The Miss Demeanor Ep. 3

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***Miss Demeanor* Episode 3** was streamed on BrettUltimus' Twitch channel on August 15, 2020, and premiered on the World of Io's YouTube channel on August 21, 2020.

## Summary

*Written by u/Sir\_P1zza, edited by u/JustA5crub*

Arriving at the Lady Luck stranded on the south of the island, the crew decides to enter the ship. As Armstrong, Alice and Luna climb on board, Luna gets the feeling that the ship isn’t magical or important and stays on the beach. Although Alice and Armstrong also have this feeling, they push past it and follow Layton on board. Inside the hull is a huge pile of gold along with many other forms of treasure. Armstrong finds an Alchemy Jug and a Bag of Holding, but Layton is very insistent on not touching the gold, believing it to still be cursed. Not wanting to stay inside of the wreck too long the crew decides to meet up with Luna on the beach and finally decide to experiment with the Krakesque coin and the sword. Layton and Alice tests the sword first by pushing a small piece of wood inside the coin slot but nothing seems to happen. Meanwhile Luna takes a close look at the coin and realizes that it looks very similar to a coin in her own past. She decides to tell everyone how she ended up in Kresheart.

While Luna herself lives in a small treehouse, her family was part of a royal bloodline, and they were among the most powerful families in their society. Luna’s father was a collector of magical items, and one of those items was a magical coin connected to an ancient civilization. She has looked at this coin and always felt like this coin was taken with force, but her father never explained where it came from. One day her home and her society was invaded by some treasure hunters,and both her home and her academy were destroyed. Luna herself only got away with the help of a friendly goblin. During their fleet, she overheard that the treasure hunters were looking for the coin her father had. Luna never learned the identity of the treasure hunters, but now she recognizes the Krakesque coin to be very similar to the coin in her past.

After hearing this story, Armstrong and Layton decide to combine both pieces. Layton stands on the beach next to Lady Luck and inserts the coin into the slot. For a moment, nothing happens, until the sword starts to shine a bright green light. The green light bursts out of the sword and forms into a laser beam which points towards the south. At the same time, Lady Luck suddenly moves on its own and sails off in the direction of the beam, despite the weight of the gold and its current state of disrepair. In a panic the crew runs through the town with the beaming sword still out and rushes to the Miss Demeanor in an attempt to follow Lady Luck. Only when they have sailed off do they realize the dangers of having a beacon signaling their location, and they put the sword in the Bag of Holding, only taking it out occasionally to check for direction.

As they’re sailing towards the south a different ship shows up behind them. The ship has two boosters on both sides and a giant cannon on the bow manned by gnolls. It’s rapidly chasing the Miss Demeanor! Despite Alice’s best attempts to speed up the ship, Captain Armstrong realizes they can’t shake the pursuing ship and engages in combat. Captain Armstrong quickly turns their ship portside with the help of Alice while Luna fails to take out the front cannon of the enemy ship. Realizing the difference in firepower, Captain Armstrong goes for a head on approach and rams the Miss Demeanor into one of the sideboosters of the enemy ship. Layton however, still hurt from their previous fight with the scavengers, gets hit by the wooden shrapnel and falls unconscious. As the gnolls board the Miss Demeanor, Captain Armstrong brings Layton back to his feet while Luna and Alice are firing missiles of ice and arcana at the boarders. Both crews engage into a bloody fight. Knowing they’re fighting for their freedom, lives and to not get eaten by the gnoll captain, the crew of the Miss Demeanor fight with everything they got.

## References

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