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Mission Report


Sat, Apr 20, 2019 ((2022-06-18))<br/>
Team: Delly (Cael), Fonn (BLANK), Ikhilzis (Schizo), Lae'eni (BLANK), Lottie (Basil), Smokes (Aune), Ulthane (BLANK), Zenovi (BLANK) 

Smokes and Ikhilzis continued examining the dead bodies, while Lottie and Delly pursued the undead being. You caught it on the surface and destroyed it. A chronomancy effect caused the soul to rewind back into the sewer. Ikhilzis caught and grappled the soul until the effect stopped. Lottie talked with the soul. She turned out to be Felicia Bergen. Felicia developed an opioid addiction and lost her job at Green Boarman Internet Solutions. After she died, a soul escort came to her. The escort wordlessly expressed weariness with escorting souls like hers, and instead offered her a chance for vengeance. Felicia went to Boarman HQ and murdered at least several people. Some of them rose as undead. Then the chronomancy returned her to the sewer. Felicia was on her way back to Boarman HQ when you caught her. Lottie and Ikhilzis extracted the violet creep from Felicia and contained it. Felicia is haunting Lottie to help deal with the evil she spread. The full team is about to enter Boarman HQ. The whole building is contained by city gloom, and Snow observed signs of violence and what are probably zombies within.

