So. That went well. The investigation of Master Helios and his allegations about his family members have ended with the acquisition of some solid evidence to support those claims, and a rather large number of injuries spread throughout the team (we had another session on Tuesday, wildly improvised on my part, during which Mark decided to go back to the bank after having just escaped it).
Here's the physical state of the party after the mission is over.
- Solasmar has, as far as I can recall, several broken ribs and a series of nasty facial burns, including eye damage.
- Elsa has three cracked ribs, severe internal injuries, a fractured skull, and fourth degree burns to large sections of her body.
- Praetus is missing his left leg below the knee, has first and second degree burns to his arms and torso, and is missing his nose. Oh, and he has about a dozen bullet scars.
- Delmar is dead, with his skull exploded into messy fragments.
- Metalus, having arrived at the last minute to do a big damn heroic rescue, is the least wounded of all of you. He's just on -1 wounds, with a few minor fractures to the bones of his right hand.
So yeah. Hospital, I think. Where the doctors will pump you all full of lovely, lovely drugs and generally do their best to heal you. Even under the care of the best chirurgeons, it's going to take at least a month, possibly two, before everyone is back on their feet and ready to continue their service to the Holy Ordos.
Committing the entire team to the care of your average hospital for six weeks or so is going to cost roughly 2,800 thrones. Each. And here's where things get interesting.
Someone else is entirely willing to pay your medical fees. It's not the Imperial Inquisition. What it is is a living plot hook, and a way to create an extremely interesting plot arc. You'll even get to play with all manner of McAwesome gadgets. Trust me, this will be great.
