Episode 3 "His Kiss, The Riot"

Session #3: 8/23/2020

3rd of Dalian 2350 of the 5th Age

Recap

 * The session began just after the party agreed to kill Gedan Roughstone for the priest of Hermes in exchange for bringing Opal back to life.
 * The priest introduced them to a strange man called Akhom who also owed the priest a favor. Together, he and the party would kill Gedan, and then both of their debts would be repaid.
 * Akhom took them back to his room at the Bilge tavern and discussed what they knew about Gedan and introduced themselves.
 * After discussing a plan of action, the party decided they had to try again to retrieve their gear from the guardhouse.
 * They decided that Opal would rest while everyone else went out to find a guard to interrogate and hopefully retrieve the passcode for the elevator.
 * The party spotted a pair of guards on patrol not long after. Akhom lured one into an alley while Quirk and Roxie attempted to speak with the other.
 * Akhom was able to convince the guardsmen to be amicable and help him pick up rotting fruit, but was unable to convince him to give over his passport. Meanwhile, Quirk and Roxie accidentally angered the dwarf they were speaking with and started a fight.
 * Before Akhoms guard could rush to the other guards aid, Akhom kissed him, hoping to distract him, but the guard fled even quicker.
 * As the two guards were reunited, and the sound of fighting drew the attention of onlookers, Akhom made it look as though he had been roughed up, and publicly accused the guard of sexually assaulting him. This got the crowd on their side.
 * Roxie, thinking quickly, whipped the crowd into a frenzy and incited a riot. The two guard were killed, and the angry mob charged the interior gates.
 * Outside the Bilge tavern, Opal could hear the sound of the guards killing the rioters.
 * The party quickly looted the guards and discovered that they had medallions with their names and serial numbers engraved on the back. The party decided that they should try the serial numbers on the elevator.
 * Akhom and Roxie also mutilated the bodies of the guards they had killed so they couldn't be identified.
 * The party returned to the inn and rested for the night.
 * The next day, Opal disguised themself as Dorn, the senior of the two dead guards, and wore Roxie's bottle on a chain around their neck with Roxie inside.
 * While Quirkell and Akhom watched from outside the fence, Opal entered the serial number on the medallion into the elevators keypad, and were relieved when it did not explode, but instead rose into the air.
 * Opal found themself on the third floor of the tower, in some sort of officers' barracks. They and Roxie quickly searched the room, stealing passports from the chests, but didn't find their stolen gear. They did find, however, an apparent list of contraband the guards had stolen from people.
 * Roxie returned to her bottle in a flash as another guard entered and greeted Opal as Dorn, telling them that Dorn's mother had been worried sick while he'd been missing.
 * Opal devised a lie and was able to get the other guard to have another dwarf guide her up to the contraband locker.
 * While there, she was able to find all of their gear and bribe the other guard to keep quiet about her taking the bag of holding, which had apparently already been claimed by someone else.
 * Outside the tower, Akhom and Quirkell watched with unease as a finely adorned carriage pulled up to the tower and a dwarvish woman dressed in finery rode the elevator up.
 * On their way out of the tower, Opal was intercepted by Lady Kharak'Bast, Dorn's mother. She insisted she bring Dorn home.
 * Opal and Roxie were led into the carriage, unable to devise a means of escape from the matronly dwarf and her guards. Luckily, Akhom and Quirkell were able to get the guards to give chase, giving Opal the opportunity to feign a desire to aid them and flee.
 * Opal quickly disguised herself to look like a Yuan-Ti pureblood like Akhom and was met by Akhom. Quirkell gave the guards the slip and the group reconvened back at the bilge tavern, to plan their next steps.