The Collective - Session 27

This is the twenty-seventh session in The Collective campaign and the second in the Exploring the Buried Auction & Attack on the Docks sub-arc of the Treasure of Captain Lofy Arc.

Summary
THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1001: With this new information, the Collective broke off into two groups. The first group, consisting of Rosanhi, Roscoe, and Badger, returned to the estate to question their new tenant, Peart, who they suspected of being the possessor of the final piece of the map. After having a long discussion about race with Vega (who is now the equivalent of an 8 year old. They grow up so fast! Watch out for the teenage years.), they decided to use the tried and true tactic of a hot cup of Suggestion tea. They gave it to Peart and then convinced him to take off his shirt, revealing that he did not have the map printed on his back. They then decided to check the records in the library at the Magistrate's office, where Calhoun works. Rosanhi finally admitted that even she has noticed that Calhoun has a crush on her and was therefore reluctant to go, but Roscoe and Badger managed to convince her.

The trio traveled through the freezing city streets until they reached the Magistrate's office, learning from a stand-in attendant named Mrs. Bishop that Calhoun had gone down to the docks to see his father return from a year-long sea voyage. Realizing that Calhoun's dad may be the man that they're looking for, they rushed to the docks to see a large crowd of people there, awaiting the arrival of the merchant ships to port. There, they met with Calhoun and asked him if his dad happened to have a map tattooed on his back (spoiler, he did). Just as Calhoun's dad's ship, the Mudskipper, rolled over the horizon, the party saw that it was being pursued by a large pirate flagship. The party watched in shock as the larger ship began to board the Mudskipper, but before they had time to act, several pirate schooners tore into the port and began bombarding the docks with cannon fire before all but one retreated to return to their flagship.