Ash Over Teller's Run

The party flees the fracture site through the underground hallway but is intercepted by three Ifrit servants of Pyrelight. A chaotic battle unfolds amid recurring zero-gravity waves from the destabilizing fracture; Johnny obliterates one Ifrit with a devastating Horde of Underlings combo, while Benny and Argyle finish the others. Fleeing back, the party bombs the research facility, triggering a catastrophic explosion that collapses Teller's Run underground and sends a tidal wave through the sewers. They escape to find a mushroom cloud of ash over Teller's Run and return to the Sin and Tonic, where Dame Quay debriefs Argyle and the Harlequin announces the pilgrimage departure in one week.

1. Gravitational waves from the fracture begin pulsing through the underground hallway—first knocking party members prone, then creating periodic zero-gravity conditions that make movement chaotic.
2. Three Ifrit figures—Mason Riley, Ashton Morgan, and Robin Olson—approach and initiate combat with a fireball from range. The party engages in a prolonged battle complicated by recurring zero-G waves.
3. Ashton Morgan uses its exploding red breath to kill Anzu's familiar Othello, devastating Anzu; Ashton also emits a 90-foot fear aura upon becoming bloodied.
4. Johnny uses Invented Vulnerability (deception crit) to impose weakness 6 to slashing on Robin Olson, then Flourish-casts Horde of Underlings—six underlings each exploiting the weakness—to obliterate Robin Olson in one devastating combo.
5. Benny kills Mason Riley; Argyle finishes Ashton Morgan with a mythic-boosted spiritual weapon crit, ending the combat.
6. The party flees back toward the sewers, noticing blue liquid pipes destabilizing and gravitational waves increasing in frequency; they hear scientists in a nearby room discussing fracture instability and plans to send another team.
7. The party decides to lure the remaining Ifrit scientists out and bomb the area; Benny plants the artillery shell but is spotted by an Ifrit who alerts the others.
8. Anzu detonates the bomb via telekinetic projectile; the explosion collapses the hallway, bursts the blue-liquid pipes, and a final massive shockwave sends a tidal wave of sewage and glowing liquid through the sewers, injuring the fleeing party.
9. The party emerges in the Masque District to find a mushroom cloud of ash over Teller's Run; the skyscraper remains shielded by an energy sheen. They collect a vial of the blue liquid and return to the Sin and Tonic.
10. Argyle calls Dame Quay, who reports the beacon registered them as 'very far starward'; she mentions possibly sending Sedecium agents to investigate but is cautioned about the Giant and the danger.
11. Anzu's keystone activates—the Harlequin announces all 19 keystones are secured and instructs pilgrims to gather in one week at 9am at the original departure point, warning of festivities on the road.

Cliffhanger With Teller's Run destroyed and a Ifrit having spotted Benny, the party prepares to flee the city for the pilgrimage—gathering one week from departure—while Anzu mourns Othello and the blue liquid's significance remains unknown.

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