welcome to game The master Monday, the podcast that plays a
new one shot in a new system with a new cast every episode.
I'm your game master Grant and today we are playing fairies on
the run by Helena Rayal and my players are.
My fair part of my fairy nature and her domain is command, so
her words and her presence humble, seduce and intimidate
human beings only. Hello.
I'm Alyssa.
My pronouns, are they them? I am playing Talia Jones who
uses she her pronouns. You may note the shared last
name there younger sister Vivian.
And Talia's domain is Destruction.
Hi. I'm Youngles, I use she they
pronouns. I'm playing Dalson who uses she
her pronouns and is from the domain Illusion.
I'm Dre, they, them and you can find me jamming bad heroes.
I will be playing Clove Madison, a cat lover and veterinarian.
Her pronouns are she, her, and her domain is nature.
Fantastic. I am super pumped about this
crew here today. Let me just tell you folks a a
handful of my faves here tonight.
Let me tell you what the game we're playing here today,
Fairies on the Run, is a horror game about identity and
surviving. Our players today, unbeknownst
to their characters, are fairies born in the fairy world and
taking the place of a human child before they could know any
different. This game is about those very
humans you replaced coming to take back what they think is
yours, your literal lives. Our game today runs on a dice
pool system. Anytime an action is uncertain,
you will roll at least one D6. If something pertaining to your
identity or a core facet of who you are, your anchor, something
important to you that makes you want to stay in the human world
or your unique brand of fairy magic, those domains you so
kindly gave us earlier, or simply some good luck you picked
up along the way. Anytime any of those pertain to
one of your roles, you will add AD 6 to that role.
Whenever you roll your D sixes, you will pick the highest number
and that will be the result of the role.
Ones and twos are bad, threes and fours are complicated, Fives
are good and sixes are very good.
But be warned, fairies for you also have the daunting task of
blending in with human society. You must maintain your facade.
You all start the game with six Facade, but if you fail roles or
you use magic in any capacity, your mask will slip.
Reaching a Facade of 0 will send you back to the fairy world,
unable to return to the human world you are accustomed to.
And that's it. We'll go over the specific
mechanics as we play, but for now we must ask, are you all
excited? Oh yeah, let's go.
Oh yeah. I have it on good authority that
they're too excited. Here we go.
Let's begin the adventure. We open in the big city in our
current day, a bustling metropolis that thrives on every
single person inside of it doing jobs and doing them well.
You all grew up here. You know the city well.
But as is often the case in big cities, you've all lived very
different lives, even if some of you lived in the same house.
Our story begins in a lavish manner.
A gala is happening here tonight, and we see one of those
lives. And one of those lives has led
to an existence of influence and good fortunes.
Maya, who do we see and where do we find Vivian Jones?
So we see Vivian as she's holding a wine flute and she is
like a like she grabbed a one of those little tiny metal forks
off of a platter and she's about to start clinking it in front of
like a this audience of rich well to do investors at this.
It's a veterinary hospital gala like fundraiser type deal and
Vivian has golden brown skin. Her hair is very short and
cropped but curly as well. And she's wearing like her
finest Burberry outfit, I'll say.
So she looks like she fits in here and she has a very kind of
charming, but with a little hint of mischief, a smile on her face
as she is getting ready to open up this gala in a manner, I
guess. But yeah, that's that's where
she's at. I think she's in like a wide
one. She's in.
If this is a manner, then she is in the first entrance living
area. This is very wide and open
space. Perfect.
So you're getting ready to open the festivities here.
Would there be anyone assisting you?
What would be your normal job as you get ready to do this whole
thing? Are you running Vengala?
Are you in charge of it? What?
What brings you to this event? Well, yes, I am in charge of it.
So she is. She's not passionate per SE
about animals, but she likes to be good at what she does, which
is rubbing shoulders with the the the one percenters of the
city, even though that's not where she grew up.
But she because she's really good at it.
She likes to keep doing that. So she headed up this fundraiser
as she does a lot of the time throughout the year.
She usually has an assistant. She cannot find her assistant.
And so she probably grabbed her sister and like told her to hold
this little like she just told you to hold the spoon she was
going to clink the glass with. And so you're just off to the
side just like holding it between your fingers and
standing there awkwardly. And you could see all the people
are like waiting and staring at kind of me mostly.
But you're, you're still in front.
So it's a little awkward. So as the well to do of the
city, start funneling in to this event, raising funds for the
veterinary hospitals here. Who do we see when we see Talia?
Talia Jones is the type of woman that you'd think would look out
of place in an at an event like this, were it not for the fact
that you're more likely to overlook her than notice her at
all. She's in her mid 20's, the same
sort of golden brown skin, but, you know, less moisturized, less
glowing, acceptable but plain. She's dressed in a black
turtleneck and trousers, and though she was not supposed to
be working this event tonight, she very much looks like behind
the scenes support support staff.
So I don't think that anyone will be surprised to see her in
the corner, sort of holding the spoon, just waiting to get out
of the spotlight so she can go back to playing Scrabble on her
phone. She's here to be supportive
because it would look bad if she weren't.
But she does not enjoy these events.
Now, why would it look bad if you weren't supportive?
Because we're family and I have to support my sister in what she
does. That's what family does, even if
some people aren't as good at it as others.
As you're holding the spoon, waiting for Vivian to give this
toast, is she supposed to clink this glass on?
Do you feel that she's easy to keep track of, or are you always
trying to figure out where your sister is at any given moment?
I think. There was a time in our lives
where we were quite In Sync when we were younger, but we're not
anymore and it feels like she doesn't really even see me or
know who I am these days. Who does?
Am I right? As we watch people fill in and
we watch one sister try and keep tabs on another, trying to
regain that in syncness they once enjoyed, we do see another
invited guest to the festivities.
Maybe a personal invitation. Trey, Who do we see when we see
Clove? We see a clove.
Madison is a a small, pale woman in her early 30s.
She's pretty in like a sweet, awkward kind of way.
I think she is leaning up against the nearest snack table.
She is wearing these dainty gold cat earrings and a sleek but
very simple dress that looks like she's worn it many times.
I think there's a little bit of fray on the bottom, and her
heels are definitely worn at the back and the bottom.
And as Vivian is giving this toast, she is watching with a
very confusing mix of emotions on her face.
It looks like affection, it looks like discomfort.
And she looks simultaneously like she very much wants to be
there and desperately wishes she could go home.
Is there anyone in particular you'd be attending this gala
for? What brings you to it?
I think she came with Talia, I think she came for support and
also because she likes this cause a lot.
You arrive here and you see Talia kind of by the entrance,
holding a single spoon, watching the entrance.
Seems as she's not supposed to be there, but here she is
anyway. Clove sort of slides like
sidesteps over Hi, are you working right now?
You're you're not supposed to be working.
I wasn't claiming to be, but I guess I am tonight.
She slowly reaches out, takes the spoon out of her hand, sets
it on the table. But what if she needs it for, I
don't know, another toast? She can get her own spoon.
Come on, they have those little sandwiches you like.
Talia sort of perks up, I think, the first real smile we've seen
on her face this evening, and looks around towards where Clove
is gesturing. Yeah, I think Clove grabs her
friend's hand and pulls her over to the snack table.
And and gives Vivian like a pretty a pretty awkward smile as
she drags her sister away. The night goes on, You 3 fumble
around what you're expected to do.
What's the right sisterly thing to do?
What's the right guest thing to do?
Are all my guests taken care of? There's a theme running of
people who don't feel like they're supposed to be here, but
that might only be true for our next Yes young girls.
Who do we see when we see Dalson?
