Male NG Pahtra Street Rat Soldier (Ascetic Warrior, Qi Adept) 8 | SP 64/64 HP 60/60 | RP 5/9 | EAC 24; KAC 25 | Resist: 5 (cold, fire) | Fort +7; Ref +7; Will +7 | Init: +9 | Perc: +10, SM: +1 | Speed 30ft | Adapt. Fight: 0/1 | Gather Qi: Plasma Blast | Active conditions: debilitating gas 2hrs
Locket also has a thermal capacitor (-5 to cold and fire) - I just realised that some of the damage he's taken hasn't all been electrical as my brain had interpreted and he may have taken some cold damage along the way. I'll go through and check more closely later (hopefully it won't come into play in the interim)
Reflex DC13:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
Charging toward the jinsul boss as he is, Locket does his best to avoid the discharged electrical energy.
The pahtra keeps his feet in the wake of the blast and dashes across the wall at his opponent, kusari-fundo swirling.
Energy trailing from his weapon's orbit, he tapers toward his foe, attacking head-to-carapace, albeit on a perpendicular orientation to the jinsul.
Male Half-Orc Technomancer 8 | EAC25 KAC26 (+2 after spell) | HP 46/46 SP 4/56 RP 10/10 | F+4 R+3 W+7 (+2 after spell) | Resist Cold, Fire 5 | Init +1 | Perc +9 | Spells Avail:: 1st(5/6) 2nd(2/6) 3rd(0/4) | Status: personal gravity, extra sense (20/40 blindsight/sense)
Not that it matters with their poor rolls against him, but Harlan is underneath the platform, as I mentioned here, so at least red and yellow don't have line of sight on him. Black may have had a line at the top of the round before it moved.
Harlan notes the movements of the foes nearby with his echolocation, then floats down and to the south. Firing upward and to the east, he generates another massive bloom of fire to catch all four new reinforcements. (Exploding it 5-10 ft above the southern platform will get all of them in the sphere)
Only tracked "put the pillar between" Sorry. Fortunately I don't think their rolls can hit anyone, so no retcon is required except to note frost beams fly all around Locket and Faelyn instead of Harlan.
Zephyr's laser punches a nice hole in the jinsul's abdomen. The oversized-insect falls to the deck.
BG -- I've been thinking of your thermal capacitor as fire resistance only. Zephyr's taken a few less damage, but I don't think it's going to matter now. SuperS -- their guns are cold-based, the explosive blast was fire. As a reward for offering to retcon, you may repost your actions this round.
Cellion, "You magically transform a used battery into a powerful explosive device, propelling it in a straight line to a grid intersection within range, at which point it detonates" Harlan doesn't have line of action if he's underneath the platform. I'm going to move him to where he will have line of action and assume he drops his altitude to 15' below the platform. Spell detonates as you described above. But if you really want to retcon something else feel free.
Harlan notes the movements of the foes nearby with his echolocation, then floats down and to the east. Firing upward and slightly south, he generates another massive bloom of fire to catch all four new reinforcements.
Initiative/Status Round 8/9. Waiting on retcons, Faelyn to go
Harlan -52
Zephyr -21 (thermal capacitor -5 fire/cold ; Force field 0/10)
Faelyn: 39 HP left
Locket (15 SP : 56 HP) (thermal capacitor -5 fire/cold )
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Flags dead
black -39
green -19
Red.. -19
Yellow -19
Male Half-Orc Technomancer 8 | EAC25 KAC26 (+2 after spell) | HP 46/46 SP 4/56 RP 10/10 | F+4 R+3 W+7 (+2 after spell) | Resist Cold, Fire 5 | Init +1 | Perc +9 | Spells Avail:: 1st(5/6) 2nd(2/6) 3rd(0/4) | Status: personal gravity, extra sense (20/40 blindsight/sense)
If Harlan is in the position I had moved him to, 15ft below the platform, he has a line up to the circle center 5ft above the platform. I drew a diagram of a "side on" view on the magma river map to show it. White line is the platform, orange line and circle are the explosive blast.
