Death and Debts: Episode 04

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***Death and Debts* Episode 4** was streamed on Arcadum's Twitch channel on August 26, 2020, and premiered on Arcadum's YouTube channel on October 28, 2020.

## Summary

              Puckpickle’s mucus starts effecting Terryn. The desires of “fornakilling” starts to grow within her, starting to fill her with the desire to kill, her sights specifically set on Umi. However, she manages to control herself to the point where she can find a more opportune moment, managing to hide her bloodlust to where none of the rest of the party can tell.

           Vaeri is still sulking from last time. She and the party manage to come to an agreement, where she will change into the rags from the camp as long as the rest of the party does. During this time, Umi touches Terryn, driving the effects of the drugs to the “lust” side, still focused on Umi.

            Eventually, the party moves on to a room being used as storage by what appears to be the inquisitors. As Zara breaks down the door, they trigger an alarm, alerting the cultists elsewhere. Terryn begins flirting with Umi, while the party checks the supplies throughout the room, eventually finding six potions. Directly afterwards, Zara breaks down the next door before the door can be checked for traps, just in time for four inquisition Acolytes to come around the corner to check the alarm.

            As Zara and Madeline start holding off the Acolytes, Revlis manages to apologize well enough to convince Vaeri to help them in the battle. During the fight, both Zara and Madeleine take heavy injuries, but Umi manages to keep both of them alive, though Madeleine ends up getting covered by the blood of two of the Acolytes. Vaeri gets in close, breaking the knees of one of the Acolytes, before ripping the nipples off a second one. Zara, despite her injuries, breaks the back of one man before crushing the skull of another. The two then team up to throw Vaeri at a third Acolyte.

            Terryn, for her parts, transforms into Clifface Bonecruncher, then runs across the wall to get behind the Acolytes and, still heavily sexually charged, decides to start ripping off the first man’s nipples. On the second man, she cast’s Tasha’s Hideous Laughter, before transforming into him, having him make out with himself, then rips his nipples off. Umi saves Madeleine from death through kissing a health potion into her. Revlis mostly stands in the back messing with the Acolytes. After the battle, Terryn steals the loincloths of the Acolytes, Umi pats all their heads, and Zara smashes their heads to insure they do not reanimate somehow.

             In the next large room, they hear a voice echoing, so the group sneaks forward to investigate. They find the Sewer Druid, Sad Derick, watering mushrooms. He makes tea and a campfire for the group. Umi touches the fire and burns herself. Realizing this is the one they heard about earlier, they try to learn about this man. Terryn tries to seduce Derek, including through use of magic, but is unsuccessful. Vaeri, who has also had a negative past with love, forms a small bond with the Druid. Derek tries to convince them to rest there, but the group insists that they do not have time. Instead, Derek conducts a ritual using the spores of some of his mushrooms. The ritual fully restores their strength.

           And with it, a new power flows through them. They find the natural powers enhancing their own strength, knowing they have a place they can safely come back to. (Level 2)