Ep 47 - Manny-handling

## Episode 47 - Manny-handling

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Following the dramatic conclusion of last episode, the team must rally against the Black Market Boys. But as the battle wears on, more civilians become wrapped up in the action - including Manny and the eleflute! As the train barrels along, on fire and loaded with bombs, each team member must decide to either double down on their combat, or bail!

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## NPCs in Description

NPCs mentioned in this episode:

* Manny Meadowsweet - Zelf's apprentice and a perfect sweet boy.
* The Dentist - Mealnor's signature superhero, and a huge fan of Patty. Secret identity of Gentry Til.
* Sniprit - Black market vendor from Newhaven and follower of Xitrix. He tricked Janni into delivering a cursed item; Janni then burned down his shop
* Zalvot - Leader of the Thieves Guild. Astra convinced him to let the team go, with the understanding that they'd help Tommi Embereyes track down Pearl and Glorihan.
* The Fairy Godfather and the Tooth Fairies - Fae gangsters. They stole Astra Blep's canines while in Mealnor, to try to convince her to capture the Dentist for them.
* Tudgrack - Found a piece of meteorite that Bovil was searching for, to become the demigod of Hybdall. The team stole his meteorite.
* Rare Monster Vendor - Black market vendor from Newhaven. Zelf bought Piccolo the Eleflute from him, and Patty released a bunch of his animals.
* Bruler - Supplied bombs to RAID. Formerly a huge fan of Patty Hurts, but then he tried to kill her so she rigged him with a Saw-style explosive jacket.

## Summary

* The train battle between the party and the Black Market Boys continues!
* Patty manages to stabilize Gentry using a healer's kit.
* Zelf climbs up on top of his train car, where he finds Bruler in the Dentist costume grappling Manny.
* Astra has the Fairy Godfather toss Zalvot's body off the train.
	+ The Fairy Godfather is stunned by her electric barrier, and she kicks his body off the train as well.
* Janni continues to fight Thieves Guild members with Diane at his side.
	+ Sniprit pledges allegiance to Janni Innaj, the demigod of Xitrix.
* Patty disables two of the bombs but the other two go off. One explodes in Janni's car and causes the back two cars to go off track.
* Janni and Sniprit go towards the front of the train and meet up with Astra, who claims nothing is happening in her car.
* Patty uses a bubblegum bag on herself and Gentry so they can jump off the train safely.
* The train goes more off track. Janni, Zelf, and Bruler are thrown off the train.
* Astra isn't a good enough person to give Manny her boots that negate fall damage, so she just tells Manny to jump off the train.
	+ Manny manages to barely survive, and Astra heals him right up.
* The train continues past them for a while before going fully off track, crashing into a rock wall, and exploding.
* Astra sends a shock arrow up into the sky as a meeting signal.
	+ Zelf makes his way to Astra and Manny, while Janni rides Diane to meet up with Patty and Gentry.
	+ Janni gets Gentry down from the tree and they all reconvene with Astra.

## Trivia

* On the Spotify app, this episode's poll reads: "Who's the cutest Black Market Boy?" with the results "Bruler (bad boy!)" at 9%, "Sniprit (mysterious!)" at 12%, "Tudgrack (teen!)" at 2%, "Zalvot (probably rich!)" at 12%, "Nameless vendor (?)" at 7%, and "Animated chair (silly!)" at 56%.

## Characters

### Player Characters

* Astra Blep
* Janni Innaj
* Patty Hurts
* Zelf

### Actually Showed Up

* Gentry Til / The Dentist
* Piccolo the eleflute
* Diane O'Nychus
* Unnamed train employees
* Sniprit
* Unnamed Thieves Guild members (sniper, other)
* Tudgrack
* Manny
* Bruler
* Zalvot (as a body)
* Fairy Godfather + the Tooth Fairies

### Mentioned

* Wrathsmatic\*
* Paltra Mimosa
* Rare animal vendor
* Xitrix

## Locations

### Visited

* Train cars
* The wilderness next to the train tracks

### Mentioned

* Arrowpeak
	+ Arrowpeak Dungeon
* Haven
* Nan Tahrum
* Newhaven
	+ Black market