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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 6840251" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p>(Sorry for the long delay - Weekly postings of this Campaign Journal will now resume)</p><p></p><p></p><p>Chapter 80, “Fire wands, fire wands, who has the fire wands?” September 11, 1882, 12:40P.M.</p><p></p><p>Once at the telegraph office Abby jumped down and secured the horse, picked up Indy, and strode inside. "Sabah, we need you." Sabah is inside the telegraph office with Cetan and Meren. The Bast Priestess says, "How can I be of help?"</p><p></p><p>Abby states, "Actually, I can use all of you. There's another player here we didn't know about. A Sheikh is bankrolling Abdullah, and he's here with him. He has six sons, all of them in the crowd and wielding wands of fireball. They're meant to attack the Palace, but this city is made up of a lot of wood, fire could go out of control fast. I need to get those men out of the picture, or at the very least, their wands.</p><p></p><p>I thought I could do a detect magic and try to spot them. Six identical auras should make it possible to pick them out. Then each of us can target one and get that tat wand out of play in whatever way works for them. Meren, Cetan, I could use both of you as well, if you're willing. I'll carry those items if you like, Sabah. Just so they aren't left here unattended. Or you could carry them, of course." The three immediately agree to help.</p><p></p><p>Abby looked to make sure Indy had made it inside. "And Sabah, it seems a little coincidental that this sweet little one seems to have adopted me in the last few minutes. Am I just seeing shadows now, or is this cat special?" She replies, "I will check, a Bast Priestess can communicate with felines without needing to use a spell." Sabah takes Indy and the two of them exchange what sounds like a series of meows, purrs and yelps. The Priestess then looks up at Abby and says with a smile, "Your feline friend wishes to remind you that the word 'Independent' translates as 'Alsoomse' in the Algonquin language."</p><p></p><p>"I don't think remind is quite the right word, since I don't speak Algonquin," Abby said with a smile and a shake of her head. "Alright, let's get out there and see if I can spot those sons." She stepped outside, hopefully the others following. Cetan, Meren and Sabah all accompany Abby and Callum, the cat following as well.</p><p></p><p>Abigail arrives back at the square along with Callum, Meren, Cetan and Sabah. They see that most of the crowd have fled, with the remaining men all clustered in smaller groups behind various cover and continuing to fire occasionally at the palace. Across the courtyard, Henry Jones heads in their direction. They do not immediately see Maurice Boujoulais or Henry Jekyll. Abby casts the detect magic cantrip and scanned the crowd, looking for six identical or near identical auras.</p><p></p><p>She breathed a huge sigh of relief when she saw how empty the square had gotten. "Cal, keep an eye on Henry. I'm going to be a bit distracted for a few moments. The place is pretty well cleared out though, this will take a lot less time than I'd imagined." With that, she cast the detect magic and began looking for six identical or near identical auras that should give away the fire-wielding sons.</p><p></p><p>The first grouping of nine men has six with magical auras, mostly on worn jewelry, although two have what appears to be magical ammunition inside their revolvers. Two men in the group have what appear to be magical wands, one hidden inside a robe, the other in a man's hand. That one being held is gold (most-likely gold-plated on tungston) and nine-inches long with an emerald fastened to the wand's end. The entire wand appears magical although the highest concentration is around the gem. The man with the held wand appears to have the most magic in this group.</p><p></p><p>"These people around fooling around, they're loaded for bear," Abby muttered to Cal while sweeping her eyes to another part of the square. Nearing a second group, there appears to be more men but less magic. She only spots three with magical items, one with magical footwear, another with a ring, and the third with a belted wand identical to that of the man with the first group. That man also has a revolver with magical ammunition. Once they passed far enough away from the group to not be overheard, Abby said quietly, "A second wand, I think I've seen two of them so far. Where's Mr. Jones? We need to know what he has to say."</p><p></p><p>Callum says, "He slipped into that next group." They approach while he spell is still activated. She not only sees young Henry but detects that he has magical sandals on his feet. This group, like the last one, is sparse on magic, with the only other person with any being a young man with an identical wand, magical ammunition in a rifle slung over his shoulder, and a magical rope belt. Abby says, "I need you to lead. The spell is going to go down soon and want to do all the looking I can. Just lead us somewhere that Mr. Jones can met us discreetly."