Once Upon a Witchlight | Ep. 7 | Tainted Love

**Erika Ishihara** (0:01)
Welcome to Legends of Avantris. Torbeck's name is Torbek, and you're listening to Once Upon a Witchlight. Here's what happened last time.

**Grant O'Brien** (0:13)
You found yourselves outside of the caravan, ready to meet Mr. Witch and Mr. Light. However, they had other plans. Frost had caused quite a stir at the big top extravaganza, and Mr. Light wanted to have a private moment with him alone to discuss what had occurred.
While you were waiting, you met up with an unexpected old friend, Torbek. One of your former carnies from Carnival LeCruz was-

**Erika Ishihara** (0:47)
Did the god of the world say friend?

**Grant O'Brien** (0:55)
Was a few days late to apply to work at the Witchlight carnival, but all the same, he was there with his resume in hand. Mr. Witch kindly asked the three of you to entertain Torbek while Mr. Light finished his conversation with Frost. And you proceeded to enjoy a guys night at the.
It was just a prank.
It was through the course of guys night that they were able to accomplish mostly nothing. They engaged a little bit of dress up. Torbek set up a date with a pixie that he chose not to show up to. And they found themselves at the portion of the carnival that had the fun and games, the actual carnival games. It was here where they spent punches on their tickets to desperately try to win the stuffed visage of an almaraj, which they were lucky enough to procure. And as Cremie received the final punch on his ticket and they're discussing how to go about procuring more tickets to play more games, is when the loud voice could be heard of one very irate pixie screaming from down the way, calling out to Torbek.

**Katie Marovitch** (2:45)
No, don't you dare say anything, okay?

**Grant O'Brien** (2:51)
And as you scrunch yourself up, she lets loose one of her glass filled with an elderberry wine, and you're completely drenched. It's really just a small amount running down your face, but it feels like you're completely drenched in this wine as she just flings it towards you.

**Erika Ishihara** (3:16)
Oh, well, first of all, Torbek didn't even get your name. Second of all, Torbek has deep-seated abandonment issues.

**Oscar Montoya** (3:38)
I mean, that's actually more likely than not in those situations.

**B. Dave Walters** (3:42)
And also, Torbek...

**Grant O'Brien** (3:47)
You're not part of this.

**B. Dave Walters** (3:48)
You think you can stop shouting at the absolute top of your fucking lungs?

**Grant O'Brien** (3:53)
I swear to God you come at me one more time, cake-chatted, you're gonna feel a pixie's wrath, god damn it. You don't ask a lady out on a date and not show.

**Katie Marovitch** (4:06)
Do you understand me? You owe me.
I want you to stand in front of me.

**Grant O'Brien** (4:17)
Roll a D100 for me.

**Grant O'Brien** (4:36)
You think you can just do something like this with no consequences?

**Erika Ishihara** (4:41)
Tormek didn't really think about it.

**Katie Marovitch** (4:44)
Well, you'll think about it next time, won't you?

**Grant O'Brien** (4:47)
And she starts flying around you and sprinkling you with what looks like pixie dust, but it's in deeper hues.
Darker blues, darker reds, far more somber. And as you look at her, you see that the beautiful image of this pixie is almost overcome with a more darkened look. Her eyes are more sunken in, her teeth look more razor sharp, her skin is more sallow.
As she takes on the visage of an unsealy fey, as she begins to sprinkle this magics over you, and you watch as out of Torbek's mouth grows two gigantic bucked teeth.

**Katie Marovitch** (5:54)
And you owe me an apology.

**Erika Ishihara** (5:56)
Thorback is very sorry. Thorback really just kind of thought that you were setting Thorback up for a fall.

**Katie Marovitch** (6:07)
Why would you ever think that? You have a freaking girlfriend and you ask me out on a date?

**Erika Ishihara** (6:21)
She's just made of cardboard.

**Katie Marovitch** (6:23)
I don't give a shit what she's made out of.

**Katie Marovitch** (6:25)
If you see someone else you shouldn't be asking to pick things. You know what?

**Grant O'Brien** (6:29)
I don't think that's enough. Can you roll.

**Erika Ishihara** (6:40)
I think that's a 40

**Oscar Montoya** (6:57)
Do you think we should help him out? This is getting really bad.

**Grant O'Brien** (7:05)
She rises into the air and takes on that visage of the unseelie fey. She begins to sprinkle you with her darkened pixie dust.
And all of you begin to smell this immediately. The overwhelming stench of goblin piss just emanates from Torbek.