Massachusetts mission summary
Aug. 28th, 2014 02:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wynnSolace, Faith O., Lissa D., Phineas, Sydney S., Thoster
The team was briefed about a minor celebrity who believed she was being stalked by an obsessive fan with some kind of Shadow abilities. The Knights had been hired to act as bodyguards at a dinner party she was throwing, where they would pretend to be guests while investigating the matter and keeping her safe. They created covers for themselves and went to meet the semi-famous Callista Pendergast, a spoiled bratty young woman who explained that she'd been receiving 'stalker notes' for months, but she had just found one in her bedroom before calling them. She showed them the note, which was overflowing with flowery romantic angst and promised they would 'make her see'.
After making a plan to contact one another if they discovered anything, the team moved to the ballroom to meet the guests. lissa spoke to an attractive young man named Roy who turned out to be another celebrity whom Callista was a fan of. He didn't seem to know anything about Callista's stalker, however. Thoster spoke to Claudia and Erika, "friends" of Callista who actually couldn't stand her. They'd been told all about her stalker, but explained that it was her fifth 'stalker' this year, claiming she liked to exaggerate the truth and blow things out of proportion, to get attention, because her parents never gave her any. They believed that if some guy went off the deep end over her that she'd probably driven him to it on purpose. Thoster enlisted their help in trying to find the guy. Sydney spoke to a Shadowkind theologist who was more interested in talking about his studies than the party. Thoster moved on to speaking to Callista's angry uncle, who considered Callista spoiled rotten. He too implied that she lured men along on a string, and disposed of them like Kleenex.
Some of the Knights heard a scream in the hallway and went to investigate, realizing that one of the guests had gone out that way earlier. They split up, and Faith and Thoster came across the body of the woman, who had two puncture wounds in her neck. Meanwhile, Phineas and Lissa found themselves confronted with the vampire... who was invisible. Solace and Sydney discovered an open window and Faith and Thoster called for everyone to gather up, warning them about the vamp.
It was too late for Phineas and Lissa however, as the vampire accused them of trying to get between him and Callista, Phineas threw a dove at the vampire's face in a fit of panic as the others raced to their aid. The vampire slammed Lissa against a wall, rendering her unconscious, as Phineas tried unsuccessfully to fight him off. They all converged just as Callista appeared, recognizing the vampire as "Shaun" and seeming disgusted that he wouldn't recognize that 'it was over.' Shaun moved towards her, trying to dominate her, stopping as Thoster mesmerized him with a fragment of song... but Phineas ruined it by slamming into the vampire from behind, breaking the spell. He whirled on the binder, ready to kill him, when Faith unleashed a crushing psionic attack that destroyed the vampire's brain. Solace finished the job by evaporating his remaining body.
Callista did nothing but complain about her 'rescue', and the team chastised her for her lack of gratitude and cowed her attitude, begging them not to tell her father about this. They did so anyway, and convinced him to have the grounds warded against further attacks.
The team was briefed about a minor celebrity who believed she was being stalked by an obsessive fan with some kind of Shadow abilities. The Knights had been hired to act as bodyguards at a dinner party she was throwing, where they would pretend to be guests while investigating the matter and keeping her safe. They created covers for themselves and went to meet the semi-famous Callista Pendergast, a spoiled bratty young woman who explained that she'd been receiving 'stalker notes' for months, but she had just found one in her bedroom before calling them. She showed them the note, which was overflowing with flowery romantic angst and promised they would 'make her see'.
After making a plan to contact one another if they discovered anything, the team moved to the ballroom to meet the guests. lissa spoke to an attractive young man named Roy who turned out to be another celebrity whom Callista was a fan of. He didn't seem to know anything about Callista's stalker, however. Thoster spoke to Claudia and Erika, "friends" of Callista who actually couldn't stand her. They'd been told all about her stalker, but explained that it was her fifth 'stalker' this year, claiming she liked to exaggerate the truth and blow things out of proportion, to get attention, because her parents never gave her any. They believed that if some guy went off the deep end over her that she'd probably driven him to it on purpose. Thoster enlisted their help in trying to find the guy. Sydney spoke to a Shadowkind theologist who was more interested in talking about his studies than the party. Thoster moved on to speaking to Callista's angry uncle, who considered Callista spoiled rotten. He too implied that she lured men along on a string, and disposed of them like Kleenex.
Some of the Knights heard a scream in the hallway and went to investigate, realizing that one of the guests had gone out that way earlier. They split up, and Faith and Thoster came across the body of the woman, who had two puncture wounds in her neck. Meanwhile, Phineas and Lissa found themselves confronted with the vampire... who was invisible. Solace and Sydney discovered an open window and Faith and Thoster called for everyone to gather up, warning them about the vamp.
It was too late for Phineas and Lissa however, as the vampire accused them of trying to get between him and Callista, Phineas threw a dove at the vampire's face in a fit of panic as the others raced to their aid. The vampire slammed Lissa against a wall, rendering her unconscious, as Phineas tried unsuccessfully to fight him off. They all converged just as Callista appeared, recognizing the vampire as "Shaun" and seeming disgusted that he wouldn't recognize that 'it was over.' Shaun moved towards her, trying to dominate her, stopping as Thoster mesmerized him with a fragment of song... but Phineas ruined it by slamming into the vampire from behind, breaking the spell. He whirled on the binder, ready to kill him, when Faith unleashed a crushing psionic attack that destroyed the vampire's brain. Solace finished the job by evaporating his remaining body.
Callista did nothing but complain about her 'rescue', and the team chastised her for her lack of gratitude and cowed her attitude, begging them not to tell her father about this. They did so anyway, and convinced him to have the grounds warded against further attacks.