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assortedvillainvault · 10 months

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Captain Hook,Davie Jones and captain Barbarosa are competing each other who is better captain,has better ship and can loot more treasure.

It’s a tense air that carpets the dark, back corner table the three of them are sat at, bottles in hand.

“Well, obviously, it’s yours truly.” Hook artfully sips from the bottle cradled in his namesake. “Formerly first mate to Blackbeard, immortal scourge of Neverland, a name known worldwide and, clearly-” he sneers a bit, “The one with the most class present. Of course its me.”

Barbossa rolls his eyes as he takes a rough swing of his own bottle, apple in hand. “Hardly.” he drawls. “Yer a coward who couldn’ kill a little ginger whelp and got yerself eaten for the trouble.”

“How dare-!”

“Besides-” Barbossa continues as though Hook weren’t even speaking, enjoying the way the red coated captain’s face was turning purple. “In case yer memory be failin’ ye, I ended my tenure at sea as Cap’n of a pirate armada, more swag in me hold than can be found in most palaces, and only the wrath of Poseidon ‘imself kept me from returning to stalk the waves again. Clearly.” He clacks the bottle against the table in finality. “It be me.”

The third occupant of the table leisurely lights his pipe even as Hook’s temper breaks and lunges across the table, the razor sharp hook just barely missing Barbossa’s throat as the older pirate swears and topples arse over ankles back from his seat. Bottles are thrown, swords are drawn, and Barbossas laugh is cut short as Hook slashes his feathered hat in half – fighting back properly with a snarl.

Jones idly puffs smoke and settles in as the bartenders weigh in against the squabbling captains, blue eyes glinting in the dark. His first mate, Maccus, leans over from another table.

“Uh-” the shark begins. “What’s the question again?”

Jones boredly taps out the ashes and lights another smoke. “Who be the best pirate.”

Maccus blinks. “But we ain’t even pirates. Most a th’ crew were honest sailors.”

“Aye.” Jones shrugs. “Ah dinnae know what they think we could do with looted holds - bar souls - anyway. The Dutchman regrows any damage.”

“And normal folk run screamin’ at port or sea.” Maccus nodded, teeth clicking idly. “...bets on these two?”

Jones surveys the broken furniture and theatrical shenanigans across the room, where Hook and Barbossa posture and swing, evenly matched as the barstaff duck for cover under tables and fallen wall hangings.

“...ten years say’s Barbossa, but only if it dinnae come to pistols. Hook’s a mean shot.”

Maccus grins full of sharp teeth. “Twenty years. Hook’s bloody quick, even if Barbossa’s all bones.”

Thanks for the ask!!

#thalassa responds #disney villains #disney captain hook #hector barbossa #davy jones #obligatory apology for the year long wait on getting this out #hope you're well and enjoy the unexpected prose!#the girls are fightinnnggg

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dreamerlucifer · 6 months

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*Gross giggling is heard over the phone* YEAH, I’m lookin for a Jack? Is a Jack there?? A Mr. Jack Mehoff???

twitching a bit as he listened to the, if anything else but, odd laughter, that preceeded the call, "Uhmm, Yesssss??, may I help youu??

immediately abliging, the voice ask for a "Jack, and whether or not he may be present.." Now, not one to pry into others' calls, Lucifer merely stated, "Ill check and see if your uhh... Jack, is arou d for you.." Once down, he began calling out for the hotel patron of such name... for 5min to 10min.... until 40 whole minutes had passed!!! and not a single patron Luci was able to stop, had heard neither heads nor tails from the guy... So, feeling a little like he had failed Charlie on this one, he walked over to the phone with a heavy heart....

He reached forward, grabbing it off the sticky bartop... "Ewww", he whispered to himseld, thinking up a good cleaning method for later as he used the bar rag to clean the dingy cellphone-

His heavy hand once again lifted the receiver to earshot, where he was told to check again, just using his surname, well that could have helped from the beginning!! he exclaimed to himself, now annoyed..., "Yess alright, i suppose, IS THERE A JACK MEEO--"

"Ohhh ho, yess, small king himself asked for an openner and im gonna--"

"Sit the fuck down, Angel, what do you want him to go all 'shortking' on yourse--"

"Damnit, Husk!!! He could have been my perfect sugar daddyy...."

Eyes quite wide at this point, Lucifer picked the old phone up towards him once more, however this time... He was listening with precise intent....

