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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7376125" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 47, Part One - Le Grand Patron</strong></p><p></p><p>High above the battlefield, Uru could see that the opening cannon salvo had drawn the attention of the Danoran military in Urban Postularis. Alarms had been raised and troops were mobilizing. It was anybody’s guess how long they had before reinforcements reached the island. But Uru did not have long to ponder this matter: Little Jack gave a sputter and a phut and fell out of the sky – unable to carry Uru in his current, heavier state (absent the fading influence of the Bleak Gate). They landed, unharmed, not far from where Korrigan had rallied the stragglers.</p><p></p><p>Quratulain had already reached the second line of barricades, on the right flank. With the squadron on the first line in retreat, Sly Marbo advised the two gunners he was battling to flee too, broke away from them and zig-zagged up the slope towards the left flank of the second line. So swift was the shapeshifting hare – even in human form – that the riflemen and machine-gunners were simply unable to hit him. He leaped over the barricade and attacked. Quratulain, inspired by Korrigan’s injunction not to kill for no reason, slapped one of the gunners with the side of her sword and told him to run home to his mother. Bravely, the soldier fought on.</p><p></p><p>Now the third and final line of barricades joined in: mortar shells landed throwing shrapnel, dirt and debris over the slower unit members. Kasvarina was thrown backwards and covered from head to foot in soil. She struggled to get up until she was galvanised by Korrigan. </p><p> </p><p>By now, Uru had picked off several of the explosive canisters that lined the road, and the rest of the unit was able to dash ahead more quickly, with Korrigan bringing up the rear, controlling the battle with precision, ordering and encouraging his men.</p><p></p><p>Rumdoom reached the second line of barricades and chucked a couple of grenades over. Quratulain picked up the anti-infantry gun and turned it on the squadron. Two gunners tried to stop her, as she had lowered her defences, but when they struck her metallic form, they were punished by an electrical field that send them reeling back. The second Danoran squadron now broke and ran. The third line and final, comprised of artillerists and snipers, broke too.</p><p></p><p>There was a wide, open, grassy slope between the barricades and the Lance – about three-hundred feet of ground at the top of which sat the metal ‘tank’ they had been warned about: <em>Le Grand Patron</em>. Its engines were now up and running and they could only hope they had enough time to reach it before it opened fire with its main cannon.</p><p></p><p>Uru and Gupta commandeered a mortar and began aiming it as best they could. Although they managed to hit the tank, the mortar didn’t appear to do much damage. They abandoned the mortar and headed up the slope. Marbo ran so fast he was on the tank long before the others, but couldn’t think of any way to harm it. The best he could do was cover his ears as the turret pointed at his advancing friends and fired. A huge crater opened up where Korrigan once stood: a direct hit! The others kept on going, hoping that Korrigan had survived the blast. They flanked the cannon as it lumbered down the hill towards them. </p><p></p><p>Leon and Kasvarina, at a loss without their magic, ran ahead up the slope towards a cluster of tents and the sound of music. They found a new-fangled phonograph connected to jury-rigged horns that amplified Kasvarina’s song: the lullaby she used to sing the Borne and his ‘brothers’. They turned it off. Exploring the tents, they found one shared by military personal, kept in good order, and a second much more messy one-man tent, filled with oily, greasy spare parts and giving off a strange odour that took Leon back to his days in Ber. They also checked out the tower. No entrance could be found, only a flight of steps that spiralled around the outside and stretched up into the distance.</p><p></p><p>Back in the crater, Korrigan sought to calm Kai. Although the little boy was unharmed by the blast, he had been greatly alarmed by the noise and was crying. Korrigan was injured. Although his rocky form had protected him from worse, he had also absorbed Kai’s share of the damage which might otherwise have killed him. Rumdoom’s entourage helped him out of the hole.</p><p></p><p>Spraying fire wildly from its anti-infantry guns, the tank sought to run the unit over. Locked in a strange dance, leaving trails in the high grass, the combatants weaved around each other. Quratulain focused her analytical mind on the tank, and Uru studied it from afar. Between them, they identified three weak spots: the treads, the turret and the machine guns. Still riding the vehicle, Sly gestured at a hatch in the top which he was powerless to open himself.</p><p></p><p>Uriel focused the might of his dragon-slaying forbear Jannick. Working in unison with Rumdoom he destroyed one of the tank’s treads, slowing it dramatically. Now Rumdoom was able to clamber on, as was Quratulain. Rumdoom wondered if his knowledge of the runes of destruction would aid him here in the Dead Magic Zone. He needn’t have worried: he grasped the hatch and with great effort (and with some assistant) peeled it off and threw it away. The tank came to a halt.</p><p></p><p>Quratulain jumped through the hole and came under immediate pistol fire. A lizardman engineer unloaded twin pistols at her, but all the bullets did was ricochet off and kill his crewmates. The lizardman surrendered and they dragged him back up the hill. This was Master Chief Faradio, a defector from Ber and an Obscurati officer whose ring inscription read <em>Ole! Bravo! Booom!</em> Faradio couldn’t tell them much. He had arrived in Danor, having stolen many blueprints from Tinker Oddcog, and bartered for a chance to actually build some of these machines of war. In return, his duty had been to defend the island and keep the musical recording playing at all times.</p><p></p><p>By now, Danoran ships were sweeping up the Eglise towards the island. The unit needed to move quickly. They tied up Farradio and approached the Lance. Kasvarina donned the Arc and even though there was no specific event associated with this very spot, a small area of full magic now radiated from the tower. Within it, they felt their supernatural powers return. Gupta flexed and gave a growl. They shared healing magic. (Once again, Quratulain declined Uru’s offer to help fix her mechanical parts.) Leon placed the phonograph into the absurdist web. Then they braced themselves and began the arduous climb.