So Dalson is like very short, very like wearing clothes that
are way too big for her. She's 30 and looks 30 if you
look really close, but like does not look 30 if you look far
away. Like has probably fairy energy
without realizing it, like in real life, just like bubbling
around and Dalton is there. I would say like the type of
person that would try to be stealthy and sneaky, but it's
not stealthy and sneaky by any means.
So I think that there is just this figure that's like 5-2 and
with like these little like buns in their really dark hair.
And you just kind of see them like crouching behind like a
table like maybe and just kind of like bouncing around like
behind the table as they're trying to like sneak in and like
look and see what's going on. And they're wearing a super
oversized sweatshirt with like super long sleeves, not like a
zip up one, but it's just like an 80s style, like, you know,
crew neck type style sweatshirt that's black with black like
leggings and like black boots and like super glittery makeup.
That's what she's wearing to this gala.
Because she's not supposed to be here.
Now, if I caught your attention my year, I would imagine that
would catch Vivian Jones's attention.
A unaccounted for a person who does not blend in and has been
very clear they're trying to be sneaky but are not succeeding.
Yeah, so my little sister Talia, she what happened to my spoon?
It was placed on the table by your ex and Talia has been
absconded with to the sandwich table.
I think, yeah, that's the first thing.
She's like, OK, where's the spoon?
I can't tap this glass without a spoon.
I think she turns around and then sees it on the table,
starts looking for you and then catches you walking off with
with her ex. She gives her an awkward smile.
OK she just just a lift of an eyebrow and then a small smile
as well. It's not awkward, but it's a
small smile. She gives her speech.
Thanks everybody for coming tonight.
And it sounds very, not that it sounds fake, but it just sounds
like, OK come on, you're kind of full of yourself type.
So she lets, she tells everybody to drink up and to bid
recklessly and to remember that wagging tails don't happen
without people like you. And it's just a whole bunch of
rich people and to make them feel good.
It's just like your support for the Companion Care Alliance
hospitals is of the utmost importance.
Thank you and have fun, everybody.
And everybody claps politely. And then she sees Dausu.
Yeah, she sees her. And then she's going to, like,
politely go up to you and just kind of peeks over.
You're like, behind a table. And she's like, hi, are you?
I don't mean to sound rude, but are you on the list?
And that wasn't like, I think just like looks up at you from
like the crashing table. And it's like, yeah.
And like stands up and it's like I am, I, I work here.
You, I, I know everybody on the who's working here tonight.
I'm the one that set it up. Right, Yeah, yes, I volunteered.
I don't know. I wasn't, I didn't know if I was
going to be here or not. I was thinking I, I wasn't
feeling good. And so they took me off the
list. But then I like decided that I
was going to be here because, you know, I'm volunteering and
like dogs stuff, right? Like everybody loves dogs.
So I thought I I would just, I would just help anyway.
Do you need kitchen stuff? And starts looking at the table
and sees like the utensils and everything just starts like
gathering very clean utensils that have not been used at all
as if they are like. Looking at you confused, I.
I think, I think no clothes on the other side of the table and
she's using that spoon to like stir a glass of punch and
watching this with a great interest.
See, and then I'm just I look at your clothes, you see me like IU
up and down. Are you?
Do you want to just tell me the truth and just stop this right
now? Stop.
What? And then like there's just like
a clanging of silverware as like they fall out of my hands.
I and then like she like kneels down on the ground and starts
frantically picking it up. And she's like, no, I just, I
volunteered because I am looking for my brother and I heard that
he might be here or was here or did work here or something, but
and then puts them like on the table and.
Trust me, if there's anyone worth knowing who's going to be
here, it would be me. What's his name?
Oh, oh, his name's not. Super important.
You probably wouldn't know him. He's he's not he isn't like to
be known. You know, it's OK, I will just,
I will just, I will just, I will just take these to the kitchen
and like grabs utensils again. And I.
Watch her walk away confused. I'm confused so I'm like I
should do something about this. I don't have time.
I have people I have to go talk to people.
Like she's just confused. Like I, I, it's like a missing
there's like, it's like a missing piece in part of the
plan. So she's kind of like freaking
out. She's.
Going to go. Look for Talia.
Where's? Where's Talia?
Yeah, I think Thalia is just a few feet away, saw that Clove
was or that you were heading to the table that Clove was at and
sort of turned around to pretend she wasn't here.
But now that you're looking around for her, senses it and it
turns back and says. I see you I.
Mean it doesn't seem like she's causing any real trouble, right?
She she's helping. She cleared those utensils.
Oh, you guys heard all this? Yeah.
It sounded like. You had it covered.
I mean, you're so. Great at people I I.
Know, but you know how important this night is.
If there's one, if there's a missing piece, if somebody adds
something in that's not right, it's going to go up, it's going
to all go to hell and then we're not going to raise enough money.
Not to slide myself into this conversation, but First off, hi
Viv. Second off.
This is kind of a. Fundraiser for strays and that
person looked pretty lost to me. Maybe we better be nice stray
animals. Or.
Lost people. That's not what this fundraiser
is about. Last month's fundraiser was
about stray people. I guess you could say right now
we're worrying about animals, and we have to be.
Focused. Well, why?
Don't you focus on the guests and Clove and I can go help?
It sounds like she was looking for someone.
Maybe if we find them then they'll leave and all the pieces
will be back in place. Thank you.
OK, I know that I can rely on you.
Thank you so much. Want to hold your own?
Spoon. And she?
Just gives you a smile and you feel the breath come out of her
nose and she goes to the guest but she doesn't respond.
But she just smiles at that. It's like a tight smile and then
goes and you see her start to mingle.
She really knows how to. Play a room, huh?
For most audiences, doesn't seem like that girl was buying it as
much, which is a little refreshing.
Honestly. I can't believe you're.
You're having fun at this. You're.
Eating this up. You 2.
Go to check on this mystery guest who has scuttled off to
the kitchen. So we'll go ahead and catch up
with you Dal soon. What are you doing in the
kitchen? I think Dal soon is just like.
OK, Blend. In blend in blend in grabs like
an apron like just puts an apron on and like starts like kind of
blending in to like see like, you know, acting like like just
like I'm assuming you have like sous chefs and stuff like that.
So like they're just like taking orders like and.
Like doing things. You just get.
In line with your plate. Yeah, and it just.
Starts like, I think that at some point you see them like run
food out if that's necessary and like just like.
Run food if I can't they. Just they're just working.
Talia and. Clove, you arrive in the
kitchen, there is a very sore thumb looking wait staff in this
back area who is being helpful, all things considered and you
encounter this person and you know your job is to escort them
off or figure of their dealers or help them in some capacity.
Yeah, I think. That Talia watches for a second
and sees that Dalzoom is genuinely being helpful and it's
like, I mean, and so leans closer to Clove and it's just
like, I mean, it looks like she's helping.
Maybe we just tell her to keep out of Vivian's eyeline and let
her be she. Looks very.
Torn. Between knowing that that's
going to drive Vivian absolutely mad and thinking it's absolutely
hilarious. Yeah.
Maybe we need to see if she needs anything though.
But I don't think there's any reason to make them leave.
Hey, great. I'm.
I'm going to try to like catch Dal soon as they're passing by
and try to like tap them on the shoulder.
Hi, I think that. They're so startled that they
just like, like. Throw their hands.
Up and whatever they're holding like flies into the air and then
but but I think that they're able to like weirdly catch it
like like maybe the plate falls, but they grab like the the cake
that's like that was on the plate and so now they just have
cake in their hand and they're like high that was pretty.
