Nov 5, 2023 Session 2
Into Dock Ward

Introduction (Uktar 3rd)

• The team is heavily interrogating Vollo.

• Floon has red wavy hair, around 6'3". He wears a giant necklace with a unicorn on it, a chain made of blue pearls. 

• Kaboo takes a moment to pray to the Light and the party discusses their options on where to go, what to do, what lunch might be. Hot dogs are mentioned.

Onto Snail Street

• Bingus wanders off on his own and the group high-tails it down to Snail Street, the Dock Wards.

• A small scene is being made where several officers are handling what appears to be a group of men with snake tattoos. They are making an arrest.

• Schpee makes a critically successful case that convinces the local guards that she is an officer. 

• Schpee is informed that the snake tattooed are being arrested because they are agents of the Zhentarim.

• The team walks among the alleyways. Not many are walking around. They turn a corner into a dark alleyway.

• A completely purple sign that says 'Old Xoblob's Shop' appears on the corner side, and as the team enters they are wafted with the strongest scent of lavender. The place is lined with trinkets and knick-knacks. An entirely purple shop, purple walls, and a gnome with a purple pipe. 

• Kaboo makes a critical success in her perception of the gnome's state of lucidity. She inquires if the gnome is "tugging on the purple wawa". To which the gnome, Xoblob, winks and agrees with his fellow cultured creature. She inquires on the purple hue of the entire shop and he mentions that the shop must have been previously owned by a beholder. Eventually, he offers a hit of his pipe.

• Kaboo takes a hit of the purple smoke and is unbothered, having inhaled the second-hand smoke of circus-goers having a tad too much fun.

• Bingus takes a hit and is now somewhat decommissioned for the next hour. His constitution checks will suffer until the purple smoke leaves his system. 

• Schpee takes a hit and is momentarily winded before recovering.

• Shardyn more than critically succeeds (22) at attempting to steal the gnome's beholder plushie. Shardyn sneaks across the edge of the shelf and slips the plushie into her fabric bag.

• Xoblob the gnome offers them his wares. Some of his magical items being two wands, a cloak, and a tattoo needle.

• Kaboo asks Xoblob if he knows of the man Floon Blaagmar, and gives a short description. The gnome refuses to let them know anymore without having an item of his bought.

•  Bingus way more than critically succeeds (25) at convincing Xoblob that he's already bought something from the shop. Shardyn more than critically succeeds (24) at intimidating Xoblob for information.

• Xoblob is apparently so incapacitated by his purple kush that he is willing to give up any and all information they're interested in.

• Xoblob informs them Floon is a well-dressed fellow. He was walking before 'Old Xoblob's Shop', and was jumped by 2-3 black leather-clad men. One of the men had a snake tattoo, which they can recognize as Zhentarim.

• Xoblob continues to be absolutely wasted by the purple smoke.

• Shardyn steals the purple stool Xoblob is sitting on, and a purple coin.

• Kaboo politely takes a single purple mint. 

• Shardyn critically succeeds at stealing Xobob's smoking pipe. Using a quill as a decoy, the drow slips the quill out for the pipe. After inspecting it with her hand, she breaks Xobob's pipe and says 'smoking kills' before throwing it to the street.

• Schpee hides her own pipe as she takes a hit of a less lethal substance (tobaccy).

• Kaboo is getting increasingly stressed over Shardyn's kleptomaniac behavior and convinces the group it's about time they head onward. 

• Her words sway Shardyn slightly, and Shardyn buys the magical purple cloak at full price, 8 gp. 

• Bingus steals another piece of purple candy. And then takes a hit of Schpee's pipe (it's just tobacco).

• Shardyn learned a spell from the cloak she purchased.

• Schpee leaves 3 gp for Xoblob as an apology for his friends. Kaboo leaves 1 sp for the gnome as well.

A Peak in the Alleyway

• Kaboo more than critically succeeds (24) at looking around, she finds the detached pendant of Floon's unicorn necklace. 

• The team walks to the Skewered Dragon with Shardyn hauling her loot in tow.

The Skewered Dragon

• The Skewered Dragon has a ship anchor lodged in through the roof, there's shattered windows, and many weary travelers drinking inside.

• The orc bartender has a buzzcut, a scarred face, and many tattoos across her body.

• Shardyn asks the bartender for a drink and asks if she has seen anything strange recently.

