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## Synopsis

### Getting the job

A group of thieves has been hired by a gnome called Tink Fizzletork. He hasn't told them the details—only that he's in need of their skills.

They go to his office in Upper Dura, which is well appointed, but not oppulent. He says he's an arcanist, and has learned of a dangerous artifact in Sharn that's been abandoned called the Arcanum, a conduit of intense magical energies. He needs them to go get it—it's dangerous and he has the means to disable it.

Writings tell that it has the ability to harvest energy from other planes of existence, and research indicates that it could be turned up to devestating levels. It has runes that allow magic to flow through it, and disabling those runes either by producing counter runes, or scratching them out entirely. A disable magic on it would damper it for a time. He doesn't know what would happen if it got smashed, but it might be bad. (Or good.) Another contact, the Broker, has had eyes on it for nefarious purposes. Tink has a map, and the Broker has sent various agents to steal it. Once they take off with the map, the Broker's agents might go after them.

For payment, Tink offers them 20gp each, or one of the magic items on his bottom shelf. They get more powerful the higher the shelf. He'll also tell everyone what a great job they did, and offer them future employment.

He pulls a ring of keys off his belt, and from a desk drawer pulls a map. It's a view of Sharn with the different levels of the towers displayed. Directly below them, in Lower Dura, one of the towers has a blue ink circle around a section of it.

They head to the skydock and hail a cab. Amiri is like a dog at the end of her leash—not being told to dial it back, she races full speed to the cab. When it comes time to paying, she apologizes, admitting that she forgot that you need money to pay for things. Jirelle assures her it's okay; they'll just kill someone's goons and take their money.

### The Scarlet Serpents

When they start going, they can tell they're being tailed by another skycab: the Scarlet Serpents, judging by the sashes on their arms. Seoni suggests to hurry up, otherwise the boat might be blown up. The boat dodges just in time, as the Scarlet Serpents go flying past them. Jirelle reaches down with her right hand, and with deliberate slowness, draws an elaborately decorated rapier, with a swept hilt shaped like a cuotl coiling around her hand. She raises it in a salute, and grins over at them.

Amiri sees this and gets very excited, and runs to the side of the skiff (almost too close to the edge), dragging her sword behind her. Her readied position is holding it behind her, as if she's about to wield a sledgehammer. Seelah readies her bow, leaning out and muttering to Jiralle about their sashes. Seoni looks at them all getting their battle stances ready, and throws her hands up, as well.

On the other skiff they see Ezren, Valeros, Lem, and Merisiel. Knowing all these people definitely wake up and choose violence every day, Seoni wastes on time messing around, and throws a Magic Missile at Ezren, who's rocked back from his position driving the skiff. Amirir gets a bit distracted over Seoni's firework display, but she shakes herself out of it, realizes she's gotta swing, and attempts to pick up the big bastard sword. She swings wildly at the air. She pulls a javelin from her javelin bucket, which is of course strapped to her back. Thinking better of it, she puts that back and grabs her grappling hook instead. As she goes to leap onto the other ship, Jirelle grabs onto her back, and the two of them are flung into the air, landing on the deck of the other ship (with panache). As they land, Valeros chuckles and asks if Amiri has finally come to take him up on his offer of a date. Amiri immediately aims for him. He parries her attack, commenting on how he loves her aggression.

Jirelle focuses her attention to Merisiel, because obviously the two best dressed people should fight. She feints low and slashes up and just slightly brushes her rapier through Merisiel's hair, messing it up slightly. Merisiel doesn't hit with her dagger, but brings her rapier up and slices at Jirelle.

## Locations

* Sharn
	+ Lower Dura
	+ Upper Dura

## Spells

* **Seoni**
	+ Magic Missile
	+ Ray of Frost