Double Tap

*Double Tap* is the title of the eleventh episode of the eighth season of S.H.A.D.O.W. and the ninety fifth session of the entire game.

This session was played on March 25th, 2021

## Double Tap

### Writer

Jonny Christie, Matt Christie, Rob Christie

## Plot

Mayon leads a party into Stoneclaw and Hezekiah enacts his plan.

## Synopsis

Mayon, Tadal, Aurora, and Sirobe are departing for their part of the mission. Vargas watches on from the walls above as his closest allies all leave together. The assault has begun. Hezekiah is resting on the back of Mistis. Singula is patiently waiting for him to wake up. He sneezes and jolts himself awake. The tiny pseudo informs him that today is a big day and he shrugs her off. He gets into position and leads Mistis off of the battlefield and towards The Golden One. When they arrive, he calls his men to help him redecorate, flipping his bag of infinite holding upside-down and emptying it of hundreds of magical and powerful weapons and items. He rushes over to the still dying Vomenos and gives her a silent goodbye before leaving the island back towards the mainland. Sirobe leads the “Stoneclaw Party” to a familiar entrance into the country. They all climb up the concaved tower and enter the forbidden world. Everywhere the step feels dangerous but they are a stealthy bunch and all have ways of getting around without much worry. While on the way, Mayon catches on to a few confirmations that Harvest will be leading the next and “final” assault on Pentropolis. They keep moving forward. Hezekiah arrives back at Stoneclaw city and is greeted by Jenella who he actually doesn’t ignore this time. She informs him that she convinced Harvest to lead the assault so Hezekiah takes that as a straight shot. He frees Singula of her binds and heads towards the citadel. Jenella sighs and switches back into her peppy attitude, skipping along behind him.

The Stoneclaw party get to the spot where they need to branch off. They say goodbye to Mayon who heads in the direction of the city while the others continue towards the mines. Sirobe briefly reminds Mayon that the weapon he’s seeking is in the hands of Saint Wroth but to remain cautious. He nods and heads to the city. He gets in easily thanks to his disguise and is called on by Jenella who asks him, a perfectly regular soldier, to inform her or her fiancé, Hezekiah, if Harvest returns for any reason. He informs the team through his new transponder that Jenella is in Stoneclaw and that she is engaged to Hezekiah. This might be the in they need and Tadal tells him to follow them and get in contact with him about his potential defection the rumors suggest. Mayon does not agree that this is a good plan but Sirobe tells him all he has to do is tell the Silvergleam he is there on a mission from Mordecai and he will listen. Mayon approaches Hezekiah and relays the information. As expected, he allows the guard to join him inside. They are interrupted by Harvest returning to the city so Jenella goes to distract while the others enter the citadel. Mayon stays slightly behind as Hezekiah enters the Saint’s office. Mayon is able to find a small crevice he can sneak through and watch the interaction. Hezekiah demands an exchange for the last stone he’s been seeking, having discovered Wroth has had it this entire time. Wroth is willing to give it to him for the “Map”. Hezekiah wants to know what Wroth intends to do with said map and the Saint reminds him he is the most powerful being on this plane and is bored with it here, lifting up his pistol. Hezekiah takes this as a challenge and tosses his trident at the gun to pin it to the wall but Wroth is a quicker and shoots it, shattering it. The Saint stands up and holds his gun up to Hezekiah, giving him one chance to apologize but instead Hezekiah swings.

Every hit Hezekiah lands, Wroth fires back in a blow for blow, counter attacking each other in rapid succession. Hezekiah gets a hammer fist on Wroth, knocking his hat off while the tiefling fires into hit gut and legs. It isn’t until Hezekiah undoes his belt and gets the Saint in a grapple with his bag that Wroth pulls out a SECOND GUN and fires into Hezekiah’s jaw, killing him but that causes a chain reaction and they both vanish into dust. Mayon enters the room and picks up the hat. He then investigates to see where they could’ve gone but there is no evidence of them being there. He attempts to get into the Saint’s Desk but it is magically sealed. He informs the others that Hezekiah Silvergleam took Saint Wroth somewhere and he’s not completely sure but he believes they are “gone”. Aurora turns to the others and proclaims she thinks “Hezekiah just saved Eris”.

## Cast

### Main

* Vargas de Orion Highstar
* Sirobe
* Hezekiah Silvergleam
* Aurora Lightblade
* Amarel Jenella
* Mayon of the North
* Saint Wroth

### Supporting

* Harvest
* Tadal
* Mistis the Opel Frost
* Nompel the Obsidian Fang
* Singula
* Vomenos the Sapphire Strike

## Trivia

* Final appearance of Hezekiah.
* Rob Christie once again departs from the series after this session. With only 13 episodes left, this is officially his final appearance.