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<blockquote data-quote="Ladybird" data-source="post: 6264304" data-attributes="member: 10689"><p><strong>Episode 1, Chapter 11: In Which a King is Imperiled, But Not How We'd Planned</strong></p><p></p><p>Two more days till the end of the Kickstarter! Some awesome stretch goals are already unlocked, and there's only $560 to go before the 96-page campaign supplement gets unlocked. (And only $999,930,560 before we all get pet dinosaurs! Hey, if our future selves all come back and chip in, we can totally reach that last stretch goal!) Anyway, check out the TimeWatch Kickstarter <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kevinkulp/timewatch-gumshoe-investigative-time-travel-rpg" target="_blank">here</a>, and help make this excellent game happen!</p><p></p><p>And now, on with the show...</p><p></p><p>---</p><p>Back at court, Team King is trying to track down the new valet, whom we know to be Forrest. The trouble is, we've just met him a few hours ago forty years from now. That's kind of risky, but we know how to avoid paradoxes as much as possible, so we're safe for now.</p><p></p><p>Rules Sidebar:</p><p>[sblock]Paradox Prevention is an amazingly useful skill, and also one that you can use to do ridiculous time-travel stunts, because ridiculous time-travel stunts are one of the most fun parts of time-travel stories. What we're doing now is a relatively easy Paradox Prevention task. If we'd wanted to, we could have spent some points to do something bigger, like meet up with our former selves when they were confronting Forrest here in 1757 so that we could give ourselves backup.[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>"What do we do when we find him?" Yves asks.</p><p></p><p>"We should make sure that he's disgraced!" Edward suggests eagerly.</p><p></p><p>"Might be nice," Kat agrees. "But all we really need is to get him alone so that we can knock him out and MemTag him." She would know, of course - that's how she dealt with him before. "If we can just sneak up on him, that would be best of all."</p><p></p><p>We find our way to the salon where high-level functionaries go when they're not on duty, doing our best not to call attention to ourselves along the way, and doing our best to sneak in so that we can take Forrest by surprise. Kat's great at sneaking, but Yves and Edward aren't. Kat can help cover for Edward a bit, but it quickly becomes clear that Yves is just not going to be able to blend in at all.</p><p></p><p>Rules Sidebar:</p><p>[sblock]On aiding other characters: If you have at least some points in a skill, you can benefit from another PC's assistance. Edward has 2 points in Unobtrusive, so Kat can help him. Yves has 0, so he is conspicuously out of luck.[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>"Well…perhaps we could go the other way, instead," Edward suggests. "Instead of trying to blend in, Yves, could you be a big noisy diversion so that Kat and I can sneak up on Forrest?"</p><p></p><p>"But of course!" Yves cries happily. "How would you like me to call attention to myself?"</p><p></p><p>Kat opens her mouth. Closes her mouth. Looks at Edward.</p><p></p><p>"Er. Drunkenness might work well?" Edward suggests hopefully. "Be loud and drunken."</p><p></p><p>You will be shocked, shocked! to hear that Yves makes a very convincing drunken nobleman. He shouts and staggers around the kitchen, and the palace servants wisely stay out of his way, watching him warily. Because they're all watching him, nobody is watching Kat and Edward, which allows them to sneak much more effectively.</p><p></p><p>As soon as we're in the servants' salon, we spot Forrest. Just as we've hoped, he's watching Yves very closely. And then after a moment, he's watching even more closely than we'd hoped. Has he figured out that Yves isn't local to this timeline? Or has he just started to suspect that something is up?</p><p></p><p>Time for Plan B?</p><p></p><p>Plan B is to get into a fight with Forrest outright: either we can take the fight outside, or just punch him out right there in the servants' hall. </p><p></p><p>Edward is only too happy to go along with any plan that ends with him punching Forrest. He musters his best attempt at a drunken stagger (not as convincing as Yves, since he hasn't had quite as many opportunities to draw on real-life experiences) and lurches over to Forrest. "You!" he slurs. "You're the one I saw with my girl! You stay away from her!" And then he punches Forrest in the face.