We left our heroes fighting a particularly disgusting wizard...
Gildiril continued to stare blankly into space. Burlok concentrated on
taking out Yan's henchmen. Armando fired at the vampire, but did
nothing useful. Frida threw rocks ineffectually. And then Mormacar
rejoined us, and things got weird...
Yan, apparently not wanting
to fight a vampire any more than we did, vanished from sight. Mormacar
also vanished, although in a more prosaic manner, by being blasted out
of the window in a manner that would definitely have killed him had he
not had the fortune to land in a tree. Yan reappeared, tripping over
the edge of the curtain that he'd teleported behind, where Burlok gave
him a good thumping and Frida deployed an unusually vigorous rock,
leaving him on the point of death, at which point he decided to leave
properly.
The vampire turned out to be slightly more reasonable
about things than Yan. With the team of dodgy witch hunters
approaching, a temporary truce was called. With the special books room
now open (without party intervention, as for some reason we really
wanted plausible deniability), she began searching for the book, along
with Burlok, although his inability to read made him less than useful.
Frida followed them in and found it immediately, unfortunately lacking
the skills to keep this in any way a secret.
The team left, via
the window. The vampire carried Frida to help break her fall. Gildiril
had his happy reverie broken, and Mormacar was retrieved from the tree,
now with a white streak in his hair, which Frida immediately offered to
dye the colour of his choice.
We wanted to go somewhere out of
the way to examine the book without interruption from witch hunters.
The book shop cellar that we'd previously visited seemed like a good
choice, but the moment sewers were mentioned the vampire refused, and
given that she was carrying both Frida and the book it didn't seem like a
good time to argue. We went to the pub instead, with Frida restyling
the vampire's hair along the way.
After a few beers, we read the
book. We learned that the house where we should look for the necklace
was on Shoenstrasse in Ruhrhoff. We also learned that the necklace
apparently didn't do what it was supposed to do, being prone to turning
the subject into an enraged murder beast instead of making them love you
- or at least, that's what happened when Ansel had tried it.
We
made some notes to ensure we didn't forget anything important, and the
vampire left with the original, much to the disappointment of Frida
who'd grown quite attached in the brief time they'd spent together.
The fastest way to get to Ruhrhoff was by boat, and Frida reckoned that
if vampires couldn't cross running water they might not do too well
with boats, so we could potentially get a head start. We booked passage
on a boat, and did some shopping in Altdorf while we still had the
chance. Some of the group bought some nicer clothes. Burlok and
Mormacar hired an entertainer to keep them occupied during the voyage.
Frida bought a disguise kit, four pigeons and some pink hair dye.
Can the party survive all being on the same boat for so long? Will
they make it to Ruhrhoff before the vampires? How fashionable will
Mormacar look with a pink streak in his hair? Has Frida found love in
dubious vampiric form? Find out in next week's thrilling episode of
Diversity Hires!
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