Ep. 14: Murder on the Rockport Limited - Chapter Five

"Can our heroes solve the greatest mystery of all: love? Also, murder? Let's find out in the Adventure Zone!"

Synopsis
''The game is afoot! The game of murder-solving, I mean. The game of Dungeons & Dragons has been afoot for a while. Magnus finds unorthodox uses for furniture. Taako practices his interrogation techniques. Merle becomes a robot mom.''

The Tres Horny Boys are in the middle of a fight with a giant enemy crab. After knocking it out a window, the crab has propelled back onto the train, and is now residing a couple cars down from their position. All three run, or, in Taako's case, limp pitifully, towards its current location. They move back to the room where they found Jenkins's body, only to see that the room, and the body, has been incinerated by the crab monster. They make it to the sleeping chambers, where they see crab floating in air, and impotently trying to regain its bearings. Restarting the fight, Merle casts Healing Word on Taako, who regains 11 hit points. The crab is up next, and it stabs its claws into ceiling, points it mouth at the party, and shoots a column of flames. Luckily, the boys jump into their sleeping chambers, and are able to avoid the blast.Taako pokes his Umbra Staff outside the door of their room, and casts Melf's Acid Arrow. He rolls an 11, so only a bit of acid splashes onto the crab monster, doing 4 damage total. Magnus takes a chair from the room they're in, and runs towards the crab, clobbering it for 10 damage. This attack manages to loosen it from the ceiling, and the crab is back to floating aimlessly through the hallway. All of a sudden, Jess the Beheader comes in and sprints towards the the crab. She does some sick jumps off the walls, Ong Bak style, and cannonballs towards the crab. An axe appears in her hands, and she does 29 damage, cutting the crab monster in half mid-air. Magnus asks about Jess's axe, and she tells him that it's soulbound to her.Jess tells Magnus that, being a pro wrestler, she is very intrigued with his chair usage skills, and gives Magnus her axe. He takes it, and it reappears back into Jess's hands. After a good laugh, Jess asks for Magnus's name, and, having given up on the whole fake name thing, tells her his real name. Merle tries to cover for him by saying that Magnus is his stage name, but Magnus shuts him down.Taako, assuming that anyone's suspicious at this point, asks if Jess has any specific reasons for being on the train. She tells them that she's heading to Neverwinter in order to do a hype tour for an upcoming match against Greg the Leg-Cutter. Magnus, putting two and two together, calls for a group huddle. Magnus announces his suspicions that Jess might have been the one who beheaded Jenkins, as she's the only among them with a weapon. Merle agrees, but states that they're still not quite sure if the body they found was actually Jenkins. After listing off the possible suspects and murder victims, the boys leave to go and interrogate Graham.

[Money Zone]

The boys and Jess make it back to the passengers room where Angus and Graham reside. After deciding as a group to give up on the whole fake identity ruse, Merle casts Zone of Truth on the room. Magnus attempts to smack Graham awake.WIP

Money Zone
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Featured NPCs

 * Jenkins
 * Angus McDonald
 * Scuttle buddy
 * Graham the Hedge (Juicy) Wizard
 * Jess the Beheader
 * Hudson

Featured Locations

 * Rockport Limited

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