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<blockquote data-quote="skotothalamos" data-source="post: 6163862" data-attributes="member: 83398"><p>While the other constables were busy acquiring and studying witchoil, Malkie Vienne skulked off into the night to set up a meeting with Lorcan Kell to try and find Doctor von Recklinghausen. She returned several hours later with an offer from Kell: bribe him to the tune of 1000 gold pieces, and he would tell the RHC where to find von Recklinghausen. Also, there had apparently been a Flint PD drug bust the night before, which had cost Kell a good amount of Fey Pepper. Malkie indicated that half of the gold cost could be paid off in fey pepper, if need be.</p><p> </p><p>It was around 9:00 at night and the constables were deciding whether or not they should try to talk Delft and Saxby into fronting money for bribing a crime lord. Malkie indicated that Kell would sell out the doctor to the highest bidder. Not wanting Porter to get to him first, they came up with a plan to get the money tonight. Malkie would head to the Parity Lake Police Department headquarters to try to convince some of her pepper suppliers that she needed the proceeds from last’s bust more then they did. Meanwhile, Mort and the others would head to the Danoran Consulate to see if Lebrix could come up with some money to invest in the future security of Danoran-owned factories.</p><p> </p><p>Surprisingly, both plans went well. Malkie liberated the fey pepper, and Mort got Lebrix to pull 500 cash and a check for 500 out of his Summer security budget. Noticing that they had an extra 500 gold, Mort pocketed the check for himself as the group headed back into Parity Lake to bribe Kell.</p><p> </p><p>The constables left their carriage parked several blocks away from Kells “Theater of Scoundrels,” and proceeded on foot in a circuitous route in an effort to conceal the direction from which they had come. One of Kell’s lieutenants, an athlete by the name of Rufus Hammerton, noticed Malkie and directed her toward the theater. Upon arrival, the group was escorted around the side of the building to a stage door, where they gained entry to the theater. Malkie attempted to go directly to Lorcan Kell’s private box, but a pair of burly thugs directed her and her companions onto the stage.</p><p> </p><p>As the constables walked onto the stage, the lights went up. The small theater had an audience of around fifty of Kell’s criminals, each leveling a crossbow or firearm at the stage. Kell shouted down from his private box: “Malkie: entertain me.” Malkie produced the promised fey pepper and Kell rewarded her efforts with a slow clap of his hands. Mort produced the gold, and Kell sent a lackey named Sven to count it all. Kell then demanded that Malkie and her companions entertain him while he waited for the results of Svens count.</p><p> </p><p>Malkie emceed for the group talent show: James demonstrated his Remarkable Mechanical Hat, Mort sang the Danoran national anthem (which sounded suspiciously like “Imperial Balkania”), and Ironpeak lifted Zara over her head to perform acrobatic feats. Unfortunately, the constables were not practiced performers, and Zara came crashing down to the ground, sweeping Ironpeak’s leg out from under her and making a mess of the whole thing. Fortunately, random injuries are exactly the sort of thing Kell enjoys, so no one had to be shot. He invited the constables up to his box, where he told them that he had sent the order to call back his guards from Wolfgang’s location, and Rufus would take them there. Then he told the constables to get out of his house, which they did.</p><p> </p><p>Rufus led the constables on foot across the Nettles to an abandoned church built into the side of a cliff. He told them the doctor was inside, and left them to their own devices. This was an old clergy church. Overgrown statues of the clergy deities were carved into the cliff face, though it was clear the place had not actually been used as a house of worship in a long time. Ironpeak scouted the area, noticing a gulley to the right of the church entrance. About thirty feet down, she could just see the grate of a drain, and a slow trickle of water She surmised that this was the outflow for the church, and the presence of drainage hinted at recent occupation of the abandoned place.</p><p> </p><p>The group moved into the church, leaving Ironpeak to guard the entrance. They passed through the ruined chapel and found Wolfgang toward the back of the complex, near a fire. Mort handed over the note the group had recovered from Lynn Kindleton. He and James were in the process of calming down the nervous doctor, whose hand never strayed far from his rapier, when all hell broke loose.