</p><p></p><p>They approach the next group, a group of eleven men plus young Mr. Jones. This group only has one person with magic on him. It is an identical wand as the others, as well as magical ammunition in his revolver. The spell comes to an end. They keep walking until they're far enough away from the group of men to speak again. "I think I can spot those wands without the spell now." She described the men in each group who had one that she'd already seen. "If things go downhill, we need to neutralize those men as quickly as possible. Before if we can manage it."</p><p></p><p>Abby tried to stop in a place where young Mr. Jones could approach without suspicion. He sees them and hurries back as they move on towards the next group. She is then distracted by rifle fire, followed by shouting and other shots. She see a good distance back the high priest shooting at Lawrence, being shot at by Ruby, and others then firing on George. Several from that group run towards the priest as others collapse. George then charges the remaining man with a rifle.</p><p></p><p>As George nears the man attempts to club him with the rifle stock. George successfully ducks under it. Ruby reloads her rifle, really not wanting to take a shot at a man engaged in a scuffle with George. Ruby says, "We're still best up here at this vantage point Nana, we have an advantage. Stay sharp and be prepared with another missile if we need it."</p><p></p><p>Abby had a blade half-pulled before she realized what she was doing and slammed it back home. Instead she muttered a Grease spell under her breath, aiming at it Mr. Eastman's opponent. The Grease Spell is effective, with the man using the rifle as a club slipping and falling onto the ground. George attempts to kick the gun away from the man. George's kick is successful, and seeing himself alone, the man turns and runs. Ruby glances around the area, looking for any more potential trouble for George or Lawrence.</p><p></p><p>After Abby has cast her spell young Henry Jones whispers to her and Callum "They plan to launch a full attack on the palace when Ra's Chime rings out from his Temple. That's at approximately 1:00PM local time, around twenty minutes from now." Abby asks, "Who are "they" and how many people do they have. We've gotten this area pretty well cleared out." While waiting for the answer, Abby prepares to cast a message spell, looking for a place where she can be inconspicuous, as well as get the message to George and Mina at the same time.</p><p></p><p>He says, "That group of men I was just with and those other small groups. Each group has an Arab Prince with them. There are other groups behind the castle, planning to storm the rear entrances. Since those groups can't see these out front, and need to have a coordinated attack, they will use the chime as the signal for the attack." Abby says, "Alright, walk with me. Be as casual as you can and cover me. I need to pass the word."</p><p></p><p>She waited a few moments until they appeared to be just three people walking, coincidentally into a position where she could talk to both George and Mina. She made the slight, subtle gestures of the Message spell and then pointed toward George with one hand and Mina with the other, hoping she was close enough to both. She began to whisper. "Attack starts at 1:00PM with the chimes. They have groups behind the castle to attack the rear. Each of the groups out here in the front has a Prince with a wand of fireballs with them. You can respond to me, I'll hear you. The spell will last about ten minutes."</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Lawrence mimics an old man for a while. Every now and then he stops at a shop and tries to see if anyone if following him. Once he is sure, he'll walk normally back to Abby, George, and Ruby.</p><p></p><p>Both George and Mina receive the message. Mina relays it to Ruby. Ruby manages to spot both them at opposite sides of the main courtyard. She also now sees Callum and Abby walking with a young Arab boy. She says to Mina "What are they planning to do with the fireballs? Any way we can take them out instead? At least some of them?" Mina relays this back.</p><p></p><p>Abby replies, "I don't know specifically. But they're planning a battle, so they're going to burn the enemy or the Palace. Probably both. I think we need to focus on them and get the wands away from them. I've already determined who some of them are, and I know what the wands look like. I'm just trying to think of some subtle way to take them out. Otherwise I'll just be kicking off the party early."</p><p></p><p>George replies to Abby's spell. "Then we need to take out the chimes, does anyone know where they are? If they don't ring we can buy some time." After Abby relays George's question to Callum and Henry, Callum replies, "It is in the tower of the Temple of Ra, around three blocks away from here. But sounding the chimes is part of the sacred duties of the Priests of Ra. I doubt that we'd be able to convince them to abandon their responsibilities, nor are we ready to fight a group of innocent priests, some of whom are rather powerful." Abby relays this back to George.