After our trip to the Dream Realm, we decided to look into visiting the Succubus (named Decambria Tradgedy). On our way through the richer parts of town, we see a truly revolting human merchant (ooc kinda looks like Hoggish Greedly) leading 7 people by chain, covered by 4 human guards. My eye is immediately drawn to a lovely pink Tiefling lady. I knew exactly what was going on. I’ve seen far too much of the slave trade in my travels. It disgusts me to no end to see a person treat another like property. I MUST FREE HER!!! This time though, I had a plan.

I separate myself from Sunshadow and Staab, and I greet the merchant jovially.

“Excuse me sir, whatcha doing with these fine folk?”

The man looks down to me and chuckles. He responds (in a cockney accent), “Transportin’ merchandise. Name’s Joe, of Slave Trader Joe’s. Ya interested in purchasin”?”

Keeping my jovial guise, I smile brightly. “Oh yes good sir. I’m very interested. How much for the seven of them?”

Joe slightly gasped at the notion. He regained composure and replied “Still need to get ‘em checked for diseases. Couldn’t price ‘em if I wanted to right now.” He pulls a scroll from his jacket. “Here’s ma callin’ card. Stop by me shop later, and I’ll set you up with some nice slaves. Hahaha.” I put the scroll in my Garter of Holding.

While I was distracting him, Sunshadow and Staab were stealthily sneaking up behind Joe’s back two guards. The imprisoned people look to them. Staab goes “shhhh”, and they keep our stealth. I bid Joe farewell, and took cover about 30 ft. away behind a stack of crates. I then entered my Guardian of Nature: Primal Beast mode, while Sunshadow and Staab stealthily “incapacitated”, the back two Joes. I then WildShape into my favorite form I worked so hard to attain, OWLBEAR! GUARDIAN OF NATURE:PRIMAL BEAST OWLBEAR!

I come barreling out, charging at Joe’s left hand Joe, and I beak and claw him into submission.

Joe doesn’t know what the heck’s going on. He just all of a sudden sees a super primal Owlbear attacking his left guard, Joe booked it as fast as his stubby little legs could go.

Sunshadow unleashes his mighty cleave with his Sun Blade to finish off the guard I previously weakened. Staab used the ultimate sneak attack on the final guard, and he dropped into a pit of ribbon. Sunshadow and I broke the shackles of the people, and I drop back into my base Riolu.

While Sunshadow is hugging the half-orc and simultaneously getting kicked in the shin by the dwarf who didn’t appreciate the hug, and Staab was being Staab, I provided my #applecare and handed an apple to everyone, again from my Garter of Holding.

I then hand an apple to the lady. I am enamoured. I ask her her name, she says she’s never had one. I tell her that she is her own person, and I will be sure that no one will ever enslave her again. She is protected.

We take the seven of them to Sunshadow’s church of choice in this town, and they are taken in. Before leaving her for now, and as a sign of her being under my protection to live the life she wants to live, I pull out my Marvelous Pigments and paint a to-scale, 4 inch Riolu in a dancing loop (I may have just invented the gif) and I give it to her.

With the people freed and cared for, we decide to follow the scroll and pay a visit to “Slave Trader Joe’s”.