Clubs surveys the Lantern-Walk

• Finds a couple that discusses the dangers of first the break ins and now the monster attack
• Finds a Individual wears a hat and xxx to cover their head, hair and eyes
  • Window shops until he reaches Gizmo's-Repairs
  • Listens in to the conversation
    • Gizmo is behind on protection money to the Ignacio-family
    • Rep-of-the-Ignacio-Family insists that the gift for The-Don be really special
    • Gizmo is lying about having a great gift for the The-Don
    • The fifth of Emberlight is The-Don's birthday
      • The gifts better be good or the shop owners have "trouble"
    • Rep-of-the-Ignacio-Family doesn't seems to care and leaves
  • Clubs stays invisible and questions Gizmo
    • Drops badge and Gizmo
    • How much? 1200 gold
    • How much time? just until today, giving leniency he guesses
    • Tells Gizmo to stay safe and stay clean
  • Returns to Jen's-Baked-Goods
    • Can't find any evidence of Ignacio-family involvement
    • Rug looks like it isn't is the right spot
    • Scratch marks on the keyhole, likely lockpick use
      • Signs of break-in and stealth entrance
    • Will return for tea next time

Zuru returns to his daughter. Lilly is sitting reading, seems lost in her reading. As Zuru grabs her arm.

• Lilly looks alarmed, knowing her father is concerned
• School held the monster drill
• Insists that Lilly return home and help with the fresh manticore
• Lilly and Zuru clean the manticore and prepares it for sale
• Zuru remembers The-Don's birthday and will give the Manticore hides as a gift
• Decorates for The-Don's birthday

Roz'zak helps rebuild, Zephyrus helps clean but tries to stay unnoticed

Party Welcomes Sleep

Morning Update

• Notes The-Don's birthday, "Don Day"
• Peacekeepers will be at "strategic locations"
• Implication that it's best to stay out of the way

Clubs remembers the last birthday

• Lots of fighting
• Sometimes a kind of purge
• Peacekeepers have to clean up

Doc is busy due to drunkenness, injuries and pit fighting in the The-Scarlet-Heart-Lounge -

Zuru gets a visitor from Ignacio-family

• Inquires how Zuru is enjoying "Don Day"
• Gives the visitor 2 Manticore pelts
• "but what about the Don's son"
  • Takes all the claws

Zephyrus goes to check his traps

• Ignacio-family members are drunk and approaching him
• Zephyrus moves out of the way and the drunk almost falls over the side
• Continues on the get his morning meal at the Brass-Keg

Clubs gets sent back out onto the streets by his Lieutenant

• Don't let anyone get to the 11th floor
• Breaks up a fight or two

Roz'zak finds lumber from the yard and works with Kronk-Butterscotch to complete repairs on the tavern. Looks almost like new (or at least back to before the attack)

Kronk-Butterscotch reward was going to be drinking on the house

• Found something for a rainy day, Dragon's-Breath-Whiskey
• Doc notices a limp on Kronk-Butterscotch
  • Explained by a loose floorboard
  • Confused and trails off
• Clubs notices he's more confused and a hint of worry, like maybe someone did something to him

Zephyrus notices dark stones in his hand

Roz'zak finds a loose board in the back that seems to be a false board. There is a pathway that means someone could get back to the back without going through the bar

Kronk-Butterscotch shows Group-Name-TBD

• Runes show Manticore and Dragon Runes
• They are |resonance nodes, arcane tech
  • Runes imbue it with the magic of a specific monster
  • Dial can set time until starts making a tune to summon the specific monster type
  • Always lasts 30 minutes
  • Timer can be up to an hour
  • No attunement

Several Ignacio-family members arrive in the Tavern

Continued in Session-004