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| ====== The Second Ghost Story: Making Their Mark - Chapter 1 ====== | ====== The Second Ghost Story: Making Their Mark - Chapter 1 ====== | ||
| - | //Game session: 7/5/2011// (([[players:zach_d|Zach D]]. absent due to illness.)) | + | //Game session: 7/5/2011. [[players:tex]] absent due to illness.// |
| ===== Saturday August 29th, 2009 ===== | ===== Saturday August 29th, 2009 ===== | ||
| - | [[wod: | + | [[wod: |
| - | Anita says that [[wod:npcs: | + | Anita says that [[wod:characters: |
| - | Peter, [[wod: | + | Peter, [[wod: |
| Anita opens the Botanica on time but the day is relatively quiet; she knows from years of experience that as soon as school starts her business will dry up between noon and four, when her regular clientele of old ladies is home watching their soap operas. She takes advantage of the quiet and idly rummages through some old totes of junk her grandmother has stored at the store, looking for old books and the like. She finds three handwritten tomes bound carefully in cracking leather, all by the same author. Two are in German and one is in Latin. The books are very old, and Anita assumes her abuela picked them up as part of someone’s collection and promptly forgot about them. She pages through them carefully and is surprised to find a crude map of the Autochthonous Depths in one of the German manuscripts! She picks out the cavern, the grotto, the garden, the hallway, and something that looks like a temple leading to a river, but careful examination of the map seems to indicate the cenote leading into the Upper Reaches has moved: the Avernian Gate is in what will become Forest Park, but is not where the Barney mausoleum is. Anita carefully places the books back and noodles around on the Internet for a bit; she’s amused to find the graffiti Erika spray-painted on the Rock 102 billboard is still present. | Anita opens the Botanica on time but the day is relatively quiet; she knows from years of experience that as soon as school starts her business will dry up between noon and four, when her regular clientele of old ladies is home watching their soap operas. She takes advantage of the quiet and idly rummages through some old totes of junk her grandmother has stored at the store, looking for old books and the like. She finds three handwritten tomes bound carefully in cracking leather, all by the same author. Two are in German and one is in Latin. The books are very old, and Anita assumes her abuela picked them up as part of someone’s collection and promptly forgot about them. She pages through them carefully and is surprised to find a crude map of the Autochthonous Depths in one of the German manuscripts! She picks out the cavern, the grotto, the garden, the hallway, and something that looks like a temple leading to a river, but careful examination of the map seems to indicate the cenote leading into the Upper Reaches has moved: the Avernian Gate is in what will become Forest Park, but is not where the Barney mausoleum is. Anita carefully places the books back and noodles around on the Internet for a bit; she’s amused to find the graffiti Erika spray-painted on the Rock 102 billboard is still present. | ||
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| They head into the hallway and spot the ghost heading deeper into the school. They follow briskly, and realize the ghost seems to be heading to the core of the building, possibly to the basement. Erika wonders if there is an unknown Avernian Gate here in the school, and decides that would be a mixed blessing. She also realizes there are no other ghosts present at all, and that worries her. The specter notices they’re following her and places her hand on a light switch. The Sin-Eaters see a blue-white spark erupt into the switch and dive for cover as the overhead florescent lights overload and explode! They are showered with hot plastic and burning filament but escape serious injury. The ghost makes a beeline for the basement and David and Erika reluctantly conclude that chasing it will likely lead to more damage to the school. In minutes the maintenance staff descends on the area and Erika claims she has no idea what caused the overload. David tries to spin something about “seeing this on the Internet once,” but the maintenance guys just send them away. They return for the afternoon part of the meeting and luckily there are no further incidents. | They head into the hallway and spot the ghost heading deeper into the school. They follow briskly, and realize the ghost seems to be heading to the core of the building, possibly to the basement. Erika wonders if there is an unknown Avernian Gate here in the school, and decides that would be a mixed blessing. She also realizes there are no other ghosts present at all, and that worries her. The specter notices they’re following her and places her hand on a light switch. The Sin-Eaters see a blue-white spark erupt into the switch and dive for cover as the overhead florescent lights overload and explode! They are showered with hot plastic and burning filament but escape serious injury. The ghost makes a beeline for the basement and David and Erika reluctantly conclude that chasing it will likely lead to more damage to the school. In minutes the maintenance staff descends on the area and Erika claims she has no idea what caused the overload. David tries to spin something about “seeing this on the Internet once,” but the maintenance guys just send them away. They return for the afternoon part of the meeting and luckily there are no further incidents. | ||
| - | Anita typically opens the shop at 10 o’clock and closes around 7:30, but starting at opening and going straight on until noon there is a constant flow of business non-stop. Come midday, Anita has $250 in the till and she’s out of Jesus candles and other protective ingredients. Concerned, Anita puts in some reorders and putters around the shop until 2 o’clock, when the door opens and she’s hit by the worst body odor she’s ever smelled. [[wod:npcs:grubby_man|A grubby man]] with tattered clothing and rancid personal hygiene walks in; his beard and hair a wild rat’s nest and more salt than pepper, and missing some of his yellow teeth. The Grubby Man asks for old books that deal with protection, but Anita admits she doesn’t really carry old books. She offers to put together a kit of protective items for about twenty bucks, and is startled when the man pulls out a thick wad of bills and hands her a crisp $100 note. | + | Anita typically opens the shop at 10 o’clock and closes around 7:30, but starting at opening and going straight on until noon there is a constant flow of business non-stop. Come midday, Anita has $250 in the till and she’s out of Jesus candles and other protective ingredients. Concerned, Anita puts in some reorders and putters around the shop until 2 o’clock, when the door opens and she’s hit by the worst body odor she’s ever smelled. [[wod:characters:grubby|A grubby man]] with tattered clothing and rancid personal hygiene walks in; his beard and hair a wild rat’s nest and more salt than pepper, and missing some of his yellow teeth. The Grubby Man asks for old books that deal with protection, but Anita admits she doesn’t really carry old books. She offers to put together a kit of protective items for about twenty bucks, and is startled when the man pulls out a thick wad of bills and hands her a crisp $100 note. |
