Arc 2: Anvil Cannibals

## Session 1 (12/28/2019)

* Been about 2 weeks since the Star Nationals were chased off, and activity in Oasis has returned to normal
* Of the group, Atom and Addie remain in Oasis
	+ Atom asks around for leads on Doomsayers, and Marrla mentions she might know some woman who was last spotted in Montana
	+ Addie spends her time patrolling with Scott’s guards
		- While out, she catches sight of someone spying on Oasis from an overpass
		- She’s able to sneak up on him and confronts him, and he admits he was sent by the Star Nationals to provide surveillance and updates on the settlement
		- Addie drags him back to Scott for interrogation
* Atom joins Addie in Scott’s office
	+ The “spy”’s name is Ricky
	+ Some people in Anvil were offering ammo to hire people to keep an eye on Oasis, record who was coming and going and to keep an eye out for Atom
	+ A few others besides him were hired
	+ Atom deletes the files of observations Ricky kept on his palmcorder, and we let him go
* Outside, we hear a commotion
	+ A van rode into town, riddled with bullet holes and a man slumped against the dashboard
	+ Atom helps get him out, and we get him to the town medic
* The man’s name is Louis Saint
	+ He and his brother Brian were helping the town of Anvil to fend off some Road Orcs, turns out there were more than they anticipated
	+ Louis car got shot to shit, while Brian’s got rammed and spun out, where he was then dragged out screaming
	+ We agree to head out to Anvil and help him find his brother
* By mid afternoon, Louis drives Addie and Atom to Anvil, takes about 30 minutes
	+ The town is surrounded by walls of junk, but we don’t encounter any guards
	+ Lots of groups around, don’t seem particularly friendly
* Atom spots Grace, but we don’t have time to catch up on that before Louis leads us into the saloon
	+ Close to the bar is a large humvee, R.O. carved into it and covered in graffiti
	+ Some bikers are being rowdy at the bar, bragging about how they smashed some fucker off the road
	+ Atom takes a seat by the gang, asking them about finding a vehicle
		- When Atom pushes his request, the bikers turn hostile
		- One of them shoots at Atom, misses, and hits his group’s humvee
		- He appears afraid for a moment before the biggest of the bikers takes a hold of the guy’s head, and crushes it completely
		- The largest dude, Big Ben, then gets up, has his nails grow to claws, and takes a swing at Atom
		- Addie, Atom, and Louis down all but one of the bikers (Atom decapitates Big Ben)
* The remaining biker offers up what info he has
	+ Big Ben was their pack leader, they’re Road Orcs, all mutants
	+ Anvil wanted Louis and Brian out of the way (were on a hit list)
		- Louis got away, but Brian died
		- After Brian died, they didn’t have much use for him, Big Ben took his body to the town hall
	+ Atom tells the guy he’s gonna lay low, not cause trouble, and man the gun at the top of the humvee to help us. Otherwise, Louis gets to do what he wants with him
		- The biker fearfully agrees
* Atom gets the humvee keys from Big Ben’s corpse, and we head up to town hall
* Addie, Atom, and Louis head inside the building
	+ Looks like a dining hall, 5 people at a table
		- The person at the head of the table, a guy in preacher robes (the mayor), claims they know nothing of a body brought in
	+ From the back of the room, there’s a banging at a door
		- A man crawls out after pushing it open, one what looks to be one arm and one leg, with dark, viscous blood trailing after him
		- It’s Brian
		- The town leaders are cannibals
	+ Combat ensues
		- We cut down the mayor and his goons
* Louis helps Brian up and takes him to his car, and we drive out
* Brian tells us what happened on the way back to Oasis
	+ In Anvil, to do business, gotta give a sacrifice
	+ While he was being dragged to town, Brain had a heart attack and died, and Big Ben saw an opportunity to give him as a sacrifice to the town leaders
	+ Brian woke up, missing limbs, with a voice in his ear
* We take Brian to the Oasis infirmary
* Before leaving town, Louis gives a note to Addie: a radio frequency, to call if her group needs help