The incoherent giggling could ne heard yet again... but only to Lucifer,'s Highly trained ear... He... Was...Furious...!!!!!! but he kept it cool, instead taking the approach of his staff's aid in Magical teleportation... a little hit of a pentagram annnnd Waaalaaaah!!!

To the amazement of the clapping barstaff and patrons alike!!! A giant Fallen Angel fell from the end of the small receiver... And Lucifer smiled a wild grin as all onlookers got to see King O Hell 01 vs Fallen Dickmaster 00...

"So @fatass-adam??" he questioned the now currently face planted Fallen angel..., "Was it all worth it???"

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seshrat · 2 months

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currently sharing a pub with a german shepard that moves and acts like the most terrified pomeranian you've ever met. barstaff say she's a regular and is treated like a princess. she's just like that by default. i've never loved a dog more in my life

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jungleindierock · 8 months

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Rebjukebox 2024 - No 1

Here's my first playlist for 2024, it's not gonna be a monthly thing, just once i have 40 tracks i like, then i will share it. So could be one or two or even three in one month and other months maybe none, this is why it's numbered. I am already close to No 2 being finished, cover done, just need to cut down to 40 tracks from the 80+ tracks in the provisional draft playlist. So could share this next week!! These playlists are great way to find new bands and artists and saves us having to post each on sepearatly.

I used to do these just through Soundcloud, but thought i might as well add it to my Spotify also. So i will add two links to the playlist and can use which ever one you prefer.

If your a solo singer or a member of a band, then follow me on my Soundcloud page here, if i like your stuff, i will follow you back, if i don't follow back then sorry but your not my thing. Whatever style of music is fine, i like many stlyes and will take a listen. You should always trust your own ears with music.

You can only follow 2,000 people on Soundcloud, so am limited. But if am following you there, i can see when you share new music, which means you could be added to one of these playlists or the main JIR playlist (one per month). What style of music is fine, i like many and will take a listen.

Enjoy and share, stay free, see you soon with No 2!!

Reb

Ok the links for the playlist:- Soundcloud I Spotify

Tracklist

1 - Paramore - Burning Down the House (Talking Heads Cover) 2 - The Delta Shake - I’ll Be Your Man (Alternative Version) 3 - Anja Huwe - Rabenschwarz 4 - Fat Dog - All The Same 5 - Loupe - Tested Waters 6 - Wynona - Feeling For Edges 7 - Nothing Rhymes With Orange - Friday Is Over 8 - Shannon and the Clams - The Moon Is In The Wrong Place 9 - KAWALA - American Adrenaline 10 - overpass - Stay Up 11 - Camens - Cynical 12 - Cinders - Going Nowhere 13 - Linn Koch-Emmery - Ebay Armour 14 - Grace Petrie - Start Again 15 - Neon Dreams (Ft. Matthew Mole) - The Art of Letting Go 16 - This Rebel - Same Every Time 17 - The Holy - Any Given Day 18 - Soundwire - Shake The Fever (Radio Edit) 19 - The Snuts - Millionaires 20 - Neck Deep - Moody Weirdo 21 - Softcult - Heaven 22 - Lurve - Pesnya O Lyubvi 23 - BARSTAFF - Tracy Island (Radio Edit) 24 - Sasha Assad - Bad Nature 25 - Red Rum Club - Hole In My Home 26 - No Windows - Song 01 27 - Mourn - Could Be Friends 28 - Sunglaciers - Cursed 29 - POND - Neon River 30 - Slow Time Mondays - Don’t Threaten Me With A Good Time 31 - Jeen - So What 32 - stillcorners - The Dream 33 - The Marra - Masterpiece 34 - The Hubbards - Hiding & Reading 35 - The Cheap Thrills - Last Orders 36 - Aqualine - No Answer 37 - Torrey - Bounce 38 - Low Blows - Normal 39 - ParisBlue - Remedy 40 - Bombay Bicycle Club (ft. Lucy Rose) - Willow

#Rebjukebox 2024 - No 1 #new music #playlist #indie rock #indie music

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spell-fox · 2 years

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undead tattoo buddies

after discussing trauma, what is there to do but strip off in the pub to share your vintage tattoos? Please, the amount of research I did on Victorian tattoos I need to use it somehow

Gabi (she-her) and Elemancer (he-him) plus bonus meme and reaction from the barstaff Deb who has seen everything at this point running a kindred pub

Gabi is an npc belonging to @urbanknightart \o/

#super serious vampire game #vtm #vampire the masquerade #vtm nosferatu #vtm gangrel #oc: gabi #oc: elemancer #my art #world of darkness #wod

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multiwreckedmess · 1 year

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My comfort daydream from when I was high as balls on my flight. Loosely based on a post on reddit i read. Very loosely.

