Got Your Back

*Got Your Back* is the title of the ninth episode of the fourth season of The Numen Swell and the forty fifth session of the entire game.

This session was played on August 11th, 2019

## Got Your Back

### Writer

Jonny Christie, Matt Christie, Richie Maynard, Dani Morrison, Kyle Muller

## Plot

Mikey's allies get fewer by the day, will he have enough to stop Booker Dread?

## Synopsis

Mikey is screaming for Sonney and firing his blunderbuss towards the Grimoire. Orville also starts screaming then gets really quiet. He starts to mumble to himself and then starts believe HE is Sonney now. He convinces everyone but Mikey and Thomas so he “banishes” Dawkins for a minute to turn the boat back around and fight again. He’ll be back soon. Meanwhile, Dex has found Sahge and they intend to continue to build an army to fight Garret. Sahge suggests they go just south to Abasho’Kobezi to recruit the Hadozee. Dex isn’t convinced at first but eventually forgets why he wouldn’t and they go. Thomas returns and gets back on the ship as they re-beach the ship. Above, Dread is watching the idiots return. He sends Blythe and Macon down to retrieve the final coins with a handful of spirits. The fight begins.

Dex and Sahge are in the apparatus on the way to the next island. Sahge is surprised that no one knew about this machine before since it clearly has the ability to survive the swell. Dex doesn’t really acknowledge it. Back across the storm, the party is not having a good time. None of them can hit the ghosts. That is, except Orville, who is using the whip made from Tecnic’s spine. It is clear that that is evaporating spirits as they come so Tamaa, who has already lost three of her children in the fight, takes the whip and wraps it around her sword, swinging wildly and cleaning up. Mikey and Chiens go down so Orville banishes Macon to a place he can’t return from as Thomas loses an arm. He then uses the curse he used on Sonney earlier on Blythe to help them finish this fight. She can’t deny him but she knows that the best way to end this is to return to Booker with either Mikey or the coins. Orville demands she find another way but she has to return with something. He asks if she’s sure she wants to do this and she reminds him that this was a dozen, imagine what the other hundreds can do. He is disappointed as he then smites her and she is also banished from this world. Dread looks on in stirring anger as he motions for his ship to leave.

Dex and Sahge arrive at the Hadozee island. They intend to find the Ape King as soon as possible. They don’t have to wait long before a group of soldiers find them and bring them to him. It is none other than the albino Jikelele. The Hadozee have become much more militaristic under his rule but also more accepting of the outside. However, there is still a sect of rebel “savages” on the island and if they dispose of them then the Hadozee people will join their cause. Mikey wakes up a few hours after the battle, very hurt. Chiens patches him up as the man asks who, what, and why. As he officially becomes acquainted with the gnome and confirms Sonney is gone, Thomas is slipping in and out of consciousness. He hands Mikey a letter and passes out. Mikey attempts to resuscitate him and keeps Dawkins alive for a bit longer. Tamaa attempts to steal the letter but Mikey gets very defensive and they prepare to fight but Chiens breaks down. Why does everyone always have to fight. They agree to not fight, for now. Mikey puts together that Orville has something to do with his mother’s death so he starts chocking the old man and Tamaa knocks him out. They put him in a barrel as a “time out”. They then take a moment to think about what to do now. Tamaa wants to go home and Orville agrees because that’s where the rest of Tecnic is and his body can kill ghosts. Chiens suggests Toke port since that’s where pirates are and they can get more friends. They head south.

## Cast

### Main

* Mikey Gnash
* Sahge Montgomery
* Dex
* Chiens Cascade
* Orville
* Tamaa Nyeusi
* Booker Dread

### Supporting

* Thomas Dawkins
* Audra Blythe
* Ian Macon
* Jikelele

### Guest

* Nyota
* Nywele
* Nini
* Mbu
* Krench
* Zaka

## Trivia

* First session to have Mikey Gnash as the protagonist, officially.