10. All is lost.

Sefris rejoined the group in the basement after conversing with Sotho, terrified by Centrik’s message in her own head. She responds telepathically:

“Understood. We survived. We’re getting help. Where are you held? How much time do we have? What can we do? Who can we trust?”

She shared the conversation with the group, while Nox quickly albeit not completely sneakily stole a book. During a discussion about future plans, Sefris got a magic reply from Centrik:

“Island has an old temple. Tobias knows, could not withhold torture. Cipher is key. Protect it. Rhyl’Amon comes for you. Beware, he knows I…”,

the message cutting off with the sound of Centrik dying, not leaving any time for a response.

Sefris being shaken by this revelation, shared this message with the group as well, leading the group to check on the Cipher they had from back on Sarthorak.
In Nox’s bag, which normally housed the Cipher, a sphere filled with swirling darkness of similar proportions was now located. After forging plans to go to Jacks’ friend Zeves in the Golden City and getting him to win the bid for the Shipping Company, with money, they steal from either the smuggler Glem or the pimp Chuim, the group bought cloaks and hired a different smuggler, leaving Vilras in a literal shit barrel…again.

After a close call with some Coin Priests, who were paid off by the driver, the cart arrived at Zeve’s, and Vilras and the drive clashed, resulting in a slap for the driver and a stolen purse for Vilras. Luckily for the group, Zeves not only took them in for the night but also gave them a base from which to instigate the heists, which they then planned out.