Session 5: Benedict Point

The group, including the new intern Jasper, left Tumbleweed and travelled off to Benedict Point in their quest to find the lost Delilah and destroy the supplies cache of the Des Lobos bandit gang.

On the way, the group came across a suspicious small rocky hill that had a sword-in-the-stone on its top. The group clambered up to get a closer look, and Aggie was the first one to try and pull the sword. Upon touching it, the sword stuck to her skin and developed into the tongue and gaping mouth of a mimic that was now trying to eat Aggie. Luckily Aggie was able to use her fire magic to burn the mimic from the inside, and between her magic and Billy punching it they were able to defeat the mimic.

They reached Benedict Point and scouted that there was a central building surrounded by a large amount of guarding bandits. The group developed a plan: Abe and Billy would scout and snipe from behind, Aggie would infiltrate the main building, and Maurice and Elisen would watch the front. Jasper was designated as the Cart Watcher.

The first part of the plan came into effect when Aggie dirtied and bloodied herself and then had Maurice and Billy pantomime that they were chasing her. Aggie ran, "crying", towards the front of the building and begged the guards for help and shelter, and she was able to convince them to let her inside. Meanwhile, the guards fought away Maurice and Billy who ran off to regroup and continue the plan.

Inside the bandit camp, Aggie found Delilah and discovered that she was working as a gun producer for the Des Lobos. Aggie learned that Delilah had not been kidnapped after all, but rather had run away to join the bandits. She had been dreaming of becoming a weaponsmith in her own right and that her father took credit for her work and kept her from ever working in the fornt of the shop due to her being a woman, so she had escaped and joined the Des Lobos instead. Aggie slipped a love potion to Delilah since the plan was still to get her out of the bandit camp before it was destroyed. Aggie was now able to charm Delilah and told her a version of the truth, enough to convince her to come with them.

Billy was able to sneak around the compound with the aid of an invisibility potion, and was able to sneak out a large selection of Delilah's guns and ammunition. Maurice, Abe, and Elisen still hunted around the outside while Aggie and Billy worked on trying to set the field as much as possible. However, Aggie made an error in judgement when she attempted to set the roof on fire as a distraction, and she and Delilah ended up in the middle of the bandit group in the front of the building which was still on fire and with stacks of gunpowder inside.

Aggie and Delilah were both beaten badly, and the others ran in to help. Maurice healed Aggie, and as a group they were able to defeat the bandits. Aggie crawled over to Delilah and used her healing touch to kiss Delilah back to health. However, all the drama meant that the fire in the building was left to spread. The group ran to the stables and freed three horses there, and they took the horses and the gun collection back to the wagon safely. The fire reached the gunpowder and Benedict Point went up in a fantastic explosion.

Now safely back with the wagon, Delilah's love potion wore off and she was left confused and angry at the idea of being drugged. Aggie apologised and managed to mostly convince her to calm down. She promised that she would do whatever she could to set Delilah up as a gunsmith somewhere else. Delilah agreed to come with them for now, at least to be escorted out of the desert and back to Tumbleweed. Aggie is left feeling conflicted and tension is high all around.

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