Male NG Pahtra Street Rat Soldier (Ascetic Warrior, Qi Adept) 8 | SP 64/64 HP 60/60 | RP 5/9 | EAC 24; KAC 25 | Resist: 5 (cold, fire) | Fort +7; Ref +7; Will +7 | Init: +9 | Perc: +10, SM: +1 | Speed 30ft | Adapt. Fight: 0/1 | Gather Qi: Plasma Blast | Active conditions: debilitating gas 2hrs
Seeing Zephyr's laser fire drop the jinsul leader, Locket pivots to retrace his path back the southern platform.
Wrapping, pulling and weaving the chains of energy before him, Locket whips a fiery bolt at a nearby jinsul reindmforcement as he reaches the end of the wall and prepares to disengage his altered field of gravity.
Male NG Pahtra Street Rat Soldier (Ascetic Warrior, Qi Adept) 8 | SP 64/64 HP 60/60 | RP 5/9 | EAC 24; KAC 25 | Resist: 5 (cold, fire) | Fort +7; Ref +7; Will +7 | Init: +9 | Perc: +10, SM: +1 | Speed 30ft | Adapt. Fight: 0/1 | Gather Qi: Plasma Blast | Active conditions: debilitating gas 2hrs
GM Thom: in going over the posts for this encounter, it appears Locket has taken damage from 2 blasts from flags (fire) and 2 laser shots from jinsul minions (cold) that would be mitigated by his thermal capacitor for 20 less damage overall. Thanks!
Male Aasimar Diplomat Envoy (Enhanced) 8 | SP 48/48, HP 52/52, RP 10/10 | EAC 23 / KAC 23 | Init +3, Perc +16 | Fort +2, Ref +9, Will +8 | Senses Low-light Vision, Darkvision 60' | Speed 30 ft / Fly 30 ft | Active conditions None
“Keep it going! Let's start with black.”
Move action:Move northeast over the platform so he won’t plummet to the bottom of the room if he goes down. Standard action: Improved Get ‘Em on black. Everyone targeting black gets +2 to hit before my next turn.
Improved Get ‘Em: Your morale bonus from get ’em increases to +2. As a standard action, you can make a single attack against a target within 60 feet. You and your allies within 60 feet gain the benefits of get ’em against that target (applying these effects before making the attack roll).
As encouraged, Zephyr takes a single shot at the black Jinsul, then moves down in front of the green one to block the incoming flow of reinforcements. His laser battery running low, it only seems appropriate to act as a melee blocker now and protect his injured companions.
Faelyn waves his pistol and fires roughly at black to indicate that jinsul needs special attention. Also a miss.
Flags going down only seems to stir the jinsuls up more. Two of them rush Locket. They slash at him with their leg blades. One even hits. 12 damage
Green fires wide of Zephyr again.
Black scrabbles forward and slashes at Faelyn. It's legblade rips into the aasimar. 11 damage
Into Round 10
Zephyr blasts his opponent. It's a very toasted looking jinsul that screeches back defiantly. Behind it two more come into view.
Everyone please check your altitudes and let me know if they're right. Initiative/Status Round 9/10. Harlan Locket, Faelyn to go
Harlan -52 -15'
Zephyr -21 (thermal capacitor -5 fire/cold ; Force field 0/10) +15'
Faelyn: 28 HP left 0'
Locket (19 SP : 60 HP) (thermal capacitor -5 fire/cold ) 0'
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Flags dead
black -39
green -19
Red.. -19
Yellow -19
Orange
Blue
GM stuff:
red, leg blades v KAC, L :1d20 + 13 ⇒ (10) + 13 = 23 ... damage:1d6 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11 P; critical 1d6 bleed)
Yellow, leg blades v KAC, L :1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27 ... damage:1d6 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12 P; critical 1d6 bleed)
Black, leg blades v KAC, F :1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26 ... damage:1d6 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11 P; critical 1d6 bleed)
Zephyr is back on the platform and blocking the path for the Jinsul reinforcements (making himself a target). Altitude is zero relative to the walkway.
Male Aasimar Diplomat Envoy (Enhanced) 8 | SP 48/48, HP 52/52, RP 10/10 | EAC 23 / KAC 23 | Init +3, Perc +16 | Fort +2, Ref +9, Will +8 | Senses Low-light Vision, Darkvision 60' | Speed 30 ft / Fly 30 ft | Active conditions None
Nym glares at black.
