Journey to the West
| Journey to the West | |||||||||
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ShadowHaven Fiendest Anne-Marie Leveux Ara Yeou Hollyhock | |||||||||
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Outline
- At night, driving down dirt roads. Near Nashville. The bike crashes in a ditch.
- Seven finds himself in a ditch.
- Begins walking north toward the light pollution from Nashville.
- My Brother’s Place - a bar that Merucrial played as her country alter ego.
- Goes in and spots a dwarf and then leaves to try to ambush them. Having spotted him, the dwarf comes out with his friend.
- They talk and eventually the human who came out grabs Seven by the collar at which point Seven melts him.
- There is an attempt to chase, but Seven gets away through guile and vampireness. They take a few shots and then give up.
- He calls Fiendest. She sends him south toward New Orleans.
- He holes up in a barn and hides under a tarp, he naps, dreaming of hunting. And when he wakes the farmer is there letting the cows out.
- When the Farmer comes back he hears some stuff about gangers looking for someone.
- Seven heads out, going south intending to ambush the bikers.
- Instead they find him and a rolling fight ensues. Seven gets really shot up, but eventually chases some away and fills up on the things he needs.
- With 1 physical box left, he heads south looking for medical supplies.
- Millport Mississippi.
- Vet clinic - finds a medkit and has a flashback episode.
- Then he uses the medkit with shaking hands.
- Climbs into the sewers, finds an out of the way place.
- Rest and heal and rest and heal
- Jim Bob and Bo the dog look for him and he’s hidden just well enough. Like they almost find him. But don’t.
- Over the next couple of days he tries to recover and hitches rides from unknowing folk and arrives in the outskirts of NO.
- Slips past some Lone Star droids.
- Options
- Try to get in to the bar to meet Anne-Marie Leveux.
- Hook up with infected.
- Climbs to the roof top and meets a crow. He feeds it cause birds are interesting.
- Finds Prohibition bar on Bourbon Street. Sneaks in through the back.
- Some half assed negotiation later and he has a ride to SF with the promise of carrying something to Seattle with a fox shifter.
- He needs 315 more nuyen to complete the deal. He climbs back up to observe.
- Meets another vampire who divines
- He learns about Zobop and how they manipulate Sukuyan.
- Way of speaking. Markings. Red Tower crew. They don’t necessarily live in a red tower.
- They hunt together and find a guy who looks shifty. This is her choice, not his. Hollyhock.
- She tells him about things getting back up after they have been drained.
- He realizes this is how he was made.
- He meets up with AML and they head out.
- In LV he gets the drugs and dumps them into his bag.
- She drops him off near a cliff in LA.
- The fox approaches as he throws things into the ocean.
- She leads him up the road and shifts and then they head off to steal a car from a motel.
- They steal the car after sneaking into the hotel and taking the lady’s purse. She tries the lipstick. He doesn’t like it when he tries it.
- He drives through the night and they talk. When it’s her turn to drive, she can’t so he keeps it up and suffers through the allergy with the windows up.
- They decide to go around TT.
- Ara Yeou wants to go to a place of power (Mt. Shasta). In contested area.
- They ditch the car, after cleaning it and cross the border on foot, suffering fatigue.
- They rest in a cave.
Summary
After the events of Out of the Blue, GX7 was left behind in the south. He stole a bike and started driving, attempting to get back to Seattle. He's not sure why, but it feels like home. For now.
Background
Seven realized that his team was on to his infected nature at the end of Out of the Blue. Attempting to act in line with some metahuman standards, he still attended the meet to support his team while hiding from them. As the handoff went from bad to worse and he displayed some of his abilities by jumping on a biker and melting him, some on the team started to turn on him. Taking the biker and bike that he was still on, he fled the scene, with the biker and his bike.
Roll with the Punches
Finding himself in a ditch after crashing his stolen bike, Seven starts to head toward city lights. It's night so he's not bothered at the moment. Eventually he finds 'My Brother's Place', a bar on the outskirts of Nashville. There are several motorcycles outside, so Seven goes in to case who he might steal one from. Spending some time, he spots a dwarf who looks like a biker and he leaves to ambush him. Luckily for our little antagonist, the dwarf and his friends spotted Seven, so they make their way outside since he looks like a guy who stole a bike from their friends. This does not go well for the bikers. A confrontation mounts and eventually one of the bikers takes hold of Seven giving him the opening he needs to melt the guy and take his bike. Seven escapes the scene after some shots are taken before the crew gives up the immediate pursuit.
