It was the Breaching Festival in Korvosa the day after we arrived. After stepping out of the Naughty Imp I noticed a throng of people gathered around carts and vendors, a massive line going to an unknown destination, and what looked like yummy treats. We all stood at a vendor's cart, ogling the threats, and I decided to try what was called an oliphant ear. Zelara was being hassled by a tattooed man to buy what he called "maxmax," which was some sort of pickled fat of some animal, but it sounded disgusting. It was then that we noticed Eorin was missing, possibly swept up by some passing crowd. After being mildly disgusted by the thought of eating pickled fat, Kyle was being tempted by another vendor to buy what was called reed crackers and he(?) at three of the reed crackers. (After note: do not buy or eat reed crackers.) After doing some other investigation about the festival, we all decided to enter the the "warding contest," but we needed to find the line to sign up. Oddly enough, we were already there as it spanned blocks, possibly even miles. While in line we met Professor Dopplepoplis (I don't know if this is the spelling, but this is what I can guess), one of the divination professors at the Academae. He had all of the paperwork for the contest and explained how it worked. Each of us had to attempt to make it as far as we could into the abjuration building of the Academae. The current record holder had mad a single big toe onto the first step of the building. The paperwork was very boring, but it apparently made us honorary citizens with the caveat of only for the purposes of getting health care if we got hurt in the competition. I noticed that Kyle had bought what looked like a wand from some vendor near the line and this wand was some sort of "pencil eraser" and would erase pencils.
We found out that we had about six hours until the contest started, so we decided to peruse the town, but we immediately were distracted by a Hellknight parade. We noticed Aerodus passing by, but Zelara and Kyle decided to be all annoying by yelling, "hey, Aerodus! Hey," and waving their arms like crazy people. Orias and I tried to hide ourselves in way that said, "we don't know these people." As the parade ended Kyle and myself noticed that our pockets were a little bit lighter. I was very upset and decided to get some "retribution" and made another person's pockets a little lighter, but nobody noticed. Shortly after this everyone but myself at some reed crackers and began to become incredibly inebriated. During this time we decided to visit the Avenue of Arms, which was very cool. I think Eorin would have enjoyed it. While in that area we visited the Firebird Guild which had a gift shop. We all perused the shop and bought things, like action figures, key chains, and other memorabilia. We left and decided to get some food, which helped sober up the others while filling my tummy with yummy foods. The food was some sort of shark fin curry. We were then accosted by ten men, all who had hideous haircuts that were like mohawks except more in the shape of a shark fin. How tacky... These "gentlemen" associated themselves with a gang known as the Sharks and said that we needed to pay them 25 gp per person to pass through their territory. I came up with a brilliant idea of steal the 25 gp from them and just pay it, but apparently they weren't carrying that much money on them. Kyle, in his(?) infinite wisdom offered the gang members drinks to relieve the situation, but the gang members decided that we needed to meet their boss, Frank. Orias decided to sneak off, leaving us all to the whims of Frank, who was a bit crazy. He had even gotten a "Frank Mk.II" created, which was just some tractor golem with his face. Kyle then gave all of the thugs reed crackers, allowed them to get high, and then we all walked out and reconvened with Orias, who had had bought more pullers for the imp that decided to take residence on his shoulder.
After making a trip to the Pantheon of the Many, we noticed that we needed to make it back to the Academae for the contest. The beginning of the contest started with dozens of people rushing off into the fray while we just took our time. As we took our stroll we heard screams from the gardens and we took our time to avoid the traps of the gardens. We finished our way through the gardens and noticed what looked like a 60-foot wide moat, but it was not filled with water. It was filled with zombies. Kyle and I knew that we were going to be really good in this situation, so I used disrupt undead to clear a way for Kyle so he(?) could use Channel Positive Energy. Orias and Zelara noticed as Kyle made his(?) way to the center that there traps that were triggered by living creatures being near them, so Kyle skirted around them. As we all made it to the front of the abjuration building we noticed two others there: a kobold and a human rogue, both of whom tried to use all sorts of means to try and get into the building. Kyle made an attempt to get up the steps and began to think, "I need to get some more of that shark fin curry, it was really good." I made an attempt but suddenly needed to, um, relieve myself of some "excess payload," so I went off to the zombie moat and just did it there. I saw that Orias decided to cast some mirror image-style spell and send the illusion up to the steps, but it didn't really work. Zelara even made an attempt and tried to shoot a grappling hook arrow onto the building but it was just a really bad shot. I feel that Zelara's pride was damaged by that. Kyle tried and failed again. And again. And again and eventually just disappeared. Zelara tried shooting the grappling hook again and it stuck, but when she pulled on the rope it disintegrated. I tried to make it up the stairs again, but I started to get nauseous, and then I tried to use floating disk but it began to shatter as I got closer to the steps. Kyle made it back from where ever he(?) was and then asked the kobold for a bucket of sand and then tossed the sand on the steps in an attempt to try and find a weakness. The sand sort of hovered above the surface and instantly shot back towards Kyle. We also noticed that the rogue almost made it onto the roof, but began to immediately retreat and got stuck in the zombie moat in some crazy sticky stuff. We made a deal where we would get him out and we would then take his two immovable rods. The kobold offered up a universal solvent to us and we then gave it to the rogue.
So, in one last attempt, since the sun was setting and the contest was ending, we went together. The kobold jumped on the back of Orias and oddly enough we made a half of a foot onto the first step and then I blacked out. When I woke up I was being addressed by the Academae members along with my companions. They told us that we had broken the previous record and that we would receive a group of prizes. First, we had an amount of money donated to the charity or temple of our choice. Second, we a free scholarship to the Academae which either we could use or give to a family member. Third, we got free shipping and handling for magic items that we order from Korvosa and we could order things via message and receive things within five to ten minutes. Fourth, we got 25% off all scrolls and wands. Lastly, we got what appeared to be some dingy cart, but there when you enter it there is an extra-dimensional space inside of it with small living areas.
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