Ep 46 - The Black Market Boys

## Episode 46 - The Black Market Boys

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Training Day on the Battle Boose! The team has been divided into separate train cars, each packed with enemies with personal vendettas. Astra faces off against Zalvot and the Fairy Godfather, Janni against cursed item merchant Sniprit, Zelf against the Rare Animal Merchant and Tudgrack the foolish meteorite owner they duped, and Patty against BOMBS. Will Patty save The Dentist before time runs out? Should we feel bad for whoever fights Janni Innaj? Will Astra finally be forced to throw a punch?

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## NPCs in Description

NPCs mentioned in this episode:

* 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 continues! The party is split across four separate train cars facing different members of the Black Market Boys, made up of people the party had wronged in Newhaven.
* Janni Innaj summons his fiendish deinonychus, named Diane O'Nychus during the episode, to help him fight Sniprit and the train employees.
* Zelf fights the rare animal vendor and Tudgrack. The vendor brings out a wrathsmatic\*, a sad goat-dragon.
	+ Zelf sends Manny and Piccolo the eleflute to go down the train and help Patty.
* Astra talks to Zalvot. The Fairy Godfather appears as well, and he wants the crown of Lunas back on the behalf of Lord Marth.
* In the caboose, Patty finds 4 bomb detonators, one in each corner, as well as Gentry strapped to a bomb vest. Bruler is running away.
* Janni gets his ass bit by a chair.
* Patty tries to disable the bomb on Gentry but it explodes. Gentry starts making death saves.
* Zelf kills the vendor and knocks out Tudgrack. He realizes that Tudgrack has on a bomb vest.
* Astra charms the Fairy Godfather to her side, who then knocks out Zalvot.
* Astra drains Zalvot's blood, revealing to everybody that she is a vampire.
* Several flashback and secret recording scenes ensue! Astra was corrupted by the crown of Lunas at the Marth mausoleum and has become a half vampire.
	+ This is why she has her teeth, and now she must drink blood once per day unless she passes her will save.
	+ In Mealnor, Astra was the one who drained Shyla the ASMR bard.

## Trivia

* On the Spotify app, this episode's poll reads: "Whose teeth have the highest resale value?" with the results "Diane" at 17%, "Wrasthmatic" at 0%, "Piccolo (tusks)" at 20%, "The Dentist (mask)" at 6%, "Manny (brushes 2x a day)" at 44%, "Merabeth (bear)" at 3%, and "Merabeth (peacock)" at 6%.

## Characters

### Player Characters

* Astra Blep
* Janni Innaj
* Patty Hurts
* Zelf

### Actually Showed Up

* Unnamed train employees
* Diane O'Nychus
* Sniprit
* Rare animal vendor
* Wrathsmatic\* wrasthmatic?
* Tudgrack
* Manny
* Piccolo the eleflute
* Zalvot
* Tooth Fairies + Fairy Godfather
* Gentry Til / The Dentist
* Bruler

### Appeared in Flashback

* Shyla (as a body)

### Mentioned

* Tommi Embereyes
* The Murder
* Lord Marth

## Locations

### Visited

* Train cars

### Mentioned

* Newhaven
* Thieves Guild
* Birwine
* Reskarus
* Mealnor
	+ Marth mausoleum
	+ Vilnit Candy Factory