Letting go of Ghosts Part 4

## Episode 21 - The FeyWild West

Breakpeak, District 3. That night, Talia dreams of chasing Brown through the streets. From Kal-Kanar to Breakpeak to finally Talia's burning village. Brown stands in the middle of it all silhouetted by the flames grinning. He raises his arm and fires his gun. The sound of the shot wakes Talia. By 5 am, Talia is up getting folks ready for the showdown later. Rhenalle and Seline managed to calm her. Seline takes Talia to her Realm and speeds up time to 10 am. They move away from the docks toward a more open market area down Main Street. At the T intersection at the end of the street is the Blue Beach Resort. The street in front of the resort continues to either side. One way goes back to the docks. The other way goes to more expensive shops and resorts. The resort itself is a large complex advertising blue sands. Across from the resort is a large clock tower. Seline is the first to spot Hawthorne and Leroy Brown.

> Brown looks a lot different now, then when he did last time you saw him. He's traded in his fancy tailored suits for something much closer to a common laborer. The balding on his head is a lot more pronounced. As well as the gray in patches most notable on the beard he's attempting to grow. He looks older thinner. Lines of stress are carving themselves into his face and that winning smile of his has been reduced to a scowl.
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> DM Molly

They are coming from a cul-de-sac of shops. Brown was likely staying at an inn there. Having not seen Leroy since his brazen callous testimony at her trial describing the massacre of her town, Talia is now laser-focused on him and is walking toward them. Rhenalle and Seline hang back blending into the crowd.

> Hey Venassi, you missed one.
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> Talia to Leroy Brown

Talia yells to Leroy from behind. Realizing who's there, Leroy refuses to surrender. Noticing Leroy looked to people that were probably following him at a discreet distance, Seline and Rhenalle move up to flank Leroy's 2 trailing 42nd bodyguards. Leroy and Talia are shouting back and forth when Leroy shouts out fire. Seline quickly immobilizes one of the bodyguards with hold person. Rhenalle removes the other bodyguard's gun hand. The crowd begins to leave the area before Rhenalle calmly relieves the bodyguard of his head. Seline following suit, walks around to the front of her bodyguard and runs him through the heart with her rapier. Appraising his situation Leroy decides to turn and run only to face Hawthorne's gun. Hawthorne explains to Leroy he had months to leave but instead decided to ruin Hawthorne's business with his shady deals. Leroy draws his gun but is unsure who to shoot whether it be Hawthorne or Talia. Seemingly cornered Leroy agrees to a duel with Talia. Now at high noon the two face each other.

> I aim for his gun hand. As I lift my arm up at high noon, Grave’s Silence summoning into my hand, I aim directly at his gun.
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> Talia/Cris Sass-Council

With a practiced movement, Grave’s Silence is summoned and the bullet fired goes directly down the barrel of Leroy's gun before his gun’s hammer falls. Brown's gun explodes as the bullets collide in the chamber while Leroy is crying out in pain Talia angles a shot to ricochet and take out both his kneecaps. While reaching out for the ruins of his gun, Talia knocks him out. Talia takes anything that Leroy could use as a weapon from him including his Venassi medallion which she gives to Seline before hoisting him over her shoulder. Hawthorne suggests that they leave. He paid the local police to stay away but once they hear about the gunfight that won't last. Seline opens the door to the Realm of Pale Shadows which they all escaped into. Talia drops Brown who immediately starts screaming. Seline heals him a little bit to stop it and welcomes him to the Realm of Pale Shadows. Brown holds still in terror as he realizes he's in the feywild. His terror deepens, when they tell him they shattered the feywild crystal. He quickly moves to Talia to keep her close while he tries to activate his amulet and torch them both. Talia and Seline smile at him before Seline tosses the amulet to one of the spider folk in the trees. Seline toys with ideas of punishment for brown because he broke his guest right or possibly denouncing his guest status while Reginald explains her options. They instead decide to go to the lobby of the constables' headquarters in Airpike. Talia hoists Brown up by the neck and slams him into the deck in front of the receptionist's desk. With her gun to the back of Leroy's head, a stony-faced Talia asks the receptionist for Chief Constable Sarah Cremihn. When Sarah arrives, Talia asks her to read Leroy Brown's bounty poster.

> **Chief Constable Sarah Cremihn**Wanted Leroy Brown. For the crimes of murder theft fraud genocide and conspiracy in District 1..[Sarah looks up and meets Talia's gaze]**Chief Constable Sarah Cremihn**Dead or alive.**Talia/Cris Sass-Council**Talia pulls the trigger.

## Location

* Breakpeak, District 3
* Airpike, District 1

## Characters

### Players

* Seline Argent-Grey
* Talia Argent-Grey

### NPCs

* Leroy Brown
* Rhenalle
* Chief Constable Sarah Cremihn
* Hawthorne Brown