The rift has just been opened, I blinked out, everyone takes some psychic damage. We see a large ruidium corrupted shark swimming towards us followed by two smaller cute dolphins. Yazhi tries to trap the large shark in a hamster ball, but is not succsesful. Jazco teleports between the sharks and blinds two of them. Rangu hits them with lightning. I manage to freeze one of them. Woolf slows down the three sharks.
The large shark is blinded and slowed. One of the smaller dolphins is slowed. We can see the shark rapidly patching its injuries with ruidium. Yazhi turns the big guy into a sea anemone that slowly starts drifting down. Jazco starts riding a shark and casts radiant damage on the shark that can see. We kill two sharks and discuss what to do with the anemone. Our idea is to make it die in air.
After a lot of discussion, we carry the anemone to the top of the Maw, and drop it. Rangu blasts the anemone mid way. It splatters at the bottom of the Maw, which Alita goes down and confirms. The Orc guard is scooping up the remains with a shovel.
We head to Craiyon's house. Alakritos and Craiyon are having an argument on our account. Alakritos is angry at Craiyon for sending us to dangerous missions. Alakritos is shocked and relieved. He is happy to see us back and alive.
We talk to Alakritos about Ruidium and corruption. Then we split up to look for Ayo and gang. Jazco goes to Suncut Bazaar. Rangu goes to the river district. I go to Alluvium district. Yazhi goes to the Sigil district. Woolf goes to the Sand Heral. Rara goes to the Circlet Walk, then the Guided district. Yazhi then goes to the Ridge.
We don't find Ayo and company. Rangu asks the Inkeeper of the Harried Mongoose to find Ayo's company and 100 gold. He tells us they were last seen headed westward from Ayu's temple. We take a long rest. Next morning, Alakritos gives us a novel ruidium dagger made for research purposes and not for any personal or professional benefit. He also gives us a bag of holding, and asks us to get as much ruidium as possible as we can from beyond the rift.
We give Gorthag the Orc some beer, which Rangu uses prestdigitsation to chill again. We go past the rift again. Rangu scries to see Ayo's party again. They are walking through a dark tunnel. Maggie is leading the party. Galsariad turns towards Ayo and casts a cantrip that lights up the space. All of them have ruidium corruption on them.
Everyone except me see a vision. These are fragmented memories... running through the street, looks into a puddle, there is a teenage boy who starts running away. Torches and scones are lit here and there, and it is the dead of night. There is a village hunt going on. There is darkness everywhere except for a vermillion moon. Alyxian grabs a cloak from a bar, runs into the forest, and joins the hunt.
There is a clearing in the forest, with the red streaks of moonlight filtering through the forest. There is a scent of blood, and shouts of frantic calls by the villagers. Beneath the trunks of one of the large trees, is a young drow named Sakini, lying on the ground, barely alive and coughing up blood. Villagers are panicking. There are deep gashes on the body. She is trying to say something, but only ends up coughing up blood.
Two large owlbears are running away from the scene. The party hears in their minds, a very sorrowful voice, as Alyxian says, "The price of my selfishness. I just wanted to hunt with them... arrggh. She died that night."
