Milhouse doesn't want to give up either cannon, but I manage to convince him that we're going to need to in order to purchase passage into The Trench Lane
We're given a stay at the local inn, and advised to check out the local shop
We do so, and encounter a shopkeeper we recognize from Binsogim
The shopkeeper leaves his magic ring on the table when he goes to put on some lotiona
Later, while we're asleep, several of us have very weird nightmares
I dream that I see a mermaid while out sailing, and she's reaching out for help
I try to help her, but she's being held down by tentacles
I go in to try to cut her free, and somehow she's cut in half
The water fills with her blood, and goes black
- I wake up covered in blood (blood sweat?)
We hear Silaris Emberstorm downstairs at the inn, even though it's around 2:30 in the morning
We head downstairs, and it seems Drex also sweat blood in the night
Silaris Emberstorm tells us he managed to undo one of the runes, right about the same time that we had the weird dream
He had some disturbing visions when this happened
He wants us to leave, he thinks that “something” is hunting The Gaping Maw and he doesn't want it in his port
We go to get some breakfast
Milhouse seems to be freaking out about sugar in his coffee?
Drex apparently doesn't like sugar in his coffee either
I notice that there are some playing cards on the floor, seemingly falling out of Milhouse's pocket, and one of them is an illustration of The Gaping Maw
Suddenly, we hear an explosion
- It came from the research lab, we head there
There's a plume of smoke, Silaris Emberstorm and his assistants are there coughing