%% date:: [[2024-04-23]] %% # [[128_20240423 She who smells of the endless night]] ![[128_20240423.svg]] ## Session Summary > [!tldr] [[128_20240423 She who smells of the endless night]] > We were woken up by Bran the next day, and Scura promptly pissed off the dwarven cook Heidi by casting *Create food and water*. Heidi sent Dillyu to take excess food into the hold, after which he promptly got mauled by Ayzar and lost his arm. Imedia was about to intervene, but we stopped things from getting worse. Imedia said that Ayzar was supposed to be auctioned off in Pork Salami, and if that doesn't happen, the crew will have debts. We made a deal with Ayzar for her to get back in her cage if we get her food. Which we got by hunting down a shark and chucking it into the hold for her. > > As we continued to sail, we got waylaid by a Clovis Concord ship, *Moonbeam*, manned by Lieutenant Commander Voskiir Larth, who had a warrant for Three Earrings's arrest and boarded and searched the entire *Intrepid Mermaid*. Xenia's wizardry let him and Milla hide all the contraband (including Ayzar) into his *Magnificent mansion*, and Larth had to leave without finding anything. A tense conversation ensued with Betty, which ended with her agreeing to give us a 40% cut if we made sure Ayzar made it safely to the Auction House and if we got Gastarius, their Myriad contact who was going to pay them, to agree to renegotiate the contract with us as new partners. We agreed, and we made it to Pork Salami just as a beautiful flying skyship appeared in the sky. ^summary %% ## Video [Video](https://youtu.be/igKqfn0o9Tk) [Private video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDCa2Wi_CSY) 00:00:00 Banter 00:00:53 Recap for Lulu (and Andy) 00:03:39 Andy doesn't want to commit 00:07:10 Andy still can't pronounce "sahuagin" and "minotaur" 00:12:02 Andy is mispronouncing things to mess with me 00:23:42 Andy still mispronounces things on purpose 00:14:50 Tyler is Kenku now 00:15:15 Andy compains about Kenku 00:15:50 Andy mispronounces sahuagin again 00:16:25 Did Andy even listen to what Murathan said? 00:16:50 Start of game - Breakfast with Heidi 00:17:48 Now Andy mispronounces "rodeo" 00:18:08 Andy mispronounces shahuagin 00:19:29 We're doing WHAT to Nika now? 00:22:29 Constitution save for Milla and Wally 00:30:19 Andy remembers everything (with notes) 00:30:30 Dillyu gets mauled by Ayzar, moorbounder sound effects 00:31:50 Scura stops Ayzar, Milla and Wally rush to Dillyu 00:40:22 Moral dilemma - are we going to sell Ayzar? 00:43:44 Tyler copies me 00:46:48 Imedia's just a big muscle 00:52:25 We're going shark hunting now 00:53:07 To the harpoons! 00:53:36 Imedia threatens Wally 00:54:25 Andy forgets the rules 00:56:53 Andy describes a sulky cat, can we keep her? 00:57:43 What's Milla doing with Dillyu? 01:00:54 Dillyu puts his arm around her 01:03:25 Shark hunting 01:07:20 Andy teases me about my dice 01:09:39 Winch not wench 01:11:17 Andy mispronounces "feeding frenzy", shark sound effects 01:14:13 Tyler and Imedia are getting sweaty 01:21:17 Good girl 01:25:16 We spot a ship heading our way - and break 01:26:44 Clovis Concord ship 01:29:22 I'm back on camera 01:31:12 Three minutes before the ship intercepts us 01:32:40 We're boarded 01:37:02 Lieutenant Commander Voskiir Larth 01:51:47 Debriefing with Betty 01:52:48 Magic with jazz fingers 02:05:17 Are we really going to sell Ayzar? (Player discussion) 02:15:29 Getting to Pork Salami %% --- ## Recap ![[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/126_20240409 Green-haired sea elves and invisible captains#^summary]] --- ## Log "Open Salami" is the passphrase of the cargo hold. [[Bran]] wakes us up the next day telling us we need to get up [[Heidi]] is the dwarven cook. She gives us food. *Aid* on Wally, Xenia, and Milla. Nika is sick. *Vigilant Blessing* on Wally. Heidi said she's not sure she can trust Betty for a while. Trust is difficult to rebuild. We smell something on the food, but Milla and Wally eat it already. There's some ashy purple gel like chutney. I cast *Create Food and Water*. Heidi is NOT happy with me because she takes it as an insult. She asks Dillyu to bring all the 45 pounds of food down into the hold. Only crew and TWC can enter the hold. [[Dillyu]] gets mauled by [[Ayzar]], shit. I cast *Speak with Animals.