Session 11

Hanging out at Fynlan's house, we meet an anthropoid frog named Grabblejean, who is there on behalf of his employer, the Prince of Forms, who is looking for a missing person. The missing person is a low ranking member of the Vances named Steven Ursula. He was last seen in the Confederacy of Cloisters, two days ago, visiting the Temple of How. (Per Locke's history knowledge, the temple is dedicated to the religion of How, which is not a god, but a motive force.) Grabblejean spoke with people who saw him there in ruins, with an unknown man. IE, he wandered into the Ruined Expanse.
 
The Gerant there did not believe Grabblejean that there was anything. Grabblejean came to us at the request from the Prince of Forms. When we press Grabblejean what's in it for us, it's basically the goodwill of the Prince of Forms, and some object of power. After the conversation, Grabblejean admits that he didn't finish the investigation because he was afraid to go into the Ruined Expanse.
 
Well tell Grabblejean sure we'll do that, and the first step of our investigation will be to meet with the Prince of Forms. Grabblejean promises to set something up for later that day. We'll have to go to the Undersling.
 
My contacts in academics tell me that Steven Ursula is a low level employee at the Vancian College. His supervisor is some HR person, Alan Smithee. I also divine via Gnaw the Universal Mind to find out where Steven is; still in the Ruined Expanse.
 
We go there. At the Temple of How, I talk to one of the instructor priests, who tells me that Steven Ursula comes to the temple pretty frequently. The instructor describes the person that Ursula went into the Ruined Expanse with (https://naturaltwenties.slack.com/files/U10E23AG6/FLDM6RSPN/screen_shot_2019-07-14_at_2.48.06_pm.png). I give the priest my card, and ask him to contact me if Steven shows up.
 
A bird made of glass finds us and tells us to go to the Undersling. We head down, and I notice that a lot of the cables are woven through with some kind of organic matter, actually kind of a paste. I examine it closely, and it seems like living cultured tissue. Simone uses psychometry on that, and it's made of Elderbrin.
 
We pass the Library of the Undone, which I will come back to visit later.
 
We follow the glass bird to an abandoned house. We go through a trapdoor in it, which leads us to a tunnel to a temple. It's the headquarters of the Charnel Heart Assassin's Guild, which the Prince of Forms has borrowed.
 
There's more and more elderbrin flesh in things. We go to the central room, which is floor to ceiling goop. The room is lit by a luminous crystal. The floor continues to extend into this thing: https://naturaltwenties.slack.com/archives/CC836JY79/p1563143097328900
 
It's the Prince of Forms.
 
We talk to them. They refuse to arrange the barest minimum of relationship. We agree to find Steven anyway. Simone wants to stay behind for a private word with the Prince of Forms.
 
When we leave, Simone uses magic to improve her vision so she can see their footprints. We armor up and head in. As we're following the trail, a group of ruffians in clown makeup jump us and demand to know our darkest secrets. Fynlan scares them away.
 
We continue, and hear a noise like jangling coins. Simone freaks out, tells everyone to be quiet, and casts an invisibility spell on our group. This motherfucker: https://naturaltwenties.slack.com/archives/CC836JY79/p1563148243330100
 
We kill the shit out of it. It dissolves, leaving behind three ephemera objects. It's a traumatic experience for Simone, though.
 
We continue forward and see an old woman poking through the ruins, looking for food. Locke sneaks up along the side while the others go to talk to her. Gwyn gives her drugs. The old woman tells us that other people have gone through before, on their way to some shack where some dude named "Palin something-or-other" makes "that drug that all you weird magic nerds like".
 
Solve the Mystery arc, cost, opening, research, two investigations. Now we are taking a two day downtime, to go rest and investigate