First of all, as the party got a week of downtime, the first thing done at the beginning of the session was resolve it.
Philomena Snapdragon managed to steal 100 Gold from a traveling merchant, and donated half of it to the small temple to Ilmater in the city.
Mikhail found a trainer in the Guild for War Caster and trained for Week 1 out of 9.
Sooty decided to go to Arrelcu Prasinus and ask for his help copying spell scrolls into their book.
Zora visited The Silver Underground in order to fight in the Fight Pit, and won 200 Gold.
Volk Lesnoy trained for week 3 out of 9 for his piercer-feat, and then went to the Blacksmith, selling Ol' Stumpy in favor of a magical spear called the Eclipse Spear, and a shield.
Dareth Lion'el's plans were a bit more detailed. First, he sought out Philomena, and as a reward for not stealing anything from The Sterling Syndicate, did some target practice with her; under Captain Ukren Schwerter's supervision of course. Kilbi Leaftooth gave them some apples to practice with, some shots were missed, some hit Dareth himself, and even a headshot nearly took him out as a bullet graced him, but ultimately, target practice was a success, and very fun for Dareth.
The next thing Dareth wanted to do was meet Mikhail. A little talk was had and Mikhail and Dareth went on a date, much to Dareth's surprise as he didn't plan that far. The two found a restaurant that serves exotic cuisine from the Empire of San, the Momiji in the Little Boras district, where they sat down and ordered some Shoyu Ramen. A talk was had, the two very much confessed that they indeed had feelings for each other, but Dareth also still had feelings for his blademother. And how he thought he was a very traditional person, but these new feelings kind of proved otherwise, and he hoped to make things work if his blademother also shared his feelings. Mikhail did agree to try things once it's time, and admitted that this was also pretty much his own first date ever. With more thoughts and feelings exchanged, two proceeded to have a nice lunch-date together. Dareth and Mikhail then went together to Dareth's third piece on his agenda; as he wanted to commission some matching clothes for the party; a tabard for himself, scarves for Philomena and Sooty, a kilt for Volk, and cloaks for Zora and Mikhail.
After downtime, the party heard that The Lucky Sevens finished their rank-up quests; turns out a quest they didn't take, on the Topaz Isle to the north, spiraled into a dragon sighting; the thief that stole from the local New Porgin museum was actually a young crystal dragon, trying to learn more about the area, and got a bit carried away, and the Lucky Sevens were able to retrieve all stolen museum exhibits.
The party is then found by Kilbi, with a letter in her hand. Turns out that Ukren is inviting the party for dinner at the Hunter's Lodge in The Quartz Quarter district to discuss their rank-up quests. On their way there, a scraggly looking young boy shouts "thanks mister", waving, before sprinting away. Turns out that Ukren is standing there with one Limni Diluvi, director of The Silver Heart Trading Company, as well as Volk's sponsor. The kid just lost his mother and he was pickpocketing to help his dad get by, but Limni decided to give him some money and a job offer for his dad.
Limni and Volk had a nice reunion and the party, Ukren and Limni had a nice talk over a very Dinner. Turns out that the diary entry the party found in the old tomb of King de Sangre may have talked about a lost Illiadian artifact; and a Kobold bandit called Henich also has its eyes on it, and has holed himself up with his gang inside the crypt of that old keep, strategically repelling other pawn-ranked adventurers so far. The party's mission for the rank-up is to infiltrate the ruin, stop Henich's gang, and retrieve the artifact. Limni wishes for Henich to remain alive, as he has plans, but he won't be too torn up if Henich doesn't make it. Ukren also told the party that, for this mission, they've been approved to use the Teleportation Circle in the Guildhouse by Victé, where the ruin is located. After this talk, the rest of a nice dinner is had, and Limni told the party that, if they need him, he'll stay in his estate by Arrasse-Park for a while.
The next day the party made their way to Victé, and after several hours of walking, found the keep ruins, guarded by two kobolds. Volk, Derath, Mikhail and Sooty initially tried the diplomatic approach by trying to trick them with Peskin's letter, which initially worked, but when the kobold questioned how this letter could be for Henich, as he can't read common, the lie fell appart and combat happened. A kobold was killed, the other turned into a crying mess and was knocked out.
The party made their way into the ruin, and soon, found themselves near the entrance of the crypt... and heard two kobolds, playing Go Fish, in the room to the west.
SESSION END.