Fey me Twice
***Trigger warning!*** In these sessions, we discover that the place we’re breaking out of operates a business in which paying customers rape the magical creatures held prisoner. We resolve the situations with violence.
August 26th!
(The dilemmas one encounters when one is a raging psychopath.)
Atraxian: Should I take his face off? Like in Face-Off?
Sionnach: Yes!
Shawn: I take his face off.
Robert: Like in Face-Off.
Adam: Are you... really going to -
Shawn: Yes!
(We learn that the scientists here are harvesting the organs of various magical creatures to transfer their magical properties and abilities onto others. Naturally, Atraxian decides to eat the adrenal glands recently harvested from the poor soul on the vivisection table.)
Mad scientist: Those are best with some salt.
Atraxian: He seems like a disturbing man, but he probably knows what he’s talking about.
(Atraxian begins moving at great speed, becoming difficult for the other party members to follow with their eyes.)
Eric: That is far from the worst thing that could have happened.
(The effect wears off.)
Sionnach: What happened to you?
Atraxian: I don’t know- but it was awesome!
(We continue exploring the dungeon. We find a disgusting man being pleasured sexually by a dozen tiny fey creatures who appear to be mind-controlled.)
Shawn: In Infernal, I say, “What has been seen cannot be unseen!”
(We open more doors and find more and more people raping mind-controlled magical creatures, including a human woman being pleasured by a satyr. We destroy the magical item maintaining the mind control and leave the room. We also find a room in which people can simply watch what’s happening in the other rooms.)
Atraxian: I would feel bad, but it’s an evil sex cult!
Aarevan: Not everyone here deserves to- oh, too late.
(In what appears to be a manager’s office…)
Aarevan: Don’t touch the chalice. It’s evil.
Atraxian: How evil?
Aarevan: Indescribably.
Atraxian: More evil than me?
Aarevan: Yes.
Adam the GM: You also find a ledger. It’s full of day-to-day activities that go on here.
Shawn: So… how horrific? Pretty horrific?
Adam the GM: Yeah.
(We return to the room where we found the human and the satyr. No sign of the human, but the satyr appears to have been torn to pieces.)
Atraxian: We should have finished her off.
Sionnach: We should be inclusive in our murder.
(We also find a mirror which radiates magic. No one looks into it.)
Eric: We need a +1 chair.
September 2nd!
(We also find an all-tools vest, capable of creating whatever tool we need.)
Aarevan: We have a portable anvil creator!
Sionnach: …shotgun?
(More rape- this time several human men and a wood nymph. Liriel decides to hex the men so they fall asleep.
Aarevan: Depending on who you affect first, it could be minutes before anyone notices.
Shawn: I kill them all. But not her! We aren’t killing her, are we? I kill everyone except her.
(We find a door more ornate than the rest. Atraxian tries to break it down and fails. Sionnach opens it with a key.)
Atraxian: Take all the fun out of it, why don’t you!
(Behind the door is a room filled with oils and perfumes which just so happen to be extremely flammable. After some discussion, we decide that now is not the time to burn the place to the ground.)
Sionnach: So this is a postponed thing, not a canceled thing. Right? I would not be sad if we blew up this whole place with my father still in it.
(Back in the room with the magic mirror, Liriel looks into it. She is immediately replaced by an identical copy with the same memories, but is now good instead of evil. Some of the party members begin to suspect that something is amiss).
Atraxian: Liriel, what do you think of my murders?
Liriel: Your murders?
Atraxian: Yes. The ones that I commit.
Liriel: I think they’re pretty excessive!
(A secret passage is located that leads us downstairs into a yet another laboratory/museum. Among the things we find are Kalsted, who led us here in the first place, unconscious and hooked up to some medical equipment.)
Robert: Can I tell whether detaching the equipment will be dangerous?
Adam the GM: If you want to err on the side of not-killing-him…
Robert: That isn’t usually the side I err on.
(After determining that the items on display are enchanted with powerful magic, Aarevan begins smashing display cases. However, he isn’t as skilled at disabling traps as he’d like to be.)
Adam: Roll fortitude.
Eric: 20.
Adam: You’re blind.
(and again.)
Adam: Roll fortitude.
Eric: I already know what’s going to happen. 20. I’m blind again.
Adam: Actually, you’re vomiting this time!
(and again.)
Atraxian: Couldn’t you check for traps this time?
Aarevan: We already know it’s trapped!
(suddenly, a idea!)
Eric: I know how to disable the trap safely! I back away and throw my crowbar from a distance. Ranged disable device!
Atraxian: Sionnach, you could just throw a bomb.
Sionnach: But he’s having so much fun!
Atraxian: Yeah. That’s just years of academic repression.
(We find what may be an exit.)
Atraxian: If this leads out, are we going back and setting fire to the place?
Aarevan: I don’t really see the point.
Sionnach: Setting fire to things is its own reward!
(When a display case that contains a severed monkey’s paw is smashed, the paw attaches itself to Aarevan’s wrist and cannot be removed.)
Aarevan: We have a problem.
Atraxian: No, you have a problem. Try making a wish!
Aarevan: No!
(Comments from the peanut gallery)
Marlo: I use my X-ray vision and look through the case! Oh. I’m not there. Sorry.
(Aarevan gets trapped in a compartment behind a wall and it takes several minutes to get him out. In the meantime, the rest of the party is still smashing display cases.)
