The Last Dregs

The Ghostfang Pack hosted a party in Whitecrown.

Lady Freyla was one of the richest to attend. At first, Bella's Boyz considered stealing some of her legendary wine collection. Then, one of her competitors offered a substantial reward to ruin her reputation instead.

After the party, the Ghostfang Pack is too bit hung over to help with the score.

Bella's Boyz have a surprising number of connections to Lady Freyla:

• She testified against Vesper.
• She beat Hex in a sommolier competition at Da Club and he wants revenge.
• She's rumored to have a bottle of wine that Echo's spurned lover desires: Velorium Sanctum – "Sunless Bloom" Icewine
• She is JB's former girlfriend

Hex is at Da Club, talking to the bartender about fine wines. He convinces the bartender to let him sample a small glass of Le Mongoose. It's an extremely expensive wine, even samples cost $5/ml.

Hex Samples Le Mongoose, a Fine Wine

The bartender mentions a buyer is coming later to pick up the cask of Le Mongoose, worth 100. The buyer is a competitor of Lady Freyla. Some time later, Vesper sees a man approach with high collar and hood. Vesper bumps into him. "Careful, this is very expensive!"

Vesper and the Wine Buyer

Vesper thinks the buyer looks vaguely familiar. The buyer mentions that it would be a shame if Lady Freyla lost the next sommolier competition. Vesper offers to remove a competing wine from Lady Freyla's collection. The buyer offers 40 for us to ruin her best wine without leaving a trace. If we're detected, we will get only 10. The buyer offers to have someone meet us at Da Club to help with changing the wine's flavor profile.

Bella's Boyz meet Frenchy

Bella's Boyz are introduced to Frenchy, the wine fixer. He says it will be much easier to alter the wine instead of swapping whole bottles. Frenchy pulls out a long needle and waves it around. He wants to use this syringe to inject something into Lady Freyla's expensive wines. We need to get him into the wine cellar, but we're a bit nervous about how conspicuous he is with waving the syringe around.

Plan

• Plan: Deception
• Detail: Pose as a wine delivery crew
• Engagement Roll: [1, 1] = 1 Bad Outcome

Score

• Lady Freyla is at the door, and we would recognize anyone except Jackal
  • we need a way to sneak past
• JB goes to the door to try to distract Lady Freyla

JB at Lady Freyla's Door

• Lady Freyla answers the door
  • seems annoyed, says JB is wierd and why are they there
  • JB wants to know if she heard the songs

Flashback: JB Sang to Lady Freyla

• we try to deliver the wine
  • JB keeps up the distractions
• JB brought a monkey for Lady Freyla as a gift
  • but, Lady Freyla is allergic to monkeys
  • monkey starts playing some cymbals
  • JB thought she was only allergic to gerbils

Monkey plays the cymbals, Lady Freyla is not amused.

• JB tries to express their love in the form of dance
  • Jackal assists with beatbox
  • JB pushes
  • [5, 4, 5] = 5 Partial Success
  • monkey clangs the cymbals
  • Jackal does some solid beatboxing
  • JB does some impressive dancing
  • on the last dance move, JB lands on the monkey's tail
  • monkey runs away

JB, Jackal, and a Monkey Serenade Lady Freyla

• others are able to sneak past
• Lady Freyla asks JB to leave her alone
  • tells JB to find a ghost partner because that's what they're into
• Crew heads down into the wine cellar
  • Frenchy starts getting to work with the syringe

Frenchy Uses Syringe on Wine

• survey group roll to find various bottles of wine
  • 6 Full Success
  • we find the bottles
• Frenchy is getting a bit over excited
  • accidentally pokes himself with syringe
  • tries to explain what to do to Vesper while he still can
• we start trying to take over
  • Frenchy starts singing

Frenchy Sings While the Crew Works

• Hex tries to shut Frenchy up

  • devils bargain - sea shanties trigger hex to get violent
    • hex declines
  • [1, 1, 6] = 6 Full Success
  • Hex knocked out Frenchy

• Lady Freyla pokes her head in the door to ask if everything is alright

  • She says "I don't mind singing, but that song..."
• we finish altering the wine with the syringe
• now we need to get out without Lady Freyla recognizing us
  • Vesper disguises himself

Vesper (Disguised) Talking to Lady Freyla

• Lady Freyla says she will pay later via the usual method
  • we say that Frenchy bonked his head

Hex Carries Frenchy

• Frenchy comes around later and arranges for us to meet his employer at Da Club
• figure in the corner with sack of coin
  • light faintly flickering on his face
  • Vesper approaches
  • slides over a sack of 40

Vesper Accepts Payment for the Operation

• As Frenchy's employer leaves, Hex catches a glimpse and thinks he might be his brother

Hex Remembers His Mother and Brother

• Frenchy said we did good work, but doesn't want to repeat the experience

Payoff

• crew earns 40
  • each get 8
• crew earns 0 Reputation
  • quiet operation
• add 3 Heat
  • 1 well-connected target
  • 2 entanglements
• 1 Crew XP
  • 1 sabotage
• Faction status
  • no changes

Entanglements

• [3, 6] = 6 Full Success
• Blue Coats grab someone related to the crew - vice purveyor or friend
  • Spirit Wardens pick up Salia, Vesper's purveyor
• fortune roll [4, 2] = 4 Partial Success
  • 2 Spirit Wardens figure out Salia's connection to Bella's Boyz

Spirit Wardens Take Salia

Vices

• Echo overindulges
  • tapped - needs a new vice purveyor

Downtime

Bella's Boyz Count the Money

• Bella's Boyz buy a carraige for 10

  • 2 Vesper
  • 3 Jackal
  • 1 Hex
  • 2 JB
  • 2 Echo

• Bella's Boyz upgrade steady for 10 to allow an extra stress

  • 2 Vesper
  • 3 Jackal
  • 2 Hex
  • 1 JB
  • 2 Echo

• Echo

  • looking for a new vice purveyor - 6 segment clock
    • was intrigued by betting on the fight
    • Sgt Velk is Echo's new vice purveyor
  • 4 Partial Success 2 segments
  • 5 Partial Success 2 segments
  • 1 1 segment
  • 1 1 segment
  • 1 train Prowess

Echo is done with the Cyphers and gambles at the fighting pits.

• Hex
  • reduce 1 by surveying Blue Coats
  • works on silencer [5, 6] = 6 Full Success
  • spends 1 to train Insight
  • trains 1 to train Prowess
• Jackal
  • secure lair with tinker [5, 6] = 6 Full Success
  • trains Prowess
• JB
  • healing with Dr. Finklebottom 4 Partial Success
  • relieve 4 [4, 4] = (lowest) 4 Partial Success
• Vesper
  • indulged vice
  • reduces 3 with [2, 6, 1] = 6 Full Success
  • spends 1 to indulge vice [3, 5] = (lowest) 3 Bad Outcome
  • spends 1 to train Insight

Backlinks

The following pages link to this page:

• JB Visits Lady Freyla
• Lady Freyla