Picking up the instant Session 36 left off: Adrik mid-sprint through Warehouse 17, chasing Kell and Seris as they bolted for the door. Drogon was already in the wind. This is the session where the rest of his crew got taken — and where the party finally got their hands on the box.
Running them down
Adrik gave chase. He sprinted right past Kell — who whiffed the opportunity attack — and barreled into Seris, grappling her and dragging her back through the doorway.
Kell rounded on Adrik and made a commotion, which brought the rest of the party running: Elijah, Fernie, and Lorien all moved to help.
- Lorien stepped outside and barred the door. Kell busted straight through it, shoving Lorien back a few feet.
- Kell and Seris locked eyes, and Kell pulled out some kind of metal cylinder — a little longer than the width of his hand.
- Seris slipped past Lorien.
But Cisco disarmed the cylinder before Kell could do anything with it.
The takedown came fast after that:
- Fernie nearly killed Seris, and Elijah finished it by knocking her out.
- Lorien beat the hell out of Kell — who somehow stayed on his feet.
- Kell, true to form, missed. That’s just what he does.
- Adrik punched him square and knocked him out.
That left Tull, Kell, and Seris all unconscious. The party tied everyone up and hauled them back inside Warehouse 17. Adrik took on cleanup duty — blood and rubble.
Tension in the ranks
Elijah, Fernie, and Cisco went to interrogate Seris. Lorien — not trusting them — followed.
Cisco called him on it, asking for specifics about why Lorien thought he had no conscience. Lorien stood his ground: Cisco steals from people. Fair enough — though there wasn’t much direct proof on the table. The friction was real, but for now they moved past it. We’ll see what happens.
Cracking Seris
Cisco revived Seris and went to work, laying out her situation and her total lack of leverage — still posing as a higher-up, a Grey Warden.
- Seris pushed back: if he were really a Grey Warden, he’d have a writ of permission.
- She had no leverage to bargain with, so instead she started monologuing — until Fernie spat a fireball right next to her head.
She froze, staring up at Fernie’s looming face. Cisco leaned in closer: he’d take his time.
Seris cracked — claimed innocence, insisted the party was just breaking and entering. So Cisco revealed they knew about the magic box, then tossed her own ledger at her face: let’s watch and see whether the text disappears right now. She called it — he’s not really a Grey Warden.
They escalated. Threatened torture, and Cisco held her head under Fernie’s dripping fire-drool. Then he cast Suggestion — and Seris turned a great deal more agreeable.
What Seris actually knew
Which turned out to be not much.
- She knew nothing about the box beyond watching Drogon obsess over it.
- She gave up Drogon’s address.
- Cisco offered a deal: work together, and they’d protect her if she turned herself in. To earn real trust, they had to convince her they weren’t actually working with the villain behind all of this.
- She warned them to stay quiet and not write anything down — Hans probably just finished reading Mistborn.
- She explained that she felt like they’d all just gotten caught up in it. She’d been kept clear of any real contact with the messenger.
Everyone got more or less onto the same page. Lorien used Lay on Hands, Cisco handed over a potion of healing, and Seris agreed to give them the lockbox.
The cube
Cisco opened the box’s drawer — and reality warped as he did. He passed it to Lorien.
Lorien was drawn to it. A gravitational pull — no sucking, but the force was overwhelming. His mind went fuzzy. Holding the thing, he began to lose conscious thought.
Cisco caught it happening and grabbed his hat — not the Hat of Rats — to wrap it up. (Turns out the “box” is actually a cube.)
Lorien's 24-hour blank
The trance broke, but Lorien lost his memories of the last 24 hours. He still knows the party are his compatriots and remembers Brackenford and coming here — but he’s lost their names, and can’t affix a face to a memory. (Kinda seems like a good thing for us, ngl.)
Out the door
Elijah grabbed Seris’s satchel, dumped it out, and handed it to Cisco to stow the cube. Elijah kept the satchel — now carrying the wrapped box.
On the way out, Cisco had Lorien cast Zone of Truth to confirm Seris would play ball.
She will.
Then they left.