One Cup at a Time: A Starbucks DnD Campaign

Session 10 - The Sphinx

Roll Call: Arlen/Mr. Blue Sky, Dolion, Eliodoro, Uldin

  Mr. Blue Sky sprints down the underground tunnel, now confident this is the one Krinko ran down. They come across traps already sprung and encounters already encountered. Against the tunnel wall after some way is the squished remains of a large jellyfish creature. Much more resembling the jelly portion now than fish.

  Mr. Blue Sky makes good time in the tunnel, but notices that the tunnel seems to get darker and more ominous the deeper they travel through it. Mr. Blue Sky isn't very familiar with this portion of the undercity, but can tell Krinko isn't either. It seems Krinko ran down this tunnel in a panic and doesn't really know where he's going. Five gold coins are laying on the ground like bread crumbs towards the escaping criminal. Mr. Blue Sky gathers those up and continues running.

  Eventually they arrive at a large room with a dome shaped roof. It seems to be a cistern of sorts, though the ever-flowing water is being drained into a large whirlpool at the center. Krinko's trail stops here, and Mr. Blue Sky is able to deduce that Krinko either fell in, or jumped in himself. They realize that Krinko probably doesn't know how to swim as only the Simic or workers on the man-made cannals running above the city have any reason to learn to do so. They also remember Eliodoro mentioning that the warehouse full of explosives isn't exactly Krinko's MO. He had insisted that Krinko must be working for someone else as an operation this big seems much too complicated for Krinko's usual muggings or burglary operations.

  Mr. Blue Sky suddenly gets an idea. They look through the debris around the whirlpool and find a rather unique looking piece of brick, with one hole in its center, and mortar still connecting it to a smaller piece of brick. It appears rather donut-like in nature. They scratch three X's on the bricks surface, then casts Magic Mouth. She says the message "Krinko may have gone this way." and sets the trigger to any member of the party finding the rock. Then they speak into their Dimir murmur and tell Dolion and Eliodoro of the happenings with Krinko and the rock. Mr. Blue Sky tosses the rock into the whirlpool. Dolion and Eliodoro heard this message as they were leaving the warehouse and heading back to the Pearl. Mr. Blue Sky then turns around to head back the way they came.

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  Mr. Blue Sky enters the Azorius building, a bit later than the rest. As they turn down the hall, a Rakdos performer sprints past them and towards the main lobby. They just watch as the performer runs past. Mr. Blue Sky comes up to the remains of the battle, and is informed on everything that took place. Uldin, having only seen Mr. Blue Sky briefly in the warehouse before running off, asks if he has seen them somewhere before. Mr. Blue Sky bends their ears down in such a way that they appear to completely change their species from a high elf to the dark elf Arlen. Uldin seems rather impressed, and mostly confused about seeing Arlen in this pure silk gown. The party makes their way to the courtroom doors.

  The doors slowly open into an enormous hall with several rows of benches surrounding a huge circular pit in the center. Above the pit is a thin circular platform made of glowing magic. This is the place where the accused would stand in court, and the place the accused would drop from upon being found guilty in court. High above the pit is a much larger skylight access into the court room, presumably the entrance for the great sphinx herself. And across the room from the party, is the gigantic Isperia. She has a calm expression upon her face and seems in a rather relaxed position, despite her overwhelming presence within the room.

  The party makes their way to the edge of the drop off. To the right of the pit near another set of double doors is an Azorius elecuter reciting from a long scroll. He mentions this meeting with Isperia to be with the party members, how long it shall last, etc. It seems as if the elecuter is reciting this scroll to a large audience of people, but Isperia is the only other in the courtroom. The elecuter tells of how this meeting will occur during the recess of another trial. He finishes reading from the scroll then gestures towards the party that they have ten minutes before turning and heading out the hall's entrance.