Lia takes in all the items recovered from Lamm's lair.
Stuff... stuff... more stuff... but nothing like a paper trail.
Her face falls. "He didn't keep any paper here, but--" She stops when she sees the figurine of two entwined succubi.
She turns beet red. "Oh my."
Aerodus looks over the loot. "So, anything of notable worth?"
At the succubi statue and Lia's reaction, he takes it in his hand. After some examining, Aerodus remarks, "This is an... interesting piece." A light blush is dusting his cheeks.
As the items are unwrapped Jirani lets out a low whistle, Quite a find. I wonder if any of these belonged to the children or their families...But no log or ledger? No notes of any kind...perhaps the gnome upstairs knows more...
Lia nods, turning away from the items on the table to look at Jirani.
"I hope so. This might still work out..."
"Lots of things, but none of it matters much. We should take a look at the ship, might be other employees there!"
Aerodus nods. "Let's take everything and check the ship. We still have to two original criminals to find. Make sure nothing slows us down. Afterwards, ask the gnome."
Lia bundles up the loot and stows it away in her backpack.
"We'll have time to do a more thorough examination later. Let's get going." She makes for the door, glancing only briefly at the gator enjoying its meal of Lamm(b) before heading out onto the dock again.
Laughing at Lia's joke Andando follows out onto the dock.
"Well now that precedent is set, I'll expect you to kick at least one person per fight into a pit my lady."
Lia gives Andando a deadpan look. "Might be difficult to do; I don't see any other pits around here."
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The rotten deck of the this ancient barge seems to be barely intact, its hull worn and thick with seaweed and barnacles. The barge is held together primarily by the layers of old rope that lash it securely to the pilings that support the fishery and the nearby boardwalk. A single wooden door leading into the aft cabin bears a crude painting of a red fish on its surface.
Who's going to be the first one on board?
Andando leaps for the boat.
Aerodus makes a leap, as well.
Lia watches the ranger & the rogue scramble for the boat. She eyes the deck of the ship suspiciously, not entirely convinced it could hold their weight...
She looks up after a couple of seconds. It's probably fine.
Probably.
Landing on the boat, Aerodus calls out, "The boat seems unstable. If you're going to join us, be careful. Otherwise, stay there." He sheathes his sword and draws his trusty bow.
Lia nods.
"Got it."
"Call out if you need help. We can rush up then and help you put this boat at the bottom of the ocean."
Jirani nods in emphasis at Venator's recommendation to call out. I've seen plenty of boats sink with sturdier wood. I'll not chance it unless you are in peril.
Aerodus turns to Andando. "Let's check this area before heading through the door."
"This boat is useless!" Andando exclaims. "Why the hell did I even jump on this boat?"
Aerodus rolls his eyes. "Because we're trying to find papers regarding the slave operation. Also, we're searching for Ocatvian and his associate. Come on. There might be something behind the door. It won't hurt to check to be sure." He then checks the door.
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Andando and Aerodus
As soon as Aerodus opens the door a cat sized spider launches it self at him:
Atk
dmg
If you are hit Aerodus roll a fort save
Aerodus shouts out as the spider sinks its teeth into his skin.
Hearing someone shouting, Venator gets worried. "What happened? Are you alright?"
Aerodus yells out, "I'm fine! It's just a d*** spider! Sunk it's bloody teeth in me!"
Jirani looks at the rather poor ship and then over at Lia and Venator with a look that clearly asks "should we go?"
Venator waves a hand dismissively. He probably doesn't want to go there.
Lia shrugs.
"I think that if they need help, they'll call for us."
Drawing his blade, Andando grins at Aerodus.
Aerodus drops his bow. He then takes out his longsword and swings at the spider. The hellish voices of his blood scream, 'Slay it! Kill it! Make it bleed!'
Aerodus sheathes his sword and picks up his bow. He stomps on the spider's halves. He turns to Andando. "You coming?" He walks through the door.
Kukri in hand, Andando follows with a smirk. "Lead the way"
Once the party is back together we will take a careful search on the building to see what we find and last we will interrogate the gnome.
Aerodus sees the stairs. He turns to Andando and gestures him to follow. He makes his way down the stairs.
Andando silently waves to the others on shore, gesturing that he and Aerodus were going below deck to check it out. He follows with a light step.