[ooc] yes you are 30 feet closer than you are.
Asher draws out one of his potions of Cure Moderate Wounds from his bandoleer and drinks it.
Johnathan double moves towards Falko.
John Climb down DC10
Chretien's shot hits
His turret hits its target and it is destroyed.
Turret 4 fires at ⇒ 1 1=Angus 2= Johnathan miss
Woman casts another spell on the metal man and then she moves 30 ft north
Angus
Focus on the Woman Fast ! Angus Shouts
to ID the spell
Full defense
Current AC 29
Angus
Metal man withdraws without the chest and so does the woman through a tunnel but they are moving too fast for any of you to catch.
Combat Over
Cretien moves as quickly as possible to Falko, drawing a potion from his belt as he moves.
Round 7
And so we have failed to make any arrest but we can send the uniforms to catch her and have confiscated the good. so a minor victory i think ? he says casting a on falko
and then a on himself and then his last on falko again
With the taste of the potion still on Asher's tongue, he curses the wasted resource.
Asher runs up to the tunnel, watching the retreating figures moving away and incredible speeds. "Yeah... Minor victory" he says bitterly. "Tell me, where does this tunnel lead?" he says, turning to Cretien.
He gives Falko a glance as he's being tended to while awaiting a response.
Asher is clearly trying to hide a look of concern about the other constable, and also one of frustrated guilt.
The last turret looks like it is going to shoot one last time and then it becomes docile.
i don't know l'll secure the chest and we can go exploring. but if we get into combat things will turn ugly for us real quick. I have almost no magic left
I can Falko but first are we going after them or this is over for the moment ? he says casting his last
on himself
Trough that tunnel Falko they have about 45 seconds on us falko
Cretien takes a shot against the remaining construct, and if his turret has line of sight it will as well.
vs touch AC
vs touch AC
"As for magical analysis, I deal mostly in the combination of magic and machine. Purely magical items are better analyzed by pure mages. I'm specialized more on the machine side of the house."
"I don't think we will catch them. We can see where the tunnel leads though. It wasn't mentioned when i checked out the records on this place. "
"Perhaps we can call in a favor or two, try to prevent her from leaving the city at least."
Johnathan looks around the scene, expression vaguely sad.
You go through the tunnel and it ends in a sewer nearby where you could go either left or right so you aren't sure which way she could have gone.
Knowledge Engineering DC 15
"You boys check out the tunnel, I'll alert the cavalry. Don't go too far now, she's long gone and had enough time to set magical traps in her wake."
Asher grumbles to himself as he takes the quickest way back out into the rain. He loads another flare cartridge into his musket and fires it into the sky as a signal to alert nearby lawmen of their need.
She does indeed go twice faster than i but still we might more from this exploration he says pointing at his heavy armor
So left or right he says casting a light spell
"Left," Johnathan says, without explanation.
Cretien picks up his slightly damaged yet fully functional turret, folding it down into its portable form quickly and meeting the others at the junction.
Having no opinion on right or left, Cretien makes a verbal note, "This tunnel is about a month old. They started construction six months ago, so it was likely magically concealed."
You follow the tunnel 200 yards and you finally come across a ladder leading to a manhole.
Asher fires his flare up into the rainy night sky. 15 minutes later a patrolmen wanders over to the area and says, "What is going on over here?"
Asher, who had been loading the broken turrets into the carriage as evidence while waiting for his allies, shows the patrolman his papers/badge before giving him some somewhat intensely delivered orders.
"RHC. We had a sting here minutes ago, and the suspect got away. Spread the word around as quick as you can, and report to the RHC any findings."
He describes her, as well as mentioning that she might be accompanied by a seemingly 'metal man'. "She is skilled with magic, and dangerous. Do not confront her, simply follow her and report to the RHC."
You search the tunnel but the water is waste deep and it is very slow going. You are unsure which way they left or if they are still in the sewer.
The policeman is happy to oblige Lemond's request. The reemerges from the station where the battle had taken place, smelling of fecal matter, rain mixed with sea water and chemicals.
