Citadel's Shadow II, Session 74

Citadel's Shadow II, Session 74 was a session of the Citadel's Shadow II campaign, played on 12 April 2020 (UTC) (11 April 2020 for some participants).
Note that, due to Internet connection issues, some sections were played out of order. To keep the chronology straight so that each article follows the game's chronological order, some portions from this session and the next session are in Citadel's Shadow II, Session 75.
== Personnel ==
===Game Master===
*GM: played by Michael Lee Viviano
===Player Characters===
*Fern the Siegemaster: inventive fox-person student played by Rail Runner
*Juan de Fulmando: sword-wielding human alchemist played by Alden Loveshade
*Minigallith Atakares: half-elf mage played by Alden Loveshade
=== Prominent Non-Player Characters ===
*Alarra Gormann: deposed princess of Bortania
*Audrea Daleos: non-certified mage
*Eri Snow: fox-person entertainer for Madame Maude Lynn's Theater of Thrills
*Gimler Rockhand: dwarven merchant
*Katerina Smartcat: professor at St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth
*Kyrie Kelevan: priestess of Damira
== Events ==
=== 1742 ===
Heris 36 (Restingday) (continued): Gimler Rockhand paid Audrea Daleos, Eri Snow, Fern the Siegemaster, Juan Silvio-Vagle, and Kyrie Kelevan for their work as guards.  The group took Fern back to her dorm at St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth, then the rest went home, most to Maisson Boulavier.  In addition to their payment, the group had also gotten 2 crossbows (ST 12), 2 shortswords, 2 long knives, and $40 from the bandits they had captured; they had not yet learned the amount of the reward for them.
Juan showed the weapons to Hulgruth the Machinist, who also lived at Maisson Boulavier.  Hulgruth offered to "patch an' polish 'em a bit," saying they could sell them for half new price--in exchange for Hulgruth getting one of the crossbows.  Juan, who was not a merchant, was interrupted by Eri Snow, whos said that Jinxi was gone, and had taken all their stuff.
Juan wanted why Jinxi left.  Audrea said "Jinxi seemed disappointed to be cut out of the last expedition."  Juan said, "Jinxi wasn't cut out of anything. I asked several times who was interested, and Jinxi never gave any interest--until after the group was chosen. That's Jinxi's fault, not mine."  Kyrie said, "If that's the truth, the fool's fragility isn't any of our concern anyway."  Eri said she would check at Madame Maude Lynn's Theater of Thrills, where they both worked.
Juan said it was a group decision what to do with the weapons.  (Citadel's Shadow II adventure 2020 04 11)
Heris 37 (Godsday) (Festival of Willethe): Audrea Daleos, Eri Snow, Fern the Siegemaster, Juan Silvio-Vagle, and Kyrie Kelevan discussed what they wanted to do with weapons they had gained from robbers.  Fern found the crossbow was too strong for her to use in the field.  Audrea thought it would be better to have them dressed up as Hulgruth the Machinist had said he could do, but Kyrie disagreed, saying, "You can't make a race horse out of a jack ass."  Fern thought it would be better to keep the weapons, and look for an opportunity to sell them later.
The group decided to follow Fern's idea, to keep them, and sell them later.  They checked Fern's suggestion to see if they could keep them locked up in the workshop area at St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth.  While they did not think any of the weapons were magical, they checked them--none were magical.  They wrapped the weapons in a cloth, and took them to St. Bassard's.
They talked with Prof. Katerina Smartcat, who claimed she hadn't been taking a "cat nap."  The professor said storing that much wouldn't be a problem, but didn't want the group "getting in the habit of using our school as a storage lot."  When Juan said it could benefit Fern, the professor wanted to know what benefit Fern indicated she might get from it; Juan said to help pay for her expenses, which seemed to satisfy the professor.  She sent them to her brother.
They talked to Prof Clarence Smartcat who told them where they could stash the weapons.  While Juan as first thought a receipt wouldn't be necessary as the school could be trusted, he quickly said, "Actually, a receipt might be in order for the school records, perhaps."  The professor, who appeared to be working on a door bracket, quickly wrote one out.
Scorpia Lee came it to see about getting a belt buckle fixed, and was surprised to see Juan who seemed to have a tendency of showing up when she least expected it.  Fern fixed the belt buckle so it not pretty, was functional; the weld should be hidden by the belt.
Fern decided to put notices on St. Tanta's Plaza and nearby taverns about the weapons for sale, and Juan put up a notice at the Southern Cities Armsmen's Charter.  The notices said who to contact, but did not say where the weapons were being stored.  (Citadel's Shadow II adventure 2020 04 11)