Episode 32: Unjust Desserts

**Episode 32: Repast** (1x32) - The last course is served at Applejack Manor. Elidda makes her move, breaks the Covenant of the Hearth and blood will spill. The wake may yet turn back into a funeral and something new and terrible arises out of a horrid act of wickedness. Family is forever… and sometimes a long while after that.

## Cast

### Nearlies

Josh | Xenator Brisbane
Kathy | Lavaleen Crest
Andy | Martin Sirque
Amanda | Gwendylyn Cloot
 Robbie | The Speaker
 Aaron |  Production & Sound

### NPCs

APPEARING
 Dodderfell
 Von Dark
 Otak
 Elidda
 Naddagaster
 Gentleman Hunter

## Synopsis

### Prologue

Dellinda introduces herself as one of the wicked stepsisters.  She admits that she’s not very good at being wicked, but she is trying. Her mother, a natural at being wicked, doesn’t seem to understand what it’s like to have to try, but Callintha helps by pointing out when Dellinda should be wicked. She then reminisces about how she used to be so much more clear minded and clever, and would fight with her mother all the time when she tried to be herself.  It was when she stated the intent to become and adventurer that her mother began to poison her.  She realizes now that she shouldn’t have told her that she was going to become and adventurer, she should have just left.  As a wicked stepmother, Elida had a very strong authority over people.  So she drank the poisoned tea.

At this point Callintha tells Dellinda to stop talking to the audience.  They both don’t feel very good, but figure it is just fear over their mother killing all the people at the dinner party.

### Episode

Everyone is back at the table, having been magically compelled to sit there.  The handmaidens address Elida, telling her that their mistress would take this act as a grave insult.  Elida replies that she’s made her peace with everything that’s about to happen.  She thanks everyone for coming, and commands everyone to eat their slice of pie.

As everyone looks at it, they realize that there are crows, eels still alive, trapped inside the gel of the pie.  This is a deadly Raven Black pie, made up of crows, eels, and lost souls.  Seddath, the Cambion, and the Gentleman Hunter willingly take a slice of pie. Seddath calmly eats it, stating that it is dangerous to the weak of heart, the Cambion reluctantly eats it, and the Gentleman Hunter seems to genuinely enjoy it.

Gwen empowers Todd, growing him to a huge size, and is able to destroy a large portion of the pie, reducing the number of servings available.  Val attempts to get her cloak to consume her portion, and Lavaleen attempts to dump her portion on the floor, thus fulfilling the compulsion of a clean plate. This does not work, and the pie reappears on her plate immediately.  Martin has a more unique approach, and Metamorphs a hole in the back of his head, with the goal of passing the pie through his head without actually touching it.

Naddagaster promises to grant anybody a wish it they eat his pie, as he knows he won’t survive eating it.  Gamoletahgg also feels like he won’t survive eating it, but is unable to fight the compulsion.  Xenator grabs the old wizard’s pie for himself but doesn’t feel as inclined to help Naddagaster.

The handmaidens consume the pie through vines and plants in their hands.  The hands begin to wilt and crumble, clearly dying.  They then take a dinner knife and cut off their own arm at the elbow. to stop the spread of infection.  Thanks to Gwen, this completes the amount of pie available, sparing Xenator (although he has taken the old wizard’s pie), Von Dark, and Dodderfell.  After failing to think of an alternative solution, Xenator asks Martin to help make a hole in the back of his own head with his hand spike, so he can copy Martin’s solution of avoiding the pie.

It is now Gwen’s turn.  Todd says, he knows what he has to do, and then consumed Gwen’s pie.  He immediately molts, dropping all of his feathers, his body shrivels, and he falls to the table as dust.  Gwen’s connection to Todd disappears, and she is obviously distraught at his loss. Meanwhile, Val and Lavaleen are still being compelled to eat the pie.  Unable to fight it, Val consumes the pie and gains 6 reckoning, bringing it up to 10.  In her soul, Val hears a voice saying, “my, what big ears you have.”  With that Val’s ears begin to morph, lengthening, becoming harrier, eventually transforming into wolf ears.

