Meeting Teacher Janatimo

Teacher Ot greeted us at Noon when we arrived at his home. He looked grimly through the notes we had brought. He confirmed this Stone Ghost was indeed Uduak Basni. He said this situation had moved beyond his expertise. He asked us to speak with one Janatimo, who would know more about Udak. He was a traveling teacher. While Teacher Ot looked to contact him, we were asked to continue our studies. He did not have any idea how long it might take to reach Janatimo. After a week, word reached Teacher Ot that Janatimo, the leader of the Uzunjati, was returning to the Magaambya sometime in the next week. While we waited, we did some crafting & learning about our Branches. We took some time to see if anyone was looking assistance on the job board. There was a notice seeking someone to test out an updated "flying" experiment. We also heard some of the other students talking about our exploits. It was quite gratifying! We sought out Haibram to see about helping him test out his new, improved flyer! Sevastin was able to help him out, throwing him further into the air with the help of the flight spire like before. However, this time when he reached his apex, he lit some afterburners & flew quickly across campus before returning. He was quite happy with the help and gave the group a magical leather handbag, lined in fur, that purred when stroked. We passed it around to see if anyone could identify what it's magic was. Finally Orkbolt was able to identify it as a Bag of Cats.
Eventually, a paper floated into the dorms, unfolding into a summons to meet with Janatimo. We quickly headed over to his offices. He was quite happy to see us, happy to hear about our exploits! He asked us leading questions about recent events here at the Magaambya. Mostly about the fight with Griffins and the Stone Ghost. He then told us he would be taking us under his wing. We would be trying to find out more about these questions. He said there was a local Griffin trainer that might have more info about why the Griffins had come to the Magaambya & what else we could find out about the reasons for the Stone Ghosts actions. He thanked us for our time & gifted us with the Crown of the Companions. The crown is a magic item that benefits the group. He suggested that we take the rest of the day to ourselves & get started in the morning. The following morning we found that noone seemed to know where the new Anadi students could be found. They had left the dorm assigned to the, preferring to sleep elsewhere. Asking around, we learned from Zenway's kids that they were staying in the Hababe building. They offered to take us to see the Anadi students after supper. We passed the day doing small tasks & studying before heading over after supper. The students allowed us to approach. We asked them about the pull they had felt to come to the Magaambya. They felt the call more strongly from inside the Hababe building nearby. They also said that the Griffin's were different from the sort they had encountered before. These ones had different markings. They thought perhaps we could learn more about them, perhaps where they came from, based on their markings or other identifying features. We offered to look around the building to see if there was any danger here at the Hababe building. They also said that the Griffin's had not followed them here, but had appeared after they arrived at the Magaambya. We finished up our conversation & headed inside to investigate. Most of us got inside the first room before a statue animated outside & attacked Amara, as the last person coming in. The statue turned out to be very tough, but we eventually took it down. In the 1st room Imryll managed to unlock a door heading further in, but not before being cursed. Inside the next room a human man & a Serpentfolk looked up as we opened the door. We spoke with them for a bit, getting the feeling we were being lied to constantly. They said they were members of a club & that we should not be there. They said they had placed the curse on the door, but could not remove the curse. The next door in was closed. They said there was big danger beyond, yet they also said the room was empty... Growing frustrated, Argent finally bashed the door open (it was locked), while Amara grew increasingly angry. She was using all her angry words! As Argent finished bashing the door down, the Human man dropped his disguise, also turning into a Serpentfolk. They attacked us, then tumbled through Imryll, slamming the cursed door behind them. Gazzean used his crafting knowledge to knock the hinge pins out of the door, trying to avoid the curse on the door. Argent slammed through the door, inflicting a curse on her too. However, she was able to catch up and knock out one of the 2 creatures. The rest of the group came running after. Sevastin managed to drop the other one with a non-lethal bow shot.
Our heroes then had a discussion about why we were chasing these creatures down & now what to do with them. Laraena & Sevastin were fairly certain that there were no Serpentfolk enrolled at the Magaambya. We decided to take these folks to see Janatimo.