The party quickly move to review Khorvus' wounds, as he was left unconcious from the last battle. Arth (with Luke being absent, the GM takes over) casts Aid, granting Khorvus both temporary and restorative hit points. He wakes up, slightly disorientated and takes a moment to rest and heal. Trix tries to listen for other possible threats in Gondel Wing, and hears what sounds to be chittering from small creatures off in the distance. The party move off to inspect the locked display case on the other side of the main exhibit hall, finding a single gauntlet marked under the name Glove of the Aesterians. Trix attempts to use her thieving tools to open the case, but loses her focus and jams her lockpick. Edolkar elects to use force, smashing the hilt of his sword against the glass of the case. This frees up the case, but activates a glyph of warding, causing an alarm to sound throughout the room. Trix picks up and casts Identify on the item, understanding that it three charges a day, and is designed to have the hand extended with an open palm towards a target. Khorvus elects to hold onto it for now, and they proceed forward into the other parts of Gondel Wing.

Welcome to School's Out, an eight-part story arc featuring members of the Strixhaven series on another D&D adventure. This arc includes our first 'guest' on the podcast, a good friend of the group: Chris! If you haven't listened to the podcast before, not a problem. While the characters may reference some events from the school year, this arc is considered a standalone adventure, so you don't need to have listened to the previous season to enjoy it. Consider checking out some resources on the Schools Out page on our website for more information.

The party stand in the security office at Quandrix, with Vestan having just been plane shifted away by an unknown assailant. They wrap things up with Captain Annette Dawn, with her taking the 'tuning fork' for safekeeping and asking the party for their discretion on the events, to avoid a panic among the student body.

Recovering from their long night hunting down and capturing Vestan, the party travel back to their dorm and rest. Out of game, this presents an opportunity for the party to level up to level 4! The players discuss what this brings for each character. At level 4, players can usually choose between increasing character attributes, or taking on a feat, which can provide some benefit for certain situations, like a new spell or ability.

The party take a moment to heal and assess the situation, having just fought off a Shadow Demon, summoned by Vestan. As they prepare to leave and find where Vestan teleported to, the automata that fell down the stairs early returns, bringing Shaile Talonrook, the Dean of Radiance as 'help'. Shaile immediately expresses concern for the damage to the teacher's lounge, but moves to help heal the party. As the party bring her up to speed, she agrees they should find him, but to do so safely.

Seeing Elias meet with Vestan in the park, the party decide to follow Vestan, possibly finding where he goes using his 'professor' robes that make up his Rodane disguise. He eventually arrives at the Biblioplex, and makes his way to a hallway that leads to a variety of classrooms and storage areas. The party are able to avoid the attention of a Lorehold 'mascot 'spirit statue, mumbling to itself, who seemed eager for a chat, and find a door marked 'Faculty Storage and Lounge'. They reason that Vestan is likely in here, but find that a Glyph of Warding has been configured around the door frame, and looks to be set to activate an Alarm spell if the conditions of someone passing through the frame are not met. They are able to open the door and see it leads down a staircase, but don't walk through the door frame.

Leaving Garak's warehouse with some additional coin and spell scrolls, the party go back to Snorge to let him know their side of the deal is done. Snorge is surprised on their speed to complete the task, but says he'll have their requested Fireball spell scroll available in a few days. The party take time to rest, catching up on their classes and extracurriculars, before returning two days later to get the spell scroll.

Having agreed to 'put the heat' on some students that owe Snorge's employers, the party travel to a nearby warehouse where Garak Tolade and a group of students known as The Cogs work out of part-time. Trix runs off to the lost and found bin at the Biblioplex, and searches for a variety of equipment that the party can use as a disguise. Trix returns, surprising the party at first, and dishes out costumes. They construct fake names to use:

Celebrating their recent win in Silkball, the party come back to their schoolwork. For this third and final trimester, everyone chooses an elective of their choice:

The episode continues with the party arriving at the Silkball stadium. The best way to describe Silkball is like a combination of dodgeball and lacrosse. For those interested, Ben and Michelle have created a set of rules for the game which you can download for free here, along with some game maps: