- Previously during the week between the two slime deaths, Theophania poked a bit of the slime that ate the halfling in front of her and has determined that they are somehow magically unstable.
- Everyone arrives at the Hall of Justice early. Theophania isn't sure why they needed to be there SO early...
- They miss Shawn Andertree going into the building, so they just go in and get direction from Matilda at the front desk and run into Shawn in the hallway
- They go into Public Works (Shawn works in Transport) and convince Sara to show them some sewer maps, even though she's not supposed to.
- They head to the access point closest to the docks since that was the most recent attack and then plan to work their way back up north towards the nearest nexus.
- When Theophania can't pick the lock on the access point Raiàn tries breathing on it, but the lightning breath does nothing, so Osiris calls for the Guidance of Mishakal and she finally manages to pick it open.
- The smell is vile.
- Osiris goes first since she has the best night vision, and Theophania is behind her giving directions, then comes Lyrielle, then Raiàn, and then Rusty covering the rear.
- The sewer is only 4' tall, so only Theophania is the only one not encumbered by this issue.
- They head towards the nearest nexus.
- They pass the storm drain near the Crusty Barnacle, and Rusty notices there is a substance of some kind dripping down the wall from that opening.
- The dripping stuff looks slimy and wet.
- It reacts similarly to the stuff Tiff studied, so it's probably related.
- Theophania clicks a few lenses through on her goggles and thinks that they have been heading in the correct direction.
- They walk a bit longer until they get to the nexus area with multiple tubes coming into it, so Theophania makes a plan for everyone to inspect the many tunnels by going clockwise around all the openings, and Lyrielle find a smudge next to a slightly smaller tunnel than the one they came through.
- The next tunnel is only 42" H.
- Raiàn and Rusty have to crawl at this point.
- Just as Osiris is passing another grate when someone pours something down the storm drain opening as she's passing it, but she manages to dodge just out of the way.
- Eventually, Osiris sees up ahead a puddle of acidic slime, so she throws a pebble into the slime puddle, and it makes a bloop sound.
- They wait a minute and nothing happens so they keep going.
- Theophania goes to walk past it, but slips and then all the things in her myriad of vials start immediately reacting, and she gets some acid burns on her arms. (2 acid dmg)
- Lyrielle gets by fine, but then Raiàn tries to freeze the puddle so she can skate over it, but it doesn't freeze solid, so she just plops right into it.
- Rusty tries to spider walk over it, but he ends up breaking some bricks on the side of the wall and he face-plants right into the remnants of the puddle.
- Not too much longer after that, there is another clear spot where there's a slime trail coming down from a drain.
- They try calling up to the surface again, but this time no answers, so they can't get input on the above-ground landmarks, and all they can see is an ally, but Osiris can smell lavender on the air since she is used to ignoring bad smells working with dead bodies as her usual job.
- Theophania tucks a vial covered in a weird crusty substance after its contents reacted with the slime puddle next to the sewer drain where they can find it again.
- They head to the nearest access point and it is of course locked with no lock on the inside, so Rusty breaks it open with his crowbar.
- He holds it back into place and Theophania Mends the broken hinges.
- They head back in the direction the pipe came from until Osiris smells lavender again.
- Rusty and Raiàn find the vial, and Theophania notices that there's a slimy film over the outside of the grate, but there's no sign of the slime on the pavement.
- The woman in the house with the giant lavender bush answers the door and says she did see someone pouring something into the storm drain the previous day, and he hand on robes and maybe crazy hair, but people pour waste into the drains all the time, so it wasn't that suspicious.
- 120 XP ea for 720 XP total ea.
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