Fort Eugor Score 4

Huilam [Jamie] and Burrito [Darryl] and the rent-a-crowd hung back down by the Falshot residence waiting for the signal. This would be a light from the roof of the Fort Eugor keep.

Rita and Ronny were back at the party's secret lair, lying on the marmalade grille [Ian and Deacon not here this week.]

Moonlight [Chris], Argile [Richard],  El Cid [Shane], Attlee [Kevin], and Sorrow [Jeff] snuck up the hill, and down the tunnel into the well room. Sorrow climbed the well and set up a rope ladder, then he, Attlee and El Cid, crept across the courtyard and made their way to the end of the keep. Then Sorrow went up the three stories and onto the roof. Attlee and El Cid joined him, and then they signalled to Huilam and the distraction group.

WG witch Dalila Hornsby

Huilam led the rent-a-crowd up the hill to make a hell of a racket and shone lights. Burrito took pot-shots at the guards. This ensured all the courtyard guards were engaged, and gave Moonlight and Argile enough time to scurry over to the keep's main door.

Lucky for them, it opened just as two more guards came out (presumably, to aid the other guards). Argile had his sword out and he engaged them both, pushing them back. Moonlight hurriedly shut the door behind them, and moved to help Argile fight.

Meanwhile, on the roof, El Cid had abseiled down the side of the keep and into the bunk room. In here, was their prey Dalila Hornsby (the Wizards' Guild witch) and a guard. His daring attack totally surprised them, knocking Dalila back to the wall, and dropping the guard. Sorrow and Attlee joined him soon after. Dalila was concussed, and the stunned guard was hacked down and killed.

Toby Archer (deceased)

Out in the corridor, El Cid engaged the commander Toby Archer. Toby was supposed to be a top-sword, but with an expert chop of his double-sword, El Cid beheaded the poor guy. The guard behind him saw this and surrendered straight away. El Cid stuck his sword through his throat.

Then, while Sorrow was binding Dalila for transport, El Cid and Attlee did a quick search of that floor. There were no other souls up there, but they found another supplies ledger, a spell book (guessed it was Dalila's), another TGP seal-stamp, some petty cash, and a black skull (like the ones in the pile in the well room, but, strangely, this one hadn't teleported back to the pile). Attlee claimed this for his very own and promptly put it in his pack.

Toby's decapitated head's ears had two thick gold earrings, and he had a large TGP signet ring; El Cid took these.

Back on the ground floor, Argile had by now fought and killed the two guards, and Moonlight had been severely injured.

There were also two men on that level, injured and lying on camp stretchers. Argile questioned them, but they didn't know much. He butchered them in cold blood.

The three upstairs lowered the bound Dalila down the ladder shaft, and joined her. Then the whole group, plus the captive, crept out the door and across the courtyard, back to the well. They lowered Dalila down the well, and everyone followed. Then, out through the tunnel, past the rock-fall, outside, down the hill, and back to the Falshot residence. The whole score had taken less than half an hour.

Since it was only a few hours into the night, and not too late, Corporal Chung's shift would still be in progress. So, "no time like the present", and the whole group went to him. They handed over Dalila, Toby's head, the spell book, the ledger, and the TGP seal-stamp. Chung was very pleased.

The next morning when he handed over the chest of silver and gold, he extolled their virtues.

"The powers-that-be are very pleased with your work," he said. "The Budgie Smugglers will be employed for many future Knives missions. I am due promotion too."

[ Downtime activities took the rest if the night. ]