8/28/2021

START WITH INSP, +d6, +d6
Character builder question - Cat or dog person? I am not into either, but dogs over cats.
 
I have dreams of the town square, gallows, fire, destruction in the city. I see the statue of Lady Constance, hope and great despair, but light within the darkness.
 
Rorin picks Druss and me up and takes us to the Fort for the execution. The heads of the guilds are all there, Lavender included (not in chains). Vandran isn't there, that we know, since their appearance is unknown to us. The heads of the militia, navy, and air force are also in attendance. Everyone is somber, except Melfina, who is uncharacteristically excited. Most people are avoided Garnet, with a simple acknowledgement of her presence. Lavender is straight ignoring her, and the head of the Temple of Zitz looks with open disdain. Temperance and Diligence are impassive. Maggie Mayhem (agricultural guild) looks sad, and likely talked with Garnet before we got there. Druss talks with Holden to try to put him at ease. I speak with Temperance and Diligence, giving a minor update and paying my respects. They offer to make me whole for doing some pro-bono type work to get the city back up and running.
 
A procession of three guards walk out leading the prisoner, followed behind by three more. Jake is placed in the guillotine, blade raised. The executioner is broad and stocky of build, either a dwarf or buff gnome, wearing a traditional cloaked hood to obscure their face. Some guards have bows drawn as a safeguard. "Do you have any last words?" says the executioner. Jake draws breath to speak, thinks better of it, and lowers his head. Temperance gives the executioner the go-ahead, and the blade drops. Silence follows, the body falling limp. Tension releases, and the crowd dissipates.
 
As we plan the trip to the Raven's Wood, Druss and I acknowledge that we need to stick around for awhile and get the city back in shape. Melfina and Madra are going to keep busy, collecting information and patrolling the city. We do something of a time-skip to cover these two weeks. I spend my time planning and managing my contractors, some of whom are profiteering, angering me into punching one in the dick. We get a lot done, enough to make me more comfortable with leaving for an extended period of time. Earnings for the two weeks: 37 gp (6d6 + 1d4 +8). I'm not here for this next bit. Melfina is tailing Lavender, and witnesses several interesting things. She reaches out to Harold Ravenwood, but he ignores her as the relationship has turned hostile from his end. She also reaches out to Garmele, who does meet with her, begrudgingly. Next she meets with the head of the Temple of Zitz, Dave Cherington (human, old gunny sgt vibes). They exchange some campaign posters geared at removing the Bard's College from the city. Melfina later has a vision from someone she left in Hell, who calls herself Melfina's other half, and says some stuff about them abandoning oaths and taking new ones, and their goddess ignoring them in the past. She shares none of this with me.
 
END OF SESSION