Episode 12 - Consequences

Intro
Matt: Hello and welcome back to the Celestial Expanse podcast. My name is Matthew, I'll be your DM for the night, today playing with me today is Ben as Rell... Ben: Hello. Matt: Jason as Theran... Jason: What up. Matt: Rebecca as Martle... Rebecca: Helloooo. Matt: Boston as Juniper... Boston: When in doubt, hallway pizza combos. Jason: *pained noises* Matt: And Natalia as Z. Natalia: Ewo! Matt: So how's everybody doing today? Boston: I have pizza combos. Jason: Yeah. They're hallway pizza combos and you're gonna get salmonella. Boston: Okay they weren't opened. Jason: Okay I'm just saying you're gonna lose some weight with this. Boston: Okay, that's fine. Jason: Okay. Natalia: She can't afford to, she might disappear. Matt: Yeah no kidding, you're such a - you're so - you're a toothpick, Boston. Boston: I'm not a toothpick, I have jiggly thighs. Matt: That's the only thing that's jiggly. Natalia (singing): Jiiiiigglypuuuuuuff, jigglypuff. Jason: Ben - Boston: Well, I hope nothing else is jiggly. Jason: Ben, how are your jiggly thighs sir? Ben: Fine. Natalia: I suddenly feel very fat. Thanks Matt. Matt: You're perfect as you are, Nat. Natalia: Aw, thanks Matt. Boston: I mean, I hope nothing else jiggles other than my thighs. That'd be concerning. Rebecca: I'm just a bundle of sticks tied together to look like a person. Jason: Yes, you - Boston: My belly doesn't jiggle. Natalia: See you'd be perfect to dogsit. They love sticks. Jason: You could go up to Rebecca and shake her and she wouldn't jiggle. Rebecca: Yeah. I have very little meat on my bones. Natalia: She would rattle though. Rebecca: Yes, I am a sentient skeleton. Natalia (singing): Shake rattle and roll!

Episode Description
The crew try to save their friend Ashley and are forced to face the consequences of their actions when another memory of Juniper's past shows up.

Summary
The party runs into the fiery hospital to save Ashley. While everyone else looks for people, Juniper investigates the cause of the fire. Z fails to warn the party of falling beams, and Theran is briefly trapped under one before Rell and Martle help him out. Juniper enlists Arula's help, who tells her to be careful - she doesn't want to lose her again. In Ashley's room, Theran finds someone with their face so badly burned it's unrecognizable as they let out their last breath. He calls Martle, who heals them and takes them out. Rell finds an elderly woman who has fallen out of her wheelchair and was forgotten by evacuators. He helps her back in, and Martle ignores his suggestion that they put the other injured person on top. Z unsuccessfully investigates the room for evidence that the burned person is not Ashley, then shoves the old woman out of the chair, breaking her hip, suggests they put the burned person in it, and carries the old woman instead. Martle ignores Z too.

Juniper finds a bomb in a janitorial shed connected to the hospital. She's looking for Arula when the rest of the party emerges from the collapsing hospital. Hospital staff take the old woman, and Juniper hears Arula call, "Juniper, help!" Martle and Theran give the burned woman to more hospital staff and Martle gets a tablet so they can be updated on the person's care. Everyone reaches Arula at the same time. She's by an ambulance, in the middle of a group of Inquisitors, being held hostage with a gun to her head. The person holding her is wearing a helmet, and calls Juniper a Firebug. We hear a flashback to Juniper being bullied in the orphanage, and the matron, Mama Gail, giving her book back and telling her learning is everything. In the present, the person holding Arula removes her helmet, revealing herself as Mama Gail. She tells Juniper running was a futile endeavor, and that they want what the party found in the underground city. If they don't hand it over, Mama Gail will shoot Arula. Z tries to bluff and say it exploded. Mama Gail becomes angry, there's a small blast, and Arula falls dead. Filled with rage, Juniper lets loose a fireball. Martle darts in and attempts to heal Arula, but it's too late. The party attacks the Inquisitors and kill several of them, but Mama Gail orders a retreat. The episode ends with Juniper wailing in despair.

Memorable Quotes
Matt: Martle you said you were going into the fiery hospital? Rebecca: Yes, I am dumb and gay.

Matt: She fell out of her wheelchair and nobody seems to have seen her fall or helped her out. And you hear her coughing, "Help!" Ben: You're saying she has a wheelchair that we could take.

Matt: I think you're asking for things that could not possibly be there because of the explosion and the fire.

Matt: You hear a small blast. Various: No - no! Boston: Oh god. Oh nooo. Matt: And, I'm sorry Juniper it's too late.

Trivia

 * #mattisamonster
 * Z finally got her first kill this episode!
 * Mama Gail was introduced this episode.