Updated my journal.
=== 2016-02-04 10 - All's well that ends morel ===While Joran and Marby continue work on the Portal Device and applying lessons learned from Vaeril's text, the others go on a field trip to a plane called Hombarien. On their way to the portal, they see a well-dressed man thrown out of the window of a much less well-dressed establishment. The man is a bit out of it, so in the process of saving him from a pummeling, Jaxson pockets the man's money pouch. They put him up in an inn on his own silver so he can sleep it off. After entering the portal, and smartly deciding not to destroy the portal and trap themselves on this new plane, they head to a nearby town and speak to a guard about the environs. They take his direction and head south on a road that leads into a mountain tunnel. In the tunnel, Grodd and Hikari subsist on the local fare of mushrooms while Jaxson tries to convince them that hard tack is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESu9KxoxWLk much more delicious]. On the second day of their journey, Grodd and Hikari find giant 6 foot tall mushrooms while looking for food. The mushrooms attack them! Grodd has another close call with death. They make it into the city and avail themselves of the local temple's healing. Then, it is straight to a merchant's tavern where Jaxson makes a big show for the patrons about their battle with the giant fungi, and how their parts can be sold on other planes for a great profit. He talks a group of young merchants into investing in his venture in exchange for a portion of the profits. After striking the deal, our 'heroes' skip town the next morning and return to Sigil. === 2016-02-03 - Training Montage ===
Jaxson meets a Sensate bard named Vixa and tours the taverns of the Clerk's Ward learning her songs and the manners of Sigil. Hikari finds her mentor Norendal in the Outlands for a refresher on the finer points of tracking. Marby trains with Joran and then assists with studying the Portal Device's data and other research.