It was Saturday August 15th 2009, a year after last years game. It was a nice quiet year, no vampires, no werewolves, and no gun-wielding zombies. It was the year of Jamie adapting his role as a security guard to the rich and famous, of little Delaney finding her family, of Hex trying to live the quiet life. It was the year of Sean’s mission from God, and Mr. Tull staying out of Mamma Tull’s hair. It was the year of Cathy becoming the caretaker for Escott’s book collection, and of Lisa starting her book on Escott’s life. 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 the Limo; Cathy was on the ground at her feet. The woman picked up Cathy with one hand, dumping her into a red drop top Cadillac, and burned rubber out of the Raven nightclub’s parking lot. The same night one of Jamie’s vampire ex-lovers attacked him. 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 wood nymph, he was met by a very disagreeable Mage, who put Harry back on the clock. 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 tacked to the door: We’re coming for you! The note seemed to be a death warrant from the Vampire High Council. Around 5:00 am, Tull gave Escott a run down of the night at the nightclub. Escott told him to rally to the troops, and he was going to start looking into Cathy’s kidnapping, and he would be back soon. Shortly after Escott left, Dr. Dana Morningstar arrived from the reservation to start her training. She told you that she was sent by her grandfather to study Shaman’s magic with Escott’s. Tull starts to make some calls to find garages that work on Limo’s, when Sean came running in saying the Vampire High Council had his church ransacked. 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 Mr. Tull and Lovecraft were helping Cathy to kill innocent vampires. He showed you pictures of Tull and Lovecraft holding down a young woman as Cathy 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. As you talked to Escott Cathy came running in talking to her-self about bats, cats and Cadillac’s holding one of Escott’s big white cats in her arms. Dr. Morningstar was able to heal Escott’s wounds with her magic, and with some pills for her bag, she got Cathy to slow down enuff to get out of her; how a woman safe her from a vampire. She said the woman took her to an all-night coffeehouse and the woman told her she had a doppelganger was killing vamps, then the woman turn into Escott’s cat. Cathy could not get the cat to turn back into a woman; with a little help from Mr. Tull you save the cat from Cathy arms, and with a shot from Dana’s bag you got Cathy to calm down. After a brief comparing of notes, it was decided to set up a meeting with the Council. Escott made some calls; the meeting was set for Sunday at midnight at the Raven nightclub. 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 got the back door open without setting off the alarm. You saw eleven all white Limos and one open bay. Delaney found a door going to the basement; inside she found two bullmastiffs. Delaney took the dogs 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 all mark with Fly by Night Dairy logo. 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 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 her 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. Lisa got a call from the girlfriend of her vampire friend Iggy. She said that Iggy was going to Cuba, the caller said that she know Cathy was killing vamps, and she wanted her to back off from Iggy. After Lisa got Iggy on the phone he said, that someone saying they are part on the Council put it out that Cathy was playing at being Buffy the vampire slayer, and they had a death warrant on Cathy. Iggy said that the Council did not work that way, that if they wanted Cathy dead, she would be pushing up flowers. He said he did not know who was killing Vamps, but he know Cathy didn’t have the power to take out one of his brother, but someone was working hard at making it look like Cathy was a killer. Iggy said he didn’t care who was doing the killing, but he was getting out of town for her health. He said the last time he was in Cuba Kennedy was still in office. He said that Bettie needed a vacation, and he had better things to do then get a staked. He told her that Bettie’s Dad was paying for the vacation, and they would be back sometime next year. Lovecraft said he had things, he needed from his apartment, he said he would be back by morning, the team decided it would be bad for him to go off by himself, so it was decided they would all go to his apartment. Lovecraft found the door of his apartment open. Inside, on the floor you found a white leather thigh-high boot. About a yard away, you found its mate next to a white leather jacket. You 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 Lovecraft moved toward the door, a tall dark-skinned woman with white 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 day.” She said her name was Seline, and that she was Escott’s cat, or as she put it Escott was her pet human. Seline said that she was using Lovecraft’s apartment to keep an eye on Tull at night. She said she didn’t like him working at the Raven nightclub, and she needed a place to keep her clothes, and if Escott was still paying for the apartment, who was it hunting. Seline said she didn’t want Escott to know about her little game and it would be bad for Lovecraft if told on her. She told Lovecraft it would be a good thing to go over to the Raven and play Sherlock Holmes. She said to ask John if he could use his key to get in, she said you know it’s his club. She said not all the people who like to hang out at the club were people. She said it was time for to put on her clothes and go out and play. On her way out she stop and pick up Tull by her collar, and after a long kiss, she said “You will call me” then dropped him to the floor. She said to call Harry number when he was free to go out, and to tell Mama she was going to make a man out of her little boy. 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 vampire, and vamps don’t show up on film.” 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 Jenette. She said Jonathan Hex was out for revenge. She said Hex was trying to set the team against the Vampire Council, and the Council on the team. She 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 The Council, it wouldn’t have time to look into Hex’s plans. It was decided to start a Hexcorp’s Lab, Delaney called her big brother to meet them at the Lab. The team made its way into the lab. Delaney walked up to the Top Secret door. As the door slowly opened, a machine-like voice said, “welcome back number six”, at the door marked Genetically Engineered Life Form; Delaney said “I’m going in.” In the room, 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. By the time the team checked the lab floor the babies were teenagers, and was helping the team fine clues. Something was calling Delaney and the kids; they ended in one of the labs setup as a bedroom. The room had a wall of high tech guns, and knifes. On the desk by the bed you found a diary of kills and days of the killings. You found a Hexcorp I. D. card with VI as the name on it. As the team looked around the room you saw a small woman that looked like Delaney holding a knife to the Mr. Tull’s neck and his arm pin behind his back. The woman dropped the knife when Delaney walked over to face her. The woman ran over to Delaney, crying “you left me, why did you leave me, can we go now”. The woman told you how father made her and little brother number 7 kill people for him. The woman or Vi as she called herself said that father took 7 with him to the house as a bodyguard. She told you how she was going to kill John and number 5, and how she was told to cut off John’s head and to take John and 5 bodies to the house. The team made its way to the house and up 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, “It took you long enough to get to me. 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. 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? |
2009 GenCon
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