Smooth. Looks at the cake.
Looks back at you. Yes, that was on purpose.
Can I help you? Well, it was my ex and her
sister giving you a hard time and I was just wondering why
you're actually here. Do you need anything?
Oh well. I wasn't.
I wasn't inviting. I wasn't.
Invited either. But I wasn't lying.
I was. I I really am here looking for
my brother. I heard that he was going to be
here and we're supposed to leave together and he.
I can't find him. Oh, well, we can help you.
I mean, all she was doing was holding a spoon, and all I was
doing was leaning against the snack table.
So why don't we look together? OK?
Do you know where I. Can put this cake.
Bustles. Further into the kitchen and
grabs a new plate for you and also pulls a little like single
serve wet wave from their pocket to hand over.
Thank you it. Like puts it.
On the plate and like wipes their hand in their sleeve and
not in the. There's a There's a tiny sink
right behind you, too. You all try to organize what's
going on in the kitchen. You try to figure out the best
way to get around this, the story.
And I'm going to pan back to you, Vivian, because for what
this night is, it's running pretty smoothly.
One small hiccup, maybe 2 with the whole spoon situation.
But then you start hearing murmurs and not screams per SE,
but definitely gasps. The kind that only high society
can have when something is out of the norm.
And as you pan towards with your eyes where this disruptence is
coming from, you see a person with.
Tattered. Clothing, a skin color that
shimmers in the right light. A single wing, almost like a
dragonfly's wing, jutting out of the back of their left shoulder
blade. They walk with a limp, as if
they were built in a laboratory and were never shown how to
walk. And they are lurching and
inching closer to you. And as they get closer, they
lift their hand up, very curvy, disjointed finger pointing at
you and says, whispering in a tone only you can hear you.
Took everything from me. Give it back and.
Can. Everybody see this, or is it
just Vivian people can see? It people are gasping, but only
you can hear what's being said so they.
Can see this monstrosity as well.
And you hear a few oh good heavens, and an oh, what is
that? And people backing away from it,
people trying to pull out phones to to call someone about this.
Maybe it's a wounded animal, maybe it's something else.
But only you can hear what it's saying.
I think, I think she is absolutely freaking out.
I think she's going, she's going to scream.
Somebody call the police and she starts to back away as it's
pointing at her and saying those words to her.
She's going to be somebody call the police, somebody call the
police right now. Would you like to?
Make the first roll of the game for me.
So what I'm going to have you do is roll AD 6.
If there's anything about your identity or your anchor you
think you can use in this moment, or if you're feeling
frisky, If you want to tap into your magic already, you can.
But we're going to see just how in control of the situation you
are right now. OK, so base rolls 1D6.
I can add another if I have if it if the action connects to my
identity anchor or my domain. None of them really do.
My my anchor is not anywhere to be seen, so not at the moment.
I think it's just. 1D6. We'll see how this goes then.
Thanks a lot Grant, my pleasure. Fine.
OK I got a 4A4. So that is a success of a minor
cost or a failure without consequence.
So I'm going to give you a choice here.
Vivian, this person is lurching towards you.
You may choose whether your opponent gets a boon or you get
a hindrance. For.
Our audience's benefit. A boon would give the opponent
one future D6 on a roll. A hindrance would remove one
future D6 for Vivian on a roll. I'm going to.
Say a boon to the enemy. So plus one D6 to the hunters.
So in this instance you're calling out, you are trying to
find help. This is going to be a failure
without consequence. You call for the police to be
called and someone immediately speaks up saying our phones
don't have reception anymore, we can't call anyone.
You're not in danger, you don't lose a facade, you don't suffer
A consequence, but you do fail in contacting the authorities.
So no one. Else is freaking out.
There is. A general alertness throughout
the crowd. Some people I would call that
they're like disgusted. They see this creature, but no
one seems to be running or getting a sense of the real
danger right now. That is until we hear a crash
near the kitchen. So we pan over to the kitchen
area and as you're all trying to get a read on Dalsoon as we're
trying to eat this cake off of a plate, you hear a chef Yelp,
smattering of plates crashing to the ground a the same chef
bursting into the kitchen screaming monster monster.
There's a monster in here. And then you all see a small
creature looking things can't be more than 5 feet tall.
But if you were to get a real good look at its facial
features, you might recognize pieces of yourselves in there.
Maybe it has Talia's nose. Maybe it has Dalsun's eye shape.
Maybe it has cloves hair. You can just see yourselves in
this image. And if you're familiar with
Victoria Jones, you may even recognize various shapes of
eyebrows and fingers on there. This bears a striking
resemblance to the four of you. Not to say that they also don't
have other more identifiable features.
Antennas growing out of the front of their forehead that
look broken and disheveled, like it ran into a windshield on the
way here. A walk that would suggest that
they're more of a newborn deer and less of a person.
And you hear a similar thing being said that only the three
of you seem to be able to hear. So you took.
Everything from me, I want it back, it back and this person.
Not even seeming to look where they're going, steps on top of
this chef discoloring their apron along the way and lurches
closer towards you. Oh God, that's not your brother,
right? I hope not.
They. Look.
Hurt include here a doctor for animals.
But like, could you do something?
I tell you that's. Not a cat.
But you know, in like the werewolf movies, they go to the
vet and the vet can fix them because it's basically the same
thing, doctoring cats and people.
I. Don't think it is OK.
This individual doesn't look animal shaped in any way right?
It looks like a bunch of people all smashed together.
Points of people. That smashed together a similar
feature that does have the antennas.
Yeah, the antennas it has. Antennas.
No, that's way too far away from anything that Clove knows how to
deal with. Yeah, no, Talia.
I do not think it works like that.
I think we'd better run and she's going to give Talia like a
shove and Dal soon. A little push.
Go run. Oh.
And thousand starts running but not looking in what direction
they are running. Like you all the roll AD 6 for
me I don't like. It when you say.
It like that I know we've just met, but I feel like there's a
tone that I I. Didn't appreciate.
I. Unders.
I got a 5. Five.
OK, I got a 2. Oh no. 6.
OK, and I got a. 22. OK.
I'll start with the good for A5 and A6, you run.
Where do you want to run to? What feels safe right now for
you to We'll start with with you, Talia, where's a safe place
right now? I think that.
She starts running out towards the room where everyone is,
realizes that that would be disruptive to her sister and
pivots and goes for if there's like a door from the, you know,
kitchen to the outdoors for deliveries or something.
So tries to get outside the house.
Sure. I'll let you know how that goes
in a second, but you can add 1 Boone so you have a + 1 to if
you use your diced roll. If you would like it, they'll
soon. Are we following suit?
Where are we running to? What feels safe I.
Imagine. There's like.
Cabinets. And like tables with tablecloths
and like things like that. So I think dozen is small enough
that she could just duck under like a table or some sort of or
think she can. Whether that's successful or
not, who knows, But she drilled the facts.
If it by by definition that is a success, you're able to hide
you. You go to what is a customary
for you, what it feels safe, a smaller person hiding in smaller
crevices. Which brings me to Clove.
Now for a 2. Of course, on A1 or A2, that
does mean you fail the role. You will fail with consequences,
or you can have a success with a major cost.
So I'm going to give you an option.
You may choose to fail to run from this creature, or you may
choose to lose 1 facade in exchange for getting away.
I we will choose to fail to run. Because I think.
She immediately starts trying to run.
She's wearing a long dress. She's wearing heels that have
seen better days. I think she immediately breaks
one of them and trips. You trip.
And you fall and the creature gets closer to you, starts
hovering over you. You can hear and feel heavy,
labored breathing. The kind of breathing you get
when something has been lodged into your ribs or something is
simply making it to your lungs are constricted.
