearance of Bennsyn.