</p><p></p><p>But, oddly, it hurts Edward's fist almost as much as it hurts Forrest's face. Forrest is wearing some kind of armor. Uh-oh.</p><p></p><p>Kat springs into action with her part of the plan: doing her best impression of a senior palace functionary, she storms up to Edward and Forrest, shouting, "Both of you! Your behavior is unbecoming. Get outside!" If we can just get Forrest alone...</p><p></p><p>Forrest still looks unconvinced, though, and keeps scuffling with Edward.</p><p></p><p>Since we can't seem to get Forrest outside, Yves tries to get the other servants outside instead. "It is best to avoid the affairs of the heart if they are not your own," he advises them. "I think it best for us to leave them to their own private matter." He's convincing on his own, but his little speech is made even more effective by the coins he starts handing out.</p><p></p><p>The servants hastily file out, finally leaving us alone with Forrest. But now that he's managed to get a good look at Edward, Forrest's eyes are starting to sharpen with recognition. "Oh," he drawls. "You're one of <em>them</em>." And pulls a blaster pistol, and shoots Edward point-blank.</p><p></p><p>Kat is utterly astonished at what she thinks next: "I should throw myself between the King and the bullet. I…guess I'm still British?" </p><p></p><p>As patriotic as the impulse is, she's too far away to actually do anything - Edward is hit. Fortunately, they're in such close quarters that Forrest's second shot hits himself. And then his third shot - </p><p></p><p>Wait, Forrest is shooting <em>again</em>? Yup. He's got some kind of timegadget - it lets him move faster than any ordinary human can. He gets off two more shots: again, one hits Edward, and the other hits Forrest himself.</p><p></p><p>Edward collapses, very badly shot. He didn't succeed in taking Forrest out, but he got the satisfaction of implying that he's dishonorable and punching him in the face, which counts for something.</p><p></p><p>Kat finally gets to take a shot with her PaciFist, hitting Forrest squarely. He staggers, but doesn't drop - and because he's got that nasty gadget, he can shoot yet again, this time at Kat. </p><p></p><p>But while Forrest is shooting at Kat, Yves leaps in and whacks him over the head with a candlestick. That does the trick! Forrest falls to the ground, unconscious.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybird, post: 6264304, member: 10689"] [b]Episode 1, Chapter 11: In Which a King is Imperiled, But Not How We'd Planned[/b] Two more days till the end of the Kickstarter! Some awesome stretch goals are already unlocked, and there's only $560 to go before the 96-page campaign supplement gets unlocked. (And only $999,930,560 before we all get pet dinosaurs! Hey, if our future selves all come back and chip in, we can totally reach that last stretch goal!) Anyway, check out the TimeWatch Kickstarter [URL="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kevinkulp/timewatch-gumshoe-investigative-time-travel-rpg"]here[/URL], and help make this excellent game happen! And now, on with the show... --- Back at court, Team King is trying to track down the new valet, whom we know to be Forrest. The trouble is, we've just met him a few hours ago forty years from now. That's kind of risky, but we know how to avoid paradoxes as much as possible, so we're safe for now. Rules Sidebar: [sblock]Paradox Prevention is an amazingly useful skill, and also one that you can use to do ridiculous time-travel stunts, because ridiculous time-travel stunts are one of the most fun parts of time-travel stories. What we're doing now is a relatively easy Paradox Prevention task. If we'd wanted to, we could have spent some points to do something bigger, like meet up with our former selves when they were confronting Forrest here in 1757 so that we could give ourselves backup.