A short (okay maybe not short it's like 2k words) Ateez imagine. SFW/pure comfort but my blog is generally 18+

THIS IS FICTION. FIIIIICTION. I don't know if ateez even FLY first class let's be real! I don't even know how first class works!

CW: Flight anxiety. Alcohol use. OTC-drug use? otherwise it's just comfort.

When you smiled and ordered a long island iced tea at 11am the airport barstaff knew exactly who you were. It was an easy read, from your tense lips to your freshly bleeding cuticles.

An anxious fly-er.

At one point in time flying was easy for you. A carefree fun experience. You don't quite remember when that changed. Just like you don't remember when you went from being the extroverted hyperactive child to the fretful quiet one.

Jello theory, videos of pilots explaining how planes work, meditation, almost anything anyone had brought up to you, you'd tried. Nothing compared to the combination of light medication and a heavy drink to force you into a sleepy state of acceptance.

You had to fly though. You had to if you wanted to see them. Your boys. You'd always dreamed of getting to go to more than one stop on a tour and now with adult money and an inner child that needed healing you were finally making it happen.

Sitting at the gate the heavy blanket of alcohol and benadryl settled in your veins, slowly dragging you down. Anxiety only spiking when they announced a change of planes and your name was called. "I'm so sorry, we've had to bump you from the flight." "Oh. Well that's fine." Your flat response nearly knocking the attendant over in surprise. "You're very lucky, there is one spot left on the next flight out, in a half hour. We've upgraded you free of charge for the hassle." The attendant taps the keyboard as fast as they speak, as though you were a ticking time bomb they needed far away from them. "Cool," under normal circumstances you'd be both elated and terrified. At this point you just wondered if you'd still be awake for boarding.

The vague stress of falling too deeply asleep and missing your flight keeps you teetering between consciousnesses, only passingly aware of a fresh wave of passengers entering the gate. Sliding through the "For You" recommendations absentmindedly, simply enjoying the repetitive motion of the swipe and spike of serotonin it brought your addled brain, you lose track of time just enough to register that the attendant has moved on from your privileged boarding group to the further back economy classes.

Annoyed with yourself, you shrug your bag onto your shoulder and shuffle into the mob of strangers gradually working itself into a line. The slow trudge down the jetbridge feels even worse, as inebriated as you are. Your legs beg for the relief of a chair, no matter how restrictive the position may be. Body listing to the side, partially weighed down by your bag and partially by the tilt of your head, bumble back and forth almost comically until you reach the gap between the extended walkway and the plane, waiting long enough so there is no chance of being caught between the two sides.

The conga line haulted momentarily the nearby flight attendant meets your vacant gaze and her eyes crinkle to smile at you over her mask. "Welcome aboard! How are you this afternoon?" She chirps. "It's my first time in first class!" You reply and immediately feel stupid. You curse yourself silently as she tilts her head, brows furrowing. "Oh excited?" "Er, I guess? Yes!" You pray that the stupor allows you to black out the whole episode. You can't blame her for trying to make conversation but at this point you're nearly hopeless. Escaping at the corner turn you just want to sit down when you are met by a sight you never thought you'd see in your life.

Ateez. You spot Yunho first. He's easy to spot, heads taller than everyone else you've seen today. Staring straight at you from his seat next to Jongho from under his bucket hat you lock eyes with him. You barely register San or the manager also staring. The rest take no mind. Hongjoong,Yeosang, and Mingi are silent with their eyes closed and head against the cushioned headrests. Wooyoung happily chatting away with Seonghwa. Jongho scrolling on his phone.

Your first reaction is to turn around and walk out of the plane. The slow conga line of people building up behind you prevents that. Your second is to put your brain into manual mode. What speed is a natural walking speed? How am I going to do this and fly all at once? Is there enough benedryl in my bag to sedate me long enough? Your knees feel like jello and feet like lead as you trudge perhaps the longest 10 feet of your life to your window seat, next to the manager.

"Need help with that?" A burly impatient man behind you asks as he watches you eye the distance from your luggage to the overhead bin. Silently you nod your head before he lifts it and shoves the rollarbag in with ease. With a brief exchange of nods you indicate to the manager your seat is next to his.

