I'm concerned about essence too, but if we want to make a real effort at keeping him alive and proceed without police involvement we need to pay for it somewhere. Hopefully inspecting the handiwork of an ageless Valkyrie in the prison cell will give us an opportunity to earn some essence.
Or maybe just getting experience with ghouls, since they seem new enough relative to Usum that Molly's occult score may be a little sparse on them.
Fair enough. I haven't really worked with that sort of thing before, so I didn't really think about it. I'm good with whatever works, but something like this is probably more IC since Molly probably wouldn't think of spoofing caller ID at tech 1.
All that said, I think some modifications are in order.
@Goldfish has a point about clearing the rest of the building, but we don't need everyone on that given the way Gard can go through mortals. We can send our allies to clear the rest of the shop while we work here.
I also think some intimidation would be a good idea, to keep these guys compliant and unwilling to squeal on us later.
We should probably also stunt for more dice.
[]Attempt to provide some immediate first aid to stabilize the guy at risk of dying, using tool transcending constructs if necessary
-[] If successful at keeping him alive, instruct the others to elevate his legs and keep an eye on his injuries. Call an ambulance only after we've left with Cindy
-[] If unsuccessful, have the other minions elevate his legs, put pressure on his wound, and call for help as the assault team enters the undercity
-[] In either case, when making that call have Clippy reach out to Burny and instruct him to do it for us.
-[] Ask Gard and Michael to look for the last two together while we clean up
-[] [Stunt] "Look for the last two, I'll see what I can do for this one. Then we can decide" Molly says with a sigh.
—[] Turning to the former thralls, Molly flicks her wrists and summons forth a nightmare of needles, scalpels, and delicate mechanical limbs stuck at a place between spider leg and squid tentacle that should not exist.
—[] "You boys are going to stay quiet, do what I tell you, and try very hard to forget everything that's happened since we got here" she says as the tools in her hands slide into unsettlingly lifelike motion.
—[] "Trust me on this, for guys like you 'shut up and forget' are the words that keep bad things from following you home at night"
Thoughts?
Some people proxy voted for me, so I don't want to outright switch before everyone gets a chance to look at the revision.