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Where There Isn't A Will

Session Sixteen, Dirty Deeds Part III

After a month long gap we're back for the last session of the year.

Lucian Gilmore (Adam) Agnew Uptil (Tori) Joshua H. Headlam (Nick)

Magistrate Cathmore arrived at the late Sebastion Weatherspoon's apartment and shown the evidence that the Runners had found, agreed that Henshaw & Co deserved a visit next and signed a warrant. Upon arrival at the company's offices the Magistrate strolled right in like he owned the place and barked orders, threatening the staff with various charges. A large force from Thresh Street had been called and they quickly set about securing the offices as the party and the Magistrate headed up to see the company's directors. There was a tense standoff for a moment before the directors rather reluctantly relented, the Runners padded them sure to make sure none of them had any surprises and found a small pistol on one of them. When pressed the director stated that even guards weren't proof against assassins.

With the directors dealt with the Runners set about searching the main office from top to bottom, finding various company records and a wall mounted safe hidden behind a painting. Once they'd opened the safe they found some ledgers, some notes and a map of Dunwall with presumably the path of a planned railway marked on it along with various plots along its route. One of the notes listed the plots along with the names of the respective landowners, the some of the names had either been ticked or crossed off and the late Elrich's name was one of those crossed off. There was also Weatherspoon's copy of the deed and a few others, in addition the ledgers contained payments for services such as 'disposal of', 'retrieval of item' and 'editing records'. All-in-all the Runners had enough evidence to bring Henshaw & Co to account for their shady dealings but they still had to find the missing will.

So a trip back to the Duke's Head was arranged, though the Runners staggered their respective arrivals to avoid being linked to one another. Joshua soon found Mr Burnface whom he had meet previously regarding the stolen box and attempted to make an offer for it, Mr Burnface was a little wary but between them they managed to haggle a price and to meet on Finfick Lane in a couple of hours time before Mr Burnface departed. The Runners also left the pub and arranged to spring an ambush on Mr Burnface after he'd handed over the box, so organized some backup just in case and set themselves up in position with Joshua effectively being the bait. After waiting for a short while Joshua soon noticed a dagger pressing lightly into his back as a familiar voice spoke, revealing themselves to be Mr Burnface who gave a glimpse of the box before demanding the money. Joshua handed over a bag of coins which Mr Burnface checked before pulling a pistol on Joshua, prompting Agnew to fire his pistol and inflicting a wound on the thief whilst Joshua did a disarming shot with his own pistol. Joshua then managed to grapple and subdue the scoundrel and had him carted off to Thresh Street.

The Runners paid a visit to the Elrich twins once more and opened the box...only to find that it contained an old Navy medal. Puzzled and a little disappointed they figured the map for the old ruins outside Whitecliff that they found in Elrich's safety deposit box must be where the will was, so they set off to Whitecliff. The old ruins they found to be overgrown but managed to find an entrance down to the old catacombs and signs that it had been used at some point recently by tramps. They explored the catacombs and came across a stone marked 'X' which they were able to pry free from the wall, revealing a small box which they opened and discovered that it contained a locket with a picture of a man and a woman. Once again puzzled and disappointed they returned to Dunwall and the Elrich twins, there they found that the couple were the twin's grandparents and the medal belonged to their grandfather but they were still no closer to finding the missing will. They double checked their notes and recalled that the late elder Elrich had been to see Arnold Timsh about his will on the night he died, but the will hadn't been found in his possessions that had now been returned from the morgue. They decided to give his coat a good look over and discovered that there was some recent stitching on the seam, cutting it very carefully they that it contained the missing will.

Thus Dirty Deeds and the last session of 2014 was concluded.