Tennessee [Mind Games] Mission Summary
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Tennessee
Christos (Mission Leader), Amy, Sebastian, The Doctor w/sg Mulder & Fowley | February 2015
The Knights were briefed about a price-fixing scam in Tennessee involving genetically modified corn (that wasn't) which had led to the FBI being brought in to investigate. The agents, however, were attacked by reptilian Shadowkind in the silos, and escaped, but asked for the Knights' assistance.
Arriving in Tennessee, they headed to scope out the silos. The Doctor, however, realized that there were no signs of any tracks of reptiles - perhaps unusually none. Agents Mulder and Fowley arrived, They offered their description of what had transpired: four of the creatures had appeared abruptly when they were inside the silo, and had knocked their flashlights away, so they hadn't gotten a good look at them. They were small, scaled, bipedal, and had long snouts, and had left claw marks on Agent Fowley. They discussed the possibility that the reptiles had been nesting in the silos.
Together, they headed inside the silos, again finding no trace of any lizards. Amy & Eleven casually dropped that the Doctor was an alien, blowing Mulder's mind. He was, however, unsure of if they were serious or not, given their offhanded manner. Christos seemed convinced that the FBI agents had simply imagined the creatures, given the complete lack of evidence of anything in the silos. Agent Fowley asked them to remain in town on call while they finished the price scam investigation. Amy gave Mulder her number after some shameless flirting.
They returned to a hotel, and shortly thereafter, Amy got a call from Mulder, who explained that he and Agent Fowley had been attacked again - this time in their hotel room. It had been waiting in their room and appeared to be a hyena-headed man that looked like a gnoll, trying to break into Diana's room. Mulder had shot it in the chest and it vanished. There were no tracks or fur left, but scratches in the door. Mulder posited a theory based on an old scifi movie about "monsters of the id", projections of the subconscious that were partially real and could be created by psionics. He thought that the psychic might be connected to the price fixing scam and was trying to stop their investigation. He asked them to go get a read on Robert Quail, the man who was working with them from the company, who Mulder suspected might have been "gotten to" by the criminals.
Christos suggested they masquerade as IRS agents and headed to the Quail house the next morning. Christos, was, however, the worst fake IRS agent, but Amy managed to cover for him and convince Robert to let them in. They found out that his daughter was home sick that day. They told him he was being audited, and he went to get his tax documents. While he was gone, they searched around, finding anxiety meds and antidepressants under the name Cindi Quail, but were interrupted by Robert's daughter showing up and cannily catching on that they were up to no good. She told them they needed to go away, and they learned that she was worried about the FBI agents. Amy realized that the little girl might be projecting the monsters of the id to protect her father. Robert returned with the files, identifying the young girl as Cindi and Christos pointed out that she hadn't seemed sick. Robert explained that she suffered from terrible anxiety attacks that he allowed her to stay home for from time to time. He seemed surprised that she knew anything about the FBI agents, that he had kept it secret from her to avoid upsetting her. They admitted that they weren't really IRS agents, asking if Cindi was a psion and he grudgingly admitted she was, and that they'd tried to keep it secret to protect her.
Robert went to fetch Cindi again and Christos and Amy argued about the best thing to be done with her: whether to leave her with her family or take her somewhere else to train. Robert came back and told them that Cindi had escaped out a window, and Sebastian found a stuffed kobold in the azaleas outside. Amy called Mulder, asking him to come help. They decided to go look in her treehouse, where they ran into a huge psionic monster that Cindi had conjured up. The Doctor tried to reason with it, staying Christos' plan to attack it, until Mulder ran out and the psionic creature mind thrusted Amy away from itself, prompting Christos to attack. The Doctor climbed into the treehouse to speak to Cindi while they fought the monster, and found she was terrified that the men in suits were going to take her father away. Christos killed the psionic monster and The Doctor learned that Cindi thought the FBI were there because of her, and her father was going to get in trouble because he'd been keeping her powers secret. He calmed he down and brought her back down to her father.
Fowley finally arrived, and they explained how it had been the product of Cindi misinterpreting the situation and thinking her dad was in danger. The armed police she was with frightened the girl and Mulder told her to send them away, but Amy managed to calm Cindi down again. Mulder headed off to the hospital for his wound from the creature and Christos convinced Robert to allow them to put him in touch with people who could train his daughter to use her powers.
