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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7317142" data-attributes="member: 79141">Session 37, Part One - Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself…Waves of euphoria and happiness washed over the unit, and they all gawped helplessly at the beautiful, rainbow-coloured sprite.Only Matunaaga had been fast enough to raise his rifle before the interloper took off his hat and, though he too was transfixed, his readiness made him a target. The man replaced his stove-pipe hat, drew two pistols from his cloak and fired at Matunaaga until he dropped.Then he fired at Gupta, Korrigan and Leon, skipping Kasvarina and ignoring Uriel, who – in the form of Malthusius – had already begun to discorporate.  Uriel found he could not control this and the others were in no position to help....Kasvarina’s magical wards dispelled the sprite’s charm. Leon and Korrigan both shrugged it off. Leon averted his gaze and Korrigan raised a wall of stone between them. The sprite simply flew above it and Gupta remained transfixed, but Leon kept his eyes averted, while Kasvarina was protected from further effects by her impressive array of arcane wards. Korrigan, meanwhile, chose to stare right at the sprite and fend of the glamour through sheer force of will. Kasvarina drew a wand and fired a lightning bolt at the sprite. Stunned, it folded its wings and dropped slowly, like a feather.While the wall remained in place, Korrigan dashed to Matunaaga’s side and used his healing hands (long ago infused with hurtloam) to stop the mortally wounded gith from bleeding out.The wall dropped and the man in the stove-pipe hat fired again.  There seemed to be no limit to the number of bullets he could fire! Korrigan strode towards him and challenged him to a fair fight.  The man answered with a smirk and unloaded his pistol at Korrigan.  Korrigan absorbed most of the damage and his filigree markings began to glow more brightly. The sprite recovered before it hit the ground and unfurled its wings again.  Her partner could now see that Korrigan could resist the powerful charm and his confidence faltered.Behind them, Uriel discorporated fully.  As he did so he called out, “Korrigan. Where we first met.”Gupta fought free of the charm too and looked away. Unable to see what was going on, she drew Reason from her back and fired the rifle in the air. Anyone who attacked now would be struck by a magical bullet.  “Can’t we all just talk?” she shouted. “I’d love to,” said the gunman.  “But I have urgent business elsewhere. Festoon, if you please.”In response to his command, the sprite shifted her wings and they pulsed a different colour.  At that, the pair of them vanished.  (Leon detected a short range teleport, but was in no mood to give chase.)Matunaaga was down, badly injured and Uriel had vanished too. Korrigan was fairly sure what the deva had meant: he had relearned Malthusius’ knack for controlling the site of his next reincarnation.  He had spoken as Malthusius, whom Korrigan had first met in Pardwright University.  Knowing this might give them a head-start on the Ob…As for their present situation, it would be a difficult journey back through the complex, given the extent of Matunaaga’s wounds. They needed to teleport somewhere safe. Korrigan considered the Governor’s island, as none of them thought Uru’s garden would be a safe bet without Uru.  But in the end, they decided to risk RHC HQ, with Leon in disguise.  Once there, they arranged for Matunaaga to receive medical care and set about getting access to Malthusius’ old rooms in Pardwright.This pair of foes is based on the image from the front cover of The Investigation Begins.  Their names are Festoon and Mehmood.  The sprite Festoon autohits with her mesmeric aura during the first round of combat unless her foes are fast enough to look away.  Mehmood has magical pistols that require no ammo and can fire multiple shots per round. Mehmood also has a magical watch that casts time stop once a day but he didn't get the chance to use it.  They are Ob assassins who work for Governor Stanfield and seek to prevent Uriel from regaining Malthusius' memories, because he will then know Stanfield's secret.Uriel's player knows Stanfield is a bad guy, of course.  He had to watch helplessly while the others took him to Stanfield's mansion in pursuit of memory events during the last session.  Even more amusing was the conversation at the end of this combat about where it was safe to teleport to.  Uriel's player looked on in silent anguish as the Governor's mansion was mooted. Ho ho.</blockquote>

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