Malta 55

We pick up separated, but planning to reunite in the morning at the Gypsy's Heart. Lex maintained his disguise and finally met with Pennyworth, the halfling contact we were hoping would lead us to Ossum. Prior to the meeting, the group of us had been directed to meet in the Museum, a room we had not yet had the pleasure to explore. Here we met with the fire captain, where we made a plan to walk in for breakfast while Lex and Pennyworth had their face to face. It worked perfectly, creating a lot of pressure for him to promise to contact Ossum on behalf of the disguised Lex. Lex hid upstairs in his room, poisoning weapons, and waited many hours for the halfling.

Meanwhile, Carlo and Jabari went about town to to the dog races. Not much happened here, just the rekindling of friendship. Later in the evening Lex had received a message that Tabu was willing to meet, so we planned a midnight rendezvous to see him. We entertained ourselves with dinner, and accepted a couple of private gambling hall invitations to pass the time.

The first was with the Bohenist daughter, our first time meeting. Long story short, she wished to for all align herself and offer financial support toward our "war on Egypt". She has her fathers trade contacts and vast fortune to offer. We came to terms, and formed The Blue Diamond Trding Company. She offered a magnificent purple gem (10,000 gp) and a handful of navigational charts and regional maps revealing a number of trade routes. She claimed to have as many as 20 cannons and munitions to supply our ships with. She was very eager to throw her youthful energy, as well as her blade behind our endeavors.

Although it was beginning to get late, we accepted a gold encrusted mysterious invitation, and were all delightfully surprised to be welcomed into a private chamber hosted by high priestess Kakakombi, of Dis Pater. She was warm, and welcoming, wishing to meet her saviours. We spoke of our commitment to Bugibba as a home base. We told her of our new partnership with Bohenist which pleased her greatly. We offered a tribute to the church of 500 pounds of Egyptian gold treasure, which was so well received that it earned Captain Jabari the pleasure of her company thru the small hours of  the morning. It also earned the Blue Diamond Trading Company preferred dock status, flags of port, and warehousing.

Tabus meeting was a little different. He told us about Nemo. He admitted his position in Bugibba was compromised, and he wanted a position in the Boxer organization that we had all been building. We all liked it, and agreed to try to support him in a move to Selmunett island. His buy in was our choice of any two ships in his harbor and a crate of 20 bird feather tokens to communicate with him. This bought him a top lieutenant status, and there were ships available that were capable of being outfitted with cannons !! He also agreed to try to take a meeting with Nemo.

All of that made for a long night, and we retired.  The newlyweds back to the bed they were enthusiastically wearing out; lex to his "paranoid hideout room"; Carlo  to his pervasive contemplation; captain Lete to the Bonded Mind to keep watch over the most gold he'd ever owned; and Captain Jabari to the arms Kakakombi and every pleasure the flesh doth surely hold.