Press Gang Mitigation: Capture Siddiqui

Okeanostag, 3rd prime post-Periastron 1056

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1 day

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Lorcan Puddingrass Pasternack Tuinstra, Minji, Timmy, Dominic Holyarm, Kairos Greybeard, and Peb Pebbles accepted the mission from Wymar Adelard to apprehend Siddiqui, a leader of the organized press gang plaguing the Cliffshadow dockworkers and airship crew, now that his location had been discovered.
Lorcan and Timmy scouted the outside of Siddiqui's place, while Dominic, in the shape of a spider, entered the building to spy on the inside.
When the person cooking a meal smashes the spider, Dominic tried to act as if he belonged there, admonishing the cook to improve the soup.
Dominic's ruse failed when another person showed up, and a melee resulted, involving all the Freelancers, and various press gang members emerging from the upstairs and basement. Siddiqui attempted to escape, but in the end the Freelancers downed or captured all but two of them, including Siddiqui.
The Freelancers searched the place and found some papers which did not reveal any new information. Six prisoners were being held in the basement, whom they freed. They left the papers, and took 158 gold which they found, to make it look like a common robbery.
The Freelancers stabilized and bound the downed thugs, then using Peb's cart, brought them all to Wymar; except for the cook, whom Dominic stabilized and left passed out in the alley with a cookbook.
Wymar paid the Freelancers their fee of 150 eagles each.
Returned to Freelancers Tavern same day.

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