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The warehouse is full of tightly packed, mostly flammable material. It is harder to set ablaze but all the more spectacular once it has fully ignited, producing a roaring flame that erupts with plumes of narcotic smoke. Due to the moisture and green plants, the greenhouses are harder to burn. Nonetheless, an enterprising aspis agent might clamber to the roof and loosen the glass skylights so that they fall and shatter when someone slams the door.
As other make their way around the warehouse, you over hear a few works stacking heavy crates mention off handedly to the other, "You are going to have to either track down boss-Lady Temarra or see if you can get Halvair to let you in. They keep it locked unless they are there to make sure it's done right."
Thestil changes her disguise to appear as another simple worker. After overhearing the other workers' conversation, she approaches them, trying to gather more information about their boss. "Hey, have you seen Lady Temarra around at all? I've been searching all over for her."
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Rataji will enter the conversation
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"Where might we find her, we need to ask her some questions"
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While the others engage the workers, Shohiraj sneaks around to see if she can determine what is in the crates. She uses her crowbar to pry up a lid just a bit to see inside.
If possible Falth will attempt to take some of highly flammable material. He otherwise sticks to the shadows and tries to listen in on the conversation unfolding before him.
You never know when you'll need to start a good blaze...
Eramay carefully looks around the warehouse for useful items.
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You overhear a suggestion that there are two individuals here in Wirholt’s Rictus in possession of a keys that might greatly help you with the task at hand. Why lock something that you don't care if others see, right.
While most of the team works to set up a delayed catastrophe within the warehouse once it's cleared out of any other workers, or doing so with stealth and guile in plain view, Rataji takes a step outside to ask around about, finding out that Lady Temarra owns the plantation and has a full set of keys that she keeps on her, but tends to wander all over as she wills it, making it difficult to locate her at any given point in time.
Halvair however, seems to be a little more, . . . interesting. Apparently the plantation has a small group of alchemical medicine workers (Pharmacists) working there, seemingly with a high degree of freedom, somewhere in the Production Facilities , and the head Pharmacist, Halvair, was given at least some keys as well.
These two buildings contain millstones, cauldrons, pestles, delicate glassware, and more. The plantation employs five skilled pharmacists versed in testing soil conditions, pulverizing leaves, distilling tinctures, rolling cigars, and a wealth of other tasks to create the finished products exported across Nidal.
Entrance into the facilities is not barred, as workers come in and out fairly regularly to move crates to other building, deliver other supplies here, and other such tasks. However, because there is a larger concentration of people here than you have seen otherwise, to fit in and not draw too much attention within. You also spot an individual that some of the others refer to as Halvair, seeing a small set of keys hanging from the mans belt on a small leather cord.
Lastly of interest, you Halvair enter and exit a small side room on occasion, and as he passes through the door, locking it and unlocking it each time, you can see a bookshelves inside filled with notes and what seems to be logbooks. Gaining access to that might be possible, but will require you creating a distraction or smooth talk your way in like you are supposed to be there on official business, .
Keep in mind you can only do one major act per location per phase, so individuals may either try to go for the key or try to go for the records room this phase. You may stay here for further phases, (such as to try to swipe the key now, then try to go for the records later).
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Rataji will walk in
Rataji will wait for fewer people around and approach the man and cast
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Shohiraj sneaks into the production facilities in the wake of Rataji, using the man's appearance as a distraction. She hovers near the door to the office, ready to take advantage of any opportunity to get inside.
Eramay moves to the production facilities. She attempts to act like a worker even picking up a random box in the warehouse to take with her.
She tries to talk to the workers while there and keep their attention on her and not the others in the group.
Thestil again disguises herself like a typical worker, trying not to draw to much attention to herself.
Falth will utilize his invisibility spell to hopefully enter and exit the secret area with Halvair. While in there, he will do his best to figure out whatever is held within.
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As your team begins to move into the Processing Facility one by one, getting into position and ready for whichever duty they had assigned themselves, Rataji waits for the opportune moment and simply walks up to Halvair when no one is directly around the man, and suggests a simple course of action. Halvair, at first looks at The Disgraced with a curious expression, but the power of his magic soon overwhelms the man's other desires, and the weak-minded fool does exactly what the mage mentioned, opening the locked door with his key, setting the key on the shelf, and then turning to walk out of the facility, likely to take the day off.
