Pain and Laughter

Life, Death

The Freedom Society and associates fight laughing mobsters rolling out of the Golden Calf Casino. Afterward, a Timewraith arrives and kills Doc Scott, Grome, and Sgt. Danger.

GM's Notes:
-The New York Stock Exchange had to shut down for a day to process a backlog of 6.9 million transactions.
-The party finds themselves on the street in front of the Golden Calf Casino after some of them fell through time. Near by the party can see a line of police cars.
-As the party walks up to the casino a man in a slick suits runs to Soldier and laughs, "don't y'all get it? Its a laughing mafia! You weren't a part of it, you had to watch it play out, all of it." Laughing hysterically the guy continued, "You were powerless, you watched it like the changing of the seasons but you couldn't do nothing as he ushered in a new era. You gotta act or you'll watch it all. You gotta' know, with great power comes great responsibility." He then pulled out his pistol and shot himself in the head. It was all like deja vu.
-Gun fire tears down a group of mobsters exiting the casino over the now deceased Lt. Dan Bradley and the deceased Big Daddy Freedom.
-In another moment a hulk of a man bursts from the doors of the casino, its a massive Crazy Bill Hunter, who was adversely effect by the gas he's different again but now in different ways.
-The Party fights Crazy Bill Hunter.
-The party is once again met by The Freedom Society the party is told that its been over a year but they're happy to see them all again. The party is told that the search for Bluesman is still on going and they would like Oswald's help. They say that Doc Scott should be on his way to this location.
-Doc Scott arrives with two heroes from the future and explains that a man called Dr. Tomorrow arrived from the future in order to change the past so that his alternate reality would never be created. In so doing he stole two men from their possible future to aid in a battle soon to come with creatures known as Timewraiths. He brought the men along because they would be necessary but he's set the timeline right with Scott's help. A slight adjustment spared Bluesman's life and corrected for the upcoming World War II but he doesn't inform the party of that.
-The party watch as a ghostly hand grabs Doc Scott, Ben tries to stomp it but the hand turns Scott into ash. His train car soon follows and so does his mansion.
-The party try to hunt down the remaining bombs planted by the Mad Jester but marking in paint the canisters planted in the casino walls but are interrupted in the Golden Calf Casino by the returning Timewraith. The Wraith hunts and kills Grome, Harold Masters from the future, and then turns his gaze toward Dawnguard.
-Cliona Ironwood declares, "no harm will befall our brothers-in-arms today. We stand and fight." "Agreed" retorts Ms. Citizen. "For Freedom, for society.. Heroes.. to battle!"
-The Iron Maiden leaps in with a sword strike which actually hits the creature physicalizing it. The Yankee draws his weapon and chambers a round. Dawnguard levitates and fires a blast at the creature. Sgt Danger accesses the scene (holds his turn). Ms. Citizen charges in for a punch. The Timewraith soars to Dawnguard and places a hand on him. Chris Danger charges the creature in a rage and tackles it to the ground. Vincent shoots him and it parrys Ben's punch. Iron Maiden stabs the Wraith. Yankee drops a round into its brain. Dawnguard fires a magic blast missed and maiden deflected it with her shield. Growing double his size Danger squeezes tighter. Ms. Citizen runs back to the creature. The Timewraith dusts Danger but looks extremely weakened. Vincent shot the creature and Ben punched it into shadow and ash.
-The Freedom Society heads home and the party rides along. Ben checks the home of Doc Scott and it is nothing but ash but he retrieves his stuff from the ash intact.