He eyes you up and down. For a moment you think "this is it, I've made them uncomfortable, I'm going to be kicked off the plane again." All the doomsday scenarios scroll past your mind. Barred from concerts, fansigns, within a 30 block radius. Instead he shuffles out to make room for you to slouch and toss your backpack into your seat ahead of you. You think you've totally escaped as you watch the bag land in the seat to suddenly and violently realize that you'd used Wooyoung's birthday merch. A simple black bag yes, but embroidered with a telltale 1126 on the side. Just enough for the eagle eyes of the manager to catch.

And you know he caught it as you slip into your chair. His stiffened body language tells you as much. Slinking down into the cushions you just want to disappear. Snapping your belt tightly across your lap and turning the volume of your headphones up. It was a nightmare you never dreamed could exist. Regrettably sobered up, hyper aware of each movement you make, you consider if maybe you'd overdosed at the airport bar and experienced the path from purgatory to hell. As you cower in your seat you assume any conversation that happens between the boys and their manager is about you, and you wouldn't be entirely wrong as each ones eyes flit to you.

But you aren't ejected from the plane, or asked to move. Instead the boarding door closes and the plane pulls away from the terminal. The clear and obvious terror in your eyes giving you an unsettled pass from the team. That's when you're faced with the reality of reality. You're going to have to rough it through take off with little to no sedation and no distractions. The engines spin up along with you pulse. So you return to the old techniques you'd tried.

Speeding down the run way with your knuckles white on your armrest you count down from ten. A pilot had once said the first ten second and last ten second of flight were the most dangerous. You had no idea how true or false this was but anything to help ease your mind. The plane lifts as you reach five, bumping up as you hurtle into the clouds. Their manager glances sideways at you, with your body wrenched toward the window, face pressed to the glass. For some reason you had to watch the takeoff and landing, no matter what. As though if your constant vigilance was the only thing keeping the plane from certain disaster.

Of course everything goes fine. It's a routine takeoff.

The plane levels off and service starts, the attendant quietly asking those who are awake what they want to drink first. You ask for a vodka cranberry and down the tiny bottle handed to you with the mixer to chase.

You can't help but feel apprehensive eyes on you. Trying your best not to return the looks despite the clear burn of their gaze. The alcohol takes some edge off but not enough to knock you out, which is what you really need. Slumping to the side you attempt closing your eyes nonchalantly and returning to your normal flight routine but the air has other plans.

A small ping jolts you up.

"This is your captain speaking-"

You dread this every flight.

"-some slight turbulence has been reported up ahead I've turned the fasten seatbelt sign on-"

You breathe deeply and try to envision the plane in jello. Or on a rollercoaster track. or a bumpy road. Literally anywhere but ten thousand fucking feet in the air.

The first bump hits and you whimper. Audibly. The manager can't help the look he gives you, you know this. The second bump has your elbows locked into your arm rests, body straight upright. Your knee bounces. You cannot freak out in front of your favorite kpop group. Not about them and certainly not about dying in an imaginary plane crash.

The third bump hits and you whimper again. Truly these bumps are small, not enough for the captain to call for the attendants to use the jumpseats, you bargin with yourself. If there were truly rough skies he'd tell them to sit down in those. You know this. Turbulence is mostly inconvenient rather than dangerous. Uncomfortable, not deadly.

"Hyung-" the unmistakable soft voice of San calls to the manager. You don't understand their short discussion but whatever it was, the manager unbuckles himself and shifts into the aisle, leaving the seat next to you momentarily empty only to be occupied by the built frame of Choi San. "Atiny?" He calls to you in a sing song voice, eyes searching your face for recognition.

You meep back at him with a swift nod. It's all your vocal chords can handle.

"You know, you don't need to be afraid," his gaze steady on you, "I fly a lot and it's just -" Another bump hits and your eyes close, brows furrowing, as your chest shudders inwards. Don't cry, you remind yourself, it's just bumps, it's just a man, it's just flying. A warm hand encases your clammy one fixed to the seat. Slowly peeling your fingers away and into his, San holds your palm in his, his thumb running over the back of your hand in soothing circles. "My atiny, I'm right here okay? I'm with you so you don't need to be scared." "Is this-okay?" You glance around his shoulders, their width making it obvious that you're looking for their manager who is watching the two of you like a hawk in San's former seat. San slides your hands down into the seats. "I might be in trouble but, it's okay. You're my atiny. I can't- you- I will comfort you."