</p><p> </p><p>Detective Porter stormed his way into the church. “Oh,” he said to Ironpeak, “I see you finally got somewhere first.” Porter pulled a chrome pistol from his holster, and then a shadowy claw slashed across Ironpeak’s face, blinding her just before he shot her. Several gunshots from the thugs missed, but Ironpeak was on the verge of going down. Cazara got fiery retribution for the attacks against her friend, causing the illusion that was Porter’s face to melt away, revealing the raw, oozing muscle beneath for a moment before he could remake his face.</p><p> </p><p>Malkie ran up behind Ironpeak and sang a magical little ditty that allowed Ironpeak to escape the onslaught. The big goliath threw her shield at the nearest thug, then picked up a church pew in her massive hands and smashed him into the ground.</p><p> </p><p>Cazara alerted the others that there was trouble, and instructed James and Mort to get the doctor out through the latrine drain. James felt he was needed in the combat, however, and rushed forward to see who needed healing. Less than half a minute later, and both James and Ironpeak lay dying on the chapel floor, along with a pair of thugs. . Unable to make himself run from the situation, Wolfgang entered the fray. He healed James and then, when Ironpeak knocked Porter to the ground, von Recklinghausen pounced. He skewered the shadow man with his rapier, and Porter seemed to lose track of the doctor, scanning about as if he could not see him.</p><p> </p><p>Just when the tide of battle was turning in favor of the constables, iron bars began to assemble themselves across the exit to the church. Porter rose to his feet and produced a chrome syringe. He leaped toward James and drove the needle into the rookie constable’s neck. James’s eyes rolled back in his head and he collapsed again, unconscious.</p><p> </p><p>Cazara urged von Recklinghausen to make good his escape. She gave him directions to meet her friend, skyseer Corbin Ash, in the Cloudwood. The doctor disappeared into the latrine. Meanwhile, Porter had his surviving thug toss James onto his shoulder. “We couldn’t get the doctor we came for, so we’ll take this one instead.” Porter threw a pendant around James’s neck and the three of them phased right through the iron bars now blocking the entrance of the church.</p><p> </p><p>Their witness and his papers had escaped, but were still not in RHC custody. Porter now had one of the constables as his prisoner. Ironpeak was in no condition to move, and the team was trapped for the time being. Soon, they could try to escape through the sewer tunnel after von Recklinghausen, but for now the constables would have to wait.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skotothalamos, post: 6163862, member: 83398"] While the other constables were busy acquiring and studying witchoil, Malkie Vienne skulked off into the night to set up a meeting with Lorcan Kell to try and find Doctor von Recklinghausen. She returned several hours later with an offer from Kell: bribe him to the tune of 1000 gold pieces, and he would tell the RHC where to find von Recklinghausen. Also, there had apparently been a Flint PD drug bust the night before, which had cost Kell a good amount of Fey Pepper. Malkie indicated that half of the gold cost could be paid off in fey pepper, if need be. It was around 9:00 at night and the constables were deciding whether or not they should try to talk Delft and Saxby into fronting money for bribing a crime lord. Malkie indicated that Kell would sell out the doctor to the highest bidder. Not wanting Porter to get to him first, they came up with a plan to get the money tonight. Malkie would head to the Parity Lake Police Department headquarters to try to convince some of her pepper suppliers that she needed the proceeds from last’s bust more then they did. Meanwhile, Mort and the others would head to the Danoran Consulate to see if Lebrix could come up with some money to invest in the future security of Danoran-owned factories. Surprisingly, both plans went well. Malkie liberated the fey pepper, and Mort got Lebrix to pull 500 cash and a check for 500 out of his Summer security budget. Noticing that they had an extra 500 gold, Mort pocketed the check for himself as the group headed back into Parity Lake to bribe Kell. The constables left their carriage parked several blocks away from Kells “Theater of Scoundrels,” and proceeded on foot in a circuitous route in an effort to conceal the direction from which they had come. One of Kell’s lieutenants, an athlete by the name of Rufus Hammerton, noticed Malkie and directed her toward the theater. Upon arrival, the group was escorted around the side of the building to a stage door, where they gained entry to the theater. Malkie attempted to go directly to Lorcan Kell’s private box, but a pair of burly thugs directed her and her companions onto the stage. As the constables walked onto the stage, the lights went up. The small theater had an audience of around fifty of Kell’s criminals, each