Check In Question: What is your New Year’s resolution? What is something you hope to accomplish?
- Shannon: K’un-Lun’s resolution is to stop getting side-tracked with random things and be part of the party more often. Mine is to start working out again.
- Miranda: Work on my health and survive the school year. Lysithea’s is to put away the chaos demons.
- Victor: Draggy’s is to slice. I want to learn to read.
- Liz: I hope to wake up everyday with a smile this year. Octavia wants to work towards her repentance so that she can go back home.
- Kevin: Gobbles’s is to continue adventuring with his best buddies. Mine is to get back in shape and actually stick to it and not lose it when a hurricane hits.
- Ian: Get better at cooking for myself and also in general. Professor doesn’t really pay attention to time because it’s been a long time since everything, but I guess his current goal would be to clear his name with his father.
- Cordelia: Mine is to practice more. Surina wants to get more confident with speaking.
- Justice: Start working out again and keep it going. The Moonstone Dragon’s is to not sleep quite as much.
When we last left the party they had finally made their way out of the jungle temple with one of Rhu’s items – a magic seed. While trying to find their way out of the jungle they ran into Alenia Silversong, Gobbles’s patron and the Fey that had previously saved them from Rhu. She revealed that Lysithea’s dagger has the power to destroy Rhu’s items. Lysithea immediately destroyed the magical orb, but Professor still wants to hold on to the seed. Alenia then promised the party one teleportation to anywhere if they helped her complete one task. On their way to complete their task they battled an Ettin and their Owlbear pets. They then came across a pool of corrupted water full of Venom and Rot Trolls, with a sleeping, dying moonstone dragon in the center. After defeating the trolls with a lot of fire the magic rain water that guided them to the pool cleared the corruption, leaving a beautiful lake and a now waking moonstone dragon.
Suddenly, Kun-L’un finds his way back to the party after having his own adventures, traveling with the Knights of Barlsod. Kun-L’un is sound asleep, riding piggy-back on Schtolteheim Reinbach III, aka Bach, the old man who wanted to travel with the legendary hero of the past. Bach is covered in mud and grass from traveling through the jungle, and when he coughs some grass explodes out of his mouth. Kun-L’un awakens when Bach stops walking.
K’un-Lun: We’re here? We made it? Hey! Hey guys!
Bach: *sets K’un-Lun down* These old bones finally did something.
K’un-Lun: Gosh, how long has it been? You would not believe the things I’ve seen!
Lysithea: HOW DID YOU FIND US?!?
K’un-Lun: I can smell you all from a mile away.
Professor: Sorry.
K’un-Lun: It’s my secret super sense.
Professor: It is quite good to see you, K’un-Lun, welcome back.
K’un-Lun: Yes, yes, it is good to be back.
Lysithea: Oh my gosh, Professor said his name right…
K’un-Lun: He did, didn’t he…
K’un-Lun tears up a little after Professor called him by the correct name for the very first time.
Professor: Why are you crying?
K’un-Lun: I’m not. *obviously is* So, can you guys fill me in on what’s been going on?
Lysithea: We’ll get to that. There’s a dragon right there. *points at the waking dragon*
K’un-Lun: Oh, there is. Like a bad one?
Lysithea: We’re about to find out.
The magic rain continues to fall, mostly now showering over the dragon. The dragon lets out a deep yawn and stretches limbs, wings, and tail. The scales are shining a brilliant emerald, with hints of blue and silver, slightly shifting as the dragon arises. Professor’s eyes go wide, filling his goggles anime-style.
Dragon: That was a lovely dream.
The dragon notices the party and takes a second to look at them.
Dragon: Welcome. What can I do for you?
Lysithea: Oh, um… we were just clearing out some Venom and Rot Trolls that were in the area.
Dragon: Well that sounds unpleasant.
Lysithea: It was.
Dragon: Well, this is my home in this jungle. I’ve been sleeping for… years? Days? Time has no meaning.
The party can sense magical energy emanating from the dragon. They also notice sunlight starting to peek through the treetops, which wasn’t happening before, and the magic of the jungle returning to a more Fey feeling, rather than chaos. It’s becoming clear that this jungle is connected to the Fey realm, and that Rhu’s magic had corrupted the jungle. With the seed removed from his temple his power over the jungle is no more and it is returning to its original state.
Dragon: My name is Isse. You don’t look evil.
Lysithea: We’re not…
Thistle pops into view and begins flying around.