They get closer to you and in your mind's ear you keep hearing
the phrase we are. The hunters, you took what is
ours. We will take it back.
We will banish you from whence you came.
Ferry and. You feel that pressure building
on you, and for a brief moment here, Clove, I'm going to have
you make another D6 roll because you're going to be in a combat
situation with this creature. Great.
OK, good. Just the one, just the 1D6.
Now of course the with combat, the same rules apply.
If there is something here that you feel pertains to your
identity, your anchor, or your abilities, you can choose to add
further D sixes on that and still choose the highest 1.
And in this heightened state, there may be some of those
things that come back to mind if you wish to use them.
My 1. Thought is that Clove works as a
vet. She does surgery on animals
almost every day. Is there, you mentioned that
this, this creature feels like they have something, like
they're breathing, like something is stuck in their
ribs. Is there anything?
Can I actually see anything stuck in their ribs?
Do they look actually injured? They're they have like.
An injured vibe to them if that makes sense, but they don't look
like they have endured any kind of recent injury if that makes
sense. Their existence seems to be
painful. May I pitch to you that Clove
spends almost every day handling creatures that are scared and
hurt and in pain, and while this obviously is not an animal,
she's really good at picking up and talking to something that is
very, very scared. Sure, you.
Want to latch it onto your identity?
I do. Cool, you can roll. 2D6 Thank
you. Well, that. 2nd D6 didn't do me
any good. OK.
The first one was a four and the second one was a one.
I don't want that one. May I please have the four?
You will take the. 4 So you've won by one step.
The way combat in fairies on the run works is since there are
three levels to success in this game, there are in turn 3 levels
of success to combat. So you roll the four to my 2,
which means you are one step ahead of me.
The creature takes a minor injury and one hindrance.
Which means you were able. To successfully swerve this guy,
how do you do it? I think as this person creature
is sort of like leaning over her and whispering this extremely
alarming thing. I think she reaches out very
slowly and grabs the plate that Dal soon dropped and quickly
smacks it on the side of the ribs so she can crawl out from
under and run. The four of you are now back in
the main area all together, perhaps not hiding in different
areas, Talia heading towards the area where food delivery pickups
would be and discovering quickly that the doors have been locked.
It's at this. Time that the very stage where
Vivian would have given that opening speech is now occupied
by three similar looking creatures.
The one with the antennas, the one with the dragonfly wing, and
one additional one, the four of you.
Noting that all three of these creatures have physical
similarities to some of your own traits and have physical
qualities that defy humanity. We mentioned the wing, We
mentioned the antennas. One seems to have legs that
should be longer, but may have been locked shorter at one
point, as some inhumane people do to dogs.
Tails and standing in the center of them is 1.
Taller, stronger looking person. A full set of wings, unbent
antenna, a strong aura to them, bronze skin.
And they make an announcement to the general populace.
We. Are the hunters I their master?
We were robbed of the opportunity to grow alongside
you by 4 fairies present in this very building.
We will not rest until we have found them and replaced them.
If you wish to survive the Knights, you will assist us.
If you don't, you will stand in our way.
Know that we will find you, and we will replace you.
You do not deserve what you have, and we will take it back.
I'm looking. For them, I'm looking for Italia
and I know Clove was here too. She's not really looking for the
the girl that wasn't supposed to be here.
She's like thinking about like making sure her sister's OK,
making sure clothes OK. So she's I'm going to like I'm
going, I'm searching for them. I might just easily run into
them if you're if that makes sense.
Sure. I mean, we are now in the the
spooky part of the game, so why don't you roll AD 6 for me?
Does it help that I'm? Looking for her too.
Probably not, but just so you know, no, I'll say it helps.
Yeah. All right, I'll say I'll.
Say it helps. Listen, I'll have you both roll
AD 6. Sure, how?
We know is that. Helping really.
Or is it more just making me do it too?
All right, More chances. To succeed, Sure.
Sure, sure, fail. I rolled a three OK.
OK, I'm going to roll 2D6 and one is because it has to do with
my anchor as I'm also looking for my sister.
Sure. Sure.
OK, that is A1. And a three you will take the.
Three in that case, so you both are rolling threes here, so
we're going to take the success of the consequence route.
You certainly do find each other and bridging the gap between the
two of you is one of the hunters which you both can see.
What do you mean bridging the? Gap so.
Let's say like you're here, right?
And then you see Clove from across the room.
But on the pathway to Clove, there's a hunter standing in
your way. So.
It's not. I thought they were all standing
on like a they move quickly. They move quickly.
They defy logic. Right now, one of them is in the
way. The stage happened.
They dispersed. They're looking for you.
Then I will tried to go. I'll just walk around him and
like die for Clove if that's what I see.
You said I see Clove. Yeah, you see.
Clove and I'll discuss that in a brief moment.
Clove Same thing for you. You see Vivian from across the
room. There's a hunter standing in
your way. Yeah.
Clove, I think, tears out of the kitchen.
She has 1 broken heel and she's in the process of kicking it
off. She is trying to pull off the
other one that is still a full heel and I think she sees this
hunter standing between her and Vivian.
This hunter, the one between us, looks clearly eldritch, right?
Yeah, I would. Say so this little, let's call
this guy the the the one whose legs look that they've been
adjusted, OK? Is he looking at Vivian or
Clove? He's looking at you.
Clove. OK.
I think she tears out of this kitchen, spins around, is in the
process of kicking off her broken heel, pulling off her
full heel, sees this creature looking at her, and just in a
moment of panic flings her heel directly at him.
Beautiful. Get him in the eye.
Cool. So here's how we're going to
handle this clove. You're attacking, so we're going
to put you into a combat situation.
Not again. Be the dice, not.
Again. Also if I can help I would like
to help. Sure, the the.
Flexible nature of the dice rolls in.
This means whatever you are intending to do, you can do it
as long as your dice says you can do it OK.
Well, I would like to convince all the people to like, rush him
and like, mob him. Like it's just one of this
person. I don't know the hunters, Yeah,
per se, but there's fifty of us and there's one of him, and I'm
good at convincing people. I would like to activate my
power to do this. Okay, so you're going.
To use your command magic, which means no matter how this role
goes, you will lose 1 facade Your your your magic will be a
little bit more exposed. But you can add an additional
dice to your role now. Yeah, so she wants to protect
the people that she cares about. And I think she sees Clove and
thinks that she might be in trouble.
So, so, so using command it only gives you just a plus one.
That's it. Yeah, using your.
Magic gives you an extra dice that you can use, and you can
also supplement that with anything else you wanted to use.
I know you mentioned you wanted to use your anchor as well,
right? OK, Yeah.
OK, OK, so that's a 5 on that one.
Oh my God. I wrote 3 fives.
That's pretty good. That should mean something.
It means you wrote a 5. So I got a five.
I am. I have like a group of people
around me and I'm just letting them know.
Listen, I know that you're scared.
But there's more of. The of there's more of us here
than them. Do not let them take us down.
A. Cluster of these mortals, these
regular beings, hear your instruction, feel compelled to
help, the kind of thing you've always had influence over for as
long as you can remember, and a smattering of them crowd this
person. Restrained.
Them and prevent them from getting to clove, giving you a
more clear path to reach her. OK, so.
Yes. So Clove, you see all this and
then I go, I'm going to rush towards you.
Now that that person is taken care of, I'm going to grab you.
I'm going to grab your hand. I'm going to say, where's my
sister? Where's Talia?
I don't know if we ran. There was a thing.
