Cracking Up To Victor-y

an adventure starring Errol, Reine, and Rufus.

Companion Episode: The Voice Of Magic

## Setting

* Firebreathing Kittens Guild Hall
* Docks of Niqamui
* Skies over Guaso and Albien
* North Pole of Drawes

## Short Episode Description

Avast ye matey! Join Errol, Reine and Rufus on a thrilling airship journey as they investigate Drawes' out-of-control-magic! Cracking Up To Victor-y is a Risus The Anything RPG actual play podcast episode.

## Non Player Characters

* Skirmish Killington
* Leika Sedbyfour
* Koa Trevor
* Simon Simon
* Andrea Wisselkind
* Victor Van Magie
* Waffles the corgi

## Plot Summary

Magic has gone wonky! Nothing seems to be working the way it should and it's causing just a little bit of chaos. Errol, Reine, and Rufus are hanging out in the guild hall when suddenly Skirmish Killington addresses the whole guild. This magic debacle must be figured out and he, at the behest of Nulisag, tasks all of the heroes with important missions. Errol, Reine, and Rufus are given a very strange cracked gem that seems to point in the direction of the cause of the magical disruption. They are then told to head down to the docks to meet with a ship and a Rufus, naturally, was very thrilled to get on a ship, but when the crew arrived they were greeted by an airship called the Phoenix; captained by Leika Sedbyfour.

The three adventurers made their way aboard and quickly got to work with some shipboard tasks. Errol went to practice his skills in the galley, planning to whip up a stew. Rufus became a helmsman once more. And Reine sat very low on deck so she wouldn't panic about the heights and worked with some rope. Everything was going well until a storm appeared out of nowhere trying to blow the ship off course. Some of the crew became in peril but the Adventurers acted quickly and save the day.

In the aftermath, Reine and Errol started to catch a glimpse of a stowaway cat on board. As they investigated, they were able to find that this cat was a shapeshifter who was impersonating one of the crew. They trapped the cat in a barrel and made it talk. The cat was actually Andrea Wisselkind, who worked as an agent of Victor Van Magie. It seemed as though Victor was the cause of their magic woes. He was using some sort of device to drain magic from the planet.

So the crew made their way to his hideout, hoping to find a way to return magic to normal. High in the summit of a mountain, the hideout was about as cliché as it gets. But with some quick thinking they decided to sneak in a back entrance.

They were greeted with a lair that was high tech and devoid of magic. Robotic arms worked tirelessly to do tasks around the place. Upon arriving the gem compass seemed to point toward Victor. But approaching his office was more complicated then it seemed. The stairwell was a trap causing the whole thing to turn into a slide. Into a shark tank!

Rufus dove in to wrestle a shark, while Reine turned into a massive alligator and fought another. In the meantime, Errol, who was actually trying to figure out the trap used his grappling hook to retreive his friends. Then they made the climb up to the tower. Upon meeting Victor, he told them his dilemma. Apparently a massive creature is feeding on the magic of the world. Victor beleived that by siphoning away the magic of the world would allow him to make a weapon able to slay the beast. But the crew did not believe him and instead decided to shut the machine down.

The lair of Victor began to break apart. He escaped in a rocket and the team made it out aboard the Phoenix in the nick of time. For the time being, Rufus, Reine and Errol seemed to have saved the day. But only time will tell if we will see Victor again. Will magic be safe?