Ep. 114 Stranded in the Maze Chapter One (C2)

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C2 Ep. 114 Stranded in the Maze Chapter One

—Gnoll to Milo

The Loaded Dice are doing their various morning activities; Milo has dinner with his mother, Hob gets information from an old Thuranni agent at Savia's, Erys is analyzing Milhatch's fletcher, and Reynard is eating sushi. There's a commotion on the street, and Hob and Milo, being the closest, are first to see Daask beating on Sana and Ace. They both go in to help, with Erys and Reynard arriving shortly after.

From her room at the Four Sails, Erys sees a figure leap from building to building, wielding—what she doesn't recognize as—a ribbonweave.

## Synopsis

It's four days after the party talked to Saidan. Milo is having dinner with his mother. At Savia's, Hob finds a House Thuranni agent named Lyra to talk to about Jason. Erys has the Milhatch fletcher disassembled on her workbench and is examining the workings of it. Thus far the only thing the press has mentioned about Norson is that he's been found and is in custody, and Erys has been avoiding Harbin at all costs. Reynard is eating sushi with Kipling at a bougie place.

Lyra tells Hob that Thuranni doesn't care about anything except making money off their contracts, which Hob could infer means Jason is being paid for the job, and nothing more personal. The fact that Thuranni agents are operating in Sharn is itself unusal; it's Phiarlan territory. Thuranni agents never operate without a partner, and they often have backup safe houses. Lyra marks four different safe houses on a map for him.

Reynard asks Kipling about anyone above him; Kipling says he doesn't seem to have a boss, but he has reported to a third party. Out of knowhere, Arthur appears with a note from Ulfen saying to get to the Four Sails right away. (Arthur was on shift.)

Milo and Hob both hear a commotion on the street. Hob goes to look and sees Daask beating on Sana and Ace. He lets everyone else know over the communicators. The gang is led by a half-ogre in a waist coat and flatcap, and with him are two gnoll lieutenants and some goblins and orcs.

Hob moves in to help and gets hit real hard right off the bat. One of their gnolls pulls out a fletcher and misses Milo. Hob punches back. The half-ogre tells Hob to run. The smoke from Milo's head billows towards them, and forms into a dire wolf when it hits the ground in front of them.

Erys has installed a teleportation anchor in her room at the Four Sails to avoid Harbin, so she uses this to join the fight. Reynard takes a cab. Hob continues to be surrounded by and exchange blows with gnolls, goblins, and orcs. Erys fires from inside the Four Sails, but her fletcher jams. Sana is not looking great but still struggling, but Ace has fallen to the ground.

Milo's smoke flows into a gnoll's mouth and nose, causing his insides to start burning with fire. Reynard arrives in his taxi. Hob gets hit too hard by a goblin and goes down.

Erys sees someone leaping off a roof who has something looking like a baton that looks almost like a walking cane with a curved handle, but when they swing it, the sides retract and metalic blades linked together in a long ribbon sling out and knock an orc down.

## Locations

* The Cauldron
* Four Sails
* Kegbottom residence
* Savia's

## Spells

Milo casts several horrifying shadow spells.

## Quotes

"Give me a charm check."
"Oh, I've got a lot of that. And I rarely use it."
"That is true. We have yet to see Reynard use charm."
*—Eric, Trevor, and Philip*

"We gotta get you a shirt or something."
*—Trevor, regarding Hob getting hit*

"The fletcher jams."
"I hate you and what does that mean?"
*—Eric and Philip*

"Just cookin' him from the inside like a microwave."
*—Jeff*

## Trivia

* Erys heals both her At the Brink and Winded critical conditions.
* Milo heals his Head Ringer and Discouraging Wound.
* Hob does not heal his Stinger crit.
* Erys creates two acid flasks.