Breaking and Entering??

We did some quick healing and then headed further into "Old Firepot's" complex. Moselani did not show up, so we assumed she went back to the Magaambya. As we moved in, Orkbolt noticed some boulders set precariously. He pointed them out just before we would have triggered them to fall upon us. Unfortunately, while trying to figure out how to get past, Argent set off the trap on top of Gazzean and herself! Taking some time to rest and heal while others cleared the rubble we heard the Minotaurs starting to stir after about 20 minutes. We took some time to go see if the Minotaurs were in a more talkative mood. It turned out they were no longer interested in fighting us. They told us they were quitting & would trouble us no longer. We asked about why they had attacked us. They understood that Firepot wanted them to attack anyone from the Magaambya. They never went back further into the complex. We left them with an admonition to think twice about attacking people who are only asking questions, in future! We then cleared away enough rubble to get through. Here we found 2 gates, one leading north, the other to the south. Orkbolt picked the lock on the northern door. Gazzean then opened it, setting off a large jet of flame that hit most of the group. Inside we found 2 fire elementals seemingly heating a pipe in the corner of the room. They did not notice us so we decided to try the other gate. Inside this room the stench was almost unbearable. We continued through the room to a solid iron door. Gazzean swung it open. We found a laboratory/forge and arcane study strewn with various crafting equipment. As we entered the room we saw a Human man with a flaming great cat beside him! We managed to confirm that he was indeed the one causing the damage and that he had been promised a sum of 550gp for some items purchased. He felt the Magaambya should pay their debt as they were students. He gave the names of the 2 lizard folk who had been impersonating students. He gave an ultimatum, saying he expected his money or the attacks would resume the next day. We decided to bring this information back to Janatimo to see how the Magaambya would like it handled. We decided to see Janatimo, then look for Moselani.
Janatimo was in his office when we arrived. He took this information and told us we should speak with the clerks at the financial office if we wanted to get Old Firepot paid off. We then chose to look for Moselani. We eventually found out she had been seen at the Warden House, the administrative area. Once she finished speaking with a Halfling woman she suggested we go outside to speak. She was adamant we were wrong to continue attacking the Minotaurs, rather than retreat. We felt we had been right to continue the investigation by subduing them. She explained she felt there was another way to proceed and hinted that she had found more information from the clerk she had just been speaking with. Eventually she walked away, unhappy that she was unable to convince us to her way of seeing things. We then turned to the Halfling that we saw her talking to, as it happens, the clerk that we were looking for. She revealed that Firepot had been in a few weeks back and submitted for reimbursement of some expensive acids. We attempted to convince her it was in the best interest of the school to just pay him. She just kept quoting the rules at us. We left to discuss ways we felt we could proceed. Eventually we decided to go see Shokon to see if perhaps we could get the alchemical acids at cost to reimburse Firepot. As it turned out, Shokon had the alchemical liquids found at the lizardfolk's lair. He freely offered it up if it would help. We then took it to see Firepot. We were somewhat surprised to see Moselani already there speaking to Firepot. Laraena had enough and left it to Moselani to deal with this without her help, since she seemed to think she was so superior to the rest of the group.
It turned out she was offering membership at the Magaambya to Firepot. He agreed to this. The rest of the group explained that the students were imposters and offered the remaining alchemical acid back. This convinced him to forgive the debt & cease his attacks. On the way back Moselani once again made her case for how she felt the group should have acted. She was met with varying success. Later that same day we received a package from Firepot with items to say thank you & a letter from Teacher Janatimo asking us to meet with him.