The Red Petal Killer(Session)

## SESSION RECAP

***Arc 1, Session 1***

***Feburary 10th, 2023***

### The Murder of Jane Doe

The session opens with Myrr, exploring the city with Hound, at some point during their walk, Myrr hears a loud scream coming from behind them, they run to see the trouble and find a woman lying on the ground, gasping for air, surrounded by red magnasia petals, and a figure running off into the distance. The dying woman looks at Myrr, whispers "I can help you" before passing. A bystander comes running up, asking if they need help, to which Myrr responds yes, and the man runs off. Hodges enters Jack Locke's and Francis Key's apartment, Key was active at that time, Hodges practically dragged them out the door and down the street, demanding Locke, Key explains that's unfortunately not how it worked, and didn't really have control over it. Key does a brief interview with Myrr, before them and their hound are sent away, and the scene closes.

### 9C's First Meeting

All of 9C's Citizen Union cards begin to light up and start buzzing, ending with Ambrose working his shift at the Cask & Owl, Eldora Scott enters and confirms with him they are part of the same union. The rest of the party soon arrives, Eldora gathers everyone into a circle and everyone introduces themselves to each other and Eldora brings up it was brought to her attention two of the members were involved in the red petal killing the previous night, Myrr and Locke confirm they were. During this explanation, Hodges enters the Cask & Owl and calls for both Locke and Myrr to return to the scene, Locke asks if the rest of the group can join, Hodges says yes, so long as they don't cross flatfoot lines. The entire party decides to go, excluding Eldora.

### Crossing The Line

Upon arriving, after being told not to, 9C tries to cross the flatfoot lines to help investigate the body. By this point, the body had already been declared unidentified and thus, dubbed a 'Jane Doe'. Locke and Ambrose are the first to cross, Locke being permitted to as he is working on commission with Vaidect Yard, and Ambrose by being able to slip past the flatfoots and use his wild shape ability to transform into a raven and watch this encounter from afar. Myrr, Reid, and Ace all fail persuasion checks to slip past the lines, in an effort to help, Ambrose, still in wild shape, uses his mimic ability as a raven to imitate Lieutenant Hodges' voice to distract the flatfoots, which works, Ace successfully crosses the line, however Myrr spontaneously passes out during this, Reid is caught and stopped by flatfoots. Hound finds a piece of pottery in the Jane Does pocket, Hound takes off in the opposite direction of where they came following this scent. Locke, Ace, and Ambrose follow Hound, leaving Myrr and Reid behind.

### The Rhinoceros Beetle

Hound leads the party directly to a giant rhinoceros beetle, one that is instantly angered seeing the party. Ambrose unshifts from wild shape, and the first combat of the campaign begins. The group takes a beating, but eventually wins the fight, all alive, despite Ace being the most injured, falling the 4 hit points left, and a gaping hole through his chest, as he had been impaled on the front horn of the beetle. After the fight, the party realizes a saddle on its back, identifying that this beetle belonged to the Jane Doe and was her pet/ride of some sort. In order to communicate to the animal it's owner had passed, Ace casts minor illusion, painting a scene of her being stabbed and bursting into a flurry of red petals. The beetle understands this message, and turns tail to leave, and the session concludes.