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<blockquote data-quote="Echolocation" data-source="post: 8211051" data-attributes="member: 7011911"><p><strong>Session 44</strong></p><p><em>Courtesy of Ella's player</em></p><p></p><p>(Sigh) <em>Well</em>, as if mid carriage drive shoot-outs, meetings with the king, and time-sensitive secret missions weren’t enough, now we had to deal with a representative from the Unseen Court. Namely: <em>Asrabey Varal</em>. A man who, previously, had almost killed most of us in his quest to execute the king’s sister.</p><p></p><p>Such a charming fellow. And now he wanted us to help hunt down and kill a fey fugitive hiding in Flint. Naturally, Angharad volunteered and - by proxy - volunteered all of us. The king gave us his blessing, Asrabey gave us a meeting time, and the fey turned on his heel and left.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, the B Team was having a slightly easier time of it. Simply escorting Brakken the Beran mediator to the Pardwight District for lunch with Drakr’s delegate: Steffan Eberhardt. Steffan proved to have a decent sense of humour and seemed on good terms with Brakken. Lunch passed pleasantly enough until the explosion. The incredibly loud boom shook the building and knocked people from their seats as there was the squeal of a train derailing.</p><p></p><p>Jumping to their feet, B Team quickly discerned that their charge was safe, but the skywalk outside had been destroyed and a train was lying derailed beside the tracks. A single figure stood out: a male dwarf strolling casually away from the destruction. As he went, a gargoyle fell off the roof above him and hit the dwarf.</p><p></p><p>Carlao and Dima rescued him from being completely crushed, and then immediately apprehended him on grounds of lying through his teeth. Before they could get anything out of him though, the dwarf bit a poison pill that turned the blood in his veins to ice, killing him.</p><p></p><p>Steffan recognised the dwarf’s general appearance: stating that he was likely part of an obscure religious sect from northern Drakr. The dwarf was also carrying a newspaper dated for the next day, and a pocket watch counting down the time until 2:40 PM - 5 minutes away from now. Despite the strangeness of this, there were more pressing matters: train wreck survivors to aid and explosion remnants to examine.</p><p></p><p>Upon examination, it seemed the explosion had been triggered by a wire running across the train tracks between the two pillars supporting the skywalk. It was likely rigged shortly before the train arrived, but no witnesses had survived to identify the culprit. As we were investigating, a second explosion sounded - the Flint Tribune building to the west collapsing. Immediately after gunshots started sounding and civilians started falling.</p><p></p><p>Dima ushered Brakken and Steffan to safety between two buildings, out of sight of where the snipers seemed to be located. After a brief discussion it was decided to split the party: Josiah and Dima heading west and Carlao and a number of police officers heading southeast. As they ran they heard shouts from some of the snipers, exclaiming in Drakran accents how merciful it was to release these people from their lives.</p><p></p><p>As the constables approached their targets they found themselves confronted by snakes made of ice, but wasted little time in dispatching them and getting to their true targets before the snipers could kill any more innocents. Carlao and his officers injured the snipers in the southeastern building, only to have their foes die from poison pills; but Dima and Josiah masterfully combined Hold Person and nonlethal damage to take two captives alive. As the last dwarf died he smiled and said: “Your end will come for you too.”</p><p></p><p>The rest of the day passed, with B Team safeguarding Brakken and Team BAD organising their workload for the next few days. The next morning - the 9th of Spring - both teams gathered at RHC HQ, meeting in one of the satellite buildings with Frank: Risur’s fantastic Royal Technologist and his adorable mechanical doggo Justin. After Ella and Frank nerded out for a bit, Frank got down to the business of attaching the steelmill construct’s head and activating it.</p><p></p><p>After some initial twitching, the construct’s fingers began to tap out a message in Morse code: one Angharad, Ella and Carlao recognised as “Would you kindly give me a pen?” After providing it with pen and paper, we waited with <em>bated breath</em> to for what would happen next.</p><p></p><p>It’s been a week and we’re still waiting... but now, hopefully, we can get some answers! Or… possibly just more questions. So sit down, strap in, and get ready for whatever the hell happens next! This week, on Zeitgeist.