Make like a Sheep...

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The Sinta Klaas Massacre

**"Make like a sheep...(and get the flock out"** is Chapter 4 of *The Vagabond Chronicles* series. The episode begins with Veronica Klaas saying 'Ah, you've arrived. Now let me introduce you to my REAL family' after flooding the room with green mist engulfing the party (minus Rattigan who went to get oil to 'make a fire').

## Summary

The party retorts with 'dun dun DUNNN'. Teddy runs after Rattigan. Ziggy sheathes his sword with a flourish, looks to Bondo and tells him to follow his lead. He then clicks his heel together and looks at Veronica going 'Frau Veronica, you are in terrible danger come with me. These mad men have killed the townsfolk' as he approaches her slowly with the intend to stab her when he gets close enough. He managed to convey his plan to Bondo but Veronica sees through his ruse and makes Ziggo fall prone with a spell. Veronica is confused that there are only 2 people present, she thought there were 3 or 4 members in the party. She asks 'Where is the moron?'.

Meanwhile Rattigan finds the barrels and successfully identifies them: 1 is filled with water, the other is filled with Kerosine. He starts bringing the barrel back. Bondo asks about Veronica's plan to which she responds by asking once more 'Where is the moron? My master has prophesized him being sacrificed by my hand. Without him, all of this is meaningless!!'. Teddy is helping Rattigan carry the barrel back to the house (by going in a conga line). Meanwhile Veronica pulls out a very ornate sword. It has a large spider on either side of the hilt that act like a cross guard for the blade. The blade itself is jet black. She points it at Bondo and Ziggy saying 'I'll ask again. Where.Is.The.Buffoon?'. Ziggy looks at her with venom in his eyes saying 'You'll never find him. He's one step ahead of you. You'll never catch him, you crazy bitch' Quickly followed by the noise of Rattigan stubbing their foot on the barrel outside.

Outside Rattigan has fitted the barrel with a piece of cloth sticking out of the lid, making a giant Molotov cocktail, with the intend to hand it to Teddy who's near the window. Ziggy stands up and brushes himself off, trying to stall Veronica more by complimenting her. He fails to distract her and Veronica chucks a fireball towards him, which explodes and knocks him backwards (only doing 1 dmg). Veronica is impressed and starts another spell which causes spectral lights that glow green and purple to flash out of her fingertip. Teddy gets attacked by a small Rachnoid but manages to catch it in his hands. He throws it back at Victoria but it whizzes over her head. The screech enrages all of the spiders and makes them rush at the party and go up into the ceiling beams. Ziggy draws his cavalry saber and charges for Veronica. His sword slows and a little bit of the energy is absorbed before it impacts. Veronica attacks Ziggy but he manages to parry it with his saber. Rattigan joins Teddy as he uses magic to light the rag on the barrel and then throws it into the middle of the room towards Veronica, which explodes near the goblins and Veronica. Veronica conjures a purple green umbrella over her head and the fireball barely hits her.

The spiders on the ceiling beams have noticed Rattigan and are now fully focused on him. Ziggy attacks Veronica again and chops the arm, holding the sword, off. Not expecting this, Veronica throws her hands backwards and blows the back of the town hall out as she moves away. Rattigan leaps down from the ceiling taking a spider with him, pile driving it through the table underneath them. Ziggy attacks the spider, making it frightened of him and tries to shoot at Veronica but misses. Teddy misjudges his attack on the spiders on the beams and dives headfirst to the floor, using a fate point so he survives this. The party manages to kill the other monsters now that Veronica isn't there to control them. Bondo picks up the spider sword and hears a spider screeching 'flee/run' in his head. The sword feels incredibly light and moves very fast like its guiding his movements. With the town hall now on fire, the rest of the party looks at the cocoons. Rattigan finds a smaller cocoon and two ferrets jump on his shoulders and then move into his pockets. Realising there isn't much to be saved anymore, the party exits the burning town hall, seeing no sign of Veronica anywhere.

The party heads back towards Sinta klaas and sees 4 huge spiders with goblins and Veronica riding them on the valley walls. Veronica is holding a staff that excudes yellow lightning as she shouts something that makes the huge spiders charge towards the party.

## Quotes

Neil: 'If a Rachnoid leaves New Orleans at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, travelling 44 miles...it's gonna take 5 points of damage'

Rattigan 'Call me H, cause I'm about to turn your ass to ash'