ASG 002 - You Want To Know MY Name?

In "Minauros", the thieves all bet on a Rat Race where the participants were named after famous Archdevils, though everyone ended up losing their bets. Dee learned the name of the race handler, Thrill, and used feminine charm to distract him while Nessa Nina swiped his keycard. The group moved to the "Phlegethosian" spa and snuck into the laundry room using Thrill's keycard, and stole three uniforms. Unwatched in the spa, Dee used a disguise kit to transform Rasmus into a red tiefling security guard wearing an Afterlife employee suit. During this time, Leila found that the keycard and her wildshape shared the same Transmutation, and developed a plan to back up Rasmus.

With a spider Leila hiding behind the keycard in his pocket, Rasmus entered the employee-only area, posing as a new and untrained guard named "Vanity." He spoke to another employee named Boldness, tricking the guard into believing Quentin had never told him anything about the job. He learned that the boss used a Minotaur Skeleton named "Virgil" to guard the vault, controlling it with a rod made of bone, and that the gnome typically stayed in his office when not busy with the tournament. Boldness also told him about the jail cells past the monitoring room, the length that they kept rule-breakers in the Afterlife, and the keys on the wall to lock them.

Rasmus then headed to "speak to Quentin", but went back to the laundry room, and he and Leila came out as their true selves. They joined Nessa and Dee at the rat races, who was once again going tits-out on Thrill. Satisfied they had learned and gambled enough, they left the Afterlife, and were given back their magic items. They were ferried up the River Styx then met Duplicity Kye at the lot, and on the way back to Cliffsunder, they formed a plan (see below).

They bought manacles and grappling hooks in town using old thieving contacts, then spent the night at Doctor Dannel's apartment. Ellenor stayed up late, fashioning a sort of dildo painted in gold to resemble a tiny gnomish penis. She used this time to clear the air with Nessa, revealing why she had taken the name of "Dee". Nessa's previous protege had been killed by Nigel Breatham for not giving up Ellenor's location, and Ellenor still clung to this ghost of the past.

Though she did not understand why Ellenor would invoke Dee's name, Nessa forgave her former student. She then beckoned that everyone rest; they needed to be sharp, as they were only hours away from undertaking a hell of a heist.