CR Arcadum S2E6

===Episode 6===
The Greasepalms father and daughter stopped by Rooks bar again, this time they get called out for their mistake. Returning back to their business wasn't the wisest thing to do when after they got the warning that someone was hunting after them. Putting that aside Rook provided them with info that the one responsible was a wastelander, and that they gotta be quick to hunt them down. He suggested bribing some locals for directions.
====Another date with Kee'ra====
Going on another date with Kee'ra, she divulged that she was entering a deal with some corps to Rooks protest. Talaris, Sonitii and WOTO all had frequented her Dirty Diamond brothel and shown an interest in her sisters being magic users. Rook told her that she should never have to resort to that - if she needed money she could always come his way instead. Corporate troubles aside, together they went to visit the undercity bathhouse in the water districts. Keera not minding to undress in front of him he insisted on using separate dressing rooms regardless. 
Bathing together Rook told how she makes him feel soft warmth and safe with her and how his guilty past from the war washes away. Something very unfamiliar to him. Admitting that he doesn't really know much about her, she shared that something inherent to her race is to be very empathetic towards her friends, not just mentally but physically. Mirroring them she will suffer and share in their misfortunes, so much that if they die - she may die herself. When Rook went missing last year she could feel his pain. Rook admitted when he was hung up on the wall by the necromancer the first things he thought about was Faye and Kee'ra. 
Showing one of his large scars, he told how he got it being a drop trooper in the war. Diving into the jungle of Corvanis 5 his fall was supposed to be broken by elastic jelly but he was caught by the wind and ended up hitting a large drilling machine instead. With his arm injured, he fought on for an hour before a medic could path him up. 
====The truth about Faye's family====
Asking how he first met Faye Rook told of how during his last drop on Corvanis 2, they had sent hellfire missiles beforehand and he was dropping into an inferno covering the governments manor with broken glass everywhere. They had expected to get support from Sonitii but the warp gate was malfunctioning, which he later found out was due to The Retribution. When they pulled out of the building the found out that The Union had already surrendered and their win over the building had been pointless. Many deserted, since they had no home to return to and Rook was one of them. He walked down the road ignoring all until he came a cross a burned village, filled with ash and fire with injured reaching out for help and voices that never came. He heard crying and there he found a little girl covered in soot. Naming her after the name of the village this is how he met and rescued Faye, this was over 10 years back now. 
The most horrible truth about the village however was that the missiles they bombed had been Rooks plan, it was his idea to ensure that they could make the drop. Rook admitted that he never told Faye the truth. Kee'ra said that he might as well tell her as she is bound to find out regardless, being a hacker and all - it would be best if she learned it from him first. Kee'ra offered to be there with him whenever he decides to do so and ended their date with a kiss and the promise of going on another one again.
====DM: Wastelander raid====
The greasepalms going into the wasteland to search for the ones responsible for attacking them they get their plans foiled as they are attacked by bandit raiders. After the attack many retreat back to Scrap Town hospital where they are treated by the synth doc C3-Burn and the magical healer Bean Kagehide. 
Maxwell was injured in the leg and now has a limp, Charles was poisoned but made it through. Ash survived but with one harrowing scar, losing her arm having to get it amputated. 
Sheila, Wit, Dagu, Reeza, Bub. Mika, Rikket, Angelina, William who were out with them made it through unscathed. They discover something else entirely out there however - a crashed spaceship.
====DM: Quixote party & corporate intrigue====
A large party is held at the Quixote compound in the Upper City with most corporate officials attending as well as Union representatives. Digit serves caters WOTO cubes at the event, making her uncle Rikky happy to see.
After hosting and announcing the event Ikaruga returns to her private offices after a phone call tells her that they have something for her. Having a chat with the mysterious AI entity BR-16 they're interrupted by the visiting soldier. Rushed and panting the soldier is attacked by multiple assassins barge in, wearing Astral Company armors with cloaking technology. They murder the soldier right before her eyes. Her security team consisting of Korgak Mars, Sable Berchard and Thomas Reed are quick to join her side and secure the area but are unable to get any of the assailants. Inspecting the body of the victim it turns out that he was registered as dead 2 months ago and is wearing stolen Quixote cyberninja armor.
Before the soldier was murdered he managed to hand over a data storage device to Ikaruga with important data installed. Phil who is back working for Quixote is asked to take a look at it and to disconnect the computer from the network just to be safe. Inspecting the evidence left behind the device contains security camera footage of 3 notable things:
#An unknown creature of the likes she has never seen before, mixing machine and meat
#A Sonitii symbol on a stack of crates
#A signature recorded in WOTOs labs in the upper city
As Phil rumbles through the data he starts hearing voices again from his disembodied dark patron, asking why he has abandoned him. 
In another office building "Max" Stillwell of Atlantis gets a phonecall from a pseudonym named "the brass king" that he has something that he wants to see. Visiting a computer with Miss Money the device turns on by itself and offers some valuable information in exchange for a dangerous demand. It warns of Quixote moving against them, the secret of the WOTO cubes in their labs seemingly turning people into zombies. After offering this the hacker demands that they have until tomorrow night to get the leader of Sonitii - Ellek Myth - in front of the old cakeshop in The Row. Before answering any more questions the computer turns off without a trace except a user login - "Yamato".Callous Row Season 2 Ep. 6
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==Gallery==
Arcad Jan 15th 2021 1 Rook date with Keera at the Undercity hotsprings.png
Arcad Jan 15th 2021 2 Rook date with Keera at the Undercity hotsprings.png
Arcad Jan 15th 2021 3 Ikaruga announce the gathering at Quixote with WOTO catering.png
Arcad Jan 15th 2021 4 Keera introduces herself to Ikaruga and Ellek Myth.png
Arcad Jan 15th 2021 5 Ikaruga communicates with BR-16 Eden.png
Arcad Jan 15th 2021 6 Ikaruga.png
Arcad Jan 15th 2021 8 Thomas Reed Ikaruga and Sable Berchard after the murder.png
Arcad Jan 15th 2021 11 Phil disconnects and scrubs Ikarugas computer.png
Arcad Jan 15th 2021 12 Sable Berchard.png
Arcad Jan 15th 2021 13 Sable Berchard and Ikaruga.png
Arcad Jan 15th 2021 14 Phil in Quixote armor.png
Arcad Jan 15th 2021 15 Korgak Mars asks if Phil is alright as he starts to hear voices again.png
Arcad Jan 15th 2021 16 Max Stillwell gets a message.png
Arcad Jan 15th 2021 17 Miss Money and Maxamillion Max Stillwell get a call from a hacker.png
Elkhan BR-16.png
Elkhan Jan 15th 2021 1 Talaris magic (Damien Bringus).png
Elkhan Jan 15th 2021 2 Calliope Keres.png
Elkhan Jan 15th 2021 3 Talaris magic crystals (Damien Fred).png
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