The Collective - Session 31

This is the thirty-first session in The Collective campaign and the third and final in the Journey Plans, Benefit Concerts sub-arc of the Treasure of Captain Lofy Arc.

Summary
MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1001: After a reasonably successful benefit concert, the party returned to their home and rested for the night before awakening in the morning to discuss the prior night's events. Rosanhi spoke with the party about the mysterious Gossard, learning that the rest of the party also met with him. They determined that he was some sort of criminal, given his seemingly underground connections and knowledge of the party. Unfortunately, they learned from Peart and Simpson that their contact had been killed and they were unable to secure a boat. After discussing the information given to them by Gossard, they decided to retrieve the king's boat despite the potential trap. They gave Peart and Simpson enough gold to purchase supplies for their journey, then went off into the city to tie up loose ends before departing. Roscoe went to acquire Calhoun, met his cat named Zeed, then took him to the market to buy him some weaponry at the marketplace. They met up with Rosanhi briefly (and awkwardly) before going off to a blacksmith, purchasing a silver shortsword from him. Calhoun, after asking Roscoe about serenading people, then went back home to pack the rest of his things before the journey. Rosanhi spent her time at the market acquiring potion ingredients for Badger, heading to the Paradeen Kitchen then dumping the resources off on Roscoe while she went off to consult with Astrid once more. She learned little more from Astrid save for the knowledge that her dreams were definitely an omen of things to come and that they would likely occur in the summer.

Gorrn and Gnorbitt decided that they needed to update their wardrobe, so the two of them went to a tailor that they had once been to months ago for the ball thrown by Duke Davenport of Edgemouth. After discussing their past and some vague memories, the duo met with the new owner of the establishment, Carmichael Smith. They learned that he had recently taken over the location after the original owner disappeared. Gorrn and Gnorbitt were his first two customers, so he helped them quickly, taking Gorrn's bear pelt and sizing up a sailor suit for Gnorbitt, telling them to return in a few hours to pick up the cloak. The two went into a nearby alleyway and began throwing rocks at rats while sitting on crates when a familiar face arrived in the alley; the man that they met only one day prior, Gossard. After beating around the bush and throwing some rocks at some rats, Gossard offered the duo a large quantity of good dweed, smoking some of it with them in his golden inlayed pipe. He also informed the two that the boat was being held somewhere in the forest to the west of the city.

The party met back up in the evening and the two G's shared the information that they acquired (as well as the 10 g's), heading into the forest to search for the boat. There, Gorrn met with the spirit of the bear that he had killed, who led him to a false rock atop a hill, the entrance to the cove in which the boat was stored. The party crawled into the small passageway and peered into the cove, seeing the boat and about 10 pirates. Gnorbitt swung in and, in a show of charisma, converted two of the pirates on the boat to their side before being fired upon by the rest of the pirates. Rosanhi jumped down and her descent was slowed by Roscoe, floating down like a vengeful angel and taking some of the fire. The rest of the party swooped in soon after and quickly dispatched with the pirates, who consisted of a Halfling with disposable cannons, a suicidal pirate with 10 hand crossbows, and 7 baboons in a trench coat. With the pirates defeated, they spoke with the two converted pirates (a Human man by the name of Bilby and a Tiefling woman by the name of Fennel), learning that they were also former members of Lofy's crew. They also learned that many of his crew members were displeased by his actions at the docks and that they would be happy to join their crew and knock Lofy down a few pegs. The Collective acquired the supplies in the cove and placed them on the boat, the Red Barchetta (or Swift Cabbage). They sailed over to the cliffside near their home where Peart, Simpson, and Calhoun awaited them, and they all boarded and sailed off into the Endless Sea.