As the group meets the new day you find that some are having more difficulty with the after effects of [Tranquil than others.     A plan is formed to finally raise some funds, speculated to be especially important to have for passage to Ilstese. Odi, Imarra, and Ferron head to the Stormfair District to sell the excess hand cannon's and Seldarine idols, while Confidence, Ioanna, and Firn head to the market to busk.   In the Stormfair District Odi, Imarra, and Ferron scout around to sell and come across the strange and sometimes grotesque open market, selling goods of all sorts. Eventually they come across a shop owned by a small woman named Ona who is able to tell them about the hand cannons and how to use them.   In the SOMA Market Confidence, Ioanna, and Firn busk to the crowd near a small food-cart-house called The Magic Noodle Shop . After busking for a while one of the elves operating the shop call out and offer them some free noodles. The owners are very intrigued when they mention the coupons for EXTRA SPICY NOODLES and tell them to come back when you have the whole group.   After reconvening, you decide to check out the noodle shop. After showing the elves your coupons they dramatically close themselves off to business. You hear "WELCOME...DEVIN...AND GUESTS... YOU ARE VALUED CUSTOMERS" emanating from the building. You are told to head to an entrance in the back and you reluctantly enter into the dark hallway inside. It opens up to be impossibly big and eventually turns into a circus tent with the two elves Fivin and Mialee in the center next to a large machine with knobs and a lever and pipes connected to it that run to the top of the tent and out. You are invited to exchange your tokens for a prize and after doing so you find that you received a magical item. After everyone has received an item the world closes around you and you find yourselves back on the streets of the SOMA Market with the The Magic Noodle Shop nowhere to be found.   Disguising Ioanna and Confidence as elves, you head over to the KAAHRP District and find the headquarters being guarded with orders not to let anyone in. You are given a cold shoulder and eventually you are told to speak to KAAHRP Hospitality Services . An Aigrei man named Jeferik lets slip that Maruk might not even be in the city at the moment and is being covered by his Head Prefect Sylvester . A 'Zone of Truth' spell from Odi reveals that there is a serial killer loose in Crandlewood that has been targeting Elves, which is the reason for the tightened security in addition to the tensions caused by the Siege of Grenna . You also find out that some of the royalty from Grenna managed to take refuge here. Including the prince; Veia Linory whom Imarra had known in her time before the Siege of Grenna .   Disguises fading you head back to Ursula's Bar & Inn to regroup and plan for your next move.

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