The Alluvium Affair - Blades '68 (Session 1)

Helena and Twiggy find themselves catapulting over a bridge entering crowfoot in a rickety little yellow autopod. Trash spills out the rolled down windows. Twiggy is holding a container of Alluvium, an extremely rare and reality warping compound, while Helena is focusing on the road. 

Then, an anomaly appears. Dancing bursts of color surround the vehicle. Reality begins to shift. The writing on the note that has their dropoff point fades - and noone can remember who their client was. Did they disappear for good? There was also a third passenger, but they fade away too leaving only note stuck to the back of the windshield. Twiggy grabs it before it blows away.

Each member of the crew forgets a memory but they also see a glimpse of the future:

  • Twiggy forgets her dad exists. She sees herself missing a hand in the future.
  • Nikola forgets how he got his friend fired from the university. He sees himself as rich in the future.
  • Keith forgets about his schoolyard bully Kevin. He has a vision of fame.
  • Helena forgets about a journalist who has been investigating her activities. In the future, she sees herself in a relationship with a bluecoat.

Then, the crew tries to make their escape. Two goons from Mirror House show up on autocycles. Nikola and Keith catch up in a little dinghy that they position under the bridge. And then the Bluecoats bring up the rear and exchange a volley of gunfire. Nikola uses one of his gadgets to blind them. Helena makes her escape with the autopod.

Meanwhile, New Dawn, which blockaded the road up ahead, wheels out a gurney with a masked man strapped to it Hannibal Lecter style. He was one of their latest creations - a telekinetic warrior. Twiggy attunes to the raving lunatic and makes a connection with his patron: The Red Queen. She invites Twiggy to free her and that she holds one of the keys to break her bondage.

The actual alluvium canister bobbles around the bridge. Keith tries to decapitate the telekinetic warrior but instead sets off a massive blast wave from the warrior's shield. Sent soaring off the bridge, the canister falls into the water. Nikola and Twiggy are already in the boat when Keith performs a daring dive to rescue their payload.

Now the question is, who are they going to sell this to?

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