Battle Not With Monsters

Battle Not With Monsters
Part of The Name of Heaven
Date 2085-05-18 GM jit Location Matrix (EvoGrid) Status Threat Level: High
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven	The World Tree Trio	The Holy Order of Beast Hunters	Cathode and Their Beasts
Caliban	Br34ker chiTIN b0z0	Foundation Entities	Foundation Entities
Casualties and losses
N/A	The Host of the World Tree Trio Has Been Destroyed, and b0z0 Has Been Touched by Dissonance (RIP b0z0)	Caliban Has Ended the World	Cathode Has Refused the Preservation of Their History, and Caliban Has Ended the World

Summary

"Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin." -Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame

"They were trying to run, trying to hide. But the rock would not hide them; the dead tree gave no shelter." -Stephen King, Carrie

Background

Cecelia Cross, like many technomancers, is keeping tabs on Heaven. Unlike many technomancers, however, she does not hold delusions like "utopia" so dear. Heaven is a curiosity to be tracked and manipulated, and its Heavenseekers the whetstone by which promising tools might become sharp.

And Caliban is a very promising tool.

The Meet

Cecilia Cross invites Caliban in for a chat at one of her personal hosts. "Invites," however, is a bit of a misnomer - Cecilia instructs Caliban to meet her at one of her personal hosts, and forces her to find her own way in. Caliban busts down the large wooden doors of the woman's gothic castle, and as she does, Cecilia pauses a large, floating, digital clock just beside her. It is the time, in minutes and seconds, between her invitation and Caliban's arrival.

Aftermath

This run directly precedes RIP Bozo.

Game Quotes

Amusing quote from game.