Star & Scale #8

Zeb found a dragon egg sitting within a nest, its scaled exterior dripping with a black ichor

• When Zeb attempted to investigate the egg, the ichor seeped into a cut and he heard a gurgling and slurping voice calling out to him

• Eden was able to use her knowledge in herbalism to draw out the poison, and then did the same for Jarva upon discovering he was suffering the same fate

Jarva began to explain he was working alongside the Consulate and Farrow of Nefaria, but before he could explain further, May flew into a rage, smashing her armored fist against him over and over until Zeb stopped her.

Gift found a scythe tucked behind some curtains right before Avalon showed up and explained she was on the hunt for a relic weapon she thought may be in the greenhouse

• Zeb convinced her to help him destroy the place, and using Starshot, they made Splendififlus Botanical Gardens no more

The group promised to meet Avalon for drinks after she found the weapon (they didn't) and took Jarva to a healing house the next day

Zeb paid for a small boy to be healed of a natural-born deformity

They got Jarva back in shape from his beating and Jarva attempted to escape by pleading to the clerics that he was being kidnapped

• The Clerics asked for proof that Star and Scale's story was true, and upon detecting evil upon the wyvern head the group took from the greenhouse, the head cleric was taken aback, vomited, and claimed the evil was overwhelmingly of the abyss

The group made their way back to Travelers of Fortune and collected their payment

• Mythanthar, their fortune broker, confided that he was also a friend of dragons and had a mission to help a family of kobolds in the Scaleback Mountains who were complaining of shadow creatures in the night

Meanwhile Gift met with the Mailman outside the gates and received info that Nefaria had been spotted in an old aqueduct in the city questioning a criminal supposedly in Toadstool's posse -- they killed the criminal after getting the info they wanted and left Caim

Jarva plead with the group not to turn him into the Ionlann, as he didn't want to live out his life in Hemlock Bastille; however they couldn't let him go because he could be used by Nefaria again for experimentations

• In exchange for his freedom, Jarva explained Nefaria was providing him with dragon eggs, the black ichor, and Abishai, and wanted to make a "weapon," though he didn't know what for.

• He also claimed they were looking for the remaining members of their group.

Star and Scale decided to release Jarva on the condition he lay low and not endanger others -- and Jarva beseeched the group to end Nefaria before they found him again

Afterwards, Gift saw a couple Chocobos pulling a cart and Wild Shaped into one, causing the cart driver, a Satyr, to try and buy Gift

• The group learned there was a race course south of Caim where all manner of mounts raced

• Inside the cart, they saw a blue bejeweled hand and bright green eyes staring greedily at them

A regiment of Wing Guard flew overhead, coming from the nearby Dragon Watch for a promenade in Banner Plaza, a military demonstration

Zeb managed to fulfill one of his quest items by grabbing a scorched portion of the outer wall of Caim

They found May that evening drunk at the Setting Sun, and learned her old crew she ran with along with Avalon was called the Charlatans

The next morning, the group decided to check in with Patricia to see if she delivered their message to the Ionlann, then check for the body of the criminal Nefaria killed, and then head off to help the kobolds.