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<blockquote data-quote="skotothalamos" data-source="post: 6385027" data-attributes="member: 83398"><p><strong>Beasts of the End Time</strong></p><p></p><p>While one team was meeting with Ekossigan, another RHC team escorted Brakken of Heffanita and a couple of Peace Summit dignitaries to the Rock Rackus show, a preview of Purple Train, set to open at the Navras Opera House the following night.</p><p></p><p>Alienor was running late, but James went to the show, leading three junior constables (Lila Coldwater the Witch, Emmeline LeCrochet the Avenger, and Garson “BugTree” Wildflower, the Wilden Swarm Druid). In the smallish nightclub, Emmeline and Lila noticed a suspicious meeting happening in one of the semi-private booths. While Brakken and the dignitaries took in the show, the meeting broke up and one of the two men seemed upset, storming out with four bodyguards in tow. Emmeline followed closely enough to hear him called “Mr. Augst” at the coat check, but was unable to follow the man. She tried to get more information out of the coat check attendant, but he clammed up. Investigating back at the booth, James and Lila found no sign of Mr. Augst’s partner, but did detect a recent use of shadow magic. James also noticed that the man had been idly stabbing the table.</p><p></p><p>Alienor showed up and got caught up on the situation, at which point Brakken shared that he had overheard the disappearing man say that Mr. Augst needed to be killed before he talked. Alienor remembered having bumped into a man matching Augst’s description. She applied her considerable talents to getting the coat check attendant to talk, learning that the man was a lawyer named Quentin Augst.</p><p></p><p>After the show, the constables checked up on the man at the temporary RHC Headquarters, and found out that he was a known associate of the Kell Guild, often turning up to defend suspected Kell Guild members who had been arrested.</p><p></p><p>The Ekossigan team returned, and everyone was antsy to follow up on two matters of importance: Quentin Augst needed to be tracked down, and the doomsday dwarf cult was expecting a dangerous shipment tonight. The eight junior constables and Malkie split into three teams to stake out Augst’s three known residences, in Central District, North Shore, and the Ayres. </p><p></p><p>Summer, Alienor, James, and Cazara went to the docks, but first they interrogated a captured zealot. Summer pretended to be interested in their cult, and learned that many “Beasts of the End Times” were gong to be released to distract the Flint PD from several major operations the terrorists were planning, including bombing the hotel where the peace summit was going to happen.</p><p></p><p>Also, Delft informed the constables that IronPeak was following up on some intriguing information courtesy of Morgan Cippiano, probable capo of The Family, the Kell Guild’s main organized crime rival.</p><p></p><p>The junior constables found that Augst safely retreated to his private island in the Ayres. They staked out the estate until morning, making sure nothing untoward happened.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, the senior constables headed to the docks, where they found a dozen dockers using a crane to help a pair of clean-shaven dwarves unload six massive crates from a steamship. Midnight approached, and The constables got into position. Cazara ascended to the rooftops and Alienor and Summer took cover behind nearby buildings as James walked right into the crowd of dockers. He informed them that they were breaking the law and aiding terrorists, and furthermore, he was with the RHC and they were surrounded. The dockers sort of laughed him off, but then Cazara and Alienor used shuriken and bullet to cut the cable of the crane, dropping its crate. Out of the remains of the crate leapt a Displacer Beast, and the dockers scattered.</p><p></p><p>Cazara went straight for the cat-like beast, knocking it senseless. Summer backed her up by dispatching the beast to the Dreaming for a short time. James and Alienor opened fire on the dwarves, but they failed to prevent them from opening two of the three crates still aboard the ship. One crate held an Owlbear and the other held a Beholder which shot fire from its eyes. The Beholder and Owlbear thanked the dwarves by killing them. As the Owlbear ate them, the Beholder floated out over the battle. Realizing that all of the creatures in the area were focusing their attacks on it, the Beholder used its telekinesis to release an Umber Hulk from one of the already-unloaded crates. Seeing that the constables were overmatched, Summer sent her raven Snow to find backup from any nearby police.</p><p></p><p>Just as the Umber Hulk emerged, however, James landed a solid shot on the Beholder and it panicked, shooting fire in every direction, which included the Hulk. Enraged, the hulking beetle-ape hybrid thing launched itself at the floating eyeball thing, scaring the Beholder away from the fight. Alienor managed to take it out before it escaped. The Hulk then turned its attention to the constables while the Owlbear ate the dwarves.