After a short rest and an investigation, we realized we lost Aesom, and by extension, our maps. We decide to head back to Ooks, in case Aesom tried to escape and congregated in Aster's basement. As it turns out, he wasn't there so we headed back down.

On the bridge, we see traces of creatures headed to the cave in, where we head as well, hoping to locate Aesom. Since he isn't there, we elect to sleep next to the carcass of a weird beast that we booped on the head.

Dear Diary,

For a couple of spontaneous and creative people, Mallow and Tails can be terribly predictable. They're like a pair of loaded dice. Ugh.

So they're cursed, or blessed, or gifted, or whatever. They're part of it. Now we have to worry that if we kill Avitu, it's going to impact them, as well. Great. Like this wasn't already over-complicated. 

That's mostly their own problem to deal with, though. Probably. Hopefully.

My current concern is Celendrial. I have something that might help her,…

At the last minute I chose not to go through with Avitu’s elevation ritual. I had allowed myself to get swept up in my emotions. The discovery about Malu -- or the lack of Malu, Celendrial’s illness, my fear for Mallow and Priscilla, my love of this town and my fear for it. But as Avitu lowered me under the water, all my hasty decisions and incorrect assumptions flashed through my mind. When I ran away from my tribe instead of talking to them. When I assumed there was something living inside of…

We pursued Marcus into the Tiefling mausoleum and turned him into a nutritious/toxic goo. We almost didn't all maybe die a lot. Avis found the tomb of Aurianna Nocturne, "the final daughter of the House of Night". Her name and sigil matches Avis' pendant. This pendant is made of onyx, a highly illegal substance to own. As we decide to leave the tunnels for the day, we noticed Aeson is no longer there.