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Sat 17th Dec 2022 12:46

Ultimate Powah!

by Laraena Silver

1 week later, we made our way to the ceremony. Teacher Janatimo even teleported our distant loved ones here for this! The group spoke, individually, of how we felt we were best able to use our magic to make the world a better place. Janatimo brought the ceremony to a close & the students and guests were free to mingle. We were now Conversants! We mingled with teachers and other guests. Eventually Janatimo pulled our group aside, as well as a Priestes of Nethys who had graduated with us, having recently returned from a family emergency. Her class had graduated while she was away during the last year. She was introduced as Moselani.
Janatimo explained that we would now have quite a bit more leeway, with us being able to speak with the authority of the Magaambya. We were to see what else we could do to help in the area, but we could continue to stay in the Spire Dormitory while doing so. He suggested that we take Moselani into our group. We discussed this and agreed. He asked that we come see him in a week's time to discuss our next steps. The rest of the night passed without incident.
We spent the next week practicing our various Branches. We also organized a picnic celebration in honor of our graduation to Conversants, mostly to please the Anadi children :) The following week we went to see Teacher Janatimo. As new Conversants we did not need to get tasks from him, but to ease us into this experience he had some suggestions for us. He said that Xhokan, the Kobold store master felt "something was wrong with his supply" or a potter nearby named Amaechi needed help with something or other. We chose to go see Xhokan as he supplies the entire school with alchemical supplies. He explained that he had received a recent shipment of supplies that was cheaper than he has ever paid before. He had been hearing of a rash of problems with student experiments with his supplies. While he had recalled the supplies, he asked that we speak to his supplier about where this latest batch had come from. His supplier's name was Bamidele. He has a stall in the Trading Bazaar. We got a description of the man, but before we left Gazzean examined the supplies. He was able to tell that the compounds were an enhancer, but that it was very unstable! We headed for the bazaar.
We were able to quickly find Bamidele. He very much matched his description! We approached to speak with him. As we did, we could hear whispers from other merchants about the cheap quality of his merchandise. We asked him some questions about his products, eventually convincing him to speak in private. He agreed and we were able to convince him that the latest batch of supplies was faulty. He said he had bought these from a fairly new supplier named Abeo. He said he had no way to contact him, that he just "shows up" when he needs supplies. He expected this would be sometime in the next day or two, as he was now out of supplies having taken all of these faulty ones off the market. We decided we should hang around the market, doing our best to blend in, while we waited to see if this supplier showed up. After about 3 days we noticed a skinny human approach Bamidele's shop. TIX3 was able to overhear their conversation, then Abeo turned to slip away. However, as he did so, he noticed some of us and began to run. The chase was on! After a wild chase through the city we finally caught up. It turned out that this person had been trying to work off a gambling debt. When we questioned him, he was very afraid of the name "Froglegs". We did not get much information from him. He was supposed to collect the alchemy supplies from a warehouse, then leave the money there once he sold them. He never made contact with anyone directly. He did tell us that he knew the supplies came through some of Nantambu's seedier gambling houses. He convinced us to help him flee town as he now felt his life was in danger. We agreed, disguising him and purchasing him passage on a ship. It left 2 days later, with him aboard. While we waited, we staked out the warehouse he had mentioned. Noone showed up in those 2 days, but we did find one of the drops Amaechi had made. We confiscated the ill-gotten coin!
We then decided to go see the potter, Amaechi, whose house turned out to be slipping into the nearby canal. We shored up the house for today, recalled that there may be something in the Magaambya library that may help and then walked downstream to see if we could find the source of the flooding. Downstream we did not find anything causing a blockage, so we returned to investigate at the potter's house. Under the water we found that the stonework of the canal had been melted by some sort of alchemical acid. We informed Amaechi, then went to research at the library for a way to solve this problem. We found several rituals that could help with resolving this problem. We took what we had learned back to the potter's house. Performing the ritual Unseen Custodians we used it to shore up the potter's house for the next year, giving the city lots of time to get the repairs to the canal done. Amaechi was very grateful, telling us he would tell everyone how great the Magaambya was! We then decided to head down the street to the magistrate's house, who Amaechi told us was having similar problems, to offer our services & spread word of the good deeds of the Magaambya. We found there were many workers already handling the problem, with many guards around as well. The guards turned us away without an audience with the Magistrate.