One Mile Out

*One Mile Out* is the title of the eighth episode of the fourth season of The Numen Swell and the forty fourth session of the entire game.

This session was played on July 28th, 2019

## One Mile Out

### Writer

Jonny Christie, Matt Christie, Richie Maynard, Dani Morrison, Kyle Muller

## Synopsis

Orville is not very shaken from the battle. He loots the body of Ross Grimm for instruments and begins to play a beautiful melody for the fallen as elsewhere Dex plays the same song. Mikey is in the crow’s nest speaking with a very positive ghost named Brody Hellion. He reminds him of his other good spirited friends and is glad to have someone to talk to, finally. He attempts to convince Brody to help him escape but the apparition is a bit…. Dull. They talk about the storm for a bit before Mikey heads back down. He attempts to hit Macon again and does nothing yet again. Tamaa wakes up Chiens with oatmeal as Orville receives the call from Sonney confirming he isn’t cursed anymore. Orville decides to hunt the man so he steps over to Tecnic’s torso and takes a fiddle string to make a bone whip with his spine. The others are uncomfortable. He also puts on Tecnic’s clothes because why not. He asks Tamaa to “beat him like a misbehaving child” and she complies. He becomes the paladin and calls Sonney. They agree to work together to finish this and the paladin asks if he left them a ship. Tamaa chimes in that she has a ship so he plans to use it to catch up to Sonney. He asks if Tamaa knows anyone else who can help them man the vessel and she informs them that she has children already there. Deus Ex Tamaa.

Dex is sitting on a cliff playing a harmonica as Madame Temer walks up with Ardyn and Father Ted. They discuss Dex’s plan which turns out to not exist. He knows only one other person can fit in his apparatus but he wants the three of them to build up a “G.R.O.U.P.” (Guardians Responsible Of Uniting Piracy) which he is so proud he came up with, even though it was Father Ted. But he still needs back up so he tells Temer to find Charlee and send him his way. Tamaa is leading the crowd to her boat and they meet her swarm of children. They all think Orville is a demon and love Chiens. Thomas is convinced they are all going to die. Orville takes command and names Tamaa his quarter master because the crew is her spawn and they probably won’t listen to Thomas. The children refer to Orville as “Pepo” and they depart. Mikey butt dials Sonney and works with it because he has this feeling that Pirate Lords can track each other somehow. He heads to Dread’s office to confirm. The only thing he confirms is that Booker is not a fan of him as the captain calls Brody in. He absorbs the poor man and threatens Mikey not to talk to his crew.

Charlee arrives and Dex straight up asks him if he’s gay. The man doesn’t deny it. They head out towards where Charlee believes can help them find his crew. Sonney is just off the coast of Halcon, his target in sight. He decides to anchor and give the Paladin a chance to catch up. He calls Orville to see how far they are. Patience is a virtue. Mikey is chilling in his cell, still being watched by Macon. He realizes he can “send” the coin at the man and cause minor damage. It’s more annoying than effective. Blythe comes down and whispers something to Macon who leaves her to watch the prisoner. Dex and Charlee are deep into the storm. It’s remarkable how resilient the Apparatus is. They beach by a wrecked fishing vessel and head inland. Charlee leads Dex to a temple that is rumored to house the body of Jasper Gnash. He believes this could confirm or deny Dex’s theory about Booker Dread being William Garret. The only problem is, it’s impenetrable. Dex, ever the traditionalist, believes it’s once again sacrificial. They start dancing for some reason before Dex begins to hatchet Charlee profusely, exclaiming he’s trying to rape him and falls through the door. On the other side is a bunch of corpses and something breathing in the shadows. He gets up to fight but hears a familiar voice. The figure steps out to reveal a much more feral looking Sahge.

The Sahuagin asks how he found this place. Dex mentions they have no time and leaves. Sahge says goodbye to what’s left of his siblings and follows. Sonney decides he can’t wait any longer and they head to the island across the strait. He dresses Scarr up as him and sneaks off the boat. Macon arrives at the ship and an immediate fight breaks out. Mikey can hear the commotion below and rushes over to a window to see. He spots what he assumes is Sonney and bolts up to the deck to get a better view. He watches the Sonney figure get struck down. He prepares to jump but Blythe grabs him so he fights her. It doesn’t last long before she gets back up. He is outnumbered but then he hears “I Demand a Parlay”. He turns around and sees Sonney. Blythe tells him to follow her to the office but he demands to meet the captain on the deck. She denies him so he grabs Mikey and pulls him over to a cannon. He shouts for him to get in. Right on cue, Orville arrives off-shore so he aims the cannon at that ship and fires Mikey towards them. He turns back to fight. In silence it’s shown that Sonney is bombarded with bullets. Mikey lands on the deck of Tamaa’s ship and Dawkins turns the ship for them to escape.

## Cast

### Main

* Sonney Griffin-Thorne
* Mikey Gnash
* Sahge Montgomery
* Dex
* Chiens Cascade
* Orville
* Tamaa Nyeusi
* Booker Dread

### Supporting

* Thomas Dawkins
* Ardyn
* Madame Temer
* Audra Blythe
* Ian Macon
* Father Ted
* Brian Bones
* Charlee Bukett

### Guest

* Brody Hellion
* Nyota
* Nywele
* Nini
* Mbu
* Krench
* Zaka

## Trivia

* Sahge Montgomery returns to the story this session despite Matt Finger not returning to reprise the role.
* With the apparent death of Sonney Griffin-Thorne, Mikey Gnash is the only character on the main cast list to appear in season 1.