</p><p></p><p>George says, "Get Mina to cast a silence spell on the tower, she can do that remotely and not interfere with the priest's duties, they will ring the bell, it just won't sound. It can buy us at least 5 to 10 minutes". Callum likes the plan, and given that the spell's range for Mina is 560 feet, she would be able to get close enough. She would have to still walk a distance so should leave soon.</p><p></p><p>Abby says, "I'll make sure the people with me know who the men are with the wands. I hate to take them on one on one, but that may be what we'll have to do. Or at least two of us per and hope we can get to the others in time." "Damn it Abby I am on the ground, get me some faces and I will get those wands." mutters George back through a message spell as he takes in the quickly shifting battle and seeks cover of his own. "I can't get you pictures, but I can describe," Abby said. She then described the two in the groups closest to George, as well as the wands.</p><p></p><p>George grabs a new turban from a man on the ground and having altered his appearance some, but still disguised as an Egyptian, heads towards the closest of the groups. Ruby says, "Frankly, friends, I'm stumped. It seems there are way too many princes with wands of fireballs for us to take them out, especially since there are groups of people with each one. Now, I happen to know how to use those wands, if we got on hands on a couple of them I could use them to our advantage, but I wouldn't want to burn down this beautiful city. So, I just don't know what to do. And we're running out of time."</p><p></p><p>As Lawrence walks away from the square, he feels relieved to have gotten away without a scratch. Then he rounds a corner a spots a bunch of men gathered around a member of the nobility. They seem to be waiting for something and are looking at the gate. He thinks to himself, "Well, that can't be good. He looks around for horses he can spook.</p><p></p><p>George approaches a group that Abby and Callum have not visited yet. It is one of the larger groups, with close to two-dozen men, which makes it easy for George to blend into the group. The leader is a young Egyptian man who has what appears to be one of the aforementioned wands in his belt. He is acting very impatiently. Most of the others in this group are other young Egyptians, most armed with rifles. Two others in the group stick out due to their difference, an older couple who look to be of European or American descent. The man attired in a three-piece beige cotton suit with straw hat. The woman is wearing robes and has a large gold amulet worn around her waist that has symbols of Isis on it. She appears unarmed. He has a Colt Peacemaker sticking out of a suit pocket.</p><p></p><p>George sidles up to the non-Egyptians trying to overhear any conversation. He notes that they are speaking to each other in German. They are talking about how the Sheik's son is an idiot and how, despite their long friendship with his father, they will not follow the boy into a death trap.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 6840251, member: 8530"] (Sorry for the long delay - Weekly postings of this Campaign Journal will now resume) Chapter 80, “Fire wands, fire wands, who has the fire wands?” September 11, 1882, 12:40P.M. Once at the telegraph office Abby jumped down and secured the horse, picked up Indy, and strode inside. "Sabah, we need you." Sabah is inside the telegraph office with Cetan and Meren. The Bast Priestess says, "How can I be of help?" Abby states, "Actually, I can use all of you. There's another player here we didn't know about. A Sheikh is bankrolling Abdullah, and he's here with him. He has six sons, all of them in the crowd and wielding wands of fireball. They're meant to attack the Palace, but this city is made up of a lot of wood, fire could go out of control fast. I need to get those men out of the picture, or at the very least, their wands. I thought I could do a detect magic and try to spot them. Six identical auras should make it possible to pick them out. Then each of us can target one and get that tat wand out of play in whatever way works for them. Meren, Cetan, I could use both of you as well, if you're willing. I'll carry those items if you like, Sabah. Just so they aren't left here unattended. Or you could carry them, of course." The three immediately agree to help. Abby looked to make sure Indy had made it inside. "And Sabah, it seems a little coincidental that this sweet little one seems to have adopted me in the last few minutes. Am I just seeing shadows now, or is this cat special?" She replies, "I will check, a Bast Priestess can communicate with felines without needing to use a spell." Sabah takes Indy and the two of them exchange what sounds like a series of meows, purrs and yelps. The Priestess then looks up at Abby and says with a smile, "Your feline friend wishes to remind you that the word 'Independent' translates as 'Alsoomse' in the Algonquin language." "I don't think remind is quite the right word, since I don't speak Algonquin," Abby said with a smile and a shake of her head. "Alright, let's get out there and see if I can spot those sons." She stepped outside, hopefully the others following. Cetan, Meren and Sabah all accompany Abby and Callum, the cat following as well. Abigail arrives back at the square along with Callum, Meren, Cetan and Sabah. They see that most of the crowd have fled, with the