# Session S02: The Dagger of Sorrow > [!overview] > [campaign:: [[Candela Obscura - Circle of Uncut Diamonds|Circle of Uncut Diamonds]]] > [session:: S02] > [prev:: [[2024-03-10_S01]]] > [next:: [[2024-03-24_S03]]] > [session date:: 2024-03-17] > [campaign date:: ] > [my pc:: [[Sadie Cavendish]]] > [dm:: [[Andrew Pontious|apontious]]] > [player:: [[Nicole van der Hoeven|Nicole]], [[demonem|demonem]], [[+10 Broadsword]], [[Rezin]]] > [pcs:: [[Leopold Maxwell]], [[Celine Valterra]], [[Lily Sinclair]], [[Edward Dedrik]], [[Sadie Cavendish]]] > [active npc:: [[Olive Sinclair]], [[Thomas Cavendish]]] > [discussed npc:: [[Madam Fidovich]]] > [active locations:: ] > [discussed locations:: ] > > --- > > (tldr:: Summary.) ## Starting notes: - Sadie still plans to go home (Cavendish Manor) first before meeting up with the group. - We'll regroup on information gathering - Retcon the timeline a bit - Day 0 was the auction - Celine talked with Giles - Day 1 was S01 going through the next day - Celine got information back from Giles - Lily and Sadie went to [[Briarbank College]] - Edward and Leopold went to talk to [[Finnegan Moon]] and the Professor ## Notes - Sadie goes home to look through [[Thomas Cavendish|Thomas']] study - While the Cavendishes live in the [[Eaves]], they are at the lowest, and least expensive area within. - Thomas is very much new money… and not a lot of it… but he at least has made it that far in money and power. - Sadie knows there will be consequences; she has left a trace that she was there… - She knows what Thomas is capable of, and is afraid - Thomas keeps the door to his study locked, but Sadie knows where the key is since Thomas knows fear keeps Sadie in line from going in without him - She has been in before, but only ever while he is there, and with his express permission - The lock isn't to keep her out, but to keep others out as he has many secrets within - While he is the type of person who would be upset if even one fork went missing, he's more concerned about the knowledge within his study - Oldefaire relics books (5-volume set) - He has reports and notes - Underlings, reports on things happening on Obelisk House - Rolls a 6 » one architectural site that involves gold » The [[House of Gold]] (I gave up a 5 on the gilded dice for the 6…) - In [[Groundswell]], overseen by [[Briarbank College]] - It was called the [[House of Gold]], there were guards put in place, but the gold panels are long gone now (theft) - Scholars think they were using gold to contain bleed - But [[House of Gold]] is not a dome - Other interesting places - [[Revenant Park]] - Anatheum - Ziggeraut… but square, not a dome - But really, no one has ever found a Gold Dome… or any dome in Oldefaire. They were not the common architectural form. - For it to not be in this room… no one has it. - She leaves a note on his desk… - She acknowledges that she was in his office, but it was to see if he wanted chicken or fish for their upcoming dinner party on Friday. - There will be consequences anyway, but I chose not to do a Sway roll at disadvantage because the consequences will be worse had she failed (likely). - Leopold has the bag that was holding the Box of Suffering - He goes to see [[Dr. Emilia Finch]], his contact - Addiction clinic - The people in her waiting room are better dressed… - Leopold doesn't have an appointment, and never has one… but is ushered in regardless. - Everything is a bit seedy… - [[Dr. Emilia Finch]] is in a wheelchair, approaches him. "How are you doing?" - He addresses her as "Emilia" not doctor etc. - Takes out the bag, and that there should be a trace of something on here. - "A hint of her breath, a bit of her hair… should be enough for a trace" - [[Madam Fidovich]] wore gloves… a lot of people wear gloves… - Leopold will want a copy of the results, even though Emilia has her own interests - "This is regarding a certain agency that does not look kindly on all types of practices…" seeks to warn Emilia… - Makes it obvious that it's [[Candela Obscura (Organization)|Candela Obscura]] - They haven't caused her issues in the past - Is surprised he is using "this" on himself… and so soon… careful of the risks - He says he knows the risks. He is trying to make himself whole. - Suggests returning the next morning, may have something for him - He is stiff and formal, whereas she is very casual and friendly - Leopold is a good customer for Emilia… - Lily is going to see her sister, [[Olive Sinclair]] - Olive loves to keep secrets but just isn't good at it. - She has been avoiding Lily since joining the [[Pyre]] - Olive has a loft in the [[Steam]]. - There is police tape cordoning off the building etc. - Lily fakes being a delivery person to get herself into the building - Olive looks at Lily with horror, despite having been her best friend for life "You shouldn't have come…" but lets her in - She looks shaken for Lily being there - Olive looks muscular now… but looks pale and unhealthy, more than Lily has ever seen - She claims she's fine, but Lily doesn't buy it - Olive wears a gun, even in her own apartment - Olive takes out the [[Dagger of Sorrow]]… it kind of hums (associated with magick and danger…) - It hums louder when it's in front of her, just like the [[Box of Suffering]] - Lily is concerned that people are after her because of the [[Dagger of Sorrow]] - It's the opposite of that… "I'm after people because of this." - Olive: "I kill people." i.e. she's with the assassin section of the [[Pyre]] (The Flint) - She gets a vision of the face of her next target - Lily argues for a while about science - The face it showed her three