![]() They meet little resistance, and navigate the conversations with the gate guards deftly. They're not quite convinced that his badge alone will be enough to get the job done, so they borrow a few guard uniforms, and knowing that Lars will be incapacitated for the rest of the day, the Changeling assumes his form and they head off to gather their belongings. Nodding and distracted for the entire conversation, he eventually notices some pie crumbs on the ground and smooshes them with his thumb to pick them up, and rubs it on his gums before finally passing out. ![]() In his state of bliss, he agrees to help, saying they can just take his badge up to the guardhouse. When they get to the house they find a dimly lit common room with guards crashed out on Dream Pies in wolf-leather beanbag chairs around the room, and Lars himself on the verge of nodding off. They find him at his home in a communal home/barracks for the families of some other guards. But before facing down a charge of impersonating a guard, they decide to track down Lars and see if he'd willingly help them. In these discussions, the (secret) Changeling finally decides to make her true nature known to the party, and shares her shapeshifting ability as a means to gain entry into both Wachterhaus and guard houses. They determine that they need to get their weapons back and try to figure out how to best go about that. They're convinced the coffin makers shop is connected somehow, and he strongly advises caution in their approach. Asking him about what he knows about the "book club". They huddle up at the Blue Water Inn and have a chance to talk with Rictavio a bit about their plans. They're now on the clock to find evidence to substantiate their claims of sedition by the Wachters, or face down the Barons justice for false charges and contempt of court. After the party was accused of trafficking Soma, Lars managed to confiscate their entire supply for himself, and return a negative test result at the same time allowing the party off the hook for the crime. Since arriving in town, they've had a couple run-ins with guard and recovered junkie, Lars, which resulted in them unknowingly knocking him off the sobriety wagon and getting hooked on dream pies. ![]() The party having no prior experience with Soma, and the townsfolk having no experience with Dream Pies yet has led to some very interesting situations. When the party steered the conversation back towards "drunken behavior or perhaps some other substance" to explain Karl and Nikolai's behavior the night before, that jogged a memory for Karl who levelled a charge against them for the distribution of an illicit substance, Soma, (a drug formerly prevalent in Vallaki, with the same source and effect as the dream pies are today). Without any evidence, though, the charges won't stick. Nikolai found himself subject to the strong application of a suggestion spell that caused him to confess to Malicious Discontent which led to him being slapped in the stocks while his mother and brother stood their ground on the sedition charges. ![]() Last we saw them, they were sitting across from the Wachter Family as the Baron started an inquiry into accusations of sedition. The party managed to weasel their way out of a bad situation with the Burgomaster, and definitely made some lemonade out of the lemons they've been served up.
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