Battle of Crankshaft Part 4

## Episode 22 - The FeyWild West

At the Gold Strike Inn in Crankshaft

Seline consoles Talia after the death of Constance Melody. Seline also heals Talia of all the bullet wounds she sustained when Captain James Wilde ask for help with Marla. Marla is still mauling a corpse. He talks her down and her transformation reverses, as well as the damage she received in the battle. She stands still not quite herself yet and with her outstretched hand, weakly chokes Seline. After a few moments, Marla comes back to herself. Seline quips "you know usually expect to be bought a drink before this sort of thing happens." Marla seeing her hand still around Seline's throat quickly releases her. Talia and Seline step outside, Talia still reeling from the aftermath of Melody's death. One of the three that killed everyone in her village is now dead and she's dealing with that emotional fallout. Seline claims Melody's Venassi gun naming it, Devotion. "A weapon to fight your battles with you." The group leaves Gold Strike Inn in to see if their help is needed elsewhere in Crankshaft but the streets are now quiet. Lawrence finds Sheriff Grihm and reports the capture of 10 of the 42nd and the rest are dead. The people of Crankshaft assisted their defenders with rifles and power pics. Some of the townspeople didn't survive and some of the DMP also fell. Seline heals who she can and performs the funerary rites for the dead. Moving back through town toward the town hall, Seline spots somebody moving amongst the bodies in the Gold Strike. Inside is someone they spotted earlier who came in with the others townsfolk. A man in a long dark gray almost black coat with a hat and glasses is kneeling amongst the bodies taking measurements. He is tall lanky with a bit of a sharp nose. For an instant he reminds Seline of what she saw as a girl at Kan Ranch. Yeah that defies yourself with the town undertaker when Talia asks. Seline nervously offers her help with a funerary rites and the internment of bodies. The man respectfully declines and our adventurers rejoin the group headed to the town hall. When Talia explains what happened the Captain Wilde, he responds that the town's undertaker is Doc Crown. Realizing this Seline quickly returns to the Gold Strike finding the man gone.

> **Megzie Sass-Council**At first I'm just staring at this room of dead bodies just blank and then suddenly...**Seline Argent-Grey**He's heard of me![Seline smiles at Talia]**Seline Argent-Grey**He remembered me!**Talia Argent-Grey**Did we just... Was that...?**Megzie Sass-Council**Seline looks like it's Christmas morning and she just got a puppy.**Talia Argent-Grey** *(stammering astonishedly)*Was that the second**Megzie Sass-Council**Seline's not even listening she's just looking past you, just smiling really big!**Talia Argent-Grey**Okay, Seline look at me.**Seline Argent-Grey**What?**Talia Argent-Grey**If he shows up in our house and makes you breakfast...**Seline Argent-Grey**I wake you up!**Talia Argent-Grey**thanks!

The mayor's barricaded himself inside the town hall. Mayor Whendlewood offers his apologies to Sheriff Grihm later. Sheriff Grihm makes his report on the situation. Mayor Whendlewood intends to send word to Airpike about what happened in Crankshaft and start the trials and eventual hangings of the prisoners. Seline points out the district's newspaper the Observer has a 42nd bias. Captain Wilde offers to get word to the other papers that circulate through the core five cities. Additionally he points out the reason for the hoax being perpetrated here in Crankshaft is there booming population giving them more voting influence then ever before. Of note, although Leroy Brown has been publicly support about the 42nd, he hasn't been linked to their organization in any other way.

At the Miner's Respite, Juliana is concerned about one of her girls who is pushed down the stairs by 1 of 42nd on his way to the roof during the battle breaking her collarbone. Seline makes her way to Doc Crown's who is the town physician and undertaker. Seline finds that Crystal has suffered broken collarbone and a head injury from her fall. Doc Crown expressed some interest in seeing the healing done. Seline responds that she will return in the morning to do the healing. Meanwhile Juliana really doesn't understand why Talia wants to rent a wall. They go downstairs in the Miner's Respite and Talia sets up the door before inviting Juliana inside her estate. Juliana almost chokes when she hears how much the estate cost. Juliana thanks Talia for their efforts in the battle and also steadfast refuses to let Talia rent a wall. Juliana returns to work and Jareth comes down from his room to talk. Talia gives Jareth a spell book she recovered. She attempts to get Jareth to promise not to play with anything he finds in the book until Talden looks at it. Failing that, Jareth attempts to run and ends up with Talia holding him in the air by his foot.

## Characters

### Players

* Seline Argent-Grey
* Talia Argent-Grey

### NPCs

* Mayor Finch Whendlewood
* Captain James Wilde
* Sheriff Eugean Grihm
* Marla
* Lawrence
* Juliana
* Jareth Argent-Grey

## References

1. ↑ Similar to Retribution a six-shot revolver with a misfire of 1 made of ivory and silver D6 damage