Deals and Lies Part 1

## Episode 6 - The FeyWild West

Talia continues to console Seline through the night. In the morning, when she checks her traps she finds a polka dotted bunny. In the process of cleaning and skinning it, she notices it has sharp teeth. She hides the drying skin in the stable and cleans off the rabbit skull. When Seline comes down from her bedroom, Talia tells her about their fey rabbit.

They return to Ernest's in Airpike. Seline talks to Albee who tells her he can see everything from this spot in the Devil's Delight. Seline asks Albee if he's ever seen a star whale. Albee says he's seen things move between the worlds like things with golden eyes before looking at Seline. Ernest has their second door knob ready. It appears the same as the first except it has a large gemstone on it. After a similar gemstone is added to the other door knob, go to be able to access the estate. Unfortunately, no one will be able to enter the estate through one and out the other. Ernest is dumbfounded when Talia shows him Nikki's liquid weave cylinder. Talia invites Ernest to accompany them to visit Nikki. Seline stays behind a moment to speak with Albee about the man with the golden eyes. Albee replies that the Broker is walking across the world here and elsewhere planting seeds. With each seed he leaves a binding, a doorway and he's hiding them well for now. Soon others will look to them and bring trouble.

At Nikki's, where they are greeted by R6. R5’s body has been upgraded, although it looks similar. The chest cavity has been upgraded and the eyes have been changed from orange to blue. R6’s painted on tuxedo has also been redone. Then they surprise Nikki with Ernest. Nikki is embarrassed with the sudden appearance of her former classmate. Ernest is confused when Nikki asks him if he still mad. Ernest had gotten indignant and loud when he was caught off guard while Nikki and he were cuddling. Then she explains how she makes the liquid weave. The heart of the machine is a sieve made of fine dwarven steel mesh with rune inscribed wires. While at first she use the liquid weave to make the gun cylinders, she's now also using it as a power source. Nikki gives Ernest some of the liquid weave to see what he'll do with it. Ernest apologizes and they agree to be friends. They drop Ernest off before making their way to the Aeronaut’s Pleasure. In the hot tub five days later before they check out, Delilah joins them. Seline and Talia offer to hire Delilah before they find out she's already employed by Leroy Brown. She's been investigating why some his operatives have been going missing after being sent out on assignment. For another thousand gold pieces, Delilah tells our adventurers what Leroy Brown knows about them. For three thousand gold pieces, Delilah agrees to find information on Brown's criminal activities at the pass it to Captain Wilde. Delilah confirms that the trouble in Crankshaft is not Orcs but the Venassi and 42nd. The orc scare is intended to sway Crankshaft voters to Brown. Delilah does agree to give them a heads up if Brown is about to find out about Jareth. Delilah's own son is at the Bluepeak Cathedral but doesn't really remember her. She keeps it that way because of her profession.

## Location

* En route from Clearwater to
* Airpike

## Characters

### Players

* Seline Argent
* Talia Grey

### NPCs

* Albee
* Ernest Felson
* Nikki Tolnor
* R6
* Delilah