littlekreen
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ALWAYS THE WINDOW SHOPPER, NEVER THE PRODUCT.
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Unmasking the Mystery of the Missing Munitions
West of Lake Okeechobee is deep marshland crisscrossed by canals, which formed a natural enclave, though too far from the Everglades to be from the fen folk. The Mossbacks ruled this particular territory, general menaces sprinkled along state Route 78 with habits of deception and surprise attacks using the swamp and IEDs. A Defiant Sisters patrol on the east-west route, north of the lake, was looking for a merchant gone missing that day. As they located the merchant's remains the caravan looted and bodies of the fallen now cold. After stopping to bury the bodies an oncoming high-pitched roar circled the site with its unknown source heading south toward the lake. Shortly afterward, the patrol unfortunate enough to be at ground zero experienced a greater cause of alarm as well as some in the nearby settlement. A bellow of gatorclaw mounted the road double timing south in chase of the noise and straight into the swamp nearly going over the top of them. Gunshots rang everywhere from the patrol until the stragglers left to the swampy side of Route 78 wreaking utter havoc as they advanced into bandit territory. Several injuries from difficult to dissuade gatorclaw forced a retreat from the area to a small field base in the former Raulerson Hospital to report the carnage and tend their casualties. Smoke rose on the horizon as explosions and fires rang out in the distance.
Given their lack of resources and the nature of the threat, they've raised a bounty for information on the missing shipment as well as a general recon of the Mossbacks with those among them or allies to direct interested parties to inquire at the hospital. While the Defiant Sisters were mum on the nature of the shipment from whoever one hears of the offer they're very clear it's not a suicide mission to clear out gatorclaw. The mossbacks have something it's better they not have but sudden complications are how it goes in the wasteland. The hospital has seen better days but its relative intactness left merchants and mercs passing through until it was worth it for a few to settle down. There's often a few wandering merchants though nobody stays for long this close to the raider territory.
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