Silver Bluff-The town- Free Action to post here-

[Pender Lumkiss]

The town of Silver Bluff is a normally sleepy little town. The general architecture has a distinct oriental influence with sweeping roof lines and arches. Most of the buildings are 20-5 years old ranging from decrepit to sturdy. The south holds several houses, mostly in good repair. The villagers that the 13th saved all live in that southern area. A few buildings in the town center have been destroyed by rail gun fire, and possibly an errant grenade. In the center of town stands a fairly amazing piece of engineering and magic. What almost resembles a still hanging over an old fashion well serves as the town's water supply. Copper tubes protrude from the still snaking their way deep into the well shaft. Glowing green and red crystals adorn the still, and a silver spout spews out water whenever anyone turns the adjacent hand crank. To the north is another stone bridge that goes over a tiny stretch of mud and into the forest heading North East. Near the northern outskirts of town in a CS temporary command enclosure.

The north part of town holds homesteads and mud flats, and farming fields. It seems one of the towns major exports are some kind of worm gathered from the mud flats. Bronze shows you to the Inn and the CS soldiers head over to their command tent/structure.

The Morning
During the morning you catch sight of younger kids running around in black cloaks while others wearing a scarf around their eyes chase them around. Plenty of people are moving about town trying to fix buildings and board up windows, the coalition soldiers are helping them out with this effort. The community outreach team is in one of the Northern Mudflats. Folks come up to you giving thanks, and Mayor Donald Rucker offers to show you the town. Most people you meet during the daylight hours have muddy feet, and trousers, unless they are a proprietor of one of the town businesses. Many people are gossiping during the day about the events of last night, and rumors abound.

Grease and a few teenagers hand Lucretia her visor, they all look dead tired, scraped all to hell, and water logged. A blonde girl enthusiastically states, " We found it hanging by a rooted vine, just a few meters down the fall. Grease here got some gear together and we managed to snag it." She laughs happily, " He even gave it a once over making sure there were no cracks or blemishes."

Major Fitzbad comes out of the command tent and approaches the group, " Well command said we can assist in the clean up and containment, for a couple of days. Then we have orders to move out. That Priority alpha has been sighted heading north, orders are to destroy it. So we will be heading north, in a few days, meeting up with the 6th mechanized unit."
-Notice -2 to see that he is lying about something. If pressed he clams up and walks away.

Several women mostly come up to Jude as apparently his Heroics at the River have begun to spread far and wide. The newly minted Aunt comes over cradling the sleeping baby Krave. She gives Jude an awkward one handed hug, " I am Thistle, thank you so much for saving us! She turns to the small gathering, " You should have seen his heroics, he was flying! Fighting vampire's with nothing but a cross and courage." She bats her eyes at him, " He was amazing!" [So starts the rumor and renown of Jude the superhero!] She also invites Jude to lunch.
From the crowd a yell is heard, "Now where is he!!" A quick-flex gentleman with no small amount of grace and agility makes his way to the forefront cornering Markus, " You sir! Rammed your bike into the vampire holding my daughter!" The man goes from a fierce wolverine into a teddy bear hugging Markus, " You saved her sir, you saved her, you must come for lunch! My wife will not have it any other way."

[Lucretia]

Lucretia does her best to ignore the kids playing at Lady of Justice and Vampires. Sir Cy had been the one that got all the praise and adulation, not her. Even after he... even after she was on her own she mostly stuck to herself and didn't stick around much after helping out. It's not like she was offended by the praise of the townsfolk, just...
I was just doing my job, my duty. It doesn't go near far enough to make up for what I did on the old days, before Cy. I'm still the same monster, and don't deserve all this.

Grease and a few teenagers hand Lucretia her visor, they all look dead tired, scraped all to hell, and water logged. A blonde girl enthusiastically states, " We found it hanging by a rooted vine, just a few meters down the fall. Grease here got some gear together and we managed to snag it." She laughs happily, " He even gave it a once over making sure there were no cracks or blemishes."

"You... shouldn't have. I mean, thank you, but... She sighs, then smiles. Thank you. It holds a lot of memories."

Major Fitzbad comes out of the command tent and approaches the group, " Well command said we can assist in the clean up and containment, for a couple of days. Then we have orders to move out. That Priority alpha has been sighted heading north, orders are to destroy it. So we will be heading north, in a few days, meeting up with the 6th mechanized unit."
-Notice -2 to see that he is lying about something. If pressed he clams up and walks away.

"I'm glad to have you with us against the vampires."
He's a good man. Too bad he works for the CS.

OOC Comments

Liar liar... -2 offset by alertness
Notice [dice]0[/dice]
Wild [dice]1[/dice]
Not a clue.

[Jude Maverick]

Notice [dice]0[/dice] to detect lying major.
Total=4
Jude catches it.

