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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 6087550" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 63a - Layover in Trekhom</strong></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rumdoom and Malthusius attended the talk by Vlendam Heid. The old dwarf deviated from his scripted speech and asked for questions from anyone who had been involved in the attack on the train earlier that day. The only other passenger who had come along was Damata Griento, who raised his hand and told the founder of the Heid Eschatol philosophy that he had been profoundly affected by the incident. The pointless, random deaths of the passengers and guards convinced him that the path he had chosen was a cowardly one:</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It emerged that Damata had lost large amounts of money in a property deal and ended up in debt to some gangsters in Nalaam. His 'trip-of-a-lifetime' along the Avery Coast was little more than a ruse to allow him to personally bring dozens of priceless family heirlooms in payment of those debts. Now he had decided he should stand his ground, refuse to make payment and sacrifice his life if necessary (once he had ensured his family was safe). He felt he could not live with the shame of what he had done, and that an honourable end was preferable to a shameful existence. Damata also said that he was hoping to have asked for the help of the brave 'Royston Porcher' and his friends, but sadly Porcher had been laid low by a tragic illness...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rumdoom and Malthusius agreed to meet with Damata and Heid after the event to see what could be arranged. The meeting took place in their hotel room, where Rumdoom, having established that this good deed would not interfere with the main mission, agreed to help. He also had a very long convseration with Vlendam Heid about the nature of eschatology, and learned that the venerable philosopher was unhappy about many of the interpretations of his own works. He had heard of Rumdoom and was concerned that his 'circus act' was being used to con well-meaning people out of money, but Rumdoom explained that he and Black Star Mining had long since parted company. Malthusius also asked the philosopher about the 'end' for a deva. He explained that, having spent over 80 years in his current form, he had grown rather attached to it, and was as frightened at the prospect of reincarnation as an ordinary mortal was about death. Heid said two things in response: first, that he had heard of a method whereby a deva could revisit old haunts and old friends shortly after they were reborn, and thereby recover their old personality (Governor Stanfield employed such a technique); second, that the act of reincarnation provided a fabulous opportunity for 'sacrifice and rebirth' that was unique to the deva.</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">As for the rest of the unit, Sly Marbo was tied up working for the railway that night; Korrigan remained all-but-comatose. With Rumdoom and Malthusius otherwise engaged, that left just Matunaaga, Uru and Leon to follow the suspects.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Leon followed Elanor and Isobel who kept an appointment with a dwarven ritualist. Leon could not get close enough to learn any more about their meeting.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Uru tailed Luc Jierre and Ottavia who went to a bar (the <em>Korol Moroya</em>) where Matunaaga (tailing Bree) spotted them pass a note to her via one of the bar staff. Matunaaga watched Boone leave, and Bree leave shortly afterwards.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Matunaaga followed Bree in and out of dark alleyways for a couple of hours. Eventually, she found what she was looking for, it seemed: another ritually murdered, disemboweled body. Bree seemed both angry and disappointed at her discovery, and then returned to the enclave hotel.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Uru hitched a ride on the underside of Luc & Ottavia's cart and thereby arrived at another lighthouse. He slipped into the building via a chimney flue and watched a full and successful demonstration of Luc's magical lamp. There was talk of modifying his small prototype, and Uru could see a map of the coast, complete with models of many lighthouses dotted along it (as well as the huge spire the train had passed on the border of Drakr and the Malice Lands).</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The following morning the unit received a response from Stover Delft, who suggested they make certain that Luc, Ottavia and co. were really Obscurati agents. The group then remembered the special rings they had already found and planned to have Sly and Uru use their thievery skills to double-check they were on the right track.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They needn't have bothered: not long out of Trekhom, Bree Kaldeckis visited their train compartment with a bottle of wine - to raise a toast to 'old soldiers' who had helped drive off the Malice. (She was talking about Rumdoom and Leon here: no-one knew that 'Kai Porcher' had been involved.) While chatting amicably, she revealed that she had boarded the train to provide security to one Caius Bergeron, but he had not showed up. Malthusius could see that she was eyeballing them all at this point to see if the name got a reaction. Nobody flinched except Matunaaga...