Case 1: Victims at the park

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Dec 18, 2023 1:13 pm
You eventually make your way out of the parking lot. On your way to the place the web-like substance was found, you see both families on opposite sides of the walkway you are taking. Both seem to be average american families. On the left, a father is grilling burgers over the public grills while his oldest son and youngest son pass a football back and forth and the wife and daughter are doing something on an iPad at the picnic table. On the right, you notice another american family, with the father playing volleyball with his 3 daughters while the wife tends to a crying baby boy.

You continue to the coordinates of the place the substance was found. There does seem to be a mass of something up in one of the trees, not nowhere else.
Dec 18, 2023 1:44 pm
Seth eyes the families, a passing thought of what it must be like to have a family like those brushing past his mind as he walks further out to the scene of the kidnapping. He spots the mass and points up to it as he turns to Ajay and says, "It looks like some of the substance might be left at the scene. Now to get it down. Any ideas?"
Dec 18, 2023 2:09 pm
OOC:
Small note: if you were climbing a tree in the middle of a fight, that might call for an Act Under Pressure roll, but as there seems to be no threats nearby at this time, I don't think climbing a tree would call for a roll.
Dec 18, 2023 2:12 pm
Ajay took another drag from his cigarette as he observed the webs up on the tree. He finished it, dropping the end filter on the ground and squashing it with his shoes. Given the location of the web, the monster was absolutely arboreal. The surroundings will definitely give some clues about it's behaviour and hunting patterns. He looked at Seth, "Do you have a rope? We can use it to climb up and collect some samples."

OOC: I believe we will be carrying mundane stuffs with us for investigation. I don't know whether we will have rope though.
Dec 18, 2023 2:18 pm
OOC:
At work.
Could / should I use telepathy to get these families to leave? Give them the feeling that something is not safe. Give us some privacy.
[ +- ] Telepathy
Dec 18, 2023 2:31 pm
OOC:
It probably would be a good idea to get these families out of here, just in case.
Seth looks in his backpack for a length of rope, and comes out with a coil of rope of about 50 feet that he luckily remembered to pack. He begins to unspool it and swings the end around in order to throw it over a branch to create a rudimentary pulley system to get someone up there.
Dec 18, 2023 3:26 pm
OOC:
Smiley, if you are going to get the families to leave, roll me 2 Manipulate Someone rolls, one for each of the families. Telepathy doesn't change what you roll, just the fiction and utility of the rolls. As such, roll +Charm both times. In case it affects your decision to do this, here's what you can expect:
6 or less: One or both of the parents will hear your voice in their head and become suspicious and on alert. They won't leave, but if they hear you talk they'll remember your voice and be unfriendly (even if they don't know why).
7 to 9: The family doesn't leave, but isn't hostile. However, if they are shown evidence of something dangerous nearby, they will immediately decide to leave.
10 or higher: one or both of the parents decide that they think the nearby forest is unsafe and will leave (you don't know if they would go home or just to another park)
Dec 18, 2023 4:07 pm
OOC:
(At work still. Posting the rolls will edit later.)

Rolls

Charm - (2d6-1)

(53) - 1 = 7

Charm - (2d6-1)

(65) - 1 = 10

Dec 18, 2023 4:49 pm
The family with the father and three daughters playing volleyball suddenly stop after the dad catches the ball instead of hitting it. He turns to his wife, who share a glance with each other at then inform the rest of the family that they will be resuming this family outing at a different park. The girls seem upset but ultimately get in the car. The other family, however, does not leave. The wife shares some concerns with her husband, but the husband talks her out of her concerns and agrees if anything dangerous arrives, they'll leave. Until then it seems they are staying.
Dec 19, 2023 6:01 am
Ajay unpacked sealed plastic bags and started wearing latex gloves before climbing the tree using the rope. He slowly hoisted himself, directing Seth with instructions about when to stop and when to proceed. As he reached closer to the web, he took a plastic bud from inside the bags and started twirling the bud, attaching it to the web. Once the entire cobweb got stuck to the bud, he placed it inside the bag and sealed it. Signalling Seth to lower him down, he surveyed the surroundings from this vantage point to notice anything unusual or noteworthy. Were there any other cobwebs in the trees? Were there signs of any hunted prey? Something dangling from the tree perch?

OOC: I am looking for monster activity from this high up vantage point. Do I roll Investigate to know more about the monster behaviour or activity?
Dec 19, 2023 12:16 pm
OOC:
Roll to Investigate a Mystery, and when you do please tell me which questions you are wanting to ask. The move has a limited list of questions you can ask. Note: ignore the advanced option. You can't use that until you level up at least 5 times and choose to make that move advanced. Until then it is not accessible.

If you are not sure what I am referring to, I am saying you must ask one of these questions.
[ +- ] Investigate a Mystery
Dec 19, 2023 12:33 pm
Maggie leans against a tree and mean mugs the two families for a bit.
One of them gets up and leaves.
Rubbing her temples "Got one family. Other one is being stubborn. " She walks to Seth and holds on her hand. "Can I borrow your badge."
Dec 19, 2023 5:47 pm
Seth looks at her over his sunglasses and replies, "There is no way they will believe that you are an Agent. Let me take care of this. You do your thing on this end and make them feel uncomfortable." He then finishes lowering Ajay down, unstraps himself from his harness that he made from the end of the rope, and begins to approach the other family.
Dec 19, 2023 6:09 pm
OOC:
as you are going over after helping Ajay down, we will wait until we resolve his roll before you go over, otherwise there may be time skip confusions
Dec 19, 2023 6:11 pm
OOC:
Got it. Sounds good.
Dec 19, 2023 6:23 pm
OOC: Okay, so I rolled a 7 and I have 1 hold. I am spending the hold to ask the first question, "What happened here?"
Last edited December 19, 2023 6:25 pm

Rolls

Investigate a mystery - (2d6+2)

(41) + 2 = 7

Dec 19, 2023 8:15 pm
Ajay examines the location and notices high up in the trees is a deer trapped in the same substance and trained of fluids. The branch he is on is bent, as if something heavy pulls something from the ground up, entangled it in the substance, and leaped away. You have a hunch that whatever it is was eating a meal when it saw the victim walk underneath. It set a trap for the victim, quickly hoisted them up, and ran away with them as if to take them somewhere else.

After this, you get down at Seth's request so he can tend to something nearby and don't want to leave you hanging up in the tree, stuck.
Dec 19, 2023 11:01 pm
OOC:
zatatmando, roll manipulate someone for Seth. Since the family is already on the fence about leaving, a 7 or higher is all you need, but on a 10+ you might be able to ask them to do something else if you want too
Dec 20, 2023 2:10 am
Seth walks over to the family, and heads towards the husband and wife. He flashes his badge quickly so that they don't get a good look at the origin of it, and says, "Hello there. We are conducting an investigation in these woods into a disappearance. There is reason to believe that the abductor is still at large, so we recommend that you vacate the area. "
[ +- ] Manipulate Someone
OOC:
Is there a way to give me the help action?
Last edited December 20, 2023 3:09 am

Rolls

Manipulate someone - (2d6+0)

(15) = 6

Dec 20, 2023 3:32 am
OOC:
Someone has to be willing to roll a Help Out roll. If they fail, the family will accuse both of you of being fakes and threaten to call the cops on you. If they get at least a 7, your roll will be a hit instead of a miss, but all manipulate someone rolls that get a 7-9 require some effort on your part to get them to cooperate, so even if the help helps you will need to provide some proof you are worth listening to and no some random person who is making up a story

Side note: if someone helps you and you get that +1, you didn't get a 6- and thus would not get any exp. Your call
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