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Nikoli
Car B/R
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BishopMcQ
This is a minimalist history, since Angelina and Shiver just arrived on the scene.

After a fairly normal training day, 6 highly trained martial artists in the dark against my favorite blind pupil, I had a meeting with my boss. She told me that things were afoot. We arranged a meeting with one of our informants and a team of shadowrunners who were neck deep in a coterie of Idol worshippers.

Found that my informant had been tortured through magic and was carrying a portable doomsday device strapped to his chest. Sadly, my informant was forced to kill one of the shadowrunners. Through fast footwork and cooperation, we were able to minimize the loss of life to the one criminal noted above. I gauged from the lack of mourning in his passing that Blaze was not well loved or a trusted companion.

After this brief encounter with destruction and death, Moira brought my ward and I to meet with the rest of the team. This band of noble thieves and murderers, carried with them a sense of duty that I understood. Purpose oftens overrides personal desire, which may explain their simple acceptance of Desdemona and myself despite our very different appearances. At this meeting was also a little sister that was known to me through my pupils--Iblis.

It was decided that we must journey deep into the metaplanes. The price was a drop of blood and a fragment of our life's experiences and memories. To guard over the sacred place, was Onna. I noted the unique blades that she carried and marked her face--further discussion with her would have to wait until I was no longer tightly pressed for time.

Traveling into the metaplanes, we came to a mysterious and dark place, untouched by mortals in all memory. The gallery of the Endless and the young girl bound to it for all time was unlike any description of the metaplanes that I had ever known. Here we traveled to the land of Fate and Destiny, where we each looked upon the paths that lay before us and the lives of those around us. Straight as an arrows flight, my path leads only to one goal. What it is, I cannot say but I know that a walk a clean unbroken line.

After this we journeyed to a land of Suffering and Despair, windows fractured the seams of reality as it exists in this place to look upon other places from our own world. In a world that was to be my trial, I was forced to allow another one, the one person I love in this world though she never knew it, to be hurt. I had thought this would be my trial, but deeper pain waited as the orders I carry deep within me were whispered unto her. Since that moment, she was lost to me. That is probably for the best though, my path is not wide enough for two.

We travel finally unto the land of Lust and Desire, physical needs made tangible. My ward now walks closely with another, but my duty still stands. Epithumia cured me of that mortal purpose, she gave me her desire. With her I shall always have duty, a duty to love and want her, and that is all she will ask of me. My thoughts linger not on Angelina, Mynce, or the Hunter beyond mortal kin that stalks the Gallery and lands of the Endless.
Ecclesiastes
Sorry guys. I'm back.
Whizbang
Weak willed men... nyahnyah.gif
Nikoli
lol
Buddha72
Give yourself an extra karma McQuillan for the engaging recap of the thread from your point of view.

And wlecome back Ecci!
Blitz
Totally! I mean...they're acting totally stereotypically, Im wondering where Aaron Spelling is and when he took over the direction of this thread wink.gif
Nikoli
Now, now, that's not fair. Buddha72 has yet to put his 20-something daughter up on camera in a thong and form-fitting velour pants on a ladder hanging Christmas decorations.
Nikoli
nice ego stroke there.
Fenris
??
Nikoli
QUOTE (Blitz)
"This man was linked to your realm, but I am afriad that your awesome visage may be too much for him to remember the need that brought us to you."

Blitz
Yeah...Moira is going for the egotistically petting route to keep it placated. smile.gif
Buddha72
Anyone else going to recap what has happened?
Buddha72
Another gentle reminder to those people to send me updated copies of their characters please.
Buddha72
Also those smitten still have free will and their thoughts are their own. I trust all of you as roleplayers to act within the criteria I've set. biggrin.gif
Buddha72
Happy Monday!

Add your weekly karma nugget to the pile. I wanted to again remind people to get me their updated characters please.
BishopMcQ
Buddha--Just checking, what I said does not violate the Secrecy clause does it?
Blitz
And Im confused...did she make a deal with me or with Shiver?

