Episode 25 - Something In Your Eye

Episode Description
The Crew finally make it to the quarry. Are they ready for the horrors that are in store for them?

Summary
The crew heads to the quarry, which has a strange metal structure, 6-9 stories tall, with a drill and an elevator. There are several campsites and pirate ships scattered around, as well as bloodstains. Theran sees tiny crystals in the blood. The drill structure is massive, and has a computer suite attached. Juniper sees that there were several firefights, and drag marks towards the elevator.

They reluctantly enter the elevator. Z goes to the back, but Theran tells her to go to the front because she's melee and he can shoot over her head. Martle also goes to the front, and Juniper stays in the back. They push the down button, and the elevator loses power. Juniper opens the panel and sees the wires have been rearranged. Z fixes it, getting shocked in the process. They go down more than 40km, and it gets hot. The elevator eventually opens to a roughly hewn rock passage. There's more evidence of fighting, and Juniper finds a fresh piece of skull in a bedroom alcove.

Two crystal golems approach. Juniper fails to hide in the alcove, and hears whispers in her head, saying, "You will be in the void with us. You will become one of us again." They attack, and the crew successfully defeats them.

They continue on, passing more battle sites. They see some empty crystal golems, intact but missing whatever brings them to life. There are more small crystal formations growing in bloodstains, and Rell smashes them as they go. Z goes to collect one, but the others tell her it's a bad idea.

As they go deeper, they see dripping water and stalactites. They come to a large room, 30-40 feet across. They see the man they're looking for facing away from them, muttering over a device he's holding. Beyond him is a tall, black, crystalline structure with thousands of lights swarming inside. They recognize the device as the harmonic emitter they were sent to recover, and he wires it into the crystal structure. Then he stops and turns around, revealing a face laced with crystal veins, leading to crystal eyes. The episode ends with him saying, "Ah, more hosts for my friends behind me."

Memorable Quotes
Natalia: Elevator seems to be bad. Jason: Yeah. Which of course always guarantees that's where we have to go.

Natalia: Where's Rell? Ben: Wherever there's room. Jason: Outside! Ben: Wherever he got shoved.

Ben: If only you could walk past people without provoking. Jason: I know. Ben: By using a bonus action. Jason: Oh I can!

Trivia
Juniper has a Chameleon Vest, which gives her advantage on stealth checks.