Isse: Oh, Thistle!
Thistle: Hi Isse! Long time! Very long time. You were asleep.
Isse: I know I was asleep. So, why are you here?
Lysithea: We… we were clearing out some Venom Trolls and Rot Trolls in the area. And by “in the area” I mean they were right next to you.
Isse: Good thing they didn’t get me, then.
Lysithea: Yeah…
Isse: But you cleared it. Thank you. Can I do anything for you all?
She gives the party a confused look.
Isse: There’s an awful lot of you all.
K’un-Lun: Is there a bath nearby for my friend?
Lysithea: There’s purifying rain actively happening if he wants to take a shower.
K’un-Lun to Bach: Why don’t you go…
Bach: Yes, yes. Rather good idea.
Lysithea to Isse: We’ve just been kind of cleaning up some evil in the jungle, no big deal.
Isse: Evil in my jungle? Must have happened while I was asleep.
Lysithea: Yeah…
Isse: Strange things happen when I sleep. It makes magic go… And I’ve been asleep for a while.
Lysithea: Yeah, there was a whole evil chaos demon.
(Nature Lysithea 21, Octavia 21, Professor 19, K’un-Lun 4, Surina 7) They notice that at the base of where Isse was sleeping are roots that are wrapped around her body. The jungle had grown over her while she slept. She hasn’t moved much besides stretching, but the roots are starting to die.
Isse: Oh, look at all these roots and leaves. Oh well. I’m sure there’s something I can do for you all. My lair is underneath here. I can give you something from my hoard, if you all want.
Gobbles: Yes, please!
Isse: Give me a moment.
The dragon begins to brush the vines off of her and cleans her appearance. She then hits the mound she was sleeping on, ala Fonzie, and a door opens.
Isse: Go in, go in, you can go in. Let me just… *crawls into the mound*
Lysithea: Well, this is the least terrifying thing we’ve encountered in the jungle.
Isse’s hoard is made of up art, all Fey in origin. She has an armoire filled with necklaces, mostly adorned with leaves and flowers, but they are all silver. (Nature Professor 11, Lysithea 19, Gobbles 21, K’un-Lun 6, Surina 16) Although silver, they are also real leaves and flowers. There are also statues made of mithril, which Lysithea immediately begins sketching into her notes. But the main thing they notice, which takes up most of this audience chamber below the mound, is a huge bookcase filled to the brim with books (Lysithea: BOOKS! I like books). Upon inspection, each book is titled with a name.
Isse: Oh, those are dream journals.
Lysithea: Dream journals?
Isse: Yes, yes. A lot of the Fey lords and ladies come and spend time with me, and they like to dream with me.
Lysithea: Interesting…
K’un-Lun: Trippy.
Isse: They write down their dreams in these journals.
Lysithea: And then you keep these safe? Or just keep them?
Isse: Well, I assume to keep them safe.
Lysithea: That is fascinating.
K’un-Lun: Why keep them safe? Why do this at all?
Isse: Well, because I like dreams. Dreams give me power.
K’un-Lun: Mmmmm…
Gobbles: Sweet dreams are made of these.
K’un-Lun: What would happen if these dreams were to be taken?
Isse: Oh, you would just find out the dreams of these lords and ladies.
K’un-Lun: Oh, okay.
Lysithea: Are you good at interpreting dreams?
Isse: Oh, here and there.
Octavia: When you say the dreams give you power, does that mean only in the dream, or…
Isse: No, no, I have a lot of power outside the dreams.
(Octavia arcana 17) Moon dragons have power over dreams – they communicate through dreams, they can banish someone to a dreamscape.
K’un-Lun: Well that sounds cool.
Lysithea: Depends on the dream.
And this dragon is not exactly small. In fact, she is quite huge.
Isse: Well, each of you seems to already have magic. Is there anything you would want?
K’un-Lun: Um…
Lysithea: Um indeed.
Isse: I admit, I don’t have a lot. I mainly, you know, collect art.
K’un-Lun: Could you make my Cloak of Billowing do more than just billow?
Isse: Oh, you want a new cloak. Yes. Let’s see. I can give you… oh, this is a nice cloak. This is called the Cloak of Squirrels.
K’un-Lun: Oh..kay…
Isse: I should have other cloaks…
K’un-Lun: I hope so… Is it made of squirrels?
Isse: It is not made of squirrels. The squirrels of the Fey gave me this.
