Venom

The Acolytes in Sexy Tights are asked to find a missing parcel deliverer, but they quickly find themselves in the middle of a small town conspiracy.

## Major Plot Points

#### Seeded

* While enjoying their last brunch in Slushy Slopes, a woman named Greta asked the Acolytes to find her missing husband Hanz. He vanished while delivering a package to the town of Sleepy Nook. The group confirmed they weren't to kill him if he was having an affair and that they didn't have to force him back if he left willingly. Aryan Grande applauded Greta for standing by her man.
* The group spent the day on the road and camped out for the night. Dikarus Bottombane and Muchomucho M Amor agreed to take the first watch. After a while, the two noticed a mysterious silhouette in the shadows. Dikarus and Muchomucho blew the scent of a blueberry crumble the figure's way, hoping it was Hanz and they could lure him with a scent similar to his wife's. It failed.
* Disgusting plant-man-beasts attacked the sleeping party members in their tents when Dikarus and Muchomucho were distracted. The Acolytes experienced the same dream of being in a graveyard with glowing orange lights and open holes in the ground. Bromo peed in one. Vines wrapped around each Acolyte. Barbara Duke was able to intimidate the first vine that tried to trap her but was ensnared by another. The resting party members, except for Clows, awoke to find seeds embedded in fresh wounds with vines growing out of them.
* Dikarus and Muchomucho saw the plant monsters flee the Acolytes' tents. Dikarus tried using his goddess bow to stop one but failed. The Acolytes rushed out of their tents and joined the fray. Clows Kufas slowed the plant predators. Dewey Thundersnatch summoned and struck with a spiritual weapon. Aryan fired with her icicle rifle. Sybil Ringwell transformed one into a sheep. A veggie villain slashed at Dikarus. Juxxtina fired a guiding bolt. Dikarus threw his soul blade at the beast attacking Sybil. Muchomucho unleashed meteors. Barb's fire storm burnt two to a crisp. Clows' pulse wave drew the last remaining one from Bromo giving the barbarian the chance to decapitate it.
* When the Acolytes caught their breath, they decided go straight to Sleepy Nook in hopes of saving their seeded members. Dikarus, Muchomucho, and Clows debated about when to mercy kill their infected friends. Barb took great offense to this and threatened to leave them out of her will.

#### Sleepy Nook

* The Acolytes arrived at Sleepy Nook only to discover half of its people were also infected by these strange seeds and vines.
* Juxxtina, Aryan, Sybil, and Baby Jughead rested up at the local inn.
* Dikarus and Dewey investigated a boarded up house. Dikarus became invisible and Dewey cast etherealness on himself, which made his seed and vines fall out of him. Dikarus entered through a ground floor window. Dewey, pretty much being a ghost now, phased right through. They avoided the gross looking carpet on the floor and headed upstairs. Dikarus tried showing off his rogue skills only to fall down the oily stairs. Dikarus investigated the bedroom while Dewey went into a locked room. The rogue elf found what looked like a sleeping person in the bed, but it turned out to be a pile of broken glass. He then joined Dewey in the locked office. Inside was a man named Ichabod Crane who was succumbing to the seed inside him. Dikarus tricked him into believing he was an angel of death and mercy killed him. Dikarus swore Dewey to secrecy since the group could just bring him back to life later.
* Clows and Muchomucho went to the school to check on the quarantined citizens. They learned from the guards that the seeded have about two weeks until they're transformed into the creatures that attacked them the previous night. Sleepy Nook guards patrolled the streets every night to round up any people about to transform or who already transformed. The origin and a cure of the seeds remained a mystery.
* Barbara Duke and Bromo visited the town hall. Barb created an illusion to make herself look like a hot 19-year-old and channeled Aryan's personality. The pair convinced the mayor to see them after saying they were here to interview him after winning the potato beauty pageant. Mayor Trumble took a quick liking to "Barbie" but was aloof towards Bromo. Thanks to Barb's mental magic, they learned Mayor Trumble caused the seedy curse to take out his political rival Ichabod Crane, but it had grown out of control and even infected his own daughter. Wanting the wealthy Trumble family to owe them a favor, Barb agreed to end the curse and rescue his daughter.

#### Hanz

* The party regrouped and headed towards the town's graveyard where Mayor Trumble performed the seed ritual he learned from an enigmatic witch. The Acolytes noticed the same orange glow and holes in the ground as they saw in their dreams. Bromo flew down into the deepest one and found a dead Hanz with glowing orange eyes being animated by vines. Hanz unleashed a necrotic wave of power. Bromo slashed through some vines and flew up stairs that led to a mausoleum. He and Muchomucho were able to open the locked door.
* Hanz chased Bromo to the surface. His scream awakened sleeping plant beasts from their holes. Muchomucho fired off more meteors. Bromo hit Hanz with his axe. Sybil cast steel wind strike to lash at several enemies with her whip. Clows slowed their enemies to make them easier targets. Clows, Juxxtina, and Barb all cast hellish rebuke after being clawed. Aryan successfully charmed one of the plant monsters. Juxxtina cast fire storm on Hanz and a couple of his minions. Dewey's destructive wave struck all of the Acolytes' enemies. Muchomucho killed Hanz with a fire ball. With Hanz and the vines animating him turned to ash, the rest of the creatures tried to run off. Barb killed one with her fire whip.
* The seeds and vines embedded in the Acolytes died with Hanz and his mother vine. Muchomucho befriended the last transformed creature. The creature said it couldn't feel the warmth of its mother anymore and had no more direction. Muchomucho ordered the creature to help those it had afflicted with the seed curse. He then told it to return after completing its mission.
* After realizing the quarantined transformed weren't getting any better, The Acolytes went back to Mayor Trumble to ask about the witch who taught him this curse. He didn't know who she was, but she gave him a raven pendant. Dewey put it in Tasha's cauldron and scried that the witch was in Lucarda.
* Dikarus faked a cart accident to cover up Crane's death. Juxxtina and Dewey successfully resurrected Crane and Hanz.