It looked like you and me and also her and it.
Yeah, I, I. Don't know what's going on.
I don't know what these creatures are, but we need to
find what they said we took What?
Was theirs and they're taking it back, but I've never taken
anything from anyone else. I don't understand.
Just just. Listen.
We can't think about what they're telling us right now.
It doesn't matter. We have to find Talia.
We have to make sure she's OK. Yeah.
Let's go, let's go. I'm going on to you.
Don't let go of my hand. So after hearing this
announcement, hearing the crowd descend into chaos, knowing what
you're looking for and remembering what you saw in the
kitchen, what do you do? 1000 has been.
Listening to everything that's been happening outside from
under the table and maybe taking a little peeksy in there and
it's just like, fuck, I just wanted find my brother, maybe
steal some food. Anyway, So and then like goes to
like kind of like sticks their hand up on the table and starts
like kind of like looking to see if they can grab with their hand
to like some kind of like butter knife or some utensil or
something. Is there anything on the table
that I can grab as a weapon? Oh, I feel like I should make
you roll for it. I feel like you should too.
Yeah, Roll the D6 for me, OK. I got a four.
So this. Is going to be either a success
or the complication or a failure without consequence.
So the the question becomes, would you like to give the
hunters a boon or give yourself a hindrance?
I love hindrances. I'll give myself a hindrance for
taking a. Hindrance, we're going to say
you reach up there and and you do feel that cut on your palm
makes it harder to grasp things in the hand you were looking for
a given the force you were choosing to search with, OK.
Great OW. So I.
Grabbed the knife, I got shit and stabbed myself and then like
pull it down. I'm just like fucking kidding
me. Like rub my fucking really dirty
like caked sleeve. Now that has cake on it right
'cause like that happened. I like, I don't have napkins
because that pisses my mom off so bad.
So it was like fine. And then I just like, I think I
take the knife and if that's OK, I take the knife, I stab in a
little bit of the tablecloth. I RIP some of it out so I can
like wrap my hands with it. And then I like kimchi, squat my
way out from under the table, like very slowly, kind of like
looking to see if I can help or maybe sneak up behind something
or what the situation is because I've just been hearing noise at
this point. Yeah, let.
Me Tell you what you see here you are seeing a collection of
people, mortals, all dogpiling and one of those monsters that
gave that speech earlier. You see the person who was
telling you, or just kind of asking you what you're doing
here now, settling towards the back of the building with Clove,
the person you were hiding with earlier.
Whatever's going on seems to be revolving around those two I.
Think I'm going to stab? Something.
Yeah. Let's.
Fucking go. We have we of course, have the
monster who's being restrained by the mortals, and we have the
other two that are lingering around, searching, lurching, and
we have the master of the hunt, as they introduced himself,
standing stoically, overseeing all the chaos.
I don't want to go after. I guess I'll help the mortals
because they seem like I don't want them to die.
I mean, I feel like I'm also know that I am a mortal at this
time, so I think I just see the one that's already restrained
and I just like. Run.
Towards it because why be stealthy now if they've already
got it like taken care of so I just run towards it and do like
a jump stab like right in there like as like right into it's
like face hell yeah that'll. Be a combat roll with AD 6.
Is there anything with your magic, your identity, your
anchor that's pushing you forward?
If I. Can argue that I'm really pissed
off right now because I thought I was here to find my brother
and these things showed up and tie it to my identity or my
anchor. I mean, yeah, because.
Using the extra die, they're going to offset their hindrance
that they got from being stabbed to the ice.
So now you can. Roll AD 6.
I got a six. And a four.
Brilliant. Well, we'll take the six.
So with your knife, go ahead and describe to me how you stab this
hunter. She literally.
Just runs up like almost like Tifa Evan Children's style like
runs up and just like and like almost slow motion like running
in the air like stabs it like and lands probably on top of it.
I would imagine probably knocking it also to the ground.
Maybe some people with it. I don't really know if there's
anybody behind it or not sure the the.
People restraining them all what kind of like let go all at once.
All of a sudden this mystery person has come out of nowhere
to stab them with a knife. And you deal one fatal injury to
this hunter. They're not dead yet and they
never surrender. But as you're throwing the knife
into them and you're still up over their body, you you see
human blood coming out of them. And you hear that voice in your
head as they try and point at you saying this will change and.
Nothing. I will take what I am owned.
Oh, and you just hear. What the fuck did you just ah.
Talia. Talia.
Talia is still in the kitchen, and while she heard this speech,
she doesn't quite believe that she's one of the people being
hunted because yeah, she's never taken anything from anyone in
her life, probably to her detriment.
But she does think that everyone in the building is in danger.
So, finding the door locked, I think that she is going to try
again, opening it a little more urgently and this time invoking
her domain. Clever.
You mirror 2D6 and you will drop your Facade down to 5, yes.
And I have a boon from my first roll, so I would like to add
that 3D. 6. Oh, OK, one of.
Those is a six. One of them is A1.
Look at that. One of them is a six.
You can take another. Boon on top of that, tell me how
you destroy the lock. Yeah, I.
Think that what it looks like is that she trickles the handle
normally and then does it again and the doorknob fully just
melts beneath her hand, just molten iron pooling unnoticed at
her feet as the door is able to finally swing open.
And she doesn't quite comprehend, I think, what
happened and is just sort of looking around because last she
saw Clover was right here and there are people running and
it's just going to try and shepherd people out the door.
A shock to you? As the doorknob melts under your
hands with the door does in fact open and you start escorting
people out of the building. And around this time, Vivian
will likely find you. You see me?
I'm coming. I am dragging clove with me.
Talia, are you OK? I'm fine.
What? Who are?
These people, this, I don't know, agreement, right, OK.
They. Are spawns from hell?
I don't know what's going on. We need to get out of here.
Our new friend has a knife and definitely stabbed one of them
but they did bleed normal blood. I feel like I would.
See y'all like because I saw you 2 before, yeah.
Yeah, and you before? Too.
So I think that I would be like, what are they doing?
And I think I would follow maybe probably not like walk up to,
but like be in the background of She's not.
Hey, she's still have a knife. Important question, yes.
Cool, cool, cool. Cool, cool, cool, cool.
We need to. Leave right now.
This is not a horror movie where we investigate the scary thing.
We're leaving, OK. Well, and sort of gestures to
the open door. Hi.
Hello. Hi, quick.
All right. Hi, quick, quick, quick
question. You stab people regularly or is
this sort of like in an odd circumstance because it was very
monster shaped? Just checking in.
I don't stab. People that are nice to me.
Huh. Would you say?
I've been nice to you, yes. All right, let's go.
OK, I'm still. Holding.
On to your hand and it's clove. Yeah, I think that.
Clove does not even realize that they're holding hands for a long
time. We don't have time.
To stop. What are you doing?
Well, I'm trying to see if the. Person with a knife wants to
come with us. I don't want to stab anyone.
She's obviously cool with it. Did you do this?
There is only one thing that was out of place in this party and
it was you. And she's looking.
At you del Soon with a knife. I don't think I would.
Call this a party anymore. I feel like I would call this
almost a massacre at this point. And you have blood on you.
Yeah, and people are alive and bad guy is dead.
You're welcome. Did you have anything to do with
this? And Dowson just.
Like wide. Eyes.
Like I'm literally just here to find my brother, yeah.
But when I asked for your brother's name, you didn't give
it. Something is off.
He looked just like me. If you've seen him.
I think you would know. OK, so anyway.
Obviously. Giant entity, whatever.
That. Was is can we focus?
So now Clove leads up to Vivian's ear.