“You’re going down, buddy, just like flags did! Get ‘em!!”
Move action:Guarded step back. Standard action: Improved Get ‘Em on black. Everyone targeting black gets +2 to hit before my next turn.
Improved Get ‘Em: Your morale bonus from get ’em increases to +2. As a standard action, you can make a single attack against a target within 60 feet. You and your allies within 60 feet gain the benefits of get ’em against that target (applying these effects before making the attack roll).
Male Half-Orc Technomancer 8 | EAC25 KAC26 (+2 after spell) | HP 46/46 SP 4/56 RP 10/10 | F+4 R+3 W+7 (+2 after spell) | Resist Cold, Fire 5 | Init +1 | Perc +9 | Spells Avail:: 1st(5/6) 2nd(2/6) 3rd(0/4) | Status: personal gravity, extra sense (20/40 blindsight/sense)
With Flags down and out, Harlan floats up and to the west to get a better view of the black jinsul. (Ending at 5ft below the platform) He flicks a pair of force bolts at it in an attempt to push it over the edge.
If at this point black is already down, he'll move instead to 5-ft below the platform at black's current location and attack yellow instead
Even at this close range Faelyn, can't hit the jinsul. Sympathy. Your rolls have been so bad in this fight. He does point out that black needs killing ...
... and Harlan takes the point.
Zephyr lands to block the way of more jinsul reinforcements.
And Locket is left squaring off against two jinsuls.
Everyone please check your altitudes and let me know if they're right.
Initiative/Status Round 9/10. Locket to go.
Harlan -52 -5'
Zephyr -21 (thermal capacitor -5 fire/cold ; Force field 0/10) 0'
Faelyn: 28 HP left 0'
Locket (19 SP : 60 HP) (thermal capacitor -5 fire/cold ) 0'
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black dead
green -19
Red.. -19
Yellow -19
Orange
Blue
Male NG Pahtra Street Rat Soldier (Ascetic Warrior, Qi Adept) 8 | SP 64/64 HP 60/60 | RP 5/9 | EAC 24; KAC 25 | Resist: 5 (cold, fire) | Fort +7; Ref +7; Will +7 | Init: +9 | Perc: +10, SM: +1 | Speed 30ft | Adapt. Fight: 0/1 | Gather Qi: Plasma Blast | Active conditions: debilitating gas 2hrs
Altitude is correct.
Drawing air deep into his lungs, Locket reaches toward the floor, thumb and first two fingers extended as he rotates his wrist. A ripple shimmers across the floor's surface - and around any lifeforms it passes - as the pahtra steps off the wall and back on to the floor. Move action to deactivate his boots.
Back on even footing with the jinsul, Locket propels a front kick straight toward the nearest foe (yellow) and readies to immediately snap a side kick at its nearby companion, should an opening present itself. Lunge
Locket returns to normal gravity and drives a foot into each jinsul. They stagger back, but close again. Their legblades weave a deadly looking web of motion. One strike lands on the nimble pahtra while's he's extended and another while he twists aways.
Are the AC penalties for lunge and cleave culmulative? -4 v -2 to AC. If so, they'll land a third hit. 25 or 36 kinetic damage. You don't need to use lunge, just cleave. But the question stands for f.uture reference
At the far end of the platform, Zephyr's force field flickers, then disappears. It doesn't matter because his enemy's edged web of motion misses on all counts. The ray of cold from the jinusl behind, likewise.
Everyone please check your altitudes and let me know if they're right.
Initiative/Status Round 10/11. Everyone to go.
Harlan -52 -5'
Zephyr -21 (thermal capacitor -5 fire/cold ; Force field 0/10) 0'
Faelyn: 28 HP left 0'
Locket (0 SP : 54 HP) (thermal capacitor -5 fire/cold ) 0'
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black dead
green -19
Red.. -42
Yellow -38
Orange
Blue
Into the comms, Zephyr says, ”I have these bottled up. Take care of the others first.”
Switching from lasers to his powered armor fists, Zephyr starts pummeling the green Jinsul, hoping to buy time for his injured friends to finish off the ones already in the main room.
