London 1802: Backlash

Monday January 17, 2011 at 5:30pm world of darkness, london 1802, game session notes Comments (0) »

The general mood of the bathhouse was coming close to panic and Molly was busy trying to calm down some of the guests and girls.  It was nearly an hour before her associate returned with Dr. Galton.

Gerald, he was happy to report, already seemed to be on the mend - moreso even than he would have expected.  He praised Molly's first aid actions, which had apparently been quite effective.

Robert, however, was a different story.  Dr. Galton reported that Robert was completely unresponsive and that he really needed to be at a hospital.  Unfortunately, the Founding Hospital had recently burned to the ground (as they knew all too well) and the doctor doubted Robert would survive the trip to the Royal Hospital in Chelsea.  If he makes it to morning, Galton said, he might have a chance - but he seemed to doubt that would happen.

After having done what he could, Dr. Galton informed them that he had to get home.  Molly and Katherine thought he probably wouldn't be here at all if it wasn't as a personal favor for Gerald's sake.

Some time after the doctor had left, there was a knock on the front door.  When Molly answered the door, she found a figure standing there, holding a bloody sabre and clutching an injury at his side.  Lance stumbled into the bathhouse, dropping a pack from his shoulders as he did.  Leaning on his sword, he made his way to the couch and sat down heavily.  Several of the patrons nearby seemed horrified.  Molly suggested he let them take him upstairs.

Up in the unconscious Robert's room, they conversed with him.  He seemed distant and unconcerned - even saying in so many words that he was only there because he promised he would be.  They asked him a number of questions, but he didn't seem to know the answers to many.  What they did get was that the Wards on St. Paul's have failed, and that some entities he referred to as "wraiths" were either responsible or precipitatory.  He once thought Sophia had something to do with it, but now he's not so sure.

They weren't able to learn much of anything else because as he was talking, he suddenly grimaced, turned to stone, and crumbled into dust.

Katherine and Molly examine Lance's sword (blade etched "Durandell") and the pack he had left downstairs.  Inside they found two bronze flintlock pistols (one with a cross "charm" dangling from the handle) and a book entitled "The Witch".

Gerald joined the Molly and Katherine a while later.  He seemed to be almost fully healed, and somewhat confused by the state.  Checking on Robert, they found him sitting up in bed with no apparent injuries.  He mentioned something about Diana.

As they were discussing things in Robert's upstairs room, they heard a scream from elsewhere in the house and the lamps suddenly dimmed drastically.  They stood shocked as a glowing, spectral claw reached into the room through the wall.  Outside in the hallway, a shadowy amorphous, tentacled, ooze-like mass was climbing up over the walkway rail toward them.

The ensuing combat was brutal, and the group was, overall, in no shape to fight supernatural terrors.  Molly had grabbed the cross-bearing pistol and found that it could shoot bolts of light that seared into the spectral monster - but it was massive and seemed to shrug off most of the injuries.  The tentacled mass had begun flailing at Katherine and tried to fling Gerald off the balcony, but managed only to drop him.  By the time the dust settled, only Molly was left standing.

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