The midnight air is cold and thin, biting against the leathery skin of Dream David's outstretched wings.
Dream David
The city looks so peaceful from this height. If only they would stop hunting me, I could just exist.
Police Pilot
Target sighted at two o'clock. Switching to thermal tracking. Keep that spotlight locked on the anomaly.
A blinding beam of light cuts through the darkness, pinning Dream David against the backdrop of the skyscrapers.
Police Officer
Unidentified aerial entity, drop to the rooftops immediately. This is your final warning before we engage countermeasures.
Dream David
They have no idea what I am, they just see a monster. I can try to dive and lose them in the alleys, or I can climb higher and risk exhaustion.
+ Scene Quest Added
Escape the police pursuit
“Swoop down and hide on the ceiling in the subway.”
SUCCESS (Good Stealth, rolled +2)
Dream David
They want a target. Let them look at the clouds while I become a ghost.
Dream David
Catch me if you can.
Dream David tucks his wings tight, plummeting like a stone through the freezing night air. He bypasses the spotlight, vanishing into the shadows cast by a monolithic glass tower.
Police Pilot
He just dropped off the radar. The thermal signature is lost in the heat bleed from the skyscrapers. Sweep the lower sectors.
Beneath the city, the subway entrance gapes open like a subterranean throat. Dream David flares his wings at the last second, sliding silently into the gloom of the station ceiling.
Dream David
Safe in the dark, hanging inverted above the subway tracks. I can hear the rumble of an approaching train, the vibrations masking my own breathing.
Quest Complete
Escape the police pursuit