Asher 5 foot steps back, and fires at the one Angus has been targeting (I think this is the one closest to him, that isn't in melee with anyone yeah? IF not, I'll target it with the -4 for being in melee).
(Point blank, deadly aim, [target in melee?], touch ac)
Reload.
The mawed beast's corpse is still present on the ground.
The combination of Angus' missiles and Lemond's firepower brings down one of the flying creatures and that of Chretien shoots the other one out of the sky.
The goliath named "Nock" moves to attack the other flying beast with his gun and with a thunderous roar he gives all seven barrels and all shots go through the translucent beast. The goliath gets angry "How in the planes... ?!?!"
Kvarty fires at the remaining beast hitting for
Falko
Falko
Flying monster attacks Johnathan with its beak, miss
Rock shoots at Flying monster hit
He brings down this monster and says, "Yeahhh boyiiiieeee!!!! I done bobble brought down bobble that thingy bobble!!!!"
Combat Over
Panicked shouts die out slowly, and a crowd quickly grows in a wide, nervous ring. Someone calls out that a man is dead, killed by a stray bullet. The shot came from Rock Rackus, and if the bullet is removed, it’s made of gold, as are all of Rock’s bullets.
Four police arrive within a minute, by which point accusations are already flying. The chaos is cut short when Kvarti Gorbatiy, by now standing atop the stage, fires his rifle into the wood of the stage to get everyone’s attention. 'I had a high vantage point - I saw Rock Rackus fire the stray shot', he says, grinning at Rock Rackus. Rock looks up at him, glowering.
He then says, "This man stood and fought when the majority of you cowered and hid, these creatures were unexpected and this was an appropriate ending to this fray. Someone might want to look at the dwarf who was consumed by that thing!"
Johnathan stays alert, mirror images flickering erratically a second.
"Is anything missing? From the Expo? Something dangerous?"
He pushes his way through the crowd with frail arms, getting knocked around a fair bit, trying to check the tents.
"Also, tent owners will want to inventory their things and report missing items to police as soon as possible. This may have been a diversion for theft."
Asher looks around, trying to take stock of things, and notices what is going on with Kvarti and Rackus. Indeed. Whatever else he is, he certainly isn't a coward. With the crowd not yet surging against the musician, Asher turns his attention to other things.
With Johnathan and Cretien helping people toward finding missing objects, that appeared to be covered as well, in addition to Falko keeping a broad look out. With all of these things tended to already, Asher finds himself walking up to the 'devoured' dwarf to see what he finds.
Lemond walks up to the dwarf and sees that he is in really bad shape and that he is twitching uncontrollably.
The police move in towards Rock.
The man with the staff comes out of the tent he was hiding in a picks up his staff which is glowing gold and then abruptly turns into wood.
Lockheart makes her way to you and said, "What the f+++ were those things, were they aliens? Are we being invaded? What is going on? This is definitely, more for you RHC boys"
She then sends her men to take Rock into custody. Roughing the docker up the way the regular police seem to do to the dockers.
"I don't know... I'm a gunfighter and an engineer. I'm not medic, nor am I a scholar of the occult. Find this man medical help immediately, I cannot assist him."
"WE NEED A MEDIC OVER HERE!" Asher shouts out before Lockheart can react to his orders. Spying Rock being roughly taken away by the police, he shouts again. "HEY! JUST WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"
He hurries up to the police with a snarl. "If you need to take him into custody for questioning about this incident and the man injured by a stray bullet, fine, but know while the lot of you were waiting for the fight to be over to help, this man was helping us kill monsters. Not every bullet can be true! Hell, the bullet might have been fired from MY gun for all we know, it's just as likely. Or maybe even Constable Dufrene's! Maybe the witness dwarf was responsible!"
Asher grabs whatever ranking officer is escorting Rock by the shoulders and stares him icily in the eyes under his brightly colored and plumed hat. "This stupid git..." (gesturing at Rock)"... fought like one of us today. Don't let me find out that he has been treated with less respect."
Let me trough says angus calmly I am no trained healer but i can do the basic stuff
and then will observe the dwarf's injuries
The officer says, "The man that Rackus shot is dead. Protocol states we have to bring him in for questioning. The man who was killed, a James Redmond, had been shot with a golden bullet. Which everyone know is his calling card."
