Adventure Twenty-Two: River In My Blood


 * The creature that emerges from the bay has a black reptilian head on a long neck that rises about 40 feet above the water, and a body with multiple tentacles covered with eyes. Alder’s nanotech detection sense is triggered, but it is not recognizable as nanotech.
 * Vanya attempts to appease the creature by apologizing in multiple languages, supported by more languages from Ruth and animation from P0P1. It responds in an incomprehensible language. Earl casts a spell to understand it; it says its name is Magga and demands a tribute.
 * Magga’s presence and poisonous breath affect our minds, causing fear and confusion.
 * Earl recognizes that Magga’s unusual aura is some sort of interdimensional effect, and it is not entirely on this plane.
 * Magga understands Aklo and demands “the leavings of your masters,” and Vanya offers up her Aklo shin guards. Magga accepts them, demands that we never disturb it again, and retreats under the water again.
 * Kegan knows nothing about Magga, though he is unsurprised given the megafauna in the area. He agrees to accept the ~150 refugees from Shiloh, mollified by the knowledge of the Old World supplies they brought in their caravan.
 * Kegan says that Davked liquidated most of his assets, and he and Celeste have left town without fulfilling their end of the bargain regarding the Moreaus and Seshayans.
 * Earl checks in with Sticky Boy, who seems to have grown, and gifts him with an apple and seeds. He and Sean Wolf have been accompanying foraging expeditions and have developed a connection to the community by helping them gather resources.
 * Mike has moved on, looking for additional vaults to crack.
 * Phlox visits Scorps occasionally but does not live there since there are so many people. Vania looks for Phlox, who has created a ghillie suit out of local flora. Phlox asks if she found any of the “green stuff” and states that it is searching for “rad stags” (two-headed irradiated stags that have become the dominant caribou species, expanding farther south than the natural caribou habitat). Phlox warns her to be on the lookout for less intelligent and potentially harmful super mutants, saying that it is safe because they will do what it says. Phlox’s English was improved, making Vania suspect that she was speaking with a different personality.
 * Ruth checks in with Sebastian. Unable to be jacked in to the ship, he has spent his spare time building drones with increasing levels of complexity, and puts them to work around Scorps. He is paying a minimal amount of attention to his physical state, staying in small living quarters where he dedicates most of the space to working on his drones. He limits social interaction and generally uses his drones for communication with people.
 * P0P1 engages in suspicious activities with Sebastian’s drones.
 * Alder speaks with Lopez and suggests she introduce herself to Luce to help the Shiloh residents get settled. She is reticent but agrees.
 * Kegan asks us to investigate the dam, since the flooding should not have been as bad as it was. While we are gone, he will investigate within the town to find out more about what Davked may have been up to.
 * Kegan introduces Sir Belvedere, a man in salvaged power armor decorated with a coat of arms, who will accompany us to the dam. He says he is on his errantry, but the goal of his quest isn’t public knowledge.
 * There are specific areas of significant damage to the dam, and the floodgates are not letting water through, resulting in a high rate of water pouring through the holes.