Stingray, Miguel and others in “Unfinished Business”

Stingray

Okay, so I've been working on this new D&D campaign...

Miguel

I don't think we have time for this.

Wait a minute. What happens in the campaign, Stingray?

Stingray

[picks up a piece and places in the field] Okay, so, once upon a time, there was a Dwarven monk, and he was a member of the most badass guild in all the land. Uh, he was banished for a time. You know, typical PC crap. But, um, once he paid his penance, he returned. Only by then, the guild was under new leadership. And the monk was denied reentry into the guild. And quite unceremoniously, might I add. What did the monk do? The monk, he made a pact with a silver-haired king who would usurp the leader. [places another piece near the monk piece] And it was early one morning, before any of the warriors had arrived, that the king struck the monk down. Again, and again, and again. It was then that they framed the leader for the assault, and the leader was put in chains, and the silver-haired king took over the guild.

And you were... The Dwarven monk was let back into the guild?

Yeah. With benefits.

Stingray

Aye. With benefits, yeah.

Miguel

So why can't he just tell everyone what really happened?

Because he doesn't want to lose his benefits.

Stingray

No! No. I would... The-The monk would give it all back if he could, but the-the silver-haired king, you know, he... He almost killed the monk. He could have killed him. And why? To get power. So, yeah, the monk fears what that king would do to keep that power. I think the monk just... The monk just wanted reentry into the guild because he thought that he could be like a... Like a proud and noble warrior. Just like you, Hawk, Samantha, all you guys. But he's neither proud nor noble. Definitely not a warrior. He just sits around playing with them all day. The monk's just scared. I just can't. I'm sorry.

That's great. Thanks for nothing. [walks out]