Play Our Little Game

## The Meet

Dreamer, Okami and Óphis met in R&R for lunch, Tial arrived independently to purchase a spell formula when another customer walked in. He was apparently a regular and bought several pints of alcohol at once while complaining to Rick about a reoccurring phenomenon his household was experiencing.

Rick suggested that he ask around the bar as there might *happen* to be some folks there who could help him out while looking pointedly at the runner's table. the man introduced himself as Jamison and explained that he and his wife were experiencing heebie jeebies, dark moods and his kids were having night terrors. He agreed to pay the runners 2k nuyen each to check out his home and would negotiate for more if they could figure out and solve the problem.

## Legwork

The runners arrived at the house and convinced Jamison's wife, Margaret, to let them in. Dreamer interviewed Margaret while Tial and Okami went to ask the children (Bob, Jameison II, Mary and, Susie) some questions. Óphis searched around the house and found a deep sense of fear seeping from the basement. The interviews a bit of additional information; the children didn't remember much about their nightmares but Margaret remember that one of them yelled about a goat in their sleep.

Okami played with the children while Dreamer and Tial joined Óphis in the basement. Dreamer came to the realization that the whole house was engulfed in a Manascape and together the three took out the spell. Meanwhile Okami agreed to play hide and seek with the children and lost them completely; the children and Margaret were nowhere to be found. the runners gathered together to try and figure things out when the astral echo of a ball bounced down from the attic. They went up and found the phantom of a little girl crying. Using psychometry Dreamer and Okami relived the girls last moments.

## Run

Working on the assumption that the entire family was dead the runners searched the house again. Now free of the manascape they discovered a small hollow beneath the basement with number of corpses and a statue. Dreamer cleared the collapsed shaft down to the chamber and the runners descended. the feeling of terror growing and changing into a strong death aspected background count.

Cleansing herself of the BGC Okami noticed a Reaper spirit trying to slip past them all and was punished for her perceptiveness with the compulsion to "*Sacrifice Your Friends.*" Thinking to catch the spirit in the area of effect she caught everyone with the Opium Den spell, adding euphoria to the aspect of death and murder, further incapacitating the runners but failing to affect the spirit. The Reaper moved to execute Dreamer but Okami convinced it that she would handle it and unleashed a powerful Control Actions spell and commanded everyone to "Release your magic and Surrender". This time everyone complied, now free of the reaper's compulsion and emotionally devastated she pointed at the spirit and ordered "KILL!". As the Reaper was moments from death and terrified she finished it off herself, taking it by the throat and draining it of essence as everyone could only look on in horror as the spirit was obliterated.

## Aftermath

The runners returned to R&R and were informed that Jamison had just headed home, which was confusing as his home was not far away and they should have encountered him along the way. It wasn't a complete waste of time though as Rick informed them that Jamison has paid for their meals for the remainder of the year.

the four settled back into their chairs wearily and had a long chat about what they had just witnessed.

## Rewards

* 11 karma
	+ 2 karma base
	+ +2 karma Achievement Unlocked: Detective (Figure out the weirdness there)
	+ ~~Achievement Failed: Final Rest (Release the phantoms from their loops)~~
	+ +2 karma Achievement Unlocked: Occult Investigator (Find the hidden second basement)
	+ +2 karma Achievement Unlocked: Death Ward (Prevent the Reaper from escaping)
	+ +2 karma Achievement Unlocked: Funeral Rites (Bury the victims' bones)
	+ +1 karma Achievement Unlocked: Playtime (Play with the children's ghosts)
	+ 2 CDP
	+ Free Food and Drink at R&R until the New Year
* Okami:
	+ 1 free rank of intimidation for making a Grim Reaper feel fear before destroying it
	+ 1 bonus SC for saving the whole team

## Player After-Action Reports

*In Character* accounts of events, general impressions, or memorable moments