Season 3 - Episode 7: First Blood

== Synopsis ==
Bjorn, Henry, Sammie, and Oliver find a body at a nearby grocery store after being sent the location by Sophia. They investigate the scene but aren't able to find any clues as to where the redcap went. Sammie uses her finding spell and discovers that there are two redcaps on the island - one only being a few blocks away. The crew heads to the location and, after a minor scuffle in a bar, finds the redcap in a back storage room. Bjorn and Sammie take a hit from the staff before Henry is able to stab it. Bjorn grabs it by the cap swings it through the air to separate the two. He pins the cap to the ground for Sammie to stab while Henry finishes off the gnome. 
==Episode Description==
The heroes investigate another scene of carnage, but then, they may have found a way to find the monster. 
== Key Events ==
* Bjorn, Henry, Sammie, and Oliver find another body at a small grocery store on the docks. Bjorn calls it in to Holland who tells him he needs to work fast before they issue an island-wide shelter in place order.
* Sammie uses her finding spell to track down the redcap. She discovers there are two of the creatures and that their caps are also sentient beings. She finds one of the redcaps is only a few blocks away. 
* They find it in a back storage room of a nearby bar and are able to separate the gnome and the cap and kill both.
== Summary ==
Bjorn texts Sophia for some more information and Sophia explains that someone in the Blackout Society discovered the scene. She sends a pinpoint for the location. It's a small grocery store near the docks on West. Bjorn, Henry, Sammie, and Oliver arrive at the grocery store and make their way inside. 
The crew makes their way to the employee only section. They open the door to a back storage area and find another eviscerated body. Bjorn notices foot steps and starts to follow them into another room. The steps lead up to a large sink and then disappear. They also notice the marks in the body look deeper, almost as if the creature is getting stronger. As they're discussing how to try and track down the redcap, there is a banging on the back door. They open it to find a grumpy looking fisherman who says his name is Gray. He says that he heard screaming, came to investigate, and then texted Sophia. Bjorn tells the fisherman that they'll stop the thing that did this and asks how he knows Sophia. The fisherman just says he is friends with Sophia. 
Bjorn calls Holland to let her know about the scene at the grocery store and explains the attacks seem to be random. He asks Holland if they can come up with some kind of excuse to hand down a 'shelter in place' order to the general public. Holland says that she just got a text from Sophia with a similar idea. Bjorn says that Sophia is just a mayoral candidate and it would sound better coming from Holland. Holland says she can make the call, but it'll cause panic across town. Bjorn says they just need a little more time. Holland says to get her results soon and then hangs up. 
Sammie, desperate for information, uses her finding spell to try and lock onto the redcap's hat. She sits and focuses but isn't able to find anything. She realizes that the hat must be a creature too as she can't lock onto it. She instead tries to focus on the pike staff. She feels as though her mind is going back and forth around the island. Her mind focuses on the paranormal museum for a moment before finally settling a couple of blocks away from where they are. Sammie pulls back to herself and informs the others that the hat on the redcap is also a creature of some sort and that she's found one of the two redcaps a couple blocks away. Oliver asks how she knows the hat is a creature and Sammie says that she can only track objects and she couldn't lock onto the hat, leading her to believe it's alive. Oliver says that makes some of the language he read make sense, that it says you have to kill the hat but it never made sense to him.
The crew drives over to the location which happens to be a bar called Fish Lips. The crew approaches a middle aged woman behind the bar. Sammie asks the bartender if she's seen a gnome and the woman hands her a beer called 'Gnome Place Like Home.' Sammie asks if they can look in the back and Bjorn flashes his badge. The woman asks if they have a warrant and Bjorn says he doesn't need one. Sammie attempts to mind wipe the bartender but disguise it as a punch. The woman drops to the ground. The patrons still in the bar stand up, seemingly ready to fight. Bjorn orders everyone to leave and they do so. 