Jude slid up next to Lucretia. “The major is lying about something,” he told her. “We should probably keep an eye on him.”

The Jude was commandeered by a gaggle of the womenfolk, and the aunt of the baby he had rescued approached him. “It was nothing, Thistle,” he assured the woman with false modesty. “I mean, I couldn’t let that thing get away with the baby, could I? And I would love to come to lunch at your place,” he told her. “Thank you all for your hospitality.” He flashed his winning smile at the group of women.

[Markus Berger]

A quick-flex gentleman with no small amount of grace and agility makes his way to the forefront cornering Markus, " You sir! Rammed your bike into the vampire holding my daughter!" The man goes from a fierce wolverine into a teddy bear hugging Markus, " You saved her sir, you saved her, you must come for lunch! My wife will not have it any other way."

Markus uncomfortably push the DBee away.
"Thank you, but can't do. The vampires are not done yet, and we can't let our guard down now. I am glad you daughter is ok. Goodbye now. Jude, are you coming?"
He looks at Jude with pleading eyes, inviting him to join in the morning scouting.

[Maximilian]

Max takes in some of the adulation, hoping in vain that someone might take the opportunity to give him a scratch behind his ears. At Major Fitzbad's statements, Max gives a sniff.

OOC Comments

Notice roll (turning on detect arcana) to check the truth
[dice]0[/dice]

Wild die
[dice]1[/dice]

Notice roll in general for anything out of the ordinary (with DA)
[dice]2[/dice]

[dice]3[/dice]

[Cantrell]

OOC Comments

Notice [dice]0[/dice]+2
Ace [dice]4[/dice]
Total = 17 Success with ... 3 raises?
Wild Die [dice]1[/dice]+2

Common Knowledge [dice]2[/dice]
Wild Die [dice]3[/dice]

"Crossbow? Minni and Paul over at the general store can set you right up," Durbin says in response to Cantrell's inquiry. She nods her thanks and heads out of the inn, feeling wired from the Kifflee the bartender gave her. I'll have to fill a flask with that stuff before we leave ... and keep it away from Jude, she thinks, imagining an overly affectionate puppy on speed.

As she heads outside into the town, she spots the rogue and several other legion members talking with the Coalition major. Her first instinct is to avoid the man, until she catches the end of the conversation and knows without a doubt he's lying about something ... [With the -2, Cantrell has a 15, so success with two raises. Does she know what he's lying about?]

The thought of spending more time with the Coalition soldiers makes her nervous -- she is wanted as a deserter, after all -- but she worries what sort of trouble Jude and Markus could stir up unsupervised. Banethro's offer to check out the ley line was something, too. The devil-man might be able to keep the other two in line (if Markus's xenophobia could be kept in check) but the wizard also seemed distracted, with other activities on his to-do list. [Would visiting other locations preclude participating in the scouting mission?]

"Tell you what, Jude, if you want to stay back and press the flesh with the villagers, I'm sure I could hitch a ride with Markus on the scouting mission. I'd like to swing by the general store to pick up a crossbow first, if there's time, or I'm sure someone else could grab that for me for later."

[Jude Maverick]

OOC Comments

So it was pointed out I misread my notice roll for the lying (read the roll, not the result), but also didn't roll my wild die, so here's the wild die.

Wild [dice]0[/dice]
Total=3
So Jude doesn't detect the lying.

"I'm good with whatever, Cantrell," Jude replied with a smile. "I'm not sure when the scouting party is going out, so I figured I'd talk with some folks. And I got a nice lunch invitation," he said, looking over at the attractive Aunt Thistle. "Better than munching rations in a crowded Mountaineer."

[Cantrell]

"It sounds like the scouting group won't be heading out until this afternoon, so I'm going to swing by the general store to see about a vampire-sticker," Cantrell says, turning in the direction Durbin indicated earlier. "If I'm lucky, maybe some pretty lady will invite me to lunch."

Speaking softly into her commlink, she adds an extra message, for Maverick as well as the group at large:

<<Don't be too cagey, but keep your ears up. The CS major's telling the truth about being allowed to help us, and I'm sure he is going to meet up with a larger unit in a few days. But that stuff about having orders to pursue the "priority alpha" -- that shadow dragon, I think -- that part's horseshit. Also, is it just me, or do the folks in this town seem kinda confused about the circumstances in which they found this place?>>

[OOC:Cantrell heads to the general store.]

[Bane]

As Cantrell is about to head to the General Store, everyone sees a bright flash of light as a beam of pure sunlight burns a hole in the side of the tin shed that is next to the General Store. For a brief moment the silhouette of a humanoid figure can be seen before it burns to the point that even it's ashes become ashes themselves. Once the beam of sunlight vanishes, the Bane can be seen on the other side of the doorway to what used to be a store room with a look of bewilderment before it changed to a sheepish look as he looked to one side to apologize to a woman standing behind the door that Bane was at.

