With the dawn of what was hopefully the first normal day in several days, the party members went out to perform various mundane errands. Notim went to retrieve the gold she owed the tavern owner. Makoto went down to the Goodfellows' Society to collect the party's 800 gold reward for, in a technical sense, successfully removing the goblins from the bad part of town. Kinogre slept in.
It was Bailes' errand that would deny our heroes their much-deserved day of rest. All she wanted to do was return the staff of create water to the shop she'd borrowed it from. But she didn't want to just give it back without any charges left. So, after a bit of thought, she remembered Paccinto, and wondered if the old scholar could possibly have been a wizard. His behavior was certainly odd enough to justify the suspicion. Could Paccinto possibly have the know-how to recharge the staff? It seemed likely enough, given his age. So, Bailes went to Paccinto's house.
She arrived at the front door of the house and, seeing no signs of anyone home, gave the door a tentative knock. No reply. She went to peer i>>738
nto a window and was surprised to find the house in a radically different state from how she'd last seen it. The place was in total disarray, dust and cobwebs and decay everywhere. Bailes ventured to open the door and step inside, but decided to wait til she had her companions with her.
Around this time, Kinogre awoke. He stumbled, naturally, to the tavern area, where he found Notim who had recently returned. The two immediately proceeded to get some morning drinking done. Not long after, Makoto came in with the sack of gold from Benito. The three began to merrily divide up the gold.
Bailes quickly made her way to the shop and, nobly if somewhat begrudgingly, agreed to pay the shopkeep for the mostly used-up staff later. The medium then made her way back to the inn and walked in on her companions as they were enjoying a morning of booze and gold. The party wouldn't listen to Bailes' news til she'd sat down and taken her share of the gold, but eventually she managed to share what had happened. Paccinto had gone, not only without a trace, but practically having left positive evidence that he'd never been there. The party resolved to drop off its new earnings at the bank, ensure their old earnings were still there - they were, thankfully - and go investigate the old house on Alpa Street.
The party stepped in and had Bailes use the wand
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