Citadel's Shadow II, Session 58

Citadel's Shadow II, Session 58 was a session of the Citadel's Shadow II campaign, played on 15 December 2019 (UTC) (14 December 2019 for some participants). This also includes portions of two side sessions played on 3 December 2019 and on 11 December 2019 (UTC). A small portion of this session is included in the previous session as it predated the beginning of this session; this keeps the events in chronological order according to the game timeline.
== Personnel ==
===Game Master===
*GM: played by Michael Lee Viviano
===Player Characters===
*Fern the Siegemaster: inventive fox-person student played by Rail Runner
*Minigallith "Mini" Atakares: half-elf mage played by Alden Loveshade
=== Prominent Non-Player Characters ===
*Donghai Ping: gnome grandmaster alchemist and demon dust maker
*Katerina Smartcat: cat professor at St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth
*Turgan Tin-Finger: goblin student at St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth
*Zig "Zazzie" Kazhalara: Massabra human student at St. Bassard's
=== Special ===
* Juan Silvio-Vagle: sword-wielding alchemist usually played by Alden Loveshade
== Events ==
=== 1742 ===
Heris 11 (Mustering) (continued): Master Pei Zhing told Minigallith Atakares he had good luck with his wife the previous night, and suspected that was due to his interaction with the billiken that had been and still was with Mini.  Mini told him she'd an important dream that night, and thought the billiken might have helped her with that as well.
Master Pei said billikens were known to go on their way, and trying to force one to stay could mean bad luck. Mini said Fern had noticed it chuckled when meeting someone new, which might make it happy, so said she would introduce it to new people.  She also gave it a Dragon coin hoping it would be pleased.  After examining it, the being dropped it.  During the day, Mini tried giving the billiken different foods and drink, and small trinkets, pretty rock, hair ribbon, etc.  None of them seemed to interest it.
Heris 11 (Mustering): Minigallith Atakares got off work assistant teaching students involved in Shining Luck Mages' Guild. She took a pint of royal blood she had legally gained. She talked to Juan Silvio-Vagle, and he reminded her they had dated once and then went for coffee, which she did not remember. She thanked him greatly for being a part of saving her life. She then talked to Master Donghai Ping about selling the blood, and explained how she had gotten it, and told him it had been magically cleaned. He offered her $50, but she said she wondered if it might be worth more than that. Juan avoided getting involved in the deal. Ping then offered $100, which she accepted--on the condition that he promise not to let it be used against Princess Alarra Gormann of Bortania who had approved Mini receiving it. She said she was sure he would respect that, but felt bound to have him promise, which he did.
She then said as Kyrie Kelevan, Fern the Siegemaster, and Juan had traveled and gotten items to help her recover from the coma, she had given them something but had not done so for Juan. So she gave him the blood. He said he would accept it on behalf of his sister Yesenia Silvio-Vagle who had recently started working as an alchemist for Master Ping after having been released from slavery. She had come to Trynser City with little more than the clothes on her back. Minigallith thought that was a good thing to do. to help her get a new start. (Citadel's Shadow II adventure 2019 11 30+)
Heris 11 (Mustering) (continued): Mini went in the rain to St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth.  Outside, she looked for but not see one of the people who had been involved in tying Turgan Tin-Finger on the bridge according to her dream.  She found student Fern the Siegemaster and her student helper Turgan in the school's workshop.  Fern was feverishly drawing designs on papers while Turgan was looking on in bewilderment.  Mini and Turgan hugged each other while trying not to disturb Fern.  The billiken stayed on Mini's head.
Mini told Turgan to put out his hand; the billiken came to him and chuckled.  Immediately after, they heard a crash in the next room and Mugsey Dormp crying and cursing in pain.  Turgan smiled widely.  Fern, Mini, and Turgan investigated, and learned Mugsey had stumbled on something and dropped a hammer on his foot, but was otherwise OK. 
Fern, Mini, and Turgan had a discussion in private.  Mini suspected that her detailed dream, Master Pei's luck the previous night, Fern's late-night solution, and Mugsey's "accident" were related, especially as she learned Turgan was not at all fond of Mugsey who had caused Turgan problems.
She told them that in her dream the three who put Turgan in the bag were a tall slender girl, one a lean red-haired younger boy who Mini had heard call Zig Kazhalara "Zazzie," and Oscar Ragnar.  Neither Fern nor Turgan knew who the two unknown people were.
On Turgan's suggestion, Mini had Fern put out a hand to see if the billiken would go to her; it did and chuckled, but Fern didn't feel "lucky."  They discussed why Turgan had gone near the bridge; Fern said she had heard Scorpia Lee and Rajzhela Carnelian talk about meeting at the bridge, and was curious about what they were up to, but couldn't go herself so sent Turgan.
They saw other students nearby, so Mini covered her talking about keeping secrets with referring to the school project being a secret.  After deciding it would be safer for Turgan not to be seen with them while they checked out what happened, Fern and Mini went to the room of Zig Kazhalara,  They said high to the male students in the lounge, and talked to Zig who seemed nervous talking to Mini.  They talked about the dance, and how Mini didn't get much of a chance to talk to him after Princess Alarra Gormann was stabbed there.  The three of them sat at a table together, and buried wondering about the identify of the red-haired boy among general conversation; his name was Rico Wylde.  They did not learn the name of the older, taller girl Mini had seen in her dream.  Mini gave Zig a hug, and she and Fern left.
Based on Fern's knowledge, Fern and Mini went to the girls' dormitory facultry room to talk to Professor Katerina Smartcat.  In private, they discussed the billiken, Mini's job, Fern and other students' project for a Festival of Damira contest, and importantly the details of Mini's dream about Turgan being tied to the bridge including a description of the three suspects with the names of two of them.  The professor said she would check into it.
As an experiment, Mini plucked one of her hairs and gave it to the billiken; it wrapped it around its own tuft of hair, and chuckled.  It was the first thing giving to it that the billiken seemed to like.  They discussed Fern's idea of combining milk and vinegar to make a substance, then Mini then suggested Fern try giving the billiken a bit of fur.  Fern brushed some out and offered it to the billiken.  He accepted it, chuckled, and wrapped it around his own hair.
Fern was awoken around midnight.  It was Rajzhela Carnelian, whom Fern went with.  They met Professor Katerina Smartcat who was waiting at the stairs.  The professor said, "Come with me, Fern. We need to talk."  (Citadel's Shadow II adventure 2019 12 14)