[Kesslan]

Kesslan for his part just busies himself with.. well what ever he felt like being up to. Which at first was really just taking a brief nap when people decided to meander about town. Eventually however he decides to get up and check out the general store. He didn't need much as far as he knew, but it never hurt to sniff around a general store. Maybe he could pick up some nifty snacks for the road or that thing he didn't know he needed!

[Jude Maverick]

Silver Bluff
Morning

Jude raised an eyebrow at Cantrell. “Why, Nadya, I didn’t know you enjoyed the company of the fair sex, as well,” he said with a smile. “That certainly is...intriguing.” There were some definite images running through Jude’s brain now! “There doesn’t seem to be a shortage of lovely young ladies in town. You need a wingman?”

[Markus Berger]

Later in the morning Markus and the Coalition Major Fitzbad return to town.
"We found a Brodkill party, and dispached them."
He let the other know about the place where the Brodkill were camped, and the lay of the land. He also tells them about the weapons they recovered, and where they let them hidden.
"I wouldn't have made it without the Major. We got lucky, and there are a group of Brodkill less to worry about. Now, if you excuse me, I will go help Libertas."
He gives the JA-9 rifles to the Major.
"Maybe the town can use these."

[Cantrell]

Jude raised an eyebrow at Cantrell. “Why, Nadya, I didn’t know you enjoyed the company of the fair sex, as well,” he said with a smile. “That certainly is...intriguing.” There were some definite images running through Jude’s brain now! “There doesn’t seem to be a shortage of lovely young ladies in town. You need a wingman?”

"If your assumption were true, your involvement wouldn't be required, now would it?" Cantrell says over her shoulder as she heads to the general store. Good god, he's like a broken robot - try to turn him off and he goes into overdrive!

------0--0------
Later, near lunch-time, Cantrell happens upon Markus as he returns from his scouting expedition.

"Brodkil, huh? Sounds like some good shooting on your part. Glad you and the major are in one piece. Sounds like that arsenal could come in handy - we'll have to be sure to pick it up when he head out in the Mountaineer this afternoon."

[Markus Berger]

Markus smiles at Cantrell.
"You would have liked the chance to get rid of them, and fight alongside the coalition again. I surely miss you there."

[Cantrell]

Markus smiles at Cantrell.
"You would have liked the chance to get rid of them, and fight alongside the coalition again. I surely miss you there."

"Perhaps ... although the Coalition and I have a rather complicated relationship these days," Cantrell says. "Maybe don't mention my previous experience with the CS if you end up having a beer with the major."

[Markus Berger]

Markus looks at Cantrell with surprise in his eyes, and nods, understanding his discretion is needed.

[Jude Maverick]

Silver Bluff
Morning

“Agreed,” Jude commented as Cantrell advised Markus to keep hush about her CS experience. “No need to give them reasons to go looking into who we are exactly.” He glanced a bit nervously at the Major. While Governor-General Admiral Beauregard hadn’t caught up to Jude in a while, he didn’t doubt the old man could hold a grudge, especially where his young Quebecois trophy wife was concerned.

[Pender Lumkiss]

As the sun rises high, the town slows showing its true small town nature. Most folks abondon searching through the Library for books in favor of heading home or to the inn, The Lady of Justice, for some food. Even most the places open for business close down for just a bit so the owner can get some grub before reopening[Everything is open during the noon scene].

[Maximilian]

Max strides through town in the cabin of his gleaming Titan, heading from the Black Market shop over in the direction of the garage. He drives slowly, stopping as children cross the street, even directing Nadine to wave to the braver ones who looked on in awe at the massive machine and the skillful maneuvering of her pilot. Keeping an active scan of the surrounding area, Max pays close attention to the maneuverings and positionings of the CS troops. His scan remains broad enough to detect comings and goings from the borders of the sleepy town.

OOC Comments

notice roll
[dice]0[/dice]

Wild die notice
[dice]1[/dice]
erroneously omitted the +2 to notice checks while using Nadine's sensors; best result = 4

[Pender Lumkiss]

As the day moves from noon to the afternoon folks start to head back out to the mud flats, and much of the huddle and bustle during the noontime scene dies down as folks get to work. However something seems to have been lifted from several folks around town, they seem to recall a fellow named Dwalin Lighthelm. One of the original founders, the dwarve who built the still, and built the library. Some folk even recall he had a tower on the outskirts of town, far off the beaten path of the Main Street, near the Silver bluff falls( about a 1/2 hour walk, Jude is their currently with a thistle and baby Krave). Most of these people remembering are delighted to tell the 13th or anyone else of Dwalin, and what a great town leader he was.