Chapter 7: Past The Bedrock

Summary
Told to make themselves scarce over the bounty placed upon them by the Rail Union, the Deputies decided to seek business further afield. Zeek decided to take advantage of the opportunity to return to his monastery to report in and receive additional training. The rest of the group headed to Little Los Angeles, where they drank their troubles away for a time, before heading off to meet with Narra once more. After a minor incident involving an unfortunate choice of changeling disguise, it was decided that Narra would be lending some additional assistance to the party (by way of her pixie acquaintance Acernis, also known as Aqua) for a time, to make up for the indisposed Feen.

On their way to their selected bounty to assist the Dwarven Kingdom in the Stocky mountain range, Nellie decided to settle into a gig playing music in a local dwarven inn, leaving the rest of the party to handle the Kingdom's request for assistance.

Soon after arriving in the Halls of Iron, the deputies found themselves on a secret mission to spelunk deep into the dwarven cave systems to inspect malfunctioning magical Repulsion Crystals. They were joined by two dwarven guides, and pushed deep into the cave systems. However, after a harrowing encounter with an Aboleth claimed the lives of one of their stocky scouts, the deputies decided to withdraw from the caves and then the mission. Though they brought back useful observations on one of the malfunctioning devices, they left unrewarded, with the truth of the matter lost to them for now.