Polar Opposites

Polar Opposites
Date	3/31/24
Storyteller	Jolyne
Tier	All Tiers
Player Characters	Cutter Black, Siltmean the Craftrat, Sheeri of the Frozen Wastes, Takamono, Taso Autio, Terog Shalesmiter
Rewards	200 xp, 446 gp
Result	Success
Author	Siltmean
Downtime	0

Log

The Investigation

• Everything backwards
• Merchants giving away gold
• Hellknight armigers taking day off for mental health
• Not sure if we needed to speak in opposites or not
• Go into town
• Merchant offers me puzzle box for cheap
• Buy after hearing rattle inside
• Not magical
• Open it up easily
• Note inside saying "Gottem"
• Greeted by "Slowpoke"
• Fey creature that now moves very quickly
• Cutter, Sheeri, Terog go other way as it runs off
• Takamono, Taso and I follow after it in no hurry

Terog, Sheeri, Cutter

• Terog plays golf on stilled Ripper river
• Find slowpoke
• Stop it by telling it to run away
• Go to theater next
• Find red herring fish sleeping in theater
• Obstructing performance of play
• Sheeri says director was the one behind this
• Capture slowpoke

Siltmean, Takamono, Taso

• Find fireless smoke overtaking homes
• Taso uses logic of "Where there's smoke there isn't fire"
• Smoke bomb ends smoke because there is no fire
• Sure
• Capture Slowpoke by telling it not to follow us

The Meetup

• Both groups meet up
• Go to Clan Ashenforge guild hall
• I spot mysterious drinker as slowpoke
• We help it with its drink issues
• Find out crystal doing all this is in home in Freak Street/"Normal Road"
• Go to Freak Street
• Find house
• "Speak friend and enter"
• Cutter breaks in through window
• Taka says "Enemy" and opens door
• Find Altar with crystal in case
• Advanced puzzle to open case
• No visible solution?
• Cutter just lifts up lid
• Drinks crystal drink
• Problem solved?