Citadel's Shadow II, Session 18

Citadel's Shadow II, Session 18 was a session of the Citadel's Shadow II campaign, played on Mar. 31, 2019 (UTC) (Mar. 30, 2019 for some participants).
== 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
=== Non-Player Characters ===
* Jinxi: androgynous jester with poppet Jack
* Ursula Nidonge: female human mercenary
* Yagritte Ratreaper: female dwarven rat exterminator
==Events==
=== 1742 ===
Ulthrane 14 (Middleday) (continued): Fern the Siegemaster, Jinxi, Juan de Fulmando, and Ursula Nidonge arrived at at Madame Maude Lynn's Theater of Thrills. (Yagritte Ratreaper arrived a little later, but without Krendall Moulerbos, whom she said was still sleeping.)
Juan told the MC that the Curse of the Rat King that plagued the city was over; there would still be rats here and there, but back to normal levels; the evil, overwhelming manifestation was over. He said that the group that got rid of the problem was Ursula Nidonge, Fern the Siegemaster, Yagritte Ratreaper, Krendall Moulerbos, Juan de Fulmando, and Jinxi, all under the guidance of Constable Thuddeus Gunch. Ursula, Yagritte, and Krendall were hired to help the city; Fern, Juan, and Jinxi were volunteers.
The Amateur night entertainers and contestants would perform before the play, The Black Cabriolet Rides Through Temples. The gentleman at the door told the group that, if they told him more about the Curse of the Rat King after the show, he would let them into the Dress Circle for free; they accepted. (The Dress Circle was the first balcony above the floor).
Those who went backstage to get ready to perform were Jinxi (who had planned an act), Juan (who had planned an act), and Fern (who thought she'd think of something). A couple of people working backstage on a fox costume started looking closely at fox-person Fern.
Other performers were Kenna Tharzin, a human female who performed a shrieking melodrama, at the end burying her face in her hands to then reveal she was a pure Thalosian. Her performance was well received.
Primrose Tunk, a halfling male whose was stern before going on stage, performed jokes that were not well-received. Someone (who was dealt with) threw a tomato, and Primrose was "hooked" with a shepherd's crook and pulled off stage. His shouted insults, while leaving, drew more laughs than his jokes.
Fozbonia, a female gnomish illusionist, put on a rather thrilling show that went over well.  A male dwarf named Slammy Killmaster performed on a stand-up bass, but in spite of performing well, his music was "too progressive" for the audience and was not well-received. Fern told an improvised version of battling rats including the rat king; a lot of folks left to use the potties or to get a drink in the salon. Juan performed a variation of the Demon Dust incantation (very similar to Earth Shakespeare's three witches scene in Macbeth), which went over quite well. Jinxi performed verbal and physical jokes with the poppet Jack, performed juggling variations, and pulled out "Wilbur," a very recently stuffed giant rat that seemed about to go into the audience until Jinxi stopped it: the audience really like the performance.
Fozbonia, Juan, and Jinxi were asked to return to perform--for pay. The couple of people working on a fox costume argued, and then one of them told Fern they were working on an idea called something like The Werefox of White Hill.
Juan sat and flirted with Ursula. They, Fern, Jinxi, and Yagritte talked to each other until the play The Black Cabriolet Rides Through Temples began. Juan and Ursula traded addresses; she lived in Hairnshaven and said she was often found at the Masters of the Glass Tower in Old Palace Ward; Juan said he lived at Maisson Boulavier. Yagritte asked if she could clean up Packer's Cave; Juan said he was sure Hanna Gruskin, the dead owner Packer aka Vilburd Gruskin's sister, would want that done. (Citadel's Shadow II adventure 2019 03 30)