Down the Rabbit Hole Part 5

## Episode 11 - The FeyWild West

Talia, with coffee in hand, dark steps into the office of Captain James Wilde, DMP. James drops his cup of coffee in surprise before realizing it's Talia. One of the things that James has been going through is in order from the Lord Mayor's office disbanding and reorganizing the DMP into the new Airpike militia. This order comes into effect by the end of the week. The new Lord Mayor has been trying to disband a DMP for three years in order to reinstate the military. Although the Confederacy Accords forbid it. The Accords prevent the district's from messing with each other but would require them to band together if something outside attacked 1. The Accords also forbid any of the districts to have a standing military. Instead Lord Mayor will form a regulated militia. Essential members of the Dead Man's Promise are expected to transition into this new militia. James himself will join if anything to keep an eye on it. Talia doesn't think the Chief Constable Sarah Cremihn likes Seline and her. James reminds her that she confessed to several crimes in the process of attempting to locate Victoria Greshan and they're still free. Captain Wilde is concerned about the military leadership finding out Seline can raise the dead and then taking her away somewhere. James tells the story of Elijah who could see the future. In a joint operation with DMP, the military leadership, and other similar entities in other districts to stop the smuggling ring, Elijah warned them of an incoming ambush. In the end, ambush was turned on the people they were pursuing and the operation ended. Elijah was supposed to meet James for a celebratory drink but never showed then nor a week later. James went to look for him, his house has been emptied and neither his wife or kid was there either. After doing some digging, Captain Wilde found out Elijah and his family were dead. At first, Elijah cooperated but after a while he stopped helping. They killed his family first but in the end every possible future Elijah saw, ended up with him dead. Talia promises that that'll never happen to Seline. James slides over stack of papers and has Talia sign his name to them. Talia asks about James' warlock pact and he initially denies knowing what she talkin about. Then he admits that he can't know what she's talking about. Although he does also shamefully admit that it was not his father but James himself that was in the Venassi. He scouted out groups of "unnaturals." He had in fact scouted Talia's Village. it was this recon report that was used to plan and complete the Massacre despite his saying they weren't a threat to anyone. To the Venassi, the fact that the unnaturals in Talia's Village existed was enough to warrant their slaughter. After that James left the Venassi taking on a different name, a different face, and a different identity. He even recognizes Talia from back then as a little girl when she first stepped into his office. James expect a different reaction but Talia says that the man that visited her Village all those years ago is gone. She trusts the man in front of her who fought beside her and her wife and it's still technically her boss 'till the end of the week. Some of the DMP will probably transition over to the militia. Some of the DMP who wanted to take the Argent-Grey's bounty are Dalton from Crossroads, human fellow from Villvale Sandy brown hair was involved with the Red Tree Gang Posse and Marla. Talia mentions that the Villvale DMP cheated her some of the reward for the ones that on the train. James says the official report from the DMP on the train doesn't mention Seline or Talia which is probably why they didn't get the reward for all the Red Tree Gang they killed. James who was also on that train have been working his way toward the front from the cargo car as Talia and Seline were working their way back. During their firefight Talia saw blood splatter the window of the next car, that was James from the other side. Hearing shots behind him he went back the way he came and didn't end up running into the Argent-Grey's. He says that the railroad might get extended again to all the towns in District 1 as well as connecting Airpike to the capital of District 2. Eyeing the mountain of paperwork in front of Captain Wilde, Talia asks James if he ever sleeps and he says no. Talia leaves to go to bed and when she gets up later she checks on James. When she finds him still signing paperwork, she drags him off to her estate for breakfast.

## Characters

### Players

* Seline Argent-Grey
* Talia Argent-Grey

## References

1. ↑ probably Branson who Talia charmed in The Forest Trail Part 2
2. ↑ probably Jameson in The Red Tree Gangand Built from Pain Part 5
3. ↑ Battle of Crankshaft
4. ↑ The Red Tree Gang