The Miss Demeanor Ep. 14

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***Miss Demeanor* Episode 14** was streamed on BrettUltimus' Twitch channel on the 21st of November 2020, and premiered on the World of Io's YouTube channel on 27th of November 2020.

## Summary

*Written by u/Sir\_P1zza, edited by u/Justa5crub*

After taking a night’s rest inside Sholo’s hut, the crew moves on. Luna offers everyone a shot of rum, and even Alice partakes, although hesitantly. Wood Gnome continues to ask to stay on shore but gets denied by the crew. With a sense of doom and gloom he commits to follow the crew, threatening all the dogs in Krakesque. Armstrong checks the hut for some food but only finds spoiled and possibly decades-old rations. When the crew departs, Alice casts Water Breathing on everyone, and they sail off. The dark and translucent tentacles that raised the Miss Demeanor now push her forward, and the ship is seemingly unaffected by the storm and the active whirlpool. On the ship, Wood Gnome goes below deck to check on the statue they snatched from Gubwater Keep, and it seems fine.

As the Miss Demeanor descends into the vortex, they again see the buildings of Krakesque pop up, and when the ship gets close, the tentacles below the ship grow and start covering the ship. The Miss Demeanor slowly becomes translucent before fading away completely. Everyone who stood on the deck starts to slowly fall down onto the roofs of the buildings as the ship returns back to Kresheart. While they’re Feather Falling down, they see a panicking Wood Gnome who disappears with the ship. The crew lands on the seaweed covered roofs when they hear an echoing and maniacal laughter from the Warmaster. The sea rises and becomes even wilder when three ghostly faces exit the water; one of them is from the lizardfolk tribe. They seem to be confused and struggling against their new masters. Layton tries convincing them that it’s better to return their souls to his sword, but they only become more agitated before the rest of the crew kills them.

They jump from roof to roof to get farther inland without getting caught by the sea, but as they’re traveling across, a giant tidal wave hits their building. While Layton and Armstrong manage to dodge it, Alice and Luna get hit, and Luna falls into the water. Although she can still breathe, the currents are too strong, and she gets swiped away. Alice, using his storm magic, tries to hover, and reach Luna, while Layton dives after Luna, but then another tidal wave hits, submerging everyone. Everything goes dark before Armstrong wakes up in the city of Krakesque, surrounded by his crew. Alice and Layton are choking on the water, but Armstrong gives a pirate’s CPR by hitting them on the chest, saving them. They help up Luna who’s in better shape than the rest. A barrier of spiritual energy surrounds the crew as The Deep One fulfills the second part of their deal. They have ten minutes to travel through Krakesque and kill the Warmaster.

As they run through the ruined city, they find a large building. When Alice enters, he comes face to face with the spirit of an old librarian who offers him the knowledge of Krakesque. At first, Luna thinks that it’s some form of seduction that uses a person’s deepest desires, but the librarian seems to be genuine. After a quick discussion —with Armstrong being the most resistant—, they take a minute to read through some books. Layton learns that the blade he’s been carrying the past ten years is called “Immortality” and finally learns to use it with his otherwise unarmed fighting style. Alice taps into the power of the Deep One and learns Eldritch Blast and Agonizing Blast. Meanwhile, Luna learns Cure Wounds. It’s a rare spell for there’s little access to divine magic due to the death of Div and Void, but the citizens of Krakesque found a way to access it. When Armstrong reads through one of the books, he learns to cast Sacred Flame.

With pain in his heart, Alice gets dragged from the library as they continue moving through the city. They freeze in fear as they see Lady Luck wrecked in the city. The spirits of Captain Layton’s former crew stand on the deck, but they do not seem hostile. They are abandoned by the Warmaster. Layton can choose to absorb them in Immortality, leave them lingering for all of eternity, or spend valuable time killing them. Killing them will put them out of their misery and give them eternal rest.

## References

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