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7376125, member: 79141"] [b]Session 47, Part One - Le Grand Patron[/b] High above the battlefield, Uru could see that the opening cannon salvo had drawn the attention of the Danoran military in Urban Postularis. Alarms had been raised and troops were mobilizing. It was anybody’s guess how long they had before reinforcements reached the island. But Uru did not have long to ponder this matter: Little Jack gave a sputter and a phut and fell out of the sky – unable to carry Uru in his current, heavier state (absent the fading influence of the Bleak Gate). They landed, unharmed, not far from where Korrigan had rallied the stragglers. Quratulain had already reached the second line of barricades, on the right flank. With the squadron on the first line in retreat, Sly Marbo advised the two gunners he was battling to flee too, broke away from them and zig-zagged up the slope towards the left flank of the second line. So swift was the shapeshifting hare – even in human form – that the riflemen and machine-gunners were simply unable to hit him. He leaped over the barricade and attacked. Quratulain, inspired by Korrigan’s injunction not to kill for no reason, slapped one of the gunners with the side of her sword and told him to run home to his mother. Bravely, the soldier fought on. Now the third and final line of barricades joined in: mortar shells landed throwing shrapnel, dirt and debris over the slower unit members. Kasvarina was thrown backwards and covered from head to foot in soil. She struggled to get up until she was galvanised by Korrigan. By now, Uru had picked off several of the explosive canisters that lined the road, and the rest of the unit was able to dash ahead more quickly, with Korrigan bringing up the rear, controlling the battle with precision, ordering and encouraging his men. Rumdoom reached the second line of barricades and chucked a couple of grenades over. Quratulain picked up the anti-infantry gun and turned it on the squadron. Two gunners tried to stop her, as she had lowered her defences, but when they struck her metallic form, they were punished by an electrical field that send them reeling back. The second Danoran squadron now broke and ran. The third line and final, comprised of artillerists and snipers, broke too. There was a wide, open, grassy slope between the barricades and the Lance – about three-hundred feet of ground at the top of which sat the metal ‘tank’ they had been warned about: [I]Le Grand Patron[/I]. Its engines were now up and running and they could only hope they had enough time to reach it before it opened fire with its main cannon. Uru and Gupta commandeered a mortar and began aiming it as best they could. Although they managed to hit the tank, the mortar didn’t appear to do much damage. They abandoned the mortar and headed up the slope. Marbo ran so fast he was on the tank long before the others, but couldn’t think of any way to harm it. The best he could do was cover his ears as the turret pointed at his advancing friends and fired. A huge crater opened up where Korrigan once stood: a direct hit! The others kept on going, hoping that Korrigan had survived the blast. They flanked the cannon as it lumbered down the hill towards them. Leon and Kasvarina, at a loss without their magic, ran ahead up the slope towards a cluster of tents and the sound of music. They found a new-fangled phonograph connected to jury-rigged horns that amplified Kasvarina’s song: the lullaby she used to sing the Borne and his ‘brothers’. They turned it off. Exploring the tents, they found one shared by military personal, kept in good order, and a second much more messy one-man tent, filled with oily, greasy spare parts and giving off a strange odour that took Leon back to his days in Ber. They also checked out the tower. No entrance could be found, only a flight of steps that spiralled around the outside and stretched up into the distance. Back in the crater, Korrigan sought to calm Kai. Although the little boy was unharmed by the blast, he had been greatly alarmed by the noise and was crying. Korrigan was injured. Although his rocky form had protected him from worse, he had also absorbed Kai’s share of the damage which might otherwise have killed him. Rumdoom’s entourage helped him out of the hole. Spraying fire wildly from its anti-infantry guns, the tank sought to run the unit over. Locked in a strange dance, leaving trails in the high grass, the combatants weaved around each other. Quratulain focused her analytical mind on the tank, and Uru studied it from afar. Between them, they identified three weak spots: the treads, the turret and the machine guns. Still riding the vehicle, Sly gestured at a hatch in the top which he was powerless to open himself. Uriel focused the might of his dragon-slaying forbear Jannick. Working in unison with Rumdoom he destroyed one of the tank’s treads, slowing it dramatically. Now Rumdoom was able to clamber on, as was Quratulain. Rumdoom wondered if his knowledge of the runes of destruction would aid him here in the Dead Magic Zone. He needn’t have worried: he grasped the hatch and with great effort (and with some assistant) peeled it off and threw it away. The tank came to a halt. Quratulain jumped through the hole and came under immediate pistol fire. A lizardman engineer unloaded twin pistols at her, but all the bullets did was ricochet off and kill his crewmates. The lizardman surrendered and they dragged him back up the hill. This was Master Chief Faradio, a defector from Ber and an Obscurati officer whose ring inscription read [I]Ole! Bravo! Booom![/I] Faradio couldn’t tell them much. He had arrived in Danor, having stolen many blueprints from Tinker Oddcog, and bartered for a chance to actually build some of these machines of war. In return, his duty had been to defend the island and keep the musical recording playing at all times. By now, Danoran ships were sweeping up the Eglise towards the island. The unit needed to move quickly. They tied up Farradio and approached the Lance. Kasvarina donned the Arc and even though there was no specific event associated with this very spot, a small area of full magic now radiated from the tower. Within it, they felt their supernatural powers return. Gupta flexed and gave a growl. They shared healing magic. (Once again, Quratulain declined Uru’s offer to help fix her mechanical parts.) Leon placed the phonograph into the absurdist web. Then they braced themselves and began the arduous climb. [/QUOTE]
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