You return to HQ,
Knowledge History on the items in the chest DC 15
Angus can cast a detect magic and can try to ID (+10 to roll) the items in the chest upon returning to Headquarter
Before you get a chance to investigate further, you are summoned to Saxby's office. On the way you pass a lot of worried colleagues rushing about in a very busy manner, and a lot of RHC staff from the Slate office, all suspiciously prim.
Lady Saxby is frowning, standing up beside her chair, and on the other side of the desk Delft is standing, chewing blindly, smiling, looking a bit daft. To the side is a tall man, shiny military uniform (Lemond recognizes a medal for valor in the Third Yerasol War), fantastic mustache, monocle. From the tense atmosphere in the room you all immediately realize who this must be. No one is sitting down and there aren't enough chairs: a ploy by Saxby to keep things brief.
'Viscount Inspector Nigel Price-Hill' Saxby introduces you. 'Viscount, this is Professor Dufresne and his team, our best RHC Squad. You'll need to interview them for the audit on Delft, obviously.' She doesn't look enthusiastic, gives you warning looks to keep quiet.
'Congratulations on bringing down Macbannin, and saving the king', the Viscount shakes each of your hands. He then looks at Lemond, "I have heard you have done some excellent work for us in Drakr." He pauses coughs and then continues: "Of course, but after finding one incident of such egregious corruption, it is doubly critical to be on watch for more.' It sounds like a threat.
'Yes, Excellent' Saxby interrupts. 'That's all. Stay on your current case and cooperate with any requests from the Viscount’s staff as they review Delft's actions. As we all know there have been no other complaints of any sort', she glares at Johnathan knowingly - he looks back confused.
He continues with Lemond, 'I read you are a veteran of Yerasol, like myself', the Viscount ignores Saxby and speaks with Lemond as Saxby scowls. 'It gives a good name to the RHC don't you think Margaret'. Saxby smiles widely back, toothy and joyless. You try not to chuckle, you have never heard her common name spoken in the office before and to her face no less.
'Why, yes Viscount, what a good point.' Her eyes move over to Angus and scream 'get out and get back to work you dogs' but her smile never flickers. Delft laughs to himself.
Johnathan smiles to Delft as he enters, then looks around the serious faces.
He says meekly, "Interview...?"
"A pleasure to meet such esteemed personages. I take it the interviews are not immediate, but scheduled? If so, when is mine scheduled? I have a lot of repairs to make, in addition to our case load." As he speaks, he rotates his body about fifteen degrees towards the door, and shifts his left foot towards it, but stands awaiting a response.
The Lord Viscount and head of the RHC says, "Yes of course an interview. It is necessary in our profession. Tomorrow morning the schedules will be posted on the notice board when everyone's appointment will be."
"I shall check first thing in the morning, Lord Viscount."
Cretien suggests to his team, "Well, how about we meet for coffee, discuss our next course of action?" He steps out of the office, giving whatever salute is appropriate, if any, and waits outside for the team.
During the meeting with the viscount and Saxby, Asher starts mildly annoyed at an unnecessary meeting, but noticing the lack of chairs is mildly amused and pleased that this looks to be a short one. His attention is taken by the viscount's presence for a moment until he starts to recognize the talk...
Audit on Delft? Corruption? Just what is going on... I remember hearing of the mayor, is Delft implicated?
His eyebrows raise in a confused concern and the meeting continues. When addressed, he begins to answer. "Yes, Viscount... I-" but stops when the viscount speaks to Saxby.
There are politics at play here... I was hoping to be finally assigned to a team that gets action, not one just used as a piece on a game board for the elite to manipulate... Despite his rising distaste, he doesn't show it knowingly, and instead puts on his face of cold interest, the look of a man who watches the sky in an attempt to predict a storm.
Leaving the meeting, he joins the others outside of the office with Cretien. "Yes..." he says, coldly, the look of distaste showing openly on his face now. "Let us rinse our mouths. Our priority should be our duty to catch the woman, and we need a plan. However, it is clear that our immediate superior is in a bind. I would like to know why." he says as they get out of ear shot of the RHC headquarters. "Our ACI seemed an honest sort. Have I misread him?"
"He seemed alright. Never really questioned things here, it isn't my function. As i recall, everything we did, it all appeared in the end that we had stopped people who were criminals."
An intervew ?? yes of course. was all that angus could say a bit struck by the bad timing of the order