Act 5, Episode 5, Scene 16

Elmyra Manticore Refuses the Smelly Labs

2026-04-09 / Little Shop of Horticulture

Recap StoryCurrent Campaign2100 M.B. / recorded 2026-04-092100 M.B.

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What Happened

Elmyra is established as a chaos-powered Manticore, one of VQU's First Five students, and someone who failed alchemy partly because she refused to attend smelly labs.

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Archdevil - Pedro ManticoreFamous lawyer uncle / campaign-history anchor: Is described as Elmyra's uncle and as the lawyer who helped the prior campaign group after Jarkuskan War imprisonment, later becoming one of Jericha's most famous lawyers.Pesto ManticoreFamily tie / criminal cousin: Is named as Pedro's son, Elmyra's cousin, and a high-ranking Graven Scourge member previously surfaced during the Podon sewer saga.Prism - Elmyra ManticorePrivileged chaos-magic leader / uncertain adult: Her background is clarified: First Five alum, Rafael Manticore's daughter, Pedro Manticore's niece, Pesto Manticore's cousin, chaos-powered, wealthy, and trying to act grown while not fully sure she is.Rafael ManticoreFamily tie / Elmyra's father: Is identified as Elmyra's father in the Manticore family explanation.

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Crone - Greta Wunsch

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My Alchemical RomanceThe primary adventuring orbit of the current campaign. My Alchemical Romance is the adventuring name people use for the party; officially, the team operates as Q.U.E.S.T. under Von Queef University.Von Queef UniversityVon Queef University currently has 76 linked character entries in the World of Jericha archive.EVILsHostile faction / variant network The First FiveFounding student cohort Graven ScourgeGravenhurst gang, Boost network, and street threat

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Elmyra Manticore arrived with more history than she wanted to carry and more confidence than the situation deserved.

She was one of the First Five students who answered Baron Von Queef's reopening of VQU, which made her part of the same generation that turned the university from a plan back into a living institution. She also came from the Manticore family web: Rafael Manticore's daughter, Pedro Manticore's niece, and Pesto Manticore's cousin.

That meant money, legal pressure, criminal shadow, and family reputation all walked into QUEST with her.

It did not mean she was good at alchemy.

Elmyra's failure there was not a grand tragedy of ability. It was, at least in part, because she refused to attend smelly labs. The detail made her sharper, not smaller: privileged, chaos-powered, young, trying to become an adult without becoming only her family name, and still capable of sabotaging herself over sensory disgust.

That was the angle she brought into My Alchemical Romance.

A Manticore with chaos in her blood, QUEST authority over her shoulder, and no interest in pretending the group's mess smelled better than it did.

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Episode Scenes

Scene 1Enemy Offers Peace in Bones's Crypt Scene 15Elmyra Inherits the Problem Scene 16 - CurrentElmyra Manticore Refuses the Smelly Labs Scene 17Oskar Comes Home Duller Than His Armor Scene 18Gemma Delivers More Than Mail Scene 19Jonah Interrupts the Big Project Scene 20Nick Kremp Is Seen Alive Scene 21The Trap Is Not for Jonah Scene 22The Mystery Machine Pays Out Scene 23Ash Refuses the Path Oskar Still Offers Scene 24The Farm Becomes More Important Than the Quota Scene 25The Mail They Missed Still Matters Scene 26Hexnames Become the Identity Check Scene 27The Death Mask Leaves the Party Scene 28Judah Brings the Crown of Thorns Scene 29I.J. Answers Where Nick Does Not Scene 30The Troll Under the Bridge Possesses Morgan Scene 31Katrine Draxler Fines Her Sister Scene 32The Road Is Lit by Petrified People Scene 33Root Barrel Farm Is Open Again Scene 34Orval Finkus Offers Hospitality Before Nick Appears Scene 35Elmyra Asks How This Team Crosses Anything Scene 36No One Knows Which Ring Maine Has Scene 37Orval Finkus Wants His Dragonborn Returned Scene 38Nick Fails the Nick Tests Scene 39Blue Wingkin Says the Farm Is Better Than Prison Scene 40The Party Decides Not to Confront Nick Yet Scene 41Black Wingkin Hides Above the Dead Necromancer Scene 42The Chapel Belongs to the Vayne Family's Old Rot Scene 43Hugo Keeps the Gloves Vic Throws Away Scene 44Black Wingkin Goes Back With Jonah's Warhammer Scene 45The Cave Lead Has VQU Students in the Way Scene 46Jonah Suggests Breaking the Legendary Wand Scene 47Hugo Keeps Following From the Trees Scene 48The Students Guide the Party Back Into the Cave Scene 49The Cave Is Still Full of Gnolls Scene 50Elmyra Clears the Cave With Fireball Scene 51Vic Throws Zetch Like a Murderball Scene 52Jonah Falls Through the Owlbear Nest Scene 53New Goblin City Waits Under the Cave Scene 54Elmyra's Command Wakes the Boosted Spiders Scene 55Madame Batdorf Starts Talking From the Loot Scene 56The Students Accidentally Hand Over Better Loot Scene 57Vic Breathes the Boost and Gets Only the Poison Scene 58Morgan Lightning Bolts the Spider Pit Scene 59Zetch Jumps After Vic Scene 60Hugo Stops Shadowing and Starts Fighting Scene 61Jonah and Elmyra Hold the Pit Together Scene 62The Ledger Goblin Explains New Goblin City Scene 63The Collectors Try to Stop the Leak Scene 64The Three-Lock Box Remains on the Bridge Scene 65Jonah Worries What the Students Are Learning

Episodes In This Act

Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 9 Episode 10 Episode 11 Episode 12

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Back to story index PreviousAct 5, Episode 5, Scene 15: Elmyra Inherits the Problem NextAct 5, Episode 5, Scene 17: Oskar Comes Home Duller Than His Armor

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Current Campaign / 2100 M.B. / recorded 2026-04-09

Story Type: Recap Story
Timeline Bucket: Current Campaign
Chronology: 2100 M.B. / recorded 2026-04-09
In-World Date: 2100 M.B. exact day TBD
Campaign Year: 2100 M.B.
Recorded Date: 2026-04-09