Truth Serum

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## Summary

As the group leaves, Adrian Tanlaial is given a note to do the same thing that Olwen Edgeworth did earlier that night. As the group gets up in the morning, everyone hears a wail of disappointment. Adrian heads downstairs with Sybl joining him. They find Pikria Thymos at the door wondering to let the whiner who wants alcohol inside. Adrian suggests getting Hoshimi so Pikria does. Qadir comes with her. Hoshimi opens the door to see a Yuan-Ti woman. She had been working on the king's commission and hadn't gotten any alcohol for three days. Hoshimi lets her in on the condition that she pays extra. The woman is thankful to Hoshimi and goes with Hoshimi and Pikria.

Flint wonders what she was doing with the spell of spices on her. Qadir says that the Yuan-Ti woman was known as Batia Hassar, herbologist to the king. Adrian figures out that she worked the apothecary so he begins formulating a plan with Flint. Adrian also asks for the Rainbow Mare drink before following the herbologist to the staging area. The herbologist panics and grabs the bottle before Pikria can pour it and downs a bunch. Batia is about to pay when Hoshimi demands an explanation for the display she pulled. It turns out she was working on a project for a king that Adrian identifies as a counter-agent. It turns out Batia's skills have caught the attention of the nobility and Adrian sticks around to let her talk about it. It turns out she made a great potion and now everyone wants their hands on it. It turns out to be the memory potion that allowed Xaillen to see Raquel's memories. Hoshimi begins asking how the potion works as Batia gets plastered. Hoshimi tells Yasmin to prepare a room.

Batia smells something and looks around. She finds Cora Treecreak first who ducks under the bed and screams. Xaillen bursts from his room and stammers over seeing Batia. Batia continues to Seven's room and paws at it. She smells her potion in Seven's room. Seven opens the door and Batia slithers towards her. Seven backs up onto the bed and Hoshimi drags Batia to another room. Xaillen explains how Batia made the memory potion and Flint gets a theory. He steps into Seven's room and closes the door. Seven is confused about why Batia said she had her potion. Flint doesn't want to say anything yet until they get more info. Seven gets scared so Flint decides to watch over her that night. As everyone turns in, Adrian notices another note telling him that if he wants information he has to mimic the exact order.

The next day, Flint and Seven hear groaning coming from the room across from them. Batia wakes up with a hangover so Flint talks to her. Batia feels bad and wants to apologize. She then notices one of her potions is in Seven's room. She's allowed to but Hoshimi makes it clear that Seven is not to be harmed. Batia notices the apparatus on Seven's head. She mentions boneweave which is a plant-based compound which is manufactured. It's commonly used for body replacement surgery but is difficult to obtain. Apparently it can only be obtained in Kakoria and the government doesn't like trading with other countries. These people were likely involved with the underworld.

Batia heads downstairs with Hoshimi to check on the bill after apologizing to Cora. Xaillen is given thanks by Cora for saving her from the scorpion. Adrian goes to check on Olwen Edgeworth as the rest of the group heads down to breakfast.

## Notable events

* The maker of the memory potion, Batia Hassar, comes into the Inn looking for a drink
* Batia gets drunk and goes after Seven
* Batia apologizes and tells the group that the liquid is boneweave used for surgery