Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} September 9, 2018 Lady Paper gets excited that the Illuminate is real! Jeff Smith explains that Demoreans are a race of time travelers from a parallel dimension working on changing Earth’s history to mirror their own. Conquest by conversion. The Illuminate is, apparently, a group that Corky started and is the absolute commander of. The Time Masters encountered him only once pastward, but after his death. He hasn’t been seen since but they are sure that he is out there…somewhere.   They decide that they need to get the book with the time machine plans back from Corky so they can try to modify it so that clothes can be transported. They know where Corky will be roughly in 1776 (the mission he apparently died on) so the Brigade thinks that is a good time to intercept him.   September 10, Monday 2018 It is decided that Elizabeth will return to 2039 and get the instructions on how to fix the aim of the Time Machine. A Russian immigrant going by the name Mistiel shows up and requests membership. Paladin gives the eight foot tall super strong metahuman a quick verbal interview and then contacts Pearl Ivy. Pearl performs a search of police and INTERPOL records to see if he is wanted for any crimes. He come up clean. Mistiel also agrees to the licensing agreement. Pearl sends over the normal contacts. Mistiel signs and become the latest member of the Brooklyn Brigade. At noon Elizabeth’s future team opens the door for her. Constable wants her to take some plants with her to see if living vegetable matter will transition. If it does they have a way to move cargo into the past. She steps through and vanishes, the plants she carried fell to the floor. An hour later she returns with a strip of microfilm with the modifications outline on it. They take the plans to Antonia (Toni), Jeff, and Dan to make the changes. They say it will take a couple of days. They make good use of the time they have. Constable asks Pearl to see if PRIMUS will loan them a weapon small enough that he can carry into the past but powerful enough to actually be useful. He selects a wrist mounted MT-05-P Field Tactical Theta-ray Projector that could be easily collapsed and held in his mouth. Elizabeth tells the group that her mom, Bonnie, before the war and the governments seizure of most of the wealth, was loaded. That her inheritance financed the Time Masters war against the Illuminati and the Demorean time meddlers. Toni helps Elizabeth gets 24 guinea, four for Paladin, Constable, Kismet, Mistiel, Iktomi, and Lady Paper. In that way they won’t be empty handed when they reach 1776. September 12, 2018 Wednesday The modification are finished, the group equipped as well as possible, and they are ready. They select April 30, 1776 for their arrival time at 10PM. April 30, 1776 Wednesday 10PM They select the South East Square for the arrival spot. It is wooded, in Philadelphia, and close to Market Street where Thomas Paine is the editor of Pennsylvania Magazine. They know that Corky is (supposedly) arriving May 1 to prevent the Demoreans from altering Paine’s writings that reflected the core beliefs of the colonists. (It ahs been said that without Paine’s writings and Franklin’s diplomacy the revolution would have failed.) Having the when, where, and why all they have to do is go back and wait. With the exception of Mistiel (now calling himself Bear) everyone who appears is momentarily stunned by the rapture of moving through time. Bear is not immune to the effect but his massive constitution prevented him from succumbing to the effect. The moon is full, the air is cool but not cold. It has rained recently. Iktomi quickly weaves a few bags and briefs for coins and modesty. Paladin and Constable decline as Constable has a plan. Given Iktomi’s appearance it is decided that he should try to remain unseen until he gets clothes including a large hat or at least hooded cloak to conceal his arachnid resemblance.   At the first house they reach Constable knocks on the door. When it is answered he tells the person that he and his friends are Mennonites from Allentown journeying to Philadelphia in search of work to help fund their mission to bring god to the savages in the west. They were robbed by Rebels who took everything they possessed, even their clothes. He introduces himself as Adam and Paladin as James. Alec Potts and his wife Mabel take them in and give them blankets. They send their son Young Joseph (age 10) to fetch the Constable. Constable/Adam asks for more blankets for the rest of their party. Mabel fetches the blankets. Constable/Adam and Paladin/James return to the group and hand out the blankets. Iktomi puts the blanket over his head to hide his face and spinnerets. They travel to the Potts home where they are appalled that the Rebel thieves stripped a woman! Introducing herself as Ruth Kismet is led away and given ‘proper’ clothing. The clothes are sized for a person 6 inches taller than Kismet/Ruth but they are better, much better, than nothing. With the women away Alec asks what manner of man Iktomi is? Constable/Adam tells him that Iktomi, aka Rick, is a member of a savage tribe where the all look as he does. Alec says that explains tales of monsters in the west lands. Alec and Mabel serve their guests fresh brewed tea while they wait for the constable. After making introductions all around the group takes in the fact that the Potts have carpets, drapes, matched tea cups and kettle. The Potts are very affluent. Alec says if the group are ‘loyalists’ or ‘rebels’. Constable/Adam announces they serve the King. Contable Clay, a redcoat, arrives. He has dispatched a squad to search for the rebel scum who stole their goods but he does not expect much success. Even with the light of the full moon making pursuit in the dark is hard and by morning they will have had a good head start behind them. Constable/Adam tells Young Joseph tales about Iktomi/Rick having his bow and arrow stolen by the rebels and then a tall tale about how Iktomi/Rick helped him hunt a ‘monster’ boar when they first met. May 1, 1776 Thursday At first light Mabel roses Kismet/Ruth to help with breakfast. It is simple fair of left over meats, toasted bread, and fresh milk. The subject Iktomi/Rick is not brought up. Young Joseph takes the group except for Iktomi/Rick who returns to South East Square to stay out of sight to a clothier on Market Street. They pass the several buildings owned by Benjamin Franklin including the print shop where Thomas Paine works as Editor for Pennsylvania Magazine. The group spends 6 of their 20 guineas (24 if you count Lady Paper) on clothes. While shopping they tell the clothier about their being robbed by Rebels. The clothier says that he heard from Constable Clay that another man was robbed in the same way this morning. The clothier has no other details. Kismet/Ruth wants to look for agates or other crystals so she can re-create her mind link network for the group. Iktomi/Rick, after getting his clothes, accompanies her. She does notice an active mind link network in Philadelphia. One of the mental threads leads directly in to the print shop of Thomas Paine. Iktomi/Rick and Ruth/Kismet head down to the shore of the Delaware River to look for agates on the shore. The rest go in to the print shop to talk to Thomas. After getting passed one of his assistants (David) they speak to Thomas in his office. They warn him that someone might come in to convince him to change his writing and if that fails they might try to harm or kill him. Thomas Paine agrees to let him protect him as long as there is no fee involved. They each shake his hand on the way out. Iktomi/Rick and Ruth/Kismet are having no luck finding crystals but they do see a ship unloading its cargo that has three mind link threads leading to it. They stay and watch until a man with a mind link exits the ship and heads down Dockstreet. They shadow him until he enters Franklin Stoves on Market. End of Session EXP Awards Paladin 10, Kismet 10, Rick RunningWolf 10, Constable 10, Lady Paper 3, Bear 3