Trust

*Trust* is the title of the seventh episode of the fourth season of S.H.A.D.O.W. and the forty third session of the entire game.

This session was played on January 13th, 2019

## Trust

### Writer

Jonny Christie, Matt Christie, Richie Maynard, Eric Rios, Corey Sexton

## Synopsis

Aragi immediately runs into the direction of the body. He checks for a pulse and doesn’t find one. He breaks into a fury and rushes the medical tent. Locus arrives at his courier local and spots Phylyco speaking with a hooded figure. He immediately recognizes it as Aguero, who’s supposed to be dead. Phylyco is aware of the little bird watching and makes it known to his blind friend. Aguero takes this as code to move so he heads towards the circus. Darrow is arriving back at the circus simultaneously with Amelia and Pachosis. He approaches them and Amelia requests a sample of his blood. He obliges but is skeptical. He is cleared as they all witness Aragi guns-blazing towards the infirmary. Phylyco and the others notice this also so they all head that way. Aragi bursts into the tent and immediately attempts to stab “Artiss”. This obviously startles the crowd. He is hysterical as Mal and Lara attempt to hold him back. They are unsuccessful as he stabs his brother. Artiss falls into a pool of blood. And Hylophagous knocks the archer out cold. Everyone is stunned, except Amelia who rushes over to Artiss and attempts to resuscitate the man. Something within her works and he draws breath. A sigh of relief wraps the audience and Hylophagous has Mal bring Aragi to a cell and has the crowd clear out. The Saint then spots Aguero. Everyone turns to the blind man. A conversation needs to be had. Ximer checks him out and finds nothing wrong, it’s as if he was never dead. He briefly explains his visit to the Vale, though it was short lived. He also reveals the culprit of not only his resurrection but of the stress around the circus, Ravela. He admitted he was offered a deck but he declined since he serves The Saint. Hylophagous decides that they will have to deal with Aragi soon but it’s time for Pachosis to tell them why he needed the twins so bad. The Doctor sighs and tells them about the Horseman of War.

Aragi wakes up in a cell, stripped of all his equipment. He bolts up and attempts to break out but Mal is keeping guard. Aragi tries to explain the situation to him but the Half-Orc shuts it down telling him that he fucked up and is expected to be punished for his crime within the organization. Aragi is convinced he knows what he saw but it falls on deaf ears. Aguero remains in the med tent awaiting more tests as his breath goes shallow and his eyes go black. Sachayoj has returned. He gets up and Amelia attempts to keep him in bed but he strikes her. She falls and he attempts to rape the poor girl but luckily Darrow hears her screams and intervenes. The Brute gets on top of the demon and chokes the spriggen out of the vessel. Sachayoj gets Darrow off of him and retreats. Darrow gives chase but is stopped by the Saint. Darrow screams in anger but the Saint shuts him up, reminding him there’s a baby in the next room. Darrow calms down and The Saint warns that things need to change soon. The next morning Locus wakes up to Lara calling him and Darrow from the barracks. He follows her and they find Darrow who kept watch over the med tent all night. She leads them to a tent and announces that it belongs to them now. Darrow thanks her and immediately crashes on the bed. Locus observes the tent briefly before making it more like a home. He asks Darrow what he got up to the night before and the man mentions that the second the little bird sees Aguero let him know. Locus is confused and Darrow mentions he attempted to harm Amelia so he is an enemy. Locus doesn’t really care but he acts just as upset and heads out to investigate Aguero’s tent.

Phylyco takes the shift from Mal and sits across the bars from Aragi. He listens to Aragi’s side of the story. He pieces everything together and leaves, not outright saying he believes the half-elf or not. Aragi doesn’t even get a breath before Sachayoj appears. He threatens the caged fool that he will soon take them all and leaves. Aragi begins to pace, unaware of what he can do. He attempts to message the Saint but Hylophagous is already preoccupied with the Spriggen in his office. Sachayoj decides he’s done with Aguero for now and returns the body to him. The Saint has the blind man take a seat so they can speak. Aguero asks him if he was the one that killed Sera and the Saint assures him, he was not even in the country. It is impossible. The Tiefling then pulls something out of his desk. It is Aragi’s hidden blade. He offers it to Aguero and gives him reign over his very own team consisting of Sirobe, Artiss, and Pachosis. Aguero asks for Aragi but Hylophagous stresses that he is on trial for the attempted murder of one of their own. Aguero vows to speak for his friend at the trail. Phylyco obtains a target from Lara now that she is back to work and gathers his team to head east towards the coast. Amelia, once again, doesn’t want to go but quickly caves under peer pressure from Darrow and fear from Phylyco and they depart.

Aguero returns to the Infirmary to check on his new team. He briefly speaks with Artiss about the new squad and how much he cares for Aragi until Pachosis interrupts. Aguero has a lovely speech about how they are all valuable to him now and they will synchronize as a fantastic team. Pachosis asks about the elephant in the room, the Demon within Aguero. He mentions that he has a way to lock the part of him up if he will allow him to show him. Team Phylyco are on their way to the coast for a good old-fashioned assassination. Phylyco is ecstatic about returning to form but is also skeptical his team might not grasp the concept thoroughly. He receives a message from Hylophagous about the upcoming trial and the Saint requests he speak on behalf of “the circus”. He agrees. They arrive at the shore. Amelia is of course, very uncomfortable with killing someone and Darrow is only agreeing to the mission because Phylyco claimed the target was not innocent. Locus is just happy to be a part of the team. They roam the Triton market looking for their target and shopping. Amelia and Darrow almost give away their task so Phylyco calls a meeting. He tells them to get professional then steps up to a merchant, asks for his name, finds out it’s the target, and shoots him with a phantom bow. They leave before anyone is the wiser. Aragi is getting paranoid. Nobody is listening to his wails anymore so he begins to sulk in silence. The Saint visits him and simply asks him to be honest with him. Even if he’s telling the truth fully and his story is real, why would he act so irrationally and risk falling into a trap. Aragi doesn’t know how to respond. The Saint lets him think about his blatant disregard for their culture and embarrassment and leaves. Artiss arrives and is saddened by what his brother did to him. Aragi realizes his suspicions might be wrong since Artiss is speaking. It is short lived because his voice begins to shift to a female as she mentions Phylyco kills allies all the time, making them the same. Ravela mentions she killed Cal. And She helped kill Sera. And mentions one more thing to him before he loses his senses to rage.

## Cast

### Main

* Aragi Maxul
* Phylyco Brokenwhisper
* Lara Youngheart
* Aguero Cryhawk
* Mal Bloodjaw
* Ravela
* Sirobe
* Locus Fochuckl
* Artiss Maxul (Body/Illusion)
* Darrow Emberstorm
* Amelia Retter
* Saint Hylophagous

### Supporting

* Pachosis
* Hayvard Ximer
* Echo
* The Demon Sachayoj