Cyberpunk Session 22

Artist's impression of the altar room visited by Tremen and Ricky. Where the artist got the idea for red cloth is unknown and the kneeling figure is also a figment of the artist's imagination!

We continue cautiously down the corridor, which is dimly lit with burning sconces scattered along its length. There is an pallet truck on the right hand side of the corridor with an old oil drum visible in the distance on the left hand of the corridor. About halfway between us and the oil drum a side corridor heading east can be seen and we head slowly to that junction checking the doors as we go (which continue to hold plain unadorned plinths and tombs. Despite a general request to not split the party we end up with half of the party continuing to explore the main corridor with the other half exploring the side corridor. This side corridor only goes a short distance to the east before turning south and running parallel to the main corridor.

While Tremen and Ricky explore a room to the north of the side corridor (and Nameraka keeps cover at the side corridor), Tharbin hangs back at the junction in order to be able to provide support to either side as required. Shadow, Wakiya and Spooky continue down the main corridor with Spooky reporting that while there doesn't seeem to any electronic surveillance down here there is a large power source somewhere off to the south.

The room to the north is a squarish room with a stone european-style altar with a crucifix on top of it. The sides of the room to the left and right have four wooden coffins each. These are moldering and decaying revealing the skeletons within and leaving only a narrow path. After inquiring of the rest of the team (over comms) if they have found anything he steps towards to the altar. As he does so he hears the sound of a gunshot from the south.

The sound was from a shot taken at Spooky as she rounded a corner in the main corridor - the shot missed her and Shadow, Wakiya and Nameraka move to cover Spooky. A second shot is taken at Spooky (also missing) and then a third which allows Shadow to locate the shooter (a figure in red robes) and return fire. Shadow is clearly more accurate than the cultist and mortally wounds the cultist after two shots.

Tremen discovers that the crucifix is not a separate item but is a part of the altar (the original sculptor clearly being willing to spent a lot of effort to make it this way). As this examination continues Tharbin checks the wall sconces in the corridor to see if they are perhaps triggers for a secret mechanism - they don't move!

Wakiya, Shadow, Spooky and Nameraka continue their exploration of the south of the complex hoping to find where the cultist came from. As they do this a pulse of blue energy passes silently by them and missing Shadow. Unsurprisingly this causes them pause.

Spooky and Nameraka then spot what Spooky described as a messed-up fairy which is so horrible and abnormal that both of them suffer an intense wave of nausea which incapitates them for a few seconds. As they struggle to recompose themselves the fairy fires another blue beam down the corridor striking Spooky and Nameraka while also catching Shadow. All three suffer broken bones from the impact (Spooky's arm, Nameraka's Leg and, worse of all, Shadow's ribs are broken).

Luckily it would seem that the fairy retreats further into the complex allowing the team to retreat towards the surface level of the temple (Tharbin doing an excellent job of treating Shadow's broken ribs to allow him to be moved).

On the surface we discover that the green cylinder is empty but, more importantly, several figures are in the room. The main one is a figure that reminds Tremen of Kitsune while he definitely recognises two of the other figures as being the gentlemen who work directly with Kitsune. There are other less distinctive figures behind these three. The lady explains they got here as quickly as they could when they got our earlier report. Tremen summarises the most recent events here at the warehouse complex. When he describes the intervention of a necromancer the lady gestures at one of the less distinctive figures which heads down the trap door to the lower complex like a breeze. Tremen then mentions how badly some of the party were wounded and she gestures to three more figure who move to the wounded....