Simon Greene

Simon Greene was a player character played by Jeb in the Rainy Days campaign. He was a human taxi driver. His cab is a right hand drive model that he bought for cheap, then modified to allow it to be used as a taxi cab. It is more spacious than most cabs. Later on in the campaign, a hidden side of the character was revealed.

## Backstory

Simon Greene was born in a rough lifestyle. Both his mother and father had always lived their lives in abject poverty, moving from place to place. Simon continued this lifestyle until their untimely deaths during his young adulthood, when he became a taxi driver. He grew close to the LeFeure family, even falling in love with one of the daughters, Rosalia. Later on in his life, when he was 30, Hale Edwards stumbled into his cab with Ms. Vangelio in tow. Upon Mr. Edwards' request, he drove them to the hospital where they picked up Dr. Pegg. Dr. Pegg performed a minor surgery on Mr. Edwards in the back of Simon's cab, and Simon dropped both patrons off at Dr Pegg's underground hospital. Later on in life, after maintaining good business relations with Mr. Hale Edwards, Simon found himself driving to the Edwards family farm. As he neared the farm, a brake failure on his cab caused him to partially lose control, and he drove through a field to stop. This is where he met Cullen Edwards, Nekozawa, and David 'Wanderer' Anderson.

Session 5 Edit: Google Drive Link

## Character

Simon Greene had a troubled upbringing, and this has shaped him in many ways. Firstly, he always maintains no more than a business relationship with his clients, following the untimely death of Ms Rosalia Lefeure. Secondly, he maintains a high standard of image, preferring to dress nicely whenever possible.

But that's only one side of him. The customer facing side.

In truth, Greene is a dirty bastard who will sell out anyone if it benefits him. He feels no remorse for human death or suffering, believing they are inferior and deserve their fate. Paradoxically, he holds funerals in high regard, and ensures that anyone close to him, resurrected or otherwise, receives a funeral fit for a king when they inevitably die. Greene also has a deal with the demon Alvion, who possesses him occasionally.

### Appearance

Simon has a fairly unassuming build that could blend in anywhere. His brown hair shows barely a touch of gray. His fair skin is of a healthy complexion, with no noticeable blemishes or marks. He sports a thin pencil mustache, trimmed nearly to nonexistence.

His attire is as unbecoming as the rest of him. He normally was found in gray, brown, or tan trousers, with brown or black Bluchers to match the occasion, and either a subdued plaid blazer or black waistcoat over a crisp white button-down. He wore a tie often, but occasionally left his collar free. Whenever he was expecting to be driving, he wore brown fingerless leather gloves. He almost always wore his faded grey bowler hat.

### Personality

Simon consistently maintains a professional attitude; he never refers to people by first name if he can help it. He always conducts himself with a level of decorum, insisting on fine dining and the highest quality goods when asked for a recommendation. He also maintains an appropriate level of ignorance that would help him maintain optimal relations. Those he deems close to him, he treats with utmost respect even into their death.

However, there is a darker side to his personality: The cunning face he only shows to his business partners, who are not of the mortal realm. People like Alvion. This side of Simon is conniving, constantly searching for ways to create situations advantageous to himself. This side of him wouldn't hesitate to slaughter a village if he thought there was enough benefit, though he is far more likely to betray his allies than do something so rash.

There is a third side to Simon, however: Simon as a man. Only one person has ever seen this tender, caring side of him: Rosalia LeFeure. Yet, this side of creates much strife and conflict, as he strives to both share with her and shield her from the dealings of his daily life. This emotional side of him, which he rarely shows, is the side that would charge blindly into a disadvantageous situation without hesitating.

## Campaign

### Rainy Days

#### **Session 1**

Simon Greene started the campaign driving Cullen and Hale home after a fathers' day outing. As they drove, a shootout began and Wanderer and Nekozawa dove into the cab through a window. A bullet pinged off of the rear bumper of the cab, upon which Simon leaned out the window and shouted "Oi! Don't shoot at my fockin' cab!" and sped off. Hale decided it would be the best course of action to return to the Edwards' family farm. Along the way, Nekozawa fell onto Cullen's lap, upon which Mr. Edwards caused a slight amount of smoke to appear. Simon, seeing the smoke, stated "What did I say about smoking?" referring to his no smoking in the cab rule. Seeing no cat, and concerned it would make its way under the pedals, Simon decided to lean out and look at the floor of the back seat. In doing so, he lost control of the cab, flying off the road through the underbrush, at which point a burst of flame burnt Cullen. Cullen threw Nekozawa through a window, and Simon slammed on the brakes. He angrily demanded both Cullen and Wanderer to exit the vehicle, which Wanderer did.

