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Jay -> Plot Thickens, The (10/19/2019 18:15:00)
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The Plot Thickens
Location: Mogloween Storybook -> Chapter 14 -> The Plot Thickens
Level/Quest/Items required: Completion of Free the "Candy"!
Release Date: October 18th, 2019
Objective: Croft has appeared, time to visit the Cauldron Sisters and see what's new!
Objective completed: Cat...? THE cat?!
Scaled Yes/No: Yes
Monsters
(2) Bear?
(1) Beaver?
(3) Cabit?
(2) Dirt Beetle?
(2) Raven?
(2) Tog?
(1) Tuskmonger?
NPCs
Akaz
Al'nold
Bubble (Witch)
Cauldron Sisters
Jack Crescent
Toil
Trouble
Rewards
Mint Cream Slasher (I-IX)
Mint Cream Staff (I-IX)
Mint Cream Cutter (I-IX)
Access to TPT Loot for DCs.
Dialogue
*You return to Croft, where the Cauldron Sisters and Jack Crescent are standing by the growing Cinnamon Tree.*
<Character>: Hi Sisters!
<Character>: Hi Jack.
Cauldron Sisters: Hey <Character>!, Jack Crescent: Yo.
<Character>: Look at that! The tree is growing so fast!
Bubble: Yeah! Jack really does have a green thumb!
Toil: I had my doubts, but he's really pulling through.
Trouble: And he's a great help around here. There's no more hard feelings.
Jack Crescent: Thanks, y'all!
Toil: Oh, <Character>, we've made sure that everyone you freed last year is doing well.
<Character>: That's great to hear, thank you.
*You look around, as you notice someone is missing...*
<Character>: So... where's Bubble?
Trouble: Oh, she's home.
Toil: She's... having a talk with our moms.
<Character>: Oof.
Bubble: Yeeeah...
Trouble: They have a lot to air out.
Toil: I don't even remember what exactly happened between them.
Bubble: Well, Bubble does. When it comes to grudges, she has a perfect memory.
Toil: Oh, right... it's like she's collecting them. Remember when we were younger and I put eyes under her pillow—
*A portal opens nearby.*
<Character>: Uhh...
*Al'nold protrudes from the portal.*
Bubble: Albunny?
Al'nold: Hi Bubbs.
<Character>: ...
<Character>: Albunny?
Toil: Don't ask. Just... don't.
Bubble: What are you doing here?
*Akaz appears beside Al'nold in the portal.*
Trouble: Akaz?!
Toil: You're not welcome around these parts!
Al'nold: Please, hear him out!
Akaz: We... heard... you... out... when... you... came... to... us...
Jack Crescent: This, uhh, doesn't concern me.
Jack Crescent: I'll just... go.
Jack Crescent: Peace.
*The Cauldron Sisters deliberate whether to hear out Akaz.*
Toil: Fine.
Trouble: What do you want?
Akaz: Al... nold... has... told... me... good... things... aaa... bout... you... so... I... thought...
<Character>: Excuse me, do you have to talk so slow? This is going to take forev—
Bubble: <Character>!!! That's rude!
Bubble: You shouldn't make fun of someone else's speech impedimen—
Akaz: Ugh, fine.
Bubble: Oh...
Akaz: It was just part of my marketin' image, ok?
<Character>: Well, now THAT'S rude.
Akaz: Whatevs.
Akaz: Listen. I wouldn't've come here if it weren't for Al.
Akaz: He said you helped him last year.
Akaz: And now I need help too.
Akaz: Your help.
Trouble: And why would we help you?
Toil: Aren't we your "competition"?
Akaz: Listen, listen. I'm not a bad guy, a'ight?
Akaz: In fact, I was tryin' to find ways to substitute humans in our recipe.
Akaz: And I did. Find a way, that is.
<Character>: Oh... kay? So, what's the problem then?
Akaz: Um...
Akaz: It would be easier if I showed you.
Akaz: Follow.
*Akaz retreats back into the portal to Apsaydaaun.*
<Character>: Do we trust him?
Trouble: Hmm.
Toil: We could at least see what he means.
Toil: If he did indeed find a substitute, then it would be revolutionary for our people.
Trouble: ...
Trouble: Alright.
Bubble: Yeah!
Bubble: We're coming, Albunny!
Toil: Ugh...
*You step through the portal to Apsaydaaun and fight your way through various muscular versions of common monsters on your way to Akaz's lab.*
<Character>: W—
<Character>: What are animals from Lore doing here?!
*You appear marginally traumatized by the swollen beasts.*
<Character>: And why are they so... buff!?
Akaz: They're my experiments. I told you, I was lookin' for a substitute!
<Character>: You want to substitute humans with animal bodybuilders?!
Akaz: No. Of course not!
Akaz: I... might've made a mistake.
Akaz: What I was goin' for was transmutin' animals into humans, so that we can use their succulent meat instead!
*You appear even more shocked by Akaz's intentions than his accidental creations.*
<Character>: THAT'S EVEN WORSE!!!
Toil: Actually, that's kinda ingenious.
Bubble: Toil!
Toil: Oh, right.
Toil: That's totally awful!
Trouble: So, what is it that you want from us?
Akaz: Listen, I need your help with makin' an antidote! I know you're good at that stuff!
Akaz: These beasts are wreckin' this place! I can't have Majji—uh, "M" find out about this!
Akaz: He's scary!
Al'nold: Mhm.
Akaz: He's currently lookin' for humans who've wandered into Apsaydaaun this year, but he'll be back in a few weeks.
*The Cauldron Sisters consider Akaz's request.*
Toil: Sisters, what do you think?
Trouble: We are indeed quite good at reversing side effects.
Bubble: Years of practice!
Toil: You'll owe us a debt though, Akaz.
Akaz: Yeah yeah, just please, help me out here!
Trouble: Very well.
Toil: Show us your recipes, your notes. We need to know how you managed to 'achieve' these effects.
Akaz: Here. It's the oddest thing. Instead of transmutin', they just... swell up.
Akaz: And the rage! The rage, man! I didn't expect for the potion to induce such rage!
Akaz: My very first voluntary subject got the worst of it. Since then, I've managed to tweak the recipe so that the other subjects were more docile.
<Character>: Uh, so... these muscular, absolutely RABID animals I've encountered were DOCILE!?
<Character>: Where's this first subject then!?
Akaz: The cat? Oh, it escaped. Right through the ceiling.
*You realize who the first voluntary subject must be...*
<Character>: The... cat?
*Scene dramatically cuts to black.*
Complete Quest
Quest Rewards - opens TPT Loot for DCs shop.
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