Viv, she has a knife. Maybe we don't fight right now.
I'm. Not I'm not OK.
We just need to get somewhere and I feel like we need to call
the police. But in these situations, they
they're going to think we're crazy, that we're just a group
of four crazy women in the city and that this stuff happens all
the time and we're on drugs or whatever.
We just need to. Can we find somewhere to just
talk about this? My, my office.
My office is really close. It's totally dead this time of
night. No one's going to be there.
Just a bunch of cats. Let's go.
And so you start heading towards close veterinary office.
As mentioned, a completely dark at night, a key to get in plenty
of cats to keep you company. Now that you're here, now that
you feel as if you've achieved safety, what do you do to ensure
it? Cove, I haven't been here in a
while. Did you ever get those nicer
locks and security system that I suggested?
No please. Era I have I can't afford them.
Look at all these cats. We lose like $1000 per sick cat.
I know, but. I there is lots of loans you
could have taken. OK, well, I do we have anything,
sweetheart? You know I can't.
Pay them back. Hey new friend with a knife, is
your hand bleeding? Checks it.
Not anymore. I wrapped it.
In a tablecloth, that's not. I set you up.
Come here. Talia, can you make some calls
please? I could try, yeah.
Do we have? Reception again Grant.
Now that. Let's let's.
Find out what Talia made. Roll the D6 for me.
Oh no. That's A1 Talia.
You have two. Options here you can fail and
have no reception and no way to communicate with the outside
world, or you can lose a facade to succeed.
I like. Failing.
I want to keep my facade. I want my phone to be dead.
I think that she, yeah, pulls out her phone, sees that they
still have no reception and he'll say now my phone's.
Still not working, but we'll also look towards where Clove is
getting ready to stitch up this person in her animal clinic,
which she said was not a real thing from werewolf movies, but
clearly is. And just to give you a little
smug smile. You were right.
You're always right. I guess I'm just.
Looking for like chairs or like heavy wood I think barricade.
The doors and windows and such, Yeah, I think there's.
Like a basic deadbolt that does work, but it's just a deadbolt.
I think that's all there is. Roll AD 6.
For me to see if you can barricade the room, it's just
1D. 6 And I'm thinking about my sister, so I'm thinking about my
anchor. So that's. 22 threes. 2 threes.
So we take a three for that. Would you like to give a boon or
take a hindrance? I'll I'll take a hindrance.
OK, you will have a -1 on your next roll here -1 die.
And the narrative here is we're looking to build a barricade.
Is that something you've ever done before or would you know
where to start? No.
She's seen enough movies though. You set things up just the way
they ought to be in the movies, and you will hope it's enough.
There's no reason for them to be following us.
There were still a lot of people in the manner.
I think we're probably fine here.
Yeah, but they. Did point us out and they were
talking in gibberish and riddles about us taking something.
So they're they're. Obviously have some type of
grudge against us. I don't know what we did.
That was at. US.
Yeah, Oh. Is the nice person still
stitching my hand up nicely though?
I. Think I'm just finishing and
she's like you OK, I was as quick as I could be that was.
That was nice. Thank you.
I'm. You should have an actual human
doctor redo this later though. Will do.
And she's going to wrap like a just a bandage on the outside of
stitches to make sure it doesn't get dirty.
OK. Oh, then I think.
That'll soon will just like give you a little nod and say thank
you and then kind of like. Dust himself off.
A little bit be like, well do you need someone that can stab
things? I would say in.
A normal day? No, but.
Because I'm a surgeon, so. Usually I stab things, but
gently, but in this moment that could be helpful.
Do you want to hang out here for just until everyone's phones
kick back on? I know your brother's probably
not in here, but unless your brother's a cat.
Oh. Yeah, he doesn't like cats,
that's for sure, I don't think. We should be joking right now,
Chloe. You'll have to excuse Vivian.
She suffers from an excess of seriousness and money.
I just think. Something serious happened and
there's no time for jokes. Just no one is taking it as.
I feel like I'm. In a nightmare right now.
This is crazy. We just saw.
People with like wings growing out of their back.
You stab somebody in the eye and.
Now you're. Joking that her brother's a cat.
I don't, I don't know. Cards on the table?
Has anyone actually taken anything from anyone?
Something that would matter. Something.
Like something that would summon a bunch of monsters to a gala.
I can't think of anything, I don't think.
Any of us did anything? Although I don't know you so I
don't know what you could have done as she looks at you.
Also, my name is Vivian. I haven't introduced myself yet,
sorry. 1000 I do not control monsters so.
The moment now. Soon says this, there's a flash
of lightning outside of the windows of your veterinary
clinic. The cats all start meowing in a
chorus, as if they're trying to alert you to something or is
there something scared them? And in the brief moment of that
flash of lightning, you can see the three hunters standing
outside the window, one of them putting a grotesque hand against
it, and that thought coming through your heads again.
You replaced us. We will replace you and the
Lightning. Flashes and they vanish from
sight again and you start hearing a banging on the door
and you start hoping that the barricade will hold.
Hard to say at this moment. What do you do?
We need to go to the backroom or something I.
Think Clove grabs A scalpel I. Guess I'm going to grab like the
glass jar that has the the treats inside of it.
Sure, I'm going to dump out all the treats and just have.
Gone. Give them treats.
I'm not I'm. Not going to throw the treats at
the monster but I'm have the glass bowl just like ready.
I'd like to grab a couple of syringes too.
Cool. Yeah, I.
Was going to say I. Think that Talia goes not for
the new syringes but for like the shrimp's disposal and grabs
some used cat needles out Talia. Be careful, don't dirty syringe,
there's clean ones. Are you worried?
About their blood borne illnesses, We've stabbed one of
them and now he's missing all his blood.
No, I'm not. I'm worried that you'll give
them a disease. I'm worried about you.
You're giving yourself something.
Just take a clean. 1. Why?
Why are you acting? So chaotic today.
It's a. Bit of a chaotic night.
Better plan. And Clove is gonna hand Talia
like a large syringe Butorphenol probably make him go to sleep.
It's a good idea, don't miss. It's expensive, I think.
If there's any food I would like to grab something to snack.
Stabbing. Makes you hungry?
Well. It's a vet's office, so there's
lots of cans of cat food, and there's probably like a couple
real old granola bars. Yeah, like I was.
Thinking, don't you have somebody that has to have like
maybe like in their desk or something?
It's like. Yeah, sure too.
Yeah, yeah, just what, like peanut butter crackers from like
the grocery store, like the Ritz ones?
Yeah, just whatever. I think you just start hearing
crunching like stale. OK, I think we.
Should all move? I think we should all move to
the back, yes. Yeah, there's a back door.
It works like half the time. As you all.
Move to the back, I'm going to have you all roll AD 6.
I had a. Hindrance.
So what does that mean? Do you have a hindrance?
So I'll put it this way. You have a hindrance which means
you would take an automatic fail.
If you're leaving, roll 1D6. But if you're still motivated by
protecting your sister, you can roll one.
I am thinking. About my sister and everybody's
safety. So I'll roll one more the Oh,
actually, no, I just rolled one. That was a three.
I got a 2. 2. I got it too.
We're cooking. I got a one.
No. 4 three The first thing that's going to happen is you're
going to tell me if you want to give a boon or take a hindrance.
I'll take a hindrance. -1 on your next roll there, the
meowing grows louder from the front, as if a stranger has
entered the building and you hear those footsteps getting
closer and closer. The safety of this place is
feeling less so. So I'm going to go through each
person here. You, of course can fail for A1
or A2, or you can choose to succeed with whatever you're
planning or even evading danger by dropping your facade.
