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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andrew Moreton" data-source="post: 7489071" data-attributes="member: 6920268">When setting up we did have the problem that the train is about 2 and a half times as long as our available floor space when all carriages are printed out and lined upThe train leaves cherage and heads out across the river leading up to Methia the team is in their cabin resting after their nightly exertions and planning the days investigations. Then Nevla collapses and seen on her body are the signs of a viscous beating which fade away rapidly and her body is briefly sheathed in golden flame. Everyone is puzzled Padme is quickly despatched to check on the two other Eladrin on the train while Isobel is not to be seen Aminda Danzinger seems to be perfectly fine. No explanation is decided on.(As the reincarnation of Kasavarina's daughter, her spirit had a flashback to when she was tortured and became Ssrama before dieing as it passed so close to Mathia)There was a discussion about if they would use the Ob ring and it was decided that Manuel also has a gold ring with the label 'One Bat Goblin' and therefeore El Kevin must have a rink with the label 'One Becomes Drake' Nevla argued they should use a 5 character word and so Dragon was ruled out.While on the train Nevla decided to investigate Jared and Aminda Danzinger more closely she followed them into the second class food compartment and observed them together with a keen eye for judging emotions she rapidly began to suspect that Aminda was not a slave and then in discussion with the others she and Manuel decided that this was a Romeo and Juliet couple so they should make sure there was no poison around. The Lighnting weasel was able to remember from its extensive reading that the Danzinger family was one of the big Important Tiefling families and a marriage between one of their scions and a former eladrin slave would be a social catastrophe. Combining this with the heavy bag the couple would not be seperated from was considered proof they were runaways.Nevla walked into their compartment in second class when the painter Leonardo Villeneuve was away and basically confronted them , explained that she totally sympathized with them and could help. They beleived her and confirmed that they were a couple of runaway young lovers, she told them that she could arrange to put them on a ship to Risur in Orithea and provided them letters of intorduction to Gale and the RHC, Once in Orithea she contacted their Familias contacts there and had the couple smuggled off to Risur.(These were 2 red herrings I put in the plot as is the painter)They were asked about the chainsmoking Leonardo Villeneuve and it was confirmed he was an artist and he claimed to be on his way to the sight of Ssrama's death to see and paint it before he died of lung disease. He was still checked with Detect undead by Manuel for a negative but they are still unsure if the possessing chainsmoker is running him(He is not he is a genuine red herring)A brief conversation with Luc and Ottavia was held but no conclusions reached and Nevla arranged to have a few arguements with Manuel around the train to reveal she was Finnona and only working for the Goblin because her first patron Caius had died.(Bree heard this and was going to consult with Luc before contacting Nevla/Finnona)While inspecting the engine El Kevin used detect undead and Ulvaar detect bleak gate energy and found a 'strong' undead in the 4th cargo car.During the brief safari El Kevins excellent jusgment revealed that Bree, Cardiff and Boone were as good a shots as the pc's and that Boone has Pistelero gunslinger trainingMr Mappel emerged from cargo car 4 and is now suspected to be a really well disguised vampire, frankensteins monster or some form of Juju Zombie.(In the end I decided that the living construct Mr Mapple should probably show up on detect undead )The train arrived in Orithea and the party decided who to follow. First Nevla went to the night market to arrange passage for the Danzingers and supposedly find historic trash for Manuel aka Bruce Wayne.ThenPadme was deployed to follow BreeEl Kevin would follow Cardiff HengehillManuel would follow Boone Nevla would follow EleanorUlvaar who is as subtle and stealthy as a dinosaur would guard their rooms and make sure no one noticed everyone was out sneakingPadme followed Bree succefully around town to the Effervescent Cup Inn and then down to the docks were she saw her hire some dockers then return to the hotel after watching the Aurora and some carriages.El Kevin lost Cardiff who carried out a series of anti-shadowing exercises and lost him , he returned to the hotel in time to be retasked with following  Verzuback who was tracked to the effervescent cup(Verzuback had seen Padme follow Bree so Bree did not try to join up with Luc and Ottavia after arranging their security)Manuel followed boon to the effervescent cup and then to the Inn with his girlfreind being paranoid he stayed and watched the inn seeing Boone emerge and pick up a prostitute he nearly gave up in disgust convinced the man was a nymphomaniac but was professional and so saw Boone kill the prostitute and feed her blood to his gun. If he had not been so suprised he would have shot Boone before he could make the kill but as she was already dead he decided not to blow his cover.At this point the team decided that Boone,  Verzuback and Bree were working together and Boone was a serial killer who needed to be taken down. They plan on having him dealt with by Nevla's vekeshi contacts in Naalem, before that they plan to give him food poisoning in Trekholm so he cannot kill anyone although they suspect the Trekholm law enforcement would deter him anyway. They don't know if the others know Boone is a serial killer.They wrote off the sea burning and flames turning to water as local weirdness.Padme following Eleanor saw a confrontation where Mr mapple read poetry to Isobel tried to move her veil was threatend by Eleanor but grabbed her and stopped her casting spells before fleeing when she called the guards. Padme went to the train station to look for him but they missed each other in the dark. Ulvaar did see him break into Eleanors room steal her money and have a bath (he sent the lightning weasel to look after hearing movement, it is stealth being so small)The session ended as the train prepared to leave for trekholm</blockquote>

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