| Anita turns to make change but Grubby Man insists he get his full $100 worth of items. Startled, Anita pulls together five kits of protective items, seriously denting her store’s supplies, and hands the bags to the man. She asks what he’s seen and he replies, “All sorts of crazy shit.” The guy eyes her suddenly and blurts out, “You’re on fire!” Anita replies totally deadpan, “I know.” Grubby Man tells her, “The ones without eyes are watching you,” and he heads out the door. Anita lights every spare scented candle and turns on all the fans she has to banish the stink, and then carefully examines the $100 bill. To her surprise, it’s completely legit. She does more ordering and stock rearranging until 4 o’clock, when the aging Latinas descend on her store again. She is swiftly mobbed and spots a few of her grandmother’s cronies in the crowd; she asks why the sudden rush but gets mostly impassive looks in return. One Latina deigns to tell her, “Bad readings, bad juju.” | Anita turns to make change but Grubby Man insists he get his full $100 worth of items. Startled, Anita pulls together five kits of protective items, seriously denting her store’s supplies, and hands the bags to the man. She asks what he’s seen and he replies, “All sorts of crazy shit.” The guy eyes her suddenly and blurts out, “You’re on fire!” Anita replies totally deadpan, “I know.” Grubby Man tells her, “The ones without eyes are watching you,” and he heads out the door. Anita lights every spare scented candle and turns on all the fans she has to banish the stink, and then carefully examines the $100 bill. To her surprise, it’s completely legit. She does more ordering and stock rearranging until 4 o’clock, when the aging Latinas descend on her store again. She is swiftly mobbed and spots a few of her grandmother’s cronies in the crowd; she asks why the sudden rush but gets mostly impassive looks in return. One Latina deigns to tell her, “Bad readings, bad juju.” | ||
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| Anita heads home shortly thereafter and finds a horrifying sight in the kitchen – Abuela with three empty cans of beer. Anita is flabbergasted and demands to know what exactly is going on today; Abuela admits a rash of ominous Tarot readings and strange sightings has descended upon Springfield. One of her cronies – a woman named Maritza – saw two gringos at Central High School chase a ghost and nearly get electrocuted for their troubles; Anita makes a mental note to check on Erika and David tomorrow. The Witch suddenly comes out of her dormancy and blurts, “How the hell did he see us?” Anita winces but decides to deal with Grubby Man’s discovery later. She asks what reading came up in Abuela’s Tarot cards and Abuela replies, “Death, The Devil, and The Hierophant, all reversed.” ((**Past – Death (Reversed)**: | Anita heads home shortly thereafter and finds a horrifying sight in the kitchen – Abuela with three empty cans of beer. Anita is flabbergasted and demands to know what exactly is going on today; Abuela admits a rash of ominous Tarot readings and strange sightings has descended upon Springfield. One of her cronies – a woman named Maritza – saw two gringos at Central High School chase a ghost and nearly get electrocuted for their troubles; Anita makes a mental note to check on Erika and David tomorrow. The Witch suddenly comes out of her dormancy and blurts, “How the hell did he see us?” Anita winces but decides to deal with Grubby Man’s discovery later. She asks what reading came up in Abuela’s Tarot cards and Abuela replies, “Death, The Devil, and The Hierophant, all reversed.” ((**Past – Death (Reversed)**: | ||
| - | Isobel is up early – for her – and heads to the physical therapy center at Baystate Medical Center for her formal orientation. The appointment is at 8:30 AM and she arrives with a few minutes to spare. The interior of the building itself is done in soothing blues and greens, a far cry from the harsh ER with its antiseptic whites. She introduces herself to [[wod:npcs: | + | Isobel is up early – for her – and heads to the physical therapy center at Baystate Medical Center for her formal orientation. The appointment is at 8:30 AM and she arrives with a few minutes to spare. The interior of the building itself is done in soothing blues and greens, a far cry from the harsh ER with its antiseptic whites. She introduces herself to [[wod:characters: |
| Isobel heads out to sign papers with Marge, who she finds politely aloof. After finishing the paperwork – and relishing the idea of a nine-to-five job with only the occasional weekend – Isobel heads out to return home. She drives off, but soon spots a black Ford F-150 pickup truck with a dual cab and shell over the back following her. She makes a few turns to see if she is correct, and each time the Ford pickup stays with her, although sometimes it’s a car-length or two back. Growing concerned, she pulls into a supermarket to be near people, and watches as the pickup drives right past the parking lot. Still uncertain, Isobel grabs some groceries and heads home without spotting anything else out of the ordinary. | Isobel heads out to sign papers with Marge, who she finds politely aloof. After finishing the paperwork – and relishing the idea of a nine-to-five job with only the occasional weekend – Isobel heads out to return home. She drives off, but soon spots a black Ford F-150 pickup truck with a dual cab and shell over the back following her. She makes a few turns to see if she is correct, and each time the Ford pickup stays with her, although sometimes it’s a car-length or two back. Growing concerned, she pulls into a supermarket to be near people, and watches as the pickup drives right past the parking lot. Still uncertain, Isobel grabs some groceries and heads home without spotting anything else out of the ordinary. | ||
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