Settling In

+ Horace, the editor of the Sirex Herald, tells Eli that the owner of the Herald, Madame Thomson, has died and left the newspaper to her nephew, Hamish, who's primarily interested in having enough money for whores.
	+ Eli treats Detective Aranor to dinner in exchange for information.
		- Eldon used to work in Division 14 with Detective Wildspur until an incident killed multiple cops including Eldon's partner. Eldon skipped town while Wildspur became corrupt and started working with the Valisco mob family. Nowadays, Wildspur gets the Valisco family information and gets rid of evidence.
		- The government has been conducting anti-syndicate raids with support of the Church of Dol Arrah to disperse rumors that the church is laundering money through the Mendez family's construction company.
		- There have been Free Peoples of Rayon protests outside the council chambers.
* She goes to visit Soleste and Grog at the church of Dol Arrah.

### Ivan

* Ivan is struggling with his cursed sword and kills six people at the docks.

### Sarovar

* Sarovar successfully infiltrates the upper class social circle by pretending to be Horace Chestington's nephew.

### Soleste

* Soleste returns to her church.
* She tells Semasi about the visions of a red devil that she had in Norbury after she was downed by the werewolf for the first time. Semasi tells Soleste that this is Asmodeus, and that she is to never tell anybody about these visions.

### Yazmin

* Yazmin is in jail, but manages to get out.
* Yazmin's patron tells her that Soleste, Grog, and Eli are in trouble and that Yazmin needs to go to the Felm Institute to save them.

## The Felm Institute

* Soleste receives a letter from Venali apologizing for her behavior and suggesting that she bring Grog to the hospital because there are researchers at the hospital who may be able to help Grog. Eli, Soleste, and Grog decide to go the the Felm Institute.
	+ Sil, a doctor at the institute, examines Grog and concludes that the thing within Grog is alive and must be surgically removed. They use a combination of heat and silver to force the creature out of Grog. The operation is successful.
	+ Eli leaves the operating room to fetch something, and Sil reveals himself to be a tentacle monster. It incapacitates Soleste and moves Soleste and Grog to another room with the rest of its victims.
* In the lobby, Eli is attacked by the receptionist, who is also a tentacle monster. The monster has taken over most of the hospital and "replaced" the staff with replicas. Eli manages to escape outside and meets up with Sarovar, Yazmin (or "Melissa"), and a few Sirex police officers, including Nadia Gil.
* The party battles its way through the hospital until they manage to drive the monster back enough to reach the comatose victims.
* While the party battles through, Grog and Soleste have horrific visions of their various childhood memories. The memories start similar to usual, but end with them getting chased or attacked.
* The containment group arrives to deal with what's left of the tentacle monster while the victims are given medical attention. Soleste cannot remember her mother anymore and Grog cannot remember what Steve, his brother, looked like.
* Gil brings some members of the party (Eli, Sarovar) to the precinct to give their statement on the incident and to interrogate them about their connections to known terrorist Yazmin Vans and Ivan Kalnyshevsky. They **very blatantly and obviously** lie.