The Delinquents - Session 23

This is the twenty-third session in The Delinquents campaign and the first session in the Good Times, Bad Times storyline of the Consequences arc. Player feedback ranks this session at an 8.60.

## Notable Events

* The party got to know Mace, their new roommate.
* The party learned about the Elves of the Forest of Eternal Spring from Professor Gnorbitt Half-Pint.
* Professor Half-Pint revealed that he remembered Cecilia, that he had forgotten his and the party's involvement with the airship incident, and that the Adventuring Club would be planning a trip within the city limits.
* Mace met "the WIZRAD", the snake oil salesman that the party had encountered previously.
* Lamhach and Palmer spoke with Dello and agreed to work with the Molero family for their protection.
* The party agreed to attend a party at 715 Creeks Road to plant drugs on Sheerbuckle's son, Carlin.
* Mace unknowingly met Dello in the Parliamentarian while purchasing beds for the apartment.

## Summary

**THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 995:** As the night drew to a close, Mace properly introduced herself to her new roommates. Ishim quickly ran to the boys' bedroom to wake and hide Gorrn from Mace, finding him still asleep. Ishim woke him up and told him to hide, prompting Gorrn to immediately hide himself under the bed. Mace, after introducing herself by her full name Mellie Pock and informing the party that she had once lived in the Crimson Mountains, set her things down in the girls' bedroom and realized that one of the beds from the room had been taken and moved to the other room. As she went to enter the boys' room, she was stopped nervously by Ishim, who (though awkwardly) had somehow managed to keep Gorrn's presence in the room a secret. Mace paid little mind to this, and the evening continued normally as the group made small talk with their new roommate.

As the apartment's members eventually went their separate ways to sleep, Ishim and Palmer entered their room to find that Gorrn had fled from his first hiding spot and had instead stuffed himself into the corner of the ceiling behind the door, using two pitons and his prodigious grip strength. The trio quickly came up with a secret knock to use before entering the room, before Eren and Guttersnipe entered the room after several knocks (notably not the proper secret knock, which prompted Eren to be choked by Gorrn in a surprise attack as he entered the room). After removing himself from Eren, Gorrn and the boys discussed ways to keep Gorrn from being discovered by Mace, such as Snipe showing Gorrn a better hiding spot up in the rafters of the apartment. While Ishim's other suggestions were openly mocked (mostly by Gorrn), his original suggestion of a secret knock was reimplemented by the group, who soon after went to sleep. Lamhach and Mace, in the other room, briefly spoke with each other before retiring to bed, with Mace sleeping in the now-recovered bed from the other bedroom.

**FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 995:** In the morning, Mace awoke to find that the rest of the group had already begun their day, hearing the tale end of a tall tale told by Palmer about his time in Paradeen involving a pie and an owlbear. Eren, incredulous at the events that Palmer had described to the group, asked him several questions, prompting Palmer to reveal that he had unfortunately lied about the owlbear to make the story more interesting. Interested herself in Palmer's history with Paradeen, she asked him about how he had come to live so far away from it, with him deflecting and saying that he would tell her about it later. Hearing the distant chime of the clocktower, the group (now with Mace!) gathered to head to their shared Friday course: General History with Professor Gnorbitt Half-Pint. Arriving at the lecture, the group sat down as Gnorbitt presented his lecture on Elven history, explaining to the class that very little was known about the Elves due to their secretive nature and restrictions imposed by their ruling class. What the University *did* know was that Elven society was structured into several different social classes, the highest of which are supposedly 3 mythical Moon Elves, divinely-chosen leaders of the Elven people. Even less is known about these leaders, as what Elves they *had* interviewed had never met one themselves, instead taking direction from the Elven Dominion, the ruling body of the Forest. As the lecture concluded, Agvahl was specifically reminded by Professor Half-Pint that there would be a history test next week, clearly implying that he was unprepared for it. Gnorbitt also announced that he would be holding a brief meeting with the adventuring club after class, with the party and Mace remaining to meet. Taking role call, Gnorbitt noted that Cecilia and Maple were not present, making an offhand comment about "young love" to the great surprise of the party at the discovery of yet another individual who could still remember Cecilia. The group chose to say nothing about it, and after being introduced to prospective member Mace, Gnorbitt explained to the group that they had done very well in advertising the club, as several new prospective members had approached him to join. Unfortunately for them, Gnorbitt's request for the club to travel outside of the city was rejected due to concerns after the recent hijacking of the airship. He mused about whoever had been involved with that, before the group noted that all of them (minus Mace) had been involved with it, puzzling Gnorbitt as he slowly recalled their involvement and wondering how he could have forgotten such a thing. Chalking it up to being overworked, Gnorbitt informed the party that he still had a trip within the city planned and that he would notify them of the details soon.