#### **Session 2**

Following those events, Simon patiently waited as his clients sorted themselves out. When Nekozawa returned in human form, Hale claimed that Nekozawa was his nephew. Simon, unconvinced, said "Certainly, Mr Edwards. I'm not paid to ask questions." The party entered his cab, and they drove to Umbri-La , dropping the senior Edwards off at the farm, where Nekozawa and Wanderer also disembarked. Hale paid Simon a hearty sum, then commissioned him to return to the city. After dropping the junior Edwards off in his apartment, Simon did a loop of the city, picking up fares from the various bars and clubs around town. The next morning, Simon received a call from Hale's secretary , and he picked up the detective for an early morning meeting in Umbri-La , on the Edwards' Farm. Upon their arrival, Simon was greeted by Nekozawa and Cullen, and was introduced to Nekozawa's wedding entourage. Seeing himself too low class to shake their hands, Simon simply bowed slightly, and tipped his hat. They settled on a group to go into town for wedding preparations, and being loyal to the LeFeure family Simon took the group to the LeFeure tailor shop, where he had the best tailors attend to Nekozawa. Simon, after making arrangements, took Hale to the bar in the basement of the LeFeure tower, and had his usual drink. While Hale bantered with another patron, Simon took a moment to remember Rosalia, a tear coming to his eye as memories washed over him. Before leaving, however, he regained his usual composure. As lunchtime neared, Nekozawa emerged from the tailor shop, the preparations now finished. When asked to recommend a restaurant, Simon took them to the nearby Italian restaurant. He went in through the service entrance and, being on good terms with the staff, ensured a hearty Italian meal. While waiting outside, Simon sat on the hood of his cab smoking a cigarette. A group of Vangelios approached the parking lot, starting a fight with a LeFeure mobster standing outside. Simon, backing up the LeFeure, joined in the shouting, pulling his gun as the others did. The gunfight broke out, and the LeFeure went down, with Simon and the Vangelios exchanging gunfire. Diving behind than into his cab, a grim determination took Simon over. He dove into his cab, and peeled out of the parking stall. His cab slid across the parking lot, tires spinning and spewing smoke, and he locked eyes with Cullen, who was watching from the restaurant staircase. The cab made short work of the gangers, then slid to a stop at the entrance of the establishment. Opening the left door, Simon tipped his hat at Cullen. After the party entered the cab, they peeled away and lost the police thanks to Simon's excellent driving skills. Pulling into Dirty Mike's, Wanderer, Nekozawa, and Hale left the cab and entered the shop.

#### **Session 3**

Once the group finished shopping, they returned to their respective homes. Simon drove a few fares, then made his way to the local watering hole where he met with his drinking partners Joe "Yeah" Johnson, and Kevin. Hale, following a case, showed up and began inquiring about whether the motley crew could fly him to Germany. They worked out how it would be possible, then proceeded to get blind drunk. When they awoke, Simon, Hale, and Joe were in the cemetery, in Rosalia's grave. There was a large pit, down to just above the coffin. Simon walked partway out of the pit, and Joe Johnson dove into it. Hale punched Joe, and the two began to fight, escalating to the point where Hale fired a shot at Joe. Using Rosalia's tombstone, Joe deflected a bullet, cracking the stone in half. Enraged by this desecration, Simon jumped back into the pit, landing behind Joe. He wrenched on the well-built man's neck, dislocating a vertebra. Joe moved to attack Hale, stopped, then fell forwards as a bullet entered his skull from above. Nekozawa then approached, inquiring about the happenings. The passerby with a pistol ran off after conversing with Nekozawa for a brief period, and the police arrived prompting Nekozawa to attempt to raise the dead. Joe's corpse rose, but Rosalia 's was found to not be in her coffin. Aaron Greene and his partner arrived, looking down on Hale and Simon standing in the hole. Simon quickly drew his pistol, firing two shots at the police, and using the distraction to slip away quietly. Hale, on the other hand, was read his Miranda rights. Joe's corpse began to move, so Aaron Greene shot it through the neck, causing Joe's head to fly off. He then shot a tree branch such that it fell on Hale's head. Simon quickly moved to contact his friend, and they began to fly to Germany to escape police attention. A few hours into the flight, a small imp appeared on the wing of the aeroplane, and Simon negotiated to clear his name with the police. They then returned for Nekozawa's bachelor party. Following the party, Simon woke up disheveled on a college lawn, sorority girl under one arm. After getting his cab out of a tree, courtesy of Nekozawa, he took the sorority girl into the rear of his cab. The suspension of the cab rocked suspiciously, as Simon retorted that the rear windows were tinted for a reason. He then drove to pick up a client, as per the deal he had made with the imp. Simon picked up the client, a tall pale man, and drove them to the wedding. He left the sorority girl, stating that the client could have his way with her, under the logic that it was a common courtesy when transporting ancient royalty.