Male NG Pahtra Street Rat Soldier (Ascetic Warrior, Qi Adept) 8 | SP 64/64 HP 60/60 | RP 5/9 | EAC 24; KAC 25 | Resist: 5 (cold, fire) | Fort +7; Ref +7; Will +7 | Init: +9 | Perc: +10, SM: +1 | Speed 30ft | Adapt. Fight: 0/1 | Gather Qi: Plasma Blast | Active conditions: debilitating gas 2hrs
Nice pick up! Sorry, I had a brain fart - I had meant Cleave, not Lunge. I'm not sure if the penalties from Lunge and Cleave would stack, I'll need to check the rules further. (Although, it makes sense to me that they would)
Locket grunts as the jinsul's leg blade finds its mark. Steadying himself, the pahtra counter-attacks with a rapid double kick at the jinsul standing across from him (yellow).
Male Half-Orc Technomancer 8 | EAC25 KAC26 (+2 after spell) | HP 46/46 SP 4/56 RP 10/10 | F+4 R+3 W+7 (+2 after spell) | Resist Cold, Fire 5 | Init +1 | Perc +9 | Spells Avail:: 1st(5/6) 2nd(2/6) 3rd(0/4) | Status: personal gravity, extra sense (20/40 blindsight/sense)
Harlan swings around to get a better view of yellow and red (or at least, whatever's left of yellow after that hit) and sends a pair of force bolts in at whichever foe still remains the most injured of the two.
Locket kicks one jinsul into the afterlife and Harlan sends its companion quickly after. At the far end of the platform, Zephyr pounds the injured jinsul into a one inch square.
Male Aasimar Diplomat Envoy (Enhanced) 8 | SP 48/48, HP 52/52, RP 10/10 | EAC 23 / KAC 23 | Init +3, Perc +16 | Fort +2, Ref +9, Will +8 | Senses Low-light Vision, Darkvision 60' | Speed 30 ft / Fly 30 ft | Active conditions None
“Let’s get blue!”
Move action: Walk/stagger across the platform to a closer position..
Standard action: Improved Get ‘Em on blue. Everyone targeting blue gets +2 to hit before my next turn.
Improved Get ‘Em: Your morale bonus from get ’em increases to +2. As a standard action, you can make a single attack against a target within 60 feet. You and your allies within 60 feet gain the benefits of get ’em against that target (applying these effects before making the attack roll).
Male Half-Orc Technomancer 8 | EAC25 KAC26 (+2 after spell) | HP 46/46 SP 4/56 RP 10/10 | F+4 R+3 W+7 (+2 after spell) | Resist Cold, Fire 5 | Init +1 | Perc +9 | Spells Avail:: 1st(5/6) 2nd(2/6) 3rd(0/4) | Status: personal gravity, extra sense (20/40 blindsight/sense)
Harlan assists in the execution of the remaining foes arrayed against Zephyr. He flies over to land back on the platform and then blasts blue with two force bolts.
Very thankful that his expensive powered armor is doing an excellent job of keeping him safe, Zephyr unloads on the blue Jinsul as suggested. Still blocking the path to his injured allies, the android once again activates the powerful bludgeoning fists of the armor.
Armor Bludgeon Full Attack with Get Em:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15 Damage:1d10 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16
Armor Bludgeon Full Attack with Get Em:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26 Damage:1d10 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15
Male NG Pahtra Street Rat Soldier (Ascetic Warrior, Qi Adept) 8 | SP 64/64 HP 60/60 | RP 5/9 | EAC 24; KAC 25 | Resist: 5 (cold, fire) | Fort +7; Ref +7; Will +7 | Init: +9 | Perc: +10, SM: +1 | Speed 30ft | Adapt. Fight: 0/1 | Gather Qi: Plasma Blast | Active conditions: debilitating gas 2hrs
Dispatching the nearby jinsul foes with Harlan's aid, Locket turns, looking around to locate other enemies.
Spying Zephyr locked toe-to-toe with a pair of enemies at the far end of the platform, Locket dashes forward and, waiting for Harlan to employ his magics, slips across in front of the half-orc for a clearer shot past Zephyr.
