Starting off where we last left off, the Agate Seekers found Kilbi Leaftooth, currently being tended to and given a glass of water by Furnando, as she has an arm in a sling. The party immediately rushed to her, but Kilbi, a bit embarrassed, told them the story of what exactly happened. Two days ago, she laid down on one of the sofas in the booth after closing-time to rest a bit. However, Galto also decided to rest his legs and sat down without looking, right on top of Kilbi. While he immediately got up and apologized profusely, it still left Kilbi with a sprained arm (though she did say that he was surprisingly soft). She only asked of the party that they don't be mad at Galto, and that perhaps they could talk to him, since he's been awfully quiet the past few days.
The party then went on to talk to Galto. Mikhail, Philomena Snapdragon and Volk Lesnoy did hear some muffled crying, but slowly opened the door to give the big guy some time to clean up. It was indeed a bit odd watching such a big, scary gator-guy weep a bit. The party reassured him that all is ok, while Galto was beating himself up for not watching out enough. However, eventually, they were able to calm him down, after reassuring him that Kilbi's not mad. Nonetheless, he planned on getting her flowers as an apology, later. For now though, he made some BLTs for the party (emphasis on the bacon).
We then start downtime, as several members of the Agate Seekers are able to finish their training, and start a new one. Some letters from the Midnight Sun arrive for Dareth Lion'el Griffmane and Zora, with Zora's frustrating her a little. Also, Mikhail first seeks out Philomena due to recent the... incident with Dareth shouting Celeste Arborguard's name, before seeking out Dareth himself. The talk with him went... okay... ish... maybe. But it did end up with Dareth now giving Mikhail some space, and seeking out the advice of his teammates, including Volk and Zora.
Zora, on her third week of downtime, did meanwhile visit her adoptive parents Kort Daum and Sigrun Daum in the village of Ronda. The family does start talking over a nice, cozy pot of stew. While Kort and Sigrun wanted to finally tell Zora some details regarding the day she was taken in by them, Zora decided to not be told, at least for the time being. As far as she cared, they were her real family. She then proceeded to tell them about her adventures with the Guild and the Agate Seekers.
At the end of downtime, the party then went on to the hiring process for a Spa Worker. They interviewed Bodvi Ducasse, a Half-Orc woman specializing in Aromatherapy, raised by in a Half-Elf family in the Kingdom of Canei, Virlar Fogseeker, a Half-Tirrdaka man with Wood Elf and Firbolg ancestry from Uyela who specialises in massages, as well as Ssini Yoyotli, a Yuan-Ti Pureblood woman who specializes in acupuncture and special acupuncture with the targeted application of toxins.
In the end, after a bit of discussion, Bodvi was chosen, but the party decided to send a missive to Nax Skyscale in the city of Svantmiirik, so that Ssini could, perhaps, start employment at Svantmiirik's own most popular spa, the Serenity and Soul. After one more little incident with Sooty and Dareth, where Sooty tried out the newest spell in his repertoire, scaring several random passersby, the party did finish things up for the day.
The next day, the party's three weeks of downtime were over, and everyone was awoken by the sound of the quest-board's bell. On there, the party found two familiar quests as well as a new one. The first one, set in The Corniola Covenant, being the mission of the Thunderbolt Knights of Kord requesting help with suppressing a malevolent demonic cult, the second one, set in the Lowla Republic, once again requesting the extermination of vampiric beasts that beset a village, as well as a new one, set in the Kingdom of Bursztyn... more specifically the city of Svantmiirik again, of a cook from the Kingdom of Choson in Lagetia who owns a restaurant in the city, requesting aid in retrieving an important item... but refusing to say details.
After a short discussion, and perhaps due to curiosity, the party chose the third quest and set out.
SEESSION END.