Ponderings - 4

Last time on DnD EitS: the group went to the docks looking for additonal information and the man who offered work to Zack. Upon finding the man, he offered some "work" to the group that took place at night. However, as it seemed to not be above board and the party unable to convince Alistair to follow through, the group decided to continue tracking the large nose man using the scroll of finding. This led to a poorly run chain coffee shop where Pom ordered a very complicated drink that Zack promptly drank and succeeded in not puking in front of everyone after. Anika "convinced" the employee that the group needed to be let through to meet up with the nose man and the group proceeded into another secret tunnel in pursuit. The group snuck along ahead of Alistair and the familiars who hung back in case of danger and to not cause alert (codename: pineapple). The nose man was seen convincing a door man/bouncer to let him through a door even though this was not the "main entrance" and the group hatched a ....plan...
 
Pom was to create the illusion of the man who had just entered and convince the doorman that he was being pursued and that the man just let in was a fake. However, due to some miscommunication with Alistair and the whole "cats can't talk" thing, the paladin sensed danger and began barreling down the halls, alerting the doorman etc. etc. Quick thinking from Pom to turn the illusion into a pineapple for a split second and Anika disguising herself allowed Alistair to stop and fall flat in time to not completely ruin the plan. But even though Zack was able to sneak through invisible once the doorman opened the door, trouble still occurred after the rhino man saw through the illusion. The party dealt with the rhino man, showed him the error of his ways via smiting, tied him up, and Anika made copies of id cards before continuing onwards.
 
The thieves guild seemed to be celebrating something, id cards were checked, the party was being watched. Cousin IT served drinks etc, large nose man was blamed for things, and the party got taken to the leader of the guild (I don't remember names or what exactly caused that, sorry. I think Anika and Zack were recognized from earlier trade guild thing). We ended up fighting the guildmaster, who used a power (perhaps similar to the doctor man Alistair and Pom fought to save Chioni?) to turn into a whirling beast lady thing after being rendered immobile for most of the fight (ha). After a tough battle with much unconscious-falling, the party was victorious and was taken to rest.