After Arundel (OOC)

Dec 24, 2024 11:47 pm
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Dec 25, 2024 11:53 am
@Delirium: We obviously don't want NPCs solving our problems for us [ref]. So we need to work out how to use Kenedi in your search for information about Elliot. Probably we will feed information from her as part of any Successes you get on any Moves you make and such?

Does Kenedi know you have been consorting with vampires? We deliberately didn't clearly establish the timing of your previous Debts.
Dec 25, 2024 12:21 pm
I considered using 'Spot a previously overlooked clue or advantage in the immediate area', but Emma needs to start somewhere first. Right now, she doesn't have any leads. Emma never told Kenedi she had been consorting with vampires, no, though she should become more than a little suspicious after the last call.
Dec 25, 2024 12:41 pm
Delirium says:
... I considered using 'Spot a previously overlooked clue or advantage in the immediate area' ...
You would need to find a relevant 'area' to do that, but yes, you have investigative abilities. This being on your sheet and in your Abilities list also means you are an 'investigator' in the fiction, so you should be able to get some results just by roleplaying investigating. You can push that with a Let It Out if you choose, but that is not the only way to access these features.

Is finding Elliot Emma's most pressing concern? You have, at least, three things pulling on your time, Elliot, the Arundel Data, and the in-laws.

How much play-time do you want to spend on the scene with the in-laws?

You might only get one shot at pulling information out of the Arundel data, if you do that before you head out to meet the in-laws you will have limited time as the pressure, if you wait till afterwards, you will have risks of the data ageing out, either way it will be risky. Enlisting hackers to help you might help if you want to go that route.

Possibly we will just let you use the data to Study a Place of Power? (with Power) This is something you wanted to do last night, but events got in the way. It is a bit strange to use it thus, but I think it works.
Delirium says:
... Right now, she doesn't have any leads. ...
Yep. Where would you start looking for leads to follow?
Delirium says:
... Emma never told Kenedi she had been consorting with vampires ...
Maybe give us a clear indication of what you tell her. (Maybe show us the email/text you send? Or a summary thereof?)
Dec 25, 2024 1:42 pm
Finding Elliot is Emma's #1 priority. She feels betrayed and used by Hali and Jacob. She's terrified that the Administrator might have something sinister planned for her. She's alone, and doesn't have anyone to turn to. Elliot might have been a bastard, but he had at least shown some interest in her well-being, even if it was for his own reasons. So yes, finding him is very important to her, but the problem is, she doesn’t really have much to go on.

Maybe the data she managed to take from the Administrator’s computer could provide her with a lead? She doesn't want to antagonize the Administrator any more than she already had, but if there’s a list of contacts hidden in there, it could be the perfect excuse to "hit the streets" and find something useful. Or, and Emma can be bold like that, she might reach out to the Police Commissioner himself and ask him to pull some strings for her, maybe get access to traffic footage or some other lead.

As for the in-laws, Emma plans to take them to an avant-garde play. Something they would never have considered attending on their own. We don't need to play on that scene unless you want to add some drama to it.

To Kenedi, she will send some basic information; from Where Elliot left to the party, what car he was driving, the approximate time he left his apartment, and his cell phone number. Nothing more than that. Not even his name, or description.
Dec 26, 2024 12:49 pm
vagueGM says:
Lizabeth should still be at Jacob's place, but you don't know where Jacob is.
Isn’t Lizabeth at Benji’s apartment now? Not Jacob’s?
Dec 26, 2024 12:53 pm
oopsylon says:
vagueGM says:
Lizabeth should still be at Jacob's place, but you don't know where Jacob is.
Isn’t Lizabeth at Benji’s apartment now? Not Jacob’s?
True. I forgot you even had an apartment. Ignore that whoopsie, we can fix it later. She is at your apartment.
Dec 27, 2024 10:15 am
oopsylon says:
(in RP) ... [i]He’s… He’s in the middle of a book! If I killed him, he would never get to find out how it ends ...
Ha! That made me lough out loud... in public. :)

I can relate. Being denied the ending of a book by something like death seems very unfair. I will die once I am finished all my reading, thank you. :)
oopsylon says:
(in RP) ... Lizabeth usually likes to rise before the sun ...
What do you think? She would like to have been out at the river, picking over the detritus. Was she disciplined enough to stay in based on your warnings?

If she went out we can find out if there are complications (already). It is up to you, we can have her be there just as easily and deal with any drinking that might arise.

You have gone to some effort to keep her safe, she probably Owes you for that. Do you call in that Debt for a drink? Cash in a Debt Marks the Circle, so that will give you Mortalis if you want to go that route. Or does feeding on your regulars not incur Debts?
Dec 28, 2024 6:01 am
vagueGM says:
What do you think? She would like to have been out at the river, picking over the detritus. Was she disciplined enough to stay in based on your warnings?

If she went out we can find out if there are complications (already).
Okay, I like that! Let's say she got sick of being cooped up in Benji's apartment and decided to go down to the river.
Dec 28, 2024 6:02 am
oopsylon says:
vagueGM says:
What do you think? She would like to have been out at the river, picking over the detritus. Was she disciplined enough to stay in based on your warnings?

