More than Nothing: Captives

[Part of the Party Time journal]

Years after their victory at Skydagger the Numerologist zeal has grown oppressive and our heroes are seeking other answers to life. Surely there is more than nothing in the fields of science and magic!?

Ughhh works on the power of convincing
Moomba works on the power of invisibility
Raah-min works on the power of teleportation 
Jerghon G works on the power of... jazz? wtf? 

Too bad for them before they get far in their studies they are arrested as heretics by the Inquisition and with burlap sacks on their head are taken to the courtyard of Duchess Adele Verona who beheads another prisoner ahead of them. Due to time constraints they are taken away to a prison pit while the rest of the court prepares for the arrival of Papa Smurf. 

In prison pit they meet a tattooed guy who is concerned about their presence there and says the future itself depends on them listening to him. A powerful blood hex is in the bell tower, a trap to eliminate Papa Smorfonof and everyone within a few miles. To have any chance of survival they need to disarm it before it explodes and escape North to Belesia where they won't be persecuted.

As the chubby guard above dies from drinking tea, the tattooed man continues "there's no time to explain. It's called the Bridgerton Blood hex and everything they need to know is in a book in the library in the West Wing." He needs to do one more thing to give them a chance to survive this and proceeds to violently kill himself with a rock while chanting, splattering his blood and tattoos onto them!

Then there is a sound of a bell ringing and a moment later an explosive sound erupts from the grounds. A red wave of energy passes through the walls and quivers with heat distortion as they feel their blood boil and flesh drip away from their bones. Then all is darkness... and then the burlap sack is removed from their heads and they find themselves back in the courtyard as they arrive, now caught in a time loop. Only this time the tattooed man is gone, and they already have pieces of his tattoos.

Moomba gains a bird tattoo
Raah-min gains a unicorn tattoo
Ughhh gains a possum tattoo
Jerghon G gains a tattoo of "an anthropomorphic wolf playing clarinet"

For fun all skill checks here use Jenga now, and any collapse of the tower reset the time loop but the "difficulty" (number of pieces to pull) reduces as their characters gain knowledge from each loop.

[Inspiration from Long May She Reign]