Spa Spies II

Spa Spies II
Date	9/23/23
Storyteller	Foster
Tier	Expert
Player Characters	Siltmean the Craftrat, Illiam Elro, Damian Brooks, Sheeri of the Frozen Wastes
Rewards	250 xp, 448 gp, +1 rapier, glamorous buckler, everburning torch, everair Mark (Lesser), Cloak of Feline Rest, Wayfinder, Feather Token (Chest), Healing potion (lesser) x2, Sturdy Satchel
Result	Success
Author	Siltmean
Downtime	0

Log

Outside

• Head back to Sweet Rest Spa
• Multiple signs outside from previous associates
• Unmoved, untouched, odd
• Illiam says "John Smith" is part of "Radiant Flame"
• This will not be relevant to the expedition
• Damian identifies no signs of construction on building
• Looks like 1 continuous object
• Building materials also not identifiable
• No magic traces however
• Discussion leads to ages
• Sheeri = older than Damian, Illiam, Siltmean combined
• Also not relevant to expedition

Inside part 1

• Attendants inside oddly similar looking
• Third figure arrives, escorts us to "Learning room"
• Mentions addition of sauna and tattoo parlor at request of recent customers
• Glass covers some of water in rooms
• Pass pool and massage areas
• Learning room has 1 attendant
• Illiam requests magic books
• Many spellbooks "generously donated"
• Illiam takes time to learn spells from books
• Charm, illusory disguise, lock and unseen servant provided
• Attendant moves fluidly, unbothered by bending and unbending of knees like normal person
• Sheeri tells people they aren't human
• People deny as expected
• Nothing comes of it
• Sheeri and Damian escorted to sauna and pool respectively
• I stay with Illiam, no luck on mechanical books though
• Basic formulas only, I sneak away
• Find dim room, bunk beds
• Rest room, attendant doesn't mind us wandering without guide
• Head to back room, find "tattoo parlor"
• No magic tattoos, just regular
• Also water in room anyway
• Cannot tell me why
• I jump in
• Deep into water, past acidic layer
• Something swirling
• Attacked

Inside part 2

• Damian relaxes in normal pool
• Sheeri heads on to sauna
• Sheeri dives deep
• Hits acidic layer and is hurt
• Resurfaces
• Uses ice powers to cool water down
• Attendant tells them to stop
• Ice in the bath is against policy
• Sheeri leaves to find others
• Illiam rejoins Damian
• Soon Sheeri does as well
• Sheeri moves other water in to push into acidic layer more safely
• Attendant asks her to leave
• Mixing waters also against rules
• Heating pools is not, oddly enough
• Sheeri is asked to leave
• Illiam has revelation
• Acidic layer, unnatural building materials, etc.
• All signs of a mimic
• Not on this scale though
• As team prepares themselves, escort from before pushes Sheeri into pool
• Mimic attacks

Inside part 3

• I flee from the water before the mimic can reach me
• Glad I just built this diving suit
• Mimic is slow on land
• I get clean hit on it
• Mimic badly wounded from gunshot
• I retreat

Once out of sight, mimic retreats back to water

• Sheeri, Illiam and Damian killed theirs quickly
• Damian came to assist me
• Sheeri began looting the shop wares
• Illiam went to heal Sheeri
• Damian and I chase second mimic back to pool
• Damian gets grabbed
• Mimic is slippery, but we kill it
• Return to find Illiam and Sheeri attacked by third mimic
• Escort servant convulsing on ground
• Others attendants disappeared as mimics died
• Mimic knocks out Sheeri
• Tries to drag into water
• Illiam heals Sheeri who promptly escapes grasp of mimic
• Mimic refuses to die
• Slippery, hard to hit
• Dies eventually
• Building begins collapsing
• Illiam, naked, needs help collecting things
• Sheeri helps Illiam
• We all escape
• Few acid burns, bumps from collapsing building
• Nothing severe

Fun fact: These mimics were shaped like vulvas that bore violent rows of teeth. Given their presence deep within water without need for hiding in a particular shape, I theorize this to be the true, natural form of a mimic. This could also be a mimicry preference stemming from a prior time in its life however, so more research will need to be conducted into the nature of mimics and their adaptability (or absence of) to validate this theory.