Act 5, Episode 5, Scene 43

Hugo Keeps the Gloves Vic Throws Away

2026-04-23 / Abandoned chapel / necromancer hut

Recap StoryCurrent Campaign2100 M.B. / recorded 2026-04-232100 M.B.

Session LogAdapted RecapAct 5Episode 5Abandoned ChapelNecromancer Hut+8 tags

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What Happened

The chapel yields Vayne necromancy loot, including Gloves of Rotting Flesh that Hugo quietly pockets after Vic discards them.

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Madcap - Hugo DriderQuiet opportunist / glove taker: Recognizes value in Vic's discarded gloves and pockets the Gloves of Rotting Flesh while Vic is not looking.Vic VaurrDoor-smasher / careless looter: Smashes chapel doors, takes seven gold and a magical sickle, and discards gloves he thinks are useless after an awful Arcana check.

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Black Wingkin - Frod Wingkin Cardinal - Jonah Subramountian Foulcrum - Ash Stonefist Prism - Elmyra Manticore

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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.FLESHHostile faction / anti-forged threat Castro ForcesShapeshifting voidling faction

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Gloves of Rotting FleshWondrous Item Pillow of False LifeWondrous Item Sickle of Corpse BloomWeapon

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The Laws of JerichaLegal Reference Lawful Contract and Consent EnforcementLegal Reference Undying Pact and Phoenix CircuitHistory Reference Vayne, Duskborn, and Mass ResurrectionHistory Reference Void Era EconomyWorld Reference Gertie Collector Network and Bargain EconomyWorld Reference

Once the chapel stopped trying to kill everyone, it started handing out the Vayne family's leftovers.

Vic smashed through chapel doors and found Vayne-labeled boxes. He took seven gold and a magical sickle, then discarded a pair of gloves because he thought they were useless. Hugo quietly knew better. He identified and pocketed the Gloves of Rotting Flesh, letting the party's noise become his opportunity.

The chapel gave up more than that.

The party recovered the Wand of Anime Boyfriend, the Sickle of Corpse Bloom, and the Pillow of False Life. Every item felt shaped by the same warped emotional logic as the diaries: necromancy used for comfort, protection, control, and denial until love became equipment and grief became a mechanic.

Even the gloves had teeth. They made unarmed strikes magical and necrotic.

The loot was useful, but it was not neutral. It belonged to a family system that had tried to solve fear with undead bodies and magical substitutes. Taking it meant carrying pieces of that story forward.

Vic wanted the obvious prize.

Hugo took the thing that looked useless until it touched flesh.

Episode / Arc

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Episode Scenes

Scene 1Enemy Offers Peace in Bones's Crypt Scene 15Elmyra Inherits the Problem Scene 16Elmyra 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 43 - CurrentHugo 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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Current Campaign / 2100 M.B. / recorded 2026-04-23

Story Type: Recap Story
Timeline Bucket: Current Campaign
Chronology: 2100 M.B. / recorded 2026-04-23
In-World Date: 2100 M.B. exact day TBD
Campaign Year: 2100 M.B.
Recorded Date: 2026-04-23