There's a sparkle in his eye, unmistakable and delusion conjuring. The charm that makes so many fall in love with him on stage, full blast in your face. It melts you momentarily before the plane jostles slightly to the side, swooping with your stomach and tightening your hand in his. San's shoulders shake with a small giggle. "Cute. Please, breathe, and relax. I'm here. It's okay. I'm right here my atiny. Don't worry."

His voice soothing your slowly paired with the firm pressure of his thumb, sleep comes to drag your eyelids down. Even as your hand relaxes he holds you in his in case of turbulence. Gently supporting you as you drift together in the air.

#ateez fanfic #ateez scenarios #san scenario #san fanfic

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banrionceallach · 1 year

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Honestly, not an etymologist and I have no proof, but my first thought when it comes to the etymology of banjax is that it comes from exactly what it sounds like: "bean" and "jacks". Like some poor barstaff checking on the women's restroom and coming back and asking a coworker "have you see the absolute state of the bean jacks?"

Heh. Earliest use recorded is between 1880 and 1930, but the exact origin is unknown so honestly there's a non-zero chance this could be accurate.

#asks #cleaning out the ask box #linguistics

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xtinyslip · 1 year

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“well. well.” a smile appearing on her perfectly red painted lips. “if it isn’t my new favourite blonde.” very true. she had liked her when she saw her last. for once, it had been a fun time and v needed more of that in her life. life couldn’t be all about business or she risked the possibility of becoming her father. the thought alone was enough to make her skin crawl. “what can i get for you? your usual i take it?” already gesturing to the barstaff to tend to their order. it wasn’t like seh wanted to keep her new friend waiting. “is everything alright?” if anyone had dared upset her or dared touch a perfect blonde hair on her head? well, there would be hell to pay. @daydrcamings

#veronica ; convo

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s-sputnik-k · 23 days

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79s barstaff AU: the clones as shit that happens at my mum's pub (part 2)

tup: uh, guys, what's the deep clean all about? it's only wednesday

rex: the owner's giving us a visit tonight, we need this place looking sharp

tup: oh... I know cody's standards are high but I didn't think they were that high

rex: cody's not coming

tup: but... the owner... I thought you said-

fives: cody's not the owner, tup, he's just the manager

tup: ...what?

rex: yeah we're just tenants and staff, tup, legally it's in the owner's name. it's not just us though, he owns all the bars around-

tup: we don't own 79s???

rex: well. I mean, maybe someday we can-

tup: this owner had better be amazing or I- or I'll-

fives, hiding his laughter: or you'll what, tup?

tup, sniffling: or I'll buy it off him

#star wars #the clone wars #clone wars #tcw #clone wars incorrect quotes #tcw memes #star wars memes #clone trooper tup #captain rex #arc trooper fives #79s barstaff AU

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seanofbeankeep · 25 days

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DMing Waterdeep Dragonheist

Spoilers!

Don’t read if;

- you’re going to be a player or playing this game. DMs only

- if you are my players (Tomas, Thro, Leto, Sylvan) I am dropping later game spoilers in this

Chapter 2 part 1! What I did

Trollskull and early trip to the circus.

Honestly the most exciting and intimidating chapter.

The whole base of operations and running a tavern is sooo cool. We are hoping to print a copy of it.

The chapter unlike the first has no ‘go x and then go to y.’ It has faction quests and bunch of side quests. It’s not clear if you do all at once or pieces throughout the game. After the excitement of the first chapter it’s not overall linked to the plot of the game. Players get excited about the treasure but nothing about it really happens here.

It’s intimidating as a DM with little experience. The players could demand to visit a location in the city I haven’t prepped for.

I set up themes in this one

- Meet the factions and choose between them. Make sure the players know they can ‘join’ but as spies. Learn hints of how they are involved with overall plot. Have good vs corruption choices.

- continue the storyline of Open Lord trying to recover trust after the scandal

- establish winter boss underlings trying to undermine the open lord. Trying to ruin their PR.

- Keep the Day of Wonders but as my players are entertainers add that there are prize items for best in show. I picked four that are items but not OP.

-introduce the sea maidens faire as their rivals for the prizes. Give them opportunities to prank them. So keep the rival tavern story but make it a reason to antagonise them against the first villain they meet.

So this is what I did first.

I wrote mini outline of what I felt would be fitting for the themes.

