Session 07: Showdown in Small Creek
General Summary
The session started with the merchant wagons rolling into the village of Small Creek. The villagers rushed to the water merchants (who looked and acted shady) to barter their possessions for some fresh water. The group verbally sparred with the shady merchants. After some verbal barbs were traded, Thistle wild-shaped into a bear and Feng challenged the merchants business practice, leveraging Thistle's bear form. Sunny stepped in front of the lead cart and Thistle approached the middle cart. The shady merchants, seeing this, announced they were leaving with some exaggerated outrage over the treatment they were receiving from the party. The driver of the lead wagon ordered Sunny to move, who responded by shooting the driver with an arrow, killing him.
A fight between the remaining water merchants engaged in battle with the group, except one who drank a potion of invisibility. Bear-form Thistle chased the invisible water merchant across the river and into the woods. Thistle eventually caught the merchant,bear-hugged him into submission, and dragged him back to the town. Another one of the water merchants jumped off his cart and tried to run off, but Feng knocked him unconscious. Feng tied the unconscious water merchant's hands and feet. The rest of the shady water merchants were killed fighting the party.
The tied up merchant eventually regained consciousness, and the group interrogated him (whom they referred to as "Not Important". They learned the water merchants were working with an an individual who looks like a Zora and caused the river water to become salt water at the source. They were then able to engage in racketeering, selling the villages fresh water at irrationally high prices.
Sunny then interrogated the other water merchant that Thistle dragged back. This one was more standoff-ish, unwilling to talk, and resolved. He didn't offer up any additional information, and only indicated that the group was "making a big mistake." While that was happening, Tanager went around house-to-house to inform the townsfolk about the barrels of water available on the cart.
The group decided to head upstream to look for the Zora-like individual that contaminated the river, bringing Not Important with them. They tied up the other, less cooperative water merchant and sealed him into an empty barrel to keep him secure. After an hours travel, the group came across the bodies of some villagers that are were in a state of decay. The group continued on, and after some more time, they came upon a waterfall with a small, plank bridge across it. They decided to cautiously cross the bridge one at a time. Sunny was first, then Feng, then Not Important. As Thistle was crossing the bridge, they were suddenly attacked by bandits, who fired a bomb arrow at the bridge, blowing it up and sending Thistle into the water. Above Tanager, Ora and Thave, another bandit dropped a bomb down from up in the trees, exploding at their feet.
Thistle turned into a bear and climbed out of the river. The group was able to kill all the bandits, except one that ran off. Not Important also tried to run off, but Sunny stopped him. The group then used their ropes to cross the river.
Memorable Quotes
Tanager: The water on the cart is all yours.Ol' Finnley: It is tainted. It has blood on it.
Tanager: No no, the blood is on the ground over there.
Sunny: They were threatening to kill the people, basically, through dehydration.
Ol' Finnley: I mean, we were thinking about relocating the town.
Tanager: You still can. But, it takes time to prepare to do that and at least now you have water for the ride. You even have carts--although we need one...
Not Important: I'm just a water merchant!
Sunny: Water merchants don't exist.
Tanager: We do need the one guy to take us--
Thistle: We need the one guy, but we don't need the other.
Sunny: Yeah.
Thistle: You know what I was thinking? It would be kind of ironic...if we drown him.
Not Important: That felt weird.
Tanager: What--uh....what did?
Feng: There are a lot of flies around.
Tanager: Have you taken anything? Cause there might be--
Not Important: I mean you were saying some words and making some weird gestures.
Tanager: No, I wasn't.
Not Important: I just saw you.
Tanager: That's weird.
Sunny: We were just standing there.
Thistle: I mean The bridge has probably been here a while, right?
Sunny: Probably made out of your brother.
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