With the meeting closed, Mace asked the group about what had happened with the airship. The group explained to her that they had seen Gnorbitt be kidnapped by a group of criminals and, after a rather unfortunate turn of events during an attempt to save him, accidentally crashed the airship into the mountains below before eventually being rescued by Director Guybrush Johnson and workers from the University. The party chose to leave out any details regarding what they had seen down in the mountains as to not concern Mace further. Interested by this, Mace asked the party if they recognized the group of criminals that did this and where Guttersnipe had been all this time, learning from Palmer that Guttersnipe had actually been a mailman for a few weeks after being discovered in their dorm.

Returning to the dormitory, the group decided to head to the market party for various reasons (Mace for food and furniture, and the rest of the party to report to Dello at the Parliamentarian). Wishing to not alert Mace to their involvement with the Molero family, Palmer lied to Mace and informed her that Ishim had a nasty scale rash that they would have to visit an apothecary to treat, hoping to buy the rest of the group some privacy. The group arrived at the Clocktower market and ran into a gear-wagon staffed by several Gnomes preparing food while shouting out seemingly nonsensical phrases related to the grub being ordered. Mace politely purchased some of the street food while waiting for Agvahl, while the rest of the party headed to the Parliamentarian, After Agvahl noticed a weapon stand, the pair was separated and Mace was quickly approached by the WIZRAD, who begged for her to take a look at his wares, claiming that he was a powerful wizard trapped in this dimension and that he needed the money for components to reunite with his "apprentice", Guybrush Johnson. In an effort to get away from the man, Mace mentioned she was "looking for her son, Agvahl" and needed to find him. Upon the mention of Agvahl's name, the WIZRAD threw a potion at his feet and ran off under the cover of a very thin cloud of dust. Mace soon met back up with Agvahl, and the two went to purchase groceries for the dormitory.

Arriving at the Parliamentarian, the group met with Nightingale and Dello. Palmer and Lamhach, still undecided on whether they would join the rest of the group in engaging with the crime family, went to walk with Dello around the market while the rest of the group stayed back to chat with Nightingale. Assuring them that they would be safe outside, Dello led Lamhach and Palmer around the area as he apologized for them being roped into everything and dropping the load of information that he did so quickly. While he would not force either of them to join up with him, they would no longer be safe in the city after everything that had happened with Mr. Cairo. Finishing their walk, Lamhach and Palmer agreed to work with Dello on the condition that the group could all stick together.

With everyone returned to the backroom of the Parliamentarian, Don Burrows (who had also arrived) informed the group that, if they were to take care of Elmen Sheerbuckle and his increasingly bold moves, that their next target and their first step to him would be to frame his son Carlin with illegal possession of illicit substances at a party scheduled for Saturday. Concerned for Agvahl given his history with drugs, Dello assured them that Agvahl would be kept far away from this job, as Don had "real" work for him to do down at "the yard". The group's goal was clear: to attend the party, find Carlin, plant the drugs on him, and notify the constables of his possession in a hopes to have him taken to jail, prompting Sheerbuckle to redirect his resources towards keeping his son free from prison. An additional objective (and the opportunity for a greater payout) was provided by Don Burrows, who asked that they secure the deed to the house, which had historically been the last building in the neighborhood not under control of the Moleros. Agreeing to the job, the group warned Dello that they had recently been assigned a new roommate and that they were worried about keeping her out-of-the-loop regarding their involvement with him. As they left, they were provided 50 gold pieces each to acquire supplies for the job, and were suggested by Nightingale to rent a gear-carriage from a nearby business called Newman's Carriage Rental.

Exiting back into the showroom of the Parliamentarian, the party watched in surprise as Agvahl and Mace entered through the front door around the same time. Unfazed, Dello approached Mace and introduced himself, learning that her name was Mellie, and assisted her in purchasing three extra beds for the dormitory. Relieved that they had not been revealed, the group returned to the dormitory that night with groceries in tow, while Guttersnipe disappeared to visit with its former employer, Orman. Unfortunately, this meeting did not go as planned, as Orman was clearly upset that Guttersnipe had quit its position so quickly, prompting the bird to leave as quickly as it had arrived and return to the dormitory to rest.

## See also

* The Delinquents - Session 22
* The Delinquents - Session 24

## Gallery

The new map of the Delinquents' dormitory at Squidsiddie University.