Ep. 13 Dragon’s First Breath Chapter Two (C2)

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C2 Ep. 13 Dragon’s First Breath Chapter Two

—Posey

Hob and Kath rough up some men who are dealing Fool's Hope, a drug that makes one reckless. They casually chat about Erys, Milo, and their team dynamics, all while beating up some punks.

Still on Olive's job, the Loaded Dice break into the Milhatch Research HQ. Norson puts himself in some chamber with dragonshards feeding into it. Erys pulls Tasha around front while Hob and Milo cause havoc inside. Reynard breaks into the safe and steals all the documents inside. Just as they're making their getaway, they run into Posey.

## Synopsis

### Fool's Hope

At some point between *Thinking Inside the Box* and *The Least Dangerous Game*, Kath and Hob spend some quality time together. Kath approaches him at the Four Sails with an offer to rough up some punks that have been spreading Fool's Hope, a drug she dabbled in, but found that it only made her reckless in a fight. She's been trying to find the source of its production, and has tracked it down to a group associated with Duncan. Hob readily agrees. At the group's hangout, Kath kicks down the doors, and 20–25 male humans are inside, working. They stop when the two break the door in. Hob and Kath proceed to have a casual conversation while beating every last person up—they talk about Milo's strange conversations with Kylie, and Hob makes sure he's not crossing boundaries by telling Erys what to do.

When only one guy still stands, Hob tells him to stay out of the district, and just to add insult to injury, takes his hat, which is comically small on the big goliath's head. Kath makes sure they don't leave with anyone standing. As they leave, Hob flings the hat away.

### Dragon's Breath

The crew observes the researches and field staff leave for the end of the day. Being careful not to be seen, they take Tasha behind the building and up onto the roof. Erys looks in and sees Cannith lackeys walking about the room, and more importantly, Norson himself talking to three people: Solman Calloway, an impossibly large human—he has an inch on Hob, even—and, much to Reynard's dismay, they see the woman from the Cannith warehouse they stole the manifest from.

The other person they assume to be Jerome d'Cannith—he's important looking and seems to be giving out orders.

There's a large platform with a glass cylinder large enough to fit a person inside, and on top of it is a reservoir with 30–50 Eberron dragonshards inside. The warforge leave for the day.

Posey doesn't seem to be doing any of the talking—Jerome is instead directing the conversation. Even Norson is answering to him. Jerome and Posey start heading out the door the warforged exited from.

Norson and Jerome are having an argument, and Norson takes off his lab coat, pushes past Jerome, and walks onto the platform.

Hob hops through the ceiling window. Erys shoots a panel that Jerome is messing with, shooting a bolt fight through it. Milo jumps after Hob and casts Barrier on him. Jerome curses and pulls out the bolt, trying to fix the machine. All along his back, lines glow as he activates his dragonmark.

The workers in the lab are looking ready to right at this point, and Hob tries unsuccessfully to intimidate them into a corner. Reynard heads for the safe, and Erys grabs Tasha for their getaway vehicle. Jerome uses his mark again and the glass cylinder begins to grind and shake. Norson takes a step back.

Jerome jumps off the platform and squares up again Hob.

When Reynard gets the safe open, he grabs all the papers inside, not wanting to take the time to look for Olive's specifically. Job completed, he makes for Tasha. He and Erys make it to the front reception area at the same time, and see Posey standing behind the desk.

End of episode.

## Locations

* Four Sails
* Milhatch Research HQ

## Spells

* **Milo**
	+ Barrier

## Quotes

"You know, Erys looks up to me."
"We all do, Hob."
*—Hob and Kath*

## Trivia

* Erys uses her scope for the first time.