Chapter 3: The Darklake

Going to do a bit of handwaving magic here. Get you to the point where you are all in Plopp's home and you can begin making your decisions. I assume all PCs are attempting to make it back to Plopp's with all efforts.

Round 2 Post Demogorgon:
PCs
Bildaweer: Continues running, ends 20 feet from Plopp's.
Fang: Scoops up Shuushar and runs, ends 40 feet from Plopp's.
Dustin: Helps Fang with Shuushar, ends 40 feet from Plopp's
Cemos: Continues towards Plopp's with Eldreth, ends 50 feet from the door.

NPCs
All Kuo-Toa (unless mentioned otherwise) - Run around crazily in random directions screaming their version of Demogorgon's name.
Plopp - Screams while pulling out scales and wailing about Demogorgon and his son's demise.
Eldreth - Unconscious, being carried by Georges/Cemos towards Plopp's home. 50 feet remain
Shuushar - Unconscious, being carried by Fang towards Plopp's home. 40 feet remain.
Everytt - Attacks another kuo-toa. This one slaps him twice and then bites, ripping a chunk of his throat out. A grand gout of scarlet blood flies out in a few powerful spurts before stopping as his heart ceases to beat.
Georges - Continues towards Plopp's with Eldreth, ends 50 feet from the door.
Francis - Assuming he runs with Bildaweer
Derendil - Makes it into Plopp's house.

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Round 3 Post Demogorgon:
PCs
Bildaweer: Continues running, ends in Plopp's!
Fang: Continues running, ends in Plopp's with Dustin and Shuushar!
Dustin: Continues towards Plopp's, makes it inside with Fang and Shuushar!
Cemos: Continues running, ends in Plopp's with Eldreth and Georges!

NPCs
Eldreth - Unconscious, carried into Plopp's by Georges and Cemos.
Shuushar - Unconscious, carried into Plopp's by Fang.
Georges - Continues running, ends in Plopp's with Eldreth and Cemos!
Francis - Continues running, ends in Plopp's!

As you make it into Plopp's house, you see Derendil standing there, blood dripping from his claws. He turns at you and snarls. In his hands, you see Jimjar's head. The deep gnome's body lies twitching next to the wall. You see Stool is in the closet, not moving, but still standing. He looks back at all of you and down at the head of the dead deep gnome.

He was out to get me, out to get my treasures. I will return to my kingdom! I WILL! None of you can help me! Peasants the lot of you. PEASANTS! GRRARAAAAAHHHHHHHHH he roars, and gnashes his teeth. His claws scrape across his chest rending deep gashes.

Before any of you can even react, he barges his way across the room and out the door, disappearing into the streets of Sloobludop.

You are left standing in the priest of the Sea Mother's home. There are no guards to be seen, all the kuo-toa are running madly around, screaming about Demogorgon.

Fang, from your medical check, you cannot find any reason that Shuushar should be unconscious. That said, you also cannot wake him up.

In the chest, you search through and find a hidden bottom in the chest. Popping it open, you find (will all be added to the loot list):
500 cp, 2000 sp, 150 gp, 27 pp, a strand of matched pearls worth 1000 gp, 2 more potions of healing, a potion of green cloudy liquid with a jellyfish-like bubble, and a spell scroll of light.

As you are all doing this, the duergar runs in, hands and mouth both still bound. He looks around at you wildly and holds out his arms.

Look, I thank you for the cut free. I'm not the one you want guiding you to safety. I work in some pretty nasty warrens, even for scrappers like you. 'm'name's Hemeth. I'm an arms dealer from Gracklstugh. I need to head back that way. If you're headed that direction, West and South, I'll tag along. May even guide ya there. Otherwise, I gotta run. He says, rubbing his wrists.

I don't have the damned foggiest idea what that horrible thing is. Here's the rub with Gracklstugh. We will need to commandeer a boat from the docks to get there in any reasonable amount of time. It's two tendays to get there from here, if you have someone that knows the 'Lake. If we go over the land, or if you go it alone, you're looking at closer to four tendays, if ever. Plus, you'd have to go through the gates, which is likely to get you imprisoned. You do know that its the city of the duergar, right? Not a posh little elven town? he says with a sneer. As he says this, you hear a massive crash from the direction you just came from.

Fang, as you drink the potion, you figure it will let you breathe underwater for some period of time (Potion of Water Breathing)

NPC-wise, you are down to: Francis, Georges, Stool, Eldreth, and Shuushar.

Given that, I can take over playing the NPCs again, if you'd like (there's few enough it's not a huge issue).

Suit yerselves. If you all ever make your way to Gracklstugh, tell any security guard that Hemeth Steelshadow vouches for ya, it'll maybe get you through the doors. he says with a tip of his head. He scampers out of the room and into the throngs on the street.

Shuushar and Eldreth both continue to be unconscious.

Which direction are you planning on going? Back to the land or trying to get to a boat and attempting to traverse the Darklake? Or are you going to try waiting here?