Filbert leaves the side of the fallen sorcerer, to help the others with the destruction of the mirrors "If they picked the lock in the attic what keeps them lock in with the mirror, locks are meant to keep other out, not you in unless Mistress Cesadia has a brig. And even those are not foolproof."
After the mirrors are dealt with. "They know we are here and likely coming, however it still makes sense going in the dark. The darkness will cover our approach."
The sorcerer is dead, in fact the wounds have something curious about them...
Cesadia seems terribly shocked at the deaths of her agents. In a daze she nods, "Yes we must take down all the mirrors." She stares at her hands, "I should have been more careful, I was told one of those murals had appeared on the wall down the ally. I thought nothing of it, but now Beryl and Mishka are dead." Looking you in the eyes she pleads, "You must take the fight to the cult and put a stop to this, before its too late!"
Studying the wounds Filbert looks up to Cesadia "Do you have anti-toxin around? These wounds are poisoned. I wish I knew how I know but something similar to Black Adder Venom was used.....Bad business that stuff is."
"Uh maybe..." she replies before ducking out to fetch some of her other agents. A few minutes later she returns with three agents in tow, Allard (a gruff older detective), Jocelyn (an attractive young woman with a roguish grin) and Shevan (a slight half elf with a serious expression). She tells Shevan, "See if you can find some antitoxin." Turning to the others she tells them, "We need to take the bodies to the chapel. See if you can find Winter and then borrow a cart. Don't take any chances, use these. I will accompany you when we're ready to transport the bodies." She hands them a pair of silver vials.
Turning to the party she tells you, "I have some more of those vials, enough for one each. They will hide you from view for a few minutes."
About ten minutes later Shevan returns, "I thought we had more but this box is all I could find."
She passes Filbert a dusty box containing five vials labelled Antitoxin, each of which bears the mark of Sentilar Ruoy.
"No honor among the evil...."
"Can we backtrack where the poison might be obtained locally?"
"Thank you Cesadia, we will use them wisely."
Overhearing Lizzie's comments
"That witch creature at the lake was supplying poisons, that's the most likely culprit."
"I'm ready when you guys are. Of course some rest would be welcome"
We will not travel alone again. Indeed, no one should. Two at minimum, more if possible. And not at night if it can be helped.
to Cesadia Agrippa vows We will uproot this menace. It must originate from Iris Hill and to there we will go.
"What is this talk of a minimum of 2?
Heinrich, we're in this together, everyone goes together."
"I digress. Thank you, miss Cesadia. Until we meet again.", and she nods as a goodbye gesture.
We should rest in the same room. Probably at the Sleepless Agency.
And we should set watches.
Luxina nods in appreciative fashion to Heinrich's plan.
"Good idea. Let's hope we will not see those assassins anytime soon."
"I will take watch when you are finished Luxina, I can shift something heavy over to block the door, it would slow down anyone trying to slip in, unnoticed."
With the fighting done with for now Momijii agreed wholeheartedly in taking down the mirrors. "It would probably be smart to take down or cover anything that reflects an image, just in case mirrors aren't their only way in." When they began to settle in for the night and were given the antitoxin she nodded and slipped hers inside her pack, "Thank you."
Their discussions of travel and Iris Hill brought Momijii into the discussion and she said, "I agree, all or none if it all possible. If we have to split up we should keep one who is good up close with anyone easier to harm at all times." She shifted her gaze towards where the stellae was nearby and said, "Also, I realized something interesting earlier today. The obelisk here," she pointed in it's direction, "has the symbols facing one at the park near Pier 19 and the one near Pier 19 faces it's symbols towards Iris Hill." She gestured first towards Pier 19 and then Iris Hill, "If the one at the Hill matches it will face this one," she pointed at the one near the agency again, "an make a triangle with equal sides." She shrugged then and said, "i don't know if it's important but it seems like it might be."
The evening passes quietly enough, although there is an undercurrent of tension, the cult has woken up to your presence. The Sleepless agents get their fallen transported to the chapel where Winter administers a blessing and starts the preparations for a funeral.
Night falls and the first few watches pass without incident beyond some strange noises outside like tortured animals, this isn't unusual for the town of Thrushmoor never sleeps soundly even at the best of times... It was during Filbert's watch that the presence was first noticed, albeit at a distance. He suddenly had an overwhelming feeling of being watched and he broke out in a cold sweat with his heart racing before suddenly the malign presence receded. Later during Momijii's watch it suddenly returned with a vengeance and to her horror she saw something awful float though the wall, seemingly heading towards the sleeping bodies of her friends!
