| Its Saturday August 13th 1994, a year after last year game. It was a nice quiet year, no vampires, no werewolves, and no gun-wielding zombies. Even Jamie stayed out of trouble somehow. It was a year Jamie adapting to his role as security guard to the rich and famous, of Stephen King calling Peter asking him to slow down and take some time off from putting out new books, of little Delaney finding a family, of Hex trying to live the quiet life, of Morgan becoming a witch. It was the year of Sean’s mission from God, and Mr. Tull staying out of Mamma Tull’s hair. It was quiet until Hexcorp, like the legendary Phoenix, was reborn from the ashes. It all started Friday night when Mr. Tull saw a tall, dark-skinned woman dressed all in white leather using the door from a Limo to knock a bat-looking thing back into it. Morgan was on the ground at her feet. The woman picked up Morgan with one hand, dumping her into a red Jag, and burned rubber out of the Raven nightclub’s parking lot. The same night a vampire ex-lover attacked Jamie. She thought he had murdered her husband, since a black rose was found in the ashes of his body. The next morning, she told him how Escott stopped her just in time, and with a kiss she asked him to find the killer; she walked out into the morning sun. In Lovecraft’s time as he started out for his date with his friendly wood nymph, he was met by a very disagreeable Mage, who put Harry back on the clock. The last thing Harry heard was “Lovecraft! You gave me a fake! You go find my book, and I’ll go on your date!” The mage had a big smile as he cast the spell. The next Harry knew he was in his old office, looking down at his desk calendar, August 13th 1994. From the looks of things someone was still paying the bills. Harry remembered why he hated magic. The same morning Sean found that his church was ransacked and robbed of its 300-year-old gold and jade cross. A note in blood was staked to the door: We’re coming for you! The note seemed to be a death warrant from the Vampire High Council. Around 7:00 am, Tull gave Escott a run down of the night at the nightclub. Escott told him to rally the troops, and he was going start looking into Morgan’s kidnapping, and he would be back soon. Shortly after Escott left Dr. Dana Morningstar arrived from the reservation. She told you that she was sent by her grandfather to study Shaman’s magic at Escott’s. As you started to talk to Dana, Pete walked in with a short woman with a big Irish wolfhound. She told you that her name was Cathy Black, and Escott had invited her for brunch. As Peter started to tell you about how he was in town to pick up his car that was stolen by a werecoyote two days ago; Lisa Eizo walked in saying that she was here for her interview with Escott. Tull start to make some calls to find garages that work on Limes, when Sean came running in saying that Vamps ransacked his church. As you talked to Sean, you heard a car horn going off. You went out and you saw Escott hanging out of his car, and blood running down his face. He told you, two men saying they were from the Vampire High Council attacked him. He was told to stay out of things. The Council had irrefutable proof that Tull and Lovecraft were helping Morgan to kill innocent vampires. He showed you pictures of Tull and Lovecraft holding down a young woman as Morgan pushed a stake into her chest. They told Escott, he would not be killed if he turned over his team. If he did, the Council promised their deaths would be quick. If he didn’t the consequences would be dire. Dr. Morningstar was able to heal Escott’s wounds, and after a brief comparing of notes, it was decided to set up a meeting with the Council. After Escott made some calls, the meeting was set for Sunday at midnight at the Raven nightclub. Cathy offered her help; Lisa said she would help a well. The team decided to check out the garage that was working on the white limo. At the garage you saw the Limo with the missing door. Being that it was Saturday only one mechanic was working. With a little of Mr. Tull’s “gentle persuasion” and a twenty from Lisa, he went out for coffee. Going over the Limo you found it had no VIN number, and had a set of twelve license plates in the back. Going thought the office’s desk; you found the name and address of the Limo Company “Fly by Night Limo”. At the address you found an all white garage, the window were panted white as well. Lovecraft and Jamie got the back door open without setting off the alarm. You saw eleven all white Limos and an open bay. Delaney found a door going to the basement; inside she found two bullmastiffs. Delaney took them out for a run, as you made your way down. You found twelve white coffins. From the call log you found, the name of the driver of the Limo with the missing door. You opened his coffin, and he was wearing bunny PJ, and holding a vampire teddy bear. Lisa found