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Post by Admin on Jul 5, 2021 18:36:49 GMT
Ooc: D,B, &L. Where could they be?
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Post by Hammett on Jul 5, 2021 18:43:13 GMT
Hammett steps through to join them, "Not so good for us, we did what we could but it is rough out there. Hopefully whatever we did manage to do will make it better for the Yankee's. I've pulled out as many of our team as possible. Waiting to hear from the others over the radio."
He takes a seat and patches up his few injuries as best he can.
"Nothing for you to do now but wait for the battle to finish."
He looks to Lady Shelley, "Once the fighting is over we can set out to get Dorian. Any word from King Brain or Princess Lorelei?"
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Post by Admin on Jul 5, 2021 18:52:53 GMT
"'King Brain'? You're far from the mark there, buddy-boy. By now he has found some trinket or another to distract him from the battle and I'll give you ten to one odds he'll get a bomb up his ass before realizing that he needed to keep his mind on the job. Or he's trying to impress the princess by doing something crazy.
"How do you hope to find Dorian?" She nods towards a radio set on the other side of the room. "They're reporting just what I told you would happen. All exits from the city have been bombed all to hell except the sea and I doubt the Yanks'll just lend us a ship."
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Post by Hammett on Jul 5, 2021 19:21:24 GMT
"We'll find a way. I think you have more then enough determination for both of us. Besides, Kasaba is surrounded by desert, and for hundreds of years people came and went without using roads which are a relatively new edition. A jeep, extra gas and water, and we'll find our way."
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Post by Admin on Jul 6, 2021 0:38:41 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/fxYdNnb/femme-fatale-lauren-bacall~jpg "If this place is anything like the Morocco that I know of, then there will be landings all along the coast up to Tangiers and then a push along the north coast through Algeria. Your drive will pass through an endless series of battlezones. How many more of your people do you intend to lose?"
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Post by Hammett on Jul 6, 2021 1:17:54 GMT
"You make a good point. Do you have a better idea?"
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Post by Admin on Jul 6, 2021 1:51:34 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/fxYdNnb/femme-fatale-lauren-bacall~jpg "Sadly, no. I didn't realize that I was supposed to be the magic-powered brains behind this operation. Your man Carlos mentioned that Vada left the city and no one bothered to get any further details about where, how, or why she left. Dorian also left and still 'Brain', Lor, and you didn't think to find out anything else about the situation. We're flying blind here and the longer this battle-" a nearby explosion rattles the building and sprays broken glass and shrapnel across the room "-goes on the less likely anyone in the know will survive."
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Post by Hammett on Jul 6, 2021 17:05:27 GMT
"They both went East, Lady Vada and Dorian, according to Carlos. If he knew where she was heading, he would have said so. I'm starting to think she might be searching for something. Maybe the same thing that got me involved in all of this in the first place. King Random had a couple of spies who were transporting important documents to Kasaba, to, presumably, hand off to Gerard. They were killed on the train between Oran and here. We found the killer, but he had handed off the documents to local tribesmen who had taken them south into the mountains. But before I could investigate further, Kasaba was invaded and Gerard killed. I talked to King Random about it, which is where I first learned of Lady Vada and her involvement, but before he could tell me any more about her, or the missing documents, he was also killed. I've been accused of helping Leonil kill Random, and have been on the run ever since with a price on my head. This is my first time back here in Kasaba since then, and my first chance to try and locate the documents again. I had hoped by freeing Kasaba it would stabilize the region enough that we could find the documents and learn more about Lady Vada and her plans. Dorian's involvement complicates things, if he is on a mission of vengeance that must now be our priority, rather then finding the documents. We will find a way out of the city, and follow Dorian. I don't where he is, or where he is going, but I can get us pointed in the right direction, then, as long as he doesn't leave this shadow, it is just a matter of catching up to him. If he does travel to another shadow, then I'm afraid I won't be of much help. I could still track him, but it would take a long time. In that instance the only hope of me catching up to him would be if he stops moving. Others could do it much quicker. Although..."
