Letting go of Ghosts Part 5

## Episode 22 - The FeyWild West

Constables headquarters, Airpike, District 1. In the lobby of the constables' headquarters, Talia Argent-Grey is just killed Leroy Brown. Talia falls to her knees tears streaming down her face. Seline Argent-Grey kneels in front of Talia and puts her arms around her while Rhenalle puts her hands on Talia's shoulders from behind both giving their friend comfort while she cries. With a hand on Talia's shoulder, Chief Constable Sarah Cremihn leaves them away after instructing two of the constables to clean up this mess and burn the body without a burial detail. Up in Sarah's office, they talk a little bit about what they're going to do now that Leroy is gone. Sarah asks about a note she received earlier. They recap their adventure with Anthonius including smashing the crystal and what that means for the district. Sarah is truly horrified at the idea of there being more god-powered people like Seline. She is a little relieved when they explain the clerics will be of all the gods. Sarah makes out vouchers for the 500k gold piece reward for them to redeem at the bank of Airpike. Rhenalle after getting drunk tonight will try again for district 2 and leave Sarah's office. Sarah says the militia has stepped up their recruiting and their training. The militia has also been running Militia Captain James Wilde ragged. Some of them may have realized that he doesn't sleep. At least, they've gained the perspective that they can work him 24/7. Sarah thinks that he doesn't know what to do with himself when he can't sleep. So he continues to work. At the bank, their reward of over 33,000 gold pieces is already waiting on them as Rhenalle has come and gone. They leave the bank to find a commotion in the Town Square. After some debate on whether to stay if it's a parade or not, they decide to see what the commotion is. Lord Mayor Galen Van Alden is holding a press conference. Spotting Seline and Talia leaving the bank, he calls out to them. He takes the opportunity to walk over to them and shake their hands thanking them in front of the press.

> We here in Airpike are proud of our citizens that are loyal to the values that we profess here in District 1 making us a beacon of order.
>
> Lord Mayor Galen Van Alden

Suddenly the center of all the attention, Seline and Talia are now peppered with questions from reporters. Talia quickly stops Seline from answering any questions. Van Alden thanks them again and Talia reluctantly shakes his hand. Van Alden nudges them towards joining the militia going as far as to even suggest that with their deeds Talia could even outrank James who's riding a desk. While Van Alden continues to attempt to recruit Talia, Seline gets quiet her anger building. A voice whispers into Van Alden's ear, where is Victoria Greshan? Shifting his focus to Seline he reaches for her hand and leans in toward her. He mentions to her about her son in the Airpike Academy. They finished the photo op and leave to the park. Seline throws up when they arrive. Back inside the Mansion, Seline explains to Talia what happened. James is waiting inside to congratulate them but asks what happens when he sees them. After getting Seline something to drink, Talia catches James up on what happened after they left Sarah's office. James also agrees with Talia that Van Alden already knew. James also knows who's on Van Alden's payroll inside the academy and intends to also use them for information. Talia lets James know about Sarah's concerns with the militia and him, and how they might suspect he doesn't sleep. James insists they don't know. With him not being as highly placed in the militia as he was in the DMP, he has to be on top of all the paper that crosses his desk to keep an eye on the militia. They still press him to take breaks and Talia intends to get him a hobby. James suggests that they get Jareth out of the city for at least the weekend. Seline immediately suggests a vacation. Seline wants to see the ocean. In response to Talia's initial resistance, Seline demands a vacation. Seline quickly enlists Adrienne in her efforts to go on vacation. It is decided that they will go to the Blue Sands Resort in District 3. After some intense haggling, Talia and Seline agree on 4 days at the resort. That night in her dreams, Talia finally catches up with Brown. Before he can fire at her Talia kicks him to his knees with her gun to the back of his head. When she looks up she sees her Village in ashes. The people are standing, watching, and waiting for the final one. With one final shot, Brown falls into the waiting embrace of a grave with a headstone already in place. The headstone is dated 20 years ago.

## Characters

### Players

* Seline Argent-Grey
* Talia Argent-Grey

### NPCs

* Rhenalle
* Chief Constable Sarah Cremihn
* Captain James Wilde
* Lord Mayor Galen Van Alden
* Adrienne

## References

1. ↑ last seen in People vs. Victoria Greshin Part 6