# Session S21 > [!overview] > [campaign:: [[2025-02 Blades 68|Blades 68]]] > [session:: S21] > [prev:: [[2025-07-21_S20]]] > [next:: [[2025-08-04_S22]]] > [session date:: 2025-07-28] > [campaign date:: ] > [my pc:: [[Arden 'Vixen' Rowan|Arden "Vixen" Rowan]]] > [dm:: varies] > [player:: [[Nick Dumas|deezy]], [[SlRvb]], [[Leah Ferguson|Leah]]] > [pcs:: [[Shaw 'Moth' Malvern]], [[Una 'Spectre' Vass]]] > [active npc:: ] > [discussed npc:: ] > [active locations:: ] > [discussed locations:: ] > > --- > > (tldr:: Summary.) %% ### Starting notes: - 10 stacks and a favour + 2 stacks for a called shot - [[Arden 'Vixen' Rowan|Arden "Vixen" Rowan]] and Scurlock will wind up imprisoning Vesper to keep her "safe" - [[Arden 'Vixen' Rowan|Arden "Vixen" Rowan]] will take over a Vespbot %% ## Notes - Crew Troubles » [[Arnsley Buckingham]] & [[Walther Strathmill]] have escaped from prison (from [[2025-03-24_S06]]) - They've seen [[Vesper "Sage" Rowan-Ellis]], and known her as "Hollie Blossom" - But now it's [[Arden 'Vixen' Rowan|Arden "Vixen" Rowan]] at the helm who doesn't necessarily know them… - They've seen [[Una 'Spectre' Vass]] as the "driver" - …or were they let out by [[Section 6]]… - A confidential informant program. - They got dirt on the crew… and are raiding - Max load of 2; desperate position to start - Potential for an ultimatum… - We did steal their entity and gave it to Scurlock… they want their god back - They take Vesper hostage for the exchange - [[Arnsley Buckingham]] & [[Walther Strathmill]] have taken [[Vesper "Sage" Rowan-Ellis|Vesper/Arden]] hostage at the garage » their demand is for the crew to return their god - She's bound and gagged, mainly because I'm the GM and my PC is an NPC in this scene… and it seems like something they'd do - Of course, our crew put their god in a small jar after a [[Vespbot 'Sage' Rowan-Ellis|Vespbot]] connected with it, and then brought it back to Scurlock ([[2025-05-05_S11]]), and then outright talked with it ([[2025-06-16_S16]]) - [[Crowl 'Hook' Slane]] & [[Hix 'Wicker' Maroden]] head out with [[Arnsley Buckingham|Buckinham's]] three red shirts to [[Lord Scurlock|Lord Scurlock's]] manor to "retrieve" the vial with the god inside - Flashback: Code word for when something is up… - They total the car, and kill two of the red shirts - A Vespbot kills the driver (sniper rifle), who crashes Scurlock's gift to Arden, the Lux Aeterna, into a tree - The crew race back to the garage to infiltrate and rescue [[Vesper "Sage" Rowan-Ellis|Vesper/Arden]], borrowing the equivalent of a 1960s Volkswagon Beetle from Scurlock to do so… - [[Crowl 'Hook' Slane|Crowl/Una]] rams the car through one of the garage doors - [[Hix 'Wicker' Maroden|Wicker/Month]] comes slips in through one of the storage rooms at the back - They take [[Arnsley Buckingham]] hostage, as [[Walther Strathmill]] uses a clearly injured [[Vesper "Sage" Rowan-Ellis|Vesper/Arden]] as a shield - Cliffhanger until [[2025-08-04_S22]]