</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 6087550, member: 79141"] [b]Session 63a - Layover in Trekhom[/b] [LIST] [*]Rumdoom and Malthusius attended the talk by Vlendam Heid. The old dwarf deviated from his scripted speech and asked for questions from anyone who had been involved in the attack on the train earlier that day. The only other passenger who had come along was Damata Griento, who raised his hand and told the founder of the Heid Eschatol philosophy that he had been profoundly affected by the incident. The pointless, random deaths of the passengers and guards convinced him that the path he had chosen was a cowardly one: [*]It emerged that Damata had lost large amounts of money in a property deal and ended up in debt to some gangsters in Nalaam. His 'trip-of-a-lifetime' along the Avery Coast was little more than a ruse to allow him to personally bring dozens of priceless family heirlooms in payment of those debts. Now he had decided he should stand his ground, refuse to make payment and sacrifice his life if necessary (once he had ensured his family was safe). He felt he could not live with the shame of what he had done, and that an honourable end was preferable to a shameful existence. Damata also said that he was hoping to have asked for the help of the brave 'Royston Porcher' and his friends, but sadly Porcher had been laid low by a tragic illness... [*]Rumdoom and Malthusius agreed to meet with Damata and Heid after the event to see what could be arranged. The meeting took place in their hotel room, where Rumdoom, having established that this good deed would not interfere with the main mission, agreed to help. He also had a very long convseration with Vlendam Heid about the nature of eschatology, and learned that the venerable philosopher was unhappy about many of the interpretations of his own works. He had heard of Rumdoom and was concerned that his 'circus act' was being used to con well-meaning people out of money, but Rumdoom explained that he and Black Star Mining had long since parted company. Malthusius also asked the philosopher about the 'end' for a deva. He explained that, having spent over 80 years in his current form, he had grown rather attached to it, and was as frightened at the prospect of reincarnation as an ordinary mortal was about death. Heid said two things in response: first, that he had heard of a method whereby a deva could revisit old haunts and old friends shortly after they were reborn, and thereby recover their old personality (Governor Stanfield employed such a technique); second, that the act of reincarnation provided a fabulous opportunity for 'sacrifice and rebirth' that was unique to the deva. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]As for the rest of the unit, Sly Marbo was tied up working for the railway that night; Korrigan remained all-but-comatose. With Rumdoom and Malthusius otherwise engaged, that left just Matunaaga, Uru and Leon to follow the suspects. [*]Leon followed Elanor and Isobel who kept an appointment with a dwarven ritualist. Leon could not get close enough to learn any more about their meeting. [*]Uru tailed Luc Jierre and Ottavia who went to a bar (the [I]Korol Moroya[/I]) where Matunaaga (tailing Bree) spotted them pass a note to her via one of the bar staff. Matunaaga watched Boone leave, and Bree leave shortly afterwards. [*]Matunaaga followed Bree in and out of dark alleyways for a couple of hours. Eventually, she found what she was looking for, it seemed: another ritually murdered, disemboweled body. Bree seemed both angry and disappointed at her discovery, and then returned to the enclave hotel. [*]Uru hitched a ride on the underside of Luc & Ottavia's cart and thereby arrived at another lighthouse. He slipped into the building via a chimney flue and watched a full and successful demonstration of Luc's magical lamp. There was talk of modifying his small prototype, and Uru could see a map of the coast, complete with models of many lighthouses dotted along it (as well as the huge spire the train had passed on the border of Drakr and the Malice Lands). [/LIST] [LIST] [*]The following morning the unit received a response from Stover Delft, who suggested they make certain that Luc, Ottavia and co. were really Obscurati agents. The group then remembered the special rings they had already found and planned to have Sly and Uru use their thievery skills to double-check they were on the right track. [*]They needn't have bothered: not long out of Trekhom, Bree Kaldeckis visited their train compartment with a bottle of wine - to raise a toast to 'old soldiers' who had helped drive off the Malice. (She was talking about Rumdoom and Leon here: no-one knew that 'Kai Porcher' had been involved.) While chatting amicably, she revealed that she had boarded the train to provide security to one Caius Bergeron, but he had not showed up. Malthusius could see that she was eyeballing them all at this point to see if the name got a reaction. Nobody flinched except Matunaaga... [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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