Tennessee
Christos (Mission Leader), Amy, Sebastian, The Doctor w/sg Mulder & Fowley | February 2015
The Knights were briefed about a price-fixing scam in Tennessee involving genetically modified corn (that wasn't) which had led to the FBI being brought in to investigate. The agents, however, were attacked by reptilian Shadowkind in the silos, and escaped, but asked for the Knights' assistance.
Arriving in Tennessee, they headed to scope out the silos. The Doctor, however, realized that there were no signs of any tracks of reptiles - perhaps unusually none. Agents Mulder and Fowley arrived, They offered their description of what had transpired: four of the creatures had appeared abruptly when they were inside the silo, and had knocked their flashlights away, so they hadn't gotten a good look at them. They were small, scaled, bipedal, and had long snouts, and had left claw marks on Agent Fowley. They discussed the possibility that the reptiles had been nesting in the silos.
Together, they headed inside the silos, again finding no trace of any lizards. Amy & Eleven casually dropped that the Doctor was an alien, blowing Mulder's mind. He was, however, unsure of if they were serious or not, given their offhanded manner. Christos seemed convinced that the FBI agents had simply imagined the creatures, given the complete lack of evidence of anything in the silos. Agent Fowley asked them to remain in town on call while they finished the price scam investigation. Amy gave Mulder her number after some shameless flirting.
They returned to a hotel, and shortly thereafter, Amy got a call from Mulder, who explained that he and Agent Fowley had been attacked again - this time in their hotel room. It had been waiting in their room and appeared to be a hyena-headed man that looked like a gnoll, trying to break into Diana's room. Mulder had shot it in the chest and it vanished. There were no tracks or fur left, but scratches in the door. Mulder posited a theory based on an old scifi movie about "monsters of the id", projections of the subconscious that were partially real and could be created by psionics. He thought that the psychic might be connected to the price fixing scam and was trying to stop their investigation. He asked them to go get a read on Robert Quail, the man who was working with them from the company, who Mulder suspected might have been "gotten to" by the criminals.
Christos suggested they masquerade as IRS agents and headed to the Quail house the next morning. Christos, was, however, the worst fake IRS agent, but Amy managed to cover for him and convince Robert to let them in. They found out that his daughter was home sick that day. They told him he was being audited, and he went to get his tax documents. While he was gone, they searched around, finding anxiety meds and antidepressants under the name Cindi Quail, but were interrupted by Robert's daughter showing up and cannily catching on that they were up to no good. She told them they needed to go away, and they learned that she was worried about the FBI agents. Amy realized that the little girl might be projecting the monsters of the id to protect her father. Robert returned with the files, identifying the young girl as Cindi and Christos pointed out that she hadn't seemed sick. Robert explained that she suffered from terrible anxiety attacks that he allowed her to stay home for from time to time. He seemed surprised that she knew anything about the FBI agents, that he had kept it secret from her to avoid upsetting her. They admitted that they weren't really IRS agents, asking if Cindi was a psion and he grudgingly admitted she was, and that they'd tried to keep it secret to protect her.
Robert went to fetch Cindi again and Christos and Amy argued about the best thing to be done with her: whether to leave her with her family or take her somewhere else to train. Robert came back and told them that Cindi had escaped out a window, and Sebastian found a stuffed kobold in the azaleas outside. Amy called Mulder, asking him to come help. They decided to go look in her treehouse, where they ran into a huge psionic monster that Cindi had conjured up. The Doctor tried to reason with it, staying Christos' plan to attack it, until Mulder ran out and the psionic creature mind thrusted Amy away from itself, prompting Christos to attack. The Doctor climbed into the treehouse to speak to Cindi while they fought the monster, and found she was terrified that the men in suits were going to take her father away. Christos killed the psionic monster and The Doctor learned that Cindi thought the FBI were there because of her, and her father was going to get in trouble because he'd been keeping her powers secret. He calmed he down and brought her back down to her father.
Fowley finally arrived, and they explained how it had been the product of Cindi misinterpreting the situation and thinking her dad was in danger. The armed police she was with frightened the girl and Mulder told her to send them away, but Amy managed to calm Cindi down again. Mulder headed off to the hospital for his wound from the creature and Christos convinced Robert to allow them to put him in touch with people who could train his daughter to use her powers.