== Details ==

* Alpha Leader: Smokes
* Beta Leader: Lottie
* Hot Objectives
** Investigate what happened to the unescorted soul, and how the violet creep is involved.
* Body 1: Richard Fields
** Entertainment
** Richard was working in radio (NPR), and also a Afghanistan vet
** Dog tags, Star of David
* Body 2: Madalynn Mcgowan
** Arts
** Madalynn worked in graphic design, sketchbook, logo designer
* Lottie: "See if you can find religious signifiers of the third soul, I would like to know which choice he did not take"
* Ikhilzis Poisonblood: "I'd also suggest don't engage him if you have a choice until we're all there."
* Lottie: "Delly and I will do our best to stay unnoticed."
* Delly (Delsari Orist Nym Galadant): Snow flutters up, hovering. Delly nods, already moving to pursue- the entire air is a hunting cat with a scent.
* Topi "Smokes" Smokeclaw works with the easy and practiced motions of Someone Who Has Done This Many Times - careful to use clawtips on evidence, in a sort of absent way that implies just what she did with the Harmonium. Her 'cloak' proves to be wings that flutter as she moves, helping her keep balance, as she moves around each form. Her expression is.. thoughtful. Processing.
* Lottie: "Metal bones are better suited to the clangs but I feel I was better at avoiding them when they were of the earth"
* Topi "Smokes" Smokeclaw: "Ikhilzis - assuming our companions do not actually capture the fellow; check my logic, will you? I think we must begin by assuming these two and that third knew each other, at least well enough to shelter together - this implies at least a common bond of trust. Perhaps not friends, but near enough. It is reasonable to assume, I think, that we can likely discover their third if we are able to follow their trail backwards - perhaps through shelters or common haunts?"
* Ikhilzis Poisonblood: He takes a moment, then nods. "Stands to reason. People are creatures of ritual. Could ask around the homeless shelters, food banks."
* Topi "Smokes" Smokeclaw: "I always fall into the trap of forgetting that these two are not our quarry. Don't let me do that, will you? I will have to indulge my need to recovery everyone's history on my own time. I keep.. slipping into habits I shouldn't."
* Delly (Delsari Orist Nym Galadant): There's a surge of triumph, even being ambushed: hunter and prey have found each other, and now the dance begins.
* Smokes leaves crime scene professionally set for the DCPD team
* Topi "Smokes" Smokeclaw: "Onward, noble steed!"
* Topi "Smokes" Smokeclaw: "But you love me, my dear friend." She chuckles - then grows serious. "If nothing else, I can guarantee you are faster than I am - and I don't like them facing anything without you."
* Ikhilzis Poisonblood grunts non commitally. There's a set of purple eyes on the crown of Ikhilzis' head that stares at Smokes with disdain, then vanishes.
* Topi "Smokes" Smokeclaw almost certiainly notes that - but says nothing.
* When slain, the woman bleeds violet creep and myxls
* Ikhilzis Poisonblood: C: "I got it!.... It got me!"
* Delly (Delsari Orist Nym Galadant): C; "Wh- what? Iklzis! We're coming!"
* Ikhilzis Poisonblood: C: "I got it!.... It got me!"
* She is a twenty-something Human office worker (she/her). She has long, dark hair and Eastern European features. She is wearing a modest cream blouse, tight black slacks, and sneakers, with layers of flannel shirts and street living. She looks tired and angry.
* TAG team called to retrieve the corpse of the enraged woman
* Delly moves corpse out of sight
* Lottie goes to try to engage with woman specter
* Topi "Smokes" Smokeclaw: C: "... we must hear the beginning of her story, but I suspect our ultimate objective will, in fact, be in that building. The spell is strangely specific. Why that building? If nothing else, we must investigate the aftermath of her actions."
* Ikhilzis Poisonblood: C: Good question. What do we do with this one, though? Angry spirits are not usually good for any place."
* Lottie: C: "We have not met her yet, I choose not to plan until we do"
* Topi "Smokes" Smokeclaw: "C: Indeed - I agree with Lottie. Ikhilzis - you and Lottie maintain this spirit. Delly, you and I will investigate this building, in a cursory sort of way.
* Topi "Smokes" Smokeclaw: "C: Ikhilzis - the others are yours. Just.. in case. Our blank friends."
* Ikhilzis Poisonblood: C: Understood.
* Lottie: "You can see me, yes. You know I've been where you are now. If you let me, I will try to help you find the ending you deserve, or if you please, an ending you want."
* Topi "Smokes" Smokeclaw: C: "Lottie - ask her what's in the building, if you can."
* Arkitalos is a natural Swift creature, possible to have a 'special' relationship with the Swift and Grid as part of it.
* Topi "Smokes" Smokeclaw: C: "Delly? ... was anyone on the street. Oh. I don't know. Screaming?"
* Lottie: C: "Lets be sure Arkitalhos, friend, you only carrion the creep, not tap into it. I remain watchful of this decision being made for the group."
* Memory Bead
** > Felicia Bergen is a twenty-something Human office worker (she/her). She has long, dark hair and Eastern European features. Felicia is wearing a modest cream blouse, tight black slacks, and sneakers. She looks tired and angry.
** > Camila Atenas is a twenty-something Human tech (she/her). She has cropped black hair and Latinx features. Camila is wearing metal band T-shirt, ripped jeans, and a Doc Martens.
** > Felicia is packing up her desk into a cardboard box. Camila is standing close to her.
** Camila: This has to be some kind of mistake.
** Felicia: It's no mistake, Cam. I did it.
** > Camila is clearly surprised.
** Camila: What? I mean, why? If you needed money...
** > Felicia gives her a silent look.
** Camila: Look. Brian, he... What if you paid it back?
** Felicia: Oh Brian made it clear that's not an option. It's either I'm done, or... or... they call the police.
** Camila: But where will you... You still need medication.
** > Felicia laughs a cynical laugh, then chokes it back.
** Felicia: I guess I'll figure something out.
* Ikhilzis Poisonblood: C: There's a brief moment of acknowledgement to Lottie from the tadpole.
* Delly (Delsari Orist Nym Galadant): "...Lottie, ask about who "he" is."
* Ikhilzis Poisonblood: C: Be careful. If there's more like her physical form, it will be dangerous.
* Green Boarman Internet Solutions
* Founder/CEO: Brian Boarman
* Felicia Bergen (she/her), executive assistant to Mr. Boarman
* Electrocuted, severe burns, hospitalized, then painkillers
* Topi "Smokes" Smokeclaw: C: "o...oh no. Oh no. Nonono."
* Topi "Smokes" Smokeclaw: "C: ... as I am perfectly willing to distract myself right now... one of the common employment opportunities for the dead in the Far Realms is to act as a guide and guardian. A.. friendly face for those who pass, in a way. I do not believe in coincidence. The owner of the coin was a creature of anger, justified anger, one keenly associated with injustice. What he did was not something I consider evil, but it was brutal, vicious, and retaliatory. If he is a guardian, and his Power or himself are corrupted by the Creep..."
* Topi "Smokes" Smokeclaw: "C: And the spirit of Anger made a point of telling us his story - perhaps it was simply an opportunity. Perhaps .. I don't know. But coincidence is the web of existence being pulled by those within it. Spirits can pull very hard, when they have as much power as the City Spirit seems to have."
* Delly (Delsari Orist Nym Galadant): C: "...Ah. Well. That is going to be.... very, very bad, hahaha."
* Topi "Smokes" Smokeclaw: "C: Perhaps. I just.. .have a feeling. I have learned to trust that intuition."
* Delly (Delsari Orist Nym Galadant): "I suppose it's a good thing we have some in with the city spirits."
* Topi "Smokes" Smokeclaw: "C: We don't with that one. We at best have distantly removed tolerance. Perhaps seething moderate acceptance."
* Topi "Smokes" Smokeclaw: "C: Loooots of seething."
* Ikhilzis Poisonblood: To Lottie: Okay, that didn't quite work, but got it out. Gotta burn it or something.
* Lottie: "I have a knife?"
* Spirit of Anger has cloaked the whole building and surrounding streetscape, creating privacy for Felicia to kill
* It's Saturday, April 20, 2019. It's about 3:15 am.
* Lottie: "Sorry, Delly has had far too much effect on me. We might try the paramatter container that Fonn and Smoke's figured out. We should research a better method.
* Ikhilzis Poisonblood: "Good idea."
* Ikhilzis Poisonblood: "On both counts."
* Topi "Smokes" Smokeclaw: "C: Oh. Because I refuse to keep this sort of horror to myself, as if I'm to have nightmares, you all are joining me: the Spirit of Anger is involved in this entire escapade. We could certainly consider it a Power. What is the likelihood it is infected?"
* Lottie and Ikhilzis extract the violet creep from Felicia. It almost overwhelms I with promises, but B helps (Rebuke the Violent). The two of them contain the creep + Belica will in a paramatter box.
* Belica will goes away at dawn (ETA 3.5 hours)
* Felicia haunts Lottie, because she wants to help
* Lottie: C: "At sunlight, we're dealing with a werewolf curse. Let's make like snakes."
* Lottie: "Felicia, if you have any questions about being a ghost or your options, ask. I will answer as best I can. I understand the struggle of figuring out what to do, just mechanically."
* Delly (Delsari Orist Nym Galadant): "...Also, ah, ssemi sorry about killing you. It's actually the first time I've used that spell; it as stronger than I thought." She seems faintly embarressed
* Lottie: Lottie whirrs her hands in a helpless way before turning to the grid, thwicking her shield out and marching to the building. If she is the one to retrieve the key card, she puts her rem emergency blanket kindly around the body quick.
* Delly (Delsari Orist Nym Galadant): Delly pats her, gently. "I'll take point- save your power for survivors we encounter." She draws her blade again.
* Delly (Delsari Orist Nym Galadant): "I can't heal, but you can."
* Lottie: "I do not envy children these days, believing the afterlife is a big vast nothing. I worry they are all unprepared for their crossing." She murmers to Delly as they enter the building. "Or, as it was in your case, meeting someone at their's."

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