-Everyone met for breakfast to discuss plans for the day (Dover Calais: Chapter 2) -A couple of guards came over to question Eska, but didn't seem suspicious of them on the whole -relieved, the party headed out to find some pearl fishers -Stopped by Tully to ask about what she knew -She told them what remained of them had moved on to other trades; try the taverns -Cash lead them to a seedy tavern, where they met Halst and Leit -Halst asked Cash to look into a woman that Leit is in love with, and would give them a bit of gold and information in exchange -Eustace talked to Leit to get more intel -The party then split up again with Evani and Cash going to the warehouses while Eustace, Synn and Eska went to the Amphitheater -Evani and Cash met Naeman, who, after some talking about morality and the state of the town, asks them to cause some trouble -They (and by "they" I mean Cash) ends up starting a riot by telling a guy that another guy stole his coin purse -They then booked it, and Cash broke in somewhere and stole an expensive-looking scabbard, and someone saw the back of his cloak as he was scooting out the door -Evani and Cash booked it away -MEANWHILE Eska, Synn and Eustace are at the Amphitheater -They're approached by a woman, Lena, who is missing her son Nikolai -They agree to look for him, and after Synn does some sniffing, they split up to find him, with Eska and Eustace staying close to each other because of Empathic Bond -Synn follows her nose to find one of Nikolai's shoes, and Eska finds drag marks on the ground just as Synn's scent on the shoe leads her over there -The three of them start to run out of town, calling Cash and Evani for backup and to catch up with them -In the mean time Eska, Eustace and Synn follow the tracks out to a river, where they start hearing a distorted scream -They come upon four Meenlocks torturing Nikolai and immediately spring into action, trying to rescue him and get him as far away as possible -A battle with the Meenlocks begins, Eska running in to grab Nikolai as Cash and Evani catch up -Eska hands Nikolai off to Cash, who books it far away while the others continue to fight -The party manages to kill the Meenlocks with about four seconds left to go before Nikolai would become a Meenlock himself -The party goes back into town and finds Lena, giving Nikolai back to his mom as Eustace explains that he was captured by some creatures, but they got there in time to save him. -Lena is incredibly grateful and hugs everyone in the party (including Cash) -Lena goes home with her son, and the rest of the party agrees to go back to the inn for a rest and have some lunch -Before they can, however, Synn realizes that the Meenlocks were probably all people (possibly children) at one point -She breaks down crying at this, and after some comforting, is lead back the inn by Eska
-Eska and Eustace take Synn up to their room to talk, Evani and Cash go to their room. (Dover Calais: Interlude 1) -Synn reveals her realization, Eska is horrified, Eustace is resigned -Synn also reveals, with some convincing, that she wasn't always a gnoll, and was transformed into one after tinkering with black magic -Eska does their best to affirm that Synn is making a choice and the right ones, that they're still a good person, while Eustace promises to help her in any way he can. -In Evani and Cash's room, Evani is pacing the floor. -Cash asks if she's ok, and Evani makes a decision to tell him that she wants to stir up some trouble in the town -Cash is pleased by this development, and agrees to help. -Eustace calls Sach and Toriel and gathers some intel and advice.
Day 2
-A couple of guards came over to question Eska, but didn't seem suspicious of them on the whole
-relieved, the party headed out to find some pearl fishers
-Stopped by Tully to ask about what she knew
-She told them what remained of them had moved on to other trades; try the taverns
-Cash lead them to a seedy tavern, where they met Halst and Leit
-Halst asked Cash to look into a woman that Leit is in love with, and would give them a bit of gold and information in exchange
-Eustace talked to Leit to get more intel
-The party then split up again with Evani and Cash going to the warehouses while Eustace, Synn and Eska went to the Amphitheater
-Evani and Cash met Naeman, who, after some talking about morality and the state of the town, asks them to cause some trouble
-They (and by "they" I mean Cash) ends up starting a riot by telling a guy that another guy stole his coin purse
-They then booked it, and Cash broke in somewhere and stole an expensive-looking scabbard, and someone saw the back of his cloak as he was scooting out the door
-Evani and Cash booked it away
-MEANWHILE Eska, Synn and Eustace are at the Amphitheater
-They're approached by a woman, Lena, who is missing her son Nikolai
-They agree to look for him, and after Synn does some sniffing, they split up to find him, with Eska and Eustace staying close to each other because of Empathic Bond
-Synn follows her nose to find one of Nikolai's shoes, and Eska finds drag marks on the ground just as Synn's scent on the shoe leads her over there
-The three of them start to run out of town, calling Cash and Evani for backup and to catch up with them
-In the mean time Eska, Eustace and Synn follow the tracks out to a river, where they start hearing a distorted scream
-They come upon four Meenlocks torturing Nikolai and immediately spring into action, trying to rescue him and get him as far away as possible
-A battle with the Meenlocks begins, Eska running in to grab Nikolai as Cash and Evani catch up
-Eska hands Nikolai off to Cash, who books it far away while the others continue to fight
-The party manages to kill the Meenlocks with about four seconds left to go before Nikolai would become a Meenlock himself
-The party goes back into town and finds Lena, giving Nikolai back to his mom as Eustace explains that he was captured by some creatures, but they got there in time to save him.
-Lena is incredibly grateful and hugs everyone in the party (including Cash)
-Lena goes home with her son, and the rest of the party agrees to go back to the inn for a rest and have some lunch
-Before they can, however, Synn realizes that the Meenlocks were probably all people (possibly children) at one point
-She breaks down crying at this, and after some comforting, is lead back the inn by Eska
-Eska and Eustace take Synn up to their room to talk, Evani and Cash go to their room. (Dover Calais: Interlude 1)
-Synn reveals her realization, Eska is horrified, Eustace is resigned
-Synn also reveals, with some convincing, that she wasn't always a gnoll, and was transformed into one after tinkering with black magic
-Eska does their best to affirm that Synn is making a choice and the right ones, that they're still a good person, while Eustace promises to help her in any way he can.
-In Evani and Cash's room, Evani is pacing the floor.
-Cash asks if she's ok, and Evani makes a decision to tell him that she wants to stir up some trouble in the town
-Cash is pleased by this development, and agrees to help.
-Eustace calls Sach and Toriel and gathers some intel and advice.