c02s01e07 - Downtime Duties day 19 = Rogar joins the team. When THX blows his second wish and pulls him from the Beyond to inhabit Nero's vacant body; Rogar remembers his death-- him and frank's folks planning an assassination when a slew of paladins an dog headed angel and Rogar's wife, Danees, bust in, slaughtering the 3 parents readily ---compassion in Danees' eyes as he dies on her blade. Rogar had NEVER seen his wife take up arms. it was one of the nice things about her; background character. Rogar holds back from Frank that Danees was there... out of character we all know the score, but it seems that Rogar is concerned that his favorite little killer would want to come after Danees before knowing the full story about her involvement. he lets on about the paladins and hound angel, but Frank knows something is being held back. Everything else is shaky right now on Rogar's past still. -- day 19 = The team sorts out the facility and assign the cyre 'forged task to clean up the place. it'll take a month or so to get the place picked up... but there's mech and stuff buried there.. worth the wait. -- day 19 = THX works the remains of the animated armor... will finish frank's gear by day 22. -- day 19 = Leroy the titan decides to work with the 'forged and joseph chooses to work with the troop in exchange for being quiet about the 'forged fortress. The 'forged troops here choose Frank's inspiring rally to get angry about being stuck as warforged out of time out of touch.. They adopt Leroy os their unofficial Mascot, representing the cruel fate of the warforged. Will have to be careful not to hype the forged too much or else they go on a raiding mission across marketplace or cragwar. best to let that rage simmer for a while. -- day 19 = team decide to leave the petrified prisoners stoned until all can be restored and delivered to Thrane military for reward... need to keep quiet about the stonecure substance so opt to explore options at Arcanix and the Alchemy guild than to barter with the Temple of Sacred Flame at the Cragwar keep. ====== day 20 = taking a ride from Ryan to Arcanix; team trades cash favor and forged parts for an alchemy lab and then tug taps his guild for 2 interns to produce stonecure at the facility 2/week each... 4/week passive = 15 weeks. myrideth and terrance are both really excited about working with the team. -- day 20 = Raskal puts in request for permit to militarize in Cragwoods. should be ready in 3 days,. (23rd) -- day 20 = spend day on fixing up joseph before sending back to his wife and debriefing with city guard.. acquire a favor from cragwar city -- day 20 = paladins of vengeance come thru town looking for the team.. Townfolk say they first stopped off at the temple then started asking around for Nero and the Bug Squish Brothers... rumor has it Nero is possessed by yak demons. By nightfall, Tug catches up with the leader of the paladins in town... luth Rein. She takes a liking to the charismatic gnome immediately and offes to hrie him to show her around town for a feew days, he skips out and bee-lines for he Moored Siren. Rogar hits up some hookers but on the way back home he must have been ratted out because there's a slew of paladins tailing him back to the Moored Siren. Rogar catches wind of the tail and ducks into the toilet to ritual alter form. THX nips the whole thing in the bud by confronting the team right out-- yes, they are hunting Nero for potential yak possession and other horrible tasks. The 'forged cleric goes and drags Rogar's sons' body out to be examined and sure enough , Rogar is in neros body, but the tainted soul is MIA. The paladins disengage, leaving the presence of the hostile crowd throughout the Moored Siren and hopefully out of town altogether. ====== day 21 = 1st month review for Wolf Pack and Raskal's Rally - Rally is the current darling of Cragwar. The heroes have made a huge impression on the success of the troop and Raskal grants the team a favor plus upgrade to private house nearby - wolf pack is blamed for the tunneler, crabs, and if word of athasians get to Jasper.. that too. This is a demerit against their record. If they earn another during the next 8 weeks their contract will be up for renegotiation. -- day 21 = Rogan tells off clerks at the temple but he doesn't feel like he's making much headway. Best to get drunk again instead. -- day 21 = team withdraws back to the fort to focus on tasks at hand. ====== day 22 = warforged recon back home-- Laster's team is in pursuit. One of the Cloversail ships catch sight of Rogar in the woods, but miss sight of the 'forged... they offer a signal flare if any help is needed while the forged are still at large. Meanwhile the 'forged report that the silver mine is heavy on caravans and ripe for pillaging... but one of Laster's ships picked up on them and pursued into the woods, Instead of engaging the caravans or Laster's ships, these guys get reassigned to clean up duty in the facility with everyone else. -- day 22+ = Rogar and scout units make good hunting to cover need for squishy souls present. -- day 22 = permit for building fort is approved. -- day 22 = the lab is set up and the interns are put to work. The 2 interns can produce 2 doses/week each... with Tug and THX involved it can be as much as 7/week. ====== day 23 = armor thx building is a total failure. Frank throws it off the cragwood cliffs into a gully and pees on it. -- day 23 = team gives the teleport circle a go, and end up on pile of garbage in a teleport chamber under Cragwar keep connected to the temple lab. Once the team kicks the door open, they spill out into the lab with lots of rubble and debris from the teleport circle exported from the Cragwood Fortress... no one is around at the moment... and we leave the game there. End of c02s01eo7 Time spent in game: 4 days 2/3 to level 5