Episode 59

(rough notes because I'm falling asleep. Will clean up and expand tomorrow)

Shopping continues in Velden City! Anthos got some splint mail commissioned using the Behir scales. Marisol got an anti-scrying sphere and amulet. Seipora heard a few rumors in the coffee shop she was chilling in: there were celebrities at the auction yesterday. The Behir was causing a lot more issues than expected. It was causing supply issues with the Unca meat. With it taken care of, the supply should resume.

[We get back to Gaoli and report in to Press]

Press lets Ingred know that there's a representative from the Tarlie family that will be at the restaurant High Tide, and she's invited to go ask questions of him. The representative is here to meet with the king of Gaoli, and offer the services of the Royal Alchemists in rebuilding Lower Port.

The restaurant itself is near Upper Port, which works out well, because the Tarlies are snobs.

[Tarlie fiasco goes here]

Lily and Seipora go to Red Tide. Lily hears rumors. Royal City plans to step in and help rebuild Lower Port. Not sure how much, but they’re going to help. They’re also helping with the funeral rites. There was going to be just a mass grave, but Archmage Laurent stepped in and convinced them that more respect was owed the dead of the disaster.

There’s been a few orc sightings to the north west of the city. There’s been a few scouting parties. There’s been strange duo that have been asking around about someone that was around in Lower Port. They’re looking for someone and not from Gaoli. The Lower Port docks have been rebuilt.

They had their hoods up. They remember looking at them but not being able to see their face. They can’t really remember their faces.

Big burly dude, missing one eye. Name of Andre. I don’t know him, but maybe Bilak does… he’s got an anchor tattoo with a swallow sitting on it. He’s a bit hard to miss. He’s one of the guys that a young Bilak tried to impress by picking a fight. Did not go well, he got picked up and just pancaked into the harbor.

Andre saw the pair and is the one that said they’re looking for some girl that was down in Lower Port.

Lily goes straight to Press to report the rumors that might be about Seipora. She also asks if they can help with Lower Port in any way and is told no, because they aren't craftspeople and they don't have a lot of money to throw at the problem.

Once everyone reconvenes in the common room, they go over both the rumors and their next possible job.

Lily calls Marisol out of her room for the meeting.

There's a pretty big argument as K and Ingred want to take the goblin job and intentionally sabotage it. Lily eventually shuts that down and says they will not be taking the job, because they can't afford to lose their license.

Ingred has a bit of a breakdown and goes to her room.

Marisol, shockingly, is the one that goes to check on Ingred. Lily checks on Seipora, who offers the Phoenix Tear to heal her sister. Lily turns it down ... for now.