There's a chill in the air as the curtains inside the office flutter to life. Winter seems to be nipping at the heels of Fall with great intensity. However, our hard-boiled detective sits at his desk with a trusty countermeasure...a blanket. With his weapon against Mother Nature, he wages another battle as his fingers fire away words onto his typewriter. Due to the events of the night prior, he felt the need to chronicle his adventures as soon as possible.
"Opting to follow Phillip's lead on an interesting band of characters. A group who performed a stage play in a relatively odd locale was suspect enough to pique my detective senses. With an oar in hand, I followed my partner's directions to find a small creek wherein his canoe was moored. I made quick work of getting the boat untied and hopped in; my next stop, a bizarre forest."
"It felt like it took hours to row silently down the seemingly endless waterway, however my efforts weren't in vain. Around the two hour mark, I entered a heavily wooded portion of the river. The foliage of many willows hanging over the water and proving to be rather difficult to maneuver around. Several disgruntled shouts later and I arrive in a much more clear section of the forest, but I wasn't alone. There amidst the trees was a woman who called out for me. Her name? Ruka."
"The curious woman made her way to me while I came ashore. Her attitude was pleasant and she was quite willing to lend a hand after I explained the situation to her. Moments later, we're back in the canoe and headed down the river again in search of the group. Now, this is where things began getting seemingly treacherous. We finally reached a more open section of river, a lagoon would best descirbe it, and inside this lagoon were odd creatures that were just below the water's surface. Keeping my wits about me, I played an intense match of Red Light Green Light with the creatures. Finally reaching the end of the lagoon, we were greeted with a large cavern that was black as pitch."
"Silently rowing into the cavern, it became immediately apparent that we weren't alone. Ruka responded to the darkness with something rather fantastical, she pulled a blade shaped key (or a key shaped blade) out of thin air and lit it on fire. Our unknown third party wasn't too keen on the sudden light as they dropped a tentacle onto Ruka from above. Slicing it in response only served to enrage the beast further as its tentacles shot out and hoisted the boat clean out of the water. Quickly fastening the Double Driver to my waist, Phillip and I got to work once again as W. A brief transformation later and we began our assault on the monster, eventually Ruka is knocked from the boat but I'm sure she's fine. We managed to knock the beast off the ceiling with Metal Branding and chalked up a victory after dodging the falling creature. With another notch on our belt and more info on the case, we left
