
Assassin asks the driver where they are being taken and he says,
"Do not worry, to a safe place not far from here."
He speeds up the car somewhat and checks his rear view mirror often. Assassin then tells the man he needs to stop which he reluctantly does on a shoulder of the road. He says,
"Please, the ring must be kept safe as the dark powers that want it is bigger than all of us!"
Krusten can sense that the drivers intentions are somewhat deceptive but not evil.
GM: Say what you wish to do now.
Upon Assassin's mild threat he says,
"I know you powers, I know but please if this ring is not safe place then very bad evil take us all!"
The man seems incredibly upset, he sweats and starts to fidget. To Krusten he says,
"Please, please we take ring to safe place, we not safe here, we not safe."
Krusten again feels deception in the man and he is keeping something from you.
GM: Say what you wish to do now.
Assassin and Krusten exit the cab and begin looking for a taxi in the unfamiliar neighborhood while for some unknown reason Shifter stays seated and the cab driver leaves quickly with a screech bending sharply around a corner thus disappearing out of your immediate view.
GM: Say what you wish to do now.
Krusten and Assassin try to get a cab.
Around the same time...
Shifter demands of the cab driver why he is not telling the whole truth, the man says nothing and suddenly makes a turn into an alley way that has many men dressed in traditional Egyptian clothing, while a certain number are in all black with ski masks and guns.
The man gets out of the car quickly and stops only to say,
"I sorry, I sorry... I try to help you make easy this."
He then disappears into the crowd gathered to 'greet' you. One masked man comes to the car window of your door and tells you to get out while pointing a tech 9 in your direction. Other men are similarly armed.
GM: I mainly need actions for Shifter at the moment.
Shifter obeys. He come out of the car and is escorted by arm to a nearby room where a middle aged man who looks like he might be a religious leader comes in with a very pleasant tone,
"My friend..." he begins with a smile and motions to have a seat by a small table with a bowl of fruit on it.
"I'm sorry for all of this but we cannot take chances. There are dark forces involved in having power and we are sworn to protect what belongs to the gods. Now there is a matter of ring in your possession, and if you keep it then those evil powers will come after you and they will not stop until they have it. How can you help us?"
GM: Just actions for Shifter for now.
"The ring, by its nature will work on anyone who possesses it. The only solution is to return it to the god who created it as an appeasement. If this does not happen it will fall into the wrong hands and then they can use it to create an army that will rise up against all!"
Says the man as though he were preaching to a congregation.
"Please, you must tell me now where it is... In fact, tell your friends to bring it here so we can do the necessary things that have to be done."
GM: Just actions from Shifter still.
"You haven't been kidnapped, you are free to go at anytime but if you do I do not know what uncertainty lies ahead for you and your friends. What you see here serves as your protection.
The ring is powerful, it tries to control, in fact it controls people by the will of the bearer, but it also changes the one who wears it to do its bidding."
GM: Say what you wish to do now.
"We are priests of the great god Amun. The ring was forged so that a pharaoh could rule over his enemies so that they would not attack Egypt. Unfortunately, the ring has fallen into the wrong hands of those who want this power for personal gain. We must perform a ritual at our temple not far from here and return the ring to Amun, every second counts."
GM: It is just KNtoran's move at the moment.