About 10 days with it split into

Morning, afternoon, evening, bedtime

I could have one players backstory or faction quest for in the morning and then another players quest in afternoon or evening.

Day x

Morning: circus event

Afternoon: Hire Hirelings. Meet zhoonts bard, drow and/or dwarf barstaff, Plan performance

Evening Harpers quest 1 meet mirt

Bedtime: ghost event

I then did a session zero

I checked with the players what they wanted. I guessed most right so knew I was on right track. I was going to abandon the ghost side quest but they wanted it.

They wanted a cat so I added this.

Day one theme: settling in to the local area.

Morning: wake up. Newspaper drop/ads. Pay overall guild fees, repairs fees. need to fundraise with a show.

Afternoon: meet the neighbors.

Evening: ghost fake out. Cat gangsters gambling ring.

Bed time: player with haunted one background has a nightmare.

I had in the first they after celebrating the deed that they slept drunk in the tavern and don’t remember much.

I got them to roll initiative on who woke up first.

They pretty much explored the tavern and picked rooms. Volo made a magic hangover cure drink.

I then had them find that days newspapers

- Iron fist Times. A winter villain run newspaper. Dirty tabloid full of bad puns and misinformation. I was going to print it out but reading it out was much easier. It accused Raener of lying about being kidnapped and being a corrupt like his dad. Accused Lady Laerel of misspending city funds on her ceramic frog collection. Said Durnan should sell the bar because exaggerated number of monsters attacked people in his bar. Ad for iron times redemption protest for old rogues, send an application form to x P.O. Box.

- Waterdeep journal. A pro Lord alliance paper. More truthful but trying to put a positive spin on the current open lord. A big picture of the party at the warehouse celebrating‘local hero’s save the day’. Quotes from gov officials promising to restore trust in the city. Recipes for bbq stirges. Announcements for the prizes at the day of wonders.

Both papers have advert for the sea maiden faire auditions.

The players were ‘oh no we’re in the papers’ I wanted to use this front page sketch of them as motivation as to why so many warring factions would take more interest in them this early on.

Bad or grey ones: you have foot in the door to spy on the good guys for us or steal for us. Proxy third party thing

Good guys; you did a good deed and we need you to save face for us and work for us. Proxy third party thing,

Or a basic ‘who are these heros sniffing into our business’ too.

They met the neighbours and learned shops around them. Got some gossip. Solved mini mystery with catnip thieves (it was the gangster cats)

They discovered the PI Vincent’s disguise but are his bff. One player wants to sleep with him lol. They also got him to investigate to two main villains without realising (poor guy) this was not what I planned but I rolled with it. It’ll help give clues on villains they are up against.

- he’s going to investigate the sea maidens faire first but only to find out what show they’re putting on so the players can decide to steal, sabotage or join it. He will end up naked in an alleyway for this one.

- the players wanted to know whose running the iron hand times. I’m going to make it the greyhuld family (who house floxin for winter villain). Who are trying to drum up themselves to become the new open lords for the winter villains plot. Vincent will find out it’s a noble family with letter G before having to go into hiding. Stalked by dangerous villains wearing black or see his informant killed. He’ll send or leave a letter to the player who has a crush on him

Then some comedy with the cat boss and his catnip ring.

The session took the entire day lots of talking and planning.

[massive two month game hiatus due to illness and schedules]

Day 2

Day 2 work in tavern starts (repairs will be done by day of wonders)

Morning: circus event. Durnan gives rogue harper invite.

Afternoon: Hire Hirelings Meet zhoonts bard, drow and/or dwarf barstaff, Plan performance

Evening: Harpers leto quest 1 meet mirt

Bed time: the ghost

So I had Durnan drop off the letter and give them advice on running the bar and say he’s got hirelings.

They found Vincent naked in an alleyway where he told them the sea maidens faire parade plans. What will be the main attractions (farting unicorn and animals) but that he got caught sneaking onto eyecatcher and tried to fight his way out. He got the consequences of if the players brawl on ship and are caught. They have him a disguise kit and he ran off.

The faire! They discovered the escaped goblin and Kranz were at the audition under new names (Trying to get out of town after the raid on their base and not wanting to face watch or their old boss). I let the players decide what they were performing and made them do roles on success. Some passes and failed. Fuck up on my part it’s a big area and unfair to have players stuck outside it potentially so I last min made them maintenance workers. They got wrist bands only for the two ships.