Momijii missed the first occurrence of being watched as she was sound asleep but the second time during her watch caught her immediate attention. She wasn't about to let it attack her friends unharmed and so gave a yell of, "Spirit in the room!" Her warning delivered she adopted her stance and moved to attack the ghostly thing.
Momijii lands what should have been an excellently judged punch, but her hand sails straight through the apparition! She did feel a slight tug of resistance but the punch seemed to have no effect.
around her. There's the gleam of madness in her eye...
<--- HIT
Momijii you feel a clouding of your mind as her be-tentacled hand sweeps through you. You're holing it together for now, but you felt a touch of the void - as if a sliver of your personality was just lobotomized!
Momijii <----- WE ARE HERE
Eldritch horror
Luxina Tenebris
Cesadia
Lizzie "beads" Tamar'
Filbert Springbit
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
Momijii is up. The party will be awake and able to fight in round 3.
+2 more if considered some kind of illusion
Sleep hadn't come well to Filbert after Momijii took over for him, something dark crept through the night. With dreams of ever deepening shades of blackness gathering round, the jeweler responded with blast after blast at first but they just passed effortlessly through with no apparent damage caused. Fleeing once more, Filbert runs down a hallway with only enough light seeping in to keep from hitting the furniture, an inky black fog can be seen seeping around the corner.
sitting upright Filbert looks around confused, was the scream part of the dream or reality that had woken him....
"...mmm, what?"
(blinks twice)
"A Spook! A tentacle spook!"
Lizzie gets up and picks up her mace.
Luxina wakes up with a yawn and troubled blurry eyes.
"What in Pharasma's name are you talking ab... AAAHHH!! Get away, get away, get away!"
She screams as she scrambles for her belongings and equipment to either flee or fight, she hadn't decided just yet.
Momijii stared in shock as she realized that her fist went through it. Then she felt the thing reach out and sap something from her, her personality dribbling away, and she dodged back out of range.
With Momijii out of the way the apparition floats several inches off the floor towards Filbert, Cackling madly as she does so. She leans down to swipe at him, and just like Momijii her cankered hand passes right through the little Gnome.
<--- HIT
Momijii
Eldritch horror
Luxina Tenebris <----- WE ARE HERE
Cesadia
Lizzie "beads" Tamar'
Filbert Springbit
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
Luxina Tenebris, Lizzie "beads" Tamar', Filbert Springbit, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa and Momijii are up.
Agrippa rolls over and grabs for Red Destiny.
By the Lady's grace! he swears, the closest thing to a curse you've ever heard him say.
Agrippa looks around and grabs his pouch of formulae...he knows not how he will best such a creature.
Luxina in her haste to see if she can do anything against this thing, draws her crossbow and fires a single bolt.
"Shoot.. Shoot... arrows don't hurt this thing at all.... Keep it together, keep it together..."
Luxina mumbles to no one in particular.
Seeing the creature Filbert for a moment wasn't sure if he was awake or not, but when it's hand passed through him, a cold icy pit formed in the pit of his stomach. In revulsion Filbert steps back and tries to hit the creature with a blast to send it elsewhere.
Lizzie steps up to Filbert, unsure of what to do with something like this.
Luxina's crossbow snaps and the bolt pings off the wall seemingly having had no effect, perhaps her aim was poor.
From behind you hear creak open and Cesadia gasp, "By all that's holy." she darts back into her office to fetch something.
Lizzie decides that defending Filbert is the best course of action and readies herself to interpose.
Terribly frightened, Filbert sends a powerful blast through the apparition's center of mass. Somehow he was sure he managed to hurt it, although there where no visible wounds.
Momijii
Eldritch horror
Luxina Tenebris
Cesadia
Lizzie "beads" Tamar'
Filbert Springbit
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa <----- WE ARE HERE
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa and Momijii are up.
Agrippa shouts It's not here! It's merely an apparition.
She will be unharmed but for weapons aligned to the powers of Law!
"Lizzie is a paladin right? That must account for something..."
"I wonder. I can dish out some extra against anything evil, but anything tailored as such?"
"It may not be here, but it's touch hurts! If it's not here where is it?"
As the party discuss what to do, the apparition suddenly changed target, drifting off towards the room where Cesadia is...
Momijii
Eldritch horror
Luxina Tenebris <----- WE ARE HERE
Cesadia
Lizzie "beads" Tamar'
Filbert Springbit
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
Luxina Tenebris, Cesadia, Lizzie "beads" Tamar', Filbert Springbit, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa and Momijii are up.