So we'll go ahead and start with you.
Talia would just drop your facade or fail.
Yeah, I. Will drop a facade as I think
that Talia uses her new door opening powers again.
I'll lose a facade, OK? And I assume, clove, you're
gonna do the same. Hell yeah I am.
One shot. Let's go.
Yeah, let's go. Burn those facades.
Burn them. Everyone chooses to reveal more
of their fairy entity in exchange for safety.
Clove, how do you escape the vet's office?
I would like. To talk to my cats nature
domain. You can communicate and interact
with all non human life forms. You know more about them than
any human being. I think we're sprinting through
the back, which is like a little isolation room.
Isolation room. So that's for cats that are have
needed a special amount of care. Ones that I've been handling for
like weeks, maybe months, every day medicating, like treating
them. Ones that have like more going
on. So I know them by name and they
know me too. You.
Hear the voice of one of the ones you've been taking care of,
and it chimes in saying you've been taking.
Such good care of us. Let us take care of you.
We can handle the strangers. What buttons did you just talk
to me? It's not the name I know.
Myself as but I recognize that, you know it's my name.
We will make it so you can get away.
They can't hurt us. She's.
Going to while she's maintaining eye contact with this sort of
scruffy 3 legged orange cat is going to reach out slowly and
unclip his kennel and let him out.
The cage is all unlocked and the the cats do as they swore to do.
They are keeping you safe as you continue to escape, but it's
safe to say that your vet's office is no longer on the
table. Now.
You'll recall that these hunters at the beginning of the gala
said that they are going to be hunting you till morning and the
evening is beginning to wane, the sun beginning to rise.
What do you do now that you're outside Dal soon?
That you said, that's your name, right?
Yeah, Yeah. Yeah.
Do you have? Any place that we can just hide
till the sun comes up? This might be like.
I know this sounds crazy but I think this might be like a
vampire situation. I don't know.
This whole night is. Crazy.
Yeah. I don't.
Know this whole night has been crazy.
Yeah, I know. That's true.
It's been a little wild. A little, yeah.
Yeah. We can do I have a play?
I imagine I do. She's like looking at you.
She's. Like I just think that you, I
don't know, you seem like you just have a lot of spot.
Yeah, yeah, I. Mean there's spots everywhere we
could yeah. And so I think Dawson is
thinking of like the. Corner Asian.
Market probably and like because I know the audrimal that works
there so we can hide in the back because I have a tab.
As you as you reach the Asian market, I'm going to say this is
your last stand. The the cats did as they
promised. Cats, of course, cannot die in
this situation. They inflicted enough damage to
these creatures. You hunker down in here.
You start bracing for impact. You have safety here.
It's pretty clearly understood that they're still going to
catch up, but you've been given time and you have been given an
advantage with the the the veterinary cats dealing a fatal
injury to each of the hunters, meaning they will be easier to
take down. At this juncture, the only real
way to ensure your own safety may be eliminating them and that
reality starts to come across your minds as you see them
lurching towards the entrance of the Asian market.
So they're they're. Fatally injured.
Maybe there's something in this Asian market we can throw at
them that's like, if they're already injured, maybe there's
yeah, maybe there's something we can like throw in their wounds
to like make it burn. Yeah, there's probably.
Knives too. Lots of.
Knives. Lots of fish?
Sure, Clove wants to try. To get in a situation where she
can talk to one of them. It's going to say yeah.
Talia also is not preparing to fight.
But I think we'll ask because in her life there is very little
that Vivian has asked for and not received.
And so we'll say, just can't you try talking to them?
I mean, if we've accidentally taken something, we can give it
back. We just need a minute to find
out what it is. I guess we could.
Try talking to them, but they just didn't.
I don't know. They just came across so
aggressive, like they wouldn't even care what we had to say.
We could try. Though this is the only thing we
haven't tried. Do you want to talk?
To them. I not.
Really. But they're.
I don't know. OK, I have an.
Idea what if? Plan.
A is Talia and I talked to them and Plan B is and she points at
the knife that Dao we do the Dao soon method you know OK I.
Mean Vivian's much better at talking than I am, so maybe it
should be you and her. You want me and?
Clove to talk to them. You remember our?
Breakup, right? We weren't super good at talking
at that time. We don't.
This is not the time to bring that up.
Didn't even need to be whoever. Is going to do it?
Can I propose that for my domain, since I do illusion, Can
I try? Maybe by accident, just because
I don't want the nice lady who bandaged my hand to get hurt?
I can make their voices seem bigger than they are, like as if
they are speaking through like a megaphone or some type of like,
just booming them as the illusion.
Yeah. So here's how.
We'll arrange the order here, then we're going to have call
this an initiative, if you will. We'll have DAO soon.
Roll to use their magic. You will drop 1 facade by
default. Yeah, by by doing so.
And. Then we will have the the BB
talking party plead their case and we'll treat it like you're
attacking the hunters. And then if all else fails
there, it falls to the last her, the last person in the order to
do something. Which sounds like it's Vivian,
right? I have a glass bowl.
I'm just like looking at Dal soon, just like if that, if that
doesn't work, you know, we have like the items.
So there you go. Yeah, so we'll start with Dao
Soon's rule. You can roll at least 2D6 for
me. OK, I.
Got a six and A1A. 6 is an extra.
Success. And and you get a boon.
So you, unbeknownst to you, through the simple desire of
wanting it to happen and wanting this to work.
Tell me how you're a mat. Your magic manifests itself in
this Asian market, I think. That being in the Asian market
reminds her of her brother in a way that like.
Kind of. Create like resurfaces that
bond. Like normally she's really
fucking pissed at him, but like right now she's kind of like,
wow, he would know what to do. I don't know what I'm doing.
And like that would be really nice if he was here right now.
And like, it just kind of like makes her think of the time
where like, I think she goes to like, yell for him, but instead
of yelling for him, it like manifests as like whoever is
talking is yelling instead. And just kind of like these
ribbons, kind of like, like sound waves.
Yeah. Your power is.
Like is pulled out of you and then is transferred into them.
Yeah. Nice, cool.
If I if I may, then would you like to give the boon you earned
to one of them? Yes.
Let's. Do that.
Nice. Which will.
Bring me to the the chatting team.
So Clove is the person who proposed the idea.
What do you say to the hunters now that they can absolutely
hear you with a booming voice? I don't understand.
I mean this sincerely. What did we take?
Please help us understand. I never want to hurt anyone.
I give all my time. I give my whole life.
Please help me understand. We don't want to hurt you,
Clove. You received a boon from DA.
Soon you were able to to roll as such.
Is there anything with your anchor or your identity or your
magic you want to incorporate here?
Her identity is that she is a caretaker all the time, and I
think that is part of what she's saying.
So that'll be 3. D6.
We will take a 5A5 as a success after all.
So with that you get a clear answer.
The master of the hunt says when we.
Were children barely able to think, speak or walk?
We were taken from our homes, brought to the world of the
fairies, and replaced with you. You, in your infancies, robbed
us of ours. We have grown, we have matured,
we have strengthened. We have one night to take back
what is ours. We will assume where you left
off. You will assume where we left
off. I think that Talia is also
trembling a little bit but takes off a ring that is her mother's
was like a high school class ring that was passed on when
Talia became a teacher as well, like her parents.
And she sort of holds it, offering through the door so
they can't see, but maybe they can feel it.
And we'll say. If.
What you're saying is true. It was never.
Our intent we're. Not the ones who chose to
replace you. And I don't know why.
Why you would have to kill us to come back.
You could just. You'd be welcome to join in our
family. You would.