leveling a crossbow or firearm at the stage. Kell shouted down from his private box: “Malkie: entertain me.” Malkie produced the promised fey pepper and Kell rewarded her efforts with a slow clap of his hands. Mort produced the gold, and Kell sent a lackey named Sven to count it all. Kell then demanded that Malkie and her companions entertain him while he waited for the results of Svens count. Malkie emceed for the group talent show: James demonstrated his Remarkable Mechanical Hat, Mort sang the Danoran national anthem (which sounded suspiciously like “Imperial Balkania”), and Ironpeak lifted Zara over her head to perform acrobatic feats. Unfortunately, the constables were not practiced performers, and Zara came crashing down to the ground, sweeping Ironpeak’s leg out from under her and making a mess of the whole thing. Fortunately, random injuries are exactly the sort of thing Kell enjoys, so no one had to be shot. He invited the constables up to his box, where he told them that he had sent the order to call back his guards from Wolfgang’s location, and Rufus would take them there. Then he told the constables to get out of his house, which they did. Rufus led the constables on foot across the Nettles to an abandoned church built into the side of a cliff. He told them the doctor was inside, and left them to their own devices. This was an old clergy church. Overgrown statues of the clergy deities were carved into the cliff face, though it was clear the place had not actually been used as a house of worship in a long time. Ironpeak scouted the area, noticing a gulley to the right of the church entrance. About thirty feet down, she could just see the grate of a drain, and a slow trickle of water She surmised that this was the outflow for the church, and the presence of drainage hinted at recent occupation of the abandoned place. The group moved into the church, leaving Ironpeak to guard the entrance. They passed through the ruined chapel and found Wolfgang toward the back of the complex, near a fire. Mort handed over the note the group had recovered from Lynn Kindleton. He and James were in the process of calming down the nervous doctor, whose hand never strayed far from his rapier, when all hell broke loose. Detective Porter stormed his way into the church. “Oh,” he said to Ironpeak, “I see you finally got somewhere first.” Porter pulled a chrome pistol from his holster, and then a shadowy claw slashed across Ironpeak’s face, blinding her just before he shot her. Several gunshots from the thugs missed, but Ironpeak was on the verge of going down. Cazara got fiery retribution for the attacks against her friend, causing the illusion that was Porter’s face to melt away, revealing the raw, oozing muscle beneath for a moment before he could remake his face. Malkie ran up behind Ironpeak and sang a magical little ditty that allowed Ironpeak to escape the onslaught. The big goliath threw her shield at the nearest thug, then picked up a church pew in her massive hands and smashed him into the ground. Cazara alerted the others that there was trouble, and instructed James and Mort to get the doctor out through the latrine drain. James felt he was needed in the combat, however, and rushed forward to see who needed healing. Less than half a minute later, and both James and Ironpeak lay dying on the chapel floor, along with a pair of thugs. . Unable to make himself run from the situation, Wolfgang entered the fray. He healed James and then, when Ironpeak knocked Porter to the ground, von Recklinghausen pounced. He skewered the shadow man with his rapier, and Porter seemed to lose track of the doctor, scanning about as if he could not see him. Just when the tide of battle was turning in favor of the constables, iron bars began to assemble themselves across the exit to the church. Porter rose to his feet and produced a chrome syringe. He leaped toward James and drove the needle into the rookie constable’s neck. James’s eyes rolled back in his head and he collapsed again, unconscious. Cazara urged von Recklinghausen to make good his escape. She gave him directions to meet her friend, skyseer Corbin Ash, in the Cloudwood. The doctor disappeared into the latrine. Meanwhile, Porter had his surviving thug toss James onto his shoulder. “We couldn’t get the doctor we came for, so we’ll take this one instead.” Porter threw a pendant around James’s neck and the three of them phased right through the iron bars now blocking the entrance of the church. Their witness and his papers had escaped, but were still not in RHC custody. Porter now had one of the constables as his prisoner. Ironpeak was in no condition to move, and the team was trapped for the time being. Soon, they could try to escape through the sewer tunnel after von Recklinghausen, but for now the constables would have to wait. [/QUOTE]
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