11/02/2018 - Confronting Councillor Teugen (9)

Searching for Ideas

They discuss how to confront Councillor Teugen at a Council meeting. Bart considers kidnapping another Councillor and disguising himself as that Councillor at a meeting. The others dismiss this suggestion.

They decide to go to see someone at the local Church to try to recruit him on their mission. Perhaps they could lure the Councillor to a meeting at a Church and then confront him.

Leaving the Inn

They discuss getting round to renting a house. Bart can’t help financially, as he’s spent it all on bribes. Gert asks who he has been bribing, but Bart tells him to “Never you minded.”

They decide not to stay at the Inn that night. They book another night with the Inn Keeper and state publically they are staying, but they sneak out the back way with their luggage and go to stay in the Merchant Guild house they broke into the previous day, assuming that they will not want to go back there as it is a known location.

Wednesday, 19 April 1702

That night, Bart is having a dream about someone trying to find him. The eyes of this person are very familiar, but he does not find Bart. During the dream, Bart calls out in his native Romanian, but no one understands it.

At the Church

They leave before dawn. Adolphus suggests they go to the Church and pray. Bart stays outside on “watch”. Adolphus starts to become suspicious of him.

They stay for a few hours, until the morning service starts, which they take part in. Then Leon convinces the verger to get them an audience with the priest. Gerhart learns that Father Luther does not have a lot of time, as he needs to be at the Council meeting this afternoon.

Father Luther agrees to see them and Adolphus starts introducing himself as a Witch Hunter.

A Pact with the Devil

Leon tells Father Luther that Councillor Teugen has made a pact with the Devil. He is shocked and incredulous, asking for evidence. Barts says he overheard him talking. Leon focuses on Gideon as the main cult member and wants to have an audience with the Councillor without Gideon being there.

Then they tell him about the Satanic Temple they found in the sewers and that it has been cleansed.

Father Luther says he can’t act on these allegations without evidence. They say all he needs to do is get them an audience with Councillor Teugen. He is concerned but reluctantly agrees to do so, but will do no more.

He reluctantly agrees to have the verger look after their luggage, then sees them out. If they are in the lobby of the Council House, he will send them a message when they have an audience with Councillor Teugen.

Gert goes to rent a house, taking some of Adolphus’s money. Bart effortlessly “relieves” a merchant who is doing well for himself of his excess money.

The Council House

They go to the Council House and wait in the lobby. There are others waiting to see Councillors about various issues and they overhear some gossip that the Empty Glass Inn was broken into that night.

Various Councillors arrive and are pestered by those waiting, including Councillor Teugen, who Bart hides from.

A clerk comes down to tell Adolphus von Drakwald his appointment with Councillor Teugen is now. They are escorted into the Council House to Teugen’s office.

Appointment with Councillor Teugen

They are shown into his office and he asks them what is this important Religious issue that they want to talk to him about. They tell him bluntly they know about his pact with the Devil and Gideon. They want to help him. When he denies this is true, Bart starts to threaten him. Teugen then becomes angry, drawing a pistol and telling them to leave. They decide to leave.

Bart distracts the clerk who was to escort them out and sneaks into a post room. He then persuades the Postman to finish for the day and let him do what he wants. Bart looks through the post box for Councillor Teugen and takes the post for him, but his literacy is so poor he picks up the wrong Councillor’s post.

Bart tries to hang around looking like he should be there until the Council meeting starts.

The others see Councillor Teugen leave the Council House, escorted by two guards. They follow him back to his house.

End of Episode Nine.