months ago… it was Lily's… - Her superiors have no idea why Olive saw Lily… she's a nobody, and not a part of the power structure that misuse magick… - Superiors have been telling her to do it anyway, so that she gets her next target. - "If I use this on you, I don't know if I'll be able to stop." …"That's why I said give it to me…" - It's bonded to Olive. Doesn't know what would happen if it she gave it to someone - Olive does give Lily the [[Dagger of Sorrow]] - Olive is not worried about holding the dagger barehanded - She takes off her gloves; her right hand is dark black, like burned down to the fingertips - Lily is able to hold it well enough to control it - Olive panics as it knicks her cheek - Lily looks at the reflection in the knife; the cut heals up - Lily negotiates to try to keep the [[Dagger of Sorrow]] - If Olive doesn't have it… the [[Pyre]] would kill her - The hum quiets as it sits in her hand - Agrees to lend it to her for a couple of days. That's all she can do… - Lily suggests Olive goes to see [[Lucien LaRoux]] if she's not back in a couple days - In a sense… Lily has declawed Olive by taking her magic item… - Lily is the older sister… definitely an older/younger sister dynamic - Lily carries the dagger in a bag - Meeting at the night, in the café ([[Brewed Enlightening]]) - They serve pastries. Coffees, teas, scones. - Edward suggests the point of entry is the stairs the professor had mentioned - Leopold talks about the article (annoynmous alchemist) about turning lead into gold… - Sadie mentions the [[House of Gold]], and that gold is theorized to be a way to contain bleed - Lily talks about the energy to turn one from the other… - Sadie does sense an object on Lily - Edward does suggest if people need to return home… - Sadie weighs her options, and at this point it's not good either way… and she decides to continue on to the safe house regardless - They head to the safehouse - Lily does show the [[Dagger of Sorrow]] - Says that she doesn't know the true story of the item because the person is flighty… - It does not hum - Leopold touches the butt of his gun at seeing it - Celine and Leopold are suspicious when Lily says she hasn't touched it - Celine gets reports, mostly from [[Giles]] - The patterns are becoming clear, that the spy world… Celine has stirred a hornet's nest - It's not usual for no one to know about a thing, so now everyone is scrambling - The Red Hand is the most stirred up about this - This will probably lead to deaths as they look into this - Thomas is waiting for Sadie when she gets home - Thomas is waiting for her in a chair, in the dark by the front door - She comes in quietly, saying nothing, and sits down next to him - This is the first time in three years she has come close to disobeying him; she knows the violence he is capable of through his work - He's as surprised as she is? - Sadie breaks the silence first - Tells him that she has not been entirely honest with him - That after she had given her report to The Management, she had brushed into a patron and had a vision of the [[Golden Dome]] - She says she has been researching all she can at [[Briarbank College]] (though he assumes she's lying and meant his study) but can't find any reference to any dome in Oldfairen architecture - ==Two dice "advantage"== for having amused the GM - He can tell she's not telling the full truth… He would have punished her until she says she had a vision of the [[golden dome]] - He wants more information on the dome itself - Where it is… - He demands she sees more, tells him more - She can't, of course… she doesn't really control her visions. - But he's oddly nice to her, basically treating her as the golden goose - The next morning (Day 2) - Leopold goes to visit [[Dr. Emilia Finch]] - Gets drops… does not use them right away - Instead decides to go to the Daily Tomorrow to go talk with the reporter for the article, Rupert Alouicious - Wants to know about the source ("her") but said it would have been a secret - …he intimidates him, but a little too hard about the threats of this information but gets the name of [[Seraphine Noir]]. - Sadie tells Thomas she needs to go for a walk to clear her mind, trying to learn more and have a further vision - She is being followed, but she does not know she is being followed. So… she is followed to meeting up at the safehouse, and then to the [[Steel]] (I rolled a 3. Sorry everyone!) - [[Seraphine Noir]] is also in the [[Steel]]; her lab is also in an isolated building, also cordoned off like Olive's place was - We go as a group, other than Edward, who stays behind at the safehouse to examine the map - She looks like the stereotype of a scientist… googles, wild hair - Leopold does the talking and gets us let in - Her tea is… wacky and enjoyable. - Leopold asks if she knows more about gold… like golden architecture or golden domes… - Sway roll; help from Lily as she talks science at her… » mixed success - Gold is hard to obtain in the city… lead is easy to find - She has a big pile of it… and it's highly toxic… this is worrying to see just a big pile of it - She feels she's missing something to make the change… Lily wonders if it's a power source - Wonders about what the lead is like - Sadie wonders if any of them are like wall panels - The carvings on one look like Oldfaire decoration - Sadie very dumbly identifies it as Oldfairen and Celine coughs… she stops! - Sadie asks if ther are more piles, or clear to where they are from… - [[Seraphine Noir]] has a map - It's a circle… For next time ([[2024-03-24_S03]]): - Leopold's drops - Lily's vision - Cover Circle admin