</p><p></p><p>James, Cazara, and Summer took turns distracting the beast while Alienor fired shot after shot. Cazara was nearly bitten in half, and James went down at least once, but eventually the constables were victorious. While the Hulk was going down, the Owlbear finished its meal of dwarves and then wandered off into the city. Also, the Displacer Beast finally returned from its trip to the Dreaming, and then escaped into the city in a different direction. Some reinforcements arrived in the form of Flint PD and curious dockers. Cazara gathered a team to hunt down the Owlbear, Alienor gathered a team to get the Displacer Beast, and James and Summer put together a group to load the unopened crate back onto the ship (where one other unopened crate remained). They noticed that the crate that had been unloaded had a very unhappy occupant trying to smash its way out, while the one aboard ship was completely silent.</p><p></p><p>It took the dockers some time to repair to the crane so the unruly crate could be reloaded. James and Summer took the time to check out the ship, finding only a small crew who had killed themselves with cyanide pills. Alienor returned and devised a plan to have the dwarf ship towed back to see with its cargo, and then scuttled. The unruly occupant of the one crate was a point of concern, so some heavy chains were gathered and the crate was reinforced. As James and Alienor tried to put chains on the quiet crate, the crate itself grew great appendages and grabbed the both of them. Eyes appeared and a great maw opened in the side of the crate. It had been a Mimic all along!</p><p></p><p>Summer teleported the two of them out of the thing’s grasp. Alienor and James opened fire on the thing as the dockers scattered. The Mimic grabbed James again and then gave up its disguise, turning instead into an amorphous goo pile and then oozing over the side of the ship, dragging James after it.</p><p></p><p>James could not escape the grip of the Mimic. Fearing for his life, he managed to squirm his hand free and pulled forth a Potion of Invulnerability. Summer saw one chance to save him. One of her spells could teleport one creature after she stabbed it. She reached over the side of the ship, but James was flopping about on the surface of the water, too far away. Luckily, the First Blade of Srasama could be any size its owner wanted, so she extended the length of its blade and stabbed at James. She hit. She hit so well that the sword of the fallen goddess cut through James’s invulnerability, flesh, and bone. She succeeded in teleporting him back to the ship, but James was bleeding out and would have died if the constables hadn’t been there to give him immediate medical treatment (<em>she critted for 54 damage. If he hadn’t had resist 25 all, she would have killed him while saving him).</em></p><p></p><p>The mimic had gotten away, but everything else had been taken care of. No one was looking forward to telling Delft that there was a giant mimic loose in the city…</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skotothalamos, post: 6385027, member: 83398"] [b]Beasts of the End Time[/b] While one team was meeting with Ekossigan, another RHC team escorted Brakken of Heffanita and a couple of Peace Summit dignitaries to the Rock Rackus show, a preview of Purple Train, set to open at the Navras Opera House the following night. Alienor was running late, but James went to the show, leading three junior constables (Lila Coldwater the Witch, Emmeline LeCrochet the Avenger, and Garson “BugTree” Wildflower, the Wilden Swarm Druid). In the smallish nightclub, Emmeline and Lila noticed a suspicious meeting happening in one of the semi-private booths. While Brakken and the dignitaries took in the show, the meeting broke up and one of the two men seemed upset, storming out with four bodyguards in tow. Emmeline followed closely enough to hear him called “Mr. Augst” at the coat check, but was unable to follow the man. She tried to get more information out of the coat check attendant, but he clammed up. Investigating back at the booth, James and Lila found no sign of Mr. Augst’s partner, but did detect a recent use of shadow magic. James also noticed that the man had been idly stabbing the table. Alienor showed up and got caught up on the situation, at which point Brakken shared that he had overheard the disappearing man say that Mr. Augst needed to be killed before he talked. Alienor remembered having bumped into a man matching Augst’s description. She applied her considerable talents to getting the coat check attendant to talk, learning that the man was a lawyer named Quentin Augst. After the show, the constables checked up on the man at the temporary RHC Headquarters, and found out that he was a known associate of the Kell Guild, often turning up to defend suspected Kell Guild members who had been arrested. The Ekossigan team returned, and everyone was antsy to follow up on two matters of importance: Quentin Augst needed to be tracked down, and the doomsday dwarf cult was expecting a dangerous shipment tonight. The eight junior constables and Malkie split into three teams to stake out Augst’s three known residences, in Central District, North Shore, and the Ayres. Summer, Alienor, James, and Cazara went to the docks, but first they interrogated a captured zealot. Summer pretended to be interested in their cult, and learned that many “Beasts of the End Times” were gong to be released to distract the Flint PD from several major operations the terrorists were planning, including bombing the hotel where