<strong>Hero Points:</strong>3;<strong>Conditions:</strong>None (Recovered)<br/><br/>The final crook had little time to appreciate his pursuer’s athletic form as the oncoming grenade burst in mid-air. He dove for cover just in time, and miraculously survived.<br/><br/>“Alright, enough!” he shouted. “I call uncle!”<br/><br/>Looking quite rattled as he crawled out from behind an upside-down boat resting on a pier, the Phantom Lady found little resistance. At this distance she recognized him as Samuele Bianchi, a Soldier of the Lucchese Crime Family.<br/><br/>“So we finally meet, in the flesh,” he said with an emphasis on the final word. In spite of his fear he could not help but take notice of his distaff foe’s peculiar garments.<br/><br/>“So what are you after, eh? You don’t look like you’re with the g-men.”<br/><br/><em>Up to you how to get information out of him, although given your combat prowess he is not one to argue. You have enough time to ask him one or two questions before he shuts up.</em><br/><br/>Fortunately it didn’t take long for him to talk. “Well you saw all the gats on display, but the clients wanted something that wasn’t there. A buncha Okies, they can go to Hell for all I care after that stunt they pulled.”<br/><br/>Unfortunately it didn’t take long to cut the conversation short, either. Crimson flashes of sirens out on the street indicated the presence of police vehicles.<br/><br/>The mafioso smiled. “Well, I ain’t sayin’ no more. Doctor says I should keep my mouth shut around the coppers.”<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Investigation Automatic</div><div class="spoiler_body">The unconscious criminals seem to be from different social classes although on the lower end of the economic hierarchy. The mafioso and negotiating client are well-dressed although in a “new money” way: pinstripe suits, fedoras, no noticeable stains. The rest of the men accompanying the client are more roughly dressed: fishermen’s caps, fur gloves, overcoats with multiple stitches on their clothes, and multiple layers underneath to protect from the cold. Each only has a few bucks in change at most, although the negotiating client had a thick wad of bills rolled up in one of his pockets: easily over a thousand.<br/><br/>The Phantom Lady spots a box of matches emblazoned with the IWW symbol (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Workers_of_the_World) on it in the pockets of one of the clients. This labor union is known to have many homeless and transient workers as members. The Red River Dam is a large construction project on the verge of completion, and given its proximity to Emerald City’s Hooverville likely means they’re from there.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">DC 15</div><div class="spoiler_body">One of the buyers has a tattoo of a narwhal on the back of his neck (was lying face-up initially). Phantom Lady recognizes the art style as belonging to Crackerjack Joe, an ex-navy tattooist and fisherman who does business at the Cannery Marketplace.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">DC 20</div><div class="spoiler_body">The pineapple grenades have a slightly unique look to them such that the Phantom Lady can identify their manufacturing facility, and likely which National Guard armory the Mafia knocked over (or infiltrated) to get them. It’s from Fort Breckenridge, right here in Emerald City.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">DC 25</div><div class="spoiler_body">The younger Mafioso has a note in Japanese. It’s quickly crumpled and a section of it is ripped, partially obscuring the message.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Dodge 23 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=148832)<br/>Toughness 17 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=148833)<br/>Gain a Hero Point for busting up the arms deal.<br/><br/>From the comics of hers that I read, the Phantom Lady’s relationship with police was pretty vague. Up to you if your own knowledge/interpretation wishes for anything more specific. If you want it to be negative or otherwise suspicious, that can net you another Hero Point.</div></div><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><strong>Leads to Pursue</strong></span></span><br/><br/>(https://i.imgur.com/dTGZr4B.jpg?1)</div><br/><strong>Hooverville/Red River Dam:</strong>Located south and east of Royal Hill, many regard the West Vallee neighborhood as outside Emerald City proper. It is home to a large population of homeless people and transient workers who lost everything during the Dust Bowl, and most work in construction for the Red River Dam Project. Allegedly this is where the arms dealers came from, and there’s no way such people would have enough cash to buy that amount of money from the Mob without lucrative criminal connections or outside help.<br/><br/><strong>Cannery Marketplace:</strong>Fishmongers, bars, bait and tackle shops, and a few discreet cat houses provide everything that is needed to service sailors here. Crackerjack Joe operates a tattoo parlor in a small shack.<br/><br/><strong>Fort Breckinridge:</strong>This army base overlooks the Pacific Ocean. Dating to the Civil War, it sits at the mouth of the Red River, and the construction of the nearby hydroelectric dam will serve as a great new power source for Emerald City. It’s not open to the public, so the Phantom Lady will need a good excuse (or street smarts) if she wishes to snoop around.<br/>