10/16/2024
As the Wild Bunch stood outside the former rum factory and watched the Veritan Order of Calypso renovate the space to accomodate their needs, the group saw the Sphinx atop the factory begin magically scanning the crowds assembled
Nickelgin was able to read the Sphinx, La'Nesh's, surface thoughts and understood it was looking for someone "without hope, who had given up."
The group immediately knew Jemiah was in trouble and attempted to hide him from the Sphinx's sight, but magically compelled, Jemiah began walking towards the factory, and the group had no choice but to follow with him.
The Wild Bunch was granted access to the factory and saw how the Veritan Order was filling it with curiosities and artifacts while stripping it of weird equipment, like a beehive and a bovine milker. None of those artifacts were the Moon Stone they sought for Doxx, however.
The group entered the Sphinx's chamber and Jemiah was shown something no one else could see. He seemed moved by it. In a display of affection, Jemiah addressed each party member, saying goodbye, as he felt driven to go help fight a fight that he was especially suited for.
When asked why he was suited for it, he mentioned it was because he had nothing left to feel. And that's the kind of warriors they needed.
With goodbyes said, La'Nesh opened a portal to a twisted, broken landscape in which a battle was being waged between a Sphinx and a legion of unknowable and twisted created. Winnifred and Rusty were each mentally affected by what they saw.
With Jemiah gone through the portal, the group was able to ask the Sphinx three questions for sacrificing their friend to a faraway place.
How can we get the Moon Stone? There is no such thing as the Moon Stone. You have been deceived.
How can we heal the blight in the Kindred Isle? By crowning a powerful ruler.
What is the red cube in the temple of Mag? The prison of Shapeless, God of Forms. They were placed there during the Constelletion War.
With the questions answered, La'Nesh left, and the group discussed how to Handle Doxx, who had sent them on a wild goose chase to prove their lovalty.
Tricks found a small opening in the wall being used by a rotund little robot, and so the group followed it in an effort to get something useful from the excrusion to the factory, and found themselves in a workshop with a bunch of upset robots.