the peace summit was going to happen. Also, Delft informed the constables that IronPeak was following up on some intriguing information courtesy of Morgan Cippiano, probable capo of The Family, the Kell Guild’s main organized crime rival. The junior constables found that Augst safely retreated to his private island in the Ayres. They staked out the estate until morning, making sure nothing untoward happened. Meanwhile, the senior constables headed to the docks, where they found a dozen dockers using a crane to help a pair of clean-shaven dwarves unload six massive crates from a steamship. Midnight approached, and The constables got into position. Cazara ascended to the rooftops and Alienor and Summer took cover behind nearby buildings as James walked right into the crowd of dockers. He informed them that they were breaking the law and aiding terrorists, and furthermore, he was with the RHC and they were surrounded. The dockers sort of laughed him off, but then Cazara and Alienor used shuriken and bullet to cut the cable of the crane, dropping its crate. Out of the remains of the crate leapt a Displacer Beast, and the dockers scattered. Cazara went straight for the cat-like beast, knocking it senseless. Summer backed her up by dispatching the beast to the Dreaming for a short time. James and Alienor opened fire on the dwarves, but they failed to prevent them from opening two of the three crates still aboard the ship. One crate held an Owlbear and the other held a Beholder which shot fire from its eyes. The Beholder and Owlbear thanked the dwarves by killing them. As the Owlbear ate them, the Beholder floated out over the battle. Realizing that all of the creatures in the area were focusing their attacks on it, the Beholder used its telekinesis to release an Umber Hulk from one of the already-unloaded crates. Seeing that the constables were overmatched, Summer sent her raven Snow to find backup from any nearby police. Just as the Umber Hulk emerged, however, James landed a solid shot on the Beholder and it panicked, shooting fire in every direction, which included the Hulk. Enraged, the hulking beetle-ape hybrid thing launched itself at the floating eyeball thing, scaring the Beholder away from the fight. Alienor managed to take it out before it escaped. The Hulk then turned its attention to the constables while the Owlbear ate the dwarves. James, Cazara, and Summer took turns distracting the beast while Alienor fired shot after shot. Cazara was nearly bitten in half, and James went down at least once, but eventually the constables were victorious. While the Hulk was going down, the Owlbear finished its meal of dwarves and then wandered off into the city. Also, the Displacer Beast finally returned from its trip to the Dreaming, and then escaped into the city in a different direction. Some reinforcements arrived in the form of Flint PD and curious dockers. Cazara gathered a team to hunt down the Owlbear, Alienor gathered a team to get the Displacer Beast, and James and Summer put together a group to load the unopened crate back onto the ship (where one other unopened crate remained). They noticed that the crate that had been unloaded had a very unhappy occupant trying to smash its way out, while the one aboard ship was completely silent. It took the dockers some time to repair to the crane so the unruly crate could be reloaded. James and Summer took the time to check out the ship, finding only a small crew who had killed themselves with cyanide pills. Alienor returned and devised a plan to have the dwarf ship towed back to see with its cargo, and then scuttled. The unruly occupant of the one crate was a point of concern, so some heavy chains were gathered and the crate was reinforced. As James and Alienor tried to put chains on the quiet crate, the crate itself grew great appendages and grabbed the both of them. Eyes appeared and a great maw opened in the side of the crate. It had been a Mimic all along! Summer teleported the two of them out of the thing’s grasp. Alienor and James opened fire on the thing as the dockers scattered. The Mimic grabbed James again and then gave up its disguise, turning instead into an amorphous goo pile and then oozing over the side of the ship, dragging James after it. James could not escape the grip of the Mimic. Fearing for his life, he managed to squirm his hand free and pulled forth a Potion of Invulnerability. Summer saw one chance to save him. One of her spells could teleport one creature after she stabbed it. She reached over the side of the ship, but James was flopping about on the surface of the water, too far away. Luckily, the First Blade of Srasama could be any size its owner wanted, so she extended the length of its blade and stabbed at James. She hit. She hit so well that the sword of the fallen goddess cut through James’s invulnerability, flesh, and bone. She succeeded in teleporting him back to the ship, but James was bleeding out and would have died if the constables hadn’t been there to give him immediate medical treatment ([I]she critted for 54 damage. If he hadn’t had resist 25 all, she would have killed him while saving him).[/I] The mimic had gotten away, but everything else had been taken care of. No one was looking forward to telling Delft that there was a giant mimic loose in the city… [/QUOTE]
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