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You are both running the same one to start but it's not very long and I'll start running seperate ones once we get past this initial run.

Hails of arrows, the abyssal terror summoned by Canith, and the continued cannon fire of the ship smashes into the rotting kraken. Chunks of it split off the main body, falling beneath the waves while on the platforms Plaguebearers get festooned with arrows. Several of them turn their attention towards the ship, pulling swords as Annikah and Ellania take flight. Several of them remain chanting, pustules of rot forming on the kraken's main body.

As you all get settled in at the cafe, a car that looks more rust than metal pulls up. It's a wreck, and too conspicuously with how well it moves to a small parking lot. Someone has spent a lot of money to make it look like a piece of trash. It's door sticks until the occupant forces it open, a metahuman too covered in rags to tell if they are dwarf, human, or elf as they make their way over to the cafe. Getting closer, it becomes more apparent they are a male human, who quickly orders a meal in a slurred voice before heading to the corner of the cafe along with an order of crab. After a few moments a new message pops up on your comns Just arrived. Corner of the cafe. Come over when you are ready.

On the mindnet it would be 210 meters from the caster of the spell.

Looking through the astral, there's very little that seems out of the ordinary. Some vermin, none of them in the cafe itself, a few people along the docks most of whom seem to be here to sightsee, fish, or something else. There's many auras by the yacht itself, easily two dozen people currently on the ship. Meanwhile the cafe does actually have a menu in braile that they have for Nyx to read. Looking through the matrix, Lady Tonight is unable to find any hidden matrix icons in the proximity of the Cafe, and a search for the Ares Executive shows that he is Carl Bellweather, Head of Ares Southeastern Marketing department and recently appointed to the post. There will be a party hosted tonight for his arrival, very suit and tie affair involving other corp executives, mostly Ares ones.

Hunnan Hunnan considers the approaching oozes, trying to figure out anything that may help with these strange creatures

I will allow this.

Been dealing with interview stuff. I'll have a post up later

That would be fine. I'll try to update tomorrow, sorry for the wait.

Pup's examination of the physical and astral around doesn't reveal too much out of the ordinary. A few water spirits talk of the new boats, including a rather large one that recently docked. The pier you are on, within view but much less busy, doesn't reveal anything of the ordinary. The two employees at the little corner coffee your mysterious contact has invited you to enjoy a meal at seem normal, and are talking about a recent delivery when you listen in on them.

While you are waiting on the docks, a new message arrives from your employer. He'll be there in ten minutes, and will pay for dinner at a small corner cafe he gives the location on. He invites you to splurge, as it will be a busy night for all of you.

Searching through the matrix for information, Lady Tonight isn't able to find too much pertinent about the dock itself, although she's able to find a small piece of news related to a dock nearby. Some low-level executive from Ares is in town and has brought his private yacht with him, currently docked at that nearby pier. Going to the dock indicated in the message, each of the four of you arrive at a corner cafe still open for business. No one else is there, but the two people on duty are clearly eager for any customers to seat themselves. A new message arrives from this potential employer, stating he will be there in ten minutes and to get yourselves seated. Dinner will be on him.

Sounds good.

Ihrin Human• Entertainer • Maestro Bard 1 Medium • Chaotic Good • Humanoid AC: 16 | HP 11/18 | Fort +5 Ref +5 Will +5 | Resistance: None | Speed 25 feet | Class DC 17 | Focus Point: 0/1 Ihrin goes through a lot in a few seconds, getting grappled, headbutt to the point the front of her head is nothing but pain blooming inside of her head, only to find herself suddenly free. She mutters a few spells under her breath. "Only two fools left on this floor, step up your game, your both nothing but bores!" Actions: OOC Action 1: Cast Inspire Courage Action 2: Cast Shield Action 3: Attempt to Bon Mot the Bookeeper

Marica Elf (Duskwalker)• Undertaker • Investigator (Alchemical Investigator) 1 Medium • Lawful Good • Humanoid AC: 17 | HP 15/15 | Fort +4 Ref +8 Will +5 | Resistance: None | Speed 25 feet | Class DC 17 Marica nods "It's probably for the better to look around and find out where the market is now. If it is a prank, best to get it out of the way quickly and free up the rest of the day." Marica would ask around, questioning people as politely as she could about the location of this market. Actions: OOC

I agree, I'll go ahead and roll to aid another Edit: So I think i just gave Vedast a -1......

You can roll when you want to if you feel it's in character for your character to be searching for details. I'll roll it versus hidden things happening. So #4 pretty much.

"Well, they are mostly pests," the captain says. "Still got a ways to sail before we reach where that wrecked ship might be. Settle in, and let's hope nothing else decides to interrupt our day on the sea." Those words end up being eerily prophetic as afternoon comes, a mostly peaceful day about to be interrupted by something much worse than Nightrats. Kaltis is scanning the horizon with his spyglass when he calls out to you and then barks out a series of orders to the crew. The ship begins to turn, heading towards the direction that the Captain pointed. As you look out over the ocean, the scene begins to come into view: another giant mass of tentacles and flesh hanging onto driftwood while Plaguebearers swarm around it, carried by a crude set of rafts. "They're trying to infest the beast with Nurgle's foul touch! We've got to stop it before they fully control that beast and it comes after us!" Nearing the scene, you can see the discoloration of flesh and pus leaking from the diseased creature as Nurgle's Rot warps flesh and skin. The ship halts, the crew rushing to the cannons in an attempt to kill the creature before it becomes fully mutated. OOC Yes you will get your full toughness back and yes the short term goal suggestion of a worthy fight is a good one to aim for. For this scene, anyone with long range spells can attack the creature to help destroy it, or you can make a DN 5:2 Mind (Ballistic Skill) Test to aid the cannoneers.

Hunnan "Perhaps someone moving through water?" Hunnan asks, keeping a wary eye and ear out for any movement in the room ahead.

It's approaching midday in Miami when the message arrives on your comn. It's not from any number you recognize, and attempts to contact the number do not get a reply. >>>Interested in work? I have it on good authority you are very skilled at illicit activities. I have a target in need of liberating from someone else's hands. If you are interested, meet me at the following dock this evening at 4 PM local time. Payment will be fifteen thousand nyuen for the job. As this message comes in for each of you, who are you and what are you doing as this comns message comes in?