Male Aasimar Diplomat Envoy (Enhanced) 8 | SP 48/48, HP 52/52, RP 10/10 | EAC 23 / KAC 23 | Init +3, Perc +16 | Fort +2, Ref +9, Will +8 | Senses Low-light Vision, Darkvision 60' | Speed 30 ft / Fly 30 ft | Active conditions None
“We’re almost done here, Let’s get orange and finish the job!”
Standard action: Improved Get ‘Em on orange. Everyone targeting blue gets +2 to hit before my next turn.
Improved Get ‘Em: Your morale bonus from get ’em increases to +2. As a standard action, you can make a single attack against a target within 60 feet. You and your allies within 60 feet gain the benefits of get ’em against that target (applying these effects before making the attack roll).
Faelyn's shot skims by Zephyr and frosts the last jinsul. It collapses on the deck. From down the hallway you hear the clatter of more jinsul claws marching down the deck.
Zephyr steps up to partially block the hallway as he drops the nearly spent battery out of his artillery laser. Sliding a fresh one in, he smiles as the whine of the powerful heavy weapon indicates it has returned to full charge and is ready to unleash deadly coherent light at any arriving foes.
”Preparing for the next wave,” he says, as the weapon orients its targeting system down the hallway.
Male Half-Orc Technomancer 8 | EAC25 KAC26 (+2 after spell) | HP 46/46 SP 4/56 RP 10/10 | F+4 R+3 W+7 (+2 after spell) | Resist Cold, Fire 5 | Init +1 | Perc +9 | Spells Avail:: 1st(5/6) 2nd(2/6) 3rd(0/4) | Status: personal gravity, extra sense (20/40 blindsight/sense)
"Hold off shootin' in case we got Historia and Radaszam coming in, eh?" Harlan floats across the room to watch the entrance. He tries to judge if the clattering indicates enemies coming from the same direction the group expects the captains to be taking.
Male NG Pahtra Street Rat Soldier (Ascetic Warrior, Qi Adept) 8 | SP 64/64 HP 60/60 | RP 5/9 | EAC 24; KAC 25 | Resist: 5 (cold, fire) | Fort +7; Ref +7; Will +7 | Init: +9 | Perc: +10, SM: +1 | Speed 30ft | Adapt. Fight: 0/1 | Gather Qi: Plasma Blast | Active conditions: debilitating gas 2hrs
Locket nods several times in reply to Zephyr and Harlan, adding, "Nice work, everyone. Now we've just got to hold fast until Historia and Radaszam get here."
He moves closer into support of Zephyr, where he has a clearer view along the corridor and prepares for the incoming attack.
Readied action: attack with plasma blast as soon as a jinsul is within range (30ft)
Male Half-Orc Technomancer 8 | EAC25 KAC26 (+2 after spell) | HP 46/46 SP 4/56 RP 10/10 | F+4 R+3 W+7 (+2 after spell) | Resist Cold, Fire 5 | Init +1 | Perc +9 | Spells Avail:: 1st(5/6) 2nd(2/6) 3rd(0/4) | Status: personal gravity, extra sense (20/40 blindsight/sense)
Harlan taps his comms to see Radaszam and Historia's status "You lot coming? We stirred the nest something fierce over here."
Male Half-Orc Technomancer 8 | EAC25 KAC26 (+2 after spell) | HP 46/46 SP 4/56 RP 10/10 | F+4 R+3 W+7 (+2 after spell) | Resist Cold, Fire 5 | Init +1 | Perc +9 | Spells Avail:: 1st(5/6) 2nd(2/6) 3rd(0/4) | Status: personal gravity, extra sense (20/40 blindsight/sense)
Since it looks like he has a moment, Harlan floats over to the eastern door and checks if he can swiftly lock it or close it and jam the mechanism. While he enjoys exploding a nigh-endless wave of jinsul, he has to admit his magic is starting to run low.
Harlan examines the door controls. The doors have been locked open by a remote device, likely some kind of RF controller. He could probably gain control of the doors by hacking the signal, but he might be able to find an easier and faster way....
Faelyn tries to rink his way to health.
Meanwhile Radaszam repeats, "Is the core secure?"
