Session 1: Upheaval in the Sootworks

General Summary

Florian and Rakish finish off their latest experiment. Something Rakish calls Drone Warfare, however, it doesn't quite work yet. Rakish tells Florian that they are expecting visitors tomorrow and that he can sleep in a bit to be well slept for the coming day. Florian heads to bed and has weird dreams containing a red thread and a nude woman in her forties with brownish nipples.
  Alkaline starts her shift at the Coked Coal Refinery. Everything seems normal until the maintenance valve on the Black Baths start beeping. Investigating it, she realizes it's going to blow up soon and gets everyone out just in time. Overseer Ormund Korrik is furious and tells Alkaline to stay in the Carbonization Chambers with the other knuckle draggers. The voice of Magistrate Harker Blacklung booms over the intercoms, who tell everyone except Teel to go home for the day.
  Triandra is dreaming about a sandy beach filled with clocks and a moon with an old man face which vomits oil and smoke. She awakens wandering the streets of the Sootworks where she is acosted by a dwarven woman claiming she slept with her husband.
  Teel is working in the Coal Intake Yard under Willem "The Lash" Dragg when the explosion in the Black Baths go off. The intercom message calls him to Harker Blacklungs office, where he is promptly fired for undisclosed reasons due to an internal investigation. He is given 2 copper in severance pay and 1 copper in workday pay.
  Naved is eating breakfast in the Ruby Ramshack when their patron inhabits a nearby breakfast eater to tell them to head over to 57c South Sootworks Street because someone needs them. Confused, Naved leaves the tavern, thanks their patron and heads for the address.
  Florian awakens to an explosion at Rakish's workshop. Running out in his pajamas, he sees Rakish's workshop in disarray. Inside there is a Spectator and a masked person fighting. The fighting bleeds into the streets where Naved, Alkaline, Teel and Triandra join in. The masked man seemingly vanishes, and the group takes down the spectator. They investigate the area and find signs of anti-magic technology along with a sigil and some metal rings. Rakish and their research is gone with the wind. Panicked, they head over to Alkalines Workshop, but on their way there, it explodes into a thousand pieces. With a couple of leads and some seemingly innocuous connections, they head over to Triandras room at Lumerics Bed n Breakfast to gather their thoughts.