Tuesday 8/28/2018
The Daily
Bugle includes an op-ed from the newspaper National Inquisitor by Akio Kawazu.
He makes the claim that Cassandra Clemons, the Brooklyn Brigade’s main
benefactor, Paladin, the group’s leader, and The Constable, a Brigade member,
are all killers. He also claims that the Brigade killed Superman after they
defeated him in Metropolis.
Cassandra
very quickly has Ivy Pearl call Paladin. She wants to talk to him. A pair of
Bruces are dispatched to bring him to her Long Island
estate. The drive takes an hour.
While he is
waiting for the car to arrive Marvel Girl tells him that she was aware of a
bounty on his (Paladin’s) head that the Minutemen were trying to collect.
Paladin asks her to see if her source can tell her more. MG places a call to
her friend Toni Ramierez and learns that the bounty was placed by a European
group, France most likely, that included demon worshiping cults and a group
called Raven. Raven, according to Toni, is a clutch of the 24 most powerful
vampires on Earth. The dollar figure ranges from $35,000 to $350,000 depending
on Paladin’s condition when delivered.
Toni asks
MG if Constable has an off switch as detailed in the police report. MG asks
Constable who blows off the question. MG is also surprised to learn that
Constable is a man in armor, she thought he was a robot.
At
Cassandra’s Paladin learns her main concern about the newspaper article was
that she is a suspect in her brother’s death. She wants the Brigade to find the
real killer and clear her good name. Paladin asks that she use what influence
she has to find everything about what her brother was up to prior to his
disappearance and subsequent murder.
She says
his body was pulled from the Hudson
in such bad shape the cause of death was indeterminate but likely homicide.
Which leaves Cassandra as 75% majority stock holder in Prometheus Medical
Technologies and in control of the family fortune. She also tells Paladin Wade
was the Crimson Knight, super hero, and it was his ‘hobby’ that probably got him
killed.
Through the
course of the conversation she asks Paladin if he wants to give INTERPOL his
DNA and finger prints, he does not, and she tells him that someone in the Vatican is also
helping prevent the US State Department to demand he surrender them.
When
Paladin gets back to the Bunker he calls a team meeting, Kismet attends
telepathically. He (Paladin) brings the
group up to date on the details involving his meeting with Cassandra. Constable
comes up with a suggestion to outsource watching the Saiettas and the Hunting
Bambi guys. He (Constable) suggests using a PI firm from outside the area. They
considered Sachs and Violens of San Francisco. They declined because of the
involvement of SPBs (Super Powered Beings) but recommended the PI firm: The
Inferior Five.
One of the
first questions put to the I5 was why they called themselves such a thing.
Their leader, Merryman, said it was simply because all of them have been
rejected by the Justice League for membership. The group consists of: Merryman
(martial artist), Awkward Man (amphibious brick), Blimp (heavy-set slow flying
surveillance expert who drops explosives from above), Dumb Bunny (super strong
intellect-challenged woman who is impervious to mental powers (nothing to
hit)), and lastly White Feather (marksman archer with lots of trick arrows).
They
eagerly took the assignment! Constable provided them air travel from Fallon Nevada to New
York where they will be spying on the Saiettas and
Abe Harris (of Hunting Bambi). Constable is going to provide 5 ‘bugs’ (small,
activated by sound, etc.) that will be placed at Bambi Hunting (the office and
the hunting lodge), and the Saietta (Manfred’s car and Racks), with one to
spare.
Sachs and
Violens are hired to watch Max Barna, the owner of Hunting Bambi who lives in San Rafael, California).
Constable,
using third parties, is preparing to start offering ‘bounties’ for pictures and
stories of the teenage members of the Saietta family. This is to be a means of
shacking up the teens and the family as a whole. (GM NOTE: While this was
discussed I don’t this was implemented.)
Paladin
thinks that they need a break from New
York and sparring with the Saiettas and now the
police. They decide to travel by RV to Cave
City Kentucky to deal
with the monsters who robbed a jewelry store.
That night
Kismet reports to Racks to work in the Member’s Only Room. Dressed in arm and
leg shackles, with a pair of crystal earrings (her mind link stone) she serves
food and drinks to her customers. While she is ogled by the patrons of Racks
she notices that Manfred is there and does not take his eyes off her.
As the
night goes on she finds herself wanting to submit to Manfred every perverse
whim. She shakes the impulse off but the desire to become his slave continues
to grow stronger as the night progresses. When she finds herself slipping away
Kismet claims she has a headache and wants to go home. Lacy (the owner, and
boss) tells her is she leaves not to come back. Bruno, on Manfred’s behalf,
barges into her the dressing room offers to give her a ride home. She declines
the ride. Bruno does not leave, he watches her get dressed. He does tell her
for someone who looks like a doll she has Moxie.
Lacy gives her a envelop full of
money for her share of tips, her pay, and generous severance pay. Lacy tells
her that she thinks Kismet is making the right decision.
Kismet goes to the hotel where
she and her RA Sherry are staying while the Ghost Hunters are trying to
exorcise the poltergeist that possesses her room. Sherry playfully considers
going to work at Racks for the great pay but Kismet (Kaitlynn) talks her out of
it.
While Sherry is out getting
popcorn for their movies Kismet (Kaitlynn) tells the Brooklyn Brigade about how
her mind was being manipulated and how she had to quit working there. Kismet
and the members of the Brigade are concerned about Manfred Saietta, Bruno, or
someone close to them, is a powerful mentalist who gradually conquerors their
prey.
The question remains who might
it be?
Sherry comes back and they watch
a variety of horror movie for a while.
Wednesday 8/29/2018
Very early
in the morning, 12:15AM, the RV arrives and they take their place in an RV
park.
Kismet and
Constable arrive through other means, by taking airfare, renting cars, and
meeting the rest of the group in Cave
City.
They head
out and grab some breakfast and head to the police station. The flabbergasted
desk sergeant calls Sheriff Levy.
They met up
with Sheriff Levy. Levy tells them that the monsters who robbed Earl’s Gems are
the same monsters that a couple of weeks ago saved a group of tourists who were
trapped in Mammoth
Cave. Sheriff Levy isn't
too keen on the monsters being pursued but his job demands it. He is concerned
that they might do it again and -we just can't cotton to that-. He suggests
that maybe if the group could get the monsters to give the gold, silver, and
precious stones back we can call bygones, bygones. The group agrees to that
course of action. Sheriff Levy also told them to go to Ruth's Diner and mention
his name. He will pick up lunch for the group (once).