Session 3

August 25 2020

Bungle found the party back at the mysterious commune after leaving to find rothgels splaycaps and ingleton thornbush to make Inglesplay Port and get high with.

Larry explained to the party his plight: he had a family, with a wife and child, but the baby got sick and died. Later, a cure was found for the disease the kid had. Consumed by grief, the couple separated. Then, a human man with a flowing beard, white skin and piercing blue eyes came to Larry one day. He wore black, tattered clothing. He offered Larry a small magical orb that would let him go back in time to antidote his kid with the new cure. Larry went back in time, but something went wrong with the spell. This created the portal on the second floor and the weird time loops that resulted in Larry clones. He wasn't able to save his kid this way.

Then, Larry decided to use these clones to cast a different spell. Graaqx was able to identify this as some primitive goblin magic from early on in the Itch. It required a halfling sacrifice. In this case, this was intended to be Bittles. This spell is the ritual the Larrys were attempting in the cave during the last session, but the party thwarted them.

Larry apologized for attempting to use the party's friend in a ritual sacrifice. He still doesn't know how to save his kid or to fix the portal. Zwitterion told Larry that the party would be in contact, and that the party would be eventually travelling to the arcane library in Hillsink with the purpose of decoding the alchemic circle from the commune. Larry thanked the party and apologized once again, and saw them on their way.

The party set off back to Alwaysfall, the rescued Bittles in tow. On the way back, the donations bucket appeared again to Nothing, this time with twice the amount of coins everyone put into it. Some party members re-donated some of their winnings, others kept theirs; notably, Nothing dumped his entire stash back in. The party once again watched the strange bucket disappear.

Finally, in the wee hours of the morning, the party arrived at Alwaysfall. They brought Bittles home and then crashed, some at the Inn and others at Graaqx's smelly abode. The next morning they were invited to Bittles' burrow. The party received monetary rewards, except for Malach, who refused Bittles' 300 gold. Instead, Bittles gave him the Leaf Lute, a magical string instrument. Bittles explained to the party a little bit of the history of this region of the Hollow, including the story of Gats and the Big Itch, and the Lumen Church's role in the events of ten years ago. The party thanked Bittles for his rewards and returned to the main town.

The party split to run errands. During this time Bungle decided to pay a visit to Jeremiah, the potion seller. Bungle had learned that Jeremiah had just bought the house that the little girl tried to sell to the party during the first session. He broke into the house and offered Jeremiah some of his hallucinogenic Inglesplay Port. Jeremiah wanted Bungle to leave, but reluctantly tried a sip of the wine if it would just make the strange halfling leave. Instead, Jeremiah lost consciousness and Bungle made off with the deed to the house.

Bungle met up with the rest of the party at The The Inn, telling them that he had bought the house. Some of the party stayed at the inn while others stayed at Graaqx's house.

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