#### **Session 4**

At the wedding, Simon sat at the bar, drinking a white wine that he regarded as high quality. It brought a chill to him, leading him to believe it was an imported ice wine. The wedding began, and Simon took his seat. When Wanderer intervened and shot the air, Simon quickly stepped out, shooting Wanderer. He took a shotgun blast from Wanderer, then fired a second time, hitting again. Wanderer disappeared, and Simon began to help clean up the mess, then checked himself into the hospital. In the hospital, he received a mocking letter from the Vangelio Family. Angered at this slight, he conspired with Hale and Nekozawa to make an attack on the Docks, the Vangelios main turf. He worked with Nekozawa to make a bomb, distracting some potential witnesses, and that Wednesday night he set out with Suki and Jason in the back of his cab. They tore through the docks, guns blazing, and detonated the bomb directly into the main warehouse, setting it ablaze. Then, cab black with soot and streaming with smoke, they rode off into the night.

#### **Session 5**

At the second wedding, Simon watched impassively as chaos ensued. Wanderer finished his speech, and Nekozawa was kidnapped, but the extent of Simon's actions was to return to the ice wine. Following being thrown around by the tornado, Simon casually engaged in a gunfight with Cullen and Wanderer, the latter combatant quickly leaving, and the former leaving after a few rounds. Once the combat ended, Simon strode purposefully through the carnage that was the Lefeure-Vangelio turf war in the parking lot, entering his scorched taxi and pulling away slowly. As he pulled onto the mile-highway, he noticed a familiar presence emanating from his cab in the Nevernever. "You can come out, Mr Wanderer," he stated plainly. When Wanderer appeared in the passenger seat, Simon simply acted as if he had picked up a fare. "Welcome back, Mr Wanderer. Where to?" Wanderer responded with his destination, Dirty Mike's, and Simon drove them there. Wanderer wanted Simon to enter the shop with him, to which Simon responded with confusion. Upon hearing that Simon was fully aware of the Nevernever cab, Wanderer had quite a few question, to which Simon vaguely responded. During the conversation, Simon revealed the depth of his supernatural experience to Wanderer. Simon ended the conversation saying "I have other things to do. I'll waive the fare for tonight, as you've given ample." With that, Wanderer said his goodbyes, exiting the cab, and Simon drove off into the rainy night. He made his way to Grandpire's mansion, setting up in front of Hale. When Hale awoke, he looked with much confusion at Simon, and had many questions. Simon answered in a cynical manner, occasionally mocking Hale, stating "When we met, I knew more about vampires than you did." Realising Simon never saw their relationship as anything other that business, Hale called Simon a bastard. When Hale bluffed that he had met Rosalia, Simon responded by stating "I'm afraid I'm going to have to call your bluff, Mr Edwards. Rosalia is safe and alive. But nowhere near this cursed city. Judgement day is coming, Mr Edwards. And I don't plan to be around to see it." With that, Simon stood to leave. Hale, enraged, stood and attempted to charge Simon. Deftly sidestepping, a swift retort came in the form of one final insult. "Don't embarrass yourself, Mr Edwards." With that, Simon had exited the building, Hale now aware of the true nature of man.

#### **Session 6**

Driving back to Dirty Mike's, Simon arrived in time to see Cullen emerging from the basement. He beeped his horn twice, and Hale, Wanderer, and Swag Cat entered his cab. "Where to, Mr Edwards?" he asked casually, as if he was still a simple cab driver. After asking Simon where Hale was, Cullen decided to save Hale from the Vampire Embassy, after a quick stop at the Edwards' family farm to pick up his brass knuckles. As they approached the embassy, a swarm of Nevernever bats flew out. One attached itsself to the window, shouting "David Anderson? Is that you?" to which Wanderer responded by shooting the bat. After parking the car, Simon had a brief conversation with Alvion about whether the bats were foreboding or not. Seeing as it was a simple prank by Nekozawa, Simon felt assured that the only threat was the vampires themselves. Entering the embassy with a bang, Simon led the group partway to the room Hale was in before letting himself be held back by one of the embassy guards. After waiting a while, hearing gunshots and combat, he relegated himself to the coffee bar where he sat and had a cappuccino. One the gunshots faded into silence, Simon rose from the bar and went outside to his cab. In the cab, Alvion took over Simon's body, driving the cab to Wanderer's mobile home. He knocked on the door, which Hale opened, and received Hale's fist directly to the face. "Oh dear," he said. "It appears you are trying to harm this body." As Hale attempted to slam the door on Alvion, the possessed body stuck his foot in the door and revealed the pie he had brought. This was compensation enough to let the demon-possessed Simon inside, where Alvion and Hale made pleasant conversation.