Buddha72
Sorry for the confusion, it was with Moira.
Buddha72
McQuillan Not yet......... wink.gif
Fenris
Heh....

Okay, as someone that's been in the thread the whole time, I thought I'd go ahead and put up a slightly more comprehensive re-cap, mostly just to cover the stuff before McQ was here.

Initial download:

We were hired to investigate a slaughter at a recent Changeling rave called "The Looking Glass." Our employer, one Carvaggio, introduced us to Iblis, who is actually footing the bill for this particular run. Iblis explained that she wanted the people that caused the massacre hurt, very, very badly.

Through various means we arrived at the sight of the rave. It was total carnage, people dead from being clubbed with musical equipment, choked with cords, etc. There was also alot of people dead from lead poisoning. Iblis was at the rave with her pistols, and against her wishes, had to put alot of the people down. She described the scene to us in much detail. From what we could gather from her description, people just all of a sudden went stark raving homicidal, and started attacking each other however they could. The scene on the astral was nasty, with both Moira and Bakatare getting images and flash-backs from the background count.

While investigating the location we found a small surviellance drone on scene. It was identified as something Iblis's employers use to keep track of her with. We also learned that Iblis has a mage sitting somewhere providing constant spell defense. Further investigation lead us downstairs, where we found the remains of a ritual of some sort. We found a syringe and rope, along with blood splatters, that seemed to indicate that a body was hung up at that location, inside the ritual circle. The indication from the circle was that it was shamanic, and the remains of the mess upstairs looked like it might have been similar to the effect of a nomad spirit, which takes people over and then drives them to a homocidal rage.

Exploring next door, Paladin met Izzy, a small changeling boy that gave us a great break. He saw the people show up in a van and go up to the second floor, and heard the events that transpired afterwards. He saw them show up in a van that dropped them off, and head up to the second floor. Then the screaming and the gunshots, and then Iblis leaving. We took him to Iblis's place, a house she shared with a troll called "O-girl", or something like that. We warded up the place and Murrey's van, got some sleep and some food, and were ready when [Iblis showed up the next morning to bring her up to date. Moira mindprobed Izzy, looking for the specifics of what happened.

In-depth Probing
Izzy saw three men and a lady pull up in the van. They hauled out 3 1' by 1' boxes and what looked like a body wrapped in cloth covered in mystic looking symbols.

We split up at that point, heading out to hit various contacts. Paladin touched in with LoneStar, and Bakatare visited Sosofu, an ancient old dwarf with divining abilities.

Need quick break, more later.
Buddha72
Nice first 1/2 to the recap Fenris.

Blitz - we're waiting on you hun. biggrin.gif Or someone else feel free to post either, I don't want to step on player's toes here.
Fenris
Alright, where was I? Oh yeah, contact stuff....

Paladin's contacts - The stuff on the syringe we found at the rave site with our possible body that was hung from the rafters is a neuro-toxin, guaranteed to knock out even the most stubborn of elephants. Our body was found floating face down in the Tacoma river, with a puncture wound over his heart and stuffed full of this toxin. Samples on the syringe verify that one Brian Metuzack was killed with it.

Poor Brian had some bad friends he participated in a weekly "study group" with, one of them being a man of average height with blonde hair. Parents are fairly solid corps with Transys Neuronet. A matchbook in the boys room pointed us towards the Body Bag, a local club popular with the S&M scene, run by Madam Yin, an ex-S&M sim-sense starlett.

Bakatare's stuff - I'm including the information we're assuming when we translated the divining stuff Sosufu gave us:

I am the vessel. That which holds the poison. The syringeI am the blade poised over the throats of the innocent. The nomad spirt Others wield me to revenge themselves. "Adam" and his cronies.Tooth and claw battle. The servants of those long asleep move across the board. There be dragons here! The Hungry has a name now and can be shaped. True name of the nomad?

