The Misadventures of the Lords of Loot.

Episode #22:  There is No Escape from Looters Inc.

With Prodigy coming out of retirement, our trio is back with a vengeance.  Disruptive and destructive as usual, Amatsu Mikuboshi and Mog, The Unspeakable are selected for tonight's quest in search of life, laughs, and loot.  Like an idiot, I didn't have my screenshot program open when the evening began.  I will do my best to bring you up to speed. 

After searching for possible candidates for a quick disarm/steal, Mog finds an Order guild member (name lost since there was no screenshot) wielding a large battle axe of vanquishing.  While preparing for the disarm,  two Chaos guild members show up, and their battle begins.  Mog and Amatsu chase them all over Buc's Den and through the teleporter to Vesper.  Upon their arrival, it seems the Order guy has breathed his last.  Since Mog still has the axe on last target, he waits a few moments for the looting to begin.  The Chaos member Mad Monk was the first to jump on such a fine weapon, and Mog performs a "snatch and run like hell" maneuver.

I'm such a spineless coward.  Amatsu keeps me informed of their whereabouts while I wait for this criminal status to wear off.

Amatsu warns me that Mad Monk and his buddy Mr McDoogle are headed my direction.  I have to stash the loot just in case!  The armoire in this building will do nicely.

Mad Monk takes a dirtnap a few steps away, and Amatsu alerts me to the nice loot he is carrying.  I snatch up the power broadsword and hand both it and the vanquishing large battle axe to Amatsu.  He will bank the loot while I work off this perma-grey status.

After waiting FOREVER (2 minutes) I thank Mad Monk for his donations, and Amatsu and I are off to look for more action.

Amatsu calls me to Skara Brae Moongate where it looks like a hunting party has met up.  Destiny, Lord Weasle, Jonney Blaze, and "tra la la di da" are headed to the Terathan Keep to tame nightmares, it seems.  Seeing the possibility for loot, Amatsu springs into action while I remain hidden and undetected thus far.

As you can see, it's pure chaos down here...      Alright, so they just aren't very good at what they do.

Finally they walk far enough away to where I can night sight myself.  A very wounded "tra la la di da" returns with Amatsu close behind.  Amatsu has been very eager to take a murder count all evening and has promised that "One of these Trammies will die before I leave here."

Before Amatsu lands his poison, "tra la la di da" takes a dirtnap thanks to the Terathans close by.  Destiny gates out the newly tamed mare and her friends.

Even though 100+ of each reagent is damn fine loot, we were hoping for more since there were four of them.  Soon after I finish looting the body, Big Jon Austin shows up from the south.  Is he a part of their group or just a loner?  It doesn't matter.  He will die.

Big Jon was doing fine until that Terathan Avenger poison coursed through his veins.  I hide on the body while Amatsu lures these nasty critters away.

Normally, I dry loot, but not today.  There is just too much crap on Big Jon's body.  I am rather excited when I open the treasure bag Big Jon was carrying.  Thanks to it and his reagent bag, no wonder I'm so overweight!  Amatsu gates us back to the Looters Inc. Armory to stash the loot.

Here's a quick recap of the loot, thus far.

So far tonight has gone off without a problem.  The two of us realize a little too late that we don't have a rune to the Felucca Terathan Keep.  So it's off to Trammel to do things the good ol' fashioned way.  Much to my dismay, I was forced to abandon my horse to place the Fel stone into the ground. 

If I was wearing pants, I would need new ones.  Poor Big Jon is back and it looks like everyone is happy to see him.  Too bad you can't go through my gate unless you are partied with me!  Nice run though.

Amatsu once again is kind enough to lure those bastards off while I begin to loot.  It seems some of the Terathans began looting before I could, since his body is missing a few reagents.  Damn looters!

Not nearly as much as before, but I guess it will have to do.

I manage to mark a rune just as a gate opens.  Ah joy!  It is our old friends from before.  It looks like "tra la la di da" was not prepared to come back, since death comes almost instantly.

After my hide fails, Amatsu is quick with the invisibility.  It seems I was wrong about "tra la la di da."  She was quite prepared for the trip down here!

After this second failure, they gate out almost immediately.  Mog stashes the loot and it is decided that Finster's skills would be more useful in this situation.  Upon returning, Amatsu tells me that Big Jon Austin has returned.  Right before we decide to kill him, Big Jon seals his own fate by laying down a paralyze field.  No murder count today!

Both Amatsu and Finster are grandmasters in the arts of magic.  There is no escape Big Jon!

Another batch of the same loot is recovered from Big Jon's body.  Let's tally it all up, shall we?

Total Loot:  300-800 of each reagent.  15,000 gold.  A level 4 treasure map.  A power broadsword and vanquishing large battle axe.

Today's Lesson:  Take advantage of days like this.  They won't last.