[u][b][color=ed1c24]James Gregor Castner[/color][/b][/u]

Rose was gone.

The fiery synth had been standing on the Hull no more than 12 feet away from him, and she was gone in a flash of sparks and a puff of fog. James wanted to shout something, anything, but the shock and his training kept him silent. He felt utterly disturbed by what he witnessed.

"Your town is living on borrowed time," the head cultist said, "Tell your people that they must make their choice soon. Far Harbor can not remain as it is. Someone must make them choose..."

With that, the assembled group of Cultists turned and walked back into the fog-covered ruins of old Bar Harbor, melting back into its protecting envelopment and leaving them dumbfounded.

 Of course, it was the Enclaver who opened his mouth first. James turned back to the others... "Anyone else think that was staged? They took that railroad agent too quickly and easily.... did anyone see her arms go down when the fog approached her?" he asked..

Castner shook his head out of uncertainty, rather than denial. “She seemed surprised, but didn’t move like the rest of us would have. The cult must have some way of effecting synths with the fog. Maybe Rose was forced to go. I hate to say it, but it seems like some kind of magic.” 

"Oh and can someone help me get this off?" James asked, as though they hadn’t just been faced with something momentous, bizarre, and downright unnatural. "I should go and see the doctor about my arm before the foggers come back."

Castner sighed and helped the Enclaver out of his power armor. “My makeshift bandages from earlier will do for now. I’m going to talk to Corrine and Steve about our next move.” He got out of his suit too and went to Corrine and Steve, thinking the Enclaver might follow. 

He moved quickly to them and talked quickly to them. “It’s good we got Avery, but we need to start preparing the town. That sounded like the last bit of diplomacy we would get. We should get all those projects we had in mind going with the vertibird stuff. Do you still have people good at working on the Hull and other engineering? (OOC Wondering if the Mariner is still around).” 

He paused abruptly and stared at the spot where Rose was. “Rose couldn't have just disappeared,” he said slowly “What if they somehow forced her to run off into the Fog? If she moved quickly, she could have run off in the short time we couldn’t see her. I’m going to check for tracks. They could lead us to the cultists. Can either of you help me?” James went over to the ground near where Rose stood and started looking for footprints or other signs. [Roll for tracking]