K’un-Lun: Sentient squirrels? I am intrigued by this squirrel plane…
Lysithea: You don’t happen to have any artifacts that belong to an evil chaos demon, do you?
K’un-Lun: Or perhaps any dreams that belong to him?
Isse: No… *still searching her cloaks*
Lysithea: Because we are trying to get rid of those.
K’un-Lun: Do you have, perhaps, a mink cloak? Or lemming? It makes my intelligence even worse.
Isse: I will get you a cloak!
K’un-Lun: Merry blumbus.
Professor: Is it Blumbus Day already?
K’un-Lun: We just missed it actually. Sorry I was so late. But my friend here *points to Bach* is very slow. And very stinky.
Professor: You should get rid of him. He’s a bad horse.
K’un-Lun: He is a bad horse. He’s not even a quadruped.
Isse: AHA! I have a Cloak of Arachnids!
K’un-Lun: By Jobe, I’ll take it!
The cloak will give K’un-Lun a climb speed, the ability to cast Web, and resistance to poison damage.
K’un-Lun: Where did Jobe come from? I don’t know who Jobe is. Give me the cloak.
Lysithea: Oh my god, Spider-Monk. Also, I like how he’s getting a cloak and he wasn’t even here to help.
K’un-Lun: You don’t know the things I’ve seen…
Professor: Well, we did just see your friend naked as he cleaned himself. Pretty upsetting.
At this point Alenia Silversong walks in.
Alenia: Great job. Wonderful. I will teleport you wherever you all want.
Lysithea: I would very much like to get out of the jungle…
The party begins to discuss where they would like to be teleported to. Lysithea pulls out her map, and there are points glowing on it. 2 points, in fact. One near the Moford Mountains, and the other in Pupbaatt.
Lysithea: Aw man, we don’t even get a break! Well I guess we have to go there…Well… we’ve been in a jungle and it would be nice to be in a town for just a little bit. And maybe a bed that’s not made out of clay. I vote for Pupbaatt.
Professor: We could go to my house.
Gobbles: My goal is still to go to the Lord Commander’s vault with all the magic items.
Lysithea: I don’t feel like getting blasted into oblivion today.
There are several other places the party could be teleported to, including the Neighborhood library, Naima, where they believe there is a potential Lich using her powers to be an eternal diva, or to the pirates traveling with Slogoth… there’s a lot of things going on.
Professor: We could go to my *ahem* dad’s house…
K’un-Lun: Daddy issues…
Lysithea: Do you want to go to your dad’s house?
Surina: We should go to the town.
Lysithea: We really should go take care of the blinking on the map, and then go meet Professor’s dad.
Professor: Do you have to teleport us from here?
Lysithea: *meekly* We don’t know how to get out of here…
Alenia: You’re more than welcome to try to get out of the jungle.
Professor: Could you just like, smite us down from another location to a different location?
K’un-Lun: Sort of like a combo teleport?
Alenia: So you want to make another deal for another teleport?
Surina begins to go on an incomprehensible rant about having to do another side quest for another teleport, which stresses her out because she doesn’t want to make another deal with a Fey.
Isse: It’s just getting out of the jungle. I can help you, too.
Surina: Okay!
Isse: I can give you a ride somewhere nearby.
Lysithea: And then we could get our teleport after? This seems really important to Professor, so maybe we should do that. Professor, where is your home?
Professor: Why it’s, right here in the mountains.
Lysithea: Oh, that is nearby.
Professor: Yes, it’s quite nearby.
K’un-Lun: Why not? I’m cool with that.
Professor: You see, my name is Eustace Irontusk XVI.
Lysithea: Oh my god!
K’un-Lun: Is this a reveal?!
Professor: I came into this jungle decades ago. I am the eldest of 10. Small family, I know. I am the eldest of 10, and I was tasked with coming into the jungle to find whatever was hiding in it. Turns out it was evil and a dragon.
Lysithea: Yeah, you got that tooth from that creature.
Professor: The creature that supposedly killed my youngest brother, who followed me into the jungle against my knowledge. And my father banished me after finding out. If I can show him this dragon, HUGE bonus. WOW! And the evidence that the evil has been absolved….
Lysithea: This is why you don’t want to destroy the seed yet.
Professor: Yes.
K’un-Lun: Well this sounds like a big deal.
Lysithea: I say we do this now, because I have never heard Professor say an entire page worth of paragraphs that make logical sense. This is obviously very important.
Alenia: Wow. That story made me tear up.
