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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 6228830" data-attributes="member: 79141">Session 95a - Sunset BenchUnit B were all set to escort Brakken and assorted members of the Risuri and Danoran peace delegations to Sunset Bench,  a prestigious night club in North Shore, when the call came from  Korrigan for four of them to join him at Soknik's Repairs.  This left  only Niniel and Wil guarding the diplomats. Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on your point of view) the delegations were  playing things very much by the book, and each only sent one member to Brakken's 'ice breaker': Geoff Massarde, the tiefling engineer, representing Risur; and Rosalyn Taylor, a spirited redhead with a missing eye who captained the Freux Rouge, Danor's last remaining sail-driven warship. The group arrived at the club, where Rock Rackus was giving the second-to-last performance of his tour of Flint.  He was singing a song called, "An RHC Hero is Something to Be" and regaling the crowd with the fantastic story of how he saved the city from tentacled horrors alongside officers from the constabulary. The club was crowded and there appeared to be little chance of getting a table, but as they approached one closest to the stage, the occupants decided, unaccountably and unanimously, that now was the time to leave.  Which was nice. While the group hobnobbed, and Geoff Massarde had one too many drinks, Niniel noticed a face she recognised in one of the back booths: the same pasty, porcine face she had seen leaving the backroom area at the Kell-run brothel she had infiltrated over a month ago. From what he said at the time, it had been clear he had a leadership role within the guild.  Here he was, surrounded by three bodyguards, in an intense conversation with a nondescript man with beige hair, beige clothes and a beige demeanour. She circulated discreetly and learned that this was none other than Quentin Augst - a powerful city lawyer, though no one recognised the beige man he was  speaking to. (Later she would learn that he had signed himself into the club register as 'Norm'*) Augst was not only watched over by his bodyguards - Niniel spotted half a dozen Kell Guild ne'erdowells ranged about incognito.  She used the messenger wind to call for backup.  Several minutes later, she was told that Sergeant Veilleux was on his way and would be there as soon as possible. Meanwhile, Rackus had finished his gig, announcing that - while the intimacy of Sunset Bench was by far superior, anyone who wanted to catch him again would find him at the 'lesser venue' of the Navras Opera House for his final performance the following night.  Just when Niniel returned to the table to nab Wil, Brakken launched to his feet and said, "I must meet this man!"  Wil tried to discourage him by dismissing Rackus' tall tales, but Brakken insisted that he thought Rackus was telling the truth.  With that, he led the diplomats over to the other side of the crowded club, where a reluctant Wil was compelled to follow, or risk leaving the delegation completely unguarded. Time was ticking.  Niniel approached the waitress who was waiting on Augst's table.  Niniel said she was a new waitress, and she wanted to pick up a sugar daddy as soon as she could.  Having heard that Augst was a sucker for brunettes, she offered to work the other girl's entire shift for nothing if she let her take over. The waitress was duly persuaded, and when Niniel was certain she had left the club, she adopted her appearance and approached her target. Augst upbraided her for bringing their drinks so late.  He was in a foul mood and thumped the table as he yelled, "We're not running!  That's just throwing money away!  We need firepower, not a damned escape route!  And because you couldn't just shut up and agree, now I've missed the whole show!"  The beige man told him to calm down which only made matters worse.  Augst jumped up, spilling his drink, gestured to his bodyguards and stormed out of the cub. Niniel followed, hoping against hope that Leon would arrive in time, but it was not to be.  At a loss, she resumed her normal form and headed back into the club where Wil, Brakken and guests were returning to their table.  Norm had vanished.  She told Wil what had happened and asked him if he had seen the man leave.  To their surprise, Brakken said he had  overheard someone matching that description say, "We'll have to kill him before he talks," before burrowing into the crowd.</blockquote>

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