</p><p></p><p><strong>DM Notes</strong></p><p></p><p>Frank, the Royal Technologist, is the Outback Mage from this meme (in my headcannon, Primordial is Australian lingo):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]133426[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Echolocation, post: 8211051, member: 7011911"] [B]Session 44[/B] [I]Courtesy of Ella's player[/I] (Sigh) [I]Well[/I], as if mid carriage drive shoot-outs, meetings with the king, and time-sensitive secret missions weren’t enough, now we had to deal with a representative from the Unseen Court. Namely: [I]Asrabey Varal[/I]. A man who, previously, had almost killed most of us in his quest to execute the king’s sister. Such a charming fellow. And now he wanted us to help hunt down and kill a fey fugitive hiding in Flint. Naturally, Angharad volunteered and - by proxy - volunteered all of us. The king gave us his blessing, Asrabey gave us a meeting time, and the fey turned on his heel and left. Meanwhile, the B Team was having a slightly easier time of it. Simply escorting Brakken the Beran mediator to the Pardwight District for lunch with Drakr’s delegate: Steffan Eberhardt. Steffan proved to have a decent sense of humour and seemed on good terms with Brakken. Lunch passed pleasantly enough until the explosion. The incredibly loud boom shook the building and knocked people from their seats as there was the squeal of a train derailing. Jumping to their feet, B Team quickly discerned that their charge was safe, but the skywalk outside had been destroyed and a train was lying derailed beside the tracks. A single figure stood out: a male dwarf strolling casually away from the destruction. As he went, a gargoyle fell off the roof above him and hit the dwarf. Carlao and Dima rescued him from being completely crushed, and then immediately apprehended him on grounds of lying through his teeth. Before they could get anything out of him though, the dwarf bit a poison pill that turned the blood in his veins to ice, killing him. Steffan recognised the dwarf’s general appearance: stating that he was likely part of an obscure religious sect from northern Drakr. The dwarf was also carrying a newspaper dated for the next day, and a pocket watch counting down the time until 2:40 PM - 5 minutes away from now. Despite the strangeness of this, there were more pressing matters: train wreck survivors to aid and explosion remnants to examine. Upon examination, it seemed the explosion had been triggered by a wire running across the train tracks between the two pillars supporting the skywalk. It was likely rigged shortly before the train arrived, but no witnesses had survived to identify the culprit. As we were investigating, a second explosion sounded - the Flint Tribune building to the west collapsing. Immediately after gunshots started sounding and civilians started falling. Dima ushered Brakken and Steffan to safety between two buildings, out of sight of where the snipers seemed to be located. After a brief discussion it was decided to split the party: Josiah and Dima heading west and Carlao and a number of police officers heading southeast. As they ran they heard shouts from some of the snipers, exclaiming in Drakran accents how merciful it was to release these people from their lives. As the constables approached their targets they found themselves confronted by snakes made of ice, but wasted little time in dispatching them and getting to their true targets before the snipers could kill any more innocents. Carlao and his officers injured the snipers in the southeastern building, only to have their foes die from poison pills; but Dima and Josiah masterfully combined Hold Person and nonlethal damage to take two captives alive. As the last dwarf died he smiled and said: “Your end will come for you too.” The rest of the day passed, with B Team safeguarding Brakken and Team BAD organising their workload for the next few days. The next morning - the 9th of Spring - both teams gathered at RHC HQ, meeting in one of the satellite buildings with Frank: Risur’s fantastic Royal Technologist and his adorable mechanical doggo Justin. After Ella and Frank nerded out for a bit, Frank got down to the business of attaching the steelmill construct’s head and activating it. After some initial twitching, the construct’s fingers began to tap out a message in Morse code: one Angharad, Ella and Carlao recognised as “Would you kindly give me a pen?” After providing it with pen and paper, we waited with [I]bated breath[/I] to for what would happen next. It’s been a week and we’re still waiting... but now, hopefully, we can get some answers! Or… possibly just more questions. So sit down, strap in, and get ready for whatever the hell happens next! This week, on Zeitgeist. [B]DM Notes[/B] Frank, the Royal Technologist, is the Outback Mage from this meme (in my headcannon, Primordial is Australian lingo): [ATTACH type="full" width="585px" alt="1614409513515.png"]133426[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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