====== Tof-240327-eric ====== - We're getting ready to sail back to [[Binsogim]], but a flying monkey shows up on the ship - It's got a note that it hands me - It's from [[Guanyin]], she says she's going to be in [[Tosanvik]] due to "a last minute meeting," and that we should meet her there - We adjust course and head east - A few days into the sailing, about halfway through our journey, we encounter a shark person on a raft - He's talking to an elf who is also on the raft - The shark is likely there to trade, so we pull up alongside to see what's what - He's selling spices and hard to find items - [[Ell]] buys some spice packets - He's punching tickets to Flavor Town - I buy some Arcane Oil - The Elf says her name is [[Coraline Quickshell]] and she would like to come with us - She has a dog? - "Dog" - She's an eel-thing - [[Riven]] asks where we're going, I let him know we've changed course - He is upset that we're "going to hang out with that pompous lizard" who cheats at poker - He wants us to drop him off at [[Hikou]] on the way, which is a little out of the way but alright - [[Coraline Quickshell]] is able to identify the huge fish that [[Ell]] caught as a Celestial Sturgeon - Apparently its meat has magical properties, it makes you feel good / brave / etc. - Sounds like it might be a hero's feast type item? - During the voyage, we discuss what happened with the fight last session - [[Milhouse]] says he was investigating the rituals, he was curious about the materials - The runes were apparently made using powdered ruby, which is an uncommon substance in this part of the world - He believes this indicates some additional forms of fast travel that the cult is employing - He doesn't believe he did anything to trigger the summoning ritual to go off - [[Drex]] brings up that there may be more of these runes in other cities - The cult could be planning to similarly destroy other towns in the area - The powdered ruby would be a lead we could follow - We drop [[Riven]] off and make our way to [[Tosanvik]] - We see [[Guanyin]]'s ship when we arrive, along with another behemoth ship made of iron? - We ask around, and find that [[Guanyin]] is likely in the castle - We head that way - This castle is in much better shape than the one in [[Binsogim]] - The castle seems to be very elaborately decorated - We notice a small red pseudo-dragon following us around - A butler shows up to ask what we're here for - We let him know we're here to see [[Guanyin]] - He leads us to where she's playing cards with an elf [[Sylessa]], and a dragonborn [[Fiandraska]] - We deliver our report on the situation - The dragonborn seems to know [[Riven]] - [[Guanyin]] lets slip that [[Avercrumbie]]'s life has some relation to the amount of time before something seemingly important happens - I let them know about the runes and the summoning, and our suspicion that this may be a threat to other settlements in the area - [[Fiandraska]] straightens up at the mention of this, and he frowns when we mention the powdered ruby - [[Fiandraska]] mentions that [[Avercrumbie]] is going to want to see him, and that if he wants to get his signature then he'll have to bring him the heart of some ancient black-scaled dragon - The dragon is in [[Kamangara]], somewhere in the forests east of their capitol - We could take a shortcut, a moon gate to the mirage? - [[Fiandraska]] asks us to burn down the university, without it tying back to him - Offers us 500g each if we can do it - He found a discrepancy with their books after they asked for a budget increase - Someone is skimming off their rubies - He's going to let them rebuild, and we'll both be working to weed out the cult collaborators - We discuss taking the university job - We go and pick up [[Milhouse]] who was there checking the place out - He tells us there are a couple of associates there who are connected to the powdered rubies - He isn't happy about us potentially burning down a place of learning, especially without investigating it ourselves - We decide to investigate it first - [[Drex]], [[Fish-Kicker]], and [[Crawn]] go during the day to check things out - It sounds like it did not go well, as [[Fish-Kicker]] shows up in bird form and tells us that [[Drex]] and [[Crawn]] fell into some pit - We run off to try to catch up before it's too late - We get into the university, it's already crumbling and falling apart - I yell for everyone to get out - We find the beast with [[Drex]] in its coils, crushing him - I leap into the pit and attack it - It manages to grab me and starts crushing - The rest of the party continues attacking - [[Ell]] turns into a giant snake! - I hit it again, and then Misty Step out of its grasp to heal up - It looks really fucked up, so I jump back down and bury my sword in its brain - I ask them how they got into this mess - [[Drex]] explains that someone who they thought was a janitor noticed them, and realized they might not belong here - He told them he was going to take them to "the special collections," after saying he wanted to learn about ritual burial rites - He opened the door to a downward staircase, so they went down - The "janitor" shut the door behind them, and the stairs gave way - There's a side room we can investigate {{tag>notes:session camp:TOF}}