bottles full of blood, mark cow, pig, etc; they had the look of old milk bottles. It was decided to take the coffin back to Escott, and wait for sunset, so you could talk to the driver. On the way back to Escott’s, Lisa wanted to stop at a Chinatown market to pick up some pig, for the vamp. In the market she found the same milk bottle looking bottles mark pig’s blood, as well as cow, dog and so on. When she asked, she was told “It’s for the night people”, and she was told they deliver if she was picking up a little something for a boyfriend or girlfriend. When the vampire aware, he looked at the team and ask if he did something wrong. He told you that he picked up Reginald and dropped him at the Raven, and was told to wait for him. Around 2 a.m. Reginald returned with a girl, and he was told to close the window to the back. The next thing he saw was Mr. Escott’s pet cat Seline, using the Limo door to knock Reginald down. He told you that Reginald has been upset, after his little brother was murdered. After they ran off Reginald told that the girl was the murder, and he was going to get her. He was stopped by Ms. Ducharme, and he was taken by two of the High Council, and the driver was told not to talk about the night. You gave him the blood and some cookies, as you called a cab to take him back to the garage. The team decided to spend the night at Escott’s. Lovecraft said he had things to do at his apartment, but he would be back in by morning. Lovecraft found the door of his apartment open. Inside, on the floor he found a white leather thigh-high boot. About a yard away, he found its mate next to a white leather jacket. He found a white leather miniskirt hanging from the ceiling fan, and a white silk blouse was on his bed. From the bathroom came the sound of the shower running. As he started moving toward the door, a tall dark-skinned woman with hair walked into the room. “Cat got your tongue?” She purred as she picked up her blouse. “Thanks for the shower. It’s been a long night.” She started toward the next room, then stopped and turned as if by afterthought. “Your little friend Morgan is okay. One of the boys, got a little out of hand, and broke some of the rules. She stills not quite herself, but she’s getting better.” Then she turned and started out the door. Lovecraft tried to talk to her about Morgan, but before he could ask, he found himself on the floor with the woman on top of him. Around noon, Jamie and Mr. Tull picked the lock on Lovecraft’s apartment. From the look of the place they could tell there was one hell of a fight the previous night. They found Harry lying in a tub of ice. “Don’t ask!” He groaned. With a sardonic look, Jamie said, “Every moment of pleasure is bought with an equal moment of pain.” Mr. Tull picked up Lovecraft, and told him to get to work. On the way out they found the woman name “Seline Kyle”, and the address of the three old brownstones that the vampire Annie Develan made into a mansion written on the wall in lipstick. At the mansion, you found Morgan in an upstairs bedroom watching TV. At first Morgan didn’t know you. But as you talked, her memory returned. She told you after she left the all-night coffeehouse, she was hit by something. The next thing she remembered was talking to “Tully” a.k.a Mr. Tull. She said she had vague memories of a woman taking care of her. She remembered the woman calling her “Little Kitty.” As Morgan talked, a big white cat crawled from under the chair and ran out into the hall. A moment later, the mysterious woman in white walked into the room. “Hello Harry,” She said. “It’s about time you showed up. Was I that hard on you?” After a long moment of silence, Lovecraft said, “It’s time to go!” On the way out, the woman grabbed Harry by the collar and picked him up. After a long kiss, she said “You will call me” then dropped him to the floor. The day passed quickly, too quickly for poor Harry. It had been a long night for him. The meeting at the Raven took place at midnight. The team found a woman and her two bodyguards waiting for you inside the nightclub. Her name was Jenette Ducharme, and you know she was on the Vampire High Council. With a warm smile she said, “I hear you need my help, or the Council’s help, I should say.” You could tell she wasn’t acting. From talking with her you found, no one the High Council was looking for the team. You showed her the picture of the girl being killed. The woman said, “No human could hold down a vamp.” She told you the girl’s name and said she was a Pretender, a vampire who tries to be human. As the team talked, Delaney suddenly cried out, “Something bad is happening!” You could smell the gas, and you started for the door, and it was nailed up. Mr. Tull made toothpicks out of the door with one big left hand. You made it out seconds before the club burst into a ball of flame. One of the bodyguards wasn’t so lucky. The