Rock says, "What's I supposd do, lets dese Aleeennsss come and deestroy Flint, nah son, nah, ya feel me... y'all just against us dockers, yo!"
Another dwarf comes up to Angus and says, "Thank you for saving my son, he was drinking a bit too much but what the hells were those things?"
He then points at the man with the staff and says, "Those beasts came out of his staff. Anyway I am Alfonse Irongut from Drakr and this is my tent, where we sell the finest ammunition in Lanjyr."
"That isn't the point, I'm not telling you to let him go without inquiry..." Asher seethes at the officer. "Unless you think it is likely that a man attacked a bunch of monsters to cover an assassination, then the death of James Redmond was a casualty of war. An accident, and Rackus shouldn't be treated as a criminal! Would YOU risk firing on those things to put a bullet in your most hated enemy?! He's lucky they didn't turn around and try to devour him!"
Asher looks at Rock for a moment, clearly finding the docker distasteful. Despite this, he removes his hat before Rock in respect. "As I said, treat this man as a soldier or I'll eat your nuts hard-boiled for breakfast before I spend the day making my ammunition from your teeth."
He says this last line quietly while replacing his hat, eying each member of the officer's group one by one to make sure they know he is speaking to every one of them.
Cretien, pointedly ignoring the new member of their team having a meltdown in public, finds a detail to be concerned with.
"Came from this gold staff, eh? Where'd you get that staff?" he questions the man in an academic, rather than intimidating or authoritative tone.
Tone it down a notch or two LeMond will you. this officer is just following procedure. Rock Will be arrested and then the law will follow its course and if he gets charged then he can defend himself and so on angus turns toward Rock
I do advise you to gently with this officer. We can testify to your actions if you needs us to. But do understand that this is the procedure. he gently says while continuing to maintain the wounded stable waiting for professional to arrive
I am glad to have been of some assistance he replied to the father I wasn't on the scene at first but i am sure one of these officers can take your statement and that an investigation will be done he finished
Rock says, "Thanks, Constable, shoot I was scared as hell at those thingies... never done seen them before, I heard de screaming and saw thats wormy tentacled thingy and thought y'all needed help from da rock and Allie" pointed at his obnoxious looking pistol covered in real diamonds.
Lockheart moves to the policeman and says, "You need soft eyes, Jensen, treat people with dignity and they are more apt to help you later."
She then turns to Rackus and says, "We are going to bring you in for questioning, if you would feel more comfortable with the RHC that would also work."
The man with the staff obviously excited and injured says to Chretien, "I don't understand it Constable, I was trying to get a discount from Al's Ammo and was trying to hit the target with magic missiles from the staff to earn a discount and then, wham, these crazy monsters showed up. The staff then turned gold but see now it is wooden again."
A Spellcraft check (DC 15)
energies of the monsters match energy stored in Simon Langfield’s staff.
A Knowledge (History) check (DC 15)
Sense Motive DC 5 on Simon
Well i don't know if that is reassuring or not but i have no idea what those things were myself he replied to rock with a smile
You have shown courage Rock but as you now do understand you must go with the officer over there for debriefing on those event. And in that respect your version and any clues can be recorded he finished
Angus turn toward the offer in question Would it be possible to take his deposition with care ? he ask
At least partially satisfied with what is going on with Rock and the police, Asher groups back up with the others. "What have we learned?"
"Yes... Where did you get this staff?"
as angus move on to the next situation he looks at his friends from the RHC
Here falko this should make most of the pain go away he says casting a on him
The man says, "I bought it from a black market dealer in magical items. It was a woman in her 30s with black hair and brown eyes. She sold it to me for a very good price."
"Could you give us the address of this dealer?"
Better yet, you are going to take us to him and point him out to us. suggest Angus to his fellow RHC
Once Johnathan had checked the various tents for anything dangerous that might be missing, he returns to the group and listens in, nodding to Falko's suggestion.
The man says, "I said it was a woman not a man, are you people paying attention to me? I don't know where she is but I can help you set up a meeting if you wish."
Low-ranking RHC officers come by the site of the battle and begin to
confiscate huge swaths of items. Standing orders for the RHC state that any previously unknown magic requires a thorough investigation. Mages come by and sense for magical auras they don’t recognize, and they take anything that looks suspicious. The steam-powered suit, the various unique guns, and a lot of the mundane merchandise get taken away and locked up in the evidence room at the RHC Headquarters.
