Tuesday, February 7, 2017

The Grand Featherex [Session 14, 2/5]

The 10,000 maniacs discovered a fresh cache of whiskey in the Piss Pot, and decided to get drunk become violent off of it.  Standing around the campfire, Cupid suggests to Piss they go out on a raid for the Glory of Ares, to which Piss agrees and slaps him on the shoulder for coming around - a friendly gesture that would be the last for a while.  Piss rounds up the gang, gets their bikes, and heads out with Cupid and Want to the overgrowth to find something to hunt.  Cupid navigates through the overgrowth, and they hear the roar of a Grand Featherex.  To aid in the search, Want pops some mushrooms and begins vomiting immediately, but notices tracks on the ground.

At the Railyard, Carlos and Lithium are debating about whether to talk to the hardholder about purchasing concrete.  Carlos wants to go in and ask for a smaller amount for their own person defense, or say a furnace, but Lithium convinces him that even a small amount may tip their hand and is not worth it.  They set out with Duke back to the Piss Pot, but Maple was not mentioned and her whereabouts are unknown.

Carlos, Lithium, and Duke run into the marauding party.  Duke wisely decides that he needs to check on his daughter and heads back to the piss pot, but Lithium and Carlos join the hunt.  Lithium becomes the big spoon to a vomiting little spoon named Want on the ground, when the Grand Featherex bursts out of the Overgrowth and corners Carlos.  He guns it through the Overgrowth to get away, but the Featherex is right on his heels.  He barely manages to get his car into a cave, and while the Featherex is unable to get to him Carlos is cornered.

Cupid unloads a clip into the side of the Featherex to distract it, which gives Carlos the opportunity to gun it out of the cave.  Lithium takes a running leap and brings her axe into the side of the beast, spilling it's guts out in a messy fashion.  The 10,000 maniacs hoot and hollar in victory, and Cupid sets about pulling the teeth from the mouth of the beast to adorn his weapon.  Piss tells him not to take any of the teeth at the back of the mouth because he wants to mount the head at the Piss Pot and doesn't want it to look like the party killed a toothless dinosaur.  Cupid responds that it is his kill and he'll use it as he sees fit for a sacrifice to Ares, and that's about when things went south hard.

Piss storms straight towards Cupid to try to grab him by the throat and slam him against a tree.  Seeing the advance, Cupid fires a few non-lethal shots to get him to stop but to no avail - Piss muscles through and grabs him by the throat.  He tells Cupid to drop his assault rifle, but Cupid holsters it across his back.  He orders his crew to secure Cupid, and Carlos attempts to persuade him to not to do anything rash. Piss responds he promises not to kill Cupid - at least not immediately, he says.

Want tries to steal Piss's bike, but quickly runs into moss men surrounding the group.  What do moss men look like? Well, it's all in the name.  Want tells the group that there are visitors, and Cupid gestures at Piss with his eyes first to the Moss Men, then to the 10,000 maniacs holding him.  Piss tells them to go ahead and continue restraining and disarming him, to which Cupid responds by breaking free. The 10,000 maniacs continue to surround Cupid, and Want rides Piss's motorcycle off into the overgrowth.  

Cupid asks Piss if they should join together and fight off the moss men, or battle each other.  Piss tells his men to continue attacking Cupid, to which Cupid responds by unleashing SMG fire and killing 8-9 of the maniacs.  The Moss Men start to close in, and Lithium comes at Cupid wielding her axe.  They duel, with Lithium taking serious fire but causing Cupid to drop his weapon.  Cupid flees into the woods as Lithium is captured and dragged by Moss Men.

Want makes their way back to the lake where they see the silhouette of the fishman.  Having enough danger for one day, he turns the motorcycle around and sprays the fish man with mud as they take off into the woods.  Something pursues Want for a few moments, but they manage to escape and meets up with Cupid.  Cupid states that Want should drop their ruse - it's been fun, but now was the time for Psyche to drop their false identity and embrace their true nature.  He's been searching for Psyche for ages, but now it is time to face reality and embrace their role.  Want says that they should head back to the Piss Pot and regroup, and then will follow Cupid's lead.  Cupid says he's not one for plans, and will trust Psyche/Want.  Want tells him it was a test, he passed, and they pop some mushrooms before they both head off for the piss pot.

Back at the Piss Pot, they run into Duke, who Cupid tells it’s probably best to leave since there was a bit of a disagreement and it’s probably not the safest environment for the brainer Children.  Duke tells Cupid to fuck off and that no one tells him what to do with his daughter, but Want convinces him that it’s for the best.  They talk their way past the Harlots, round up the Chillun and load them into the three Humvees.  Before they leave, Want leaves Piss’s bike behind with a note for him in it.  Cupid notices, says he trusts Psyche to do what’s best, and tries to kiss her.  Want then friend-zones Cupid hard with a hug before they head off to live OAK.

Back at the battleground, Piss addresses the Moss Men and finds out that they’re angry because the Featherex was their god or dog or something.  Piss convinces them to take them back under heavy guard to their leader, where he convinces them that a rogue member of theirs was to blame for the death of the Featherex, and they were innocent.  He offers up Cupid’s assault rifle as a gift to show his goodwill, but they demand the other tool used to kill the beast – Lithium’s axe.  Lithium refuses, and thus endeth the session.

[Cupid]

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