Night falls
while the flames of the burning trees around the heroes die down. On their way
to the ferris wheel they spotted earlier, they pass a giant gelatinous cube
with several vehicles visible inside, among them a ferry which might hold the battery Kozue is
looking for.
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A Place to spend the Night
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The heroes spend the night in a cabin of the ferris wheel. Kozue
and Altan try to make themselves comfortable in the cramped space while Azure
stays up all night still buzzing from the Golden Amber. She notices an
animatronic dinosaur nearby moving. The next morning Altan and Azure check out
a shack that caught her interest earlier but they quickly realize that it’s
some kind of entity using mimicry to lure them inside. Altan decides to climb
the dinosaur and finds a hatch that leads into a tiny control room.  |
The animatronic Auto-Vech
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He pilots
the creature into the bog and tears chunks out of the gelatinous cube. From one
of the autowagons three figures appear and wave frantically. One of them, an
older dwarf in a green overall they later learn is Henk, turns back to the
autowagon. Kozue conjures a flame elemental that surrounds her and Azure. When they
enter the cuboid the jelly tissue retracts and leaves space for them. Multiple
pseudopods try to ensnare the dinosaur while Altan opens its jaw to allow the
dwarves to enter. Kozue and Azure escort Henk and an injured dwarf to the
dinosaur. Azure stays with them and fends off red bugs inside the jaw while
Kozue salvages the battery from the ferry. The gelatinous cube entangles the
dinosaur with slimy tentacles and causes it to trip and fall but the heroes hack
their way out of the mess.
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The replacement Body
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When Kozue
awakes the next morning after returning to the Iron Pikes she is watched again
by the replacement body. She decides to finally perform the ritual to give Soba, the Ultra, a new body. But the ritual drains to much energy from her and she falls in a coma.
The naked body leans over Azure, kisses her, and whispers: “Thank you for keeping
your promise” before leaving the village.
While Kozue
is recovering, the heroes plan their next step in saving the other two missing
caravans Icing Mathilda points out potentially useful places
on the map.
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Mathilda's Map
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Actual Play: https://youtu.be/HBVs0udAZEw
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