remaining men all clustered in smaller groups behind various cover and continuing to fire occasionally at the palace. Across the courtyard, Henry Jones heads in their direction. They do not immediately see Maurice Boujoulais or Henry Jekyll. Abby casts the detect magic cantrip and scanned the crowd, looking for six identical or near identical auras. She breathed a huge sigh of relief when she saw how empty the square had gotten. "Cal, keep an eye on Henry. I'm going to be a bit distracted for a few moments. The place is pretty well cleared out though, this will take a lot less time than I'd imagined." With that, she cast the detect magic and began looking for six identical or near identical auras that should give away the fire-wielding sons. The first grouping of nine men has six with magical auras, mostly on worn jewelry, although two have what appears to be magical ammunition inside their revolvers. Two men in the group have what appear to be magical wands, one hidden inside a robe, the other in a man's hand. That one being held is gold (most-likely gold-plated on tungston) and nine-inches long with an emerald fastened to the wand's end. The entire wand appears magical although the highest concentration is around the gem. The man with the held wand appears to have the most magic in this group. "These people around fooling around, they're loaded for bear," Abby muttered to Cal while sweeping her eyes to another part of the square. Nearing a second group, there appears to be more men but less magic. She only spots three with magical items, one with magical footwear, another with a ring, and the third with a belted wand identical to that of the man with the first group. That man also has a revolver with magical ammunition. Once they passed far enough away from the group to not be overheard, Abby said quietly, "A second wand, I think I've seen two of them so far. Where's Mr. Jones? We need to know what he has to say." Callum says, "He slipped into that next group." They approach while he spell is still activated. She not only sees young Henry but detects that he has magical sandals on his feet. This group, like the last one, is sparse on magic, with the only other person with any being a young man with an identical wand, magical ammunition in a rifle slung over his shoulder, and a magical rope belt. Abby says, "I need you to lead. The spell is going to go down soon and want to do all the looking I can. Just lead us somewhere that Mr. Jones can met us discreetly." They approach the next group, a group of eleven men plus young Mr. Jones. This group only has one person with magic on him. It is an identical wand as the others, as well as magical ammunition in his revolver. The spell comes to an end. They keep walking until they're far enough away from the group of men to speak again. "I think I can spot those wands without the spell now." She described the men in each group who had one that she'd already seen. "If things go downhill, we need to neutralize those men as quickly as possible. Before if we can manage it." Abby tried to stop in a place where young Mr. Jones could approach without suspicion. He sees them and hurries back as they move on towards the next group. She is then distracted by rifle fire, followed by shouting and other shots. She see a good distance back the high priest shooting at Lawrence, being shot at by Ruby, and others then firing on George. Several from that group run towards the priest as others collapse. George then charges the remaining man with a rifle. As George nears the man attempts to club him with the rifle stock. George successfully ducks under it. Ruby reloads her rifle, really not wanting to take a shot at a man engaged in a scuffle with George. Ruby says, "We're still best up here at this vantage point Nana, we have an advantage. Stay sharp and be prepared with another missile if we need it." Abby had a blade half-pulled before she realized what she was doing and slammed it back home. Instead she muttered a Grease spell under her breath, aiming at it Mr. Eastman's opponent. The Grease Spell is effective, with the man using the rifle as a club slipping and falling onto the ground. George attempts to kick the gun away from the man. George's kick is successful, and seeing himself alone, the man turns and runs. Ruby glances around the area, looking for any more potential trouble for George or Lawrence. After Abby has cast her spell young Henry Jones whispers to her and Callum "They plan to launch a full attack on the palace when Ra's Chime rings out from his Temple. That's at approximately 1:00PM local time, around twenty minutes from now." Abby asks, "Who are "they" and how many people do they have. We've gotten this area pretty well cleared out." While waiting for the answer, Abby prepares to cast a message spell, looking for a place where she can be inconspicuous, as well as get the message to George and Mina at the same time. He says, "That group of men I was just with and those other small groups. Each group has an Arab Prince with them. There are other groups behind the castle, planning to storm the rear entrances. Since those groups can't see these out front, and need to have a coordinated attack, they will use the chime as the signal for the