Session III: Who stole the map!? Report

General Summary

Following a tumultuous period, Yui, the mage, gradually recuperates from her illness within the confines of the hospital, attaining a lucidity that allows her to grasp her surroundings. Amidst the bustling medical facility, she overhears the desperate plight of a man, grievously wounded yet determined to flee. Despite the frenetic efforts of doctors and nurses, the man succumbs to sedation, his bed eventually placed adjacent to Yui's own. Seizing a clandestine opportunity, Yui assumes a guise of authority, delving into the man's possessions to uncover a trove of peculiar items—a note detailing a clandestine meeting at the Marina Warehouses and vials brimming with mysterious concoctions. Sensing a lurking danger, she quietly slips away, only to bear witness to a chilling assault on the hapless man by a sinister entity.   Meanwhile, at the northern reaches of the city, the party awakens, save for Bika, haunted by unsettling visions of Lolth's minions. Undeterred, they embark on a series of ventures, from lodging reports of the recent robbery to securing morning brew supplies.   Upon arriving at the hospital to rendezvous with Yui, the party receives grim news—the thief they reported has met a grisly end within the hospital's walls. Undeterred, they navigate bureaucratic hurdles to gain access to the morgue, where they seek confirmation of the thief's demise.   Otto the bob also interrogate some birds outside the hospital and find out the create is some sort of large dog. Meanwhile Hira tries to inform Lorenzo but find that he is not currently in his shop. The party then choose to investigate the location detailed in the note found on the thiefs person.     As the party arrives at the harbor, they encounter vigilant guards protecting their target location. Undeterred by the restrictions, Bika's persuasive prowess allows them to bypass the guards under the guise of affiliation with Countess Camille. However, their progress is halted by a cloaked bandit brandishing a crossbow, prompting a tense standoff. While Hira and Otto stealthily infiltrate a nearby storage building, Yui and Iggie find themselves detained by vigilant guards. Amidst the commotion, Hira observes suspicious activity behind the building—bandits and women hastily cleaning a crime scene.   Bika tells the bandit that she has been sent by the Countess, which she quickly regrets as the bandit sends for Countess Camille, who pops out right behind him. Seeing the clear foil in his pants, Bika immediately creates magic lights in Iggies face, making him shoot grease over the guards and bika and hit the countess and the bandit.   Chaos ensures and a fight breaks out. Otto drops a candle on the grease that engulfs the countess and the bandit in fire. Bika charges forwards and knocks out the countess before she runs away. Iggie slips away from the guards and charges forward sending magic missiles hitting bandits and a female bystander. Hira and Otto is trying and failing to convince a horse with a cart attached to flee the scene. . Yui the mage gets stabbed in the back by a bandit and falls unconscious. The guards are yelling for the party to leave the scene or they will have to use lethal force. The party then decide to pick up Yui and run away while leaving and icy trail to dissuade the bandits from following.   Before Otto runs away with his friends he jumps on the cart and spots that it has some liquid barrels in it and one seem to contain a recent victim. Otto run back into the building and use his dream entering ability to enter the unconscious mind of the countess.   In the dream Otto sees the Countess on her knees pleading how sorry she is for failing to do as asked in front of a well dressed black haired aristocratic woman. Next to the back haired woman is a large six legged panther like creature with teethed tentacles rising from its back. As the creature slowly steps forward showing signs of attacking the countess, Otto the bob takes over the back haired woman figure to ask additional questions. First asking of what she has failed, the countess explains that their where close to being finished with cleaning the crime scene and taking care of the witness, when a group came and attacked them out of nowhere. Otto as the back haired woman then ask. Where is the Veridian heart map now?. This seems to confuse the countess as she was under the impression of her being in possession of it. The confusion makes Otto lose grip of the dream and he is sent out as the bandits heal the countess. Otto then flees and regroups with his party.