Along Came A Bounty
Jacob had sought out some bounties for the crew to try an attempt, managing to get six potential targets to go after.
The Glimmer Rats - Gang specializing on stealing gizmos.
'Hawk' - A serial killer at large in the Alyeskan Outlands.
Kaelin Madigan - Fraudster and thief.
The Crows - Gang of kidnappers.
Dust Raiders - Tomb robbers.
The Black Talons - Windryder raiders who'd been attacking settlements.
Kaelin had been reported to recently have been in Gravenburgh, she was considered an 'easy' target and a good one for Sebastian to gain some bounty hunting experience to go with his newly acquired licence. The crew decided to split into two teams; Team 1 consisted of Alex and Sebastian whilst Team 2 was made up of Herbert, Jacob and Reginald. Alex used his underworld connections and found out how Kaelin operated, that she tended to target older men with more money than sense with a fondness for both drink and the pretty ladies. So the crew suited up and headed out for a night on the town, with the teams each going to different casinos.
Team Two went to one casino, though whilst it had the right sort
of 'marks' that Kaelin would go for there was a distinct lack of female company
present. Herbert decided to go and try to speak to one of the gamblers, but
only took a couple of steps before Jacob yanked him back. In no uncertain
terms, the bounty hunter told Herbert to keep his mouth shut and eyes open. Reginald
also got ordered to make sure that the good doctor stayed out of trouble and
was given a set of knuckledusters to aid with this task. Jacob then discreetly
talked to the casino stuff in hopes of getting a lead on the genchi con artist.
Meanwhile, Alex and Sebastian were checking out their
assigned casino. This one proved to be more livelier with a stage show and
plenty of men with female companions. Sebastian headed over to the bar and
brought one of the more expensive drinks, effectively making himself bait to
draw out Kaelin, then made his way over to the gambling tables. Alex worked the
room and made a mental note on the security arrangements, plus the nucleus of
plans for a later date. Sebastian’s first
round proved to be a case of beginner’s luck,
though he didn’t fare too well in his next
couple of games.
It was at this point that Alex had managed to swipe round £100 of chips, then threw them in the
air to cause a distraction. Alex’s
intention was to see the response from the casino’s
security, use the opportunity to grab a deck of cards from an unmanned table
and then finally see if it drew Kaelin’s
attention. For his efforts, Alex was rewarded with a deck of cards marked with
the casino’s logo and a glimpse of a
woman nearby. This woman had a feather fan obscuring her face, though she
lowered it just enough for her to glance round and for Alex to spot the green
pointed ears that marked the woman as being a genchi. Alex then had a telephone
call put through to Team 2 at the other casino and alerted them that Kaelin may
have been found.
Team 2 then piled into a taxi, its driver giving then
estimate of half an hour for the journey. A stern look and some carefully
chosen words from Jacob had this estimate revised down to 10 minutes, in
addition to half fare no fare. Team 2 arrived at the second casino to
meet up with Alex and Sebastian, though Herbert decided to head back to the
airship and got back into the same taxi that Team 2 had arrived in. Once again
the driver quoted half hour for the journey, but Herbert felt like ranting and
told the driver everything that the crew had gotten up to. Everything.
Five minutes later, Herbert was back at the airship after
another free taxi ride.
The rest of the crew, blissfully aware of a potential future
meeting with the Gravenburgh Taxi Driver’s
Union, set about forming their trap for Kaelin. Sebastian went back to the
tables, having received some advice. His next game went well, then he decided
to raise the stake that caused couple of the players to quit and have their
places taken by Kaelin and Jacob. Two rounds later, Sebastian had amassed over £20,000 in winnings and offered one of
the casino’s primer suites for the
night. Sebastian then watched some of the stage show before heading up to his
suite, though noted Kaelin watching him the entire time.
Alex and Jacob kept a close on Sebastian as he headed
upstairs, though they had a harder time tracking Kaelin as she vanished into
the crowds a couple of times. Sebastian, aware that he was being followed,
acted drunk and ‘stumbled’ his way to his room. Fortunately, he
was able to catch a glimpse of Kaelin and carried on acting drunk. On reaching
the door to his room, Sebastian pretended to fumble with the key and cursed out
loud. Kaelin came over, smiled and said. “Honey,
you put the key in like this and turn it.”
Quickly dropping his façade of
drunkenness, Sebastian grappled Kaelin by grabbing her arm. The genchi was
agile enough to get her arm free, though Sebastian landed a blow that made her
stagger back. Unnoticed, Alex then whacked Kaelin round the head with his cane
and knocked her clean out for a couple of hours. Jacob produced some handcuffs
and then carried the unconscious genchi into the room where he used the hotel
phone to call the police. Alex and Reginald made their exits, though Jacob
stayed long enough to hand Kaelin over when the police arrived.
Having been offered the suite by the casino, Sebastian opted
to stay for the night.
Thoughts
Oh boy, what a game.
First Herbert’s Big
Mouth Hindrance comes into play a couple of times and then BOTH Alex and
Sebastian drew Jokers for the confrontation with Kaelin. Tactical use of
Adventure Cards by Alex’s
player meant that he was effectively able to ‘one
shot’ Kaelin to ensure that she
went down. Though, aside from breaking free from Sebastian’s grapple, Kaelin never got to act
but her high Parry did cause some problems for the characters.
I also now have a few plot ideas to work with, though the
players expressed a wish to head back to the Home Isles to pursue their own
plot to do with Reginald’s
family.
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