Professor: Who is this again?
K’un-Lun: I don’t know…
Gobbles: My patron’s friend.
Lysithea: *whispers* This is Gobbles’s patron.
Professor: *whispers back* Okay.
K’un-Lun: *loudly* Nice patron! Hello patron!
Lysithea: SHHHH! Gobbles still thinks Thistle is his patron.
K’un-Lun: Ooohh…I guess I should go along with that… Perhaps your patron and my patron can have a playdate.
Lysithea: So, if the gracious Moonstone Dragon will give us a ride out of the jungle to Professor’s home, then Alenia can teleport us to Pupbaatt when we are done there.
Alenia: Sounds wonderful. I would like to go for a ride, too. Let’s take a trip.
Lysithea to Gobbles: This is a really nice change of pace to be interacting with a nice dragon and not an evil one, because we’ve killed 2 now. And one of them killed poor Gordon.
Gobbles: Yeah, there was that red one and that shadowy one.
Isse: Hop on!
Isse leaves her den, and they all climb onto her. Gobbles grabs the very tip, tip of her tail. K’un-Lun triple front flips onto her neck, then climbs atop her head and grabs her horns like a motorcycle.
K’un-Lun: Let’s go!
Isse: Do not pull on those!
K’un-Lun: I haven’t seen a dragon since… well… let’s go!
Bach: This is wonderful!
As they climb onto Isse they all feel a spell being cast (Arcana Octavia Nat20, K’un-Lun 18, Professor 15, Lysithea 26, Surina 7, Gobbles 17) – Greater Invisibility. The party and the dragon are now hidden from anyone they may fly over. Isse sparkles like diamonds and gracefully takes off. They emerge from the treetops, above the jungle, and, looking down, the party can see that they were perfectly in the center of the jungle. They can see the Lylomi Chasm, the Opptie and Kilevasa mountains to the north, and the Ocan’queb Volcano behind them. Isse is flying extremely high. Lysithea’s thoughts bounce back and forth from “Oh my gosh, I’m riding on a dragon,” to “Look how pretty everything is” to “Thank god, we are FINALLY out of the jungle!”
Gobbles: If I let go this would be really, really bad!
Isse telepathically communicates with Professor.
Isse: So where am I going?
Professor: It’s just a left up here.
Isse begins to descend and flies through the hills. Friendmakers* can be seen galloping in the fields.
*Friendmakers are creatures created by Cordelia. They are part zebra, part lion, and part chicken. They are extremely friendly creatures and love to make new friends. In fact, they can befriend anybody.
Professor: And so, you see, my father’s name was Eustace, and his father’s name was Eustace, and his father’s name was Eustace…
K’un-Lun begins to contemplate jumping off of the dragon. They eventually land in front of Professor’s home, a castle carved into the Kathel Mountains. It’s not a castle at the base of the mountains, but a castle literally carved into the mountains, very well hidden. Isse lands gracefully in front of the castle entrance.
Isse: Well well, off off.
Lysithea: Thank you very much.
Professor: We’ll be back for our teleport. Stay there. Don’t go anywhere.
Lysithea: Yes. Would you mind sticking around so that Professor can clear his name?
Isse: Sure.
Gobbles releases his death grip off of Isse’s tail and falls down woodenly.
Thistle: That was fun, new friend!
Gobbles: Yes…
K’un-Lun slides down Isse’s face, quadruple backflips off of her nose, and lands heroically. He then turns around and winks at the dragon.
Isse: Impressive. *claps*
K’un-Lun: Yes! *holds back tears*
A gruff looking Dwarf, with a heavy beard in complex braids, steps out of the castle. This is Professor’s father, Eustace Irontusk XV.
Eustace: What’s going on out here?
Professor: It’s me. It’s just me.
Eustace: Who wanted you back?
Professor: Uh, hmm. *clears throat, then whispers* I hate this guy…
The rest of the party is standing there awkwardly.
Eustace: What are you doing?
Professor: I have returned.
Eustace: I see that. But why?
Lysithea: Oh my god, they sound the same.
Professor: We’re Eustaces! I… I have come to clear my name, father.
Eustace: Well, let’s have it.
Professor opens up the Bag of Holding, pulls out the giant tooth, and throws it on the ground in front of his father’s feet. It lands with a deafening thud.
Eustace: Well, that’s a tooth. That is something.
Professor: This is what took Eustace.
