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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Golden Bee" data-source="post: 9647183" data-attributes="member: 7041055">In the Year 2000 / Saint Andre’s Fire (based on A Matter of Trust)^Captain Ivanova smirked. “I’m going to put your name on a stone, with today as one of the numbers.”In the first part of today’s session, the players found a portal to the future in the tomb of Konshu from the Uncanny Curse of Sekhmet. They stumbled into Sky City Seven, a retro-futuristic paradise. But tinpot tyrants are the same anywhen, and this one (Dr. Heliopolis) fell to the savage insults of Captain Ivanova and the angry sword of Xiao Yun. Too bad nobody used their pistol: it would've been a blast from the past.***Back in 1935, Devi was peeved about the disobedience in Detroit. So she sent JP two "helpful" assistants: Thaza O'Rourke and the Yale Navy man, Duke Van Der Pol. But they turned out to be perfect complements. Duke used his charm to find a client, Phillipe St Andre. Thaza rifled through Phillipe’s coat, discovering that he had deep gambling debts. With some more ‘digging’, they found out that he didn't really want his wife rescued: he wanted credible witnesses to say she was a junkie, so he could cut her off from her own Trust! Josiah Patrick Diamond was an ace investigator, easily chasing down each lead. but when it came time to dole out the dollars or get polite introductions, Duke was the one who could do it.Of course, the square-jawed Yalie needed to be reminded that while he could buy drinks for everyone in a dive bar, it was a great way to have his face remembered. and subtly was the friend of an investigator.The trail for St. Andre’s wife soon crossed paths with a human trafficker known as the Dauphin. The nocturnal playboy loved women, especially ones with track marks. And while he was naturally suspicious, Thaza’s stealth skills kept the group from being discovered. Instead of being found, they found something distressing: a freshly buried body outside the Dauphin’s mansion. The grave was a useful place to hide though, as Phillipe arrived… picking up his wife and paying off the trafficker!Our heroic trio followed their client back to his place, snuck in, and confronted him in the kitchen. JP and Thaza, not wanting to combine trespassing and criminal threat, cut carrots very thinly as a means of intimidation. It worked.They got Mme St. Andre to the hospital, and pulled favors in the police department to get the Dauphin’s yard exhumed. But they didn't find one body. They found dozens. Some relatively fresh, some going back decades. Enough corpses to turn their frenemy police sergeant Bart into a bona fide pal.With that, they had the pull to get Philippe arrested. Case complete! They threw a celebration dinner at their local orphanage. (Loyal readers will remember that this is Devi/Ava's place, the Astor House for Sunkissed Girls.)After the orphans’ bedtime, the trio headed to the great hall for cognac and repartee. Sadly, before they could get properly soused, their doorway was darkened by the Dauphin! He was out for blood, literally. The predator was preternaturally fast, nearly opening Thaza’s veins before JP lured him into the kitchen. Duke, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, instead found the silver knives and began flinging them. The drunken ferocity of the investigators was more than the leech could take. He tried turning into gaseous form… but was slain when trapped in a jar of garlic.All this to say: it is wise to have clients pay you in advance.^Possible authors: John “Night Rain” Goff, Shane “the Hack” Hensley, Clint “Fade to” Black, Sean “Pistol Whip” Preston</blockquote>

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