Encounter 5: Where is Huernot?
All
"When you arrive at Martha Davenport Home for Wayward Children, the
police and press are already there making a mess of things. The police
seem to be questioning a group of the well heeled elite of Island City.
Off to one side, a group of children are crying as an elderly woman
vainly tries to keep the reporters from harassing the kids with
questions."
Standard questioning will reveal that two armed men -- Ninja-looking
fellows -- barged into the room while the Mayor was giving his speech
and abducted Mayor Huernot. Although the assailants were talking in
Japanese (which nobody in the room understands), their meaning was
quite clear so nobody tried to stop them.
If the heroes herd the reporters away, Martha will be grateful and will
allow the heroes to talk to the children. Otherwise they'll have to
convince her (Persuasion vs OV/RV 3 with a +5 Column Shift [Opposed]).
One of the little girls is Japanese-American and understood the
commandos.
"They talked about taking him to the yacht and one of them kept telling
the other that she said not to hurt anyone."
Troubleshooting
This is not a critical encounter so it's ok if the heroes ignore it.
Go To Encounter 4
(Bank), Encounter 6 (Newspaper), Encounter 7 (Yacht), or Encounter 8
(Metal Man).
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Encounter 6: I Heard It On The
Grapevine
All
"As you enter the Grapevine building, it is eerily quiet. Noticeably
absent is the incessant chatter and hum of typewriters, the ringing
telephones and people yelling over each other. Either you've entered
the wrong building, or something is terribly wrong."
All the employees are being kept in a storage room besides the printing
presses. The printing presses are running, making much noise. Sumo and
two commandos are hidden and waiting for the heroes. To spot them
before they attack: Perception vs Stealth OV/RV 5/5 with a +2 Column
Shift due to the noise. Sumo will target Ghost Girl if she is present,
as he is still irked that she laid him out with a low blow.
Should the heroes specifically go to the roof, they will find Tsunami
standing next to a water tank. As the heroes enter she will (with a
flourishing wave of her arms) cause the water to burst from the top of
the tank and slowly rain down on the roof.
"I'm impressed that you've made it this far. IJN Intelligence
underestimated you. Personally, I relish the challenge. But you do have
one more test before I can give you a passing grade -- stop me from
executing your precious Mayor Huernot and that capitalist pig
Stanislaus Bridge!"
Then Tsunami will jump off the roof, drawing the water after her. She
will use the water to cushion her fall and let her speed away at her 8
AP speed.
Troubleshooting If
the heroes don't go to the roof they can find a note with her speech.
Go To Encounter 7
(Yacht) or Encounter 8 (Metal Man).
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