the 6 of us spent most of the day watching for a chick to hatch from an egg
except the "waiting" was hiding on the rooftops of a pair of rickety warehouses and the "egg" was another warehouse nearby and the "chick" was a massive whorl of screaming explosive flame
we all stopped being bored when a metal ball arced into the building underneath bell and relic and zer'
fortunately i caught most of the explosion in a resilient sphere so all they suffered was a wave of hot wind
the warehouse it came from lit up – badberry was in there along with alder and an archer named "pierce" and ... the 4 who attacked us on that first night in sharn!
we brought potions of fire resistance but waited too long to drink them so when fireballs started flying bell and medya and i got a little scorched
working around a kiln can develop a pony's tolerance for heat and a quick cast of renew can heal all burns but nothing can make the scent of charred fur any less nauseating
it was a loud fight but a quick one
zer' used a teleport trick to swap places with badberry ... which put him inside the warehouse and right in front of a bag full of solid chunks of the nasty stuff used to make ash
he teleported back out with it and medya swooped in to carry it away from the scene
that's when the watch made themselves known with several "flashbangs" and a command for all of badberry's group to stand down
and i finally got to come down from the rooftop
before the watch took the whole lot away i spoke with the kid who knifed me on my first day in hostility heights
i told him i could forgive that act but first i need to know that he can walk a better path than he has been
i gave him a business card and asked him to visit the h&h once free to do so – we're looking for help and unlike badberry we can offer good pay for honest work
he seemed confused but he accepted the card
i hope to see him again somewhere less noisy