Ep. 13: Murder on the Rockport Limited - Chapter Four

"This week, someone reaches their final destination: heaven. All aboard the Adventure Zone!"

Synopsis
''As you might have guessed from the title of the past few episodes, our heroes' journey isn't going to be an especially calm one. Because of all the murder, I mean. Taako mourns the dead. Merle finally plays his part. Magnus does one of the absolute coolest punches ever.''

The Tres Horny Boys have just been served a delicious brunch in the dining car by Jenkins. Jenkins comes back to check in on them, and asks if they've given any thought on checking into one of the Rockport Limited's pleasure chambers.Taako volunteers to go into one of the train's most popular pleasure rooms. Jenkins pulls a small, silvery rod out of his robes, and traces the outline of the door frame of a closet in the dining car. He opens the door, and inside is a greenhouse full of lush plant and rich clusters of berries. Jenkins stays behind to keep the portal open as all three of them head into the greenhouse. Taako rolls a arcana check to see what kind of magic Jenkins is using, and learns that it's a form of teleportation magic that's easy to use, as regular teleportation is hard even for most wizards, and extremely limited.After a nice stroll through the garden, along with Magnus marking his territory, the boys retreat back to the dining car. Angus McDonald greets them as they come back, and asks them what their names are again. They reply with the same names they gave last time.Realizing that they've been caught, along with being even more suspicious of Angus, Taako casts Detect Magic. With the spell, he is able to detect that the book Angus is holding contains traces of divination magic. After failing once, Magnus is able to snatch the book out of Angus's hands. He tosses it to Taako, who does a arcana check on the book. He discovers that the book has divination magic built into it that allows it to intercept messages transmitted through magical means, and transcribe it into plain text. As Taako opens the book, the last message that was intercepted appears on one of the pages. The page reads: "Leeman Kessler and Co. not who they say they are STOP Uh. Charm magic spell performed at the station STOP Uh, uh, hand over to authorities immediately upon arrival in Neverwinter STOP". Taako gives the book back to Angus, who tells them to meet him in the sleeper cars. Once there, he fully introduces himself as the world's greatest detective.He says to the boys that he was hired by the Rockport City Coucil to track down a notorious serial killer named The Rockport Slayer, who targets and kills wealthy individuals for their riches, and leaves without a trace. The boys try to tell Angus that they're also on a mission, but, due to the Voidfish's influence, are unable communicate this to him. Angus explains further that he believes that The Rockport Slayer is somewhere on the train, and that he was the one who murdered the real Leeman Kessler. Taako asks where the message in the book came from, and Angus tells him it was sent down the line by a Tom Bodett.Angus, knowing that he can't hear some of the words they say due to an outside influence, asks them if Leeman was carrying something valuable. Magnus tells him yes, and that it would be extremely dangerous if said valuable item got into the wrong hands.

WIP

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Featured NPCs

 * Jenkins
 * Angus McDonald
 * Graham the Hedge (Juicy) Wizard

Featured Locations

 * Rockport Limited

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