attack." Abby says, "Alright, walk with me. Be as casual as you can and cover me. I need to pass the word." She waited a few moments until they appeared to be just three people walking, coincidentally into a position where she could talk to both George and Mina. She made the slight, subtle gestures of the Message spell and then pointed toward George with one hand and Mina with the other, hoping she was close enough to both. She began to whisper. "Attack starts at 1:00PM with the chimes. They have groups behind the castle to attack the rear. Each of the groups out here in the front has a Prince with a wand of fireballs with them. You can respond to me, I'll hear you. The spell will last about ten minutes." Meanwhile, Lawrence mimics an old man for a while. Every now and then he stops at a shop and tries to see if anyone if following him. Once he is sure, he'll walk normally back to Abby, George, and Ruby. Both George and Mina receive the message. Mina relays it to Ruby. Ruby manages to spot both them at opposite sides of the main courtyard. She also now sees Callum and Abby walking with a young Arab boy. She says to Mina "What are they planning to do with the fireballs? Any way we can take them out instead? At least some of them?" Mina relays this back. Abby replies, "I don't know specifically. But they're planning a battle, so they're going to burn the enemy or the Palace. Probably both. I think we need to focus on them and get the wands away from them. I've already determined who some of them are, and I know what the wands look like. I'm just trying to think of some subtle way to take them out. Otherwise I'll just be kicking off the party early." George replies to Abby's spell. "Then we need to take out the chimes, does anyone know where they are? If they don't ring we can buy some time." After Abby relays George's question to Callum and Henry, Callum replies, "It is in the tower of the Temple of Ra, around three blocks away from here. But sounding the chimes is part of the sacred duties of the Priests of Ra. I doubt that we'd be able to convince them to abandon their responsibilities, nor are we ready to fight a group of innocent priests, some of whom are rather powerful." Abby relays this back to George. George says, "Get Mina to cast a silence spell on the tower, she can do that remotely and not interfere with the priest's duties, they will ring the bell, it just won't sound. It can buy us at least 5 to 10 minutes". Callum likes the plan, and given that the spell's range for Mina is 560 feet, she would be able to get close enough. She would have to still walk a distance so should leave soon. Abby says, "I'll make sure the people with me know who the men are with the wands. I hate to take them on one on one, but that may be what we'll have to do. Or at least two of us per and hope we can get to the others in time." "Damn it Abby I am on the ground, get me some faces and I will get those wands." mutters George back through a message spell as he takes in the quickly shifting battle and seeks cover of his own. "I can't get you pictures, but I can describe," Abby said. She then described the two in the groups closest to George, as well as the wands. George grabs a new turban from a man on the ground and having altered his appearance some, but still disguised as an Egyptian, heads towards the closest of the groups. Ruby says, "Frankly, friends, I'm stumped. It seems there are way too many princes with wands of fireballs for us to take them out, especially since there are groups of people with each one. Now, I happen to know how to use those wands, if we got on hands on a couple of them I could use them to our advantage, but I wouldn't want to burn down this beautiful city. So, I just don't know what to do. And we're running out of time." As Lawrence walks away from the square, he feels relieved to have gotten away without a scratch. Then he rounds a corner a spots a bunch of men gathered around a member of the nobility. They seem to be waiting for something and are looking at the gate. He thinks to himself, "Well, that can't be good. He looks around for horses he can spook. George approaches a group that Abby and Callum have not visited yet. It is one of the larger groups, with close to two-dozen men, which makes it easy for George to blend into the group. The leader is a young Egyptian man who has what appears to be one of the aforementioned wands in his belt. He is acting very impatiently. Most of the others in this group are other young Egyptians, most armed with rifles. Two others in the group stick out due to their difference, an older couple who look to be of European or American descent. The man attired in a three-piece beige cotton suit with straw hat. The woman is wearing robes and has a large gold amulet worn around her waist that has symbols of Isis on it. She appears unarmed. He has a Colt Peacemaker sticking out of a suit pocket. George sidles up to the non-Egyptians trying to overhear any conversation. He notes that they are speaking to each other in German. They are talking about how the Sheik's son is an idiot and how, despite their long friendship with his father, they will not follow the boy into a death trap. [/QUOTE]
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