We clear the bodies and pocket the loot. Tarina tells us about a bathhouse it has frolicking nymphs carved in the front door that followers of the dead 3 are seen there and that there is a secret door. LEVEL UP. Aurelia goes through a bunch of pain seemingly from the head. She throws up and her eyes glow purple. Then she excuses herself outside. Everyone else kinda hangs out. Cass and Lily awkwardly at opposite sides of the bar. Tarina excuses herself and says she might have more work for us. Skraps gives her his card. It's deep purple, gold leafing. In thieves cant it says Skraps. and on the back it says Seatower district. I sit in a corner and carve a new symbol into my body.
It's now approx 9pm and we go to sleep in various locations across the lower city. And plan to go to the bathhouse at Dawn.
Tzon and I go to our spot. We discuss the day and Tzon asks if he did good which of course he did.
Skraps to his. He meets up with Bugsy and gives him his cut for his help earlier. He investigates the jewelry he snagged from earlier.
Lily to hers. Above Bonecloak's Apothecary. As she enters her room all the candles seem to flare to light up the path. She puts a few coins into her offering bowl and lights a few candles at her altar. Goes to bed in her large 4 post vampire style bed.
Aurelia and Cassandra both get rooms to themselves at the tavern. Aurelia accidentally goes into the wrong room and sees a Sahuagin woman in the bathtub. She screams for Aurelia to leave. She does and goes into her own. She tells herself her daily affirmations but the events of the day get to her. And she gets into her head that she isn't a good person and then her mirror shatters. She then plays to herself the normal Elfsong song. She hears a small clapping outside her door. She sees an older scraggly human man. He has a like utility belt for writing materials. He compliments her playing and feels inspired. He's named something Whitworth. He asks if she would like to play music to accompany a play he is writing. Within the next month he asks her to come back to the Elfsong to discuss details. As she sleeps she thinks on the words Balsam said that there is something to learn from the pain she felt.
We awaken and meet at the bathhouse before dawn. Cassandra arrives early. Skraps is fashionably late. The Frolicking Nymph is the name. Tzon knocks on the door but then we all just go in. (GET A DESCRIPTION OF THIS BATHHOUSE ONCE WE LEAVE) Tzon goes in first and immediately strips his clothing. Then we see 3 figures. All wearing black leather studded armor. Hoods over their faces. They attack. Aurelia gets stabbed badly. I come and heal her and she has to feel the excruciating pain of her body reforming. She lets out a scream that unnaturally rattles the whole building. We quickly dispatch of them. but then this guy shows up and fires at Tzon!
Skraps follow the dude into a backroom to take him out which he does. Its a massage room and it has Eomane perfume in it. Aurelia loses her temper a little bit at Tzon rushing in and putting a guy in a grapple and only a light hit. but then calms herself.
We decide to do our bathhouse bathing anyway. Lily refuses to get in the water, but does go in search of champagne. She does find a false wall though. Behind it is a descending staircase. Tzon, Balsam, and Skraps all are mostly unclothed. Tzon with a loin cloth. Skraps is wearing a thong. Balsam drops their skirt but it would be too hard to remove their harness. Tzon gives Skraps a good massage. We take a short rest and Aurelia plays a song. We get ourselves back together and chat a little. Aurelia bums a cigarette from Lily. Lily has a long cigarette holder made of gold and obsidian. Aurelia tries elven pipeweed for the first time out of a weird cigar spliff. Lily also smokes some. Skraps as well. Cassandra doesn't. Balsam refrains and we discuss where we think we will be going when we die.
We finish up and head down the hidden stairs. It is pitch black as we descend. The bottom of the staircase is filled with water about 2 feet deep. Lily casts a spell and we feel a life force appears that she requests to find us a way to cross the water without touching the water. It lies across the water so that we may cross. Which we do.
The next area has 3 doors that have full figured depictions carved into each. One is a tall armored man with a black gauntlet and a bucket helm and carrying shackles. BANE One is a powerfully built skull headed man with blades with his hand should be. BHAAL The last is a cloaked figure with skeletal hands and are clutching the a screaming skull. MYRKUL.
We choose to go through the Bhaal door. We follow a hallway down. Skraps kinda of single juggles a torch that he finds halfway down. He doesn't do great and almost sets himself on fire. We turn a corner and see a collapsed crypt. We see an open sarcophagus completely filled with blood. Behind it is a frail old woman. She seems to be wanting us to be heroes. She is named Nebra. Says she is a florist. And was captured by the cultists and forced to be a slave. I dont trust her. She has a very bad fake old lady voice. I go to grab her by the top of her head. Before I make contact, she smiles and drops her disguise self. And we see this:
TO BATTLE! It goes invisible after missing a few attacks. Lily sends out shadows that consume the being. Cass heals Lily and Lily mouths thank you which is a bit abnormal.