S2E9 (New Pantheon: Demigods episode)

“S2E9” is the ninth episode of the second season of the Demigods campaign of New Pantheon. The episode aired live on March 1, 2020 on the Saving Throw Twitch channel, and is archived on the YouTube channel.

Full Synopsis
The episode starts with Bells walking into the sea after a chat with their date-mate. As they get surrounded by both the figurative sea of emotions and the literal sea, they hear the sound of roaring under the surface. Turns out Bells is now surrounded by the sea life, including the largest great white shark they have ever seen. They decide to swim to the surface. That is when Bells sees the sea life making its way towards the shores of El Dorado. Bells enters a whale and the sea life stops just before the shore. Upon exiting the whale, Bells runs into the mermaid they saw when first coming upon El Dorado, and the mermaid gives them a ride back to the shore. While on their way, they run into other mermaids Jeffrica and Jamerica and a scene of gossiping mermaids and Bells ensues.

Meanwhile, in an old 60s-type apartment, Flynn is meeting his mother and Mary, which is an awkward affair reappearing after 15 years. Flynn attempts talking to her, but she deflects at every opportunity. Mary offers Flynn to get out of the apartment with her to get something and he agrees. The siblings have a discussion, with Mary stating she wants to redo senior year, and Flynn admitting that he doesn’t plan anymore, but instead reacts to the present situation. Then there is a discussion on slurpee flavors when they are at the store.

Megan is at the forge with John, after several amorous encounters, and begin talking about Flynn, and how John thought Megan was together with Flynn. Then, Diana screams from the downstairs that there are coyotes, and as Megan makes her way down, sees that there are indeed coyotes, along with bears and horses and other kinds of animals. Megan pierces the veil to ask who is responsible for this, and the answer is Wil.

Wil engulfs and consumes Duncan the Narrator, drinking his blood, but soon one of Wil’s arms starts disappearing. Megan casts Practical Tactical Brilliance to speak into Wil’s ear, trying to convince them to tear Duncan apart. Wil is very angry at this point, and vows to do anything to get rid of Duncan. Wil rolls to smite, and had plans to only render Duncan unconscious, but he dies anyways, turning into a tree. By this point all the God Kids are together, and Megan takes Wil and turns them away from the tree. They all then notice that Mary, the animals, the moon, the stars, are all gone. They can however see the edge of the world, but they are essentially nowhere. Bells’ shellphone doesn’t work, which is bad news for them. Flynn ponders that it‘s not that everything disappeared, instead it’s that they themselves disappeared.

They do find a town, and a 7/11 with blank newspapers. Megan bends fate, and is now in Duncan‘s writing room. She has wings now, and can see the other El Dorado. She also gets a headache from trying out telepathy. At this point, Duncan opens up the door, and is very confused when he sees Megan.

Meanwhile, Flynn pulls out pocket watch given to him by the 13th Doctor, and surely enough, the Doctor appears from the TARDIS. It is revealed that Flynn’s father, Robin Hood (in the form of a fox) is working alongside the Doctor. They both have a discussion about how Flynn met Mary and how he thinks she won’t get into the family trade, while he most likely will.

At Duncan‘s house, Megan takes the phone out of Duncan’s hand when the TARDIS appears. Duncan crumbles onto the driveway, and it is then revealed that they are now in 2005’s El Dorado. The God Kids suspect that Duncan is not aware of his full powers yet, and that they are in a time loop, constantly being brought back by Duncan. The Doctor then leaves.

In the interlude, Megan decides to try flying for the first time, and Wil joins her. Bells and Flynn walk together in awkward silence, when a blonde-haired girl eats dirt after falling from her skateboard in front of them. Turns out it is younger Mary from 2005. Flynn warns against interacting with Mary, fearing the repercussions of messing up the timeline, but Bells persuades him to talk to Mary, and he offers up a spare axel for her broken skateboard.

Wil wants to find Tracy, and is able to pinpoint Tracy, but also notices that Duncan’s house isn’t magical, but there is a faint magic running through telephone wires. At this point, Wil sees a charred corpse version of Duncan, and asks him “What will it take to end this?” and Duncan keeps looping between a charred corpse and a tree, warning that it will stop when he deems it so. And that’s the end of the episode.

Main Cast

 * Steven Pope as the GM
 * Flynn, played by Eric Reichert
 * Megan, played by Aabria Iyengar
 * Bells, played by Sam de Leve
 * Willow, played by Aki

NPCs

 * various mermaids
 * Mary
 * Mary’s and Flynn’s mom
 * John
 * Duncan the Narrator
 * 13th Doctor
 * Robin Hood