Dusty Deeds

an adventure starring Cordelia, Cloudio, and Simmond the Kind. Companion episode: Dust Busters

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Join Simmond, Cordelia, and Cloudio as they set out to meet Barry the Artificer, talk to bats, make friends with grave robbers, follow a dusty trail, and solve the mystery of a missing child.

Setting: Mishui

Non Player Characters:

* Barry Rawlings
* Trevor Horbiger
* Felionis Ganbold
* Slickdraw Buchel

Plot Summary:

While strolling to Mishui to meet up with the artificer, Barry Rawlings, Cloudio and Cordelia are joined by Simmond the Kind as the group are beset by (*real!*) zombies.  The undead seem to have been stirred up by some graverobbers, Felonia and Slickdraw, who were fleeing the scene.  The zombies were dispatched with a combined effort, but not before Cordelia had taken a number of bites.  The trio, with the graverobbers in tow, returned to the graveyard to try and discern the reason for the reanimation, but apart from another bite, little was to be learned at the scene.

Arriving at Barry's house in town, the group learned that the artificer was aiding a search for a missing child, Trevor, who disappeared from the park.  There were few clues to follow, except a strange, glimmering dust that seemed to almost sing when enough of it was gathered together with a magnetic implement of Barry's own design.  This shimmering dust also looked familiar to the three Firebreathing Kittens because they had just seen it in the blood of the reanimated dead from the cemetery.

Our three adventurers borrowed Barry's dust magnet, and set out to find the missing Trevor.  The first stop was the waterfall which serves as Mishui's water supply, but while eventful, the search was unfruitful.  The local theatre held more of the strange, glimmering dust, but scant other clues on who the group was looking for.  Eventually, our crew returned to the waterfall, and with Simmond parting the falls, the group discovered a hidden tunnel leading to a dwelling.  This new area was full of the glittering dust that seemed to have fallen from above, and coated the surfaces of most of the furniture and objects.  Some riches were secured, but still too few clues leading to where the missing child might be located.  Cordelia spoke with some helpful, if a bit bitey, bats who mentioned that a glimmering insectoid person had been seen with another adult bringing two children into this hidden home – but none of them came out again.

Returning to Barry, the group added their newfound dust to his – and with a collection this large, the song of the dust grew and became more complex. Cloudio, remembering another who could disappear without a trace by using dust arranged in a circle suggest that this dust also be spread into a circle.  After adding their voices (beautifully) to the dust's, a shimmering portal opened up in the circle.

This portal lead to a chamber containing a huge and horrific elephantine hound creature, and a little boy matching Trevor's description wearing some sort of boxy goggles.  The boy declared that he was home now, and wanted to become an Ekinblim, and hated our three adventurers.  When cajoling failed, it was decided to rush Trevor back through the portal so that answers could be found somewhere safe.

As Simmond carried Trevor toward the portal, however, the hound creature stirred, and positioned its massive frame between our heroes and the exit.  Cordelia took a hit while diverting its attention from Simmond and Trevor so that they could make it safely out through the shimmering gateway.  The beast was ferocious, and rendered Cloudio unconscious as he covered Cordelia's escape.  Cordelia attempted to scoop up Cloudio so that they could both make their exit, but she was struck on the way out, and was only able to get Cloudio through.  Things looked grim until Felionis rushed in, grabbed Cordelia, and safely moved through the portal.

When the snapping head of the dog creature presented itself through the portal, Simmond broke the circle of dust, decapitating the monster, but leaving Felionis' partner, Slickdraw, trapped on the other side.

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