s3e09 - RIP Mizzix; Fuck You Gestavo

Date: 22nd of Zuun 1075 ZC

  The Duke needs to tell his boss, the Dean, that the Gala has to be called off. The mech suit has to go to the new HQ once we figure out where that is. In two days, we will bring Zedd to the theives den to meet with Jace and be taken to our new HQ.
  Theo roams/sneaks the city a bit to see if she can find Haku, but there are no signs of him. Dream is gathering all of the research documents for Jace.
  Essan let's us know that she finished her prototype of the machine that could un-attune guild signets. attunement jumper cables. We can use it as a weapon to force an attuned signet off of an enemy. It's hand held and has two cords that need to be attached to the signet to make a closed circuit for it to work. it takes twelve seconds to break an attunement.
  Terry meets up with Dr. Fung. Insert mycology lesson. The fungus doesn't seem to be feeding on Kreterellin's flesh.
  The Duke tells teh Dean that they'll be receiving a huge lump sum from the Guild Pact, but also seizing all of the information. After some pushback, he clarifies that these orders are coming from Jace. Note: The Dean has a huge, framed oil painting of Jace hanging in his office, signed by Jace himself. "To The DEAN, Stay Big -Jace" The Duke shares a 50gp bottle of brandy with him as consolation. As The Dean is talking to the Duke, the Duke's sending stone (from the security team) goes of, with them shouting to him. The Duke sprints, and tells the Dean to send word to Terry for help.
  The lab is under attack from Dimir agents and an older Vedalken wearing a large crown with a red gem at its center Guild Signet #2: The Crown, Gestavo. Terry is able to scale down the walls of the university and burst into the hallway near the battle, but is blocked of by a skittering horror. Cocaine saves The Duke's life. Mizzix is controlled with dominate person. Gestavo misty steps into the mech suit and asks Mizzix to tell him where the signets are. Terry misty steps deeper into the room to give mizzix and gestavo flanking bonuses. Some guards flee. The assassins are either killed or flee. Dream flies into battle, casting a sending to Jace. The Duke and Terry are both downed. Gestavo asks Mizzix again where the signets are, but he refuses, and is killed. Gestavo disappears and then the skittering horror (carrying the mech suit) and the vampire flee. After Dream heals the party, Jace shows up and they fill him in.
  Dream sends a sending to Theo to warn her to go back to HQ, but says that the rest of the party cannot return there anytime soon, as they're being watched.
  Jace is PISSED that the Dimir worked so publicly. He says they must be desperate. They discuss that some in the Dimir may be working independently of Lazav, since Gestavo already had a signet. The party is going to head to The Shadowed Sanctuary under The Wounded Rogue.
  Terry has a vision of a lich who seems to sense his presence once he extends all of his mycanoid charges. We find out that every time he extends all three, he takes a point of exhaustion and has to roll a D100. Less than 50, nothing good happens. He rolled a 98 so gets to add a +1 to DEX, STR, or CON.
  Theo breaks the news to Essan, and they pack up everything in the hideout, and destroy the large version of the attunement jumper cables. Everything they can salvage goes into the bag of holding. Theo uses Pass Without a Trace and the 4 of them (R0AM, Zedd, Essan, and Theo) make it safely to The Shadowed Sanctuary.
  Dream casts Gentle Repose on Mizzix and insists on bringing him with us.
  Terry visits the mycologist on the way out to udpate him on what happened when he extended all 3 charges.