As the crew finds safety in their tank they start to relax and discuss their options. They decide that it is definitely to hot for Kamanja and the related people who were the upstarts in the Killbox to be seen out and about. It was also discussed and decided that first thing in the morning they need to finish up their supplies and get the hell out of dodge.
During the night as the crew tries to get some rest, Kamanja and 9s here a tapping and a scratching on the outside of their tank. They peer outside of the windows and to their surprise they see a large mutated possum. As they start to tell the possum to scram the possum explains in a commanding whisper that they are in danger as the crew have made quit a ruckus and pissed off a lot of people, especially with that stunt at the Killbox. The possum starts to laugh in a raspy whisper and goes on to explain that he personally thought the riot was genius and those tight wads that run this place needs their cage rattled once in awhile. The possum finally introduces himself as Tonic and says they all need to come with him. 9s and Kamanja goes about waking the rest of the crew up and explains to situation. The crew nods an agrees that this is probably in their best interest but they are smart enough to expect a trap.
Tonic leads them through a maze of back alleys and through various train cars as the crew realizes they are starting to head underground. Tonic leads them to a hidden latter that leads directly underground and explains that someone in the Undercity wants to talk to them and actually needs their help, and Tonic reiterates that is not safe for the crew on the surface and they have closed the city. There is no traffic going in or going out. The crew continues to follow Tonic through a maze of old sewage tunnels (with all of the smells that go with it) and they eventually come to a large reinforced metal door. Tonic gives the door a pattern of knocks and a pattern of knocks is rapped in response. The large metal door opens and the crew finds themselves in a large cavern that is full of nefarious looking rift raft which all gave the crew a once over before most of them returned to what they were doing before the interruption.
Tonic continues to leads them onward and they find themselves inside a very deep buried base of connected rail cars and Tonic opens one of the doors and the see a room filled with tables, a bar, and there are various people sitting on the tables and the bar. The crew is offered food and drink and Kamanji takes a shot of a green liquor that the bartender explained makes people see things.
As the crew eats and drinks their fill while Kamanji fist bumsp a green faerie Tonic gets their attention and explains to them that it is time for them to meet the boss and get down to business as it were as Tonic points to the far end of the room that is separated by a heavy red velvet curtain. Tonic pulls the curtain aside and waves them over. The crew is greeted with a large round table that hosts a large rodent with no eyes and meter long antlers that introduces himself as Azarel (the boss), a well dressed man in a bowler hat that just nods as Azarel introduces him as Mr. Doyle, ans behind those two stands a very large four armed toad that is armed with shotguns and lead pipes that introduces himself as Kruder, Captain of the Undercity. The crew is then offered a seat by Azarel and they sit.
Azarel, The Boss
Kruder ,Captain of the Undercity
Mr. Doyle, Azarel's Trusted Friend
Azarel welcomes the crew and starts right off explaining how it is not safe for them on the surface right now as their various stunts has put a lot of heat on them and the city has been locked down. During this time Azarel turns to Mr. Doyle and appears to have a one sided conversation with them as Mr. Doyle never speaks. As the crew watches this conversation with curiosity a man opens the curtain and enters the private area that is dressed in a crimson cloak and black armor with the mark of the city guard on it. Azarel turns to this new comer and says, "Ah, Capt. Drasticos glad you could join us". Azarel sighs and explains to the crew that he will Drasticos explain the situation and why he needs the crews help as the crew has obviously proved to be very capable, even in the most dire of situations.
Capt. Drastico expains how one of his trusted operatives has gone freelance and is doing business and causing trouble where he shouldn't be. The operative is known as Ficas and has been smuggling anti radiation tabs into the city for his own gain. Drasticos continues to explain that this needs to stop as it is hurting the common people and that he found evidence that Trey, the Mayor of Rail City has been dealing directly with the leaders of the Star Children. The crew then learns that their task is to go into the burn and find Ficas who we want brought in alive at all costs (but dead is better then letting him escape). Azarel then picks up the conversation and tells the crew that the Star Children has multiple heads and each head needs to be destroyed for the menace of the Star Children to be stopped. The crew then realized that they have met the heads of the Star Children snake before - it was the people that were throwing torc grenades at them and flying drunk in a yellow hover car.
During this conversation some of the guards open the curtains and the drop a person who has been chained up to the ground. Azarel turns to the person who worked his way up to his knees and says, "You disappoint me Lisam, I had a lot of faith in you". As Lisam tries to stutter out a defense his body goes rigid, Lisam makes a gargling sound, and then drops to the floor, dead. Azarel nods to the guards and they silently pick up Lisam's body and makes their exit.
Azarel apologies for the interruption and continues talking to the crew. The crew learns that Pike is Trey's brother and they run the entire corrupted operation. Azarel also explains that their person that was on the screen in the lab and in the Killbox is known as Bel Starks and is a construct like 9s. Bel Starks runs the cryolab and how the crew can be tracked by their electronics. The crew then hands over all of their communication devices they have lifted off the Star Children to Kruder who then smashes them to pieces with his bare hands.
Azarel sighs and says it has been a long night and this has been enough talk. I will provide you all with rooms, food, medical care, and even companionship if you wish. Azarel then waves the crew off with his paw and Tonic motions them to follow as Tonic leads them all to some rooms and says, "Get some rest, there is a lot to do still".
Just another day in Detroit Suck City...
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PLAYER THOUGHTS: This was a great session full of a lot of roleplay and a lot of information. We all learned how interconnected a lot of our encounters have been and we all started to piece together the bigger picture. For me, one of the biggest surprised I learned how Pike was in the thick of mess at the very top and how the band Kiss (Yep, exactly) are the leaders of the Star Children and how each variant we have faced as tattoos that match the individual members. Definitely looking forward to more shenanigans and story.
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