In the now empty bar, Sammie leads them to the back room where she senses the redcap is. They enter a large storage area and discover this bar may be running a drug trafficking business. They continue to search through the room with their weapons drawn, looking for the redcap. Bjorn turns a corner and realizes an axe is being thrown toward his head. Bjorn manages to dodge the axe and calls out to the others that he found the redcap. Sammie rushes over to try and stab through the hat so they have a place to grab and pull it off, but is struck in the back by the redcap's pike staff. 
Henry runs up and grabs the pike staff. He yanks it out of the redcap's hand and stabs the redcap in its middle. Bjorn grabs the redcap's hat and begins to swing the gnome around in an attempt to disconnect the gnome from the hat. At the apex of his throw over his shoulder, the gnome disconnects and Bjorn is left holding the strange cap of this creature. It feels like a leathery slug and is completely soaked with blood. He looks down and realizes that there is a row of thousands of teeth where it was connected to the gnome's head. Bjorn drops the cap and pins it with his foot so that Sammie can stab it with her knife and pin it to the ground. The cap immediately begins to spew blood, completely covering Sammie, and then unfurls like a starfish. 
Henry goes to find the now separated gnome. He finds it hiding behind a shelf of booze, holding a broken bottle, and manages to sneak up on it. Henry stabs the pike staff straight through its skull, killing it instantly. Henry calls over that the gnome is dead and Oliver asks from the door if they're clear. Sammie calls back that they're good and the crew reunites back in the middle of the storage room. Henry calls Miguel to ask if he wants a pike staff for his collection. 
== List of Appearances ==
* Bjorn Olafson
* Sophia Foster
* Henry Marlowe
* Sammie Overbrook
* Oliver Allen Evans 
* Gray
* Miguel Rodriguez 
==Roll Tracker==
Player/Character	Move 	Roll 	Result
Andrew/Bjorn 	Investigate a Mystery 	14 	Full Success
Hannah/Sammie 	Sharp 	9 	Mixed Success
Hannah/Sammie 	Finding Spell 	7 	Mixed Success
Hannah/Sammie 	Use Magic: Mind Wipe 	9 	Mixed Success
Andrew/Bjorn 	Manipulate Someone 	9 - Luck	Full Success
Andrew/Bjorn 	Read a Bad Situation 	14 	Full Success
Andrew/Bjorn 	Act Under Pressure 	7 	Mixed Success
Andrew/Bjorn 	Kick Some Ass 	7 	Mixed Success
Hannah/Sammie 	Act Under Pressure 	3 	Failure
Wesley/Henry 	Act Under Pressure w/Sharp	15 	Full Success
Wesley/Henry 	Kick Some Ass 	9+1 	Full Success
Andrew/Bjorn 	Help Out 	11 	Full Success
Wesley/Henry 	Precise Strike 	8 	Mixed Success
Andrew/Bjorn 	Act Under Pressure 	12 	Full Success
Hannah/Sammie 	Kick Some Ass 	10 	Full Success
Wesley/Henry 	Read a Bad Situation 	13 	Full Success
Wesley/Henry 	Act Under Pressure w/Sharp	11 	Full Success
Wesley/Henry 	Kick Some Ass 	11 	Full Success
Wesley/Henry 	Precise Strike 	10 	Full Success
== Harm Taken==
Player/Character	Harm	Armor	Total	Reason for Harm
Andrew/Bjorn 	3 	2 	1 	Redcap pike staff
Hannah/Sammie 	3 	2 	1 	Redcap pike staff
==Harm Dealt==
Player/Character	Weapon 	Harm	Target
Andrew/Bjorn 	9mm 	2 	Redcap 1
Wesley/Henry 	Pike Staff 	4 	Redcap 1
Hannah/Sammie 	Reforged Knife	2 	Cap 1 (kill shot)
Wesley/Henry 	Pike Staff 	4 	Redcap 1 (kill shot)