Issue No.1 - Trouble in the Deep Sea

Synopsis
The Stranger and Black-wing are interrupted in their day to day activities when a police cruiser speeds past, prompting a quick reconnaissance of the nearby aquarium. They are joined by Sergeant Swan who runs headlong into the situation, quickly searching the now abandoned police car. The Stranger attempts to get a read on the situation by mind scanning the nearby civilians, finding a mix of human and animal minds and one curious mixture of both. Sneaking through a side door and into a loading bay, the group split with Black-wing taking off into the vents while the other two stayed on ground.

While travelling, Black-wing discovered a strange radio box stuck to the inside of the vent by a strange adhesive, which he carefully detached and stowed away. Meanwhile, The Stranger and Sergeant were surprised to see a maintenance worker burst in to the back hallways and quickly duck into a back room, not before very unconvincingly making up a reason for being there.

After quickly absorbing so electricity, expecting a fight, the two followed the worker through the aquariums back rooms to a security terminal a poorly hidden folder detailing aquarium exhibits. One which immediately caught their eye was for a mantis shrimp, whose file was heavily redacted and seemed to be the target for whatever the "maintenance worker" was looking for.

Tracking down the enclosure lead to a short fight as the worker, revealed to be a camouflaged octopus man, dropped from the roof vents and accosted the heroes. In the fight the enclosure was shattered and the shrimp doused in black inky liquid which caused an immediate and extreme mutation. In its place was a large humanoid mantis which began assisting the octopus to fight but ultimately turned out to be no match for a now full grown Sergeant and the body-snatching powers of the Stranger.

With the villains defeated a final clue was revealed to the heroes, hidden in the discarded maintenance uniform, which was revealed to be a reversible police uniform. A small black card with a reflective symbol of a large clawed crab.

Characters Involved
Blackwing

Sergeant Swan

The Stranger

Dofleini

Hoplo

Locations Involved
New Melbourne