In the Shadow of Gods: Session 6

Gehn and Mirv tested their bonds repeatedly. Everyone continually kept a look out for an opportunity to escape. Meanwhile Hanst and Marla were following behind, but not so close behind that the party in front could hear. The sounds of drums continually thumped in the background. Eventually Gehn, Mirv and The Professor were introduced to Texaqualtl, head of the Neo Atz Incan empire. The group saw him sacrificing people from cages. There were four tall ritual wooden structures and their corresponding ley lines; the Hexagon in Washington D.C., Stone Henge in Britain, The Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Great Pyramids in Egypt.

Meanwhile, Hanst and Marla managed to find a group of Nazi’s hidden behind a blind with a machine gun in case the natives betrayed them. They over powered the guards and sat in wait for an opportunity to free the others. At the same time, Hanst began using his chemistry set to make tiny little inflatable balloons that would rain down acid on the crowd as a distraction.

Gehn, Mirv and The Professor were all put into wicker wooden cages. The Professor immediately began working to get out with his multitool. Meanwhile, Texaquatle turned on the Nazi Colonel, commanding the crowd of AtzIncans to turn on them to help add to the sacrifice. All hell broke loose and the Col tried to shoot Texaquatle. Texaquatl laughed stating that he was stealing the mana, or “destiny” from the other nations of the earth for the benefit of his own. The bullets missed him harmlessly.

Taking advantage, The Professor continued to work his way out. Mirv grabbed one of the guard’s arm and then broke it inside of the cage. Gehn tried to get the door loose. The guards noticed this and began to use long thin spears inside of the cage. They went for Mirv first because of what he had done to the other guards. Mirv took a lot of hits but kept on going. Eventually, after distracting the guards, he helped The Professor get out of the hole he’d made. The Professor made a bee line for the groups equipment to get Gehn his rifle. Gehn was all set to start shooting people, but he lost one of the quarters that told him whether someone would live or die. He couldn’t shoot without the quarter!

Mirv finally broke off the door and began to attack the remaining two guards, while The Professor snuck out the back towards the Hexagon. Joe burned the Hexagon while The Professor stole one of the ritual plates that diverted mana from the statues to Texaquatl. Hanst showed up just in the nick of time and gave Mirv a healing shot of potent chemical elixir. Mirv got up and grabbed both of them by the neck, dragging them along towards the top of the Pyramid. Marla opened up on the crowd with the machine gun, slaughtering hundreds and kept the group safe. Hanst began using a censor filled with sleep gas to keep the bad guys at bay. Mirv dropped the two guards when they were unconscious.

Gehn eventually used a new coin for the emperor, but rather than trust skill like the Col. did, he trusted luck, and put the coin between him and Texaquat and fired. His first shot shattered the ceremonial head dress and he began to reload. Hanst gave Mirv his sub machine gun and told him to mow down all the priests on the pyramid. Slowly but surely they made their way up, while thousands of people chased after The Professor for having initially disrupted the ceremony. The Professor ran in the field of fire with Marla, who managed to get most of the crowd off his back. The Professor also shot a few of them.

Finally, Gehn shot a third time (his second shot having only caused a flesh wound) shooting T. right between the eyes at exactly the moment Mirv charged him and when The Professor managed to destroy the fourth model. Mirv beheaded the man just to make sure he wouldn’t rise from the dead. Doc was able to find rich treasure in the back of the pyramid and the group returned to become rich men!

The end.