Not be killed, you would be replaced.
Why is it 0 sum? Why can't we both be here?
Sing a role for me, sure. Talia's identity is as a dutiful
daughter, so I think that offering them a place in her
family is pulling on that. And her anchor is also.
Her. Family and keeping it thriving
and then I have a boom so I'm rolling for a dice.
Solid. Good luck.
Oh, OK. There's a six in there.
I'll. Take an extreme success, Vivian.
You can sense the slowing down, the thinking of the hunters
here, a group hell bent on replacing you, the master not
relenting at all, but you knowing people can sense new
hesitation in the remaining hunters as they begin to look at
their leader and consider the offer they've been made.
What do you do? She.
Will talk to them as well and see.
So what are you going to do? You know this is not our fault.
We didn't choose to be here if this story is true.
They are slow to speak the the hunter still though the master
of the hunt I should say, still unrelenting speaks in your mind
saying there is no other. Alternative We have suffered and
now you must suffer but the. Other two hunters still
lingering slow behind him. There will be no.
Trades today. Hold on, hold on.
You're like, you have the knife. You're like now, Clove.
Puts a hand on Dal suit. Vivian, I'm going to roll for
this one to see if see who blinks first, basically.
OK. I think her identity is coming
into play because she's the. Schmoozer.
Talking to people and and her anchor is nearby and Clove is
there too. And El soon she wants everybody
to stay. We, we also matter.
Yeah, they. Matter too.
We matter too. But I have a hindrance.
So that's just rolling 10. That's a six, which is an.
Extreme success, as we know, which means you get to dictate
how you succeed. What is?
Success in this moment. Do they listen to your sister?
Do they go into the night? What do you do?
Oh. Yeah, it's, it's a culmination
of all those things. So they're they listen to Talia,
they listen to me. And they might see like a the
shine of a knife off of the tip of Delson's knife, maybe.
And and so they decide to walk away, that there must be other
fairies in this city or whoever. There's a realization amongst
the hunters, two of them whispering into their leader,
saying Sir, we have been. Trying to capture them all
night. They seem prepared.
Their magic, their words. We are severely injured.
We've been attacked by mortals and creatures we've never seen
before. We we can't go back, but we
can't stay here and as the sun. Begins to rise on the hunt.
The master looks you all down and says.
We will find our own path. Do not cross ours and the
hunters. Vanish from your view.
You have survived the night. They just disappear.
Did we just? Use the.
Power of understanding, yeah. Oh, thank God.
You are no longer able to see them for whatever reason, and
you have a moment to yourself as the morning rises.
No sleep, a gala ruined as you sit.
A. New group in this Asian market
where you've claimed sanctuary. The night ends.
Yeah, I'm just. I'm going.
To have you have a Is there a bowl of rice in here somewhere?
I was going to say, who wants? Some Ramyan.
Yeah, ramen. Ramen would be.
Great. Yeah, we're just like in a
backroom now with the ramen around the small table.
Yeah. I I don't.
Know what that was, What that night was.
I I think. We're, I don't know, I mean,
you, you've read the lore, right?
I think we're changing. So I don't think we're supposed
to be here, but I don't know what.
To. Believe these are our.
Lives now, right? I mean, I got like 50 cats in
there that need me to like, medicate them.
I'm not leaving. There's a lot.
Of people who rely on me as well.
Plus, it sounds like there's. Not cats in Fairy Land, so I'm
not fucking with that. Sounds no fun but Dell soon I
can help you find your brother if he's truly missing.
Like if you really need help I I have a lot of contacts you
really want to find him. OK.
I think Dustin. Like nods and is like very
grateful, and then shoves a bite of ramen into her mouth.
Talia will pitch in with AI. Think you said you had a tap
here. She can also pay your tap.
What? Yep, thanks Talia, I can.
That's so nice of. You Oh my gosh, no way because
it's been so hard honestly, the Ogivia has been so on my ass
about this and like. Yeah, he's just.
Like this? Yep.
Also. To be honest, you're pretty good
with a knife. Have you ever thought of being a
veterinary assistant? Are.
You giving me a job I can't? OK.
Yes, well, I got to tell you, the pay is so bad.
It's, you know, it's like seriously, you don't understand.
It's so bad. No, no, it's relation.
No, it's relationshiply ending bad.
I can, I can. Cook.
Don't I can. Cook.
I can, I will, I will brush the cats.
I don't know how to do that, but I will figure it out.
But you don't know how to. Brush a cat.
It's OK, we'll figure it out as the.
Sun rises over the big city. New unlearnable facts about
yourselves. Impossible facts unlearn as you
try to figure out what your life looks like now, how you'll
maintain that facade, and what role magic will play in your
lives going forward. If nothing else, you will be
safe from the hunters. And that's.
Fairies on the run, hey? We did it.
Thank you all so much for playing with me here tonight.
As we mentioned up top fairies on the run is by Helena Ray all
and the link to the buy of the game is in the episode
description. I think it's a lot of fun and I
think there's a lot of possibilities for heart pounding
action at your next table, if I do say so myself.
But let me tell you about the fantastic players we had here
today. Maya, thank you for joining us.
Where can we find more of you? Again, you can.
Find me at Maya's game room or on YouTube.
I forgot to mention this up top, but our YouTube channel with me
and a whole bunch of other GM's with a lot of actual plays.
It's called looking for mom. She is ever elusive but you can
go to the YouTube channel to watch us play a whole bunch.
Hell. Yeah.
Hell yeah. Hell.
Yeah, Alyssa, where can we find more of you?
Yeah, you can. Find me on a blue sky at a
disaster queer and you can find my games on itch dot IO at a
disaster queer, including under solved saffic tension, which you
may have heard on this very podcast A2 player game about
oblivious lesbians realizing that the object of their
affection might share their feelings so good and you can
find me. You can also find me on the
podcast Goblets and Gays which is a Pathfinder 2E actual play.
Nice. Love gals and.
Gays, Young goes Where can we find more of you?
Hi. Young OLS, where can you find
me? I'm mostly on blue sky, I yell a
lot on TikTok and I if you want to see me actually play games I
play Grace in a girl by moonlight.
Evangelion. Inspired game where we pilot the
bodies of dead gods over on Live After.
It's really, really good. Life from the Apocalypse.
It's a really good game. And then I also play or no,
that's Entropy Emporium. Oh my God, there's too many
channels. That's on Entropy Emporium.
And then on Life After the Apocalypse.
I have or Live from the Apocalypse.
I have a Monsters of the Week game that we're currently
running where we play a bunch of.
Haunted. Orphans, for a lack of better
term, to truncate it down in Massachusetts and we just are
going to UK now. I don't know, it's like.
Fun. Anyway, that's where you can
find me. I'm a simple.
Person if I see young US was doing something, I assume it's
cool. You're going to make me find.
More of you. You can.
Find me on social media as Trey Silver Tooth and you can find me
always jamming Bad Heroes, which is a Pathfinder 1E game about
Queens, demons, and the more charming forces of hell.
I can also be occasionally found on Shrimp and Crits and other
shows. I love bad heroes.
I love bad heroes so much. I love all your stuff.
That's why I keep inviting you to these things.
Shucks, thank you all again for playing here today.
If you are rightfully a fan of one of these four or all of them
if you're smart and this is your first time listening to Game
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Bye, bye, bye. Bye.
Because you have a tap. OK, how far is it?
I don't know, Grant, how far away is it like so close It's a?
One shot. You gotta get there, right?
Yeah, it's. Like straight there two blocks.
Down the road. OK, lead the way.
Let's. Go OK.
Book it.