After the events of today, the city does not wait to begin rebuilding. despite the late hour, some begin cleanup projects, while others flock to Tivoli Gardens, the ancient amusement park, which is now controlled by the elves. Despite some elves' normal reluctance to mingle with others, the park is opened and powered up to its full nighttime glory. Food and drink from various cultures is brought in, and the leaders of the respective factions gather and celebrate with the citizenry.

At this point, we are officially between Acts. No one has cards of any kind, and there is no need to make die rolls. Everything here is through discussion and role play.

Everyone's character sheets can be adjusted to read 10 XP earned. Some have already spent XP, and anyone can spend at this point.


Before we move to the next Act, the following things must take place:

1. The players must decide who will remain in Copenhagen and who will take the flight to start a new mission in Ethiopia. The brief information the people who were at the airport got about that mission was that an ally of the Delphi Council there is acting strangely and they suspect foul play which might include mental manipulation. Not only will experts be needed to check for such chicanery, but as it is close to the Nile Empire, the capacity for trouble is high and experts in solving those kinds of problems are welcome too. splitting into a group of five and a group of four is preferred.
   
2. Once the groups are set, the people in the group need to know enough about each other to avoid major surprises. For example, in one game I had a young magician named Hamalek. He had some secrets which would not be revealed right away, and that is fine, but it would have been out of line for him to come in dressed as a Soldier of Fortune and suddenly doing nothing but magic.
   
3. All of you are present here except Johnny who is at the local hospital. Anyone who wants to take time out to check on Johnny can do so. At least one person must do so before we continue. Ash knows both the previous and new players and can facilitate introductions.
   
4. The following NPCs will remain here throughout the topic: Mayor Madsden, Danish Army Major Nielsen, Eruvel Cathfaine, Tongue Lasher Frold, and the Viking Leader Tatrici Sjodrekkar. Of these, only Eruven and Tatrici have not made direct contact with the group. At least one of the people who will be continuing the storyline that began here must speak to Eruvel, and one must speak to Tatrici. (This does not have to be the same person, but the Copenhagen storyline needs the information they provide.)
   
5. Each character must complete any intended upgrades before we move on. Saving XP is fine, but please don't forget about it and try to spend in the middle of a Dramatic Encounter later on.

In addition, there are things you may do. The following is not an extensive list, but can serve as seeds for ideas.

1. You can observe how the local citizens react to one another.
   
2. You can hang around listed NPC characters to see how they react to one another.
   
3. You can request private conversations with one or more characters.
   
4. You can attempt to research the area and its history.

Once I know what's up I will finalize groupings and send people on their way.

In addition, I am allowing anyone who wants to exchange one of their starting Possiblities for an Aysle Possibility. On your Character Sheet, just replace the "EEE" in the "Current Possibilities" box with "EEA".

Not one to turn down free food (or at least the promise of free food;-), Case heads to Tivoli Gardens.  Enjoying some of the local treats he walks around the park looking at its gardens and people.  He smiles at the well tamed gardens, they're pretty but not the equal to the wild growths of the Living Land.  However the elves and their magic certainly surpass the survivors of transformed New Jersey and the hardpoint of Philadelphia in beauty and wonder.  At least when the elves weren't trying to stab him to death.  Then again, not much different than in Philly.  Granted, stone knives weren't as sharp.

He wondered if the leader of the elves is around, ah... Eruvel something...Caffeine?  Trolls were easy.  Tongue-Lasher Frold was a name you could remember.  Case frowned as he remembered the trolls in the Palace.  He let his training take over and nearly killed by reflex, without thinking or feeling.  Like they wanted him to.

He shook his head to dispel as he looked at the lights and fountains.  Tongue-Lasher would be easy to spot if she was around the park.  Hard to miss a big troll lady.  Case smiled, he bet she couldn't ride any of the rides.  With the glory of the recent fight they could evacuate people back to unchanged lands so they could return to normal or not transform in the first place.  Elves and trolls would eventually be the main residents of Copenhagen.  Well besides those too stubborn to leave.  He wondered how they'd get along.