Session 5

Date
Saturday, August 18, 2018

En Route to Stray Sheep Inn
In the alleyway with Rue, Destiny's Children charmed Lyle, one of the assassins, who confirmed that they were not sent by Lil' Saint. They came of their own volition in order to defend his honor, since Destiny's Children had started shit in front of everyone in the inn. Lyle tried to escape, but was killed by Damacus's magic.

Mario shared a drink with Rue, remembering Rue's greeting customs. Rue asked how the situation with the dead assassins happened, and Mario attempted to replay the entire past two hours. Rue swiftly cut him off and suggested a change of venue, preferably away from the mass of corpses.

On their way to the Stray Sheep Inn, Izzy planted drugs on the bodies, and Mario planted a sickle, as if they did not already have weapons.

Rue: "Been doin' the same old."

Izzy: "Getting robbed?"

Rue: "No, uh, more taking care of those kids."

Damacus (drunk, interjecting): "They are building ROBOTS! They are going to find you, and kill you, and they're made of people!"

Rue consumed alcohol the entire way to the inn. Izzy attempted to stop Rue from eating warm ale foam. Rue passed Damacus a beer, which Maya wrestled away. Rue tossed Damacus another beer from behind his back, but Maya caught it.

Stray Sheep Inn
Mario relayed the highlights of the night's events to Rue, who seemed to become more confident in his decision to watch over the Arclighters. Rue disclosed that S|Sarah is a sorceress.

Izzy showed Rue an incredible card trick.

Rue: "Holy shit. How'd you do that? Show me again."

The party took an exceptional 1 night long rest.

Breakfast at the Stray Sheep Inn
Mario woke up early, as "the early bird catches the worm" is a common expression in bird culture. He stumbled upon Dan and Rue having a discussion.

Dan: "You can come back."

Rue: "That's kind, but I don't understand what for I'd do that."

Dan: "Door stays open, if you wanted."

Mario attempted to tell Dan about the outpost adventure, but is dejected once again when Dan still does not understand his strange speech pattern. Izzy translated the highlights for Dan, and Mario lights UP when Dan said that Destiny's Children might make it into a song.

Damacus threw a handful of birdseed on the floor of the tavern, calling out "Breakfast!" for Mario. Grian looked sad about the new mess.

Maya: "What are the vegetarian options?"

Cook: "Bean soup. We tried 16 bean soup, but counting the beans was a hassle."

Izzy refused breakfast, being on a 16 hour fast. Enoch approached Dan, and Izzy had a thought, "Is 'e a musician? No! Izzy monk!" Izzy should have broken her fast.

Dan and Enoch bonded over the literary works of a half-orc bard, which is required reading in the bardic college.

Dan: "He has a way of making something ugly beautiful through the right lens."

Maya realized that Shugga, the spellcaster of the Diamond Dogs, was missing. The Diamond Dogs responded that "he does this sometimes." Shugga, a Drow sorcerer, went missing after the banquet.

Mario tried to discuss the outpost with the Arclighters, but that bummed them out so he switched to mimicking sounds from the banquet. Mario then tried to warn Sarah about his conspiracy theory about sorcerers being abducted and consumed for an arcane guard project.

The Law is Child's Play for No One
Maya struck a deal with Enoch and Damacus to buy an enhanced set of plate armor (+1 bonus).

Mario shared a secret with Izzy.

As Destiny's Children approached the shadier part of town, they noticed Royal Guards keeping back a crowd. They had set up a perimeter around the corpse of Lil' Saint.

A ~11 year old boy with white hair, "No One", said Lil' Saint had been dead for about an hour.

Damacus introduced himself as Jonathan. Maya told No One that she recognized Lil' Saint as a member of the Black Eyes. Enoch gave No One a toy wood boat. No One asked if anyone was aware of anyone who was antagonistic of Lil' Saint, and Mario gave No One a Destiny's Children business card.

No One said that Lil' Saint had been poisoned by Ockham's Tear. Upon hearing the symptoms of Ockham's Tear, Izzy recognized that Ryan was also poisoned with Ockham's Tear. Someone also attempted to poison Lucius at the banquet, but he was saved by a high level cleric.

Damacus: "I'm fucked. I talked to Lucius. I burned Ryan's body. And I got in a public confrontation with Lil' Saint the night before he was murdered."

Destiny's Children ran down the list of people who could have potentially poisoned both Ryan and Lucius: Dunrak, The Ox, the Arclighters, and the Diamond Dogs. Assuming, of course, that Damacus did not actually do it. Destiny's Children had issues reconciling the timeline of events.

Temple
Since Ockham is the goddess of medicine and poison, Destiny's Children decided to visit the local temple.

Malakai, cleric of Ockham : "Ockham's Tear is like hearing hoof-beats and saying it's a zebra."

Enoch prayed to a god of death.

Twinkletoes told Maya that there were two purchases of Ockham's Tear. A dwarf matching Dunrak's description, and a man fitting the description of Andrew Buckman. Twinkletoes also discovered that Andrew was currently located on the east side of town in an abandoned store front.

Mario use the Mantle of Astro-Oh to float behind the party. Izzy tugged him along with his scarf. Mario spent the trip to the abandoned store front writing.

Abandoned Store Front
Maya knocked on the front door of the abandoned store. Andrew was in the back from, holding a string connected to a lot of vials of alchemist fire on the ceiling.

Maya really lost it, trying to reconcile her brother being in the past and also not knowing who she was. I mean she really, really lost it.

Andrew confessed to killing Lil' Saint, the attempted assassination of Lucius. Andrew confirmed that he was not a member of The Black Eyes.

Andrew: "Lil' Saint was kind of a Lil' Shit."

Andrew: "Questions till the end."

Damacus admitted to killing Lil' Saint's goons. Andrew admitted to NOT PAYING TAXES!

Unnamed member of Destiny's Children: "No man is an island."

Andrew: "Yeah, not with those little baby arms!"

Twinkletoes told Andrew that the botanist is the one who revealed Andrew's location.

Twinkletoes: "Can I ask some questions?"

Andrew: "Uh, sure, but only because you saved it till the end on technicality. Snuck it into a drink at the bar. He's so full of himself that he drank it in public."

Andrew suspected that Lil' Saint had someone disguised as Andrew try that botched assassination.

Andrew: "Lucius is smart, he can work all this. He is the ultimate opportunist. We'll kill Lucius's reputation."

Andrew was revealed to be Maya's great great grandfather, not her brother.

Destiny's Children jumped into the sewers.

Sewers
Destiny's Children fought 2 umber hulks. Twinkletoes died. Izzy gave Enoch 300 gold pieces to cast revivify. Damacus refused to spend the gold.

Mario, utilizing the combat tactics that Destiny's Children had practiced, switched from using his glaive to using a shortsword and shield since the environment was confining. Mario dealt the killing blow to one umber hulk, and Andrew Sr. dealt the killing blow to the second umber hulk.