01.17.26

Exhibition(s). Xan The Wanderer, Mal'Eth Terro

Location. 01 : Cart Two

Mal'Eth and Xan wake up after a 4-month break.
- Elora The Plague Spreader is still asleep.
Sudden trembling resonates with a similar quality to what was felt in Col'Grotto.
- Not much was thought of it until later.
Niko leaves to go to the third cart.
Xan goes to the first to get a scope of the surroundings.
Jimmy begins to start beeping and emitting a transmission.
(.- .-. .--. ... / -.. .-. --- -. . / -.. . - . -.-. - . -..)
"ARPS DRONE DETECTED"
Mal'Eth goes to the third cart to ask Niko for the translation.

In-Game Map for reference.

Niko notes that Jimmy does not currently possess a serial number.
After translating Jimmy's transmission, Niko scans the area and notes that ARPS-43 and ARPS-D15 are close by, however, ARPS-43 is damaged.

Xan enters the front cart and surveys the electrical panels.
- One panel, being the communications, indicated that the Town of Vilcray has sent numerous SOS signals.
- By the time it was read, Vilcray would have been well behind the cart, so Xan paid it no mind.
Xan also sees that the train is travelling toward CataMys.
- Station 15 lies only a couple clicks away from the train.
Xan proceeds to the third cart after looking around.

Niko relays the information about the ARPS to Xan.
The doors to all the train carts have been closed and locked.
ARPS-D15 is attempting to destroy the trains after detecting foreign targets within the carts.
- It is connected to a set of rails that lie above the original tracks.
- It is going at the same speed as the train.
Xan uses his Soul Sense to see if the ARPS-D15 has a soul: it does not.
Mal'Eth and Xan attempts to break down the door to the second cart to get to Elora The Plague Spreader.
Mal'Eth breaks down the door with a powerful shoulder bash.
The entire train shakes causing Xan to fall prone.
Niko manages to enter the second cart as Mal'Eth pulls Xan in before the entire cart gets crushed.

Smoke and fog fills the second cart.
Mal'Eth grabs Elora The Plague Spreader who is still sleeping as Xan goes to "Eldritch Blast" the door to the first cart.
Mal'Eth leaves Elora The Plague Spreader to Niko and rushes to the entrance to climb the second cart.
Xan manages to blast down the door to the first cart and quickly ushers Niko and sleeping Elora The Plague Spreader in.
Mal'Eth begins to fight ARPS-D15.
Looking at the train's terminal, the train will be entering into a portion of Col'Grotto, lasting for two minutes.
Xan attunes to Mal'Eth using a vial of blood and casts "Boon of Sharpening" and "Curse of Blood".
Xan then casts a powerful "Eldritch Blast" toward the upper rail far ahead.
- This is to weaken the rails enough for ARPS-D15 to break it under its weight.
Mal'Eth, seeing the blast at the rails ahead, adjusts his plans to slowing down ARPS-D15.
Mal'Eth takes a devastating attack with a drill digging into his leg.
After a lot of attacks, Mal'Eth falls off the cart and lined up perfectly with the door frame.
Xan manages to use "Boon of Agility" to quickly pull Mal'Eth in before he hits the rails beneath them.

Mal'Eth goes to the terminal and accelerates the train to travel ahead of the ARPS-D15.
- Wires and pipes have audibly burst.
After which, the ARPS-D15 gets to the weakened rail and crashes down, falling into Col'Grotto.
Xan quickly goes to slow down the train.
- After seeing that the breaks aren't working, he finds an electrical box to try to shut off the trains power.
- After gaining authorization using Kingsman's Badge on the scanner, Xan manages to cut off power from the train completely.
After the train slows down to a halt, the party gets off to recuperate.
Xan attempts to sew up Mal's leg, but after realizing that the needle cannot permeate the skin, he makes an attempt to cauterize the wound instead.
- Xan hands Mal'Eth the needle and asked him to just prick him.
- Mal'Eth takes out the entirety of Xan's left index fingertip.
- Xan casts "Hellish Rebuke" concentrating it on the leg whilst grimacing in pain.
Niko attempts to "fix" Xan's fingertip by shoving a stone into the wound.
- Xan casts "Hold Person" and tells Niko to stop.
After Mal'Eth pulls out a metal pipe from the train to act as a walking stick, the party begins their gradual trek to Station 15.

SESSION END

The Town of Vilcray is the town that lies above The Brass Isles.
- We are unaware as to when these SOS signals were sent.
- The Town of Vilcray was abandoned when the party first arrived there which means:
  - A. The town never was abandoned.
  - B. The SOS signals came from The Brass Isles.
  - C. The SOS signals were faked. (?)
Officer Kingsman's Badge was able to grant access to the Thunder Hall train's electrical panel.
- His badge also had access to the maintenance tunnels within the Town of Swendyll.