Session 2 2/7/2021

Session 2 - 2/7/2021

Megan, Michael, Bill, and Tasha

The party entered the town and immediately noticed that none of the townsfolk would look at them or even acknowledge them. They would see them and then pointedly look away. As the party passed by an alleyway, there heard a whisper and found a skeezy looking guy beckoning to them. He offers to get them out of town for the low price of 100gp each. He would provide rations and water. He tells the party that they really don't want to be here and need to leave. Eventually, he lowers the price to 50gp each, which is still more than the party has. He suggests they check out the church and the tavern and to avoid The Mayor. He mentions a Ring Master as the one who arranged for them to be captured and put the torqs on them. Their best bet to find a way to get them off is with him.

The party wanders through town looking for the temple and find a Temple of Oghma. The doors are shut and they can hear rhythmic screaming coming from inside. They open the doors and the screaming is coming from a room at the back of the church. The walls are lined with desks, tables, books, pigeon holes stuffed with scrolls. A priest comes out to see who came in and addresses the party. He explains that the screaming is a Brother Matthias, who isn't well. The blessings of Oghma come at a steep price, sometimes. The priest explains a little bit about the torqs ( dampens attributes: -2 to primary stat, -1 to secondary stat)and suggests finding the crazy old man that lives in the desert. He's absolutely bonkers. He gets very uncomfortable and eventually leaves. Lucia finds a bottle of ink and is very excited about it.

The party finds three taverns in town. One is near the guard tower, One is at the Center Square in town, and one is an inn off a side road. The Center Square has a large, intricate fountain and is surrounded by lush, green grass. The party decides to go to the inn and are greeted warmly by the innkeep. They are fed a very tasty fish dinner for a few silver each. Lucia mentions that it doesn't taste particularly exciting to her, probably because she doesn't have to eat anymore. They are given rooms for a few coppers. They head to the room and see that they are simple, clean, and unassuming rooms. Once it gets dark, Lucia climbs out of the window and goes exploring in the town. Elektrah asks her to bring back a book. The guys head down to the main room while Elektrah rests in the room. The innkeep offers them a drink and mentions that he doesn't have anything stronger for that little one they had with them. He mentioned that she wasn't the first she'd seen of "that type". Broden and Arden mention that the females were resting in the room upstairs and ordered a bottle of wine for a few coppers. Later on in the evening, Elektrah comes down to the main room and Lucia comes in through the main door of the inn and sits down at the table with her friends. She hands a book of prayers to Elektrah and mentions it only cost her a bottle of ink. When she finds out that the innkeeper has seen other tieflings, she goes to speak to him as tieflings are very rare. He shrugs and pours her a drink. she finishes the drink and sets the glass down. They are not charged for Lucia's drink.

Lucia leads the party through the alleyways and shadows to The Mayor's hours. It's completely dark and surrounded by bright green grass. Brodan is able to hear an echo coming from above them. It sounds like metal on metal. The party searches and eventually finds a secret door at the back of the property. It leads to a tunnel and eventually a staircase with an open trapdoor. The party overhears someone talking about a missing shipment before leaving. The party climbs through the trapdoor and search the room. They find a lockbox with 300gp and a calendar on the desk. The calendar has certain days marked with different colored inks. Pink, Red, and Blue. The party can hear cheering and shouting coming from a ways off outside. There is a list of dignitaries on the desk showing some Very Important People. There is a locked drawer that has been sealed with magic. The chest is full of scrolls. Some of them are short stories (fanfic) and some are skits written out. At the very bottom is a note from a person with the initials A. C. The note asks them to keep an eye out for a child and they'll know it when they see it. On a table they find a poem. Arden scribes the poem on a piece of paper.

The party sneaks out of the office tent and find three tents spread out on a tier below them. A Pink Tent, a Red Tent and a Blue Tent. They can tell that some sort of gladiatorial fight is going on in the Red tent. They can hear shouts of encouragement, swearing, bets being placed, and cheering. Lucia sneaks to the Blue tent and cuts a small hole in the side with her dagger. She comes back to report that horrific magical experimentation is taking place in it. The party finds a pathway that leads behind all of these tents and it ends at a wall. The party finds a secret door (that wasn't very secret, come to think of it) and find a long tunnel lined with empty cages. The party assumes that the occupants are out in the tents. Finally, Lucia is asked to look in the Pink tent. She cuts a few small holes and then vomits behind the tent. She comes back and reports that every sort of sexual depravity is in the Pink tent.

The party decides to hide in the shadows at the back of the area and wait until the slaves are brought back to their cages so they can all be rescued at once.

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