The door opens without problem as it is lit with blue lights signifying 'open', or 'unlocked'.
The cluster expels another wave of semi-darkness.
Jazz cannot seem figure out what the pustules are.
Jazz moves to the southern doors and opens them. The room looks like a fully stocked medbay, though it has no staff.
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Benoit and TEC-9 hustle through the door as the negative energy assaults them again. With his energy shield protecting him the attack is absorbed before reaching Benoit. However, TEC-9 is damaged by it again.
They continue their movement down to the end of the corridor and shine their lights north once they reach the end of the hallway.
As you all leave the room the voice comes over the speakers, “My sincerest apologies. My acolytes are supposed to keep these areas clear of voidboils. I’ll find out who was responsible and have them jettisoned into space. This is no way to treat guests. Please, take a moment to rest in our nearest medical bay, then join me in the banquet hall.”
The medbay contains four mk 3 serums of healing are standing neatly in a cluster on the edge of the counter.
As Benoit turns the corner, two ysoki stand near the end of the hall. One is Biter, the other, a female ysoki with black fur dressed in a tight gray bodysuit leans against the wall next to the door. Next to her is an open wall panel, its wires hanging out. She eyes the Benoit with interest.
The light around the north door suddenly changes from red to blue. The voice calls out over the ship’s intercom, “If you don’t mind, I have something to show you. In this room we grow all manner of plants for various medicinal, recreational, and deadly purposes. If you could please help me harvest some poison to replace the poison you used in the earlier trial, I would appreciate it.”
Biter enters the room and instructs those who are present on the proper use of the tools available to harvest gas-filled bulbs from a rare plant and bring them over to the extraction machine. "The bulbs must be carried by an unarmored hand as the alloys in most armors, including armored clothing, will immediately disrupt the bulbs and cause the gas to fill the room," Biter says patiently.
Spanner and Jazz successfully harvest the bulbs. Reynold almost manages, but the bulb bursts in his hands when he flexes his hand just slightly.
Type poison (inhaled); Save Fortitude DC 25
Track Wisdom (special); Frequency 1/round
Effect Progression track is Healthy—Weakened—Impaired—Staggered—Staggered.
The second staggered functions as an end state.
Reynold, after bursting the previous bulb, looks a little pale and out-of-it. Despite that he manages to successfully harvest another bulb.
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Reynold accepts Spanner's medicinal. "Thanks. Cheers, mate." He tilts it toward the android and downs the antitoxin.
Impaired: The victim takes an additional –2 penalty to the affected checks, and the affected DCs decrease by an additional 2. If he has 1 or more levels in a spellcasting class whose key ability score is Wisdom, he can’t cast his 2 highest levels of spells from that class.
Staggered:
Several seconds later, Reynold sways back and forth, then sits down on the floor. "I, uh, don't feel so good fellas."
Biter seems unconcerned about Reynold as he walks out to his previous position beside the other ysoki.
The other ysoki then speaks up, "Starfinders... on my ship. Well, it’ll be my ship before long; I’m a patient woman. The name’s Breeze. Did the old man drag you all the way out here? For what? To become his tool?” She turns and snaps two cable harnesses together. The door she stands next to immediately opens to reveal a grand banquet hall before walking in and taking a seat on top of the table.
This opulent room stands in stark contrast against the industrial interior of the rest of the ship. In the center of the room stands a long, smoked glass table with shadow-leather bound, high-backed seats surrounding it. Above them floats four ellipsoid chandeliers, each with a rounded bottom that glows with a gentle yellow light and rare plants from the Shadow Plane growing from a small garden atop each chandelier. The chandeliers slowly rotate around in a circle. Three balconies rise above the hovering garden: two smaller balconies to the fore-port and fore-starboard, and a wide shallow balcony looming over all on the aft side of the grand hall. All positions have a majestic view of shadow space through the starboard side window that encompasses the entire wall, allowing the dim light of shadow space to glow throughout the chamber. The floor is a velvet-like carpet that makes any footfall soundless. Modern art from around shadow space adorn the walls. Double doors open on the forward wall with single doors exiting on each balcony.
Breeze cocks her head curiously at Jazz,"'Of your own free will', and 'mission'? Those two don't necessarily go together very well. Plus, 'mission' implies that you do not pull the strings. Who is your string puller? Huh? Is her metric of mission going well that?" the white haired ysoki says pointing at Reynold.
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Free will and mission does go together. I choose to see this mission through rather than be a coward and run away. Starfinder society has sent me on the best mission I could ever ask for no strings attached. The real string puller here is the evil Datch, who has been playing mind games with us ever since we got here. First his pets that hide in the shadows, then a puzzle game, and then some shadow energy. Not to mention he thought we couldn't harvest a bulb. I would like to bring Datch to justice dead or alive. And if you ask me about the metric of the mission, I can measure things in terms of deaths and successes. We were successful in defeating the pets, solving the puzzles and harvesting some bulbs. And deaths, nobody in the party has died yet, so when you talk about the metric of the mission, my mathematical calculations state we are doing excellent and we are meters ahead of the enemy. He pauses for a second to catch his breath Just don't take that last statement literally, the enemy is probably several meters beyond that door.
"Datch?" she gawks incredulously. "She’s just one ysoki with a big mouth. All this will blow over anyway—just ignore her. Datch was simply pointing out the mistakes of the Society. Blame should really go to the Society’s leadership."
Breeze then turns to Spanner, "At least this one accepts being a tool. Though, to be honest, wouldn't you rather a more skilled master wield you? Think to the actions of your leadership. Aren't you embarrassed by their ineptitude?"
"'Assuming'? I'd be surprised if you weren't." Breeze shrugs, "You don't have to. I just thought we were having conversation."
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Breeze, are you apart of Starfinder Society? If not I encourage you to join. It seems you are trying too hard to find flaws in the Starfinder Society and flaws in other things as well, when there are none. You are simply looking for something that isn't there.
to get Breeze to join Starfinder Society, or at least get Breeze to like it.
Also, after the conversation is over and just before we enter the door on our right, Jazz Kraz will cast invisibility on himself.
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"She's pointing out mistakes that DON'T EXIST, ya goober!" The loopy Reynold drifts into what manifests as an inebriated impression of Datch. "'Oh LoOk At ThE sTaRfInDeRs BeInG vIoLeNt ToWaRd JiNsUls WhO wAnT tO mUrDeR aLl ThE pEoPlE! WhAt mooooOOOOOOONSTERRRRRrrrrrrrrrs!'" He blows a sloppy raspberry with his tongue.
Breeze frowns, “Didn't Jadnura lead you all into a big golden bubble without really knowing what was in there and then get most of the Society marooned?”
"I thought you were all Starfinders. Do some know of this and others not?"
"I am not talking to anyone in particular. I am merely asking questions about the Society. Are all Starfinders blindly obedient?" Breeze asks with no hint of malice.
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Man, this Biter really doesn't like Starfinder Society guys.
Then he speaks low enough so only his allies can hear.
I have a feeling we could enter one final battle, who is our front line? I'll offer Invisibility to cast on you before we enter the next round. It lasts 8 minutes, so it gives us time to finish conversation and then be invisible for the first round of combat, really catching the enemy off guards.