A Catch Up on Current Events

Forgot to write in here for some time. I think I left off right before I got stabbed again. So that lady Dannastra stabbed me with a jagged knife, still got that blade on me as she left it there. My crew thought I was dead, to be fair the pain got to me so I collapsed and my clothes were covered in blood again. I don't think they've ever seen me that way before so it was an understandable freakout. I mean it was nothing new to me, I've got plenty of scars to prove that. Back to the events. A fight happened and I woke up in a sweet's emporium back room. Seeing my wounds I got the supplies and bandaged up. What Belladonna and Vino found out was the thing was in the basement. A flesh tangle as they called it. Belladonna invoked some law and lit it on fire. I'm fuzzy on the exact rule but she always makes sure to follow the contract to a tee and she's studied the stuff a lot so I trust her. We decided to lay low and see what happened next. We found out that the people in the town put out the fire and were repairing the mansion. Mom came to visit, made sure I was okay and we got a hit on Dannestra for screwing with the corpse takers guild. Thinking that if this thing is out there we should get rid of it I went to the church. They are good at taking care of things like this so I thought to report it. Took a while to get there and then there was a lot of talking to people but I eventually met with the lord inquisitor herself. I told her about the thing, she had me lead two other inquisitors, good guys I felt, to the mansion. They never looked at the thing but they thanked me and said they would deal with it. I a little confusing but I got the feeling they knew the graveness of the matter so I didn't think much of it.
 
When I got back to the crew I found out they did some investigating of their own. There was a long debate but we decided to infiltrate the manor ourselves. Pretending to be a construction crew we made our way towards Antonin, and a fight broke out. Basal, Vino, and Tannhauser went up first and got the drop on him. When Bella, Derek, and I, he wasn't looking too good and there was a lady bleeding on the floor. Now Mama says to never let an innocent get hurt, it's a good way to get caught. I bandaged her up as Derek and Bella finished Antonin off. As they did Vino nabbed the book that gave Antonin the ability to control the Flesh Tangle, but as he told us later he fell out the window and the book was dropped into the Eversink waters. When something gets lost in the water here, you ain't ever finding it again. The rest of us started to wrap up inside. As we were clearing up though Basal started yelling something about damned Grandkids, picked up the lady, and ran off. It was weird. We decided to get out of there before the authorities showed up, and I took a little detour to grab the chest that Antonin was offering to us before.
 
With that wrapped up, I completed the job for Mom. We sold the chest contents and heard some rumors as we were keeping a lower profile. Antonin was missing, the flesh thingy was disposed of by the church, and patrols were up for the city watch and the church. When that happens Mom's business tends to go on the decline.
 
Now to the most recent stuff. Vino got his leg healed up after being infected by the flesh thingy. However, to pay for it he had to steal some trinket from a gentleman named Aster Varoc. Using some of my Merchant connections, I talked to Ryan, Mom's old friend who runs the golden thimble. He explained to me that Varoc does import-export, and gets some real quality stuff. He uses mercenaries but when in the acquisition game that's needed when you go off to a different country. While leaving the golden thimble, Basal noticed a tail, him, Tannhauser and I split up and we quickly found out that the tail was on Tannhauser. Basal caught him and gave the kid a good talking to, telling him he should wear socks with his nice shoes. He was apparently working for the church so that meant Tannhauser needed to keep an even lower profile. We got back to the chicken shack and discussed the plan. Belladonna took me, Basal, and Vino to Aster Varoc's shop to find a trinket for mom. We kept asking for a different selection until we saw the thing we were looking for. Confirming he had it we decided to leave. Vino knocked the tray over though. But nothing was broken and Mister Varoc caught our item of interest real quick-like.
 
Oh, one more thing, apparently Basal and Vino did a stakeout on the place and Vino stole a book. I didn't find this out until recently and after he had Derek use some magic to open it for him. It apparently deals with the under city and has some valuable information. That's all for now, I'll remember to write in it next time.