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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mikeawmids1" data-source="post: 9510058" data-attributes="member: 7030604">The Library Job - Part 1The crew enjoy some much-needed Downtime between jobs.Old Man Jenkins receives notice of foreclosure on his farm, unless he can raise 1,000gp to pay the arrears on overdue land tax.Shayloth recieves rejection letter from themed vigilane team the Nocturnpals, citing the whole duck thing he has going on does not gel with their brand.Sean is invited to participate in a back-room/bare-knuckle fighting tournament, and beats the living funk out of his first opponent, the breakdancing brawler Buster Groove.The crew are summoned before the Black Council to answer for the debacle that was the Kidnapping Job. Somehow, the crew managed,to (a) rile up the Blooded, (b) blow up a building, (c) interfere with a sanctioned assassination attempt, and (d) humiliate a powerful sorceress. The crew make a strong case for their defence and sway the Council, however they are not completely off the hook. To placate Evalenora's wrath, the crew must undertake a job for her.The crew are paid for the Kidnapping Job. Sean and Shayloth offer their share to Old Man Jenkins to save his farm. They visit Braden Zaragosa at the bank to hand over the cash. The banker seems annoyed that Jenkins has found the money. Sean spots correspondence from the Pasta Baron Trentino Alto-Adige on the bankers desk, stating his offer to buy Jenkin's land. A suspicion gestates in the old farmer's noodle; could the Pasta Baron be responsible for poisoning his fields?Evalenora is a guest of Lord Oakmantle. The guards in his employ have the same blank/gormless stares as the sailors on the Osborne. The sorceress has made herself at home, and Lord Oakmantle grovels at her feet like a beaten dog, thrall to her mental dominance. Evalenora explains the Library Job; the crew must steal the Tormented Compendium from the Spire of the Mind (an enormous library, and the tallest building in New Dunhaven), and place a Corrupting Tome in its place, erasing the surrounding volumes to obfuscate the crime. Failure to complete the job will result in a complete withdrawal of all occult services she provides to the Cartels.The crew surveil the tower. The 11 storey building dominates the city skyline. The first two floors are open to the public, everything else is restricted - accessible via a unique clockwork lift mechanism. Sean establishes the lift was installed by the Guild of Cunning Artificers, and blueprints for the contraption are likely stored in their compound.Fortunately, Shayloth has a contact in the Guild, a former flame called Alana Rogue, whom he still thinks of fondly. He commissions her to craft a high-velocity grapple gun, then persuades her to give his "autistic friend" (Sean) a tour of the compound. A display case in the Guildmaster's office contains a scale model of the lift mechanism from the Spire, and replica of the rings required to move it between floors. While Shayloth breaks down and confesses his long buried love for Alana, Sean takes a wax impression of the ring. Alana lets Shayloth down easy. Heavy footfalls of a clockwork sentinel lumber close, the crew escape via the window.At this point, Old Man Jenkins recalls hearing about a prototype hot air balloon being developed by the inventor Hiliam Gaas. The crew immediately pivot to a balloon heist. Adding another layer of complexity to this counfounding lasagna, Jenkins insists on framing the Pasta Baron for the hijacking. Shayloth visits the Nocturnpals to request a team-up. Fantastic Fox uses his super power to go through Trentino's bins and rustle up some DNA evidence for the crew to plant at the crime scene.Mid-afternoon of the next day, the crew call on Hiliam Gaas. Sean slyly taunts the egotistical inventor into showing off his prototype. Shayloth knocks him out, and the crew steal the balloon. Crowds gather to gawp at the inflatable conveyance rising above the city. It takes a while for Old Man Jenkins to get a handle on the controls, during which time Hiliam Gaas regains consciousness and alerts the city watch that agents of the Pasta Baron have hijacked his balloon.As dusk dwindles into evening, Shayloth moors the stolen balloon to the top of the library tower. Doctor Sin zip-lines down to the domed roof, followed by Old Man Jenkins. Shayloth glides over, spreading wide the wings of his feathery cape to hold him aloft. Unfortunately, the rope breaks and Old Man Jenkins collides with the side of the Spire (Shaken). The rest of the crew haul him up, clearly visible to the watchmen congregating in the plaza far below. Sean takes off in the balloon, leaving the rest of the crew stranded atop the dome*. Some of the guards give chase - but still more are gathering around the base of the tower to cut off the crew's escape. TBC* which does raise the question, did you give any thought to your extraction?</blockquote>

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