Throw the Match
The Gang Fakes a Loss of V-Sea-W. Bodies are planted, and the wrestlers are on board but they’re gonna wanna unionize after. V-Sea-W has been classified as a historical landmark.
V-Sea-W has several dozen ex-Imperial Soldiers on the premesis, turning away wrestlers and getting ready for war.
There’s some kind of ghostly . . . Thing . . . Around the electroplasmic infrastructure of Six Towers in a 3-block radius of V-Sea-W.
The Billhooks were approached by 7th Tower because they are less entrenched in Six Towers and a more feasible option. The Billhooks sold you out for cold hard cash.
The Gang Fakes a Loss of V-Sea-W. Bodies are planted, and the wrestlers are on board but they’re gonna wanna unionize after. V-Sea-W has been classified as a historical landmark.
Construction materials have been sabotaged for Seventh Tower Consortium
Duskwall has Batman now, and they’re attacking V-Sea-W. The clockmaker is aiding Batman (the Spider). The ghost of François is also involved.
Seventh Tower has lost over a dozen experienced soldiers in “taking” (not really) V-Sea-W. “The Spider” is a new black-garbed and caped vigilante with impossible fighting skills and several gadgets at her disposal. She appears to be allied with the Clockmaker and the Ghost of Francois. She does not appear to be explicitly targeting the Nameless YET. And the Spider has a sample of Mara’s blood. But that’s probably fine.
Katya, Linmer, Mara, Orianna, and Sandro are all presumed dead. Arkin was, of course, ALREADY presumed dead.
Debrief
Somewhere dark and wet
<Sit down, miss. Let’s assess the damage.>
”No damage. They didn’t touch me.”
<I’ll be the judge of that. Sit, please.>
”Did they show up? Did you see them?”
”A few of them. Volkova. Sandro. The old man-“
”Linmer? Did you kill him??”
”He died. Not by my hand.”
” . . . I’m going to confirm that.”
”I saw the bodies-“
”I SAID, I’m going to confirm that.”
<Let her go. Artists must be permitted their . . . Eccentricities.>
”Food’s not art”
<Spoken like one who’s never starved. Now then! The grafts appear to be performing adequately. Some wear on the skeletal silver. I thought you prepared the ground for ghosts?>
”I did. They had someone new. Not a ghost. Did some things with the ghost field, though.”
<Probably that Orianna woman. I’d wondered when she’d rear her head again . . .>
”No. Orianna can’t move like that. Someone new.”
<Of course. They do love picking up talented strays. I suppose we can->
”She’s dead too. All of them are dead.”
<. . . By your hand?>
”No. Gunfire. Saw their bodies.”
<Then none of them are dead. The Nameless have done this before. I spoke to Wollstonecraft in the sewers.>
”Wollstonecraft the tinker? But he’s . . . Hrrrn.”
<Yes. You understand how pernicious they are now.>
”Hrrrn. Right. Ambush predators. And Seventh Tower . . . Big enough to become prey.”
<A crude metaphor, but if it suits you. I suggest->
”We’ll need to give them their ambush, then. Reach out to the Web. Find prey they’ll take. Make some if there’s none. I need to change.”
<Enjoy the evening, miss. I’ll have something new for you on your return.>
”Good. And more spiders. They were effective.”
<As you say.>
”Oh, and Clockmaker . . . The ghost woman. Got a sample of her blood. See what you can find.”