Message:We returned to Cyborg Canton. A disturbance occurred at the docks. We were drawn there, knowing it was supernatural. Damn my brother does punt his rolls at the start.
We fought a Demonic Crab. Could be the one that dismembered Ichika. However, that treasure finder was dissected by surgical tools not animal pincers. The monster at the dock squeezed dead humans to mimic a voice box. (Story from Love, Death + Robots adult cartoon on Netflix). The monster was trying to tell us something, but we attacked. After driving the crab back into the water, we found ourselves dragged through a portal onto a ship in 1705, hiding in a jollyboat.
We wound our way through every cabin and deck. The crab in the ballast could not be slain, because it was covering a hole in the bottom of the ship. We disarmed powder set to self-destruct. We convinced drown souls we too were dead. We stopped a dying navigator from being tortured. We later took that man and gave him to the crab as a voice box. (Not nice guys.) We rescued a passenger only to discover he was the wizard responsible. The crab was being held against its will. It wanted to return to the sea floor. The demon crab first escaped to the future but was sent back to the wizard by us (from future). The wizard was taking the crab to Hong Kong (1705). Where it woudl one day live in the harbor of the campaign.
We ended up betrayed by the wizard responsible and killing that rogue.
Wow, was that all cyber? The results seemed to suggest we were in some VR game. We were raided by robotic security and all evaded to new safe houses.
Fact about the game – the tables do take some time to run. Sure, swaggering and Ignobles are to be had, but it’s not ten minutes per free-style battle; it’s longer.
We Hacked for Profit to find that the Dragon of the Public Works District is the mastermind of countless thefts. But we are not sure its location nor the reason it needs cash, the ultimate goal. We decided not to confront that monster, until we have more knowledge.
Here’s what we know and think:
Ichika found a dragon egg (think).
The money from cheating the Subsidized Housing is being funneled to Public Works (know).
Skelvaross is not KGB nor a real person; he’s a phantom, an avatar used by Public Works dragon as a cover (know).
Race Tracks are being doped to hurt Luxury District (know).
The dragon fixing the races is Public Works (think & know).
For other details and NPCs see previous entries (from about a month ago).
Thanks, Roll20.
Yours,
IronRed
25-Sep-2022