Id: dcac6172-4964-4dcf-9381-c6917885553f
SessionDate: 2023-02-26
EntryDate: 2023-02-28
GameDate:
{
	Day: 3
	Month: Mitu
	Year: 3321
}
Author: Logan
Title: That Time the Gang Split the Party
Text: "The midday sun hung high in the air as Saxon, Kit, Xedran, and Cassian sat on the deck of the Darkentide.
They waited some time before Drick and Dheir came out from the lower decks. D^2 informed the group
on the status of the mimics below, telling them about the primal mimics down on the bottom deck and
the reduced numbers of the currently allied groups of intelligent mimics. The pair withheld the
information on the book they received.

After a discussion on what to do next, which included a discussion on using the money received for
dealing with the vermin worms earlier that day to just purchase meat for the mimics instead of saving
the mere 10gp each they received for something later down the line or just letting the tiger do it, they
chose to split the party.

* *Team Let The Tiger Do It:* Saxon, Xedran, Cassian, and the Tiger, Kit
* *Team Yes We Split the Party:* Drick and Dheir
	
**Team Tiger:** Left the ship and went outside of town to the nearby forest looking for deer.
	
**Team Split the Party:** Left the ship to the nearby shop The Stable Sea and asked the sea dwarf at the
counter for a translation. They learned the book was a journal written by the captain of the ship. They
noticed the last entry was dated only the day before and decided to return to the ship.
	
**Team Tiger:** Cassian was able to gather almost a satchel full of herbs for potion brewing. Xedran started
thinking about the small game in the trees above him.
	
**Team Spilt the Party:** Returned to the ship, asked Chester and Portman for more information about the
journal, where they found it, and if the person that wrote it was still alive. The intelligent mimics were
only able to answer where they got it from, the bottom deck. It was only moments later the sound of
combat began beneath them. Drick and Dheir sprang into action preparing themselves for what’s below.
	
**Team Tiger:** The group found a young doe, that Saxon and Kit were more than happy to handle taking
down and preparing it for the journey back.
	
**Team Split the Party:** D Duo raced down the stairs into the darkness, Dheir leading the way due to her
ability to see in the dark. They found a trio of mimics attacking a dwarven man. The two leapt into the
fray, hoping to save the presumed captain from certain doom.
	
**Team Tiger:** Casually walking back toward Kuridu, deer in hand. Squirrels and other small fauna
peacefully traverse the trees.
	
**Team Split the Party:** Dealing with the consequences of their choice to stick behind, deftly strike the
killing blows on the mimics. They call to the dwarf, trying to convince them into coming up top with duo.
The dwarf’s only response is to swipe at them with it’s blade.
	
**Team Tiger:** Enjoying the weather in the late afternoon calm, Saxon carrying the deer, Cass keeping an
eye out for more useful herbs, and Xedran viscously mocking the occasional squirrel to death, with Kit
catching any that fall.

**Team Split the Party:** after overcoming their shock, they quickly finished off the dwarf. Making the
decision to bring the body above deck thinking the intelligent mimics would eat it after seeing it was
already dead and untethered before they got down to it. The mimics declined the foul meal so the pair
waited for the other group to return on the ship deck.

After some time, Team Tiger returned to the ship with around 130lbs of meat for the mimics. The
delivery made and party reunited, they discussed next steps. The party decided to rest for the night and
return in the morning to deal with the remaining primal mimics. As they went their own ways, Cassian
and Saxon brought the dead captain’s body to the Old Grounds for cremation, they then made their way
to their own lodgings.
	
After everyone gathered for their breakfast, Dheir revealed the captain’s journal, declaring they found it
at some point after the party split and got it translated. Although Dheir attempted to deceive the group,
at least Cassian noticed that something in that story did not add up and brought up that they have no
idea how accurate the translation done was without a second opinion. Xedran offered to take a look at
using magic.

Xedran was able to confirm the accuracy of the translation, the journal revealed the how the mimics
may have originally made it on the ship from an uncharted island populated by Rock Dwarves. It also
revealed the Captain had a lover living on the island of Jerani, the last Sapien ruled kingdom. The party
left the tavern and went to the docks, keeping this new information in their minds.

Once at the docks, they spied a lone dwarf on the pier looking up to the Darkentide. After a
conversation with the party, the dwarf revealed themselves to be :n,Flest:, a cousin of the Captain. We gave
them the journal and informed them we would figure out the current status of the mimics on the ship
and would reach out later that day. Flest thanked us and gave their address for us to visit after dark.

We then made our way onto the ship, learning last night a battle took place, ending in the deaths of
Portman and most other mimics. Chester and the final two mimics explained in the night the desperate
primal mimics struck and a war basically happened below decks. The party investigated for any more
primal mimics but found only the grey gooey remains of mimics. After discussing what a very
depressed/PTSD stricken Chester may want to do, the party disembarked from the ship, planning to
spend some time in town before finding Flest and fully explaining the situation as it stands to them…"