Tarsarkh 6th

We were sent to the moonshae isles, we met up with a goblin who was also a doctor? That did not go great.

Regardless, we were requested to protect the bees aboard a carnival ship, who was led by captain prince glip glop (who talks out his ass, heads up). We had some fun at the carnival, even though being aboard a ship was difficult.

Solia went under deck to find the bees we were supposed to be protecting. And it turns out theyre like a big hive mind thing? Then, a whirl pool started, and sucked the ship into the bottom of the sea. There, we fought some sea villains who were after the bee's royal jelly. We bested them without too much trouble (Yashir took most of those hits). But, in our absence, the bees started attacking the bystanders on the ship.

They were racist, and said some human shaped being took their royal jelly, and they assumed it was anyone aboard the ship. We were able to track the trail, and found the stollen jelly. Someone stole it to appease the creatures of the deep. Upon returning the jelly to the queen bee, these creatures of the deep emerged, wanting to directly take it for themselves.

With the assistance of the bees, we bested them. We returned the jelly to the hive, and were on our way.

6 Tarsakh 1502

The party was summoned to the Moonshae Isles. Our job was to protect an apparently very valuable swarm of bees from forces unknown, but who presumably wished their destruction. The bees were being transported by a ship that was also a carnival. I could not make this up if I tried.

Tasked with this momentous escort purpose, we naturally... played carnival games for several hours. There was a pie-eating contest where the pies were poisoned to make you vomit, and the goal was to eat as many as possible *before* vomiting. Why I chose to participate, I do not know. I do know that I won. Then there was an extraordinarily strong halfling man, and then... well, it was carnival fare all around.

After several hours of this, someone thought at last to inquire after the bees, and where they were being kept. Solia went down and communicated with them -- apparently they were intelligent. What passed between them, I do not know, but we had little time to wonder. Soon, a great vortex appeared out of nowhere and dragged us down to the bottom of the ocean.

We were unharmed. So was the ship.

The captain asked us to disembark, instead of carrying out our sworn duties of protecting the bees, and sally forth on a wild goose chase to maybe go see what was causing this vortex. Off we wandered, and we ran into a crew of crab people and their master, the latter of whom immediately fled back out through the vortex. We dealt with the crabs, but the vortex was undeterred, and we returned to the ship.

What do you suppose happened while we were gone, dear reader? If you imagined that the ship might be attacked in our absence, well, I think all of us could have predicted it just as well.

The bees were all in a fury when we returned. A small jar of their royal jelly had been stolen, and it was up to us to go find it before the bees slaughtered everyone in sight. One of the crew had taken it. We took it back from him and returned it to the hive. In the interim, more monsters emerged from the depths -- hags and worse -- and demanded that we hand over the jelly for themselves.

We fought. We won. It was, all around, a frustrating if amusing mission.

-- Yashir adh Rumahr