Lavaleen tries to morph into a swan to break the spell, but it does not work, and Lavaleen eats her pie, gaining 2 reckoning. Martin attempts his plan, which works fairly well and only gains 1 reckoning. The plan works equally as good for Xenator, and he too only gains one reckoning for passing the pie through his head.  Naddagaster consumes his slice, and passes out, while Gamoletahgg disappears in a puff of smoke.

With her plan falling apart, Elida starts to flee. Saddeth also stands, telling her to get to the carriage, and he will hold them off.  With that said, he draws his sword and swings it at Xenator.  The blow is stayed however, and inch from Xenator’s face, when both the Cambien and the Gentleman Hunter grab the blade. They acknowledge the strangeness of it, both of them protecting a hero, and then they attack Saddeth throughout the house, leaving the Nearlies to take down Elida.

Elida is fleeing, and screaming at her girls to get into the carriage.  The Nearlies immediately begin the attack.  Lavaleen immediately attacks the harnesses that are connecting the nightmare horses to the carriage that the stepsisters are trying to load with valuables.  Martin morphs his vocal cords to mimic the voice of Sarah, and yells for Dad (Otak) to come help. This works, bringing an enraged Otak into the fight.

Meanwhile Xenator goes over to the handmaidens to attempt to help them, offering them his entire inventory.  They take his anima blooms and also some of the magic beans and water that was found in Sarah’s clubhouse and spread it over their wounds. Them sorted, he gives a healing potion to Naddagaster (and rubs his tummy), saving him as well.

Meanwhile, the fight continues.  Gwen casts verdant lightning at the grass at Elida’s feet, ensnaring her among the flora.  Valeriana slashes across Elida’s neck as well as one of the stepsisters’.  The fight continues.  Realizing she is losing, Elida pulls out a glass box, and points it at Dellinda.  Something leaps out of the box and disappears underneath Dellinda’s skin. Her body bulges and expands.  She flails out, and grabs onto her sister, causing them both to change.  They consume the nightmare horses and a monstrous, twisted mass of the sisters and the carriage horses emerge.  They have been turned into a brand new Glorious, the Entwined Sisters.

There is now chaos.  The house is on fire, Otax is enraged, searching for his daughter, and the Glorious is attacking.  Lavaleen calms Otax, and Gwendylyn lures the Glorious into a chase, leading them into the burning house.  The battle continues.  The Nearlies manage to beat down the Entwined Sisters, allowing Gwen to make an escape from the cellar.  On her way out she meets up with the Cambion, fairly injured by his fight with Seddath, and then the Gentleman Hunter.  The Gentleman Hunter crashes out a different window, apparently having had a wonderful time, and leaves, heading out to the woods.  The group reconvenes outside and as they look up at the burning manor, they realize that it isn’t the only fire in the area.  Thistleberry is burning.  Bedragled as they are, the Nearlies head towards Thistleberry Hollow as quickly as they are able.  As a final thank you from the handmaidens, the Nearlies are fully healed as they run off to try to save the town.

### Epilogue

The last thing that Elida remembered was the carriage falling on her.  She was angry that Dellinda couldn’t even turn into a Glorious properly, angry that Callindra got consumed as well, as it can spread from like to like.  She is injured, and staggering through the woods, on her escape.  She is angry that her planned failed.  She doesn’t understand how that pie, made of three innocent souls and the blacked animals she could find, didn’t kill them. Seddath had promised her it would work. But Seddath had abandoned her.  He had been injured too, but refused to take Elida with him, as she was cursed.  Cursed by her betrayal of her own guests, with poisoned food at her own table.  Not even the Queen of Spite would harbor such filth. She screamed at Seddath, reminding him that they had a contract, but he just smiled, looked at the burning house and claimed that he didn’t understand why anyone would put such an important document on something as flammable as paper.  Now everything Elida had was gone.  Now she was not only wicked, she was damned.

And then, she felt the brushing of hands; the flute and the trumpet.  They greeted her as the mother of a new Glorious, and welcomed her as family.

## Notables

Episode 30
 Objects Acquired
 Spells Used
 Metamorph Attempts

## Quotables

Andy: “You killed my best friend with my favorite activity!”

Martin: “You’re off-putting!”

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