# 58. wrath.

## 🌞 DAY 15 **• 📅** MARPENOTH 4

## The Commander

(Honestly all Soren saw during this fight was an axe coming towards his face... three times. Nothing else lmao.)

We approach the commander and wardrummers, who seem to have been driven into a frenzy by something; Soren, emboldened by his victory over the previous squad of orcs, steps forward and attempts to cast bane on all three, though he succeeds only on affecting one.&#x20;

This act of poor positioning causes the orc commander--who has the combat prowess to know to take down the twinky support first--to get on his skinny ass.&#x20;

With the aid of the drummers, which give her extra attacks, she literally bounces Soren like a basketball. Soren goes down, is revived, and she dunks on him again. After Will brings Soren back for the first time, the commander changes tactics and instead crits him while he's on the ground, trying to execute him oh my god chris just say you want me to change characters :pensive:

Hugh, Sildar and Will abandon their targets and come to help my poor little idiot boy ; ; thanks guys

Eventually, as Hugh feeds him a health potion, Soren is able to crawl back onto his feet and back away from the orc commander enough to launch an eldritch blast that kills her--though not before she lets loose a Hellish Rebuke that makes Will extra crispy.&#x20;

The party manages to vanquish the rest of the orcs, and drags our battered bodies to Stonehill to rest after collecting what salvageable loot from their bodies we could.&#x20;

## Recuperation&#x20;

We check in with Garaele and re-claim Nezznar's leash. She's doing such a good job keeping the townsfolk calm, we stan a boss ass bitch. She thanks us and begins to usher the townsfolk back out to their houses; they regard us as their saviors and are grateful.&#x20;

Soren goes and tells everyone that they fought like 100 orcs, including the doppelgangers, who, you know, can read minds. Art is impressed, while Vyerith pops into Soren's mind and is like lmao.&#x20;

We briefly rest for a while before continuing on our journey to Conyberry.&#x20;

## Resident Brain Demon

Along the way, Soren stops the cart every hour or so to try and collect herbs, MUCH to Nezznar's disgust lmao. Girl the slower we go, the longer it will be till you get executed,, what's the problem??&#x20;

While we travel, Hugh's lovely resident brain demon wakes up! I ABSOLUTEly cannot do the ensuing CLOWNSHOW of a conversation justice. I really cannot.&#x20;

Myco complains about "the boom boom" waking it up. Hugh is like "ok but can you go back to sleep though". Unlike usually, Myco refuses to go back to sleep this time, indicating that it might have reached some kind of stage of growth? oh no.&#x20;

Hugh literally just continually tries to get Myco to go back to sleep like:&#x20;

<figure><img src="https://media.tenor.com/bos78alQaGYAAAAC/one-piece-anime.gif" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Myco balks and keeps asking if we are going to the wedding now. Hugh explains that we're going to go see a ghost (the banshee) and obtain something from her. Myco wonders if it's a gift for the wedding, and Hugh is like "no it's for Garaele! Also we fucked."

DO NOTE that Hugh is speaking aloud while Myco is talking in his head mentally, so the rest of the party is getting just one half of an absolutely bizzarre conversation.&#x20;

Myco gets extremely defensive about Hugh "loving" another woman besides their queen, Hugh explains that there is no love, only raw carnal sex, and proceeds to explain about "putting bits into her bits". WE ARE HEARING THIS. Will goes red.&#x20;

Hugh wonders if he has to have sex with their queen at the wedding I'm losing my mind. Myco is disgusted at the concept.&#x20;

Eventually, the conversation topic turns to the fact that Myco is, in fact, eating Hugh's brains! No one is particularly happy about this. Soren and Will step in, trying to get Myco to Stop. We learn that as long as Hugh is still going to the wedding, then Myco won't eat enough to "gain control".&#x20;

We agree to go the wedding. :)&#x20;
