That Was Gothier Than Intended

That Was Gothier Than Intended
Date 2085-10-06 GM Eva Location Snohomish Status Threat Level: Deadly
Factions Involved
ShadowHaven Isobel Catalan	Eviler Goths
Omen Pasiphae Irena the Hitman	Morgana Vladmir
Casualties and losses
	Morgana fed to upset vampire, Vladimir shanked.

Summary

Murder mystery in a haunted house. After a tip from a wolf spirit witness and a lot of literal sniffing about, the blood mage culprit was knocked out and fed to her upset vampire friend/host and her accomplice was shanked.

Background

Meredith was hosting a weekend get-together for her friends in a 'slightly' haunted mansion. And then one of them was found dead in the grounds.

The Meet

The runners were invited to the backroom of a small bar in Snohomish. After some assensing, Omen realised their teammates were all Infected, as was the J, Isobel Catalan. Isobel mentioned that a friend of hers was hosting a weekend get-together, but one of her friends was murdered and that she would pay the runners to find and deal with the culprit.

The Plan

The runners showed up to the haunted mansion to the howling of wolves (beast spirits). They met their host, Meredith, at the door, who seemed very worried and gave them a rundown of who was at the mansion. She then directed them to the corpse of her friend River.

When they got there, Pasiphae determined that she was killed via exsanguination, though via knife rather than bite. The runners then performed a wild summoning, finding a wolf spirit who started sniffing Irena's pockets for reagents. After some reagent-treats, some bargaining and a gift of karma, the wolf spirit told them that the culprit had brought the body out of the house and dumped it in the woods, by a tall woman who smelled like a hunter.

The Run

Returning inside and gathering up all those present in the mansion, the runners then used assensing and smell to sort through the suspects. Of note, Vladimir was assensed as a paracritter (and, after later examination, a vampire), and he, Meredith and Morgana smelled subtly of blood.

Given the spirit's tipoff, this narrowed it down to Meredith and Morgana. Canvassing for alibis, all of the suspects had someone vouch for them, but Vladimir seemed a little shifty vouching for Morgana. Looking around in the basement, the runners swiftly defeated the ghost in the basement, finding a blood-splattered ritual site and, importantly, some hidden blood-splattered clothes, the smell of which corresponded to Morgana.

This was reported to Meredith and Isobel, the former of which, incensed at the betrayal, asked that Morgana be left alive so she could eat her.

Taking the suspects out one by one for 'private questioning', the runners got Morgana alone, Omen distracting her while Pasiphae attempted to subdue her from behind. Thanks to her combat sense, she managed to avoid enough of the attack to remain conscious and then summon a blood spirit. After a short fight, she was knocked unconscious and the spirit returned to the metaplanes, Pasiphae shrugging off the blood magic spell.

Vlad, being rather less powerful, was killed easily.

Aftermath

Morgana was knocked out and eaten by her betrayed friend, the body delivered to the runners as proof the blood mage was dead (and as a snack for the ghoul and gnawer on the team), along with three credsticks.

Rewards

• 16k Nuyen (8 RVP)
• 11 Karma (11 RVP)
• 1 Karma fed to spirit (1 RVP)

2 CDP

3 Wild Index for Calling a spirit and feeding karma

Optional, taking from above rewards:

• Dumbass Wolf Spirit (C2/L3) (4 RVP, karma fed to spirit counts towards this)
• Analytical Mind (5 RVP)
• Guts for Omen (10 RVP)
• Trustworthy (15 RVP)

Game Quotes

"In that case, I will be rude" - Dawnfire

"Acute stress? Yeah she definitely is cute" - Marcy

Omen bows reverentially. Irena gives lots of pets. - The runners to a wild spirit

"If you wanna Coloumbo them and cap it off with a falcon punch, sure, why not?" - Dawnfire

"Do not the blood mage" - Marcy

"We found your friend performing blood magic in the basement. In a really sloppy way, to be real, I know at least some of you are Infected, you gotta know ghouls." - Omen