Paridon: The Dark Metropolis (Ravenloft)

[jkason]

Ru Brike, barbaric human monk

Perrin grabs Calahan by the shoulder and leads him outside, following after Father Berman.

Ru lends a hand restraining Calahan. "Outside, yes," the monk says, looking nervously between the cuckoo clock and the stairs down to whatever Ada may have become.

"You already blew up one of us in pursuit of abominations," he whispers to Calahan. "Let's turn that crazy against the one making the things, instead, eh?"

 

[Le Noir Faineant]

Calahan at last gives up his resistance and lets the others lead him outside.

"I am still not convinced. What if that creature downstairs kills an innocent who is dumb enough to go down?"

 

[jkason]

Calahan at last gives up his resistance and lets the others lead him outside.

"I am still not convinced. What if that creature downstairs kills an innocent who is dumb enough to go down?"

"Well, that constable can't have gotten too far ahead of us," Ru says. "When we catch up to him, we send him back with orders no one is to enter until we return. Sound good?"

 

[kinem]

"We must not let anyone enter" Father Berman says. "We may need to split up. I didn't want to talk inside because I suspect that some of those clocks and dolls have ears.

Anyway, it appears that Ada is now an automaton. I don't know, maybe she has been all the time we've known her. It's a bit damaged now, presumably from the events at Combledorn Manor. It seems to have a healthy hatred for Combledorns.

It doesn't appear to be vampiric, that I saw. It may well be that it will not attack people unless ordered to or trying to defend itself.

Her father clearly controls it, though. It was he who transformed Edditomas into the monster we fought, from what it said.

It thinks that her father was trying to protect Ada. Maybe he was. If so then we have some leverage. It will be dangerous to try to arrest the man - who knows if he is a monster himself, but I wouldn't be surprised if he has tricks up his sleeve, especially when he's at the clock tower.

We have to decide if Ada is now a public threat that needs to be put down. But we can make that decision in light of how well her father cooperates when we come to arrest him and thereafter. It might keep him under control."

 

[Rhun]

Perrin nods in agreement with Father Bermin. "Yes, let's find her 'father' and see what he has to say for himself."

 

[Le Noir Faineant]

"When we catch up to him, we send him back with orders no one is to enter until we return. Sound good?"

Calahan nods, then his eyes narrow. Not without a theatrical note, he hands Ru his gun.

"You keep it. Or I swear, I'll shoot that gnome when I first see him."

 

[industrygothica]

Darian starts off without a word, purposefully leading the way to the clocktower.

 

[Rhun]

Perrin breathes a sigh of relief as Calahan hands his firearm to Ru, and then quickly follows after Darian.

 

[kinem]

"Ahem! Guys, remember the bit about not letting anyone enter the shop? Perhaps Calahan should stay and guard the entrance" Father Berman suggests.

 

[Le Noir Faineant]

Calahan grins like a hungry wolf. "Sure. If you leave this to my responsibility, I'll do as I want.
Maybe the shop will suffer one of the small, but fairly frequent fires that haunt our dear city.
Maybe the dollie will get burned."