[/sblock] "What do we do when we find him?" Yves asks. "We should make sure that he's disgraced!" Edward suggests eagerly. "Might be nice," Kat agrees. "But all we really need is to get him alone so that we can knock him out and MemTag him." She would know, of course - that's how she dealt with him before. "If we can just sneak up on him, that would be best of all." We find our way to the salon where high-level functionaries go when they're not on duty, doing our best not to call attention to ourselves along the way, and doing our best to sneak in so that we can take Forrest by surprise. Kat's great at sneaking, but Yves and Edward aren't. Kat can help cover for Edward a bit, but it quickly becomes clear that Yves is just not going to be able to blend in at all. Rules Sidebar: [sblock]On aiding other characters: If you have at least some points in a skill, you can benefit from another PC's assistance. Edward has 2 points in Unobtrusive, so Kat can help him. Yves has 0, so he is conspicuously out of luck.[/sblock] "Well…perhaps we could go the other way, instead," Edward suggests. "Instead of trying to blend in, Yves, could you be a big noisy diversion so that Kat and I can sneak up on Forrest?" "But of course!" Yves cries happily. "How would you like me to call attention to myself?" Kat opens her mouth. Closes her mouth. Looks at Edward. "Er. Drunkenness might work well?" Edward suggests hopefully. "Be loud and drunken." You will be shocked, shocked! to hear that Yves makes a very convincing drunken nobleman. He shouts and staggers around the kitchen, and the palace servants wisely stay out of his way, watching him warily. Because they're all watching him, nobody is watching Kat and Edward, which allows them to sneak much more effectively. As soon as we're in the servants' salon, we spot Forrest. Just as we've hoped, he's watching Yves very closely. And then after a moment, he's watching even more closely than we'd hoped. Has he figured out that Yves isn't local to this timeline? Or has he just started to suspect that something is up? Time for Plan B? Plan B is to get into a fight with Forrest outright: either we can take the fight outside, or just punch him out right there in the servants' hall. Edward is only too happy to go along with any plan that ends with him punching Forrest. He musters his best attempt at a drunken stagger (not as convincing as Yves, since he hasn't had quite as many opportunities to draw on real-life experiences) and lurches over to Forrest. "You!" he slurs. "You're the one I saw with my girl! You stay away from her!" And then he punches Forrest in the face. But, oddly, it hurts Edward's fist almost as much as it hurts Forrest's face. Forrest is wearing some kind of armor. Uh-oh. Kat springs into action with her part of the plan: doing her best impression of a senior palace functionary, she storms up to Edward and Forrest, shouting, "Both of you! Your behavior is unbecoming. Get outside!" If we can just get Forrest alone... Forrest still looks unconvinced, though, and keeps scuffling with Edward. Since we can't seem to get Forrest outside, Yves tries to get the other servants outside instead. "It is best to avoid the affairs of the heart if they are not your own," he advises them. "I think it best for us to leave them to their own private matter." He's convincing on his own, but his little speech is made even more effective by the coins he starts handing out. The servants hastily file out, finally leaving us alone with Forrest. But now that he's managed to get a good look at Edward, Forrest's eyes are starting to sharpen with recognition. "Oh," he drawls. "You're one of [i]them[/i]." And pulls a blaster pistol, and shoots Edward point-blank. Kat is utterly astonished at what she thinks next: "I should throw myself between the King and the bullet. I…guess I'm still British?" As patriotic as the impulse is, she's too far away to actually do anything - Edward is hit. Fortunately, they're in such close quarters that Forrest's second shot hits himself. And then his third shot - Wait, Forrest is shooting [i]again[/i]? Yup. He's got some kind of timegadget - it lets him move faster than any ordinary human can. He gets off two more shots: again, one hits Edward, and the other hits Forrest himself. Edward collapses, very badly shot. He didn't succeed in taking Forrest out, but he got the satisfaction of implying that he's dishonorable and punching him in the face, which counts for something. Kat finally gets to take a shot with her PaciFist, hitting Forrest squarely. He staggers, but doesn't drop - and because he's got that nasty gadget, he can shoot yet again, this time at Kat. But while Forrest is shooting at Kat, Yves leaps in and whacks him over the head with a candlestick. That does the trick! Forrest falls to the ground, unconscious. [/QUOTE]
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