Ep. 7 Thinking Inside the Box Chapter One (C2)

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C2 Ep. 7 Thinking Inside the Box Chapter One

—Erys

The crew gets a job to deliver a mysterious box to a changeling in Ashblack. Erys desperately wants to know what's in it, but to her dismay, part of the deal is that they don't get to know. On the way there, a woman claiming to be an agent of the King's Shield hops into their skycoach and orders them to follow a fleeing man on a floating disc. Not knowing what else to do, Sigil gives chase. It becomes very apparent that she's not what she claims to be when she uses a dragonmark to kill the man.

## Synopsis

This time the crew's job start a couple weeks after Hob's fight in the ring. They're been instructed to head to the Clifftop District, which is in Upper Dura; higher up in the city than they usually go.They're meeting with Halden for a transfer job; he has something to sell, they're to deliver it and get paid.

Along the way they make some small talk, and then Sigil is landing at an airdock. They find the Drunken Dragon, an inn they're told Halden is at. They're taken to a room in the back and see him sitting behind a table with an ornate black box on it, measuring about 18 x 10 x 10 feet. He invites them to sit.

Halden makes it very clear that they are not to look in the box. If they get caught with it, they'll be locked up in a place far away. Erys is extremely interested in what's in the box, and makes that clear throughout the whole ocnversation.

Their task is to get the box to the Ashblack District in the Cogs and deliver it to a changeling going by Dorsof; he'll know them by sight. Halden is expecting at least 5,000gp for the box, and they negotiate their cut from the five percent he was going to offer them up to ten. Erys leaves in a huff, disappointed about not getting to know what's in the box.

The crew goes outside and fills in Kath, Sana, and Sigil. Reynard brings a drink for himself and Milo and tells them they have to leave soon; he put it on Halden's tab.

Hob uses the box as sit seat for the ride—an easy way to make sure Erys isn't getting into it. A muffled sound comes from it, making him think there's some kind of elemental in the thing.

Waiting in traffic, they see someone on a floating disc zip past them, and then feel a person land on their skycoach. An elf woman points to the disc and tells them she's from the King's Shield and needs them to chase that man, *now*.

"*I'm a member of the King's Shield. Chase that person, now! Go! Go! Go!*"
—Kyrela
Sigil balks for a second, unsure of how to proceed. Erys wants to see a badge, but only gets snark from the woman in response. She says her name is Kyrela, and she will give them identification after they caught up with the person.

Kyrela pulls a staff out of a bag that looks way too small for it, and starts firing spells at the man.

"*Right, now I'm concerned that we're accessories to some kind of crime.*"
—Erys
She gets a hit in and his floating disc is deactivated; he goes tumbling onto a platform. Sigil pulls up to the same platform and Kyrela jumps out, dropping the staff as she goes. They see the flash of an arcane symbol, like a strange dragonmark, and the man on the ground screams as a sickening popping sound is heard. She looks over her shoulder and smirks at the group, then jumps off the platform.

At this point the crowd is descending into chaos, screaming and running about. Erys looks over the edge of the platform and sees Kyrela fly away in a skycoach. Reynard is telling the bystanders that she wasn't with him, and he doesn't know what happening because he's been drinking. Erys takes the staff.

Just then, a real member of the King's Shield announces himself, and *shows his ID*. The crew gets back into their skycoach. The Shield agent is just starting to examine the body when Sigil kills the engine, dropping them out of sight—the man gets only a glimpse of them before they disappear.

End of episode.

## Locations

* Upper Dura
	+ Drunken Dragon

## Spells

* Kyrela shoots some spells at Duncan that result in his disc being deactivated, and then uses her dragonmark to kill him.

## Quotes

"This is sensitive information. Does your bodyguard need to be here?"
"Hob's not a bodyguard. Hob's with us."
"Oh, well you stand. Okay. Anyway."
"I apologize that my comment made you think I care, but if we could continue with this transaction that would be wonderful."
*—Halden and Erys* 0:14:15

"Listen, here's the thing. You've been very grating throughout this interaction."
"She's just *cute.* She's curious."
"No, it's cute if she's ten, but she's double that."
*—Eric, Philip, and Jeff* 0:25:54

"What does the body look like? It's like a dead body?"
"Remarkably like a dead body."
*—Trevor and Jeff* 0:47:15

"Hob, you're dealing with this situation underneath your butt."
*—Eric*

## Trivia

* Erys spent 10 experience on a second rank in artifice, and with the release of Keyforge, Eric and Philip redesigned the artifice entirely; it now functions for Ambercrafting, which is making items instead of casting spells. To keep the abilities she's already demonstrated, Eric created a talent wort 5 experience called Impromtu Artifice, which allows her to use spells.
* No one else spent any experience.