Due to The Scary Voiced Greek Guy's absenteeism, we could not follow his adventures in present day London.

Due to The Scary Voiced Greek Guy's absenteeism, we could not follow his adventures in present day London.

Instead, The Chinese Masterchef and The Decayed Elf go shopping with Jonathan the Architect, for weapons for them, and technology for him. They also visit the buildings where The Royal Society were housed in their time. The Chinese Masterchef chalks up messages to the missing SVGG.

They are contacted during this by a concerned London Shopkeeper and the Indian Fakir back at Jonathan's penthouse - some one is knocking at the door - and looking through the peephole, it's a young man with a bunch of flowers.

It's soon established it's no one Jonathan knows - anyway, he says, they'd send chocolate if anything. Puzzled that they've bypassed security Jonathon absently waves off concern that his neighbours might be in danger. "No, that's alright, I haven't rented out the rest of the floor to anyone else yet, I have no neighbours"

Pound signs light up in The Decayed Elf's eyes K-CHING K-CHING K-CHING! his player mutters, not very softly.

Jonathon, who is not stupid, and has had a very realistic illusion demonstrated by him by the able Fakir, in (quite literally) the past, asks - "Well, is it an illusion?"

And it seems that it is, 5 fishmen are at Jonathan's door with ill intent.

The Indian Fakir counters with an illusion of his own, he is now apparently a hatstand and The London Shopkeeper a table. The Fishmen, emboldened by the lack of response from outside start trying to get in. Jonathon is gratified that his security is working, his first alarm rings him to let him know that the door is being abused. He decides not to call the police or security at this point.

The others rush back and a short battle proceeds. The Fishmen are completely surprised and are made pretty short work of. Unfortunately one of them teleports away.

To his startlement, even though he didn't think he should have succeeded that well in the spell, The London Shopkeeper is able to understand the dying fishman, and interrogates him. He's left with a confused image of another 30 St Mary's Axe, built in their time, with a shimmering bridge like connection between them. They need Jonathon for it, though.

Given the ease with which the Fishmen are moving in this time and technology, and with the possibility that English is at least some of theirs' native language it has serious implications.
Jonathon grimly assists with clean up of the bodies, once they're dehydrated.

Some powerstones are recovered and are welcomed by the party.

People are feeling the magic pinch.

There's also some argument about what is actually required to bring TSVGG home. Only time will tell. Do they need everyone who went to touch the stone?

Whilst the magic users rest, Jonathon serves tea/coffee and bikkies. He switches channels and checks the internet for fishmen, and is disgusted by all the hits, and then somewhat concerned. Someone tells him to look for two headed dogs.

Jonathon, protesting the limitations of the technology, says "You can't just Google two headed dog in London and expect it to immediately come up on Twitter or somewhere".

He proceeds to demonstrate the opposite. People have tweeted Mr Othrus with convenient street locations not far away in London. They decide to check out the nearest Greek food place.


Jonathon "It's about a kilometre from the nearest kebab shop".

Everyone looks at him blankly. "That what from the what?"

Jonathon "Look, don't people from the magical past understand words that start with K?"

It's decided that Jonathon should accompany them - it's possible that the Fishmen may try to nab him, and it's not certain whether he's needed for the activation of the stone.

The party come across Sara, the abused runaway who TSVGG accompanied for a time. She is very upset with him (despite the fact she actually ran away from him...but it's complicated by her mental instabilities). The London Shopkeeper has a really good try of helping her, assisted a little by the Chinese Master Chef, but they're both severely hampered by The Decayed Elf's blundering offers of money and shelter. Given her history, not the best move. Jonathon, a little more educated in psychology realises that a young girl like that isn't going to go off with 3 Strange Men and an Elf, all of them male.

They do manage to give her a laugh though, when the Decayed Elf lights up The London Shopkeeper's fog ball in an attempt to prove magic - alas, sucking up more of their precious mana.

"Magic - it WORKS, bitches!" She crows.

They do manage to confirm that they're on the right track - and that Orthrus was last seen at the kebab shop. So they head there. Whether he's still there or not, I don't know. Hopefully we shall find out the week after next, because gaming is cancelled next week due to TIF, TCMC and TDE's players all being absent.