#### **Session 7**

After a short period, Nekozawa and Wanderer decided to enter the basement in search of a phone. Alvion, interested, followed them down, but quickly returned to the main body when a lynch mob appeared from the woods. As flames engulfed the house, Alvion calmly walked through the flames, his power protecting Simon's body to the point where it was only slightly singed. He tipped his hat at the mob, then entered the cab, starting the engine. When Hale entered the cab, Alvion pushed in the clutch and shifted the cab into first gear. At that point, Simon took control of the body again, and after a brief conversation Hale fired a bullet at Simon. "Mr Edwards," he stated calmly, the shot narrowly passing his head. "You of all people should know my rules on smoking in the cab." With that, Simon spun the cab around, throwing Hale out the passenger door. He drove for a distance, then set up with his rifle on a nearby hill. Waiting, he lit a cigarette. When Hale tackled Grandpire, Simon was quick to fire a few rounds, but he held back and watched in awe as the forest was engulfed in the flames of Nekozawa. As the smoke cleared, he took a drag on his cigarette and levelled his rifle at the smoke that was beginning to clear. Seeing the charred, nearly deceased Grandpire, Simon smiled a grim smile and finished the job off.

#### **Session 8**

Later, at Dirty Mike's, Simon sat at the same table as Hale, Wanderer, and Nekozawa. Hat in hand, he offered his condolences to Cullen, who accepted them and asked a question. "What about my father?" "He is, unfortunately to some," responded Simon. "Dead." "We're even," Cullen said, offering his hand. Simon accepted, and they shook hands. Simon had a conversation with Wanderer at the table after Cullen and Nekozawa excused themselves. Alvion, seeing Hale's ghost, gestured to Simon from the corner of the room. "Excuse me, Mr Wanderer," he stated, standing up from the table. After they entered a back room, Nekozawa intruded and attempted to capture Hale. "Mr Nekozawa, could you please not scare off our clients?" After Nekozawa respectfully disagreed, Simon left the negotiations to Alvion, and began planning an elaborate funeral for Hale. After Hale came back, Simon and Alvion had a private conversation where they were bemused by the cost Hake was to pay for his new life, then Simon went back to the funeral planning. He made a note to warn Benito LeFeure to avoid the Moon, then gave Hale the wine selections. Hale settled on the expensive "1412 vin Blanc Brittany" from France, so Simon went off to the wine tasting to bid on it.

#### **Session 9**

A few days later, they attended Hale's funeral. Greene was approached by Maureen Belsohn who had some questions on Hale. Greene pretended to not have known him well. It was quiet in the private room during the reception, with Greene being the only one who stayed there for the whole reception. Later, at the halfway house, there was a small amount of conversation about Nekozawa's cover story. When Ms Belsohn fainted, Greene was quick to begin moving her into the trunk of his cab. They drove the body to Hale's old apartment, and Greene -- impatient -- opened the gas main and left a lit match. The group quickly entered his cab, and they drove off as the apartment burned with Belsohn's corpse inside. They then entered Wanderer's basement to quell the interdimensonal threats.

## OOC

      Simon Greene was build using the Dresden Files system, based on the FATE system.

His high concept is "Patriotic Transporter Extrordinaire"

His trouble is "Something to Prove"

His phase aspects are:

* Run Down, Run Around
* Requiem de la Mort (literally 'Remembrance of Death')
* Private Eye, Private Drive
* My Car Runs Through Blood and Oil

His car has the aspect "Unstoppable Force"

Session 5 Edit: In session 5, it was revealed that Simon Greene had far more experience than normal mortals when it came to the supernatural. Thus, much of his backstory and aspects were rewritten or revealed, hence the specific labelling.

His high concept became: God’s Attorney, Satan’s Lawyer, and Everybody’s Sheriff

His trouble became: Feet in Gods’ Doors; Thumbs in Demons’ Pies