Skirmishes in Time

an adventure starring Jenny, Skirmish, and Walker. 
Tweet length description: Do you like Dragons, Time Travel, and Shenanigans? Then this episode is for you! Join Jenny, Skirmish, and Walker in this week’s episode of Firebreathing Kittens! 
Settings: 
* Jishoap
* Slumbering Panther Inn
NPCs:
* Nulisag
* Avalanche Killington
* Kairosia of the Shadowy Maw (as Kaira)
* Priestess Remedy
* Crystal Leblanc
* Searing Bolt (as Skirmish's double)
* Random murder victim
* Town Guards
Plot summary: Our story begins on a ship bound for the city of Jishoap. A recent overwhelming outbreak of undead has caused enough of an issue that the Firebreathing Kittens are asked to help out. Nulisag opens a satellite office in the city and recruits Walker, Jenny, and Skirmish to see what they can do to help with the situation. While on the ship, Jenny gets quite seasick but is helped when Walker is able to heal her of her condition. The three party members begin to chat amongst themselves when Nulisag greets them. He hands a mysterious letter to Skirmish with the instructions to open it in private. Skirmish excuses himself to the party's cabin and reads the letter. It is from his sister, Avalanche, whom he has not seen in over 5 years since fleeing his homeland. Avalanche mentions she is aware that Skirmish was framed for his supposed involvement in The Slaughter of the Vale of Shadows and asks them to meet her at the Sleeping Panther Inn (which coincidentally is also the location of the FBK satellite headquarters). She is currently going by the name Eva Tonks and has two companions with her: Kaira and Remedy. While Skirmish reads the letter, Jenny takes the opportunity to rifle through the captain's quarters and steal anything of value. She then moves on to steals from the crew quarters in an effort to grow the size of her dragon's hoard. 
The ship pulls into port and the adventurers are asked to wait while the first class passengers are given priority to disembark. Unsatisfied with that, Jenny pushes her way forward and gets off toward the front. Not wanting to leave Jenny alone, Walker joins her. Skirmish is fine waiting, but elects to jump off the boat to test his skills, skip the line, and reunite with his guildmates. As they discuss going to the Sleeping Panther Inn, a curious wanted poster is seen. Upon further inspection, the poster details Skirmish is wanted for murdering 164 people in the Jishoap area and whomever turns him in can claim a bounty of 30,000 gold pieces. As usual, Jenny's first impulse is to claim the gold at the expense of her friend. After Skirmish barely escapes Jenny's attempt to handcuff him they discuss the matter further. Jenny is willing to give her friend the benefit of the doubt, especially after the death count on the poster increments to 166. Convinced, Jenny gives Skirmish a poor disguise: a small mustache. However, the mustache gives Skirmish the edge as the town guard surround the party and attempt to take him in. As they persuade the local authorities that they have the wrong man (describing himself as Dirmish Shillington), a cloaked figure is seen observing them with great interest. When they try to approach the figure, the figure blends into the crowd and is lost. 
The party makes their way to the the Sleeping Panther Inn. Skirmish first looks around for Avalanche and then asks the barkeep if "Eva" is around. The barkeep goes out to fetch her and Skirmish reveals his secret for the first time to Jenny and Walker: He was framed after his platoon was magically made to kill one another, although he alone survived as he was able to resist the impulse for some reason. After being sentenced to death, his best friend, Lo-Kag Shatterspike managed to free him and he has been on the run ever since. Avalanche arrives and shares and hug with her brother. Skirmish is overwhelmed at reuniting with the sister he thought he would never see again. They speak and Avalanche indicates Lo-Kag has since been imprisoned for life. The party follows Avalanche to a back room where they meet Remedy, Priestess of Torm, and Kaira, a time wizard. They discuss the undead threat and how its origin actually sems to be coming from the Vale of Shadows. The party agrees to investigate and is told they will receive a 50,000 gold reward per member for defeating the undead threat. 
They depart the Inn preparing to depart for the Vale of Shadows. Upon their exit, the the black cloaked figure from earlier is seen observing them. Not wanting to let the figure slip through their grasp again, Skirmish pounces and attacks. After a brief round of attempts to subdue (and successfully pickpocket), they give the figure an opportunity to give up. Clearly seeing that she is outmatched and noticing Skirmish's Firebreathing Kittens tattoo, she does and reveals herself to be Crystal Leblanc, a bounty hunter. She is after the reward on Skirmish's capture and recounts how she personally saw Skirmish murder an innocent teenager only an hour ago. The party, along with Avalanche and Kaira who accompany them, try to convince her that they had only just arrived. She guides them to the scene of the crime. In the alley way, there are smears of blood and evidence of a brutal thrashing. As they try to follow up on the trail of the killer, the party realizes that a time wizard is in their midst and request to go back approximately 2 hours in order to catch the perpetrator in the act. Kaira reveals that the power of her magic emanates from her being a time dragon similar to Jenny. The party goes back 2 hours and lies in wait. 
About 30 minutes go by when finally the imposter is seen leading an unaware victim to his subsequent doom. In order to save the boy, Walker gets close to him in order to cast a protective spell on him with help from Jenny's superb stealth abilities. Just before the false Skirmish attempts to murder the boy, the party intervenes! They fight and defeat the imposter noting that he changes shape after his loss. The murderer was a changeling posing as a version of Skirmish from about 5 years ago, prior to his FBK tattoo and looking a little leaner. In order to prevent a paradox, Walker recommends Skirmish murder the teenager with the idea to revive him after the fact. After Skirmish states his refusal to do so, they find an alternative. The party seeks out the Crystal who witnessed the murder before and ask her to tell the party to go back 2 hours so they would have a reason to come back and the universe does not fold in on itself. 
They bring the changeling to the authorities, explain the situation, and receive the appropriate bounty (split amongst the party and Crystal). Walker and Skirmish then set off to the Vale of Shadows to pursue the ongoing undead threat... 
Memorable quotes: 
* Jenny: "I want her SOULLLL"
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