A Little help from your Fiendest
At this point, Seven calls the fixer Fiendest. She advises him to head to New Orleans where she has some friends that might be able to help. During the day, he holes up in a barn. The farmer lets the cows out, but misses the bike cleverly hidden under a tarp. When the farmer returns, Seven overhears some news about gangers looking for someone.
Intent to Ambush the Ambushers
Planning to make an Ambush, he instead finds himself traveling south surrounded by several bikers. Shots are fired, Seven jumps from bike to bike, and woodpulp really messes him up. In the end, Seven is barely alive and barely victorious. But he fills up on the things he needs, grabs a new bike and heads south to look for medical supplies.
Bo and the Sherriff
Seven makes his way to Millport Mississippi. There he finds a vet clinic and a flashback to his days in the MCT facility hospital wing. With shaking hands, he steals a medkit and bolts for the sewers to hide. Meanwhile in town the Sherriff Jim Bob and his trusty dog Bo are looking for the culprit. He's nearly found by the willey beast, but he's hidden just well enough. Over the next couple of days he hitches a few rides south.
The City that Care Forgot
New Orleans agrees with Seven. He almost stays there. But he has a goal in mind, so after sneaking in he has a few options. He could look for other infected, but that is risky given he is competition. Or he could attempt to make it to the bar that Fiendest recommended to find Anne-Marie Leveux. He decides to find the Prohibition bar and climbs to the roofs to do so. Up there he feeds a crow. Birds are interesting.
When he finally finds the bar he sneaks in the back and finds Anne-Marie. Negotiating Seven style he arranges a ride to San Francisco where he'll meet a fox shifter and ride with her to Seattle with the promise of making a delivery for Fiendest and Anne-Marie. To complete the deal he needs 315 ¥ more than he has, so he climbs back to the roof.
Life Lessons on the Hunt
On the tops he spots another vampire. The pair approach cautiously, but eventually strike up a conversation. From Hollyhock he learns about the Zobop and how they use Sukuyan and she tells him a bit about how to identify them by speech and markings. And she explains that while they don't necessarily live in a Red Tower, they go by the Red Tower Crew.
The pair decide to get a meal together and with her help that goes off fairly well. She also educates him about how their kind comes to be. It is enlightening.
Across the States
Meeting back up with Anne-Marie, they set off. The smuggler is able to handle the driving and she's fast. When they reach Las Vegas in the PCC they pick up the drugs, which Seven dumps into a backpack. Then they are off to Los Angeles in Calfree. Anne-Marie drops him off near a cliff in LA and he waits for his new partner to arrive.
Ara Yeou
The vulpine shifter is an interesting partner for Seven. They both relate to an animalistic temperament and see themselves as apart from metahumanity. To start, they walk up the road to steal a car. Sneaking in to a room, the grab what they need and take off. She tries on lipstick and Seven doesn't get it. Skeptical, he tries it and finds he doesn't like it. It doesn't even taste good.
Heading north, he listens to some books about the local geography. When it's her turn to drive, she turns out to not be very good at it, so he suffers through his allergy with the windows up. The pair talk about the world and it's inhabitants.
Initially they decide to circumvent Tir Tairngire. But Ara brings up the place of power that is Mt. Shasta. She explains that it's in a contested area. Examining the options and the difference in travel time, Seven agrees. To cross the border, they ditch the car and clean it. Then they make their way on foot. The walk takes a bit out of them, so they rest the night in a cave.
- Then they steal a truck and head north. They pass Mt. Shasta and go north before heading toward the coast at Southerlin.
- She tries to teach him shapechange.
- A thunderbird causes a storm.
- They stop and get gas and he avoids eating someone.
- Finally they make it out of TT by going off road and then they walk into the Metroplex.
Rewards
- 4000 nuyen (2 RVP)
- 4 karma (4 RVP)
- 40 CDP (19 RVP)
- Initiation ordeal discount
- Optional Contact: Anne-Marie Leveux (C2/L2 Cajun Smuggler)
- Optional Contact: Ara Yeou (C2/L2 Foxgirl Shaman)
- Optional Contact: Hollyhock (C2/L2 Vampire Oracle)
- Optional Quality: Subtle (Vehicle) Pilot