* Milla goes to help Dillyu. Dillyu has lost his arm. Wally casts *Cure wounds* on Dillyu. We talk to Ayzar and [[Imedia]]. Imedia speaks Elvish. She says they have a contact in [[Port Damali|Pork Salami]]. The creature was supposed to be auctioned off in [[The Exalted Collection Auction House|The Exalted Collection Auction House]] by [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/The Myriad|The Myriad]]. Imedia has met him (the Myriad contact) before. If we let Ayzar go, then the crew doesn't get paid. It was going to pay for them for most of the year. They'll likely be in debt because they had to pay people at the dock to look the other way. Imedia says she personally hasn't been involved with The Myriad very long-- Betty and other people are the ones who arranged that. They were supposed to be met at the docks by someone from the Myriad. Ayzar says Wally says smells ("yes and no") like a goblin and the city of Eternal Night (also "yes and no") . She has sisters. Humanoids aren't her favourite flesh. She likes the chase. She likes wild things that are filled with fear and adrenaline. She's the oldest daughter of her sisters. We convince her to get back in the cage (sulkily) by promising her we'll get her a lot of food. Meanwhile, Milla is soothing Dillyu and telling him it's cool to have lost his arm. He puts an arm around her. I see black fins of sharks in the water and seagulls circle a certain area. > [!NOTE] Ballista > A ballista is a massive crossbow that fires heavy bolts. Before it can be fired, it must be loaded and aimed. It takes one action to load the weapon, one action to aim it, and one action to fire it. > > Bolt. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 120/480 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d10) piercing damage. We see a peninsula in the distance. We sail towards the sharks. Wally and Imedia are sweating together turning the crank to bring the shark in that Wally has harpooned. It's about 4 meters long. Xenia uses *Arcane Hand* to drop the shark into Ayzar's hold. At least Ayzar is happy! I see some humanoid shapes - sahuagin in the distance, with their own sharks. We see a ship suddenly emerge from behind a rocky formation. It's a few miles away. It's heading towards us. It's flying the colours of The Clovis Concord. We have about ten minutes before the ship intercepts us. Xenia casts *Magnificent Mansion* as we start to put all the contraband in there. The Clovis Concord ship (flag of stars over a sun going beneath the horizon - Betty says it's *Moonbeam*) has a flamboyant elf dressed in the colours of the [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Zhelezo|Zhelezo]] in [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Nicodranas|Nicodranas]]. He calls [[Barnacle Betty]] "Commander" and asks where Three Earrings is. He has a warrant for her arrest. His crew comes and flanks Betty on the deck. He asks his people to search the vessel. She's supposed to be arrested for attacking Palma Flora and smuggling? There was an attack on the favourite summer getaway. He thinks she had something to do with it and sank it somehwo. There were creatures that were angered by her attack and there was an earthquake and maybe their god made the island disappear. His name is Lieutenant Commander Voskiir Larth. ![[twc-voskiir-larth.png]] Crimes against zhelezo are doubled. Against Clovis Concord are tripled. These really are the laws of the Concord. Wally introduces himself as Wally Goodcastle from [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Rexxentrum|Rexxentrum]] and I say I'm from [[The Pallid Grove|Pallid Grove]]. Xenia and Milla have managed to hide all the contraband. Larth leaves. Betty gets shitty with us and we just get shitty back. She's really worried that we took her stuff. We get mad back. She offers us a 10% cut of everything. Their instructions were no less than 5000 gp for Ayzar. She assumes they're going to be seeing [[Gastarius]], but she thinks about 1000 gp. Gastarius is authorised to negotiate on behalf of The Myriad. The Myriad is like the broker for the real buyer. The bidding should start at 4000 with a minimum of 5000 gp. Betty said this is the first time she's smuggled a living creature before. They're too much trouble. I believe her. They also get a fee for transport - start at 1000 gp and see what happens. Wally asks for 40% of the cut (10% for each favour she owes us). She said if she agrees, then we have to guarantee that Ayzar makes it to the Auction House without trouble. Milla says she can use *Seeming* to impersonate Three Earrings and meet with Gastarius. Betty says the Auction House is very discreet. It's legitimate, but it's known for secrecy. Anyone can trade anything there. We make the deal with Betty. But as players, we decide we're going to eventually break Ayzar out too. We definitely don't tell her that. Betty agrees, but says we'll have to wait to see how Gastarius responds to new partners. We have to renegotiate the terms. We get into [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Port Damali|Port Damali]]. It's the biggest port we've ever seen. It's enormous, lavish. Dozens and dozens of ships of all sizes and shapes. Flags from all over Exandria. It's a remarkable sight. There's a green section in the middle of the city, slightly raised up over everything else. There is a breathtakingly enormous ship in the sky. ![[twc-pork-salami-skyship.png]] %% # Text Elements # Drawing ```json {"type":"excalidraw","version":2,"source":"https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/releases/tag/2.0.25","elements":[],"appState":{"theme":"dark","gridSize":null,"viewBackgroundColor":"#ffffff"}} ``` %%