Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-26104528-20150531022109/@comment-26104528-20150709081907

"Doubtful. The Order's very good about never letting you know more than what they want you to know. Why do you think they're still around despite being hunted by people without legal hoops and red tape holding them back?"

Either way, it was worth a look. Fritz apporached a frozen cultist and held his scroll near a detonator long enough for CATSAI  to learn to emulate the signal. High-tech wireless charges nabbed from the Atlesians. On plus side, these could be detonated from nearly a mile away from any transmitter and were designed to blow if tampered with. On the down side, there was a trick disarm them without touching them as Fritz would soon demonstrate. He then walked toward the remaining vehicles with caution. Chances were that the Matriarch who organized this attack was not quite out of cards yet.

"CATSAI, spoof disarmament signal." In less than a second, any active explosives in the area powered-off. ''Pro-tip: keep it simple, stupid. Basic electronics and C4.''

Fritz went through each of the vehicles. No names, no radios, nothing. Any comms likely came through handheld radios that were destroyed sometime during the firefight. The Order had gotten covering their tracks down to a science; they rarely slip-up and when they do, it's only becuase they want you to know.

Welp, one more place. Fritz went over to the wrecked Paladin and pulled the bullet ridden pilot from the hull. Still, NOTHING! No wallet, no scroll, not even a name tag.

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A Warehouse somewhere in Vale...

A woman, somewhere in her 40s watched a newsfeed on her Scroll. "The VPD have finally issued an All-clear regarding the mass arson attack that occured on Main Street this evening..." Exasperated, she clicked off the scroll.

"Matriarch Creatore, what is your edict?" A robed man asked.

"We stand down for now. Save our strength until we have a way of dealing with the Phantom and the Deciever. Destroy the evidence; a traveller leaves no trace of his stay at an inn and neither do we." With that, she dropped the scroll into a jar of oil along with a lit match.

The Matriarch tossed off her ceremonial robe, revealing a somewhat ruffeled dress and cardigan underneath. She slipped her Order medallion under her clothing before exiting into an unmarked vehicle with a bogus liscence plate.

The remaining personnel also changed clothes and moved everything; Comms, diagrams, uniforms, equipment, etc. into a dumpster and filled it with gasoline, setting it ablaze. Some left the scene by foot or car. Others stayed, pretending to be the homeless looking for warmth.