Episode 7 "Mirror Mirror"

Session #:7 2/7/2021

6th of Dalian 2350 of the 5th Age

Recap

 * The session began as the party returned to the Bilge Tavern and were met by a minder runner who gave them their blank passports.
 * The party quickly set about to fill out their passports, finding out from local sources that they needed to use red ink, which they were able to procure thanks to Opal's contacts.
 * They filled out their passports with vague passports and half truths:
 * Akhom's name became Mohka, he listed his occupation as an infectious disease expert.
 * Quirkell became an animal trainer.
 * Opal became a travelling musician.
 * Roxie became a circus performer.
 * On their way through the gate, Opal and Roxie amazed the guards with a musical juggling display that ended up getting them an in with the Majordomo of the Rowangan Citadel.
 * Instead of heading straight to the citadel, the party decided to go get cleaned up. They headed to an inn called "The Grounded Ruby" where they purchased a two bedroom suite, in addition to their baths.
 * On the way to the baths, the party noticed a job posting on a messageboard. This posting was offering an adventuring contract into an enchanted mirror at the citadel.
 * In the bathhouse, Opal made herself very attractive to gain the attention of a dwarf that knew something about one of the jobs going on at the Citadel. This dwarf, Dervy, became instantly infatuated with her and divulged a huge amount of information, even after Quirkell and Akhom interfered.
 * After getting cleaned up, the party headed to the Citadel and, thanks to a note from Dervy, were quickly ushered in to see Kervin, the Majordomo, who wingmanned for his friend.
 * The party was able to negotiate a higher rate for delving into an enchanted mirror to find treasure for the Lord of the Rowangan. Many had apparently delved into the mirror, but none had yet returned.
 * The party was led through the rim of the citadel to a long, tall chamber with the covered mirror at the end. Bodibar, the court wizard of the Rowangan, his office being attached to this hall, appeared to answer a handful of questions about the mirror.
 * Before delving into the mirror, Roxie contacted her patron, to ask if he could tell them anything about the mirror they were about to delve into. His response was that "You will only find what you bring with you"
 * The party noticed that although Akhom moved the torches in the real world, they stayed put in the reflection.
 * One by one, the party was transported into the mirror world, finding it a dreary cope of the real world. They were able to head into Bodibars duplicate office and look around, finding a duplicate of the item Mister Smile had sent them to find.
 * After a noise from the hall shocked them out of their investigative revelry, the party set about trying to find the treasure.
 * After exploring for a bit longer, the party found a shield, possibly left over from one of the previous expeditions. While picking up the mirror, Quirkell thought she saw a duplicate of herself in the reflection.
 * The party quickly found themselves embroiled in a life or death fight with mirror duplicates of themselves that shared all of their abilities.
 * After a harrowing battle that nearly left the party dead, the duplicates were slain and the party was ejected from the mirror with showered them with a torrent of platinum pieces.
 * Bodibar appeared, shocked to see that they succeeded, and was about to go alert Kervin to their success when Akhom used his powers of suggestion to get Bodibar to leave them be.
 * As Bodibar wandered away the party quickly scooped as much of the platinum as possible into Opal's Bag of Holding, while Opal herself ran into Bodibars workshop to grab the actual item they had come to find. The small metal reliquary.
 * Having grabbed all the platinum, the party quickly ran to the majordomo and collected even more money for the job they'd completed and then BOOKED it out of the citadel and fled to their suite at the Grounded Ruby.