The Delinquents - Session 25

This is the twenty-fifth session in The Delinquents campaign and the third session in the Good Times, Bad Times storyline of the Consequences arc. Player feedback ranks this session at an 9.25.

## Notable Events

* The group arrived to the party at 715 Creeks to find it packed with a diverse cast of partygoers.
* Eren, with the assistance of Palmer, met Rithim and Rainni, a pair of students and musical performers at the party, and joined them on-stage with his drum.
* Mace met a young Gnomish woman named Libby while keeping an eye on the rest of the group.
* Ishim made himself popular at the party with his "Dragonborn Juice", an improvised mixture of various drinks at his table.
* Lamhach started to drink voraciously, interacting with Vadok, Palmer, and Jesper, and becoming increasing more aloof and unhinged with each interaction.
* Snipe, after an attempt to locate Carlin, found the rest of the group (minus Mace) inside the bathroom with a duck, where they attempted to come up with a plan to plant the drugs on Carlin.
* Ishim detected the magic ring on Lamhach's hand, Eren's magic gloves, and his own magic amulet.
* Ishim, Snipe, Mace, and Palmer entered the room where Carlin and Hermes were gambling, and managed to plant the drugs in a very risky maneuver involving a spilled drink.
* Eren put on a horrifying performance that nearly killed the vibe of the party before being sent off by Lamhach.
* Mace yelled at whatever party members she could find and demanded that they meet her outside if they didn't want to walk home.

## Summary

**SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 995:** With the rest of the group frozen at the precipice, Mace pushed the party through the doorway. Surrounded by few familiar and many unfamiliar faces, Snipe attempted to make friends by handing over his barrel of booze to a nearby table, briefly engaging in conversation with a few partygoers. Ishim also threw himself into the deep end, starting a conversation with a couple of partygoers, going into a long and boring speech about his preferences for alcohol. Mace lurked along the edge of the room and then sat herself at a table with another Gnomish woman named Libby, watching over her young friends as they found their footing in the festivities. Lamhach immediately headed towards a table and grabbed a tankard of ale, meeting up with her teammate Vadok and learning how to properly chug a drink from him. The two consumed several flagons of ale as Lamhach loosened up, though she was momentarily scared into sobriety by Vadok's looming warning about making fun of his accent (which may or may not have been a joke?).

Eren, unsure of how to proceed and with drum in hand, nervously stood by the doorway before being helped by Palmer to introduce himself to a pair of performers upon a corner stage, a long brown-haired Human man and a pretty blonde Gnomish woman. Palmer brought Eren over, got the duos attention, and left Eren to speak with them. Eren showed off his drum and asked the two if he could play with them. The man introduced himself as Rithim and the Gnome as his partner, Rainni, and offered hiim a spot on stage. While not particularly talented, Eren managed to keep up with the duo's performance, receiving a light round of applause and some ribbing from a now-drunk Lamhach. Rithim seemed to recognize Lamhach but was unable to place her, while Lamhach immediately recognized him as one of her older brothers that had disappeared. She quickly excused herself back into the crowd to avoid him while Eren and Rithim engaged in some conversation before Rithim went off to get a drink.

Ishim, with his only conversation partner clearly too intoxicated to continue talking, decided instead to put his theories into practice and headed to a nearby table and proceeded to mix several drinks together to create "Dragonborn Juice", a delicious combination of several different drinks at the table, winning over the favor of many of the partygoers around him. Snipe, after briefly interacting with some people, proceeded further into the house, eventually peeking his head through a beaded curtain to find a smoky room in which Carlin, Hermes, two beautiful women, and a pair of Half-Orcs sat gambling and smoking Cloverleaf. Mace, excused herself from the table to stealthily tale the rest of the group, doing so throughout much of the party to ensure their safety.

As Lamhach distanced herself from the stage, she bumped into Palmer and the two shared an awkward interaction before Lamhach disappeared further into the crowd. One by one, Lamhach, Palmer, Ishim, and Snipe walked into the next room through the hallway and eventually gathered inside of the bathroom, where they could quietly interact alone (save for the duck that was floating in the bathtub). While Palmer, Ishim, and Snipe tried to devise a plan to plant the drugs on Carlin, Lamhach paid little attention to the conversation and instead interjected with random loud and nonsensical statements. Palmer grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her to get her attention, quickly throwing in a "you look nice, by the way" before trying to steer the conversation back towards planning.

After returning with a drink, Rithim further inquired with Eren about his friend, Lamhach, asking if he knew where she was from or anything else about her. Unable to provide any other info, Eren told Rithim that she mostly kept to herself about her past. Rithim swore that she was familiar but could not place her, giving up and saying that he must be mistaking her for someone else. He let Eren know that they'd be taking a break for some time and that they'd start playing again in a little while. Eren left to go find his friends, eventually knocking on the door to the bathroom and let in with the rest of the group (and the duck). There, they continued to plan how they would plant the drugs on Carlin, only to be interrupted by the shattering of a candle that had fallen from a shelf next to them. Surprised by this, Ishim used his orb to detect any magic in the area, learning that the gloves on Eren's hands, Lamhach's ring, and his own necklace were all enchanted. During this distraction, a man desperate to use the bathroom pounded incessantly upon the door, demanding that the party let him inside. The group opened the door and were quickly ushered out of the bathroom, hearing only the muffled cries of surprise at the man's realization that a duck was in the bathroom before they began to rejoin the party.

