Exposition!!!!!!

We started the week with Finn following the direction of Baiter Nant and going to visit the man in the library about the ruins. There were concerns that Jenny could not be trusted and so Finn had not wanted her to be aware he was going to visit the library. To distract her, Fang made a tremendous mess in the kitchen and then requested she help him clean up.

When Finn got to the library, he looked around and found a back door to go through. He entered the library and found his way through a kitchen past some rooms where there appeared to be people sleeping and storage rooms.

When he approached the center room where the library resided, he saw a man sitting at a desk and approached. The man did not introduce himself, but they had an interesting conversation in which Finn explained that he had come at the request of Baiter.

They had a lengthy conversation in which the man explained to Finn that the ruins contain a chamber that is said to hold technology and magic that would solve almost all of the worlds problems. From small boxes that would produce food out of thin air to devices that would diagnose and cure illness, all the wonders imaginable can be found in there. The man went on to explain he had been on the island for a long time researching the ruins and leading Kang's expedition because he hoped that once Kang had gained access to the chamber with his help, that Kang would allow him to share the wonders found inside with the world. Finn and the man parted ways with Finn being allowed to take the man's notes along with a number of books to share with his comrades. 

While Finn was in the library, Opal was off searching the market for ingredients for the evening meal. As she made her way through the market she overheard a piece of conversation that two slaves were having while shucking corn. Their conversation consisted of one man asking the other why they couldn't go to the dig site now and just finish, to which the other man explained that a few more days and they would be through. This caught Opal's attention and so she decided to approach them. As she approached she saw they were slaves bearing the crest of the Woot-Ang pirate family. She decided to ask Fang about it later.

Opal tactfully asked them what they were planning and explained that she was part of a group of people who also were looking for something on the island and maybe they had similar goals. The two men were a bit standoffish, however they were willing to meet with her and her compatriots if that was desired and explained they would be at this building and could be available to talk.

Opal brought this information back to the group and everyone took a bit of time to say, "we have things to discuss" when Fang and Jenny got back and the evening meal had to be made. Apparently, after their work was done, Fang and Jenny had gone off and roamed the island all day talking.

That evening during the meal Baiter again invited Finn to join him and again after the meal they retired to the back porch. Finn explained all the things he and the man in the library discussed. Baiter was happy at this and told Finn the man's name was Clyde. Finn went on to explain that Clyde had given Finn his notes and he was hoping to review them later. Baiter got excited by this news and invited Finn into his bedroom to review some things.

Once inside Baiter summoned Fang to get them a bottle of wine and then proceeded to show Finn that he had a lot of notes from other trips to locations that were a lot like the one they found in Boswell. Baiter explained he had been on the island for 13 years and had been researching the ruins for longer than that.

The notes that Baiter had were significantly different than Clyde's though. Clyde's notes seemed to be a lot of transcription of the words and detailed illustrations of the rooms and surroundings, where Baiter's notes seemed to be much more detailed and involved the mechanics of mechanisms they found as well as drawings and replicas of the keys and how they worked. Finn was realizing that he had enough to work with here and decided he needed to look the information over with the group.

Finn explained to Baiter that he was fairly certain he had the means to open the door and decided to bargain his and the group's freedom for his knowledge.  Baiter agreed and said if Finn could get him into the inner chamber, then Finn could have anything he wanted, up to and including Baiter's hand in marriage.

Before they parted ways, Baiter wanted to demonstrate something to Finn and so sat down on his lap and proceeded to knock over a vase with water and flowers all over the research notes. Then he removed his custom made pocket watch that he had shown Finn before, and using some kind of mechanism on the watch, he reversed time causing the water flowers and vase to jump back to where they were. At that point Fang walked in and Baiter hopped up almost like he was embarrassed.

Finn rejoined the other slaves and the rest of the night went on business as usual for the most part. Jenny was mysteriously absent that evening and the group did not spend a lot of time trying to figure out where she went, they just carried on like she had been there.

Later everyone was in the bunk room and they put their heads together and reviewed the notes. They discovered that runes on the 'keys' they had found were actually a coordinate system. They reviewed the notes and mapped out where the locations that other ruins had been found and then used the keys to dial in the coordinates. Each time they dialed in a set of coordinates, the key they were using would glow slightly.  They realized that one key was able to dial in coordinates north of Lion's Roar and the other key was able to dial in coordinates south of Lion's roar. The notes went on to further explain that the keys could be used to go from portal to portal, and with the right power source, create new portals.

While they were getting close to the end of their investigation, Fang noticed a dark clothed figure enter the building via the back door over near Baiter and Jenny's rooms. Opal and Finn decided to investigate and discovered that Jenny was returning from somewhere. She was cleaning herself off because she had blood all over her and they observed a pair of very interesting pistols along with a set of 'ninja' swords. Knowing that Jenny was some kind of assassin scared the pair of them and they headed back to the bunks.

The following day Baiter seemed to be in a phenomenal mood and as he left for the day he instructed Jenny and Opal to get enough dinner tonight too make food for everyone. They wrapped up the chores very early again and once again Fang and Jenny went off to roam the island while Opal went off to find the people that she talked with the day before and see if she could find out more about their operation.

As they enjoyed a foot race and site seeing day, Jenny revealed to Fang that she was not happy on the island and would want to leave if she could. She said she would want to leave with her family though not elaborating on who her family was.

Opal noticed a house that a lot of activity was going on in front of and on closer inspection learned that one of the slaves in the house had gone on a rampage and killed everyone. The slave in question was missing. Opal proceeded to find the Woot-Ang slaves who told her that they were going to be having a meeting at midnight and that one of their members was in the house that was slaughtered the night before. Opal did not commit and decided to head back to the house.

That evening Baiter invited everyone to sit at the table and eat with him. It was a tense meal as Baiter revealed he knew that Opal was the real cook and Doc was aware now that he could time travel which put him at significant unease.

After the meal Baiter went to rest claiming he was tired and Jenny and the group sat and talked. Finn revealed that he and the group knew how to open the door and that they were planning on working with a group of people to gain access to below the prison. Jenny revealed that she was Baiter's Sister, Clyde was their father and that Baiter had killed the original Nant and became who he is now. She also revealed that Finn and Fang were free men having paid their own ransom when they arrived.

Jenny further revealed that the group that Opal had encountered was part of the Nant operation essentially. The house that she had to slaughter was compromised and the cell of the organization that resided there had been infiltrated by Kang. At this point she went and woke Baiter and they discussed next steps.

Next thing they knew they had taken a secret path out of the library and using a concealed set of walkways and a tunnel, ended up under the prison to go investigate the ruins with Baiter, Jenny and Clyde.

Will they find treasure and technology? Will they find their doom? I am sure we will find out in the next episode.