The Abyss Gazes Also
| The Abyss Gazes Also | |||||||||
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| Factions Involved | |||||||||
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ShadowHaven Delta Green | The Church of Starry Wisdom | ||||||||
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All Gods Must Fall Hunter Wychking Asura |
1 Star Vampire Numerous Cultists Leader Bowan 4 mind-controlled DG Agents | ||||||||
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| Numerous injuries, but no death | All agents recovered, cultists and Star Vampire neutralized | ||||||||
Summary
A reformed Church of Starry Wisdom commandeered a quicksilver photo of the stars, the void, the truth
They would seek to open a gate to that which must not be seen, and those who first tried could not stop them.
Left with no other option and limited time, they reached out to the Shadowhaven, so that these foul magic could be unmade before that work was complete.
Background
A quicksilver photograph was taken by an orbiting satellite some time prior, but the equipment was compromised somehow and its contents left to the ocean, the likely culprits sailing out to claim their prize and begin enacting their plan.
This group was the reformed Church of Starry Wisdom, an occult sect that had reconstituted under the leadership of a former astronaut who went by Bowan. This astronaut was actually the first aware to go into space! To say he was forever changed by the experience would be an understatement. Whatever he saw in those stars, whatever dark truth revealed itself to him in that moment, it guides his much more powerful magic now as he leads the Church into a scheme to open up a gateway to Yog-Sothoth. To do so, they planned on taking the quicksilver photograph they stole into a former historical building in Providence and using its power in a ritual to open the path.
Delta Green noticed this activity and sent a team of four agents in to investigate, and while they managed to track down the place and noticed the anomaly of the terrain inside (a displacement alchera warping the historic home into a labyrinth of corridors), but unfortunately it seems the Church was ready for them, and Delta Green lost contact to what they assumed was a matter of mental control.
Agent Anderson was left with a choice: send in another one of her teams, or escalate and call in freelancers who could handle the situation. Hopefully. And, with time being of the essence, she decided to escalate things before the matter got truly out of hand.
The Meet
The group called in was in many ways known for their prior work against cults and the potently arcane. Wychking, world famous bug hunter. All Gods Must Fall, cosmological expert and explorer who could handle spirits. Hunter, a renowned null wizard and spirit hunter in his own right. And, finally, Asura, known for her prior work in stopping a cult in Seattle some months prior. They were called into a parking lot, tense as they awaited the briefing. Anderson filled them in curtly, not wanting to skimp on details when the matter was so time sensitive: Kill Bowan, retrieve or destroy the photograph, and for a bonus rescue the former team that had been sent in and were presumably still in there and in danger. It would be 20k nuyen for a successful job, with a 10k bonus should the team manage to retrieve the agents.
The group had no objections, and so the government was willing to transport them on their own jet and turn a generous blind eye to the illegal equipment they bring along (for now). The team prepares themselves and sorts out their equipment beforehand, and then they touch down in Providence. For whatever awaited them.
The Plan
The plan was...frankly rather simple. Scope the place out from the outside to see what they might be dealing with. Go in.
Kill Bowan.
Get the agents out.
Burn the photograph.
(not necessarily in that order)
That, and redistributing and planning out equipment for the venture inside as needed.