>>5325368They descend underground.
The caves contain several types of machinery that are operates by those automatons, moving large crates of potions without caring about living creatures.
The designated areas for placing potions that need to neutralized are marked clearly with bright red text and large amount of lanterns surrounding them.
The group decides to follow where the potions get moved to, and follow the automatons.
After the designated crates are full, the automatons carry them to a crane which lowers it further down until they reach a large collective of buildings. They caught up to it by using elevators meant for the goblin workers here.
The group can see shadows move in those rooms and automatons leaving the them while moving wheelbarrows that contain several waterskins and pouches filled with liquid.
The group decides to eavesdrop on the workers…
‘… batch is full.’
They hear a few goblins speaking.
"Alright. That’s good. You guys are a little behind schedule, but this should be alright. Get this batch done by tomorrow."
The group hears an old female human talking to then goblins.
‘Tomorrow? We.. we can’t. It will take about three or four days.’
"I know you could pull this off with all five stations working."
"Dump the pervious batches of the 4th and 5th station into the lake. Get those stations working immediately."
‘That’s.. possible, but we still won’t have time to completely clean the residue of those machines. The people ingesting the potions could make extreme changes in personalities and mood control.’
"That’s the plan."
"We’ve already paid for your work. Do it."
"Their lives are worth less than ours. Unfortunate? Yes. I don’t want to see their crime rates rise, but it’s a matter of our nation against some other one. We need the west to support us. Without their support, nothing’s stopping them from taking our land."
"My men will come pick them up by tomorrow’s noon."
The old human leaves the building and takes the elevator upwards.
She has long grey hair that reaches her collar bone. She wears a black cloak with orange trinkets over a green shirt and pants. She seems quite old, around her 60s or so.
Based on her words, she’s likely associated with the government.
Her actions still haven’t answered the question of how Zeal’s failed potion got into the hands of some guy in Cinderpath. Maybe he bought it from a black market peddler that was in our neighboring country?
The group decides to..
>>Scout ahead and sabotage the 4th and 5th stations.>>Confront the workers and try to convince them to not perform this action.>>Observe.>>Confront the old lady.>>Write in(Sorry for writing this late. Had a few college projects due this week.)
