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 Post Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 7:47 pm 
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Roger's just head-swiveling, per usual.

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 Post Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2022 2:43 am 
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Arkady considers that he's got the Bible and his buddy the Sergeant, decides he's probably doomed but nichevo (it can't be helped), and advances with the knights while activating the TAC sight. Hopefully this time he can defend his people without killing anyone. Or dying. That'd be nice, God willing.

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 Post Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 5:21 pm 
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Felix: Engineering: +5 Roll: +1 Sidekick: +4 Total: +10 Target: +11

Tracking down a second but next to two people who are conveniently saying helpful things is not straightforward.

Roger: Alertness: +3 Roll: +0 Target: +4
Arkady: Alertness: +1 Roll: +0 Total: +1
Felix: Alertness: +2 Roll: +0 Sidekick: +4 Total: +6


Roger doesn't notice anything untoward - at least, not at first. Nor does Arkady, peering head of the group with his shotgun at the ready. Felix, engrossed in his attempt to find more bugs, also doesn't notice anything...

...but Theresa does. "Behind us!" she warns, pointing back - and when you turn around, you see a small crowd heading towards you.

You'll probably recognise the Baron at the front; Baron Harparin, one of Raven's followers. He's dragging the arm of a tallish person in a brown cloak, the hood of which is large enough to cover his face. There's a handful of other guys with this group, dressed in fine clothes which make them look more like nobility than soldiers; none of them have their weapons drawn, and it's clear from the way they're eyeing the Church knights that they don't expect to prevail in any contest of arms.

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 Post Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 8:21 pm 
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Arkady comments as he walks "We should be having conversations in the throne room."

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 Post Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2022 4:53 am 
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"I can't imagine theyre happy to see us," Felix says of the group following them. "Should we give them a proper greeting or keep going? I'm somewhat skeptical the hooded individual is good for our continured health."

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"Stop!" calls out the Baron, once he notices that he's been spotted.

Neither knight even bothers to turn his head.

"I said, stop!" screeches the Baron. "Stop, I say! You are hereby officially barred from the Palace - I said stop!"

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 Post Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2022 12:45 am 
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Felix holds his hands up to his mouth and mock shouts in return.

"Sorry, we can't hear you! On official business! Very important! You'll have to swing by later!"

Felix suits word to action and continues walking. He doesn't let the group (and he especially doesn't let the robed figure) out of his sight until his own group and friendly knights have gone around a necessary corner.

When they get around a corner Felix quickly pulls a jury rigged "bouncing betty" style stun grenade and slaps it in the corner behind a bit of ornamentation. Maybe a statue or something. He eyeballs the timer to go off and "bounce" the flashbang the moment the Baron's group rounds the corner. If the timing is right and aim is true, hopefully the flashbang goes off right in the face of the cloaked figure.

Also, engineering roll to declare I either made one or am able to assemble one from the grab bag of party favors I brought with.

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 Post Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2022 12:05 pm 
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Arkady is going to try to get a read on the folks behind them; and if they do happen to turn any corners with sufficient lead time he'll hold his peace about Felix' bomb, largely because he doesn't know what Felix actually has in mind (and there wouldn't be time to go into detail about it).

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 Post Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 4:31 am 
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There are going to be a few seconds of lead time before you reach the corner.

Arkady: Empathy: +5 Roll: -2 Total: +3

Arkady is good at reading body language. Very good. Even rushing away from a group like this, in mere seconds, Arkady can get an idea of the intentions of the group - usually.

In this particular case, his people-reading instincts are... distracted. Because there is something wrong bout the man in the brown cloak.

Not "wrong" as in supernaturally unpleasant or anything like that, no. Wrong in a different sense.

The brown-cloaked man you were warned about was someone about whom no other details were known - about whom no other details could be known. Yet, even when Arkady looks way from the brown-cloaked man behind them, he can remember the height. He can remember the way the guy stumbles when his arm is pulled; the way his wrists are never apart, as if they're tied together under those voluminous brown sleeves.

And if he were as powerful as rumoured, why would a mere Baron be pulling at his arm and ordering him about?

No, Arkady is almost certain that this brown-cloaked man is a fake.

Felix: Engineering: +5 Roll: +0 Total: +5

Felix has a prototype flashbang ready to go - the next corner is close but it's not quite there yet.

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 Post Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 11:47 pm 
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Arkady comments: "Harparin is dragging a fake priest. Keep an eye out for the real one."

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 Post Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2022 1:48 am 
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"Oh, then I suppose I don't need to be fancy about it," Felix says as he gently tucks away the bouncing banger. He pops a launcher style flashbang into the grenade tube under his rifle barrel.

Felix waits for a good opportunity to instill maximum chaos. For now he keeps walking.

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 Post Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2022 2:45 am 
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And around the corner and, ah, there's the throne room!

The Queen is still in her diamond throne. Her heartbeat can still be heard echoing through the room. BA-bum. BA-bum.

And there's another noble, trying to explain something to a huge, muscular guy (one could debate whether this guy or Sir Ulath were the bigger) who is casually leaning on a large hammer. "...know what I'm talking about, and you won't get paid if you don't -"

The noble abruptly stops talking when he sees the group enter.

BA-bum.

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 Post Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2022 12:41 am 
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Arkady studies these two, and comments: "Please don't let us interrupt you. It is not as if these two Church Knights would eavesdrop on anyone speaking right in the throne room.

If it comes to that, the Sergeant is ready to contribute to the discussion; but he'd very much prefer that it didn't.

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 Post Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2022 3:18 am 
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"I'm sorry, but your services will no longer be required," Felix says as he walks up to the muscled man and pats him on the shoulder. "I've already got a crew ready to come in and redo the decor. Best of the best in castle design. No other can compare. Now why don't you run along before you're accused of a little light treason against the throne and get summarily executed, yeah?"

Felix gently pulls the sledgehammer from the man's hands and pushes him out the door. Or at least he attempts to. He's banking on the man being too caught up in the moment to react properly.

If the man turns violent Theresa, who has stepped to the side, will level her rifle and react accordingly. Preferably with a shot to the foot.

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 Post Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2022 7:21 am 
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BA-bum.

The noble looks over the entering group, definitely looking more than a little pale; then Baron Harparin drags in his fake brown-robed guy, and the noble makes a run for it, going around your group to join the group of nobles with the Baron.

BA-bum.

The big guy with the sledge-hammer proved harder to move; Felix discovers in short order that (a) he has a pretty firm grasp on his sledge-hammer and (b) he has no intention of being moved just by being pushed.

However, at the same time, he doesn't offer any violence; he just stands there, smiling slightly, and ignoring Felix's gentle push. Rather, he turns to look toward Sparhawk.

BA-bum.

"These guys with you?"

BA-bum.

"They're with us, yes," nods Sparhawk. "What was the Count trying to get you to do?"

BA-bum.

"Oh, he had some ridiculous story about the magic going wrong and the Queen needing to be let out to get some air."

BA-bum.

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