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Dear Mom (Solo)
By: Evil Squeegee Date: December 6, 2024, 10:39 am
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It's just a problem that I'm faced with am I
Not the only one who hates to stand by?
Complications that are first in this line
With all these pictures running through my mind[/center]
Animal Magnetism | Faerie Affinity | App5(Captivating) | Legend:
Red Riding Hood
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Two facts about me:
Fact one: When I was 8 years old, my mother and my uncle just up
and vanished one day. Specifically, my birthday. Christmas Eve.
(Yes, my father named me after my birthday. Mom thought it was
hilarious.) Sure, it’s been a little over a decade since then,
but every year during the holiday season it starts to weigh on
me.
Fact two: Ever since Nameright decided I was the next
Ringmother, I’ve been learning how to be a witch. A lot of
Faerie lore, a lot of Spirit lore, and a little occult mystery
mix together in a big ol’ pot o’ magic. That’s what I’ve been
hyper-focused on for the past few years.
Pop quiz time, class: Add these two facts and what do you get?
No excuses, that’s what. What kind of a daughter would I be if I
didn’t put every ounce of my magical ability to the test trying
to find out what happened to my mom?
My uncle… it’s complicated. You see, he really hated my mom. And
he hated that his brother loved my mom. It drove my mom and dad
out of the Family, and the only reason we came back was because
my Uncle went missing and they needed my dad to lead. And since
then it’s been rough going. Bathsheba hates us. A lot of the
Family dislikes what I represent: What they think of as
fae-taint. So yeah.
I think it’s about high time I started this investigation. I’m
grown enough. No more asking Daddy for permission.
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Re: Dear Mom (Solo)
By: Evil Squeegee Date: December 6, 2024, 10:55 am
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It's just a problem that I'm faced with am I
Not the only one who hates to stand by?
Complications that are first in this line
With all these pictures running through my mind[/center]
Animal Magnetism | Faerie Affinity | App5(Captivating) | Legend:
Red Riding Hood
[hr]
Daddy loved my mom a lot. When she and his brother went missing,
he pulled every string he could to figure out what happened, to
no avail. That meant employing mortal investigations, too -- and
that’s where I’m going to start my investigation:
Picking up all the pieces I can, without involving anyone else.
Daddy got really frustrated when nothing he tried turned up
anything, and it’s obviously a painful subject for him to
begin with. So I’m not going to drill him for details
until I absolutely have to. I know most of what he knows
anyways, which is a whole boatload of bupkis.
What I don’t know is what’s in my mother and
uncle’s files. And that’s where I want to start.
Thing is I can’t just walk up to the police station and
ask for their cold-case files.
Well, I mean. I can. But not without a little risky business.
What’s life without a little risk, though?
Boring, that's what.
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Re: Dear Mom (Solo)
By: Evil Squeegee Date: December 6, 2024, 12:25 pm
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It's just a problem that I'm faced with am I
Not the only one who hates to stand by?
Complications that are first in this line
With all these pictures running through my mind[/center]
Animal Magnetism | Faerie Affinity | App5(Captivating) | Legend:
Red Riding Hood
[hr]
And that is why I’m staring up at the Las Vegas Police
Department building, where mom and my uncle’s disappearances are
in the cold case storage.
[quote]Dex 3 + Stealth 3, diff 4 due to Arcane: Does anyone
notice her lurking around?
2, 3, 8, 3, 6, 6 = 3 successes
Edit: Arcane adds dice, it doesn't lower difficulty.[/quote]
I’m across the street, in the shadowy alleyway that’s
conveniently placed for me to [s]stalk[/s] observe the folks
coming and going from the station. Looking for someone who might
be getting off work…
[quote]Perception 3 + Alertness 2: Does she find what she’s
looking for?
9, 5, 1, 8, 8 = 2 successes[/quote]
...and eventually I find my mark. I have limited time to do
this: Nameright can make me look like this guy, but to act like
him I’ll need a quick peek into his head. See who he knows
inside, how he normally acts, that kind of thing.