With their planning interrupted and no clear path ahead, Ishim, Guttersnipe, and Palmer continued to work out the details while Eren went off to "create a distraction" and Lamhach went back to enjoy the festivities. Ishim, Snipe, and Palmer began to quietly plan their next move (in the middle of the crowded room) before they were approached by a Halfling man named Bruceton, who explained that he had heard everything but was surprisingly on-board with everything, offering to help them with their scheme. After some further discussion, Bruceton grew more and more suspicious of the plan, specifically calling out Ishim for doing things that were "kinda creepy". As it became clearer that Bruceton would not be helpful, Palmer convinced him to leave by lying and saying he heard that someone was trying to take advantage of a woman upstairs. Mace was discovered by the trio shortly after, where she explained that she had just been looking for another drink and happened upon them. Palmer went with Mace to find more refreshments and was ominously warned by Mace that they should discuss their plans more discretely, subtly revealing that she had heard everything and surprising Palmer at her strange reaction to the situation.

Lamhach, wholly uninterested in pursuing the group's goals, instead continued to party, accidentally stumbling upon the dark room in which Hermes and Carlin were gambling and briefly greeting him before encountering Corwin and Jesper playing a drinking game. Corwin announced that he would be taking a break from the game and lightly pushed Jesper into Lamhach, with Jesper cheerily greeting her and explaining the rules of the game, Man Overboard, to her. Lamhach proved to be a natural at the game and the two hit it off as they played, with Jesper driving the conversation multiple times towards their shared Humanity. Not quite comfortable with this topic, Lamhach eventually told Jesper that she didn't have particularly fond memories of her home and preferred not to talk about it. Jesper stepped back and told her that unlike her, he greatly envied others' connections to their homes and thought it was really cool to hang out with another Human, describing it as feeling like he had a kinship that he didn't share with other people. The two continued their conversation as they played the game before Guttersnipe and Ishim approached Lamhach and told her that "some Gnome was badmouthing potatoes", immediately prompting Lamhach to storm off and find who was responsible for the starchy slander. Surprisingly, Jesper did not react at first, but as Lamhach marched down the hallway, he quickly followed after her following some awkward glances between himself, Snipe, and Ishim.

Barreling into the main room, Lamhach picked out a random Gnome from the crowd whom she believed to be the culprit and accosted him, slinging insults towards him (much to his confusion) as several partygoers (and Jesper) watched in awe. She demanded that he take back what he said about the Human delicacy and procuring the potato from breakfast from her pockets (the dress has pockets?) and telling him to eat it, prompting the partygoers to chant for him to eat the potato. Clearly wanting to be left alone but pressured by his peers, the Gnome took a big bite of the raw potato and swallowed it, much to Lamhach's satisfaction. After the interaction, Jesper congratulated Lamhach for doing "such a good job" with the crazy situation.

While Lamhach engaged in her drunken shenanigans, Ishim, Snipe, Mace, and Palmer met together to plant the package on Carlin, with Ishim and Snipe having cast Tiny Servant and Invisibility on the package respectively to help their cause, and Mace and Palmer secretly agreeing to table their discussion while they helped the others. The four entered into the beaded room and found that Carlin, having been interrupted now for the third time, had posted his two Half-Orc bodyguards between the doorway and the table. Hermes worriedly greeted the four while Carlin protested their entry. Mace feigned a desire to meet the illustrious Hermes, pretending to be an adoring fan of his, while Ishim executed the plan. Going along with Mace's ruse, Ishim gawked at Hermes and tripped, spilling a drink all over Carlin and causing quite a scene. In the chaos, the tiny servant hopped into Carlin's pocket undetected as he roared at the intruders to get off him and out of his sight. The two bodyguards quickly threw the four out, with a demand that they not return.

In the other room, Eren executed his own plan, allowing Barilus to take control of his voice to create a cacophonous bubble of sound to "distract" everyone and have Carlin run out to investigate. The room was filled with the bloodcurdling, demonic wails and rhythmic pounding of the drums by Eren, the crowd recoiling in horror as the sounds grew louder and louder. Finally, Eren finished his performance, leaving the room stunned and silent; Rithim's mouth hung agape and his face wide-eyed, while Lamhach quickly marched over and chastised Eren in front of the crowd for his stunt. In an attempt to control the damage to the vibe, Lamhach whipped out her recorder and begun a soothing melody to calm the crowd, while Eren, sent off by Rithim to get a drink and now realizing the weight of his actions, slinked away from the stage and withdrew himself from the main room, heading outside to lament.

Mace, recognizing that everyone in the group had gotten out of control and clearly unable to behave themselves at the social event, reprimanded Ishim, Snipe, and Palmer for their behavior and demanded that they meet her outside if they didn't want to walk home. She then went off into the party to locate the rest of the group so that they could drive home. Snipe managed to avoid Mace and found himself in the larder by passing through the kitchen, where he encountered his teammate Grash who had proclaimed himself "The Larder Lord" before exiting the pantry with a keg and several lengths of sausage, thus cementing Snipe as the new Larder Lord, e'er may he reign.

## See also

* The Delinquents - Session 24
* The Delinquents - Session 26

## Gallery

The first floor of 715 Creeks Road and surrounding neighborhood.