The Caress of Gamaliel

Time has continued to pause - and you find yourself unable to reach into your pocket to grab your medallion of the Saint. You're unable to move out of your seat. Only your mind continues to work, almost as if you are physically frozen as time has come to a stop. Looking outside the side windows, everything is a blur - like all the colors of the world are speeding past and yet stand still at the same time. You've never felt or seen anything like this in your life.

And no matter what you say to the Driver, it seems as if they are unable to respond to you. It's almost as if they are in suspended animation. The same suspended animation that the entire world, even your physical body seems to be in right now - everything except your mind as you are forced to make a decision.

You are forced to make a decision.

You are forced to make a decision.

You are forced to make a decision.

Despite it all, you can feel that you are the one who will determine the fate of these civilians; something about the air makes you instinctively understand that it's not the Driver who's in control of the vehicle right at this moment - it is you.

Make your call - the drunk, or the woman with the child.

You get the feeling that even though you are talking to the Driver, they are not responsive. It's as if they are suspended in time and unable to control the limousine. As you make your decision, the car veers toward the drunk in the gutter. The whole car bumps as it hits the drunkard.Suddenly, time resumes back to normal and the driver once again takes control of the limousine.

"Excellent choice," the driver says. "That man in the gutter was an EMT - and Emergency Medical Technician. This was his weekend off. He normally spends his days working hard to save lived, forever critical of himself for not doing enough to keep his patients alive. Tonight, he was drowning himself in liquor, something he hasn't done in years, because he lost a child in the ambulance.

The child you saved will grow up to become known as the Butcher of Malina. He will become a serial killer, ever elusive and forever one step ahead of the authorities. He will live to an old age, wracking up one of the highest murder counts for serial killers in history."

The voice of the driver then shifts back to the audience, "We are now driving through an endless labyrinth of little houses. Small boxed, all the same. Happy people who are wealthy enough to buy houses on the inside of gates. Fit people jog on the sidewalk. Little old ladies bring cakes to their neighbors. The smell of barbeques and swimming pools fill the air. People seem to be happy.

But now, we have the adult entertainment superstar! Most people know her as Sanora Black.

Sanora is the Bishop's daughter! What a twist this is! A pious man had a child out of wedlock, and because he was not there as a proper father figure, she grew up to become a pornstar - another thing Morgana the Monster does not know about. How does this make the bishop feel? How does Sanora feel about her father?

We do know their relationship has been cold for a while, but now the bishop is withholding Sanora’s inheritance from her deceased mother, until ‘he can be proud of her.’ Today, we shall find out if Sanora can make her father proud."

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Sanora - A limousine pulls up. You are standing on the sidewalk, having ordered a taxi, but instead this limousine shows up. This would be very good for you to be seen entering a limo. Not only is this a prestigious neighborhood, but living up to the prestige by entering a limo can do wonders to your reputation and prospects (even beyond your career working for Loretta).

Do you enter?

The limousine has two rows of seats in the back, facing each other. It’s all white leather and luxury. The minibar has an impressive assortment of alcohol, as well as some snacks and an orange medicine bottle filled with an assortment of opioids and antidepressants.

Smoking is encouraged.

Deftones' "Passenger" plays softly through the sound system, just faint enough to provide background ambiance, but not loud enough to be a distraction.

Beside the contents of the mini bar there are three objects in the back of the limousine.

◊ A battery powered power drill.

◊ A high-quality black leather collar with some rhinestones on it.

◊ A two-liter dark brown glass-vial full of a clear liquid. It is labeled "sulphuric acid 98%"

Sanora: You recognize the collar as a BDSM posture collar. You've seen it before, in Loretta's collection. You already know the rhinestones spell "Loretta's Pet."