• Burka, the bartender, admits it has been business as usual. Wars between the gang members are breaking out as usual, though the Sea Maiden's fair has brought a bit more action.

• Shardyn makes an offhand comment about a snake to Burka. The two silently acknowledge that they are both Zhentarim.

• Burka is willing to give Shardyn any amount of information she wants.

• Shardyn and Burka have a secret exchange.

• Kaboo and Schpee have a secret exchange.

• Bingus rushes to the bathroom and throws up. His head is finally clear-minded again. His sword quivers at the thought of being in the bathroom again and hears a whisper of 'what the fuck are you doing?'.

• Shardyn mentions Burka saw Floon, Vollo, and another red-haired man of similar nature to Floon. They left around midnight and were followed out by several men. 

• Kaboo goes to approach a table of men to see if they know of Floon's relatives and or immediate family.

• Bingus inspects his dagger and it hisses. He shakes it, and it hisses some more, before finally the warlock drops it. The dagger clatters to the floor and evidently, is found to be able to speak.

• The orb on the dagger rolls back, and blinks. The dagger is inset with an eye that looks back at him. It's surprised with how Bingus has been acting.

• Kaboo approaches friendly and is hit with a speciesist comment about moths. She casts light and starts cursing out the patrons and they scream in drunken confusion and horror at the 6 foot moth.

• She inquires if they have seen a shapely strawberry blonde man unicorn-pendant-adorned drinking with his companions last night.

• They describe that there were three masked men that followed Floon out with the other shapely strawberry blonde man (Floon). 

Candle Lane

• Kaboo is not liking the darkness, she's useless.

• Schpee notices one of the mailboxes in Candle Lane has a snake with black wings inscribed onto it.

• The party approaches the warehouse.

• Bingus berates the lock, it does not respond. His sword taunts him.

• Schpee looks through the glass and sees a tuft of feathers shifting behind a crate.

• Kaboo takes a peak. She sees the same thing.

• Schpee fails to break the lock with her greataxe, and Bingus takes a crack at it with his crowbar.

• Shardyn warns them of the dangers and informs them that she will stand guard while they go inside.

• With no other leads on Floon's disappearance, Bingus and Kaboo enter the warehouse room. Schpee peaks from the door, not far behind.

• They are met with a grizzly scene. Tables and chairs are thrown about, a dozen corpses, and splashes of blood are stained about the area. The corpses all have the same snake tattoos. Certainly, they are fallen Zhentarim workers, felled at their posts. The warehouse has been raided, and Shardyn can recognize a few.

• Shardyn is even more bothered by this, and warns the group further that they should leave.

• Though they are quickly interrupted by a flock of Xanathar Kenku that look responsible for the whole mess. 

Kenku Discovered

• The party has a large amount of trouble combatting the Kenku. Kaboo is surrounded at all sides, and is downed once. Bingus is downed once as well. With many bonks, slashes, and cape fluttering, they roughly dispatch the flock of Kenku. A single hexxed Kenku and their heavily wounded comrade are all that is left.

• The Kenku beg to surrender.

• Shardyn begins an interrogation on the Kenku. They admit to tying up a pretty man in the back. They blather incoherently and they hear a very plain 'Xanathar sends his regards'.

• Schpee picks up the decapitated head of the Kenku and shakes down the Kenku for their money. It repeats 'Xanathar sends his regards'.

• Kaboo and Bingus BOTH critically succeed at taking the hexxed Kenku with them. Bingus the warlock successfully becomes a patron for the Kenku due to his eternal hex on their soul, and the Kenku is wrapped in Kaboo's blanket like a burrito cat.

• Bingus and Kaboo have a private conversation.

• Rito the Kenku joins the party.

• There is still one more door left in the warehouse now that they have avenged the fallen Zhentarim agents. 

• They arrive at the door and decide on how they should approach entering. There are many theories thrown around. Kaboo offers to cast light on the Kenku and push him inside the dark room to scout, though she fails her animal handling check. Schpee wants to use acrobatics to stealthily enter and exit, and fails an intimidation attempt at Shardyn to get them to stay. Shardyn pleas the team to leave the warehouse, as they've pulled enough attention already. 

• Kaboo decides to open the door, and they are greeted with the sight of a red-haired man hiding in the closet. It is not Floon Blaagmar.