(AL) Session 2-9 - Odd Family Dynamics

## Plot

The session begins with the aftermath of the events that went down in the pyramid, Lilah is kneeling down in front of the sand that entombed Franklin, telling Evie and Freya that she wants some time by herself. The two decide to head to the town to find Leslie and decide on their next move. When they arrive in the town, they are immediately aware of a few hooded figures who seem to be as equally aware of Evie and Freya's presence; the two split up in order to try and lose the hooded figures, who they are *sure* are horizon agents, and agree to meet up again at some point closer to the ship where they expect to find Leslie. As they split, three of the figures follow Freya while four follow Evie.

Meanwhile, Leslie is on the ship investigating some of the artifacts on board and working through translating inscriptions and such. After a while of working she hears what sounds like Sergey, and she hides behind some of the boxes and crates lined up along the wall; Sergey himself comes down into the area and starts looking at the artifacts left on the table himself. He isn't able to look for long however, as another voice can be heard as someone begins walking down into the area, and he also hides in one of the larger boxes. A few moments later Chris wanders down into the room, and after a minute of looking around says out loud, "ok you can come out now", prompting Leslie to reveal herself.
Chris asks her where Evie and Freya are, with Leslie telling him that they're likely back at the town or the excavation site and slightly trying to rush their departure. Before the two can say much more, Sergey sneezes from within the box he hides in and sheepishly reveals himself to Chris and Leslie. Chris and Sergey get into a brief scrapple when Chris pullers a revolver on him, with Sergey successfully disarming Chris but immediately having a second revolver pulled on him. Leslie manages to get Chris to not shoot Sergey, and instead the three group up and leave to locate the other two.

Since splitting from Evie, Freya has apparently been able to avoid the three hooded figures that pursued her, making her way through a series of streets and alleyways. Eventually she comes across the group of Leslie, Chris, and Sergey, at first starting to chew out Sergey again. Chris asks her where Evie is, and she informs the rest of the group about the hooded figures and how they split up to try and throw them off their trail while they looked to find Leslie. The four of them then continue further into the town to try and locate Evie.

With Evie meanwhile, she walks through a few streets of the town while being followed by the four hooded figures. Her injured leg prompts her to dip into a busy building to get a slight chance to rest and avoid being caught, the building is a bar of sorts where she takes a seat near the back close to some people playing poker. One of the men at the table ask if she'd like to join but she refuses, moving slightly to be more out of sight from one of the hooded figures that steps into the building for a few moments, the man at the table seems to catch on that she's hiding and casually promises to not tell anyone she was here. The man is likely a criminal in some sort of hiding himself.

After waiting for a few minutes, Evie leaves the bar. She continues moving down the street in order to find Freya and/or Leslie, but the hooded figures had not left and continue their pursuit. Both parties gradually increase their speed until they're running down the long and busy street; by this point a dust storm seems to be blowing in, causing the locals to begin rushing around themselves to get to shelter and pack up their market stalls. Up ahead, Evie notices the other three hooded figures and quickly decides to try and lose herself in the crowds, head down some of the back streets and make a wide U-turn to get back to nearby where she was before. She does so, and begins running back towards the town center.

At the end of one of these streets is the rest of the group, who notice Evie although she hasn't quite seen them yet. As she runs, Evie steals one more quick look behind her to see if she's being followed, but the action takes her eyes off of where she's running, causing her to trip on some loose stones. She tumbles to the ground, slamming the side of her face on the sand. Just as she begins to try pick herself off the ground, the rest of the group arrives, with Chris helping her to her feet; she thanks him and quickly falls unconscious.

With the whole group now together, Chris tells Sergey to hand over his time machine so they can leave as well as telling Freya and Sergey to support Evie between the two of them. After some fiddling around with the machine, the group vanishes from the Egyptian street; travelling through time and re-appearing in a new type of desert. The place they find themselves in is cold and barren, Antarctica. The group move quickly to find some shelter, Chris and Leslie at the front to spot somewhere, Freya and Sergey slightly behind carrying Evie between them. There is still some hostilities between Freya and Sergey, with the former even insisting that she can carry Evie by herself, to which Sergey simply shrugs and slightly lets go allowing almost all of Evie's weight to fall onto Freya who comes quite close to dropping her. Sergey re-supports Evie just as up ahead Chris and Leslie spot what looks like a building in the distance.

The group now move towards the building.

## Featured Characters

* Evie Vinell
* Freya Von Franc
* Leslie Bradley
* Sergey Tsyrulnikov
* Christmas 'Chris'
* Lilah Ravenwood
* Horizon Agents