Lupin purchases a sword cane for defense.

Felric purchases a set of knives called “The Stars Return Blades.” These were made by a weaponsmith who worked with an astromancer to create the weapons. I’ve heard rumors that the blades dissolve into light after thrown and then rematerialize in their case. Felric negotiates and brings the price down to 60 from the original 70.

Gordon the Dwarf looks for a handaxe that will help him as a healer. He considers a couple of options and settles on the Life Mender’s Hatchet, which leeches the life force from a downed foe and captures the energy as a healing spell for later. Gordon negotiates as well and pays 110 gold.

We head back to the Menagerie and speak the password “teapot” again. Celestiah shows Marlowe the item and he is able to see through the illusion. He inspects it and is extremely pleased. Celestiah asks Marlowe what he intends to do with it, and he says that it is one of the most powerful and useful magical items in existence, and that he would never sell it; it will be kept here so it is safe and can be used for our adventures.

Marlowe goes to the register and gets us the rest of our money — 600 gold each!

We see several more curious things in the room. One is a “temporal stabilizer”. There is also a clockwork songbird, musical mechanical flowers, focusing lenses, and a consciousness vessel. We see some blueprints that say “experimental device” and it looks like he was working on something to do with memory capture. He explains that the sphere it’s a consciousness vessel that can hold parts of personality for preservation. He shows us a crystal that can capture more of a mind and preserve it.

Felric asks him why this is important to him. He says it’s his life work. He gets more serious and asks if we’ve ever lost someone. Lupin says yes. He says that he lost his sister Evelyn, and it’s her song that is playing on one of the other devices. He wants to bring her consciousness back, as a final end goal.

He goes to a spider-looking device with a crystal on it. He activates it a holographic map appears. The Thaumaturgical Society event tonight is hosting an item called the “Harmonic Pendulum” that can help to hold consciousness patterns. He says that he has tickets for us, and our job is to retrieve this item. The pendulum will be in the east wing under moderate guard. He gives us a small bag of mechanical scarabs that could provide a distraction for us.

The pendulum is encased in a hexagonal crystal display. It is brass and silver alloy and emits a humming sound that changes pitch every 3 minutes. The exhibit will close tomorrow, so this is time sensitive. He gives us 250 gold each as a down payment, and says that we can choose an “uncommon” item from his collection once the pendulum has been collected.

We decide to go to Lupin’s haberdasher, Madame Lillian’s Emporium. Marlowe says that he has arranged for reasonable pricing for us. After we get fancy clothing that would fit in during the event, we head back to our homes and get to sleep for the night.