Many of the owners complain, but this is by orders of the king.
The staff is taken from Langfield.
Asher agrees with Falko all around.
To the man with the formerly glowing staff. "We just fought down creatures from beyond this world summoned by your staff. Surely you could forgive a bit of shock on our part." Asher growls. "What's your name? Clearly you understand that just as Master Rackus, you are being arrested and questioned."
If there are any formal legalese musts for constable to perform upon an arrest, Asher performs them now.
The man says, "My name is Simon Langfield. I didn't do anything wrong. I was protecting myself until something set me on fire." he then looks at Falko and continues " then I hid. But do you want me to help you or not. If you do and I don't have to go to jail I will give you the connection but if I have to go to jail, I will not help you."
I anticipated as much Falko i do know of your particular "talent"
He turns around to Simon Langfield
Listen, you help us to the most of your abilities and if we get something meaningful that can provide a decent lead or enough evidence to get the culprits who are responsible for this Then you will get a deal that is in your favor he says with as much as possible
Asher agrees with Angus, but adds some additional clarification, adding the grim reality of Simon's situation to Angus' diplomacy.
"Indeed. You do realize, Master Langfield, that we only have your word about your innocence. It is in your best interests to help us find who is truly responsible for these attacks, as right now the number one suspect is you."
Asher gives a toothy grin toward the man, not at all an expression of humor or friendliness. It is a shark's grin. "It would be a shame if we were unable to find any other suspects and an innocent man was punished for this madness."
Langfield says, "Your evidence is at best circumstantial but I don't want to be thrown in jail, here is my counter offer, I could help you set up a meeting with her and come with to verify it is the woman you want."
"Circumstantial?!" Asher snarls. "We saw the creatures popping up all around you! You've been caught with the smoking gun! I don't believe you meant any harm, but I've been wrong before. Legally, this looks bad for you. You help us produce this woman and you'll have a case, but I don't see how we can just let you go free at this point."
He pulls out a nicodemus cigarette and lights it. "Your counter offer is acceptable, but you better not do anything stupid in the process."
Asher looks around for somewhere suitable to take this man, a place where the RHC can take this guy out of public scrutiny and make plans.
The ghost says, "Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee shooooooottttttttttttttttttttttttt theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee mooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnssssssssssssssssssssssttttttttttttttttteeeeeeeeee eeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrr bbbuuuuuuuuuuuuuttttttttttttt iiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttttttt wwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnttttttttt ttttttthhhhhhhhhhhhhrooooooooooooooough iiiiiiitttttttttttttt ttttoooooooooo mmmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee."
Langfield takes a second to compose himself and says, "Constable with all due respect that did not happen that way. I have been forthright with you since the beginning. As I said, I was trying to win 10% of purchases at Al's my staff turned gold, I went outside the tent and there was a large monster and two small ones, then I used my magic missile from the staff at the big one and a third one attacked me. If the staff is projecting monsters it is very strange normally when you summon beasts their bodies disappear when the die."
He then points at the four monster corpses being boxed by the RHC understaffers.
He then shrugs and says, "We do have an accord, then?"
The ghost says, "IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII nnnneeeeeeveeeerrrr meeettttt hiiiiimmmmm beeeeefooooorrrrrrreeeeee."
The ghost says, "Nooooooooooooooooo!"
After Falko speaks with the ghost, all of you with Langfield find a corner outside of the fair to talk and get away from any potential journalists.
Langfield says, "How do you want to do this?"
Before the group interviews Langfield, Asher would want to talk with the other constables in private. With police watching over Langfield during this sidebar, of course.
"What a f!#!ing mess. Not sure if I think this Langfield chap is an honest sort, yet. You've lot have worked with the RHC longer than I have, think we need to get ACI Delft involved yet?"
Johnathan says softly: "We'll need to report, but he's probably on his way."
He looks around, his mirror-image heads turning with then flickering and disappearing. Johnathan doesn't seem to notice.
"I hope you live a long time, Constable Asher. I'm surprised every time Falko survives. It's nice," he smiles to Falko. "Still alive."
"Let's catch this woman."
Indeed lets show her that she can't really mess with us on duty he says trying to lift up the mood
Cretien stands nearby, saying nothing.