Atraxian: Welcome back. Look what I got!
Aarevan: Who gave him a magic scythe?
August 26th!
(The dilemmas one encounters when one is a raging psychopath.)
Atraxian: Should I take his face off? Like in Face-Off?
Sionnach: Yes!
Shawn: I take his face off.
Robert: Like in Face-Off.
Adam: Are you... really going to -
Shawn: Yes!
(We learn that the scientists here are harvesting the organs of various magical creatures to transfer their magical properties and abilities onto others. Naturally, Atraxian decides to eat the adrenal glands recently harvested from the poor soul on the vivisection table.)
Mad scientist: Those are best with some salt.
Atraxian: He seems like a disturbing man, but he probably knows what he’s talking about.
(Atraxian begins moving at great speed, becoming difficult for the other party members to follow with their eyes.)
Eric: That is far from the worst thing that could have happened.
(The effect wears off.)
Sionnach: What happened to you?
Atraxian: I don’t know- but it was awesome!
(We continue exploring the dungeon. We find a disgusting man being pleasured sexually by a dozen tiny fey creatures who appear to be mind-controlled.)
Shawn: In Infernal, I say, “What has been seen cannot be unseen!”
(We open more doors and find more and more people raping mind-controlled magical creatures, including a human woman being pleasured by a satyr. We destroy the magical item maintaining the mind control and leave the room. We also find a room in which people can simply watch what’s happening in the other rooms.)
Atraxian: I would feel bad, but it’s an evil sex cult!
Aarevan: Not everyone here deserves to- oh, too late.
(In what appears to be a manager’s office…)
Aarevan: Don’t touch the chalice. It’s evil.
Atraxian: How evil?
Aarevan: Indescribably.
Atraxian: More evil than me?
Aarevan: Yes.
Adam the GM: You also find a ledger. It’s full of day-to-day activities that go on here.
Shawn: So… how horrific? Pretty horrific?
Adam the GM: Yeah.
(We return to the room where we found the human and the satyr. No sign of the human, but the satyr appears to have been torn to pieces.)
Atraxian: We should have finished her off.
Sionnach: We should be inclusive in our murder.
(We also find a mirror which radiates magic. No one looks into it.)
Eric: We need a +1 chair.
September 2nd!
(We also find an all-tools vest, capable of creating whatever tool we need.)
Aarevan: We have a portable anvil creator!
Sionnach: …shotgun?
(More rape- this time several human men and a wood nymph. Liriel decides to hex the men so they fall asleep.
Aarevan: Depending on who you affect first, it could be minutes before anyone notices.
Shawn: I kill them all. But not her! We aren’t killing her, are we? I kill everyone except her.
(We find a door more ornate than the rest. Atraxian tries to break it down and fails. Sionnach opens it with a key.)
Atraxian: Take all the fun out of it, why don’t you!
(Behind the door is a room filled with oils and perfumes which just so happen to be extremely flammable. After some discussion, we decide that now is not the time to burn the place to the ground.)
Sionnach: So this is a postponed thing, not a canceled thing. Right? I would not be sad if we blew up this whole place with my father still in it.
(Back in the room with the magic mirror, Liriel looks into it. She is immediately replaced by an identical copy with the same memories, but is now good instead of evil. Some of the party members begin to suspect that something is amiss).
Atraxian: Liriel, what do you think of my murders?
Liriel: Your murders?
Atraxian: Yes. The ones that I commit.
Liriel: I think they’re pretty excessive!
(A secret passage is located that leads us downstairs into a yet another laboratory/museum. Among the things we find are Kalsted, who led us here in the first place, unconscious and hooked up to some medical equipment.)
Robert: Can I tell whether detaching the equipment will be dangerous?
Adam the GM: If you want to err on the side of not-killing-him…
Robert: That isn’t usually the side I err on.
(After determining that the items on display are enchanted with powerful magic, Aarevan begins smashing display cases. However, he isn’t as skilled at disabling traps as he’d like to be.)
Adam: Roll fortitude.
Eric: 20.
Adam: You’re blind.
(and again.)
Adam: Roll fortitude.
Eric: I already know what’s going to happen. 20. I’m blind again.
Adam: Actually, you’re vomiting this time!
(and again.)
Atraxian: Couldn’t you check for traps this time?
Aarevan: We already know it’s trapped!
(suddenly, a idea!)
Eric: I know how to disable the trap safely! I back away and throw my crowbar from a distance. Ranged disable device!
Atraxian: Sionnach, you could just throw a bomb.
Sionnach: But he’s having so much fun!
Atraxian: Yeah. That’s just years of academic repression.
(We find what may be an exit.)
Atraxian: If this leads out, are we going back and setting fire to the place?
Aarevan: I don’t really see the point.
Sionnach: Setting fire to things is its own reward!
(When a display case that contains a severed monkey’s paw is smashed, the paw attaches itself to Aarevan’s wrist and cannot be removed.)
Aarevan: We have a problem.
Atraxian: No, you have a problem. Try making a wish!
Aarevan: No!
(Comments from the peanut gallery)
Marlo: I use my X-ray vision and look through the case! Oh. I’m not there. Sorry.
(Aarevan gets trapped in a compartment behind a wall and it takes several minutes to get him out. In the meantime, the rest of the party is still smashing display cases.)
Atraxian: Welcome back. Look what I got!
Aarevan: Who gave him a magic scythe?