I was the lense. I was used to bind the others that followed. Nomad used to focus the spell. The servants of stone serpent have mastered the tide that follows in my wake. Custom spell designed to drive everyone crazy wink.gif

"The once former Prince has reached out, his hands stained with blood of years past. Lofwyr, we believe, having just lost his position on the Council, possibly due to Hestaby's interference. The weight of the years, the war is eternal. The sleepers have risen again!Again, referring to the dragons, we believe

[b]Moira
- Moira's contact identified the remains we found at the site as Advesary shaman-type ritualistic materials, and that if there was a group of them, they're being reigned in by a very strong willed individual.

After compiling all our info from the various contacts, we retired to Iblis's for a break and some food. Next stop, the S&M Club!

At the Body Bag we did some initial recon and settled in to watch those of the "alternative lifestyle" march in. One figure in particular caught our eye coming out of a limo, turned out to be our "Adam" Our friend Brian's mysterious friend with an high-grade phys-ad melee specialist as his sub "accessory". We also caught sight of Madam Yin, proprietess of this location. We ran recon all night, and when the party let out, caught a snippet of information about a party they were planning, probably here at the bar, for Adam. We also learned that Madam Yin doesn't like Adam any more then we do.

We trailed Adam back to his house, surveying both highly secure magical and mundane defenses, and we managed to convince Paladin and Immortal to give us a little time to follow up on our leads before we tried to jump someone and Mind probe them wink.gif

Upon arriving at the house, we realized something was not right. The door had been rigged open, and we deployed around the house at that moment. There was a brief scuffle with some very well and very uniformly outfitted people. I think the exact quote from the GM was, "These men scream professional" and "most runners wouldn't have identical gear." We put them down, found a nasty surprise left in the house, and found out that these guys really took losing hard. Some sort of implant, killed them all when we took them.

Headed for our new luxurious accomadations in a boiler room in the Orc Underground, we met up with a new team member, Blaze.

Again, more with the more later...


Blitz
Thanks Fenris!! Rad Recap!

I was really hoping Eccy would post and say yes or no, I really don't want to speak for another player unless it's necessary.
Buddha72
ECCI!!!! - You out there?
Buddha72
Ok I'm giving Ecci till Monday afternoon to post then I'm taking his character over so we stop stalling out. Sorry folks for the delays.

Another gentle reminder (BLITZ!) that I need updated copies of your charcaters. Thanks all!
Buddha72
Ok Monady has come so I guess I will be taking Paladin over for the duration. Look for a post shortly.
Fenris
Just me reallocating spell defense wink.gif
Buddha72
Those affected by the thrall are free but left with an aching empty hole where he/she once was. You can think clearly again but the price lingers of knowing all your desires fulfilled.
Ecclesiastes
Hey guys. Sorry for the disappearance. I'm alive, but things are... insane at the moment. I'm afraid I won't be back for a while. Work has cut the site and my afterhours all are filled up. I'll see some of you at GenCon SoCal, otherwise, I'll see ya when I can get back on regularly again.
Buddha72
Happy Monday All!!

Ok I will be NPCing Paladin for the duration so we can keep chugging along on the thread. I'm just waiting for you all at this time. Hope you all had a great weekend.
Buddha72
Do the BUMP!!

I wanted to check in with everyone and see how the thread was going for you all? Any complaints/dislikes? I also wanted to see what the ultimate future of the thread was. You all are rapidly approaching the end of the story arc I had laid out, well rapid for a PbP game that is. Did you all want to wrap it up with that story or go on? If you do go on, did you want the same characters or swap them out and the setting would remain the same? I know I will lay this out. wink.gif

1) Wrap up the thread?

2) Go on with the same or different characetrs?

3) Would you like a completely new story arc or have them feed off one another?

