"Why should I fear? Fear stops me from learning. Fear lets my enemy live."
Put the eye back in its cabinet for now.
Wish for the ability to find the owner of an item. Use it on the badge.
"I will not be afraid."
Name: Ailn
Appearance: Wrinkly, frail, and raggedy. She's actually not very old, and much faster than she looks, but certainly has an unhealthy look about her. Dark hair and eyes.
Backstory: Child of wealth, persistent illness, oddly unbreakable will. She left, of course. She doesn't see much use in money, though her family makes sure she has plenty of it. She'd like to be able to cure her illness, and maybe make some sense of this crazy world. Maybe going a little crazy will help, if that's what it takes.
Physical stats:
Strength: d6
Dexterity: d8
Speed: d8
Endurance: d6
Awareness: d6
Guile: d10
Knowledge: d6
Willpower: d12
Occult stats:
Corruption: d4
Madness: d4
Favor: d8
World Stats:
Connections: d4
Possessions: d6
Money: d12
Standing: d4
Inventory:
old messenger bag
coffee mug
pair of dice
notebook
pen
key ring
key to a Chevrolet Camaro
surgical tools (v. sharp and professional!)
regrettably fuzzy handcuffs
trash bags
double-edged knife
7 harnesses + carriage + carabiners
"Silence" badge
$224
The feeling you get is odd. No flash of power or metaphysical confetti, just a dull understanding. You pick up the badge and concentrate on it. The knowledge doesn't come up like a map or some sensation pointing in the right direction. Instead you just sort of know, almost like you're remembering where the badge is from even though you should have no such memory. You don't know who the owner is or even what they look like but the knowledge of where they currently are is solid. They're apparently in a house a few miles away.
Offer quick prayer of thanks to Scholar.
Are there any alternate exits in this basement?
Go outside, find some place near a payphone and keep watch. Alert the crew if something happens.
Name: Helen Hywater, though she insists on calling herself "The Recorder" during cult related activities
Appearance: A young girl (that looks more like she's in her late 20s) with short dark hair and green eyes. Tends to wear a dark brown trenchcoat and fedora during cult related activities to avoid suspicion.
Backstory: Has a fascination with recording stuff for posterity and specifically cameras. Makes her way through life doing odd jobs and videotaping things, sometimes things she probably shouldn't record. She's even managed to make some short films. She's a bit weird and she knows it but she doesn't care. As for why she's with the cult, she mostly just wants to record stuff and then sell them for fame and loads of money. Maybe she can make the world's first real found footage film.
Physical stats:
Strength: d4
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d10
Endurance: d8
Awareness: d12
Guile: d8
Knowledge: d6
Willpower: d10
Occult stats:
Corruption: 0
Madness: 0
Favor: d6 (The Scholar in Red)
World Stats:
Connections: d10
Possessions: d4
Money: d4
Standing: d8
Inventory:
Clothes
A high-end handheld camcorder with flashlight and infrared nightvision capability
Rented grey sedan (5 days left)
1 tape copy
3165$
There are no alternate exits to this room; just a single door out of the front.
You head outside and over to the nearest payphone, which is maybe 200 feet away against the wall of a building across the street. You lean against the wall and wait.
Open ye package.
Name: Sean O'Malley, Phd.
Appearance: A trim, short man in his mid-40s, who looks noticeably reptilian, with long sharp teeth, a forked, snake-like tongue, scale-like flesh, and slitted yellow eyes. He has a hissing voice tone and smoke drifts from his nose and mouth.
Backstory: After completing his doctorate in Philosophy, he found his life unexpectedly limited after promoting some rather nonstandard views, after discovering and investigating some minor secrets. His position was since removed, and he no longer commands the respect he once had among his peers.
Physical stats: (list in order)
Strength: d4
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d8
Endurance: d8
Awareness: d10
Guile: d8
Knowledge: d12
Willpower: d8
Occult stats:
Corruption: 1d4 (1)
Madness: 0
Favor: 2
World Stats:
Connections: d6
Possessions: d6
Money: d6
Standing: d6
Inventory:
$1390
Bicycle
Drafting Board
Datsun Maxima
Inside the package is a plastic bag filled with polaroid pictures and a note. The note is a simple scrap of paper with "DISBAND" written on it. The Polaroids are images of the interiors of homes.
The homes of members of the cult, specifically Helen's.
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