Initiative/Status Round 12/13. Everyone to go.
Harlan -52 -5'
Zephyr -21 (thermal capacitor -5 fire/cold ; Force field 0/10) 0'
Faelyn: 40 HP left 0'
Locket (0 SP : 54 HP) (thermal capacitor -5 fire/cold ) 0'
Male Half-Orc Technomancer 8 | EAC25 KAC26 (+2 after spell) | HP 46/46 SP 4/56 RP 10/10 | F+4 R+3 W+7 (+2 after spell) | Resist Cold, Fire 5 | Init +1 | Perc +9 | Spells Avail:: 1st(5/6) 2nd(2/6) 3rd(0/4) | Status: personal gravity, extra sense (20/40 blindsight/sense)
"We blew up a pile of 'em. A leader of some kind too. It's secure right now - question's whether it'll stay that way." Harlan grunts into his comms. Thinking about where he would put a remote controller if he was a jinsul, he looks around the room before flying over to the downed leader "Flags".
Not sure if there's a console in this room that I forgot about, but if there is Harlan will head there. If not, he'll check the body of Flags for anything that might trigger the door lock. He'll delegate to other people if it looks like there's not enough time.
The jinsul leader does indeed have a remote control for the doors into this room. It takes Harlan no time figure out how to close, and open the doors.
These doors are heavy biolock containment doors, and even though you can hear jinsuls pounding on the far side, there is no chance of them getting through short expert explosive demolition, something that will no doubt take a long time to arrange.
Within a few minutes, Historia-7 and Radaszam come jogging up the corridor, each holding one handle of a large, circular metallic object. The VCs secure the device to the base of the reactor, Radaszam muttering under his breath about how he’s “getting too old for this kind of work.”
You hustle back to your ship through the purple-lit corridors. Passing the lab, the small octopoid creature comes to Radaszam's attention. The vesk instantly kneels down upon seeing the creature, pulling some half squashed rations from a back pocket and tentatively offering them to the whimpering creature. The creatures curls up into a little ball in the crook of Radaszam’s arm for the rest of the journey.
As Zephyr maneuvers your jinsul starship away from the starbase, dozens of small drones deploy from docking bays all over the giant base, frantically chasing you. Historia-7 turns, gives the base one final look, and presses the button on a small transponder she held in her hand. After a moment there is a blinding flash of light and the starbase disintegrates into an explosive purple disk.
Zephyr engages the Drift engine, and the stolen ship slips into the Drift just as the first shock wave is about to engulf them. Once the ship enters the Drift, Radaszam's toothy grin is wider than you’ve ever seen it before. “Starfinders,” he laughs, “that… is how it is done.”
From here, you return to Radaszam’s base for a quick debriefing. The two faction leaders thank you for your assistance and remark on how the Society’s Forum may not have directly approved the mission, but the outcome was a victory the Society sorely needed. Despite needing the victory, you are strongly cautioned not to discuss or otherwise communicate about this mission with anyone.
Historia-7 intends on analyzing all the data that the PCs retrieved during their mission, while Radaszam comments on preparing the Society for future encounters with the jinsuls.
For now, you get a chance to relax before your next mission.
Male Half-Orc Technomancer 8 | EAC25 KAC26 (+2 after spell) | HP 46/46 SP 4/56 RP 10/10 | F+4 R+3 W+7 (+2 after spell) | Resist Cold, Fire 5 | Init +1 | Perc +9 | Spells Avail:: 1st(5/6) 2nd(2/6) 3rd(0/4) | Status: personal gravity, extra sense (20/40 blindsight/sense)
Harlan leans on a railing in the Starfinder ship, blowing smoke from a cigar as he watches the fireworks in the proverbial rear view mirror. "Beautiful. I could get used to this."
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At the debrief, Harlan hands over the various data modules and keeps a copy for himself to peruse at his leisure later. The jinsul might be an intolerable threat, but that didn't mean their tech wasn't worth appreciating. Especially those torpedoes. He mulls over his next moves, and what he might be able to apply to the fights in the ring, as the Society leaders deliver another spiel. He cracks his knuckles. Seems like some more fun will be on the horizon.
