Red Right Hand

The Acquaintances With Weapons travel to Arcadia in the Dreadwood thalmont. Things get weird.

## Major Plot Points

* Calypso, Voloth, Neuriel, Bigsby, Olivia, Fern, Kataro, Lady Peggy, Sudsy, Karen and Rhiannon met to discuss Manipular's interim government. Rhiannon nominated her friend from the Covenant named Sora, a silver dragonborn. Bigsby nominated Willy. Karen nominated the maid named Handy Candy. The group ultimately decided the people should choose. Willy won the election.
* Rhiannon suggested the party head to the Dreadwood thalmont. Its magister is a vampire. The party heeded her direction and arrived in the city of Arcadia. They did a lot of shopping at High Temperature Subject, Spencer's Magical Gifts, and Marvelous Mrs. Mayhem's.
* The party then ate at Cornacopia Tavern. Karen recognized the owner, Maizie, from Twerked Tour. Maizie told Karen that Valindra's forces were camped outside the city, a young girl named Gertrude was missing, and that Sabrina Voctor was throwing a party tonight.
* Calypso stayed at Cornacopia to learn more about its patrons and corn-based menu.
* Bigsby, Neuriel, and Sudsy went to Gertrude's house to investigate her disappearance. They found her mother Mary crying and pacing in the front lawn. When Neuriel offered to help, she gave him a very unwelcome embrace. The Rose house was very cluttered and dirty. When Bigsby's unseen servant tried to clean up, Mary freaked out and wanted it to stop. Bigsby left the home frustrated. Neuriel found evidence that Gertrude ran off. Sudsy empathized with the girl as it seemed she was kept inside most of her life and forced to do chores.
* After learning Gertrude spent time at the Wolf's Bane Pub, Fern went there and posed as a cool but frustrated teenager named Francais. She was approached by a burly and muscular man who invited her to a cave party happening at midnight where people would smoke cigarettes and ride horses.
* Karen made a fool of herself in front of the hunky bartender.
* AWW then went to Sabrina Voctor's house for her exclusive party dressed in their fanciest clothes. The attendant tells the party they may go to the library, living room, dining hall, or trophy room. A clumsy cater waiter fills Karen's champagne flute full of whiskey. He then promptly spills whiskey everywhere.
* When asked about a bathroom, the attendant summons Handy Candy. Her life went very downhill after losing the election.
* Bigsby, Voloth, and Olivia went to the dining hall. With all eight seats taken at the table, Bigsby drags another chair over. The guests compliment Bigsby on how he dresses his help, thinking Voloth and Olivia were his guards. Bigsby dumped his own cheesy crackers into a bowl on the table and chatted with the other guests. He found out that they were all Thayan elites and they missed Morgana's human pastries. They talked some shit about Sabrina and were unaware of where the hostess was.
* Neuriel followed a dusty trail to the master bedroom. Inside, he found Sudsy descending from an air vent. The two then discovered the corpse of a middle-aged man in the bed. Neuriel's medicine check revealed his organs had been removed and replaced with stuffing. His skin was covered in red lipstick. Sudsy found wires holding the man up and accidentally triggered one, making the corpse "hug" him. Before leaving, the two found a skeleton key.
* Fern heard a lot of cats behind a door but decided not to open it. She and Peggy then went into the library where a sad young man was standing. They also notice most of the furniture and decor of the room was missing. The young man was Nikolai, the son of Sabrina's. He was said about his dad's death. All he knew was that his mom told him his father died of a "liver attack' three months ago and she spends a lot of time in the basement. Recently, Sabrina tried to marry Nikolai to Emperor Szass Tam. He declined the proposal but kept Nikolai for a night anyway.
* Karen went into the trophy room singing very loudly. The guests here talked about disliking Sabrina too and that they missed Victor. Many openly suggested Sabrina had something to do with his death. She swiped a stuffed gopher before heading out.
* AWW reunited and decided to head to the basement. Fern unleashed the 20 cats and they cause havoc throughout the party. Nikolai followed them and the group found Sabrina in the middle of a chalk pentagram. She just finished creating a zombie fire giant. She told them that no one could ever deny her power or status now. After going for a few rounds, Olivia ended up killing Sabrina with a moonbeam and then the giant. The giant's eye ended up landing on Nikolai, killing him. Bigsby brought him back. With Nikolai's permission they burnt the Voctor house down with the party guests inside.
* Karen went back in to help Handy Candy escape. Handy Candy said she wanted to go down with the ship. Karen tried convincing her she could start a new grassroots movement. After hearing Handy Candy say she saw a lot of movements today, Karen left her behind.
* When they left the Voctor house, Emperor Szass Tam teleported the group to his balcony seats at the opera. Bigsby tried to rush on the stage, but an invisible force field prevented him from leaving the balcony. The emperor offered the heroes roles in his regime if they'd cease hostilities. AWW rejected his offer. The lich lord sent them back with the promise of death.
* The group then went to the cave party. However, instead of dancing they found a fight club. Flumphy Cave Princess greeted the party and said she had gold on a fighter named Francais. FCP explained that winners are turned into werewolves while losers die. The fight club organizers asked Fern if she were ready. Bigsby and Olivia pumped her up. Fern found out Gertrude was her opponent in the pit. She was able to talk Gertrude down. Karen cast reverse gravity to cause chaos in the cave. Bigsby's magic forced the alpha werewolf to dance until his head slammed into the cave ceiling. The party escaped the cave with Gertrude as their new groupie.