RB 5-6: Jumping Rope, Meeting Victor, & Hearing Grant's Offer

Mission Report

Thu, Jan 18, 2018 ((Mar 22, 2020))
Party: Jane Irwin (Cael), Proud Flame (Aunne), Haelra Vayn (Basil), Shiro (DragoN), Sylvi (Daewendriel), Kromrak (Sielic) Side mission: Lyndi Fletcher (Aslene)

The team recovers from their trip to the Lower Planes. The freed slaves are entrusted to the Unbroken Tide. The team meets some young girls in the Market Ward, one of whom seems to say a magical message to Proud. The team visits Victor's Secret and meets Victor, a queer orc. Jane enters into a binding with the elementals, fey, and other beings in Victor's Secret, allowing her to summon them while in Sigil. The team also buys some of Victor's fashionable wares. Then they walk to the warehouse where Danja's team is analyzing the remains of Vayndress (the green dragon) and the blood-steam golem. Sylvi finds that the golem has a Primex marking. Grant visits the team and invites an alliance.

The Freed Slaves

• Proud's gear
  • Appears next to the jumpcore
  • Covered in slime and bits of helltrain

• Slaves freed
  • Miley Nainyr, Aasimar Alchemist (she/her)
  • Thalanil Northana, Half-Elf Falconer (he/him)
  • Kymil Northana, Half-Elf Storyteller (he/him)
  • Rosania Skyguard, Elf Butler (she/her)
  • Diazo Cloudcrest, Human Parchment Maker (she/her)
  • Tarron Gris, Triton Midwife (they/them)
  • Piknup Daringsox, Gnome Shepherd (she/her)
  • Musaric Daringsox, Gnome Weaver (he/him)

• DM: > League had Miley make potions to improve their immune systems
• DM: > Rosania's family serves Skyguard officers as aides and butlers
• DM: > Tardigrade and Bron confer at length, as the shiplets are fascinated by the high-speed chase

Max & DABOS

• Starting to make sense of the network: DABOS
• Some relationship to Dabus
• The Dabus are shown on the barmyberk map
• Starting to compile and process local news
• There's some kind of broadcasting system, not currently in use

• Max: Myriad has a lead to find the first stanza of the Bloodstone Prophecy in Sigil
• Contact: Calliope: an agent of the Assembler Rebellion, Elmwin's Fine Armor & Armaments (Lower Ward)

• Tardigrade docks
• Lyndi and Chuck will escort the slaves into hiding with the Unbroken Tide
• Tardigrade withdraws to the edge of Sigil space, and the team takes a long rest

• Team meets to discuss next steps
• Possible team activities
  • Question Ordin Zarn
  • Inspect the remains of Vayndress & the blood-steam golem (Market Ward)
  • Follow up with the drow at Grazal's Metals (since they can't help you rescue Proud now)
  • Objectives (from list)

Streetscape

• Docking on the rim
• Working on a docking solution at the Tower of Brass Leaves
• Lyndi and Chuck will escort the slaves into hiding with the Unbroken Tide

• Dockmaster: Feresin Ravaric, half-elf duelist (Fighter 5+, he/him/his), Fraternity of Order
• No sign of Dock Clerk: Ametha Northmug, half-orc bureaucrat (Sorcerer 5+, she/her/hers), Fated
• Near the shaft, a sign with Sigil Factions logos: "If you're a namer or joiner, identify yourself to the Dockmaster Dock Clerk Dockmaster Traveler Dockmaster."
• Through a couple basements
• In alley
• Saying good-bye to Fris
• DM: > Gatriel goes off on her business

• Rippling words, babble of languages
• Crowds, buskers, religious activists, political activists\
• DM: > Political activists talk about the Pinch
• The Dabus Blessing: if a being intends to communicate with you, you can understand them
• Sedan chairs
• Harmonium patrol
• Lamps that must be lit

• Children playing jump rope
  • Rule of Threes, Taken five times, Argue and rumble, War for our minds. Fifteen factions, All in a row, Looking for meaning, Or is it all show?
• Roshia Rale, Human (she/her)
• Vanessa Erydark, Elf (she/her)
• Ada Cotton, Halfling (she/her)
• Ada: The heroes that sift and hunt for truth may find it, but they may also see: that some great evils cannot be stopped once greed and fear have set them free.
• DM: > Roshia's mama sells lamps

Victor's Secret

• Tower with floating globes: forest, stormy sea, sweltering caldera of a volcano, etc., windy mountain top, etc.
• Music: Themes: Cherry Bomb
• Victor Bronzeborn, summoning broker
• Sensate namer (i.e., loosely a member)
• Selling lingerie and armor
  • Breastplate, heart-shaped boob window: "So whimsical! So impractical!"
• They choose: elementals, spirits, fey, and fiends
• Collateral: a secret
• The name of the air elemental that Jane summoned translates as The Whisper of a Breeze When the Sails of a Boat are Lowered for the Last Time
• DM: > Haelra buys sturdy heels/boots
• DM: > Victor kisses Jane's cheek
• Haelra: Haelra buys boots and some hair ordaments
• DM: > Why settle for fiendish when you can be fabulous?

On Route

• DABOS Drones repairing a damaged storefront

Inspecting the Remains of Vayndress & the Golem

• Warehouse in Market Ward, near the Tower of Brass Leaves
• Expert: Professor Danja Dragonborn

• Team keeps teeth and some bones
• Jane wants the skull and leftovers
• Danja is going to make dragonscale armor

• DM: > Sylvi removes a plate from the golem that's covering a Primex logo
• Max: > Primex Consolidated Technology Management (CTM) is a morally-ambiguous international corporation. It has extensive assets and expertise in paranormal phenomena. It's one of the most influential factions on the Edge on Earth and in the Mosaic.

• Grant arrives, and is allowed in
• Grant seems to notice the Primex marking, and accidentally or purposefully slips up, saying that he works for Primex
• DM: > Grant says that Farwatch Omega's mission is preparing for a future without the Breakwater
• Grant wants to collaborate with Raptor Blue in uncovering the Adintech Conspiracy
• DM: > Primex has an embassy in Clerk's Ward
• DM: > Primex may be operating an R&D site in Arborea, called the Farm