The four characters met on the docks of Venezia. Penniless in a strange city, they set about looking for ways to make money.
Tsura posed as a boy and was given a letter to drop in the stone lion's mouth at the Doge's palace. She unsealed the letter and discovered that Signora Marta Crispo accused Signora Giada Mocenigo of embezzlement. She resealed the letter and delivered it.
Katsuo and Ma Lian learned that there was a lost trunk in the middle of a canal, owned by Lorenzo Venieri. With some effort the four dredged it up and discovered within a draft of a law banning beer and a golden comb. The law was "accidentally" destroyed and the comb returned for a reward.
Periander and Katsuo wrestled in the town square to entertain onlookers. They gained the attention of Signora Ludovica Dandolo.
Katsuo snuck into the house of Giustiniani. He ignored the orichalcum idol in Giustiniani's foyer and entered the hall, where a party was happening. He remained hidden long enough to overhear that Edoardo Giustiniani has a longstanding passion for Giulia Barbaro, before being discovered by Giustiniani's security chief, Ilaria the White. When asked if he was spying for the Pisanis, he replied that he was spying for the gnomes. He was then beaten and kicked out.
The next day, the group encountered agents of Giustiniani trying to form an angry mob to march on the gnomes. Tsura heckled the agents, and the crowd dispersed for the time being. The group then encountered an agent of Ludovica Dandolo who was looking for Periander and Katsuo. She hired them to accompany a messenger as he traveled with important papers from the Dandolo estate to the Doge's palace.
On the way to the palace by gondola, agents of Grimani led by Luca the Heartless dropped a net under a bridge and tried to jump onto the boat. When they were fought off, Luca offered the group double their pay to turn the messenger over to him. They refused, and Luca tossed a bottle of stinking fish oil onto the boat...
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