Troupe: Wheeze, Chum, Floyd, Halcyon, Dardigalish and Meep.
Garage Jesus: Ro*
Medium: Spatially Enhanced RPG (played in my open garage)
*Don’t Ask
The telaportal spits our group into a pitch dark underground cellar. Nearby can be heard water splashing gently in a fountain. Desperate for any form of light, Wheeze pulls out the ancient helmet he found upstairs. From the tiny LED the troupe is able to make out dim shapes within arms reach.
Suddenly a second glow begins to form in the midst of the group. Everyone takes a step back as it gets brighter. The cosmic energy forms itself into a glowing golden ankh. After a low crackle of energy, standing among them is an insanely cute Ankhmite. These miraculous beings are made from the wondrous star stuff of Ishtar herself. After a moment it says “Hi”. The divine miracle has no impact on the troupe at all, in fact all they seem to care about is it is giving off a light in a ten foot radius.
Chum and Halcyon move out into the darkness. Their movements trigger several mechanical traps. Hal evades the scything blades easily, Chum on the other hand sustains a few wounds. Meanwhile, Floyd is able to feel through the soles of his sandals (sold to him by his brother who is a salesperson at Dix Sporting Goods) that there is a line of stones in the dirt which make up a path of sorts. Everyone forms a line and starts moving into the chamber. The stones go a short distance to a circular fountain, which is the source of the water sound heard earlier. The fountain has a bulukia (a fish) ornament on top which has water spewing out of its mouth. Chum uses his bare claw to knock it off. He then starts to walk past the fountain, but is stopped by a magical wall of water that instantly rises up. Floyd communes with his god and is able to increase the light effect of the Ankhmite, who has now decided that it wishes to be called “Meep”. Now that there is more light, the troupe is able to see the area in full for the first time. The chamber is akin to a cellar with dirt walls and floor. On the far side, across the water wall, are heaps of golden baubles. Among them, leaning against the wall are two closed sarcophaguses, each has a warning in runes which reads simply “beware”.
Chum charges the wall of water and somehow, through blind luck, is able to slip through. He starts mindlessly pawing through the snuff boxes, candelabras and ornamental punch bowls. Halcyon, meanwhile realises that the bulukia ornament hid the lock to shut off the magic wall of water. The broken fish is reattached using star stuff from Meep and Ishtar's blessing. The key provided by Leendah is slipped into its open mouth to shut off the wall of water. Immediately the whole group is pawing through the swag. Wheeze recalls leafing through “Popular Crypts” magazine and seeing the design of this exact swag room featured in a big spread. The sarcophaguses are fake! Dardigalis whips the lid off the closest to reveal a cramped winding tunnel. In a flurry of excitement the troupe splits neatly in half to pillage the two tiny swag vaults. The folded slip of paper is found, the elaborate prenuptial scroll a stick with a beak on it, a sword with a clock in its hilt, a bucket of paste, a two by four (nominal) and a Deck of Exploding Cats. On the way back to the skiff there is much discussion on how Leendah was controlling the skiff…
Join us in my garage for the next exciting chapter!
Here's the Quiz (Each correct answer is worth 1 xp):
1) What should have happened to “The kid”? (Choked to death on the ball)
2) What is the worst sport? (Golf)
3) What color is the Cattoid? (Golden and/or Cream)
4) Where did Floyd buy his sandals? (Dix Sporting Goods)
5) What is the inspiration of Meep? (Batmite)
6) What is my new honorific title? (Garage Jesus)
7) What part of Dardigalish's body would you admire? (His tight butt)
8) What is one level up from a sword? (A swordinga*)
9) What card does Halcyon need to pull? (Ace of Diamonds)
10) What are the words of an ancient song? (“Baby, it’s gonna be alright”)
* I got it wrong actually, its sword, swordelle, swordinga then swordikjrom.
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