Session 06 “The Party Goes to Jail”

'*Session 6 recap: “*The Weight of Your Decisions aka The Party
Goes to Jail”

Just past the gate of the St.
Claire estate, the others looked in in confusion as the horrified Muffy simply
walked out, unable to even speak her terror was so great. The guards that
worked for her father, Sted and Gus, who had let you in were equally puzzled.
Without wanting to lose sight of Muffy who so far had been the one to talk
everyone into the district, the entire party followed, Dorn after shoving some
lock picks up his ass, only to run into a group of city guards, members of the
Arm of Ucerin. After not getting anywhere in their questioning of you, and you
not getting anywhere in your request to be let go from them, one of the guards
was sent to find Lt. Aldora Vinedale, a half-elf woman, and high ranking official
in the Arm.

In order to sort out what
exactly you were doing there she said they would need to bring you in for
further questioning, and so reluctantly, you surrendered your weapons and
entered into the back of the padded wagon that was brought to the scene. From
there you were brought back through the more open parts of the city to finally
end up in the Military District, the only part of the city more heavily guarded
than the Scepter District. As you passed through you saw hundreds of guards,
many in training, and through the bars of the padded wagon, Rhys also saw his
brother, Sir Justan, though his brother did not see him.

When you finally got out of
the wagon, there was no sign of Lt. Vinedale, and you were in front of the
Black Bastille, the fortified prison in the Guard’s District to be held until
they were ready for you. The men and women were divided and brought into
separate cells in separate wings of the prison, Kohlam, and then the woman
after parting ways, being shown a particular kindness by the female half-orc
guard, Jasinda. When you asked to speak to Lt. Boffdann, she said you probably
wouldn’t have too much say in making requests, and that you were better off
with Lt. Vinedale anyways, that she was a woman of good character (a nat 20 insight
check proved her to be very upfront with all of her advice and someone who was
speaking out of genuine concern and compassion for your situation). She said,
if you were truly innocent, you had nothing to worry about with Lt. Vinedale,
but if you weren’t, there would be nothing anyone could do for you.

With Bucky and Muffy in a cell
together, things started as usual, the tension palpable. Bucky even stood in
the corner for awhile with a blanket over her head. Meanwhile in the other
wing, Dorn saw a familiar face in the cell across from theirs. It was his
colleague, rival, and friend, Ebon, the man who looked to be made of living
charcoal. Ebon as usual, took the piss out of Dorn, even in the prison and they
exchanged their tales of how they ended up here in Thieve’s Cant. After a while
a guard came around, asked Rhys his name, and then again left. A half hour
later guards came to the respective cells to retrieve Muffy and Rhys, but
Kohlam persuaded the guards who came to grab Rhys that he should come too, that
this was a collaborative mission the Speakers and Light Bearers were on, so
they grabbed him as well.

You were all brought to what
appeared to be the nicest building in the district, on the way to which, Rhys
took off the wig he’d been wearing since the incident that brought everyone
together in Waukeen’s Promonade. Inside that building you met the Captain of
the Guard, William Grayvis an older white haired and mustached human, who was
in his office along with Lt. Vinedale and one of the Fury’s of Golden Spires,
an attractive 50 something human woman with blonde hair and dressed in
revealing gold robes, Fury Barasta Cleeith. Grayvis who was not expecting
Kohlam, asked who he was, and when he did not get an answer he was satisfied
with, he told the guards to bring Kohlam back to the cell, to which Kohlam
responded “Fuck you.”. Grayvis, a man not used to being spoken to in such a
fashion, walked up to Kohlam, slapped him across the face, and asked him to
repeat himself. Kohlam again said “Fuck you” and then spit in Grayvis’ face.
Grayvis told the guards “you know what to do” and Kohlam was taken away, never
to be seen by any of the party again.

The questioning then began,
Fury Cleeith had been brought in to aid in such matters, but her spell that causes
any under it’s influence to only speak the truth failed to have an effect on
either of the Light Bearers or Light Berries as Grayvis called them, a derision
many use to poke fun at those not yet of the full Light Bearer station. The
spell did however have an effect Grayvis himself, and no one else in the room.
Muffy and Rhys tried pleading their case, but he said he couldn’t be sure they
weren’t lying. He said that it would be Plan B that they’d be going with and
sent a courier to retrieve someone from the Order of the Dawn to properly
identify Muffy and Rhys and hopefully sort this all out.

In the mean time, they were
brought back to the Black Bastille, and Rhys again saw his brother, this time
chewing out a member of the guard, but his brother again did not see him. When
Muffy told Rhys to yell to his brother to get everyone out of the situation,
Rhys explained that his relationship with brother was complicated, and that
they did not much like one another, so they were brought back to their cells.

