Episode 12: Armaster, Part 5

After their match against the Illusions, the Canaries are approached by Erika Judd, representative of Goldways, and she escorts them to Kurt Jenssen's private room above the arena. Kurt expresses his interest in the Canaries, but explains he wants to see more before he commits to a new team. The party skims the sponsorship contract; included is an agreement to follow directions and tactical advice from Goldways and its representatives.

The party returns to the Ticklish Spider and rests.

The following day, the party meets Radovan at the Slice of Life cafe. Radovan produces a search warrant for Focus Financial – the judge owed him a favor. The party and Radovan make their way to the bank, and are permitted entry with the warrant. Radovan gives the party police badge stickers for kids.

They find Melor Trewella, the accountant, in his office, and Kika and Radovan press him into confessing that he has been intentionally doctoring the records of both Firetronics and Goldways. The evidence confirms that Goldways distributes a portion of their profits to Firetronics when they win, and vice-versa, proving a mutually beneficial arrangement between the two companies.

Melor is nervous that Kurt will have him taken care of, and Radovan takes him into witness protection at the police station. The police chief, Wodan, appears uncomfortable with this development. Radovan tells the party he will remain at the police station to protect Melor, as he does not trust the chief.

The party checks out the Twin Whistle tavern, where they have heard Ring teams like to hang out, in the hopes of making friends with other competitors so they'll be in a better position to notice if anything shady occurs. They meet the Night Stalkers, who seem uninterested in talking to them. Fan encounters one of the dragonborn of Bahamut, named Halfdan, who is traveling and has stopped in the area to do good deeds. He agrees to keep his eyes open for any suspicious events.

The party has their next Ring match as the Gold Canaries against the Tihaka Three. Ridley pants-es a guy and flips everyone off. Kika approves. Fan gets her first Fan. Arend cheers them on, and the party is victorious.