# Session S05 > [!overview] > [campaign:: [[Blades in the Dark - The Silk Ties]]] > [session:: S05] > [prev:: [[2024-04-10_S04]]] > [next:: [[2024-04-24_S06]]] > [session date:: 2024-04-17] > [campaign date:: ] > [my pc:: [[Arden "Vixen" Rowan]]] > [dm:: [[deezy]]] > [player:: [[SlRvb]], [[jethoof]], [[Leah Ferguson|Leah]]] > [pcs:: [[Arden "Vixen" Rowan]], [[Andrei Valinsky]], [[Crowl "Hook" Slane]]] > [active npc:: ] > [discussed npc:: ] > [active locations:: ] > [discussed locations:: ] > > --- > > (tldr:: Summary.) ## Starting notes: - We get +1 for our engagement roll - It needs to be discreet… ## Notes - Andre studies [[Morlan Templeton]]'s habits - Not much of a social life - Is single - Observed chatting with women at [[Kolomi's Teas]] - Spends time in his apartment in [[Coalridge]] - Has a door attendant - Spends time at a tea house, [[Kolomi's Teas]] - Two weeks from the apartment building - Private enclosed adjoined garden » Morlan likes this space - Plan: Plant evidence (the [[Ataraxis Protocol]] file) that he had set the [[Cog & Quill Printing]] on fire - [[Arden "Vixen" Rowan]] to distract him at the tea shop - [[Crowl "Hook" Slane]] to plant the evidence - [[Andrei Valinsky]] to get [[Crowl "Hook" Slane]] in… - Load - [[Crowl "Hook" Slane]]: Light (1–3) - [[Arden "Vixen" Rowan]]: Light (1–3) - [[Andrei Valinsky]]: Normal (4–5) - [[Morlan Templeton]] makes his way to [[Kolomi's Teas]] - Only a young female door attendant stand between [[Andrei Valinsky|Andrei]] and [[Crowl "Hook" Slane|Crowl]] and [[Morlan Templeton|Morlan's]] apartment - They decide to try and fake their way in as a maintenance crew but both jethoof and SlRvb fail their roles - [[Crowl "Hook" Slane]] goes to hit her, and she runs and hits a button just as he connects… nothing happens other than a light goes off. - Meanwhile at [[Kolomi's Teas]] - [[Arden "Vixen" Rowan]] is waiting in the garden - There's an older couple in the tea house garden, and they look scandalized! - [[Morlan Templeton]] walks in, and sits down alone at the edge of the garden and begins reading from a book - She reads the cover of the book from her table - It's a history book… but unclear about the details - He notices her looking, and she looks down at her book… a history of flowers - They catch each other's eyes… (fail a roll!) - He walks over and whispers that she has toilet paper on her shoe - She wipes it of on the floor, picks up her tea, and boldly walks over to his table - Smashcut to the apartment! - His is apartment 315. - Andrei carries the unconscious body of the guard… - An old woman sees them at the top of the second floor landing - [[Andrei Valinsky|Andrei]] had cased this place before, and had pretended to be a handyman and he had fixed stuff before - She basically toddles off and goes back into her apartment - They let themselves into the apartment… - Smashcut back to [[Kolomi's Teas]] - She sits down and thanks him again for letting her know about the toilet paper - He is reading a book called Benthic Biology: Volume 9 - Flashback to [[Arden "Vixen" Rowan|Arden]] - Conversational fluency in marine biology - Volume 9 is dedicated to anatomy of megafauna (whales, giant squids) - She begins flirting with giant squid facts - ***Critical success on flirting with squid facts!!!*** ^critical-success - **Powerful Predators**: Despite their name, giant squids primarily feed on deep-sea fish and other squid species. They are formidable predators, using their long tentacles armed with powerful suction cups and sharp hooks to capture prey. - It's a wonderful date. - …meanwhile, her associate get to the murdery and framing bits. - [[Andrei Valinsky]] plants the evidence - [[Crowl "Hook" Slane]] does the murdery bits to make it seem like [[Morlan Templeton]] killed the guard. - (This also means the spirit wardens are on their way…) - …and then [[Crowl "Hook" Slane]] looks to see if there is anything else worth stealing. Nope. Failed roll. - They head downstairs to see people dressed in black leather with some electroplasm batons… - Tell them to hold, and ask if they know anything about the silent alarm that got triggered - They basically say "we've got to get going to our next gig…" - But then the old woman on the second floor had fallen, which gives them the clear to enter the building - They make their way to [[Kolomi's Teas]] as the spirit wardens make their way to the apartment… - They're their talking, and [[Arden "Vixen" Rowan|Arden]] sees her companions… - She leans over and kisses him deeply on the lips and then gets up and walks out - Successful score: 3 coin! - There are stories in the paper about a tax collector being a murderer - Sentenced for the death of Darcy, the guard in his building… even if he confesses his innocence - No mention of the specific responsibility for [[Cog & Quill Printing]]… but the information is there. - As [[Crowl "Hook" Slane]] heads back to their home base… sees signal language - Sees, in the coded language, a message: "We remember." - Next week - Deal with the 3 coins - Downtime! - There will be consequences to [[Andrei Valinsky]] and [[Crowl "Hook" Slane]] having killed the guard…