Wesley gathered us together to tell us about a cursed village named Willowcreek. It keeps getting destroyed. Why do they keep rebuilding it? They are having some disappearances. Wesley said he would start ignoring them if they didn’t pay so well. He wished us good luck. Shedon thinks they get their money through tax evasion.
Willowcreek was an extremely convenient distance from Springreach. It was right down the road.
Ko’bal says he’s the nesting partner in the polycule of Alphas. He argued with a mustachioed man that was a cigar aficionado that said he did not know what that means. His name's Derek.
Robbie Robert Robinson got here not long ago and found completely abandoned town. They’ve gone from 30 down to 6 since they found this empty town. This happened in 4 days. I asked if they thought they were disappearing the way the previous inhabitants had, and he said this had obviously been the invasion with a Dulahan and a lot of undead. Strange fish in the river that they keep eating that makes their thought swell up. When I asked why they kept eating it he replied, “Clearly you don’t understand the level of laziness that fishing is.” Robbie told us here is a cave, and a nice temple. They have service tonight. They drink communion and have out of body experiences. That sounds fun. Service is in an hour.
The Sister told Gary that SRU is dirt cheap and could address his deficiencies.
The cave is just up there. They put up a sign that said, “Scary” because the sounds of wind coming out of it sound like moans and groans.
Derek—the cigar aficionado—says Robbie is the better of the two priests. His brother—the other priest Bobbie Bobberson—is still here. Robbie he’s know for a little while. Bobbie he’s known for a little bit. Derek and Robbie used to work at a coal processing plant in Springreach. He met Bobbie a few days ago. Not showing up for food is how they notice they are missing. The floors are always covered in wet mucus when they check for them in the morning.
We went into an unlocked house and found opalescent mucus like oil on water all over the floor. I asked The Sister if she would ask Robbie for a fish. She said something about seeing a lot more of me in the near future. What? Was that a death threat? Anyway, Bram and I gossiped about the fact that she may or may have not smiled recently. When she returned I inspected the fish and it had the same properties of the mucus.
Ko’bal and Gary went off on their own. Likely for romance. I tried to give them their privacy. Bram double checked. For sure romance. Gary asked Bram to join in, so for some reason we all decided to watch. We were told Ko’bal ate the fish and drank the water. Now he can only breathe water. They decided this meant that the villagers were jumping in the river and now eating each other.
Gary said he would keep an eye on Ko’bal with his head in the pail since he was already used to holding his hair up. The Sister examined Ko’bal’s (bruised) throat and it looked like he almost grew gills.
We went to the temple and found 7 dead aboleth spawn in the temple. This is what happens when you drink too much aboleth mucus. You turn into these strange creatures. These particular ones were all dried out. They didn’t have any physical wounds.
We hid in the tree line to watch their communion. Bobbie told the people gathered. One within the cave will provide guidance under which we can prosper and Ascend to the divine. He fed them aboleth flesh and blood and said they needed to hurry to the cave before they suffocated.
We got to the cave and they had crucified the aboleth and were feasting off it. Gross. I convinced the woman holding the baby—Robert Aiden—to save herself and her child. So it didn’t trigger anybody. Especially someone that’s a cheater.
Ko’bal turned into a topaz dragon and breathed on everyone else that couldn’t be convinced to come away safely with us. The aboleth’s corpse shed broodlings. One man ran for his life, but the rest were destroyed. Ko’bal is really good at finishing guys in his mouth. Gary doesn’t mind. He kissed him passionately anyway.
