Session 2: The City That Notices But Doesnt Care
Session 2: The City That Doesn’t Care (But Notices Everything)
The second session of our journey saw the "Sovereign Soul-Units" transition from the sterile halls of the dead into the grinding gears of Sigil’s bureaucracy and the cold eyes of planar inevitability. Having escaped the Mortuary, the party followed the tout Saren to the Hive Ward's most famous refuge.
I. Triage at the Gatehouse
The party arrived at The Gatehouse, headquarters of the Bleak Cabal, seeking to stabilize their fractured minds. Inside, they underwent "quiet triage" where Bleaker examiners monitored their planar resonance and pulse.
• The Anomaly: The Bleakers discovered a fundamental wrongness: the party has died recently at least twice, yet their beliefs have not collapsed into the expected nihilism.
• The Newest Fracture: Administrator Mirelle of the Open Palm identified Kayne as the "newest fracture," noting his memory loss was extremely recent (days or weeks) compared to the others.
• A Warning in Ink: Kayne’s semi-sentient tome, That’s Illegal!, reacted to the environment, manifesting a note: "Resurrection without authorization constitutes a violation of cosmic labor law".
II. The Oppressive Certainty of the Hall of Records
Redirected to seek facts where they are hoarded, the party entered the Hall of Records, the seat of the Fated (Takers). They encountered Edrik Vallas, a senior clerk who viewed them not as heroes, but as "statistical impossibilities".
• Over-Recorded Anomalies: The party discovered they were not unknown to the city; they were over-recorded. Their files refused to stay bound, looping back on themselves and referencing events after their own recorded dates.
• PC Revelations:
◦ Kayne: Listed as an Active Auditor despite his "processing" status.
◦ Grisland: Deaths were recorded off-plane with a mysterious notation: "Do not detain".
◦ Gauthak: His records showed "excessive collateral" and inconsistent witness accounts.
◦ Farryn: Flagged with a "BALANCE INTEREST" stamp by an unknown authority.
◦ Zigga: Records cited a name from her past—Zaga—and noted she operates "outside moral registries".
• The Final Warning: Edrik warned the party that if someone claims the Wheel of Fortune can be "controlled", they have already lost.
III. The Bottle & Jugs' Veiled Quest for the Regulator
Seeking good eats at the Bottle & Jug, the party was approached by a messenger from Zaga (Maryn’bl Zagnibs). The messenger's name is Nyxara.
• The Mission: Unknown to them Zaga tasked the group with retrieving a delicate brass-and-glass device (a Regulator), in a condemned foundry within the Lower Ward.
• The Result: Navigating the vault's traps and an endless argument between statues, the party successfully returned the item to the bitchy messenger at B&J. Nyxara concluded that Zigga was either truly amnesiac or "lying beautifully".
She gives the item back, as well as a coupon coin to A'Kin's and a coin purse. She appeared to have lost what she was supposed to give you.
The session concluded with the party realizing they are leftovers in a broken cycle, destined to be used as weights on a malfunctioning cosmic scale.
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