At this point the entire table is dying with laughter. This is being beautifully roleplayed by Ian, and he plays it with such a straight face, and Justice is meeting him right there with the same voice and face. When he reveals that his brother’s name is also Eustace we couldn’t hold it in any longer. We will continue to laugh for the rest of this encounter.
K’un-Lun falls over.
Eustace: So this is what killed my other son that you got killed?
Professor: He followed me in! I told him to go back. He wasn’t ready! (persuasion Nat1)
Eustace: You still let him in! So you’ve killed it. Great. Did you do anything else?
Professor: You may need to adjust your glasses, old man. There’s a *coughdragoncough*
Eustace: Oh, there is a dragon!
Professor: God, this guy is the worst…
Eustace: Well, so there’s a dragon, a tooth… and why didn’t you slay this dragon if the dragon was evil?
Professor: It was not the evil in the jungle!
Professor then pulls out the pulsing, purple seed collected from the chaos temple in the jungle. Eustace fumbles for words.
Eustace: That is definitely the evil of the jungle that we have fought all these years. And you bring it to my house?!
Professor: Lysithea? Would you please?
Lysithea: If I may. You may want to set it on the ground.
Professor tosses the seed into the air, towards Lysithea (Professor athletics 2, Lysithea attack adjusted 20). Lysithea stabs the seed midair. There is a loud explosion, and an evil aura fills the air; however, it is quickly sucked up by the dagger. The seed cracks in half and falls to the ground. Lysithea carefully puts the dagger away.
Lysithea: Evil vanquished.
Eustace: Er…well… so… um… This is a lot, I guess… OH SON!
Professor: OH FATHER!
They embrace in a giant, Eustace hug, both of them crying.
Professor: I will be back.
Eustace: Wait, you don’t want some food or drink?
Professor: Oh, did we want to do that? Did y’all want to do that?
Lysithea: I mean, we just came out of the jungle. It’d be nice.
Professor: Yes? Yes? Yeah, okay. Sorry, it’s just, you know, I’m on the move.
Lysithea: I know. We have to go take care of more evil, but, you know, it’s your dad and that jungle was terrible.
Eustace: Slaughter the biggest ironsheep in there!
K’un-Lun: I don’t know if I can stay here for one day. *fists are clenched and shaking*
Lysithea: Just for food.
Eustace: MY SON HAS RETURNED!
Lysithea is still trying to deduce whether Eustace is just as big of a crackpot as Professor is, or if that happened to Professor over time from being banished. The Irontusks are traditionally barbarians… and crazy.
Eustace: WE’LL HAVE THE FINEST DWARF MEALS! MY SON HAS RETURNED!
Lysithea: I will offer, in exchange for stories of Professor as a child, stories of other evil things Professor has helped slay.
Eustace: After drink.
K’un-Lun: Heroes remain sober.
Alenia: I am always up for drink! *walks into the castle like she owns the place*
Eustace: Who’s that?
Lysithea: Fey.
Professor: Fey.
Eustace: Fey?
K’un-Lun: They.
Eustace: Names! Let’s eat and drink.
Gobbles: Hi, I’m Gobbles the Goblin. Nice to meet you.
Eustace: I’m Eustace Irontusk XV.
They all enter the castle and have a very traditional Dwarven, barbarian feast. Surina is having the best time because of all the meat. There’s Bangers and Smash, Underdark Lotus with Fire Lychee Spread, Fungus 2 Ways, Miner’s Pie, Salted Pork, Smoked Sausages and Kraut with mustard, Gullied Dwarf Homestyle Porridge, Orange Mountain Duck, and, of course, Black Pudding. Dwarves are widely renowned for their un-sweet tooth.
Gobbles: Do you have anything besides Dwarven food?
Lysithea: Gobbles, this pudding you can eat.
Gobbles: I have some black pudding! Anyone want some?
Lysithea: No, Gobbles!
Gobbles: This isn’t’ nearly as spicy as the stuff I have.
And to top it all off is the thick, bready, honey drink and frothy root beer.
K’un-Lun: I’ll have the Dwarf milk. I mean…. The milk. To build my bones.
The party gets very full on bread and meat. Surina happily helps herself to seconds, thirds, and forths.
Surina: I miss my desert food.
Lysithea: I know, but look at all of the meat!
Surina: MEAT!
Alenia: This food… I’m used to… berries and… fresh honey and…
Gobbles: This is like berries.
Alenia: This is the food that eats my food.
Gobbles: There’s technically berries involved.
