Session 1 (Broken Lands)
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WlfSamurai
Maelstrom Engineer
@ThaDruid
April tosses the rest of the muck onto the corpse. She rubs her hands on her apron. She's sweating. And she's angry. You can see it in her eyes.
"Bright," she says. "To what do I owe the honor?" Her tone is a mix of sarcasm and sincerity. She does respect you. She is part of your flock, after all.
What do you do?
April tosses the rest of the muck onto the corpse. She rubs her hands on her apron. She's sweating. And she's angry. You can see it in her eyes.
"Bright," she says. "To what do I owe the honor?" Her tone is a mix of sarcasm and sincerity. She does respect you. She is part of your flock, after all.
What do you do?
ThaDruid
Killer Clown
Bright
Bright sighs
"I had an altercation with Shan..."
He gestures to the wound on his forehead
"And i did not come out unscathed."
"His fate was worse, sadly..."
He stood still for a while, his gaze locked on the ground.
Did he make the right choice?
Teh Frixz
That lady robot
Arsenic
I hold still a bit, holding back some of the ruder things I'd like to say. And by ruder I usually mean fatal. There was a lot of potential in this room and these people were still part of the vision of restoring at least some bit of the Golden Age. I do however, grab the water on the table and hold it.
"You damn well know the rules are fair and you'd know better than to think I'd be accusing anyone in this room of doing anything wrong. There wouldn't be business out here without me" I look around the room for confirmation. "Am I wrong? Am I harming any of you or am I the fucking reason we are all here. I'm not going to sit around and play the blame game, I just think it's a serious problem and we should do something about it. Trade isn't a joking matter."
I step back, still holding the water. Almost hugging it, the coolness and condensation soaking into my shirt.
I hold still a bit, holding back some of the ruder things I'd like to say. And by ruder I usually mean fatal. There was a lot of potential in this room and these people were still part of the vision of restoring at least some bit of the Golden Age. I do however, grab the water on the table and hold it.
"You damn well know the rules are fair and you'd know better than to think I'd be accusing anyone in this room of doing anything wrong. There wouldn't be business out here without me" I look around the room for confirmation. "Am I wrong? Am I harming any of you or am I the fucking reason we are all here. I'm not going to sit around and play the blame game, I just think it's a serious problem and we should do something about it. Trade isn't a joking matter."
I step back, still holding the water. Almost hugging it, the coolness and condensation soaking into my shirt.
WlfSamurai
Maelstrom Engineer
@ThaDruid
April nods. "Let me take a look." She moves to an empty table and pats it. "Hop up."
When you're up there, she looks over your wounds. "So, what was the argument about? With Shan?"
@Teh Frixz, @Skrakes, @Grey
"That's just it," says Babylon folding her arms. "That's why we're here. We think we all," she looks between you all, "should be the ones to check it out."
April nods. "Let me take a look." She moves to an empty table and pats it. "Hop up."
When you're up there, she looks over your wounds. "So, what was the argument about? With Shan?"
@Teh Frixz, @Skrakes, @Grey
"That's just it," says Babylon folding her arms. "That's why we're here. We think we all," she looks between you all, "should be the ones to check it out."
ThaDruid
Killer Clown
Bright
"Abigail's passing away had a bigger effect on him than i thought. He got violent."
Bright breathed in deeply, closed his eyes, and let April do her work.
Grey
Dialectical Hermeticist
HOUND
The Chopper
Hound glances around the assembly with a weary eye. "I'm hearin' a lotta words," he drawls, like a tested saint, "but I still don't know what in the Glow you're talking about."
He pushes off the wall and folds his arms. "You want everyone in this room to go see some far-off smoke signal? That's a pricey escort contract," he says, with the hint of a grin.
Hound always seems mildly amused by trade.
The Chopper
Hound glances around the assembly with a weary eye. "I'm hearin' a lotta words," he drawls, like a tested saint, "but I still don't know what in the Glow you're talking about."
He pushes off the wall and folds his arms. "You want everyone in this room to go see some far-off smoke signal? That's a pricey escort contract," he says, with the hint of a grin.
Hound always seems mildly amused by trade.
Teh Frixz
That lady robot
Arsenic
"You know I can pay. "
It's common knowledge that I've got the means but sometimes even that isn't enough. I do hear enough from the Traders to have a good idea of what people are wanting.
"It's not an escort either, its an excursion. We can expand territory that way too. We all need the room to roam. I can double the normal rates for you and Hound, I do have a girl looking to leave the Hill. Maybe marry in." It's not a declaration of interest on the behalf of the hellraiser back up the Hill but more of an offer of a clean impressionable girl and access to Arsenic's own dinner table. Hound would or could be welcome to enter the facility proper, full water access for his gang, and a say in matters regarding the water. It's one hell of an offer but the man deserved a good offer, he'd been loyal so far.