If she went out we can find out if there are complications (already).
Okay, I like that! Let's say she got sick of being cooped up in Benji's apartment and decided to go down to the river.
OK. Go find her if you want to.
Dec 31, 2024 5:30 am
@Delirium: Moving us along, [ref]. We can backfill anything you may have done in the interim if we need to.
Dec 31, 2024 6:47 pm
@vagueGM, could Emma 'Hit the Streets' to gather clues about Eliot's disappearance, assuming she can track down some contacts from the files she copied off the Administrator's computer [ref] ?
Jan 1, 2025 6:24 am
Delirium says:
... could Emma 'Hit the Streets' to gather clues about Eliot's disappearance, assuming she can track down some contacts from the files she copied off the Administrator's computer?
Absolutely.

Though Hit the Street does have the caveat that the person you are going be able to provide you with what you are looking for. So they will only be able to help you in ways that make sense for who they are: the stronger they are the more they may be able to help, the weaker they are the more inclined to help they will be (for their own benefit).

This Move only appears to deal with whether they are available and have the stuff, it does not force them to help you, so you may need to engage in roleplay or other Moves to persuade them to actually do anything (in a way the 7-9 outcome can make this easier, since, if they are 'dealing with their own problems', and you are able to help them, that could put them in your Debt, or serve as leverage for Persuade).

We did not roll this for Kenedi, since you actually have to go out and meet them to trigger the Move (a strange rule, which we can chat about on a case by case basis). She is still an option for this Move later, if we need to.

This is, of course, dependant on whether you can glean any information from The Administrator's files that are directly applicable here. As you suggest, a contact number makes a lot of sense, this can be useful for other things in the future, but does not make them your friend (actually, it does the opposite, people don't like cold-callers:), but you are charming, so you can overcome this.

Rolls

In-Law's Reaction to the Theatre - (2d6)

(51) = 6

Jan 1, 2025 10:40 am
Great! Emma will try contacting someone from the Administrator's list, first opportunity she gets.
Jan 1, 2025 10:44 am
Delirium says:
(in RP) ... "So, how’s James doing?" Emma asked, steering the conversation to David’s siblings. "And Betty?" ...
Do you have any ideas about these siblings? Or should I just create drama?
Jan 1, 2025 11:01 am
I didn't think it through, really. I would be happy with whatever you come up with.
Jan 5, 2025 10:13 am
So, Emma will take her in-laws to her 'writers' circle,' unless there's more to explore in this scene. If not, I can write a little about their arrival and the characters in the group. Perhaps one of them is secretly a ghoul and starting to unravel after Eliot's disappearance due to missing their fix? Or do you already have other drama planned?
Jan 5, 2025 10:36 am
Delirium says:
... So, Emma will take her in-laws to her 'writers' circle,' unless there's more to explore in this scene. ...
I have nothing more.
Delirium says:
... I can write a little about their arrival and the characters in the group. ...
Go for it!
Delirium says:
... Perhaps one of them is secretly a ghoul and starting to unravel after Eliot's disappearance due to missing their fix? ...
Ooh! That was fast, he has been missing for less than a day, so this 'ghoul' needs constant work?

This does sound a bit more like a 'zombie', though. The Vamp playbook does get 'ghouls' but they are described as:
page 160 says:
... ghouls —typically some sort of mortal servant, either hypnotized or addicted to your blood, but you and your MC decide how they appear in the fiction. So long as they appear human and serve you, they count as ghouls.
It's semantics, but calling this poor soul a 'ghoul' could confuse things later if our Vamp player takes that option? If Emma does not know what they are, we can leave them undefined till we work it out ourselves.
Delirium says:
... Or do you already have other drama planned? ...
'Planned'? I don't know this word? Is it foreign? :)
Jan 5, 2025 3:12 pm
Lets forget about the 'ghoul' then, until oopsylon gets a chance to flesh them out. I'm thinking to focus on NPCs already mentioned in her background, instead of introducing new ones. Maybe Emma's ex, Henry, drops by, which can cause all sort of complications and drama for her, with her in-laws present.
Jan 5, 2025 3:23 pm
Delirium says:
... Lets forget about the 'ghoul' then ...
Aw. I was looking forward to that. :)

But never mind.

They might never come up if you don't seize the opportunity to bring ideas in. They needn't be a 'ghoul' in the Vamp Playbook sense.
Delirium says:
... until oopsylon gets a chance to flesh them out. ...
They may never do so. I am not sure having servant totally fits with Benji's aesthetic (as we see it ... at present)? If we just steer clear of elements of others' playbooks and we can freely define similar things.
Delirium says:
... Maybe Emma's ex, Henry, drops by, which can cause all sort of complications and drama for her, with her in-laws present. ...
Absolutely. Do the in-laws (thanks for giving them names, but the way:) know Henry at all? I don't recall where David was from and if there was overlap with who you went to school with.

Has Henry been to these meetings before or is he there to track Emma down? Do you have ideas as to why, or should I come up with something?
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