Caravir left the three guys a note that she would be unable to join them due to mysterious reasons. Telvenier attempted to discover the reason to no avail. The three set off with the 6 horses provided by the mayor and travelled to the goblin cave where they set up camp for the night. The horses refused to enter the cave, so they had to set up just outside. Telvenier climbed a tree and fell asleep. Saleous and Murdoch also went to sleep. Murdoch was awoken in the middle of the night to strange movements just outside of camp. He let out a battle shriek which awoke Telvenier and Saleous. Murdoch threw a bomb at the shadowy figures, managing to start a brush fire. The three quickly worked to put out the fire after determining that the danger was gone and probably had never even existed.
After going back to sleep, they were once again attacked. This time, all three were ready for combat and they hit the attackers to a degree that caused the attackers to flee. At that point, the three really wanted to get the horses into the cave where they would be safer. Murdoch threw a bomb at the horses to spook them into the cave, but the plan backfired as two ran off in one direction and two more charged Murdoch, hurting him, and continuing to run away. Left with two horses, the three loaded them up the following morning and set off to find two more of the horses that had run away.
They found the two horses in a cave somewhat nearby and Saleous tied them up. Murdoch and Telvenier explored the cave while Saleous watched the horses. Frightened by a shadow, Murdoch threw a bomb at a wall, obliterating it and causing some structural instability within the cave. He fell in a hole and hurt his leg badly. Shortly after, Telvenier made a bigger hole and both he and Murdoch fell in. Thanks to the help of Saleous, they both made it out of the hole and the three decided to set off back to the goblin cave to load up the other two horses. Despite missing two horses, they were able to bring back the remainder of the supplies in the cave. The mayor thanked them and paid. Before they left, the mayor tasked the group with finding Count Cornelio, the scourge of taxes. Murdoch as well as Telvenier knew exactly who the criminal was, but nobody else in the room did. When Murdoch jokingly stabbed at Telvenier as if to catch him, he accidentally stabbed Telvenier. Murdoch was promptly thrown in jail, only to be bailed out a day later by Telvenier. While in jail, the guards broke all of Murdoch's "drug paraphernalia." He was forced to buy new equipment from the seedy alchemist's shop. While he did that, Saleous and Telvenier went on a rather comical search for the mysterious Count Cornelio. They ultimately decided that it would be best to round up every thief in the city and hope that one of them was the Count. They stopped at the halfling union where the halflings there almost blew Telvenier's cover in front of Saleous. Saleous decided that the halflings were very suspicious and most likely the culprit was one of them.
Meanwhile, at the alchemist shop, Murdoch finally gave into temptation and allowed the shopkeeper to show him some illegal drugs. While being led into the back room, Murdoch came up with a good idea, to arrest the shopkeeper and frame him as Count Cornelio. As the shopkeeper began hallucinating, Murdoch tied him up and tried to get him outside, but he failed and inhaled, leading him on an epic adventure through time and space with Tiamat and Bahamut for the next 24 hours.
Telvenier and Saleous decided to get some sleep for the night after informing the mayor of their plan. The following morning, they went in search of Murdoch and discovered a strange smoke coming from the backroom when they went into the alchemist's shop. They called in two guards to help. The guards entered the room and promptly fell under the effects of the drug that Murdoch and the shopkeeper were on. Eventually, two more guards assisted Telvenier and Saleous in getting the four out of the shop. The shopkeeper was arrested, but Murdoch was not thanks to the influence of Telvenier. While Murdoch recovered, Telvenier and Saleous looked into the Count Cornelio issue more. After Murdoch woke up, he began to claim that Count Cornelio was the shopkeeper. Saleous rightfully remained skeptical and decided that Murdoch was lying. The session ended as the three were convincing the mayor to increase the guard in the halfling district.
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