One went into heartbreaker and found animals. That sabotaged the animal wagons to break when next used. They tried to convince the animals to be boring during the parade (animal speaking) but had nothing to offer. Death dogs wanted to eat someone in exchange. They refused. They want to free the animals from the cages and the animal handlers aren’t feeding them enough. When the goblin got hired (thro threw him onto the ship mast as a trick. The crew loved the cruelty to the goblin) the captain whispered something to him after spotting the brand on his neck and he went pale. The player asked him and told them ‘get out now these people are stuff of nightmares’ pretty much too scared to say much else or ‘he’s dead for sure’. the goblin has drow past. Overall the captain is teasing him, Jax will still pay the goblin and have him work on his ship later as the tease played means he knows too much. But first the players they’ll later discover goblin has disappeared. But may find him hidden in eyecatcher if they explore it.

The others found mechanical Drizzt and farting unicorn. The players have sussed this isn’t really a circus. There’s more to it. The crew are not circus people and all the items are too ‘new’.

Though they think the big boss (jarlaxle) is evil and is going to make the unicorn fart something bad into the crowd or release wild animals into the crowd.

They had a side quest to get the Hellraiser captain his wine (crew did try to give a poisoned one because menzo drow are going to try and use them to get a quick promotion). He didn’t drink it, he’s a drunk but he’s captain for a reason.

The players are convinced this was once a real circus that’s been taken over by pirates and captains are kidnapped or naive to the real plot. That the real circus might be prisoners on the eyecatcher.

Despite this theory. They barely investigated any crew areas. They found no drow clues. Or the figureheads. They got the captain drunk enough to spill few things but failed to ask key questions like ‘whose you boss called’. He would’ve said Captain Zardoz (my players love this film I cannot wait for them to find out) They’re baffled to that the boss is actually keen to win the prizes for his collection and wants to use the parade so everyone will fall in love with him lol. They think that’s a ruse but it is one of jarlaxle plans. He’s already throwing them in a loop.

They decided to leave and consult NPCs. The rogue wanted to abandon the circus and steal the prizes from lady Laerel lol (im like oh god she’s like a powerful wizard why!)

They chatted to Vincent first if he knew any ‘enchanted items collectors who apparently wears many items and is very fancy’ he didn’t. But he got a good history roll on Luskan and Lord alliance and gave context on tensions between the city’s and factions.

They tried to convince Jalestar to get the city watch to investigate. As a DM I felt ‘this is your job players. You were just on the ship if you explored harder sxsdsz.’ Plus they pretty much told him what they saw which sounded like a regular circus. All their theories had no evidence to back it up. Like no poison for the farting unicorn etc. At best he can talk to druid factions about the animals or check on the goblin. But they told him nothing that would need a warrant like stolen goods. They asked him about anything that was stolen to look out for and he mentioned some silver bars and paintings (lol items they took from the Zhent hideout). He promised to up security around the prizes as they told him the pirates may steal it if they lose. (Rogue is like ‘there goes our chance to steal it first)

They had choice of hiring two hirelings out of four two here. They have 100% hired a dwarf who does bad poetry and goes bwhahaha. They almost didn’t! If the players talk about plans when he’s in the room. Jarlaxle will learn about it lol. I want Jax to be an antagonist who is one step ahead or can twist a fail into a win.

They failed to hire the bard Agan who’ll appear as zhoont man later on. This choice will lead him to a life of crime and murdering his comedy partner during the chase scene. To prove his loyalty to shoon.

Next session we’re meeting Mirt. I want him to push them more into being informants and doing other quests. I need to nudge my players into being more brave in exploring. Or types of questions to ask. Or not get NPCs to do all the work them

Im mulling over consequences for circus stuff.

- animal rights protests at the ship? I want Jax or his men to charm the crowd. Fire the animal handlers and move the animals elsewhere with some druids. If they move the rhino first the sabotaged wagon will break and the rhino will escape.

- or! Jax or the captain to blame his animal handler ‘player x’ who’ll get fired and face the wraith of the crowd. The animals taken away to a sanctuary. Then the rhino escapes.

- the player made mistake of saying his gnome cousin is from lanten and makes mechanical devices. So guess who might become a gnome working for jarlaxle!

I might use mix of newspaper for this one. If the players don’t return.

With the players being nervous to explore. I might need to re-do the prompts I had in chapter 1 so they can do more checks or know they can stealth. Or plan. I think long hiatus they lost this knowledge or confidence

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