Lucia's Diary 34

We went to the mage guild and got an invoice for the expedite research cost, and then we went to the council to get the money as they wouldn't do any of the research up front until we got them the payment. When we get to the council, the paladins there refuse to let us go see the council... well, at first, then we got them to let us in... we're good that way... well, Manny is anyway.

When we finally get to see the council, they all seem grumpy. But we do speak with them and they're ok with paying the bill for the research and providing additional, reasonable equipment!

As we are walking down back to the mage guild, we apparently set off some crazy teleport trap that teleported us into some warehouse, where we were attacked by a large group of weird gross eel and tentacle creatures....and... and... ugh, one of those nasty things got me... totally disgusting, I almost died... ugh... If only I had better spells and Totoro were stronger...

I think step one is to have a constant mage armor on for myself and Totoro... 24/7... it's a burn of good spells and with the way the Hub works, it's a little risky, but I have to do it... I don't want that to ever happen again! I'm gonna have nightmares forever...