In the men’s cell, Dorn spent
the night attempting to meditate while Rensig entertained everyone with songs.
Of the three, only Rhys touched his dinner. In the woman’s cell, Jasinda
brought the food, and along with it an orange which they thanked her for and
then split. Bucky didn’t touch her stale bread, and instead shredded it to
pieces. She then took a bunch of pieces of straw and asked Muffy if she know
how to play the dots an boxes game. Over the next several hours, the two played
the game together and actually ended up bonding over their night in prison.
Meanwhile Kohlam’s evening and night went a little different. He was first
brought outside, tied to a post and then flogged within an inch of his life by
a rather sadistic seeming member of the guard, a black dragon born named
Hesken. When he awoke was in the dark, in a place he did not recognize and on
death’s door. When he attempted to heal himself with his divine based magics,
he found them to no avail, they did not work for some reason. So he sat and he
prayed. He prayed for all those he had met, for Darvin the friend he’d made the
day before on the docks, and for the scared little girl who’s powers seemed out
of control, living in the realm of the Sewer King. He prayed for his new
friends who were singing or playing games respectively in their cells, and
eventually, in an almost delirious state, he heard a voice call out in the
darkness. The voice spoke to him about his situation, and his journey, and his
quest for an answer, and the voice said as long as he never lost sight of the
value each moment held, even this one that seemed so dark and bleak, he would
be where he was supposed to be, and suddenly Kohlam began to feel better, felt
in awakening in himself of abilities beyond those he had known…though it seemed
unlikely that he would be able to accesses those from the situation here
currently found himself in.

In the very early morning,
before the sun had even come up, everyone but Kohlam was brought into Grayvis’
office. The three that had been there the previous day were still there, but
there was also two others in the room, two others that both Muffy and Rhys
recognized. Mornmaster Gladwell a 50’s something balding man and Lightbearer
Ahnemenen a triton male, in otherwords, a fish man. The two agents of the Order
of the Dawn vouched for the Light Berries, and Fury Cleeith again cast her
spell, this time affecting only Muffy, Dorn, and Ahnemenen. In the questioning
that followed, Dorn’s criminal past was brought to light and while it seemed as
though they might be leaving two short instead of just one, Muffy and Dorn
convinced Captain Grayvis that Dorn was indeed reformed. So Dorn was granted
his freedom as well. Before everyone could leave Grayvis told Dorn, Bucky, and
Rensig to stay out of the hunt for the missing nobles. That this was a matter
for the Arm of Ucerin and perhaps the Order of the Dawn, but that they did not
need civilians getting involved. He also told Rhys and Muffy to follow proper
channels instead of trying to sneak past the Arm—work with us where possible,
he said and keep him informed of any developments.

With everything returned to
you except your half-orc friend Kohlam, you left the Military District. The
members of the Order of the Dawn spoke privately, and Gladwell was considering
taking the light berries off the case, to put Anhemenen on it instead, however
Muffy and Rhys convinced him to give them a second shot. He said don’t burn me
on this, then he gave you one half of a sending stone so that you could be in
touch, but warned you not to get found with this on you by the Arm of Ucerin at
any cost. Ahnemenen earnestly wishing the pair a Happy High Harvestide as
others passing on the street wished them the same. After spending High Harvest
tide even in prison, they were free, a High harvest tide miracle!

Bucky was not satisfied, and
she immediately started speaking of a jail break. The others talked her out of
the idea, saying that you would all figure something out but that no one was to
eager to return, and Muffy and Rhys especially couldn’t mess up with the law a
second time.  Dorn reminded everyone that
today was their one chance to find Marteen at the High Harvest Tide Fest. So
they went and the sights and smells were amazing, wonderful food and contests.
Not seeing any sign of Marteen at first, several of the party entered an arm
wrestling contest. First up was Rhys against someone he had met a few nights
earlier, the guard Franco who had taunted him in the rain in the Sceptor
District. The contest seemed rather even at first until finally Rhys slammed
Franco’s arm down with such force that he shattered the bone which popped out
through the arm! Next up was Bucket Girl, but when Dorn saw who she was up
against, he told her “please lose” for it was the enormous white dragon born
known as “The Glacier”, the muscle of the Giant’s Fist (enforcer’s for the
Giant’s Legion), the organization Dorn had been warning everyone about since
meeting them. The Glacier however, did not need Bucky to voluntarily lose,
quickly and effortlessly defeating her. Bucky enraged at the embarrassing loss,
decided to get some revenge, and went to pick pocket The Glacer, Rensig being
the only one to see this tried diving at her feet to stop her but failed. Bucky
however did not, and successfully lifted the Glacier’s coin purse off of him.
Muffy next lost to Dorn, who in turn lost to the Glacier in his second round.
Rhys in his second round went up against the previous years champion, Miriam,
the towering Amazonian red-haired woman, and though he put up a good effort
against her, could not match her titanic strength.

Still not seeing any sign of
Marteen they then moved on to a pie eating contest where Muffy ran into her
best friend in the world, Sarah Chiller. Rensig went out in the first round,
the rest of the party went out in the second along with Sarah. The final round
was between Yolanda, the dwarven woman who Rhys had a few days earlier
purchased a potato from, and another person Rhys knew, Samuel Chivvers, a
rather nerdy looking fellow who actually ended up winning. Rhys tried hiding
but to no avail, Samuel had spotted him. Rhys was evasive but Sam seemed
genuinely happy to see Rhys wanting to catch up. Rhys deflected and said he
would come find Samuel at the Baker’s Guild Hall.  Meanwhile Muffy and Sarah were getting on
famously. Muffy introduced the party as her friends, which made Dorn very
uncomfortable causing him to hide and reappear again over and over. Sarah was
especially taken with Rhys, and invited everyone to come over to the Dome of
the Rose, the temple to Lathander, here in the city.

It was at the time you were
all saying goodbye to Sarah that Dorn spotted Marteen by a fountain to Waukeen,
and so we pick up, with party finally spotting their quarry, Dorn still with
the lock picks up his ass.  (Kohlam
levels up to 3)