girl’s name was Amie Shreve, and she worked as a graphic designer. It was decided to go to Amie’s apartment. At the apartment, you found it had been ransacked. On the floor you found two Runic magic books, and Dana could tell that they were working magic books. You also found a pool of thick green liquid in the middle of the living room. Comparing the picture to the room, the liquid was near where Amie was killed. Cathy told you the liquid looked like blood to her. She said there’s only one thing with green blood, and that’s a doppelganger. You found a Hexcorp I.D. card with Amie’s name on it. Lisa found a small safe behind a concealed panel in the closet. In the safe were designs for a new logo for Hexcorp. The moment you saw it, you had an uncontrollable need to go out and buy something. Cathy found small ritual symbols in the background of the design. She told you it was a spell, and it could be copy by printing it. Lisa found Amie’s diary. Her last entry was of her feeling that something bad was going to happen to her. She felt she was in the middle of all the wrong signs coming together at the wrong time. In the bathroom, you found the ashes of Amie in the tub; green liquid was all over the floor. Harry said, “It looks like Amie got in a good shot or two.” The clues pointed back to Hexcorp, but you couldn’t figure out why. The last piece of the puzzle came from a call from Peter. He told you Jonathan Hex was out for revenge. Peter said Hex was trying to set the team against the Vampire Council. He also said Hex had Amie killed so none of the competition could use Amie’s magic. Setting the team up for the murder was just killing two birds with one stone. If the team were out hunting Vamps it wouldn’t have time to look into Hex’s plans. Sean called Jenette, asking for her help. She told him all the help you would need would be waiting for them on the hill overlooking Hexlab at sunset. Cathy found an entry in one of her books that suggested holy water would be the best weapon against the doppelgangers. From one of Harry’s contacts you found all of the sprinklers were fed from the water tower on top of the main building. Sean said he had a big surprise in mind for the hell spawns. The team regrouped on the hill overlooking Hexlab. Delaney brought big brother golem. Sean came with a busload of holy men; he told you “If the water in that tower was blessed, it would make one Hell of a weapon against the doppelgangers.” You asked, “How do we get those guys up to the water tower?” “I didn’t think about that” from Sean. From out of the shadow, twelve Nosferatus appeared, “We will take care of that”, and the Nosferatus carried the holy men to the water tower. Peter hacked into the lab’s computer and set off the sprinklers. Ten minutes later, a secret door opened in the parking lot and a melting man-thing came crawling out. It melted into a pool of green ooze. Sean nodded, “I told you it would work.” You saw the Nosferatu carrying the holy men off. From out of the shadow they called, “We’re just taking them out for a bite, Chinese.” The team made its way into the lab. At the door marked Genetically Engineered Life Forms, Delaney said “I’m going in.” In the room, you found a man covered with ice from all of the water from the sprinklers. You found three babies, two boys and a girl, in a makeshift nursery. Dr. Morningstar checked them out and found that, like Delaney, they were very strong, and like her they had no navel. The team decided to leave the babies with the golem. The team made its way to the elevator to Hex’s office. On the floor outside of the elevator was a pentagram. Lovecraft said “The pentagram looks different from the ones from the first lab.” Cathy said she would stay and study the pentagram. The elevator opened to Hex’s office. Jonathan Hex was waiting for you. He looked at his watch and said, “Its took you long enough to get to me. Love the water tower bit. But now to business, Hexcorp will soon be in power. You can be on the winning team, or you can be a memory.” Hex made you a very tempting offer, but in the end you turned him down. Morgan cast a hold spell on the bad Hex, giving Sean and Dana time to set up a pentagram. The team of Dana and Sean started to dispel the demon inside Hex. You saw a man in his 90’s walk out of Hex’s body. The demon was dispelled and Jamie made short work of what was let the man. The next day the headline said, all the members of Hexcorp’s Board of Directors were killed in a fire at Hexlab. You know the team didn’t set the fire or kill the board members. The same day, John received a call telling him he was the new C.E.O of Hexcorp. Later that day the team received a call from Cathy. The pentagram she was working on disappeared. Things are looking up for the world now that Hexcorp is under new management, or is it? |
2006 GenCon
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