I reach into my purse and pull a Tarot card or two to see what’s
going through his brain…
[quote]Mind 2: Read Thoughts/Memories
Arete 3, difficulty 5 for Coincidental effect
WP Auto
3, 4, 10 = 1 success + 1WP = 2 successes.
Edit: This is probably stretching the intent of mind 2, mind 3
would have been a better sphere. Only changes here would be the
difficulty being 6 not 5 for the higher sphere cost.[/quote]
I look at the cards and sneer in disgust. This guy is a fucking
pig and for once I don’t actually mean he’s a cop (that’s a
given.) He’s gross. Even I wouldn’t sleep with this guy. Thinks
he’s god’s gift to women, thinks women are god’s gift to him. A
‘fish fear me’ type.
Fuck do I HAVE to act like this guy? Ewwwwww.
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Re: Dear Mom (Solo)
By: Evil Squeegee Date: December 6, 2024, 1:26 pm
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It's just a problem that I'm faced with am I
Not the only one who hates to stand by?
Complications that are first in this line
With all these pictures running through my mind[/center]
Animal Magnetism | Faerie Affinity | App5(Captivating) | Legend:
Red Riding Hood
[hr]
You know what? While I’m at it? I’m gonna fuck with this guy. He
deserves it, the way he treats his female co-workers is just
gross.
I cross the street, glancing up to the night sky drowned out by
the streetlamps at regular intervals. He’s just about to get
into his car.
Time to play right into his flaws.
[quote]Appearance 5 (Captivating) + Fast-Talk 3, applying Animal
Magnetism for diff 4.
10, 5, 8, 1, 1, 6, 6, 2 = 3 successes.[/quote]
I walk right up to him and visibly preen, smiling and bouncing
up onto the balls of my feet a little -- making everything very
easy to look at while I spew out some story about how he saved
me the other day, from a purse-thief, and I just wanted to say
thank you. Obviously, he didn’t save me. And that’s fine.
Because what I’m actually selling is the badge-bunny act,
pretending to be a girl making up a story to get into his pants.
And, even then, that’s just a distraction so he can’t see me
drop a tarot card into his car, cursing him to a terrible
love-life experience. Maybe his wife will realize he’s been
hitting on other women, or maybe other women will realize he’s
been hitting his wife. Hell if I know. Fate is fickle like that.
[quote]Entropy 2: Really Fucking Bad Love Luck curse
Arete 3
Diff 2 + 3 for coincidental effect = 5
6, 2, 3 = 1 success
Edit: Again, this is actually Entropy 3, not Entropy 2.
Difficulty should have been 6, and maybe required two successes
instead of one.[/quote]
I shake his hand, slip him Joey’s number pretending it’s my own
and watch him drive off.
Ew. Ew ew ew. I’m going to wash my hand first thing when I get
out of here. But right now, I glance around making sure nobody’s
around.
“Alright, Nameright. Do your thing.”
[quote]Nameright spends 5 essence.
Nameright’s WP: 7, 6, 4, 5, 9[/quote]
My body melts into a different form: Into Pig McPiggerson the
disgusting cop-man.
Did I mention ew?
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Re: Dear Mom (Solo)
By: Evil Squeegee Date: December 6, 2024, 2:57 pm
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It's just a problem that I'm faced with am I
Not the only one who hates to stand by?
Complications that are first in this line
With all these pictures running through my mind[/center]
Animal Magnetism | Faerie Affinity | App5(Captivating) | Legend:
Red Riding Hood
[hr]
One last piece of the puzzle: Knowing my way to the records
department. I take a final look at my cards.
[quote]Cor 2 + Entropy 2: Let fate be her guide!
Coincidental: Diff 5
Arete: 8, 3, 4 = 1 success[/quote]
I walk right on up to the front door and past the receptionist.
I don’t nod to her, and she doesn’t seem to mind - seems
relieved. I’d probably be relieved if this guy ignored me, too.
I follow my gut through the building, eventually coming
face-to-face with the records-keeper, who I’m going to have to
talk to… but I really don’t want to objectify her. How can I
come off as gross without actually being gross?
