Session 6
General Summary
Well met and rewarded
We are met, after the wormy fracas by Mr. Haggart, two automaton library guides, and Voldrumon, carrying nets and ropes and supplies coming the opposite way down that passage. Haggart asks if we’re ok, and says we should be paid for doing part of their job. Kobold in a purple hat hands Haggart Priority Mail envelopes with our names on. Hands those out to each of us. Contains Coins and note. Number and quality of worms killed, worm bounty amount + helping students 10pp 20gp each. Haggart et al continue into library.Erzmitac's plan
We continue to the top of stairs. Ictalgor placed the magic string holding vase at the top of the stairs. After the found library patrons disperse, get care and food, we rescuers go with Erzmitac to the alchemy building, a tower in Quandrix campus. Professor Merdaxor Grenshell and receptionist meet him at the entrance. Loji explains what happened after Erzmitac was getting told off, and the professor was about to open the lab. We had tried to explain our uncarbon questions to Erzmitac on our way to the lab. So he brought us in with him. Erzmitac clarifies that uncarbon is fragments of the stuff from extraplanar space – it keeps the other planes from interfering with one another. Ictalgor has one sample, Loji another. Lazeah mentions her sample of Colonel fur. Upstairs in blue-green tinged room full of glass, bubbles fizz, samples, books, boxes cupboards. Meticulously fit in places like puzzle pieces. We all sit on stools around a desk. Erzmitac says unusual events do occur at Strixhaven, occasional attacks by monsters etc, but usually no reason to suspect a connection. Spontaneous transmogrification is a worrying development if the incidents are connected. The explody Identify incident may have happened because the substance is magically protected from being identifited (curse?) OR nascent properties of the substance. His prototype Auto cross reference can provide an analysis of the substance in a few days. Uncarbon is not easy to get. Traces appear at Strixhaven in the air when arrivals come from another plane. Travel seldom leaves holes. The fabric of interdimensional space is resilient – repairs itself. A sustained hole would take quite a lot of magic to maintain. Erzmitac is curious about Colonel. Lazeah allows him to take her fur sample to test, explains his appearance while she lived in Limbo. Erzmitac considers himself lucky to study something so unusual. We press him for more info. He says We don’t use uncarbon in a lot of stuff we make here at Strixhaven, but we do export it – we trade for things we use to teach classes or craft things. Administrators might know whether some purchasers have purchased more than usual recently – but may not be willing to tell us. Loji, Ictalgor, Couranthe, Lazeah are sceptical, but Loji and Lazeah see that he’s not actually hiding anything. We give Erzmitac our contact info. He asks us to keep an eye out for more occurrences and get more samples. We leave.Dinner and a frog race
Evening at Firejolt café, dinner conversation provides a short rest – eating, drinking, healing a bit. The next event at the stadium is on Flamerule 1st, a new sporting season is opening – silk ball – all teams parades around campus –the parade will culminate at stadium. Ictalgor will try out for team mascot positions. Couranthe is considering what job to do. Excited sussuration. We see Mewlithorne. Frogs snuck into fireside lounge to race them. Glow in different colours and blue w. top hat, orange in cape, violet with suspenders, red w bow tie. Rosamiffinbip invites us to race – 3 ways to play. Race a frog, coach a frog, cheer a coach, or heckle a coach. Aside Javanesh is there, so Lazeah goes to ask about her prize (a grey bag of tricks). Little balls of fluff inside the bag of tricks. Couranthe chose to coach blue frog, Lazeah chose to coach violet, Loji heckling everyone, Thalia will cheer Lazeah, Ictalgor will cheer Couranthe. Red 'coached' by a growling orc, and Orange by Rosa. Blue wins, orange gets lost in crowd, violet very close second, red frog keeps going past the insects because it’s terrified. Cheering crowd. Joyful sussuration suddenly turns to Screams. TO BE CONTINUED… _ .Rewards Granted
10pp 20gp each
Missions/Quests Completed
Lost library patrons found in L-space 2nd floor of Biblioplex and 5 immense bookworms defeated.
Character(s) interacted with
Haggart, Ersmitac, Professor Merdaxor Grenshell, Mewlithorne, Rosimyffenbip
Report Date
11 Feb 2024
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