Hammett stops talking as he suddenly has a idea cross his mind, not a good idea mind you. A possibly hopeless one and currently very dangerous, but still an idea.
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Post by Admin on Jul 7, 2021 6:17:26 GMT
As Hammett ponders, a beaten and damaged Lorelei and Brian return to the group...
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Post by Brian on Jul 7, 2021 9:34:00 GMT
Brian looks at Shelly inordinately annoyed. " So now have I proven my point that you need to stop your slanderous deceitful tounge?"
He turns to Hamm and coughs a bit. " Dalt was with you? If he was....he got badly attached by that molerat thing. It's dead but he was likely wounded. If I have to guess he used a Trumo to go somewhere."
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Post by Hammett on Jul 7, 2021 16:19:26 GMT
Hammett moves over and helps Lorelei to a chair and gets her some water.
He looks to Brian, "He wasn't exactly "with me", more that he was here to capture me for Flora, and then got caught up in all of this. But he isn't my enemy or anything, he was just doing a job. I'm glad he was able to escape and I hope he isn't too seriously injured. I'll try trumping him in a bit to make sure he is okay."
He turns to Lady Shelley, "Did Dorian and his father stay in touch over the last few years? Do you know if Prince Gerard ever reached out to him by trump?"
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Post by Brian on Jul 7, 2021 17:25:34 GMT
Hammett moves over and helps Lorelei to a chair and gets her some water. He looks to Brian, "He wasn't exactly "with me", more that he was here to capture me for Flora, and then got caught up in all of this. But he isn't my enemy or anything, he was just doing a job. I'm glad he was able to escape and I hope he isn't too seriously injured. I'll try trumping him in a bit to make sure he is okay."He turns to Lady Shelley, "Did Dorian and his father stay in touch over the last few years? Do you know if Prince Gerard ever reached out to him by trump?"" Or he was her stick to get you to do what she wanted you to do here." Brian leaves it at that and replenished as much gear as he can before the next leg of the Journey. He takes a moment to drink something vaguely alcoholic and drink it. He tries to put togther the known facts. Vadya has sponsors, and Coy... Brian asks between the three who know the politics better then him. " So Vadya....would her allies in the courts be of a different faction then Mandor? That gentleman gave me a safe harbour during the chaos in Diega. Helped me keep Shelly alive. Worked to try to convince me the people of Kolvir are worth standing up for. Whom would his enemies in the court be? Beyond everyone warring on everyone?"
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Post by Admin on Jul 7, 2021 18:43:25 GMT
"They were close and if they didn't talk as often as you'd imagine when they did it was at length and great depth. Dorian has mastered the art of tarot design so they both were well supplied with a means of communication," Shelly replies.
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Post by Hammett on Jul 7, 2021 19:54:52 GMT
"That is excellent news for a couple of reasons. First, it lets us know your Dorian is safe, or at least was up until a few days ago when he chose to head east. Because if he wasn't he had the ability to escape to safety or call for help. The fact that he did neither means he is confident in his current goals, so now we just need to make sure he isn't overconfident in them.
Second, it means that Prince Gerard had a trump of Dorian in his deck. If we were able to recover his trump card it would allow us to trump Dorian and either go through and assist him, or ask him to return to us. Getting Gerard's trump cards will be the hardest task, if it is even possible. They would have gone down with him in his ship. They will be fine, trumps are impervious to damage, water or otherwise, but finding them in the harbor will be difficult, dangerous and a bit gruesome, I am afraid."
He thinks a bit further, "Actually, do you know anyone else who has a card of Dorian? That would be simplest of all. Reaching out to borrow their card and then making contact with him."
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Post by Admin on Jul 7, 2021 20:52:30 GMT
"He never told me how many he made of himself and then handed out to others. He isn't that vain," Shelly says.
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