The Mysterious Tower

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## Starring

queensketches as Eilxina
zh33p\_live\_ as Rikki

Matt as Gale

Citrus as Ilana

toriidactyl as Dungeon Mom

## Order

Previous Episode: Unravelling SecretsNext Episode: First Day of School

## Episode Summary

Gale and Rikki were invisible, Eil and Ila hid under a blanket and the party stepped inside the tower. They didn’t see anyone, and as they tried to enter the first door they saw that the key card they received only grants them Level 1 clearance and this door required Level 2. They proceeded upstairs where they saw monitors on the wall outside and a fire extinguisher, which Gale took. You all tried to decipher the information without much luck, but Gale is able to decipher some of the coded words and numbers. A reference to Machine 1/Code 1 and Machine 2/Code 1 and subject 3785. They used the key card to go inside the door on the second floor where they saw a science lab with machines and computers. One droid was working assembling and fixing some remotes. As Eil got close, the droid recognized her as an unauthorized person and attacked the party. The group worked together to take it down and looked around the lab for clues, papers, and a new key card. Gale found a login and password on a sticky note, a Level 2 keycard, and a collar with a matching chip. He decided to check the computer's files and discovered Machine 1 has data from Saturday at 10 am and Machine 2 has data from Saturday at 11 pm.

Using the new key card, they gain access to the first-floor room and find a large sci-fi research area with grated metal floor walkways across the room and a pool of water with pods underneath, one pod was active. In the center of the room was a black portal set into a sort of tube and on each wall was a computer terminal. The party investigated the room and while they were mostly focused on the pod, Gale went to touch the shadow portal and was pulled through and disappeared. The rest of the party debated on what to do and eventually decided to follow, but not before Rikki could call Bismuth with a tear-jerking conversation which seemed like they would never see each other again.

As they all stepped through, Gale without darkvision sensed a skeleton body and the forest around him. As more came through, Ila shared a bit about her experience with the Shadowfell, and while they tried to light a candle and look around, a shadow creature attacked. Eil immediately took damage and went unconscious. Ila tried to heal her but it didn’t work. The party tried to fight the shadow, healing Eil during the process, and finally defeated it while taking a lot of damage. The group investigated a bit, took some pictures, and then decided to go back through the portal. Ila was the first to go through and send the pictures to the group chat which freaked out Bismuth. And the whole party investigated the computer terminals finding out that subject 3785 was Blaze. They managed to release him from the pods, delete their video footage, and escape the Night Forest as Bismuth causes a distraction.

## Characters Featured

### PCs

* Eilxina
* Rikki
* Gale
* Ilana

### NPCs

* Bismuth
* Blaze

## Gallery

Ila taking a selfie with PeteBismuth being worried about Rikki.The party finding Blaze in a pod.