Professor: The chickens don’t. Chicken’s a vegetable.
Alenia: It’s filling.
Professor’s remaining siblings join in on the feast. His 8 younger sisters, all named Eugenie, take turns hugging and dining with their now honored brother. As the party dines they exchange stories about Professor with his father.
Eustace: My son! He slayed all the evil! Well, really, his tall horned friend slayed the evil…
K’un-Lun: I say we call him Irontusk the Evil Slayer! Here, here!
Eustace: Or Irontusk the Evil Finder That Other People Have Slayed!
Professor: What the heck…
Lysithea: Nononono! Wait! *tells the story of Professor making her giant scorpion huge* It needs to be something like that!
Professor: I’ve killed things!
Lysithea: Lots of things! You have killed many things.
K’un-Lun: Eustace Irontusk XVI Scorpion Enlarger!
Eustace: The Seed-Slayer!
Professor: I’ll stick with Professor.
Eustace: He’s kind of the black sheep of the family.
Professor: It wasn’t till I got back to the jungle that I remembered my name.
Lysithea: Well… I’m glad that terrible situation helped you remember your name. And that you’re welcome back in your own home.
Professor: Thank… Thank you.
Lysithea: Do you want to stay?
Professor: What? No!
K’un-Lun: Is there any Dwarven milk I can have?
Professor: It’s cow milk.
K’un-Lun: This will work.
Gobbles and Lysithea scooch their chair away from K’un-Lun as he begins to noisily chug his milk. They both make a face at each other that seems to say, “What happened to K’un-Lun while he was away?”
The very full Alenia makes her way to a bedroom. The party realizes that they, too, are also very full and in need of sleep. They will get their teleport tomorrow.
Lysithea: Before we go to bed, should we call you Eustace or Professor?
Professor: Professor is fine.
K’un-Lun: Good. I don’t like change.
They are each given their own room in the castle and they all have the most restful night’s sleep they have had in a long time. Everyone, except Professor. In the middle of the night, Eustace barges into Professor’s room.
Professor: Oh my god!
Eustace: Seeing as how you have now redeemed yourself, I believe it is time for you to get the armor that has been passed down through my family… through our family now.
Professor: You’re kidding?
Eustace: No. No. I don’t kid. I don’t know how to kid. That has left my being.
Professor: My, he is old…
Eustace: Here. We never really knew how to use it.
He presents Professor with armor that has been inscribed with Dwarven runes. As Professor runs his hands over the runes they begin to glow. The armor, made of mithril, is known as Battle Caster’s Armor. Gobbles, who was hiding under Professor’s bed, pops out.
Gobbles: Whoa, that armor’s cool!
Professor: AH! Thank you Gobbles. Thank you, father.
Eustace: If you’re going to leave you’d better survive and come back.
Professor: I will.
Eustace: You know the Irontusk family motto – Bury your problems deep down in and eventually you’ll die. At least maintain those problems deep down in and don’t tell anybody.
Professor: Uh, yes…Okay.
Eustace: Yes. So. I’m not going to hug you again.
Professor: No, that’d be weird.
Eustace: Yes. It would be very weird. So I’ll bury the feelings of pride I have deep down inside.
Professor: Good. Keep it there.
Eustace: Just don’t die.
Professor: I promise to never die.
Eustace: You’ll never have to know about anybody’s problems. Okay. Goodnight.
They all meet up in the morning.
Alenia: So, teleporting now?
Lysithea: Yes, please. Pupbaatt.
Alenia: You know when I was, I would say younger but you know, it was called Creek Ruptzz City.
Lysithea: Yes, I have read about that.
Alenia: Why they changed it, who can say. I guess people just like it better that way.
Professor: Some sort of cruel joke, I think.
Alenia: They made a song.
Lysithea: Yes, it’s been stuck in my head ever since you said the name of the town.
Alenia: It’s by the band They Definitely Are Giants.
Lysithea: Did you know they are not giants?
Surina: They are definitely NOT giants!
Alenia: Yes, I know! So, ready? Everyone hold hands in a circle.
Professor: Are you coming with us?
Alenia: No, I’m just going to send you. I’m going to go back to the jungle with Isse.
Lysithea: Do we have Thistle?
Thistle, wearing his monocle and top hat, lands on top of Gobbles’s head.
Thistle: Present!
Alenia begins to conduct and music from nowhere begins to play. The party feels energy begin to swirl around them, and they are teleported…
To be continued…