Not entirely sure what just happened, the rest of the team quickly, but stealthily makes there way to the records room and closes the door. The room contains professional logs tracking what finished products the plantation has produced over the past year. While potentially incriminating, it's not really what you where hoping for, though it's possible your benefactor might find the files useful. However. . . please give me a Intelligence, Knowledge (nature), or Linguistics check, and also a Slight-of-Hand check.
Shohiraj looks over several of the inventory logs. "Interesting. Maybe it'll show the Consortium the kinds of profits that this group was able to earn under their noses." She shuffles a few of the papers around, flicking through them quickly.
Eramay looks over the documents trying to read the various languages they are written in. "These could be useful. I'll leave it to the more skilled to slip them out of the room."
"Agreed, hopefully they were worth the effort!"
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You are able to, working together, remove the important parts, taking only the relevant records that you can easily conceal on your person, but also discover one bit of particular interest.
These records document several special orders for strange medicines as well as batches of conventional medicines that had unforeseen side effects in the test subjects.
Hallucinogenic Gas: Diluted, this gas serves as a mild anesthetic. Concentrated, it is dramatically dulls all of the senses with long-term effects. Temarra ordered the entire batch be delivered to the manor with no further questions.
Sleeping Serum: This syrup of somnus root typically helps combat insomnia. More than five years ago, the pharmacists allowed a batch to steep too long (in addition to several other errors). The resulting fluid caused an even deeper sleep, but the test subjects began convulsing and screaming from night terrors they could not escape. One of the patients died from fright. Temarra ordered the entire batch delivered to the manor with no further questions. She has since ordered five more batches using the same failed recipe, all with the same destination.
But once you have the information you need, well, at least from here, now you need to get it out of here without being seen. It's a good thing that you brought Shohiraj and Eramay along, as the two manage to divide it up and stuff it in different places making it seem to vanish.
The set of keys you have acquired contains a few for the Processing Facilities themselves, but also another key you are unsure what it goes to.
So what's up next?
"The Smokehouses seem to be the most efficient next move," Falth says as the group begins to part ways after hiding away the papers.
Shohiraj stuffs a paper into her boot, seemingly making it disappear. "Fine, Smokehouses it is. I say the Processing facilities after that since we have keys. I suggest we leave the residences and Manor for last as we may encounter the most people in those places."
The woman quickly heads out the door, amazingly silent as she goes.
Eramay heads out of the Processing Facility carrying the random box she'd picked up earlier. She attempts to act like a worker who has been asked to take the box to the smokehouses
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As you begin to make your way out of the Processing Facilities, Rataji, Shohiraj, and Zurnzal all spot an very unfortunate sight, a Halfling woman named Joliryn, who they quickly explain to the others is another Aspis Agent they have worked with in the recent past, as they push the group back towards the shadows to keep from being spotted.
If she spots you, she would likely recognize all three on sight, and in this case, is not an ally. If she makes out the group, it might lead to questions, and the team being made. Joliryn, herself, steps out of the mansion, and begins to meander towards the group, checking some paperwork in her hands as she walks, for the moment lost in details of her work.
As she begins to get closer, you notice that the stack of paperwork she is carrying seems to be a small journal nearly exactly like the small assortment you just stole, both indicating that she has a bit of the research you need, and also suggesting that the good stuff is likely inside the Mansion.
Shohiraj steps back, around a corner, to wait while Joliryn passes. "Seems like we have a problem."
Eramay moves next to Shoiraj and asks, What's the problem?"
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The natural shapeshifter assumes the likeness of the head pharmacist, hoping that the mental suggestion to "go home" had stuck, and begins to approach Joliryn. His disguise works perfectly, despite knowing so little of the man, and he presents himself as if having been sent by the plantation owner Temarra to locate her, take the reports and send her to look into some suspicious workers around the greenhouses. She doesn't like it, but agrees.
New map is up.
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This single-story manor is just elegant enough to entertain visiting buyers and just modest enough to let the owner leverage her humble means to demand higher prices. A 10-foot-tall wall, gate, and perimeter of shrubs provide considerable privacy from the rest of the plantation.
Flowering thorn bushes grow from elevated planters in this courtyard, whose central feature is a rectangular pond flanked by eyeless angels. Because the season for commercial visitors is coming to a close, Temarra has begun neglecting the upkeep of the plants here. About a dozen koi fish lazily circulate about the pond, and a handful of crows amble about the perimeter of the compound.
"Does anyone have ideas about how to make it to the manor? Since we have different strengths, I propose we have one group go up front with a reason for entering, perhaps disguised as well, while another group sneaks in."