Also with Ecci down for the count, did you all want to recruit a new player/character for the big finish? The only reason I mention it is beacuse you've lost both of your gun bunny types over the course of the thread. Did you all want more firepower for the final showdown? Let me know and I'll throw up a recruitment thread to find some one or ones. So I guess I need to know if t you want one or two more players then. smile.gif

Let me know and thanks!
Fenris
I'd like to wrap this story line up, and then do another run. I'm not positive at this point if I want to keep all the same characters, but I'd definitely be up for another run after this.

Secondly, I'd definitely be on the side of recruiting another gun bunny. We have Shiver, who is excellent on the melee side of things, from what I hear, but we don't have any ranged combat, and I think it may be necessary.
Whizbang
Desdemona is a descent shot, when her personality pops up. I'd be interested in a connected run with the same chars...
BishopMcQ
Shiver is just an old troll...nothing more...really....I mean it....

I'd be up for recruiting one more.

As for story lines, my vote would be wait and see...if a loose end crops up and we want to focus on that certain characters may stay while others go. Otherwise, we could start a different story with some new some old...
Blitz
I'm with McQuillan. I think we should look at getting one or two more players for now and I think we should wait and see how the story plays out. The next story line may evolve on it's own. I would like to keep playing this character if possible though smile.gif
Buddha72
As you wish. notworthy.gif

I will post the recruitment thread then and see what we get. Thanks for the fast replies. smile.gif
Nikoli
I'm okay with recruiting, but my preference would be for after the end of the current arc, for the sake of continuity.
Buddha72
Sorry Nikoli I have been working 13+ hour days and completely spaced on you. I'm going to go ahead and keep recruiting but only because the majority want a little more help.

When you say the current arc are you referring to the astral quest or the over all story? And did you want to continue the thread at all when this run wraps up? Would you want to use the same character or try a new one?

To All
I also wanted to ask if you all know someone you'd like to invite to the thread after this run is done. I would like to fill in some of the missing holes in the roster for the next run. I was thinking 2 to 3 people would be nice since we seem to lose about that many over the course of the thread. I also want people who have some connection to the people in the thread. I think that's why this one has lasted so long now. I personally know four of the players. I think that's why the commitment level is so high to it. I'd like to keep that investment going forward. Let me know.
Nikoli
Would love to continue on past, and yes I mean the current story. Perhaps we could update to SR4 for a fresh start,use the SR missions guidelines for the update. build with appropriate bp then apply all earned karmic rewards.
Whizbang
I'm not keen on switching to SR4...not sure our characters would quite transfer over. And I do kinda like Angelina/Desdemon.
BishopMcQ
If we were to make the switch to SR4, I'd vote that we either:
A) Wait for more books to come out and convert when we have Street Magic and the new Rigger book.

or

B) Start fresh with new characters so that we don't convert and then try to keep tweaking each time another book comes out so that we can perpetually get closer to the original build.
Buddha72
Agreed, I would like to see more things converted over first. Tried to convert a few characters and they came out like swiss cheese. I dislike like an incomplete picture of SR they have right now. There's my two cents.
Fenris
I'm going to second that. I'd like to wait at least for Street Magic, as my character is heavily magical.
Blitz
I agree that I don't want to try and convert Moira, it sorta feels like rewriting a characters soul. I would really like to start up an SR4 game, but I don't think Buddha wants to run it in it's current incarnation.
Nikoli
That's cool.
Buddha72
But as soon as they've coverted enough material over my intention is to go to the SR4 system.

I would like you all to look over the recruit thread I started and PM with the concepts you like. Give me at least two picks from the ones presented. I asked them to send any bios/history to me and then I'll bump them to you. I want to post a final choice list on Friday. Thanks!

Next bump is scheduled for Monday in the afternoon.
Buddha72
The ball's in your court my quest monkeys. biggrin.gif
Fenris
Waiting mostly on Angelina, since this is her trip wink.gif I got my little question on with the Dweller already.
Buddha72
With the Halloween weekend looming before me the next big bump will be on Tuesday and everyone have a safe and fab All Hallows Eve! devil.gif
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