"You know I can pay. "
It's common knowledge that I've got the means but sometimes even that isn't enough. I do hear enough from the Traders to have a good idea of what people are wanting.
"It's not an escort either, its an excursion. We can expand territory that way too. We all need the room to roam. I can double the normal rates for you and Hound, I do have a girl looking to leave the Hill. Maybe marry in." It's not a declaration of interest on the behalf of the hellraiser back up the Hill but more of an offer of a clean impressionable girl and access to Arsenic's own dinner table. Hound would or could be welcome to enter the facility proper, full water access for his gang, and a say in matters regarding the water. It's one hell of an offer but the man deserved a good offer, he'd been loyal so far.
WlfSamurai
Maelstrom Engineer
@ThaDruid
"We all knew that hit him hard," April says as she works. "I thought he was over it by now. Had he mentioned it to you before...this?"
@Teh Frixz, @Skrakes, @Grey
Babylon looks at you, Arsenic. Surprise painted on her face. She hadn't expected such a grand gesture from you.
What do you guys do?
"We all knew that hit him hard," April says as she works. "I thought he was over it by now. Had he mentioned it to you before...this?"
@Teh Frixz, @Skrakes, @Grey
Babylon looks at you, Arsenic. Surprise painted on her face. She hadn't expected such a grand gesture from you.
What do you guys do?
Grey
Dialectical Hermeticist
HOUND
The Chopper
Hound relaxes.
"I'm amenable," he says, leaning back against the wall.
The Chopper
Hound relaxes.
"I'm amenable," he says, leaning back against the wall.
Teh Frixz
That lady robot
Arsenic
"so that's that then. You can pick up your pay at the water drops later."
I give a big shit eating grin. Relaxing my grip on the jug of water, I offer it to the group. Tilting it so the water hangs on the lip.
"so that's that then. You can pick up your pay at the water drops later."
I give a big shit eating grin. Relaxing my grip on the jug of water, I offer it to the group. Tilting it so the water hangs on the lip.
ThaDruid
Killer Clown
Bright
Bright is quiet, he thinks for a while.
"No. He had stopped talking so much after it happened."
"Maybe i should have seen it coming..."
He starts biting his own fingernails.
He does it involuntairly when he is deep in thought.
A nasty habit.
WlfSamurai
Maelstrom Engineer
@Skrakes / @Grey / @Teh Frixz
You prepare. You saddle up. And you head for the smoke in the distance. You three and Babylon, for sure.
Hound, you bring your gang?
And Arsenic, did you bring anyone else with you other than Babylon?
@ThaDruid
April continues to work, finishing wrapping the wound. "Well, I don't see how you could have seen it. Anyway. So, what's the plan these days? You've been keeping the flock outside the walls. Are you going to find a more permanent place for us?"
You prepare. You saddle up. And you head for the smoke in the distance. You three and Babylon, for sure.
Hound, you bring your gang?
And Arsenic, did you bring anyone else with you other than Babylon?
@ThaDruid
April continues to work, finishing wrapping the wound. "Well, I don't see how you could have seen it. Anyway. So, what's the plan these days? You've been keeping the flock outside the walls. Are you going to find a more permanent place for us?"
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Grey
Dialectical Hermeticist
HOUND
The Chopper
And hell rides with me, you bet. I trust my gang, and this might need the firepower.
The Chopper
And hell rides with me, you bet. I trust my gang, and this might need the firepower.
WlfSamurai
Maelstrom Engineer
Arsenic, Hound, Thorn,
Excellent. So now I pose a question to all of you. You know this place, this area. You've lived here. What could it be? This smoke and ash. What is out this direction that has caused you problems before? Or, the better question, who is out this direction that has caused you problems before?
Bright,
April starts cutting strips of cloth. She going to wrap the wounds. As she cuts, she asks, "So, what's the plan for the flock? What's next? You seem like you have a place you want to take us, or something."
How do you respond?
Excellent. So now I pose a question to all of you. You know this place, this area. You've lived here. What could it be? This smoke and ash. What is out this direction that has caused you problems before? Or, the better question, who is out this direction that has caused you problems before?
Bright,
April starts cutting strips of cloth. She going to wrap the wounds. As she cuts, she asks, "So, what's the plan for the flock? What's next? You seem like you have a place you want to take us, or something."
How do you respond?
Teh Frixz
That lady robot
Arsenic
this is badland, no major communities are out here, at least none that get my water. This is why I'm so confused, I don't know what traders were doing out here and I don't no who they were doing that with. It's why I'm going personally to see, Babylon as my guard and that little trouble maker I've offered up to hound is coming to. She wants to see the world, let's see it.
this is badland, no major communities are out here, at least none that get my water. This is why I'm so confused, I don't know what traders were doing out here and I don't no who they were doing that with. It's why I'm going personally to see, Babylon as my guard and that little trouble maker I've offered up to hound is coming to. She wants to see the world, let's see it.