Shit. Out of ideas and out of time. Gonna have to bite the
bullet and do my best impression of that kid I knew in
highschool--
[quote]Manipulation 4 + Subterfuge 3, calling it diff 5 since I
scored 1 success to peek into his mind earlier.
6, 1, 6, 8, 2, 6, 9 = 4 successes.
Receptionist’s Perception + Subterfuge: Diff 6
10, 5, 10, 2 = 2 successes. Eve wins the contest.[/quote]
“Sup sugartits?” I blurt out, looking her up and down.
“What do you want, Cletus?” she rolls her eyes.
“Just forgot I was going to crack open a cold one with my cold
one tonight,” I say. “Can you dig up the Solomon
disappearances?”
“What? Why?” She stops chewing her gum and looks at me
seriously.
“Have you seen the solomon girls? They’ve all filled out nicely
over the past decade,” I say with a sick grin on my face.
“Figured I’d help them out so they’d, you know… help me out.”
“You’re disgusting, Cletus,” she sighs and tosses me the key to
the records room. “But knock yourself out, just don’t expect me
to help you.”
I catch the key and grin. Perfect!
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Re: Dear Mom (Solo)
By: Evil Squeegee Date: December 6, 2024, 4:50 pm
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It's just a problem that I'm faced with am I
Not the only one who hates to stand by?
Complications that are first in this line
With all these pictures running through my mind[/center]
Animal Magnetism | Faerie Affinity | App5(Captivating) | Legend:
Red Riding Hood
[hr]
I take a random guess which hallway -- letting Fate guide me --
and turn a corner, almost walking face-first into the door
labeled RECORDS. I pop the key in the lock, turn it, and walk
into what was probably a garage at one point, but has been
converted to hold shelves upon shelves of boxes, each one
belonging to a different case.
Now what?
[quote]Int 3 + Enigmas 3, diff 8 (+2, instead of Investigation):
Can she find the record she’s looking for?
9, 9, 5, 1, 7, 1 = 0 successes[/quote]
I start by assuming that the cases are alphabetical, and move
through the room scanning the boxes for an S. S for Solomon.
Unfortunately, that’s not how they’re organized at all. They’re
organized by case number. Which doesn’t help me in the
slightest.
“Shit,” I frown, looking around. I can’t take too much longer in
here, either, lest I rouse suspicion from Sugartits the Records
Keeper.
Tick tock, eve… tick tock.
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Re: Dear Mom (Solo)
By: Evil Squeegee Date: December 6, 2024, 4:58 pm
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It's just a problem that I'm faced with am I
Not the only one who hates to stand by?
Complications that are first in this line
With all these pictures running through my mind[/center]
Animal Magnetism | Faerie Affinity | App5(Captivating) | Legend:
Red Riding Hood
[hr]
Actually… Sugartits is probably the key I need.
I walk back out to the records-keeper’s office and stick my head
in the door.
“So, funny story,” I say. She grunts, unimpressed with me, but I
continue. “It’s just not there,” I explain. “You sure you put it
where it belongs?”
[Quote]Manipulation 4 + Subterfuge 3: Does she take the bait and
react to the implied jab at her ego?
7, 8, 7, 7, 6, 3, 10 = EXCEPTIONAL SUCCESS[/quote]
“You’re probably just not looking in the right place,” she
snaps.
“I’m not,” I insist.
“You’re an idiot,” she grumbles, probably reminding herself that
she said she wasn’t going to help me. “But if it’ll get you out
of my hair, I’ll prove it to you.”
“If you insist, honey,” I say and if looks could kill, oh my god
Hah. I’m a winner.
It’s not long before I’m walking out of the records office with
the white cardboard box in hand. I take it directly to an empty
interrogation room, close the shades and the door, and…
[Quote]Correspondence 3: Portaling out with the records!
Arete 3, diff 7 (Vulgar without witnesses)
9, 7, 10[/quote]
Poof.
Scott free!
~fin~
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